"In the future, the number of firearms will become a decisive factor." Dorgon nodded and added, "However, at this stage, the gap in the number of firearms between our Qing Dynasty and Nanming is not large, and this must be reversed."
"In addition to reducing the number of firearms in Nanming, we also need to increase the number of firearms in Qing Dynasty."
Speaking of this meal, Dorgon added: "So in addition to letting the Luo brothers carry out sabotage and destroy the arsenal of Nanming, our Qing Dynasty also needs to increase the number of blacksmiths as much as possible."
"Replying to the master, there are no more blacksmiths." Gang Lin said with a wry smile, "Most of these fifty thousand blacksmiths are old people left over from the time of Emperor Taizong. It will take at least two years to train a qualified blacksmith. OK."
Huang Taiji left many legacies to the Qing court, one of which was his powerful firearms manufacturing capability.
The old slave was killed by the Ming army's Hongyi cannon in Ningyuan, which left a deep impression on Huang Taiji, so the first thing Huang Taiji did after ascending to the throne was to imitate the Hongyi cannon.
During this period, more than 40,000 Han soldiers and Baoyi became part-time blacksmiths.
It was precisely because of these more than 40,000 blacksmiths that the Qing government was able to catch up with the Ming Dynasty's firearms production capacity.
Dorgon still felt that it was not enough, and asked again: "Summon the blacksmiths from Horqin Mongolia, Chahar Mongolia and Tumut Mongolia to Beijing to make firearms."
Ganglin smiled bitterly and said: "Reporting to my master, I have already summoned all the blacksmiths from all Mongolian tribes to Beijing. Otherwise, there would be no 50,000 blacksmiths. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, there were only more than 40,000 blacksmiths."
"Have everyone been summoned to Beijing?" Dorgon frowned even more, "What about North Korea?"
"North Korea?" Gang Lin was stunned when he heard this, and replied, "Returning to the master, North Korea's blacksmiths have not been recruited."
"Recruit, recruit them all to Beijing." Dorgon said solemnly, "Immediately send a horse to catch up with Obai. After Obai arrives in Pyongyang, he will order the King of Korea to summon all the blacksmiths and transfer them to Beijing for use."
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Dorgon was not the only one who was eyeing North Korean blacksmiths, but also Chongzhen and his son.
Almost at the same time, Zhu Cixi also suggested to Chongzhen: "Father, the cultivation period for old blacksmiths who are skilled in rolling gun tubes and drilling holes is too long, and it is difficult to increase them in large numbers in a short period of time, so instead of cultivating them, it is better to seek them from outside." Pick."
"Ask for it from outside?" Chongzhen smiled and asked, "Hong'er, are you saying that there is still Korea in Japan?"
Zhu Cixi gave a slight hum and then said: "I heard that the iron smelting industry of Japan and Korea is relatively developed, Japan is relatively strong, and the relationship with Ming Dynasty is relatively friendly at present, so it is not easy to attack, but Korea has been Bingzi fell into depravity after being reckless, and took this opportunity to forcefully recruit the blacksmiths in his country."
What Zhu Cihong meant was to take advantage of the opportunity to support Li Yu as the crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty and forcibly recruit Korean blacksmiths to Nanjing to make firearms for the Ming Dynasty.
There are thousands of blacksmiths in North Korea anyway.
Chongzhen just laughed after hearing this.
Zhu Cixi thought that Chongzhen looked down upon him, so he went on to analyze: "Father, although Korea is small, according to the fish scale atlas recorded in the Wanli period, it has a population of six million. If you include escaped slaves and hidden people, it will be less." Tens of millions. In addition, shipbuilding and iron smelting are the main industries of North Korea. Therefore, the number of blacksmiths in the country will not be less than 10,000. Even if it is reduced by half, there will be at least five or six thousand blacksmiths. It is absolutely impossible. Look down upon.”
"The situation is too small." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Xun'er, you only want the blacksmith, the situation is too small."
"The situation is too small?" Zhu Cixi couldn't help but be stunned, but he quickly realized it and said in a low voice, "Father, are you planning to move all five million people from Korea to the Ming Dynasty?"
"This kind of thing has never happened in history."
Again, Chongzhen really didn’t like the killing policy.
Especially East Asians who share the same roots and species are even less likely to engage in brutal genocide.
In order to realize Chongzhen's grand plan of one billion people, in addition to mass births, assimilation of various ethnic groups in East Asia is also a very important means of population growth, among which Koreans are given priority.
Chongzhen has long been eyeing North Korea's population of five million.
Even if calculated based on a birth rate of 4% and a total population of 100 million, there will only be 4 million newborns in the next year. After excluding various deaths, the annual population growth will only be 2 million.
This means that assimilating the five million people in North Korea can save almost three years.
Of course, the premise for all this is complete assimilation, complete cultural and ethnic identity.
"That's true." Zhu Cixiang suddenly remembered the Tang Dynasty's battle to destroy Goguryeo recorded in the history books, and immediately said, "In the past, after the Tang Dynasty conquered the Goguryeo Kingdom, it moved millions of people from the Goguryeo Kingdom to the Jianghuai River in the Central Plains. The famous generals of the Tang Dynasty
It was at this time that Gao Sheji, the father of Gao Xianzhi, moved to the Tang Dynasty."
