As long as he can do things, Luo Zhixue actually doesn't mind if his ministers get some money to support their family in Hukou.
After all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and corruption cannot be completely eliminated. Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes. Similarly, where there are officials, there will be corruption.
What Luo Zhixue can do is to control the scale and influence as much as possible to avoid causing too much harm. For example, he can carry out rectification of officials every once in a while, kill a group of corrupt officials with relatively bad influence, etc., and maintain as much as possible a A good administrative atmosphere on the surface.
But if you can't do things, Luo Zhixue will despise you even if you are an upright official!
If you can't do things and still like to make money, Luo Zhixue will kill people, or in serious cases, his family will be confiscated and his family will be exterminated.
Therefore, the Ministry of Industry and the Dangtu Industrial Zone had a group of wastes who were making money but not doing anything. Luo Zhixue got rid of them and replaced them with Ding Gangyi, who was also corrupt but had good ability to do things.
He only gave Ding Gangyi one task: the flintlock production line of Dangtu Arsenal must start mass production within the year, and the monthly output must reach at least 3,000.
otherwise……
Well, there is no need to threaten, the fate of the right minister of the Ministry of Industry is already ahead of him.
Now that the censors of the Grand Inspectorate have dug up a lot of evidence of corruption, I am afraid that within a few months we will hear the news that this person's house was confiscated and executed.
Ding Gangyi, as the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, personally went to the Dangtu Arsenal to supervise the factory. He did not show any mercy when he came with a task. He cooperated with the Inspectorate and the censors and dealt with hundreds of officials from the Ministry of Industry in one go. , not only the Dangtu Arsenal, but also many managers in the supporting factories, basically sweeping away the corruption and laziness in the entire Dangtu Industrial Zone.
It was against this background that Luo Zhixue arrived at the Dangtu Arsenal for inspection on November 27.
However, at this time, Dangtu Arsenal still has not invested in large-scale mass production. Even if Ding Gangyi is ruthless and efficient, it still takes time.
For example, for equipment that has been left behind and has not yet been installed, even if we are working overtime to install and debug it, it will still take time.
The training of skilled workers has fallen behind so much before, and it also needs time to make up for it.
The flintlock production line is indispensable for equipment and skilled workers. Only when both are available can mass production be achieved.
Although the Dangtu Arsenal has not yet entered mass production, when Luo Zhixue saw that the remaining equipment in the factory was undergoing intense installation and debugging, and a large number of workers were undergoing intense training, he was once again reassured about Ding Gangyi's ability to do things. .
After inspecting the Dangtu Arsenal, Luo Zhixue did not return immediately. Instead, he went to the Dangtu Ironworks, which was building the second phase of the project. On the way, Luo Zhixue called Ding Gangyi over and asked him carefully. The situation in Dangtu Industrial Zone.
Ding Gangyi is the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. When he came to work as Tu, he was not only the acting supervisor of the arsenal, but also responsible for the rectification of the entire industrial zone. Therefore, he is also responsible for the affairs of the industrial zone now.
Luo Zhixue asked, and Ding Gang answered resolutely, which also gave Luo Zhixue a more detailed understanding of the current situation in Dangtu Industrial Zone.
Nowadays, there are more than 20 large and small factories in Dangtu Industrial Zone. The core ones are Dangtu Ironmaking Factory, Dangtu Machinery Factory, and Dangtu Arsenal. These three are all very large-scale factories.
Dangtu Arsenal is a pure national defense factory. Like Hantian Factory, it is a comprehensive large-scale arsenal. It has six core arsenals: artillery factory, heavy artillery factory, musket factory, armor factory, sword factory, and ammunition factory. In addition, there are many auxiliary branch factories such as wood and casting.
It is just a Dangtu arsenal, with more than ten branches under it.
There are three phases of the project in the design. When all three phases of the project are completed and put into production, with overtime work, the production capacity of flintlock guns can reach 8,000 pieces per month and 30 nine-pound field cannons per month (if five pieces are produced) 5,000-pound or two-and-a-half-pound field guns, and the number is even more), various types of 14-pound, 18-pound, and 24-pound heavy artillery, that is, long-barrel medium- and large-caliber artillery used for sieges, forts, and battleships. , with a monthly output of about fifteen doors.
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In addition to the production of these core weapons, there is also the production of a large number of armors, swords, pistols and other weapons.
And then there’s the ammunition!
The entire Dangtu Arsenal's various weapons production capacity is about 1.5 times that of the Hantian Factory, and its ammunition production capacity is twice as much.
Adding these two core arsenals together, the future production capacity of the Chu Empire's flintlock muskets is expected to reach an annual output of 200,000 pieces.
The annual output of various types of long-barreled artillery can reach more than 1,000 pieces!
Of course, this kind of production capacity data is an extreme production data during the war, which means working overtime and producing regardless of costs.
If it is peacetime, then this production capacity will drop significantly, and it would be good to have half the production capacity.
The production capacity of an arsenal in peacetime and its production capacity in wartime are completely different concepts and cannot be confused.
After working overtime during the war, Luo Zhixue had a production capacity of 200,000 flintlock muskets a year. This was Luo Zhixue's own ambition, and it was also the strategic task he set for the Ministry of Industry.
It is impossible to achieve it in the short term, and it will take at least a year or more.
As for now, it will be very popular if we can produce 100,000 pieces per year after the New Year.
The construction of the arsenal and the training of workers all take time. Even under the high-pressure policy adopted by Luo Zhixue, who works overtime to build the factory, it still takes time to expand production.
Luo Zhixue estimates that it will probably take a year to reach the annual output of 200,000 Suifa rifles.
