Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

"Jiao Xu, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty...Xu Guangqi, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"I...Song Yingxing, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"I...Wang Zheng, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"minister……"

Zhu Youxiao, who was standing with an umbrella raised, looked at the people gathered in front of him with a faint smile on his face. On the other hand, Zhang Weixian, Zhang Qingzhen and other people accompanying him looked around cautiously.

In this area, there are many young people in casual clothes.

"Everyone is free of charge."

Zhu Youxiao didn't pay too much attention to these. At this moment, all his attention was focused on Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, and Wang Zheng.

After waiting for such a long time in Beijing, he finally got this group of outstanding people from the Ming Dynasty. These are the pillars of his efforts to revive the Ming Dynasty!

These outstanding people standing in front of us are scientists who are proficient in firearms, astronomy, calendars, mathematics, agriculture and other fields. They are the real treasures of the Ming Dynasty!

Without their assistance, the many plans planned by Zhu Youxiao would have been delayed or even failed if Ming Dynasty wanted to reverse the national destiny and realize ZTE!

"How come the Qing family is so thin?"

Under the gazes of Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing and others, the smile on Zhu Youxiao's face disappeared. He stared at Jiao Xu and said with concern: "I told the Qing family before that no matter how important the affairs of the Arms Bureau are, the Qing family should pay attention to them." A good balance between work and rest.”

"Your Majesty, it's okay."

Seeing that the emperor cared about him so much, Jiao Xu felt a warm current in his heart, and he hurriedly bowed and said: "I know your health well, but I just missed a few meals. Now that Master Zi and the others are rushing to the capital, I can be lazy." .”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he looked at Jiao Xu with a complicated expression. This was because he had skipped a few meals. This was obviously caused by long-term fatigue.

"The Qing family can no longer work too hard."

Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly and held Jiao Xu's arm, "In the next period of time, the Qing family will go to Xiyuan to recuperate. When the body is well recuperated, the Qing family can return to Xishan to work."

Zhu Youxiao valued a great talent like Jiao Xu very highly.

If Jiao Xu makes any mistake, it will be a huge loss to Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Youxiao never expected that Jiao Xu would be so tired here in Xishan after dealing with some situations by himself in the past few days.

This was an oversight on his part! !

"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"

Jiao Xu became anxious now and hurriedly said: "The Arms Bureau is currently in the Xishan area and has too many things to do, and it is impossible to do without me!"

"Although Mr. Zi Xianggong and others went to Beijing with the order, they are still unfamiliar with many aspects of the Arms Bureau. If I were not in the Arms Bureau and went to Xiyuan to raise generals, then all the things the Arms Bureau had done before would only be the same. I’m afraid all my efforts will fall short!”

For Jiao Xu, asking him to leave the Arms Bureau when it was busiest and when results were most visible was more uncomfortable than killing him.

"If your Majesty trusts me, please let Bo Yuan stay in Xishan."

Under this situation, Song Yingxing stepped forward, bowed to the emperor and said: "As long as you wait for some time, I will be able to help Bo Yuan share the affairs of the Armament Bureau, so that Bo Yuan can have more time to recuperate. .”

"If I didn't trust the ministers, I wouldn't go to all the trouble to summon them to the capital."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Song Yingxing and the others, "But I have three chapters to make. This is not only for Jiao Qing, but also for all the ministers. In the future, when working in the Armament Bureau, you must pay attention to rest. No matter how tight the affairs of the Armament Bureau are, you can't force yourself too much. Don't worry, things can't be finished, you have to know how to combine work and rest."

Zhu Youxiao knew what kind of pressure Jiao Xu was under. It was the most difficult to start anything from scratch. Even if Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing arrived in the capital and worked in the Armaments Bureau from now on, there were too many things to do. The pressure will be shared with Xu Guangqi and the others.

These outstanding figures in front of them are all the treasures of the Ming Dynasty. Even if one of them is lost, the loss is too great for the Ming Dynasty. This is something Zhu Youxiao cannot accept.

"Your Majesty's words will be remembered by all the ministers."

Jiao Xu bowed his head slightly, but thinking of the current progress, Jiao Xu continued: "Your Majesty, you are visiting Xishan in person this time, and I want to report the current progress to Your Majesty..."

It seems that a professional team must be prepared to take care of the food and daily life of these outstanding people.

Just after hearing what Jiao Xu said, Zhu Youxiao had already made up his mind. When Jiao Xu and the others started to do things, they were afraid that they would forget the three chapters of the agreement.

They are all pure people.

Now that it has finally been reused, it must be because I want to use what I have learned throughout my life.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao is so sure is that Jiao Xu, Xu Guangqi, and Song Yingxing all have one thing in common, that is, in order to acquire new knowledge, they have all come into contact with Western sects. Many of them even believe in Western sects and follow Western sects privately. The missionaries have a close relationship.

