Daming Military Empire

Chapter 152 Firearms Academy
Liaodong has been fully restored, and Zhu Cijiong should also drive back to the palace. As for the issue of Houjin, Zhu Cijiong will be handed over to Sun Chengzong, an expert in repairing bunkers. Adjust accordingly.

Sun Chengzong commanded the four legions of Guanning Army, Liaodong Army, Dongjiang Army, and Dingliao Army. They were stationed on the front line of Liaohaiwei, Tielingwei, Guanning City, and Dingliao Youwei. Jianzhou.

Lu Xiangsheng commanded the Tianxiong Army and the First Army Corps of the Frontier Army, stationed in Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, and Shanhaiguan, and focused on defense against the Mongolian Yuan.

Sun Chuanting led the Qin army back to Shaanxi, and the governor of the five northwest provinces to suppress thieves also focused on defense, and it was enough to keep the central cities of each province.In this regard, Zhu Cijiong began to blame those moths. In fact, he had already received the memorial. The thieves had already started wandering in Henan. He sent Sun Chuanting back to Shaanxi instead of destroying the main force of the thieves in Henan. He just wanted to wait for the thieves. After the moths in Henan are almost cleaned up, we will go to suppress them.

As for the First Corps of the Imperial Guard and the Second Corps of the Imperial Guard, they will naturally drive back to the capital. He plans to transfer Shi Kefa's Second Corps of the Imperial Guard to the new city on the Tianjin side for garrison, because now the blueprint for the battleship is already available. Shipbuilding can be put on the agenda.

Thinking of this shipbuilding, he thought of the issue of personnel training. Now Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, and Song Yingxing's workload can be said to have reached the limit, and they have no spare time to help him manage the shipbuilding. But such an important matter is left to others He is worried about being in charge, so we can only train talents first, liberate them from the heavy basic work, and be responsible for management, which will be much easier.

In order to cultivate talents, we must promote Western learning. Now that the Ming Dynasty is still dominated by Confucianism, it will definitely not work if you force it. You have to praise Confucianism first, and then put forward Western learning as a supplement, so as not to cause those "big Confucians" disgusted.

Therefore, as soon as he returned to the capital, Zhu Cijiong began to launch a public opinion offensive.Now Wumei Village is already the head of the Tongzheng Envoy, Zhu Cijiong
First of all, Liaodong was regained. Such a major victory naturally required vigorous publicity. The "Beijing News" began to publicize Liaodong's victory at length.This can be said to be the greatest victory of the Ming Dynasty in the past hundred years. The battle of millions of people was only experienced during the founding of the country. This time, the Ming Dynasty defeated the coalition forces of the Meng Yuan and Jiannu, regained the entire Liaodong, and the entire Ming Dynasty immediately boiled Now, the people of Ming Dynasty began to celebrate wildly, it was even more lively than the New Year's Day.

Taking advantage of this upsurge, the "Beijing News" began to publicize the key role of guns and artillery in this war. It can be said that Ming was able to reverse the decline and defeat the Mongol Yuan and the Slavery Allied Forces by relying on guns and artillery. Originally it was a fact, coupled with exaggerated techniques, muskets and cannons became magical weapons, and the whole Ming Dynasty was talking about these two magical weapons for a while.

Then, here comes the important point. After the introduction of muskets and cannons, a special issue came out immediately. Most of the articles praised Confucianism. At the same time, there was an imperial decree to the effect that the emperor would do his best to promote Confucianism and recruit some children from all over the world. Funded by the imperial court, the "Three-Character Classic" and "Thousand-Character Classic" are taught free of charge to children under ten years old. The treatment for children can almost support a family of four or five.In the middle of these articles, there is an article about the Ministry of Industry recruiting children to learn the skills of making firearms and artillery. The general idea is that the production of firearms and artillery in the Ministry of Industry cannot keep up with the expansion speed of the Ming army. In order to expand production, a group of children is specially recruited. To manage production, although there is no rank, it can be regarded as an official of the Ministry of Industry, and the salary is twice as high as that of Tongsheng who teaches "Three Character Classics" and "Thousand Character Classics", but the premise is that you must learn the principles of gun and artillery manufacturing.

Now the entire Ming Dynasty was a sensation. You must know that most of the people who read the newspapers are children. After all, the number of scholars is limited, almost one in a hundred, and even more, it is almost one in a thousand. , and the remaining ninety-nine percent are children.

These children cannot be officials without fame. This book is actually tantamount to reading in vain. Why should they continue to work in various industries? There is no way to compare.Now that the imperial court wants to invite them to teach, the nature of this is different. After all, they are working for the imperial court, which can be regarded as a noble profession, and their status will naturally rise.

As for working in the Ministry of Industry, it would be even more serious. If you don’t have a rank, you are still an official. Officials are the most noble profession in Ming Dynasty, and their status is simply incomparable in other industries!And he still went to learn how to make muskets and cannons. Those are magical weapons. Can ordinary people make magical weapons?
Therefore, more people signed up to teach, and more people signed up to the Ministry of Industry. Naturally, Zhu Cijiong couldn't recruit so many people, and he couldn't even afford the salary if he joked about millions of people.what to do?Exam.