After a pause, Zhu Cihong asked again: "Father, after the Koreans move inland, where do you plan to resettle them?"
Chongzhen said without hesitation: "The current total population of North Korea is only six million, and only one province in Shandong can accommodate them. However, in order to achieve assimilation as soon as possible, the Koreans must be resettled in Shandong, Henan and Huguang provinces."
, in the future, after the Jian slaves and hypocrites are wiped out, some of them will need to be moved to Beizhi, Shanxi and even Shaanxi. In short, it is not suitable for too many Koreans to live in one place."
"We definitely can't let too many Koreans live together in one place."
Zhu Cixiang nodded: "In addition, we still need to let the Korean people learn our Ming Dynasty Mandarin and Hongwu Zhengyun."
"Of course." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Not only the Ming Dynasty Mandarin and the Hongwu Zhengyun, but also the Chinese language, so that in two generations there will be no Koreans anymore, but only Huaxia people."
Speaking of this meal, he added: "From now on, our Ming Dynasty will no longer be divided into Huayi and Huayi, but only the Huaxia clan!"
In Chongzhen Goule's long-term plan, there is no ethnic division. There is only one ethnic group, the Huaxia, in the entire Ming Dynasty, and everyone is a descendant of the Chinese ancestors.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhu Cixiang then asked: "What does the father mean to give the Koreans and other ethnic groups who have moved inland the same rights as the Han people? Also allow their children to take the imperial examinations
And the Imperial Examination?"
"Yes, everyone has the same rights to participate in the imperial examination and the Imperial Examination."
Chongzhen hummed softly and then said: "Speaking of the Imperial College Examination, this year's Imperial College Examination will start soon, right?"
"Yes, the exam will start in three days." Zhu Cixiang asked again, "Father, will the current Imperial College Examination still be based on the Five Classics to determine who will go and who will be, and then based on the total score of each subject?"
The Imperial College Examination was held for the first time in November of the 18th year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, and this year it is already the third subject. As the Vice President of the Imperial College, Zhu Cixiang started preparing for it a few months ago.
By the way, nearly 10,000 students were admitted to the second subject of the National College Entrance Examination in November last year.
So now the number of students in the Imperial College has reached 12,000, and the number of students in the Naval Academy and Medical College has also reached 4,000.
Chongzhen asked again: "Have the teaching materials of various subjects been distributed to all states and counties?"
A few months ago, Pascal, Boyle and others had compiled basic textbooks for various subjects, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs handed them over to Xu's Printing House for printing. Chongzhen knew about this and spent a lot of money on it.
"It was issued three months ago." Zhu Cihong said, "All health workers in each state and county have one set of personnel, and they are all provided free of charge by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
In order to teach common basic subjects as quickly as possible, Chongzhen really spent a lot of money.
Not only did they spend a lot of money to invite scholars such as Pascal and Boyle from Europe to compile textbooks on various subjects, but they also spent a lot of money to have Xu's Printing House print millions of sets of textbooks at once.
On this item alone, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent nearly 10 million yuan.
This is because the printing volume has been increased to reduce costs, otherwise it would be more expensive.
That’s why it is said that before industrialization was achieved, knowledge was very expensive.
Children from truly poor families have no chance to come into contact with books and acquire knowledge.
Chongzhen said: "If this is the case, there is no need to use the Five Classics Shiwen to decide whether to go or stay. Instead, just take the new study. Use the new study to decide whether to stay, high or low, count the total scores of each subject, and then draw a blocking line.
Those who pass the line will be admitted, and those who fail to pass will be eliminated. The ranking will be determined by the total score, and the one with the highest score will be the top pick."
Zhu Cihong said: "Father, wouldn't this be too abrupt?"
Chongzhen asked Zhu Cixiang, "What do you mean?"
Zhu Cihong said: "That's what I think. Can Shiwen be considered as a subject? It should be tested in parallel with mathematics, physics, chemistry, medicine and other subjects?"
"This is good." Chongzhen nodded happily, "But the name needs to be changed."
"Change the name?" Zhu Cixiang said in astonishment, "I wonder if my father has any alternatives?"
"It's true." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Let's change the name to Chinese. In the future, the Chinese language test can no longer only test eight-legged essays, but must introduce fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple-choice questions, judgment questions and reading comprehension questions to assess students' understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics.
The comprehensive appreciation ability, of course the eight-part essay must be tested, and the score can be set higher."
After saying this for a while, Chongzhen continued: "Oh, also, the subjects of the Imperial College must continue to be improved, and astronomy, geography and history subjects must also be opened. Of course, there is no need to take the exam this year."
"I accept the decree." Zhu Cixi quickly took out a small notebook and wrote it down.
Zhu Cixiang said while writing: "Father, regardless of anything else, just looking at the grand occasion of the Imperial Examination, you know that it is inevitable that the Ming Dynasty will defeat Jiannu."
"That makes sense." Chongzhen nodded happily.
"Competition between countries is a competition of political systems, a competition of economic power, and a competition of armaments, but in the final analysis it is still a competition between people, especially the competition of elite talents between two countries. This is
The decisive factor that truly determines victory or defeat, in this regard, my Ming Dynasty has the advantage."
Zhu Cixi said with a smile: "Even if Jiannu flatters him, it will be difficult for him to do so."
Chongzhen was inevitably a little proud when he heard this.