It is precisely because of this that they were not accepted by the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, most of them made no achievements in the imperial examinations throughout their lives, while some who passed the imperial examinations could enter official careers but were not reused.

Zhu Youxiao had no disdain for the sect.

However, Zhu Youxiao was wary of the Western missionaries who came to the Ming Dynasty, because he was too aware of the virtues of Westerners, that is, they were wolves in sheep's clothing.

The purpose of Western missionaries traveling thousands of miles to come to the Ming Dynasty was not to spread civilization. What's more, whether the Western civilization is as robust as the Ming Dynasty is still in quotation marks.

Even though the current Ming Dynasty is deeply influenced by Confucianism and has great restrictions on non-Confucian schools, this does not prevent Ming Dynasty from still being in a leading position in many fields.

However, this advanced level is limited to small-scale research, but there are various constraints and restrictions on larger-scale applications.

What Zhu Youxiao has to do now is to break these constraints and restrictions!

"The Qing family does not need too much introduction. I know everything about Xishan."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said to Jiao Xu: "I just didn't expect that the Qing family would not know how to cherish their own bodies. But it's fine now. Xu Qing and Song Qing are here. I believe you are here. There will be bigger changes in the Arms Bureau next.”

Since persuasion is of no use, Zhu Youxiao will solve this problem himself!

Too many redundant words will only dampen the enthusiasm of Jiao Xu and the others, which is what Zhu Youxiao does not want to see.

"There is something I need Song Qing to prepare for."

Zhu Youxiao, who wanted to understand this, looked at Song Yingxing in the face of countless gazes.

"Your Majesty, please make it clear."

Song Yingxing hurriedly bowed and said.

Just as Zhu Youxiao expected, Song Yingxing and the others were willing to come to Beijing under the imperial edict just to prove their worth and to serve the Ming Dynasty!

Those foreign Western missionaries will never understand that even though Song Yingxing and others believe in Western religion, their hearts are always towards the Ming Dynasty!

This is the charm of Confucianism!

Confucianism nurtured in China cannot be denied blindly. Yes, perhaps there are some dregs in Confucianism, but Confucianism also has a good side. If we blindly deny Confucianism and criticize it as worthless, then It was tantamount to betraying China. Zhu Youxiao would not do such a stupid thing.

What Zhu Youxiao wants to do is to transform Confucianism, remove the dross mixed with it, retain the essence, and use this as a foundation to build a diversified Chinese civilization, which will expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty and consolidate the mountains and rivers in the future. Work hard to build a Chinese civilization circle!

"After your inspections in the past few days, the ministers must have learned something about Xishan."

Zhu Youxiao lifted up his robe sleeves, looked around at the people in front of him and said: "I have made the Arms Bureau clear deployment, which is to prepare for the establishment of intensive handmade manufacturing roots in Xishan, so that Ming Dynasty can move towards a new path, that is, standardization and intensification A more sophisticated and refined production model.”

"If this ambitious goal can be achieved, then Ming Dynasty will be able to solve many problems, such as the resettlement and diversion of bankrupt farmers, the low productivity situation, the quality assurance of firearms and ordnance, etc."

When Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing heard this, they looked at me and I looked at you, with different expressions on their faces.

Although they had heard Jiao Xu say this before, the feeling between what Jiao Xu said and what the emperor said was completely different.

After all, none of this has ever happened before.

"Now the Armaments Bureau's roots in Xishan are beginning to bear fruit."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "I also believe that with the concerted efforts of all the ministers, we will be able to make major changes in the Arms Bureau, but there is a practical problem in front of us that needs to be solved as soon as possible."

"That is, what standards should be used to operate the industrial workshops under the Arms Bureau?"

"So I want Song Qing to personally take charge and be responsible for the preparation of the compilation of "Tiangong Kaiwu" to clarify the types of raw materials, production technology, process flow and other standards in firearms, gunpowder, smelting and many other fields. This requires a large amount of accurate data to support , in order to build the industrial standard of Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Youxiao has one attitude when doing things, either don't do it at all, and to do it, you must do it to the extreme. If you want to explore the industrial road from scratch in a unified centralized feudal dynasty, you must have enough foundation as support, and to achieve The premise of all this is standardization!

It's just that this standardization is not as simple as lip service and lip service. It requires exploration step by step. For example, the redefinition of weights and measures is something that must be promoted.

For such important matters, Zhu Youxiao's favorite is Song Yingxing. The reason is very simple. The famous book "Tiangong Kaiwu" was compiled by Song Yingxing with countless efforts. This scientific and technological work has produced great achievements for future generations. It has an extremely far-reaching influence, and now Zhu Youxiao wants to make it come out ahead of schedule! !

As long as such works can be compiled in advance and effectively used in actual production, Zhu Youxiao has absolute confidence that Ming Dynasty can cultivate its industrial roots and inject a new soul into Ming Dynasty!