"Your Majesty, a memorial from Guangdong." Since Wei Zhongxian resigned, Zhang Yixian became the chief supervisor of Si Libing's pen, replacing Wei Zhongxian, taking charge of Yuxi for Zhu Youjian, and transmitting the ministers' memorials. Zhang Yixian is not like Wei Zhongxian who can figure out the holy intentions, nor is he like Xu Yingyuan's slick, loyal and almost dull as a child, only in this way, Zhu Youjian can safely let Yuxi be in charge of him.
Zhu Youjian temporarily abolished the cabinet, and there is less resistance in his reform, but there is no cabinet to review the memorial, and Zhu Youjian must personally review it.
However, Zhu Youjian classified the memorials. According to the specific content of the memorial, the six scholars dealt with them separately. Only when they encountered something that could not be resolved or decided, they would send the memorial to Zhu Youjian.
"Yixian, what's the matter? Can't the Shangshu people handle it?"
"Your Majesty, the scholars said that they can't be the master, and I hope your majesty will make it clear." Zhang Yixian handed a stack of memorials to Zhu Youjian.
There are two memorials.
One is the memorial of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The Ministry of War ordered the formation of the South China Sea Fleet in Guangzhou, but Daming’s navy has been decadent for many years. The South has no ships that can go to sea, and there are no talents who can train the navy.
The other is the memorial of the governor of Guangdong. Xu Guangqi, a native of Nanzhili, recruited children, studied foreign language, and promoted Catholicism in a private school in Guangzhou.
"Xu Guangqi?" Zhu Youjian muttered silently. This is the most famous scientist, mathematician, military strategist, agronomist, and water conservancy expert of Ming Dynasty. Not only did he translate the western mathematics "The Original of Geometry", he also introduced physics, chemistry, and physics. In subjects such as geography, someone who could not be found with his lantern, if it were not for the memorial of the governor of Guangdong, he would have completely forgotten him.
"Yixian, go back to the Palace of Qianqing immediately." Zhu Youjian is no longer interested in having an encounter, he hurried forward and returned to the Palace of Qianqing.
Zhu Youjian paced back and forth in the study room alone.
The South China Sea Fleet is not difficult to solve. Without ships, it can be manufactured. Let Li Chunye find out the blueprints for building the Great Treasure Ship. You can also buy them from merchants along the coast. If there is no official familiar with the Navy, the North Sea Fleet in Dengzhou can be properly supported. The Navy in Dengzhou has been secretly formed for two and a half years, and there should be some surplus talents.
The key is Xu Guangqi.
Daming has just begun to emerge. Technological talents like Xu Guangqi are too precious. How can he dig out the energy in him to the maximum so that Daming has thousands of Xu Guangqi...
school.
Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized.
This is the fastest way to train talents in large quantities.
Zhu Youjian quickly calculated in his mind that the cabinet has been revoked and the six departments have been settled. The problem is the conditions required for the establishment of the school.
The first is the faculty. Xu Guangqi's private school in Guangzhou should have a group of faculty members, and he could also hire a group of missionaries from various places, and then recruit a group of lonely technology enthusiasts like Xu Guangqi from the country.
The second is the venue. Now it takes too long to build a school from scratch. It’s better to buy a spacious house and remodel it appropriately. As a school, if it doesn’t work, you can also take out the idle halls in the palace, especially the harem. The palace is idle.
It's teaching materials again. Classes require special teaching materials, which must be given to people who have a certain knowledge of science and technology like Xu Guangqi. When necessary, Zhu Youjian is prepared to participate in the review of the teaching materials.
Finally, the students. Daming has a large number of unsuccessful talents and unambitious candidates. Letting them study in school will not only promote the development of Daming's science and technology, but also find a way for them to earn a living. However, Zhu Youjian considers that older people are more rigid and difficult to accept new things, and temporarily set the age of the students below 25.
Zhu Youzhen wrote and painted on paper and finally finalized various drafts. Originally, it was more appropriate to set up a school to the Ministry of Etiquette or the Imperial College, but now Li Chunye knows and understands Zhu Youjian best, so Zhu Youjian is going to hand it over to the Ministry of War, and other ministries will give full support within their respective responsibilities, especially It is the financial support of the Ministry of Households.
