Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Aunt Zhu first inspected the Nanjing Arms Bureau located in the southwest corner of the inner city.

"See Your Majesty!"

Because the Ministry of Industry sent someone to remind in advance that during the inspection, Zhu Wei didn't like the fact that the company stopped work and all came to pay respects, so only the ambassador of the Military Armament Bureau brought a group of officials from the Financial Management Office to pay respects outside the gate.

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"What's your name? How long have you been working in the Weapons Bureau?" Aimee Zhu asked, looking at the ambassador in his 30s.

"My humble minister, Liu Weiping, has been in the Weapons Bureau for eight years."

Auntie Zhu nodded, "Lead the way in, let me see the various parts of the Military Weapons Bureau, and introduce it."

Liu Weiping was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "My minister obeys the order!"

This time, Aimee Zhu was accompanied by ministers Zhu Dadian, assistant minister of the Academy of Military Affairs, doctor Yang Tinglin, doctor Liu Xiaolian, assistant minister Liu Linchang of the Ministry of Industry, doctor Song Yingxing, and principal Chen Yujie.

Liu Weiping really didn't expect that he would still have a chance to perform in front of the imperial court, so he immediately took Aimee Zhu into the Military Weapons Bureau, and introduced the situation of each unit carefully and carefully.

The Military Weapons Bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, and according to the relevant new policies of the Ministry of Industry, the Nanjing Military Weapons Bureau currently has a financial management office, a secret manufacturing office, an advanced armor manufacturing office, and a handmade weapon manufacturing office.

Among them, the Secret Manufacturing Institute belongs to the branch of the Chengdu Secret Manufacturing Bureau, but it is only attached to the Nanjing Armament Bureau.

The Financial Management Office is mainly responsible for the property, management, and logistics of the Military Weapons Bureau. It is the official office.

As for the last two institutes, you can tell by their names that they are specially set up for the manufacture of handmade weapons and armor.

Firstly, some advanced armors are currently difficult to mass-produce by machines or a large number of people, and must be handmade by a small number of skilled craftsmen.

This type of armor is not in great demand, and is generally used as a reward for high-ranking generals.

The same is true for handmade weapons. Whether it is a sword or a short pistol, it can be handcrafted to be more exquisite and gorgeous, and then used as a reward.

As for the secret workshop, the main task is to try to manufacture some new utensils according to the blueprints given by Zhu Yuxi.

Song Yingxing has been working as a doctor in the Ministry of Industry for two months. One of the tasks given to him by Aunt Zhu was to recruit talents for scientific research and engineering.

In addition, Jiangnan is originally a place where all kinds of talents gather. Therefore, Nanjing Institute of Secret Manufacturing is not inferior to Chengdu Bureau of Secret Manufacturing in terms of scientific research and manufacturing talent reserves.

As for whether there is a genius like Hua Mude in it, Aimee Zhu doesn't know.However, there must be some, or even more than one or two, whose craftsmanship is comparable to or even surpassed that of Ge Cungen.

After inspecting the secret factory and leaving the Military Weapons Bureau, Zhu Wei said to Liu Linchang and other officials of the Ministry of Industry: "Since I entered Nanjing, the Ministry of Industry has reported the required money, and I will approve as much as I want. You all know how important things are.

But it’s not enough for you to know it, you have to spread it out and let the world know that I attach great importance to scientific research and the cultivation of talents.

Only in this way, more and more people will enter the scientific research and manufacturing industry, and the development of scientific research and industry in our Ming Dynasty will be accelerated.Understand? "

"Your servants, please remember!"

After leaving the Weapons Bureau, Yu Jia went outside the city again.

On the way, Aunt Zhu asked Liu Linzhang, "How did the artisans react after the cancellation of the artisan registration here in Nanjing?"

"Everyone is ecstatic, thank the emperor for his grace."

Cancellation of craftsmanship will mainly lead to two problems:

The first is finance. In the past, the imperial court recruited craftsmen and only subsidized part of the money. Now, after canceling the craftsman registration, they have to recruit and hire according to the market price, and some jobs are even slightly higher than the market price, which will inevitably lead to a large amount of financial expenditure.

But Aimee Zhu never regards financial problems as difficult problems.

The second is that the craftsman registration has been cancelled, should other non-civilian household registrations such as military households and music households be cancelled?
People with low household registration want to cancel it as soon as possible, while those with good household registration do not want to cancel it, because it will damage their sense of superiority and make them feel that their social status is threatened.

If it is a stable environment of a normal feudal dynasty, this problem is difficult to solve.

But at the end of Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuxi had absolute military power, these were not problems.

In the last days of every dynasty, rituals and music will collapse. The so-called rituals and music are actually the existing social system and class distinction of a dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, rituals must have collapsed and music was broken. The distinctions between household registrations have long been less clear, and the barriers are not as insurmountable as before.

Therefore, in Nanjing, the Ministry of Industry implemented the new policy of canceling the registration of artisans and making artisans return to private households under the order of Aunt Zhu.

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Previously, Auntie Zhu had supervised eight factories and two bureaus, which were distributed in different locations inside and outside Nanjing.

