After discussing with Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun submitted a report on Burma's corruption to the court for discussion. During the discussion at the court, Zhu Yijun went to Wuxue for two days in a row to discuss how to send troops.
The discussions at the Military Aircraft Department included, first, deciding whether to use the Beijing Camp, which was gradually reached an agreement under Zhu Yijun's support; second, the scale, route and logistical support of dispatching troops.
Yunnan is in the far west of the empire. There are no roads in and out, and all are dangerous mountain roads. From the capital to Yunnan, it is more than 5,000 miles. If you take a section of the canal to Huguang, then cross Guizhou to Yunnan, or enter from Huguang
The route from Sichuan to Yunnan takes about half a year. Let’s not talk about whether people can bear it. The cost and food supply along the way will bring a huge burden to the local area.
In order to solve the problem of the Beijing camp entering Yunnan, the Department of Martial Arts Logistics has invested a lot of energy in the past two years to study the transshipment of grain and fodder from all over the country and finally bore fruit. Liu Yingjie organized professors and teachers familiar with the geography of various places to formulate a new plan for the route of this march:
First, we took a grain transport boat from Tianjin to Hangzhou along the coast.
There are two supply points on the way, namely Dengzhou and Haizhou. After arriving in Hangzhou, the local supplies of grain, grass and ships will be carried upstream along the Yangtze River to Dongting Lake.
After passing Dongting Lake, you can then walk a section of the Yuanjiang River to reach Guizhou. After arriving in Guizhou, those who can walk by water should try to walk another section of water, and those who cannot walk by water will have to walk.
This plan is much better than transporting through canals, rivers and taking long mountain roads, and won unanimous praise from the participants.
However, because the water level in the upper reaches of the Yuanjiang River is very different to the west of Chenjiang Prefecture, it is basically impossible to sail. Moreover, entering a land where Tu and Han people live together, one has to pass through the boundaries of more than ten chieftains, so the food and fodder problem is difficult to solve. Therefore, the imperial court must issue an order in advance.
The Guizhou Xuanwei Department ordered all governments to make preparations in advance for support.
Zhu Yijun was very happy to see the comprehensive plan of the logistics department led by Liu Yingjie. He commented that this plan was "unique and innovative" and gave him a reward and commendation.
The march route and logistics problems were solved, as well as the problems of acclimatization and miasma that hurt people. In this regard, the Capital Medical College was of great use.
In terms of medical progress, after the establishment of the medical school, Zhu Yijun directly pointed out multiple research paths. The first is to study the direction of diseases caused by microorganisms; the second is the direction of using anatomy to study pathology; the third is to pay attention to hygiene, disinfection, etc.
Nursing direction.
In terms of epidemic prevention and control, the first priority is microbial research. And this research first requires high-transparency glass-ground lenses to make microscopes.
At the end of the first year of Wanli, a craftsman surnamed Hou invented the blowing method to make flat glass. He received an inscription from Zhu Yijun and a reward of 200 taels of silver. This incident stimulated the enthusiasm of the glass craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty to an incredible degree.
Because the production and manufacturing of glass does not require supporting facilities from other industries, it has developed rapidly under the high bounties.
After Zhang Jing received Zhu Yijun's task of making lead glass, he successively issued a reward of 6,000 taels of silver to encourage craftsmen in the inner government to innovate glass craftsmanship; in the first half of the second year of Wanli, he established a special laboratory to test the emperor's
various ideas.
In just three years, the laboratory improved the production of flat glass from the blowing tube method to the flat plate method. Later, because of the high price of burning charcoal, the fuel was improved and coal was used to make coke to make glass.
But the coke-fired glass has always been a little black, which has troubled the craftsmen in the laboratory for a long time. According to the emperor's instructions and based on the Chinese alchemical tradition, the craftsmen tried to add some lead to it - it didn't work.
use.
Until one day, a craftsman named Tian who was promoted from a soap factory to a royal laboratory suddenly had a whim and added some crystallization of plant ash filtrate into it. A magical change finally happened. Ming Dynasty was about seventy years ahead of Britain and took the lead.
Invented highly transparent lead glass.
After Zhu Yijun traveled to the Ming Dynasty, he also thought deeply about the famous "Needham problem", that is, why China did not develop science like Europe in the Ming Dynasty.
He remembered that when he was casually browsing the Internet, he had seen a keyboard warrior give a particularly eye-catching answer - it was because China had not invented highly transparent lead glass.
