"His Majesty!"
Zhu Gaoying had just finished communicating with Yang Shiqi in the imperial study, and saw Su Wu on the way back.
"Su Wu, why are you leaving in such a hurry? Did something big happen?"
"Ha, don't think about it, it's not a big deal. It's just that Wei Chen didn't find you in the palace, so Wei Chen guessed that you should have just come back from the imperial study!"
Zhu Gaoying nodded.
"Well, you guessed it right. I have indeed just come back from there and I have already learned about what happened in the cabinet recently from Yang Shiqi!"
This Su Wu was probably here to tell him about the situation in the cabinet today.
"In that case, I am here to congratulate Your Majesty that the Queen is pregnant with a son and that the Queen is in the hospital. She is blessed with a dragon and a phoenix!"
"The dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, and the twins of dragon and phoenix are quite beautiful, you think?"
Zhu Gaotian felt happy because he also wanted a pair of dragons, phoenixes and suns.
But the probability of having twins is too small.
"Then I will give you a good word. If the queen really gives birth to a pair of twins, then I will reward you with a thousand acres of fertile land!"
"I would like to thank Your Majesty in advance!"
Look at what you said, it seems like you really gave birth to a pair of twins, and you even thanked them!
"By the way, I just want to ask you something, come with me!"
Soon after, the two people arrived at Zhenghua Palace, which itself was an empty palace and could be used as a place for Zhu Gaotian and Su Wu to discuss policies.
"I wonder if your Majesty has asked Wei Chen to come here because something else has happened?"
Su Wu saw Zhu Gaoying kicking all the followers out and closing the door again. He thought to himself that he must be discussing something important with him now, and he was afraid that others would know!
"Actually, the political system has already undergone initial reforms, so I also want to reform the military!"
Reform the military?
After Su Wu was briefly stunned, he quickly regained his composure.
That's right, according to His Majesty's personality, it is impossible to live idle. He has just made drastic changes in industrial politics, and now he wants to make a cross-cutting effort in the military. It is reasonable and reasonable.
It's okay to say that the army in the center is all His Majesty's own people after all, but it's hard to say about the army in this place. Moreover, we are in a sensitive period now, so the military reform may be a bit inappropriate.
Of course, if His Majesty insists on changing it, it is still possible to change the Central Army, especially the five battalions under His Majesty's command.
But according to rumors, His Majesty seems to have sent out a certain battalion in his hands to perform a secret mission. Now they still don't know where this unit has gone, and they can't find its whereabouts.
If one of the five major battalions is not there, it is indeed inappropriate to want to reform.
So now, isn’t it true that the central court’s troops can’t reform, and the local armies can’t reform either?
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid something is wrong with this matter. Nowadays, the local army and the imperial army are not in the best period for reform. Moreover, there are internal and external troubles. We must have a strong army to stabilize the country!"
Although there is almost no possibility of large-scale rebellion in the Ming Dynasty, it is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. Only by holding military power and controlling a large army can it have a deterrent effect on all parts of the country.
If there is a slight mistake at this time and the military reform is deformed, not only will the local deterrent effect be greatly reduced, it will even give other countries an opportunity to take advantage of it, such as the five-nation coalition currently near Liangliangzhou!
"I know what you mean, but I need to use a strong army to drive out the five-nation coalition forces in Liangzhou in the next year, and in one to two years, I can assemble a large army and quickly attack the north. All ministries!”
Because there are a large amount of metal mineral resources buried underground in the north, as well as raw materials and fuels necessary for industries such as coal and oil.
Although the coal mines in Shanxi were enough to maintain the operation of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, there is now an extreme shortage of oil in the Ming Dynasty!
"I will defeat the Middle East sooner or later!"
"Middle East? What?"
While chatting, Su Wu was confused by Zhu Gaoying's inexplicable words.
But His Majesty did this not once or twice, so Su Wu automatically skipped this sentence and continued what he said before.
"Your Majesty, that's absolutely fine. There's no need to rush into this moment. It's not too late to reform the army after the Five Nations Allied Forces are dealt with!"
"No, because I have already thought of a series of new weapons. After the Ministry of Industry casts many large devices such as steam engines, trains and railways, I will let them start making such firearms!"
If the emergence of the steam engine is a revolution in productivity, then the emergence of thermal weapons that can be stably used is a huge revolution in the military!
"What's wrong with firearms like Double Le is that its combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. Even with 10,000 soldiers fighting 100,000 soldiers, it won't be a problem!"
Of course, this is a high conservative figure. If there are a hundred soldiers holding Gatlings guarding the city wall, even if there are 100,000 people coming to attack the city, what about a million people?
Still being tortured and killed!
The emergence of this kind of heavy thermal weapon is bound to change the world in a short period of time.
However, with the current technology of the Ming Dynasty, it is still possible to build some flintlock guns, rifles, etc., but it is still too early for the Ming Dynasty to say that machine guns are available.
Just the punch rod to withstand the impact and the barrel in the center are not something that the Ming Dynasty can manufacture today.
At most, a few cannons can be built!
"New weapons, can ten thousand defeat one hundred thousand?"
This is too exaggerated. Even if Su Wu doesn't understand military affairs, if you win with less, you are indispensable because of the right time, place and people, and this is when the difference in numbers is not too exaggerated.
But ten thousand versus one hundred thousand, this is a bit too exaggerated, and His Majesty seems to be sure of what he said!
What kind of weapon is it? How could it be so beneficial.
If this was what someone else said, Su Wu would definitely not believe it.
But this came from His Majesty's mouth, so Su Wu was a little doubtful. After all, His Majesty had done many things that he could not understand, but they were both mysterious and mysterious!
"Then, Your Majesty, do you think how many of these new weapons called firearms can be produced before next spring? How many people will be able to use them? How many troops can they be equipped with?"
There are still three months until spring begins, no more, no less.
"If things go well, we should be able to produce more than 3,000 ordinary flintlock muskets, several thousand to tens of thousands of hand grenades, and countless bullets!"
Zhu Gaotian was just thinking about the minimum. Although he hoped to build as many as possible, he did not want those in the Ministry of Works to suffer from overwork and illness because of his decision! (End of chapter)
