Chapter 239 Expansion to the north! We still have to use Sun Chengzong's method of building an army fort!
On the second day after arriving in the factory area, Zhu Youjian did not continue heading north. Instead, he visited the various factories in the factory area in detail, even including the canteens and employee dormitories.
The development of the factory area is very important. Only through detailed research can we fully grasp the current industrial development situation and put forward some opinions and suggestions to find out and fill in the gaps. Let Zhu Youjian make an object from scratch. He does not have the ability.
, but it is still possible to put forward some improvement suggestions for local problems.
"Mr. Song, the Tiangong Bureau must focus on the following aspects. The production process, materials, precision, and production speed of bearings, gears, and chains are only better but not the best. They require long-term investment.
It takes a lot of energy and material resources to do it." After seeing the machinery in the factory area, Zhu Youjian put forward higher requirements to the Tiangong Bureau headed by Song Yingxing.
Bearings, gears and chains are the three major connecting parts of machinery manufacturing. They appeared in China quite early. Among the unearthed cultural relics of the Qin and Han Dynasties, there are gears made of bronze. But this does not mean that the Ming Dynasty’s production technology in this area
Maturity, iron connectors are still a long way from true maturity in terms of quality and accuracy, especially large-scale production is not easy. Making these things requires long-term technology accumulation.
"Your Majesty, the Tiangong Bureau has set up a special workshop to do this."
"Developing tools is one aspect, and we need to open special schools to teach. We need to teach craftsmen skills, and we also need to teach them literacy and drawing. Mr. Song, my opinion is that the Tiangong Bureau should open night schools specifically in the factory area.
Educate craftsmen who are willing to make progress and improve their skills. We also popularize the Tiangong Bureau craftsman grading system in the factory area, allowing craftsmen to come and participate in the rating. Above the master craftsman, the Supervision Department Yamen will come forward and will
Give them a special subsidy, called the imperial technical subsidy, and pay it out on a monthly basis to encourage craftsmen to improve their skills."
Establishing a technical school is something Zhu Youjian has always wanted to do, but due to restrictions, until now there are not enough teachers and teaching materials to formally do this, so he can only start with night schools to explore the establishment of a technical school.
"Speaking of this, I suddenly thought that there are many family members and children of craftsmen living in the factory area now. The problem of these children going to school will be solved. The factory area will fund a three-year free primary school for children.
All the children of craftsmen in the factory area can attend primary school for free for three years. Manager Liu and Magistrate Song have come to implement this matter. In addition, the living environment of the workers in the factory area is too bad. Most of them live in shacks. This is not a long-term solution.
We need to find ways to build collective dormitories and family areas for them."
The main reason why the factory area can be put into production quickly is that the accommodation is quite basic. Most people just build temporary shacks or dig cave dwellings to settle in. Now that it has been in production for almost a year, Zhu Youjian is still making do with it.
Can't stand it.
"Your Majesty, in two or three years, can the factory district really produce an output of 20 to 30 million taels of silver? In fact, the output is already quite large now. If there is an output of 20 to 30 million taels, the national tax alone will be enough to pay 2 to 3 million silver dollars in a year.
Most provinces are not so productive!" When leaving the factory area, Zhou Yanru came close to the emperor. It was really hard for him to imagine how such a big place could earn so much money? In his opinion,
The current output in the factory area is shocking enough.
"As long as you work hard, it's not that difficult. Although the factory area is built in Miyun, it does business all over the world. The things it produces are urgently needed by the people, and they are cheap and high-quality. It is not difficult to earn more than ten million taels of silver.
big."
After leaving the factory area and continuing north, we arrived at Gubeikou Guancheng. This was the headquarters of the 51st Division of the Ming Dynasty's new official army. The division commander was Ma Youliang, who had just come out of the general school hall.
When arriving at Guancheng, the first thing to do was to review the army and formally award the flag to the division, and give the division the rank of brigadier general and other officers above, showing the emperor's control and presence over the military power.
After conferring the rank of major general on May Youliang, Zhu Youjian patted him on the shoulder gently and said: "Zhongfu (the name of Ma Youliang) was awarded the rank of major general at the age of twenty-four. He controls a division of troops and guards the border."
, he is considered a young and promising general in the country, but he must not be proud and complacent and let down the expectations of me and the Ming Dynasty."
After giving a military salute, Ma Youliang replied loudly: "Principal, don't worry, the students will never let down Long En."
After giving a lecture to all the soldiers on the school field, Zhu Youjian asked all the officers of the division and above to gather in the Chinese army tent and hold a strategy meeting for the former enemy.
"The 51st Division is the foundation of the former Second Division of the New Army. It can be regarded as a strong army among strong armies. The main body of your division has basically not been moved during this army-wide reorganization, and its combat effectiveness should be no problem. Therefore, in addition to daily reorganization work,
, during this period, we will also start the war work to advance northward. The so-called advancement to the north means taking advantage of the summer time to build more than five buildings with mud, mud and stone at a distance of about a hundred miles north of Gubeikou.
Military forts that can support each other will move the Ming Dynasty's northern defense line northward." At the military meeting, Zhu Youjian proposed his own plan to advance northward. There are no large Mongolian tribes in this area, and there is little resistance to advancement, so it is suitable for expansion at this stage.
"Your Majesty, the northern part is the area where the northern barbarians graze. It is difficult to defend the Jianjun Fort. I feel that it is a waste of money and military power. It is better to strengthen the city and the border wall." Chen Xinjia, who was accompanying him, suddenly heard that the emperor was marching north.
The plan seems a bit inappropriate. The current military strength is already tight. Why go to the northern part of the country to build a military fort? If you have the spare power, it is better to go west or south to quell the rebellion.
"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we have been building border defenses to prevent bandits, but the bandits have never been alleviated. Therefore, I feel that instead of passive defense, it is better to actively expand externally, turn the raw land outside the customs into mature land, and turn the bandits into citizens.
We advance hundreds of miles every year, and after 30 to 50 years of hard work, the northern border has become a mature land. Wouldn’t it be better? Judging from the wars in Liaodong over the years, with the support of military forts, we will have an advantage in the war against the bandits.
.The reason why the military fort is difficult to defend is because the defenders do not have the strength to fight in the field. The military fort has become a dead place, so it is naturally difficult to defend. Now that our army has the strength to fight in the field, the military fort is easy to defend."
Relying on the military fort system to advance outward is the most suitable way for the Ming Dynasty's new army, which is mainly infantry, to advance northward. The Guan Ning Jin defense line built by Sun Chengzong relying on military forts outside the mountains is not a bad move in any way. Of course, Guan Ning Jin
The defense line ignored a problem. The so-called Guan Ning cavalry did not play its due role. The military fort was not for them to hold on. The real role was for them to rely on the supporting role of the military fort to launch large-scale mobile operations against the Qing army.
However, when the war started, it was difficult for Guan Ning's army to fight ten miles out of the city. The military fort became the last refuge. Naturally, the role of Guan Ning Jin's defense line was greatly reduced. As long as the army dared to go out of the city to fight in the field, and could survive in most situations
If you don’t suffer a loss, the strategic supporting role of the military fortress system will be greatly exerted. In the current era, Tsarist Russia’s eastward expansion used this method. Tsarist Russia could use this method to expand the entire Far East into its own territory. The Ming Dynasty used the right