Chapter 697: Steelmaking (1)

In the Qianqing Palace in the early morning, with a bit of chill, Emperor Chongzhen sat cross-legged on the Arhat bed, reviewing several memorials submitted by the military aircraft department.

First, the elite troops from the Beijing camp who had previously suppressed the rebellion of the Ningxia Guard were on their way back to Beijing.

Second, promote and confer officers in important towns on the nine sides.

Third, the military report submitted by the Liaodong Governor's Office for participating in the war.

Fourth, the military report submitted by Dongjiang Town for participating in the war.

Fifth, the East China Sea Navy was raised, and the naval forces in various places were ordered to report to the army.

Sixth, the Beijing camp’s dress change report.

In this period of the Ming Dynasty, we had to endure the disadvantage of diminishing timeliness. After all, this is different from that of later generations. For the same thing, it takes time to get from the capital to the area and get the corresponding reply. Waiting.

Just like the Liaonan frontier, which is thousands of miles away, if there is any situation on the battlefield, even if Emperor Chongzhen wants to know some news, he will have to wait for at least two days, and even if there are delays along the way, this time will be longer.

In a centralized feudal dynasty, it was even more difficult to promote reform and transition from a single economic model to an industrial-based model.

"Chen Qing is here."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up a stack of memorials, looked at Chen Yansheng and said: "Just through this incident, I want to understand a problem. Our smelting industry in Ming Dynasty needs further development.

Just like planning a navigation field, it may lead to invasion by foreign enemies.

If you want to implement the reform reforms under the Ming Dynasty, in addition to cultivating talents in batches and continuously growing the scale of the reformists, you must also understand that due to the influence of region and environment, some policy deployments will take time to settle. , even wrangling.

One criterion for the continued advancement of primitive industrialization is the scale of steel production. After all, the process of industrialization does not depend on the development of industry, but on the development of industry.

"Well, tell him to come see me after breakfast."

If you break away from this reality and do certain things with wishful thinking, the results you get will be like duckweed without feet, which will scatter when the wind blows.

Especially since the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, the number of deployment matters increased, which made Emperor Chongzhen even busier and he did not have much leisure time at all.

It is difficult to carry out reforms.

"Your Majesty... it's time for breakfast." Wang Cheng'en bowed his head and walked forward, bowing to Emperor Chongzhen: "You went to bed very late last night..."

Emperor Chongzhen said this and continued to deal with the memorial.

After all, there are too many things to consider, and there are too many aspects that need to be taken into consideration. If there is any flaw in any link, it will lead to serious problems.

"Bring it over."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, looked at Chen Yansheng and said, "Sit down, I summoned the Qing family from Tianjin this time because there are some things I want to talk to the Qing family."

"Since the war broke out in the Liao region, I have been paying close attention to the firearms, artillery, gunpowder and other types of military supplies ordered by the Liaodong Rebel Army led by Li Zicheng from the Tianjin military industry."

While Emperor Chongzhen was busy at his desk, Chen Yansheng, the magistrate of Tianjin, walked into Dongnuan Pavilion and felt very uncomfortable when he looked at the breakfast set beside the short table.

There are many problems like this. Emperor Chongzhen was like the chief architect of the Ming Dynasty. He carefully implemented the overall arrangement he had conceived in his mind, link by link. If any problems arose during the period, he would deal with them first. Solve it at once to avoid hidden dangers from expanding and causing more problems.

Just like planning in the financial sector, it may induce inflation.

"Enter Beijing."

Not to mention anything else, if we want to meet all the various types of firearms, artillery, ordnance, armor, etc. that need to be replaced in the Beijing camp, it will inevitably affect other levels."

Chen Yansheng hurriedly bowed and responded.

Just like in the field of supporting industries, there will be a large number of out-of-work groups. If there are any problems in the deployment of food demand, it will lead to a food crisis.

Tianjin Zhili Prefecture was a place that Emperor Chongzhen valued very much. It was not only the external port of the northern Ming Dynasty, but also an important place carrying the pan-Liaodong strategy. It also shouldered the heavy burden of incubating primitive industrialization. If this place dared to have any

problem, it will cause a lot of problems.

Chen Yansheng frowned and bowed slightly: "As far as Tianjin is concerned, the annual output of various smelting plants under construction is about 8 million kilograms. This can only be achieved with the support of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Effectiveness.

Just like the trial land policy, it may intensify class conflicts...

Steel is the foundation and pillar of almost all heavy industries, and is also one of the necessary materials for construction. If a country's steel industry is underdeveloped, the overall development activity will actually be relatively poor.

"Your Majesty, I have been thinking about this before."

"By the way, has Chen Yansheng come to Beijing?"

Wang Chengen bowed in response, then faced Emperor Chongzhen and slowly retreated out of the palace. However, before he could retreat, he was stopped by Emperor Chongzhen.

If breakthrough progress cannot be made in the construction of the heavy industry system, then for our Ming Dynasty, many things done in the past are actually of no use.

Wang Chengen, who was called out, hurriedly replied: "I'm having dinner at Qianqingmen now. Chen Zhizhou returned to the capital according to the order. He didn't stop all the way, so..."

"My slave obeys the order."

The so-called balance between work and rest is just an occasional thing.

"Chen Yansheng, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."

If you want to accomplish something in the Ming Dynasty, it is not enough to rely on yourself, and you cannot even relax at all. Emperor Chongzhen has been so busy since he decided to reform.

Emperor Chongzhen did not even raise his head and continued busy.

"I obey the decree."

Not to mention that the steam age has not yet arrived. Once it does arrive, too low steel production will actually not be able to meet the needs of development.

Logically speaking, the current output is enough for Tianjin to meet the needs of various fields. However, in fact, Tianjin's military industry alone consumes a large amount of iron materials, even high-quality steel materials, every year.

This is inextricably linked with the Pan-Liaodong strategy proposed by His Majesty, which caused Jianlu to fall into the quagmire of an arms race.

According to what I know, the annual output of various smelting workshops under Shuntian Prefecture is only about 6 million kilograms. Now, affected by the Liao Dynasty War, a serious problem has arisen: there is not enough iron material."

Emperor Chongzhen sighed softly and sighed in his heart. Indeed, as Chen Yansheng said, this is the problem that Ming Dynasty is encountering now. It seems that the development of the smelting industry has shown an upward trend in recent years, but with the

The number of things to worry about has increased, but it has also resulted in actual needs being far from being met.
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