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Chapter 126 Learning to imitate, resettlement of Liao people

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was still looking at Xi Yi, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help stroking his forehead, and said with a little helplessness: "Build guns first, equip troops, take your time."

After a pause, Zhu Youxiao added: "Although Tang Ruowang can cast cannons, he is not a professional after all. We must pay close attention to the matter of hiring Western craftsmen. In addition, it is not difficult to learn to imitate, right?"

The Hongyi cannon is not a high-tech gadget. With the ability of Donglu, it can be imitated successfully in a short period of time, and it was used in large quantities in the Songjin Battle, not to mention the technical strength and craftsman level of the Ming Dynasty?

For the Weapons and Gunpowder Bureau, Zhu Youxiao fully supported it. Not only did he invest money, he also merged the Military Bureau of the Royal Inner Palace, adding more than 2000 craftsmen at once.

Xu Guangqi hurriedly replied: "Cannon casting and imitation have already begun. The Western craftsmen hired by the imperial envoy Sun Xueshi in Macau, and the skilled craftsmen recruited from southern Fujian will arrive in the capital soon."

Due to its proximity to the sea, southern Fujian was the first to come into contact with Westerners and their firearms.Starting from the large-scale imitation of the Frang machine gun in the Ming Dynasty, the gun-making technology in southern Fujian has been well-known throughout the country.

Not only that, but the Hokkien people also secretly learned the techniques of Westerners using artillery, including cannon ranging, aiming, adjusting the elevation angle, loading gunpowder and even the final firing essentials, and passed them down from generation to generation.

Because of this, the Fujian gunners in the Ming army are the most powerful.In the history of the Battle of Ningyuan, it was a group of Fujian gunners who controlled the artillery and made great achievements.

"Learn the technology as soon as possible. After the imitation is successful, send craftsmen to Guangdong to build a gun factory." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "How about the production of Lumi guns? Can the quality be guaranteed?"

Xu Guangqi said: "The rules and regulations are complete, and all processes are strictly supervised. After the firearms are finished, they must be stamped to determine responsibility. Now the production is gradually on the right track, and it should not be a problem to reach a monthly output of [-] units."

There are so many craftsmen, apart from those who can make guns, there are thousands who can make muskets!One person makes one door a month, and the monthly production target of [-] doors is easily achieved.

Of course, this is just a small goal. With the improvement of craftsmen's proficiency and the increase of production equipment, the output will continue to rise.

"Good, very good." Zhu Youxiao praised him, and said to the ministers with a smile: "Tomorrow, there will be a firearms demonstration in the suburbs of Beijing. All the ministers will go to watch it when they have time. To subdue the eastern captives, sharp firearms are necessary."

Everyone else smiled and nodded, but Bi Zisu hesitated for a moment, then clasped his hands and said: "Tomorrow there will be officials from science and Taoism entering Beijing, and I am afraid it will be difficult for me to get out."

Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes secretly, but he wasn't too angry. Anyway, this weapon doesn't matter to Bi Zisu at all, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't go.

"Go when you have time. If you are busy with official business, you don't have to go." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand generously and said, "If you have nothing else to do, come here today!"

Sun Chengzong and others stood up, saluted and resigned, and they were able to sit down and discuss politics with Long Live. What kind of grace is this?
And the more courteous the Holy Majesty is, the more he looks forward to it, the more people feel the burden on their shoulders.They are all influenced by Confucianism, who can not be faithful and fulfill their responsibilities?

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Refugees will exist throughout the Ming Dynasty.It was more common in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it was not a product of the Little Ice Age.

Natural disasters, loss of land, unbearable taxes and labor, these are the reasons for the emergence of refugees.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, these were not specifically referred to. Anyone without land could be called a refugee.Such as urban craftsmen and so on.

But starting from the first month of the second year of Tianqi, hundreds of thousands of Liao people became representatives of refugees.They dragged their families with their mouths, pushed carts to carry burdens, passed through the Shanhaiguan Pass, and poured into the prefectures and counties of Northern Zhili.

Although the imperial court has long issued orders to the prefectures and counties to open warehouses for relief, use work for relief, and try to accommodate them as much as possible.

The emperor also distributed internal funds as resettlement fees, and the Liao people who had left their hometowns still inevitably suffered hardships and hardships.

Fortunately, there is a large granary in Tongzhou, the northern starting point of water transportation, which can be transferred nearby, so that few Liao people starved to death.

Building warehouses, repairing government offices, repairing cities, leveling roads, building water conservancy...

In accordance with the instructions of the imperial court, the governments all over the country began to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction one after another, taking advantage of the warm spring season and the sharp drop in wages.

At the same time, the local governments also called on rich households in the territory to build houses and repair houses, dig ponds and build gardens, so as to resettle more Liao people.

There is no way not to work hard, the emperor has issued an imperial decree, and sent Dongchang Fanzi to investigate and secretly visit; the Metropolitan Procuratorate also sent a censor to inspect.

Luanzhou, Cangzhou, Changping, Jingzhou... In just a short period of time, officials from seven or eight counties have been deposed and held accountable. Who would dare to slack off.

These local officials are still small shrimps, and another senior official was arrested for corruption, which shows that the focus of work of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has changed.

It doesn't matter whether it's the three fires of the new official's appointment, or whether it's the reconnaissance of the factory guard, the procuratorate's action, as long as it shows the determination and strength of the imperial court to fight corruption.

It is also related to water transportation. Cui Chengxiu, who patrolled Huaiyang as a censor, was supposed to purge officials and bring order out of chaos, but he used his power to extort bribes and corrupt officials.

It can also be said that this is a scandal within the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Cui Chengxiu was imprisoned for his crimes, which is also a clean-up of Bi Zisu since he took over.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen speech officials and censors were uncovered in the operation to clean up the door, and they were charged with "accepting bribes".

As the guarantee of the Ming Dynasty's anti-corruption system, the Yanguan, the Yushi, and the six departments were originally dedicated to exposing corruption.

However, some officials and censors regard the power in their hands as a means of corruption.Like Cui Chengxiu, when he went to the local government to check the government, he had to ask for bribes, and if he didn't give benefits, he would pay you a book.

During the Wanli period, Yang Wenju was more ruthless than Cui Chengxiu in giving things, and he extorted tens of thousands of taels of silver in every place he went.

The officials in Beijing, on the other hand, stared at the officials who came to Beijing to report their duties.If you don't give benefits, you will be charged and labeled.

There are even some officials who charge money to do things. You ask me to impeach whoever you want, and I will impeach whoever you want, which is very reputable in the troll circle.

Expulsion of nationality, ransacking of homes, imprisonment, and conviction of crimes, the court's handling is as ruthless as ever, without any delay.

Wave after wave of shock spread from the capital to the local area.A large number of articles in the mansion newspaper are about demotion due to corruption, and the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty seems to be going through a storm, which is shocking.

At this time, the gunfire at the Martial Arts Field on the outskirts of Beijing rumbled, the ground trembled, and a shocking scene was being staged.

Several Hongyi cannons spewed smoke and flames, and fired shells one by one at the preset target in the distance. After landing, they stirred up clouds of dust and smoke.

The young emperor smiled under the nine-curved yellow umbrella, and raised his binoculars to look into the distance from time to time, without any fear or panic.

(End of this chapter)