Of course, this is not an imperial examination. If you want to teach, you must be able to memorize the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic", and you must understand the meaning of each sentence. Set a date and take a simple test. Just pick a few paragraphs , write silently; pick some sentences at random, paraphrase, it's that simple, if you can't get full marks for this, then don't go wrong.Then the Ministry of Etiquette will come for an interview, mainly based on character and appearance, at least you must have the appearance of being a teacher, don't teach children badly if you are sloppy and crooked.

As for the officials of the Ministry of Industry, it is much stricter. Not only the Four Books and Five Classics are tested, but also arithmetic. The Four Books and Five Classics are the foundation, and arithmetic is the focus. If you are a nerd, then I'm sorry.It also depends on the age. Those who are over 30 years old are fine. When they are trained, they will almost retire.

As a result, the teachers recruited tens of thousands of people, but the Ministry of Industry only recruited 1000 people, not to mention those teachers. The promotion of Confucianism is not the purpose, but incidental. The main purpose is to stop the mouths of those "big Confucians". The 1000 people from the Ministry of Industry are different, they are really to be cultivated as talents.

So there was a strange school in the capital, called Daming Institute of Firearms. Of course, this was only a temporary name. After the promotion of western learning, it might have to be renamed Daming Institute of Technology or something.As for the professors in the academy, Zhu Cijiong could only grit his teeth and add burdens to a few cronies.

Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, is even busier, because he is not only in charge of the cabinet, but also the Ministry of Rites, and also teaches Zheng Chenggong, as well as two senior classes in mathematics. He is as tired as a dog all day long, but he enjoys it.He has always been advocating Western learning, but in the big environment of Ming Dynasty, he is really powerless. Now that the emperor has done the job, he is naturally very excited. These 1000 people can be said to be the hope of promoting Western learning, and even more so. The seed of Western learning, his lifelong wish is about to come true, how can he not be happy.

Bi Maokang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Zheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, are also more busy. They not only have to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, but also help Song Yingxing manage the daily operation of the military factory. Now they have to teach at the Daming Firearms Academy. Regarding the principle of musket, Wang Zheng is responsible for the mechanical principle.

There is also Sun Yuanhua, he has been promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War. This time, Sun Chengzong can say that his wish has been fulfilled in the battle of Liaodong, and the emperor has gradually grown up and become sensible. Let it go, and concentrate on dealing with Jianu.

The title of Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhu Cijiong, naturally preferred Sun Yuanhua. Yuan Chonghuan had a problem of arrogance and had been gradually marginalized. Under Zhu Cijiong's insistence, the title of Minister of the Ministry of War finally fell on Sun Yuanhua, the right servant of the Ministry of War.

The new official is already busy when he takes office, and he is also in charge of the production of artillery and the training of the artillerymen. He is even more busy, but he still has to teach in the Firearms Academy. Who is Daming? He knows artillery best now. , Who will teach the principles of artillery if he doesn't teach it.

Zhu Cijiong's cronies are exhausted, but this result is also remarkable. The thousand students were carefully selected, and with the teaching of these famous teachers, the results can be described as rapid progress.

Anyone who has been to high school knows that some humanities are good, such as Chinese, English, politics, history, and geography, and they can easily score more than [-]%.There are also people who are good at science, do not need to read much in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and can easily score more than [-]% in the exam.Of course, there are also people who are good at both arts and sciences, and such people should be very few.

Why is there such a big difference in the same teaching material and the same teacher?I have to say that this is the talent of each person. Some people are born good at liberal arts, and some people are born good at science. There is no reason, no reason.

In the Ming Dynasty, if you had a talent for liberal arts, then congratulations, prepare to be a high official. The title of the gold list depends on liberal arts.If you are talented in science, then I am sorry, you may be a child student all your life. Don’t you see, in high school, those who have good grades in mathematics, physics, chemistry, Chinese, English, etc. are basically terrible, but this time the Ministry of Industry recruited These 1000 people are basically such people.It's not because they are stupid, but because their talents are in science and not in liberal arts, such as the Four Books and Five Classics. They can only learn a little bit of knowledge in ten years, but they can learn mathematics and mechanical principles, gun principles, etc. According to the principle of artillery, it is called a quick one, and you can basically leave the army in two or three months!
This is not an exaggeration. In fact, they don’t have much to learn, such as mathematics. Basically, they need to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and basic geometry. These people can pass the exam to prove that they must learn addition and subtraction well. These people can pass the interview. To prove that they are definitely not stupid, so adding multiplication, division and geometric foundation is not a problem at all.Another example is the principle of mechanics. It does not mean that they should learn how to design the piston. The piston has already been designed. They just need to learn how to use it. There are so many machine tools as examples. How difficult is it for a flexible mind? ?Another example is the principle of muskets. It is not for them to design a flintlock out of thin air. The samples of the flintlock are here. You only need to know the functions of all the parts. This is not a problem for people with flexible minds. up.

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