When the civil servants of the Donglin Party planned to resign and threaten Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Tianqi Emperor, Xu Guangqi and a group of non-Donglin officials were inspecting the performance of the turtledove gun in the test hall.

The Test Hall is the official weapon inspection base of the Ming Dynasty for testing firearms, which was established by the Jiajing Dynasty.

Bang!

Luo Shangzhi, who was the deputy general of Shenji Camp, pulled the trigger and shot more than one or two leads.

After a stream of white smoke dissipated, a large hole was broken by the wooden board at a distance of 100 steps.

Luo Shangzhi was quite excited when he saw this: "This gun is very good!"

Xu Guangqi also laughed: "It turns out that it is much more powerful than a bird gun, and most bird guns are exhausted by hundreds of steps!

Next, Xu Guangqi also tried the shooting himself, but his strength was limited, and because the recoil of the turtledog gun was too strong, he had to fork the fork rod on the gun bed.

Bang!

After another shot, the iron plate seventy steps away was immediately shot through by the turtledove gun in Xu Guangqi's hand.

"This gun is not enough to kill the enemy and win!"

Xu Guangqi said excitedly.

"Your Majesty is here!"

At this time, Wei Zhongxian's voice reached the test hall, and Xu Guangqi, Luo Shangzhi and others rushed over to greet him: "I welcome your Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "I heard gunshots from afar. How about this turtle dove gun has practical value?"

"Your Majesty, I think that if this gun is promoted quickly, this gun will be a powerful weapon to destroy the enemy! It is just a little heavier and it is difficult for the non-strong man to hold it, otherwise it can only be equipped with a fork rod!"

Xu Guangqi started talking.

Zhu Youxiao pointed his head and looked at Luo Shangzhi: "Luo Aiqing is a veteran of the Qi family army. He has rich practical experience in the application of firearms in the army. In his opinion, how should this gun be used in the army?"

Luo Shangzhi thought for a while and said, "Report to your Majesty, in my opinion, you can use two of this guns in each firearm team! For defense and blocking, it is best to select a group of strong men, form a team separately, and all of them are equipped with this gun. As a fist of a battalion, when encountering a large shield chariot of the enemy coming to fight, you can concentrate this gun to bomb it!"

Zhu Youxiao immediately replied: "Accurate! You will immediately design the charter for firearms team formation and formulation for me! There is no need to consider the cost of money!"

"I obey the order!"

Luo Shangzhi replied excitedly, his favorite thing in his life is to form firearms troops, and to study how to make all kinds of firearms exert their greatest power through formation. Even since he defeated the Japanese Iron Cannon in the Battle of Pyongyang, he has been determined to use his years of practical experience to improve the original mandarin duck formation of the Qi family army, but unfortunately he has never had a chance. Now that the newly ascended emperor asked him to deal with this matter, it was so twitching his heart. Moreover, Qi Jiguang is now posthumously named a marquis, so he naturally also has some expectations of making great contributions after following his old boss, so he can't wait to go back and get a pen and write, and said to himself: "Damn, I have never wanted to write a memorial like today! I won't sleep tonight! I will definitely not be able to sleep anyway!"

"Your Majesty, as General Luo said, this gun can allow those with greater strength to hold this gun as a fist, but most firearms are better equipped with other firearms. I believe that the Heji gun should be used, that is, the gun mentioned by Zhao Shizhen. This gun is improved on the basis of the Three-Long Gun and the Lumi Gun, and the operation should be simpler, and it can be protected from rain and wind because of the rainproof canopy."

Xu Guangqi also started talking at this time.

Zhu Youxiao also knew that the Heji gun was one of the best firearms that could be made in this era, so he gave Xu Guangqi advice.

"The cabinet was sent to the Cabinet and planned to merge the Military Arts Bureau of the Ministry of Works Yuheng and the Military Arts Bureau of the Inner Court into the General Administration of Ordnance Manufacturing, and set up a Minister of Works to manage the General Administration, and the General Administration was responsible for hiring craftsmen to make joint guns!"

Zhu Youxiao ordered Wei Zhongxian and said to Xu Guangqi: "You and General Luo and others agreed on the number of new Guards' jaws required, and then apply to me to order the jaws from the General Administration of Ordnance Manufacturing."

"As for the Minister of Works, who manages the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, Bi Maokang took over. I heard that this person is good at controlling firearms, so he will take office immediately."