Finally, Zhu Youjian ordered Liu Lin to pass two letters to Guangdong Flying Pigeon.
One to Xu Guangqi.
Zhu Youjian advocated Xu Guangqi to bring his family, books, talents, and even students who are willing to come to Beijing. The governor of Guangdong will provide carriages and horses to come to Beijing immediately. Zhu Youjian promised to provide Xu Guangqi with the best conditions for running a school.
The other is to the governor of Guangdong.
Zhu Youjian ordered him to arrange for Xu Guangqi to arrange the best carriage and horses. If Xu Guangqi has a long history or two shortcomings, or does not want to come to Beijing, then he, the governor of Guangdong, can also return to the fields.
In February of the first year of Chongzhen (1628 AD), Xu Guangqi and his entourage finally came to the capital.
Zhu Youjian fulfilled his promise. He provided Xu Guangqi with all the convenient conditions. The Ministry of Industry found Xu Guangqi in the northeast corner of the capital to find an extremely large and idle mansion for Xu Guangqi to form the Daming Academy of Sciences.
Almost at the same time, the reorganization of the newly reorganized Seventh Army and Eighth Army ended.
In April, the reorganization of the newly reorganized First Army, Second Army, Third Army, Royal First Army, and Royal Second Army was completed, and full-scale actual combat exercises were conducted.
In May, the reorganization of the newly reorganized Fourth Army, Fifth Army, and Sixth Army ended.
At this point, the entire reorganization of the Jingshi Army was completed, and more than 300,000 troops were reorganized into ten corps. Among them, the Royal First Army and the Royal Second Army were Zhu Youjian's pro-army troops and were only subject to Zhu Youjian's restraint.
At the end of June, the Daming Academy of Sciences officially began enrolling students, and Xu Guangqi served as the first dean of the Daming Academy of Sciences.
According to Zhu Youjian's opinion, the Academy of Sciences has mathematics classes, geography classes, chemistry classes, physics classes, biology classes, and medical and health classes.
The school system is one-year and two-year.
In Zhu Youjian's vision, the one-year crash course is mainly to train teachers in science. In the future, the five northern provinces will set up science and technology colleges, and the graduates of the crash course will mainly become faculty members of these science and technology colleges.
The two-year intensification class is to train true scientific and technological talents. These graduates will not go out to be officials, but will stay in the Academy of Sciences for research work, or enter the factory, the Firearms Bureau R&D Institute, or enter Zhu Youjian's private enterprise.
In order to expand the influence of the Academy of Sciences, change Shilin's understanding of science, and attract more faculty and students, Zhu Youjian decided to personally teach the Academy of Sciences at an appropriate time.
On July 2, the newly formed First Army, Second Army, and Third Army are about to leave the capital and head to Shanhaiguan to replace Ma Shilong, the General Soldier of Shanhaiguan. After the new army arrived at Shanhaiguan, Ma Shilong's 100,000 Liaodong army would withdraw to the capital for reorganization.
Zhu Youjian made it clear that both the Second Army and the Third Army accept the restraint of Yuan Chonghuan, the commander of the First Army. After arriving at Shanhaiguan, the three armies will also accept Sun Chengzong's governor.
Zhu Youjian personally went to Dongzhimen to see Yuan Chonghuan off.
"General Yuan, the combat effectiveness of the new army and firearms have not been tested on the battlefield, so don't rush for military merit."
"Your Majesty, the minister understands. The minister will first use a small army to test, and after getting familiar with and adapting to the establishment of slavery, it will gradually recover Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and Guangning." Yuan Chonghuan's heart had already flown to Shanhaiguan.
Zhu Youjian glanced at the soldiers who were ready to go, "Chonghuan, whether these cities can be regained or not is not important. The important thing is to let the soldiers be tempered by war. As long as there is a strong army, Liaodong will return to Daming sooner or later. of."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yuan Chonghuan's gaze gradually moved to the north following the queue of soldiers.