This brother's theory can have several thousand words. In summary, it is the birth of lead glass, which led to the rapid advancement of optics and mirror grinding technology. With the liberation of human eyes, the theological foundation that had suppressed Europe for hundreds of years came into being.
Shaken. In the end, the hybridization of logic and scientific seeds left by ancient Greece finally sprouted, blossomed, and bore fruit in Europe, which broke through the shackles of the Middle Ages.
Zhu Yijun did not fully accept this theory, but the invention of lead glass was indeed an indispensable step for him to develop Ming medicine. Lead glass was invented in November of the second year of Wanli, and in the first month of the third year of Wanli, the first microscope was sent to medicine
Courtyard - Zhu Yijun, a time traveler, truly pushed the wheel of history to an unknown direction.
The invention of the microscope promoted the microbiology of the Ming Dynasty to thrive from scratch. The emperor's theory of things gradually emerged from the capital, and through newspaper propaganda, slowly spread to the entire world.
With this sharp tool and the cooperation of anatomy, the Capital Medical College successively made breakthroughs in the pathogenesis of typhoid, malaria, and schistosomiasis in the third year of Wanli.
With the mechanism, there are methods of prevention and treatment. The medical school used the knowledge of health and epidemic prevention guided by Zhu Yijun, and after careful preparation, presented a medical book "Prevention and Treatment of Epidemics" at the end of the third year of Wanli. Zhu Yijun immediately promulgated it for the world and serialized it in newspapers in Beijing and Beijing.
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After deciding on the invasion of Burma, the medical school will, in accordance with the emperor's decree, send five teachers and thirty students to conduct a wave of publicity and implementation of health regulations for epidemic prevention and control in the Beijing camp; and then select 300 smart soldiers.
, emergency training on surgical first aid knowledge, and use it as medical soldiers on the battlefield - and these teachers and students will build the world's first field hospital behind the battlefield.
With the medical care accompanying the army, this army marching to Burma is considered to be the most luxurious in the world in this time and space.
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Because this battle is related to whether the empire's goal of stabilizing Burma can be successfully achieved, the choice of coach is also quite troublesome.
In terms of head coach selection, the Martial Arts Combat Department, under the leadership of Yin Zhengmao, also proposed several candidates to Zhu Yijun.
At the beginning, they followed the country's tradition of "controlling military force with civility" and chose their coaches to be civil servants - Yin Zhengmao did his duty and volunteered to go to Myanmar to expand territory.
After being rejected by Zhu Yijun himself, the serious combat department finally proposed candidates with rich resumes and outstanding military exploits:
The first person on the list is Liu Xian. This man is now sixty years old and his ancestral home is Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He was born with extraordinary physical strength and has read several books, but his family is poor. Later, he followed his friends to Sichuan and worked in the countryside.
I have been a private school teacher for several years.
When Liu Xian was a teacher, the students he taught were better in fighting than in endorsements. His friends saw that this was wrong and suggested that he bribe the local government and join the army by pretending to be a military household.
After joining the army, Liu Xian finally showed his talents. In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing period, there was a Miao rebellion in Yibin, and Governor Zhang Jian sent troops to conquer. This old man got into battle and killed more than fifty people, and captured the three culprits.
As the saying goes, a general becomes famous and his bones are withered. Liu Xian was promoted to the rank of Deputy Thousand Households due to his merit. He was not satisfied, so he went to the Ministry of War and spent a sum of money to be given the title of Commanding Officer. After that, he entered the fast track for promotion-he successively served as the Commander-in-Chief of Zhejiang Province.
He was a general who defeated the Japanese pirates at Pukou Gangxia. He was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and later wiped out the Japanese pirates in Liujiazhuang. In the 41st year of Jiajing reign, when he was serving as the commander-in-chief to guard Guangdong, he led his army to Fujian to assist in the fight against the Japanese, and together with Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and others
He defeated Japanese invaders one after another. He took over as the commander-in-chief of Langshan and controlled the north and south of the Yangtze River to prevent Japanese invaders.
At this time in the fourth year of Wanli, Liu Xian became the governor of Tongzhi, the governor of Zuojun Mansion, and was appointed as a professor of the Department of Warfare. Yin Zhengmao, the director of the department, commented in the recommendation report: "It is obvious that he has generals and strategies, but he does not abide by the law as an official."
When the report was submitted to the Secretariat of the Ministry of War, Tan Lun added another comment: "The ability to gallop is superior to that of Jing Jiangbo - but the imperial army has no discipline at all."
After reading the reviews, Zhu Yijun felt a sudden shock in his heart, and then looked at the second general they recommended.