"In addition, the cabinet has issued an edict to encourage craftsmen around the world to build more powerful tools and capture soldiers. Therefore, they deposed the craftsmen and permanently abolished the Banshe Silver Enforcement. After the first year of Tianqi, the Banshe Silver no longer collected."

"Another order is proposed, the Ministry of Industry shall order the Ministry of Industry to set up a patent department. In the future, all the people of the world can apply for patent protection for new skills regardless of their high or low status. Anyone who uses this new skill will have to pay the patent fee for both the official and the private sector!"

"Another order is drawn up, and two yamen of the Ming Academy of Engineering and the Ming Academy of Sciences are established. The official of the main hall is appointed as the chief minister and the third rank. The Ming Academy of Engineering selects the most outstanding craftsmen in the world as academicians and ranks the fifth rank. The Ming Academy of Sciences selects scholars who are beneficial to the country and the people as academicians, and also as the fifth rank, but the treatment is all the second rank!"

Zhu Youxiao said again: "The chief ministers of the two courts are temporarily appointed by Xu Aiqing!"

"I obey the order!"

Xu Guangqi replied.

Then, Zhu Youxiao ordered Chen Xin, who was following the supreme, "Turdog Gun, you can arrange for someone to go to Nanyang to purchase it. It is best to invite craftsmen who can make this Gun. As long as you are willing to come, I will award the position of academicians."

"I obey the order!"

Chen Xin also replied.

Next.

Zhu Youxiao also operated the turtledove gun and other muskets for a while, and finally brought the turtledove gun that Chen Xin gave him back.

Although the inner court has been purged now, it is natural that there are more muskets around you.

...

However, shortly after Zhu Youxiao returned to the Qianqing Palace, Fang Congzhe and Han Du, the two cabinet ministers were eager to ask for a meeting.

Zhu Youxiao had to give up and check out the production process of the hand-made spinning machine, and met Fang Congzhe.

As soon as Fang Congzhe and Han Du met Zhu Youxiao, Fang Congzhe hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the big things are not good. Six ministries, the Censorate, the Six Certificates, the Honglu Temple, the Taichang Temple, the Taipu Temple, the Imperial College, the Hanlin Academy, etc., all of which have submitted memorials and resignations, with a total of hundreds of people. Even the Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhou Gong, and the Shaozong of the Ministry of Rites, have submitted memorials and resignations. My ministers dare not approve it, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to resign!

Han Yu also said, "Your Majesty, the temple was unable to observe the court for a long time due to illness, which caused serious lack of officials in the world. It was only a month before the former emperor ascended the throne, and there was no time to make up for the replenishment. Some places had no officials to manage for a long time, and chaos was everywhere. Now that so many officials in the capital have resigned again, I am afraid that the court will be in chaos!"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Han Yu, and naturally understood that this must be a group of civil officials of the Donglin Party who resigned collectively because they were dissatisfied with his execution of Gao Panlong, Miao Changqi, Zhou Yanru and other Donglin Party officials, and wanted to threaten him.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't care, because as far as he knew, there was no shortage of people in the world who wanted to be officials.

For example, there was a dynasty in history that only eunuchs could become officials. Even so, there were still many scholars who would rather castrate themselves, and they would rush to become officials in the court. Moreover, there were no such requests in the Ming Dynasty, and there were more scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao only sneered and asked: "Huang Ming has been raising scholars for more than two hundred years, but there is still a shortage of officials in the world?"

Then, Zhu Youxiao ordered: "Approve their resignation! But even though he knew that the court was running in a difficult situation and many government affairs were piled up and abandoned, he suddenly wanted to resign, instead of waiting for the major events to change the country next year before resigning. It can be seen that he was disregarding the court and the country, especially these officials, who were loyal to the country? He must be warned when the vote was planned, and the following decrees were drawn at the time of approval:

First, those who resign this time will be dismissed from office and will not enjoy the treatment of resignation, and will not be allowed to return home! Since you do not understand the court, don’t blame the court for not understanding them;

Second, the three generations of descendants are not allowed to take scientific examinations, and all the kindnesses are banned! If you are so unfaithful to the country, your family education will definitely not work, and your descendants will not have the concept of loyalty and filial piety. You will devote yourself to learning the three generations of saints before serving the country;
Chapter completed!