This means that for a long time to come, matchlocks and spears will still be indispensable and important individual weapons for the Chu Empire.
This is also the reason why the matchlock production lines in Xiangyang Arsenal, Changsha Arsenal, and Hantian Arsenal have not stopped production.
After inspecting the Dangtu Ironworks and going around the Dangtu Machinery Factory, Luo Zhixue did not forget to visit more than 20 other factories in the Dangtu Industrial Zone one by one.
However, the subsequent inspection was just a walk-through.
After completing his three-day inspection, Luo Zhixue officially set off back to Jinling City.
Before returning to Jinling City, Luo Zhixue found Ding Gangyi again.
"This Dangtu Industrial Zone is left to you. Do it well. These large numbers of soldiers are still waiting for guns and ammunition. The Northern Expedition is also waiting for your guns and ammunition. Let me ask you again. Do you want to achieve a monthly output of three Thousands of flintlock muskets, is there any problem? If so, tell us now!"
Ding Gangyi said immediately: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will do my best. The monthly output of flintlock guns will definitely reach 3,000 within the year, and there will definitely be no problems!"
Luo Zhixue nodded slightly: "Okay, then I'm waiting for your good news!"
After saying that, Luo Zhixue looked at Ding Gangyi again: "By the way, a lot of memorials to impeach you were sent to me some time ago, saying that you had embezzled a lot of money and even opened several factories. There are dozens of shops in Jinling City..."
After hearing Luo Zhixue's words, Ding Gangyi immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am wronged..."
Luo Zhixue, however, waved his hand, signaling him to shut up and listen to what I had to say before talking nonsense: "This guy, please don't do something stupid like picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon!"
After Luo Zhixue finished speaking, he got in the car and drove away!
Ding Gangyi was left shivering in the cold wind!
The few words His Majesty said to him just now in an extremely calm tone, no matter which one he said, were full of lethality. This was no longer a simple beating, but a direct message to him: I know all the bad things you did. , and asked him to handle it quickly and quickly, so as not to lose his official title because of this!
But in his panic, he was a little lucky. Since His Majesty could say such a few words to him, it meant that there was still room for redemption.
After returning, Ding Gangyi wrote a letter to his close relatives and sent them back to Jinling City. Immediately afterwards, a large number of the Ding family's properties began to be sold off, including textile factories and shops. The money gained from the sale was directly donated to the royal family. The relief home was set up to provide relief to orphans and the elderly, as well as disaster relief. Even a newly built house was donated directly to the government to serve as a school building for a government-run academy.
Many people in the Ding family did not understand or even opposed it. It was not easy for the Ding family to have a high-ranking official like Ding Gangyi, and it only took them one or two years to acquire a large amount of property. Life was getting better, but the owner of the family, Ding Gangyi, decided to sell off his property with just a letter.
Forget about selling off the property, all the money from the sale was donated to the relief home, and even the new house was donated to the Jinling Institute of Science, which the government said was used.
They don't understand or even oppose it.
However, their opposition was of no use. Ding Gangyi was the backbone of the Ding family.
In addition, several smart people in the Ding family also sensed a crisis from Ding Gangyi's sudden behavior.
They are all a family, and they know who Ding Gangyi is to some extent. The head of the family dare not say that he regards wealth as his life, but he is definitely not honest. All the property of the Ding family was acquired by Ding Gangyi before.
For Ding Gangyi to suddenly abandon his family business, something big must have happened behind this.
Maybe, he was being targeted by the Inspectorate?
No matter how the Ding family reacted, it did not stop Ding Gang from selling his business and donating his family property.
Luo Zhixue, who had returned to Jinling City, also received the news that the Ding family had sold off their business and donated money.
"It seems that he still knows how to choose." Luo Zhixue was quite satisfied with Ding Gangyi's reaction.
Don't be afraid of doing something wrong. What's scary is not admitting it and refusing to change it.
As long as he knows his mistakes and can correct them, Luo Zhixue won't mind Ding Gangyi's previous mistakes in corruption.
People are always willing to give up, let alone officials.
Luo Zhixue also knows that there are not many officials in the Da Chu Empire who are actually honest officials. In fact, there is no need to conduct special investigations. Look at the recent food and drink expenses of the high-ranking officials in the Da Chu Empire in the past year. You can see it.
Before these people followed Luo Zhi to learn how to rebel, they were basically from middle and lower classes. They were just small landlords.
At the same time, although the salaries of officials in the Dachu Empire were high, with some senior officials earning several thousand taels of silver per year, it was impossible for them to live such a luxurious life.
Behind this, there must be more income channels, and most of them are definitely illegal.
It's just that Luo Zhixue has always turned a blind eye to this.
People follow him to fight for life and death, and tuck their heads in their waistbands to rebel. This rebellion is more than half successful. You still let them enjoy glory and wealth, which is unreasonable.
In other words, how come you, Luo Zhixue, can have seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards after becoming the emperor, and enjoy the supreme enjoyment in the world every day, while those ministers who follow you, Luo Zhixue, to conquer the world cannot Can we only eat glutinous rice bran?
When everyone risked their lives to follow you, Luo Zhi, to rebel, it was not to melt wealth!
So for this situation, Luo Zhixue’s principle is: Don’t go too far!
It’s still the same sentence: just make a small fuss, make tens of thousands of taels to support your family in Hukou, and maintain a decent life.
But if you want to make big news, don't blame Luo Zhixue for being ruthless.
The confiscation of houses and annihilation of clans in the Great Chu Empire was not only aimed at the recalcitrant gentry, but also at the corrupt officials within.