"Haha, I'm going to be long-winded, General Yuan feels annoying, right? Okay, let's go!"
"The minister dare not." Yuan Chonghuan said to Chuan Lingbing hurriedly: "Raise troops."
The front army galloped quickly, and the sound of horseshoes fell on the concrete pavement like a torrential rain, making a dull noise.
The number of 100,000 troops is too large. The Second Army was delayed for half a day and did not depart until noon, while the Third Army would not leave the capital until tomorrow.
On July 4, Yuan Chonghuan came to Shanhaiguan.
The south of Shanhaiguan is far less dangerous than the north, but it is also very heavy. The tall city wall stands above the sky, and the mountains on the left show towering clear shadows in the afterglow of the setting sun. It is the east wind nowadays. Yuan Chonghuan rubbed his nose as if Smell the smell of the sea blowing from the sea of Bohai Bay.
His heart was surging, and he ran a few laps in front of Shanhaiguan, Liaodong, I, Yuan Chonghuan, came back; Jiannu, I, Yuan Chonghuan, was no longer the tortoise general who could only shrink in the city.
After the gatekeeper checked the documents, Yuan Chonghuan was released into the customs, but his soldiers could only camp before the customs, and Shanhaiguan could not accommodate his 30,000 troops.
Sun Chengzong personally set the wine to meet Yuan Chonghuan, and also sent Ma Shilong off by the way.
"Chonghuan, your majesty said, let the old man guard Shanhaiguan for two years, and now it hasn't arrived for a year, why did your new army come? Don't your majesty trust the old man?" Yuan Chonghuan is a descendant cultivated by Sun Chengzong and a close associate of his direct line In front of Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chengzong was not polite.
Yuan Chonghuan clasped his fists and saluted Sun Chengzong: "My lord, the general is only to replace General Ma. Your Majesty asked General Bing Ma to take his soldiers back to Beijing for rectification. The adult is still the Governor of Jiliao, and the general is also controlled by the adults."
"Haha, the old man also said that your majesty is worried that my old bones have missed the military affairs. Haha, haha, drink."
"General Yuan, I see that all your subordinates are firearms, only a short knife is hung around your waist..." Ma Shilong believes that in combating slaves, hand-to-hand combat is the most basic skill, and short knives do not have the advantage in hand-to-hand combat.
"Zongbing Ma, my subordinates will not fight hand-to-hand with Jian slaves. I don't know if Mr. Ma has noticed. My subordinates have no armor at all."
"Chonghuan... If you don't fight hand-to-hand with Jian slaves, what are you doing here in Shanhaiguan?" Sun Chengzong was also puzzled. Could it be possible to scare Jian slaves back and recover Liaodong just by listening to the new army's name
Yuan Chonghuan saluted again: "My lord, my soldiers all use a new type of firearm, called the Bishi flintlock, with a range of more than a hundred steps-there is no need to fight against the slaves."
"Hundred steps? Isn't that beyond the range of Jiannu's bow and arrow?" Ma Shilong's eyes were wider than the wine bottle in his hand.
Sun Chengzong squinted his eyes and looked at Yuan Chonghuan carefully: "Chonghuan, you mean, your soldiers can hit Jiannu, but Jiannu's bow and arrows can't hurt you?"
"exactly."
"It's no wonder your Majesty said that as long as the old man guards Shanhaiguan for two years, your Majesty has been prepared." Sun Chengzong also clasped his fists, but instead of saluting Yuan Chonghuan, he turned sideways to the south and saluted Zhu Youjian.
"General Yuan, the new-style firearms are so amazing?" How can Ma Shilong believe that Daming's most elite firearms are in Liaodong, and the best three-eyed guns have a range of only 30 steps, which is not comparable to the range of Jiannu bows and arrows.
"It's late today. Tomorrow, I will let the soldiers demonstrate in public." Yuan Chonghuan smiled secretly, let alone you, I didn't believe it at the beginning.
"I want to see the old man too." Sun Chengzong was also dubious, unless he saw it with his own eyes, he would not believe it either.