Today, Aimee Zhu is mainly going to the northwest suburbs to inspect arsenals, gun factories, ammunition factories, and steel factories.

In order to facilitate the use of water transportation and hydraulic power, these four factories were all built on the east bank of the Jinchuan River.

Among them, the iron and steel plant was built in the most downstream, close to the Yangtze River.The arsenal, which mainly produces cold weapons and armor such as swords, guns, arrows and armor, is three or four miles upstream of the steel factory.

The gun factory and the ammunition factory are farther east, near Mufu Mountain—mainly because the two factories have a higher level of secrecy, and the ammunition factory is also dangerous.

This arrangement can also prevent Nanjing City from being troubled by the sewage of the fourth factory. Although the sewage produced by the fourth factory is still very small, it is always right to consider it in advance when selecting the site of the factory.

In addition, the gun factory, ammunition factory, and steel factory are all guarded by a thousand imperial guards.

The arsenal, as well as the glass factories, glass mirror factories, and machine manufacturing bureaus arranged in the outer city, are also guarded by one or two guards.

In addition, in June, Auntie Zhu sent Liu Wenxiu to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province with the remaining two battalions of the Second Town of the Imperial Guard Army. At present, the Imperial Guard Army in Nanjing City actually has more than one battalion, and Nanjing City Defense has actually been garrisoned by Nanjing. Army takes over.

It seems that Nanjing's military strength seems to be a little empty, but in fact there are nearly [-] imperial guards stationed inside and outside the imperial city. There is no problem with the safety of Aimee Zhu and the center of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, the ammunition factory and the steel factory were completed in June and are ready for production now.

The gun factory and the arsenal are still under construction because they need to install steam machine tools, which is more troublesome, and they need to wait for the steam engines and some machine tool parts to be shipped from Sichuan. "

Coming outside the Nanjing Arsenal, Song Yingxing introduced it to Aimee Zhu.

Auntie Zhu nodded, and then led everyone into the Nanjing Armory to take a quick look at it—because the various machine tools in the Armory have not been installed and work has not started yet, so there is nothing to see at present.

After reading it, Aunt Zhu ordered Yujia to go to the steel factory.

Seeing this, Song Yingxing hesitated and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the air near the iron and steel plant is dirty, and the weather is hot now, and the iron and steel plant is even hotter, and it is a bit dangerous. Your Majesty is a man of gold, and it is really not easy to pass."

Auntie Zhu smiled, "Mr. Chang Geng is a person who has in-depth contact with all kinds of craftsmen and wrote such famous works as "Heavenly Craftsmanship", how could he persuade me so much?

Iron and steel is the cornerstone of our Ming Dynasty's prosperity. How can I rest assured if I don't go to see the first iron and steel factory in Nanjing City? "

Song Yingxing didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only wink at Zhu Dadian, Yang Tinglin and others.

Especially Yang Tinglin, he is a fellow from Jiangxi, so why should he help persuade him at this time?

Seeing that the old god Zhu Dadian was not ready to speak, Yang Tinglin bowed to Aimi Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, the iron and steel plant is not only dirty and dangerous, but also it's hot right now. I'm afraid those craftsmen are working shirtless. Your Majesty will go over there." How inconvenient it is, it is better to just watch the factory outside."

Auntie Zhu frowned slightly, looked around at the accompanying ministers, and said solemnly: "If you think so, the craftsmen in the iron and steel factory must also think so, and the people of the world will think so.

So everyone regards the steel factory as a dirty and polluted place, and regards the steel workers as lowly people. How can they be expected to make steel for Ming Dynasty? !

I went to inspect the iron and steel factory today to let all the ministers and everyone in the world know that I not only attach importance to iron and steel production, but also to iron and steel workers! "

After finishing speaking, Aimee Zhu was not easy to be questioned by others, so she went directly to Yu Huan and ordered to go to the steel factory.

Zhu Dadian, Yang Tinglin, Song Yingxing and other officials and other entourage were stunned when they heard what Aimee Zhu said, and when they came back to their senses, they had no choice but to follow Yu Huo.

However, Yang Tinglin still approached Song Yingxing and said in a low voice, "Brother Chang Geng can quickly send someone to the steel factory, and notify the factory to stop production first, so that the craftsmen and laborers can get dressed."

Song Yingxing sighed and shook his head, "I'm afraid it's too late—there are thousands of people working in this steel factory, and it's a critical matter to start a furnace to make steel. If someone is sent to deliver this order suddenly, I'm afraid it will cause confusion and cause an accident."

Yang Tinglin also sighed after hearing this, and said: "Then when you learned yesterday that His Majesty is going to inspect this factory, why didn't you let them stop working today?"

"I didn't expect His Majesty to go into the factory for inspection." Song Yingxing also felt a little regretful, and then he couldn't help looking at Yu Tuo in front of him, and sighed in a complicated tone: "This is really a very strange person."

Yang Tinglin laughed helplessly, "Aren't you talking nonsense, Your Majesty, she is not a mortal."