Chapter 717 The unprecedented concentration of imperial power
At present, the steel in the Tang Dynasty basically adopts the traditional production model. Although some machinery is used to replace manpower in the production process, the key technology is the traditional model.
However, the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant that Li Xuan directed to build was preparing to adopt new technology. This technology was the blast furnace ironmaking method developed by Li Xuan under the guidance of senior students in the Youjun Camp.
Several senior students in the Youjun camp used Li Xuan's guidance, plus these students who were able to learn junior high school courses on their own with the help of the textbooks compiled by Li Xuan and a small number of guidance. Their talents are indeed not contrary, and they can learn from
Almost every senior student who stands out among thousands of junior military camp students is a genius.
This small blast furnace can produce iron on a large scale.
However, there is still no way to solve the problem of large-scale steelmaking technology, so for now we can only rely on the most primitive means, honest manual steelmaking.
So currently in the Tang Dynasty, steel is also a very precious and rare material, and it is basically used to make weapons!
But if iron can now be produced on a large scale, it will be enough for the development of Datang. If the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant can be put into operation smoothly and prove that blast furnace ironmaking is feasible, then the Datang Dynasty will quickly copy this model.
, by that time, Li Xuan will no longer be able to meet the output of only 10,000 tons.
But this is all for the future. The current Foshan Iron and Steel Plant is still in the construction stage, and because the technology developed in the Youjun camp is still relatively primitive, it has only been tested on a small scale before, while trial production and large-scale mass production
They are two different things. The Tang Dynasty still had a long way to go before it could achieve large-scale blast furnace iron smelting.
The Ministry of Industry proposed that once the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant is put into operation, ordnance production can be increased rapidly, but people from the Army did not look happy after hearing this. The Army also knew about the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant, and it is still in the construction period.
, I still don’t know that it will be built in the Year of the Monkey and the Year of the Horse.
The Army's need for ordnance is very urgent. According to the Army's scheduled combat plan, all reorganization plans for the existing troops must be completed before the arrival of the fourth year of Xuanping!
This means that at least tens of thousands of matchlocks and hundreds of field guns are needed, which is a very big challenge to the current arms production capacity of the Tang Dynasty.
Subsequently, the navy also proposed an ambitious plan. The navy was prepared to launch the Battle of Nan'ao Island to seize Nan'ao Island and completely clear the coast of Guangdong after a new batch of battleships entered service in the fourth year of Xuanping.
Coastal, and advance with the maritime front to Fujian and even Zhejiang and even the Yangtze River estuary.
At the same time, the Navy proposed that it prepares to start construction of at least ten battleships next year. Together with the three battleships currently in service and the five battleships under construction, it will form an ocean-going main fleet with 18 battleships.
With this main fleet, I dare not say that it can completely sweep the East Asian waters, but at least it can maintain the security of the coast!
At the same time, the Navy also proposed that among the new battleships to be built, there will be a second-class cruiser with a tonnage of 800 tons, and a large battleship equipped with larger-caliber artillery. The main gun will reach 24 kilograms.
, hoping that the shipyards and arsenals of the Ministry of Industry will be ready to build hulls and naval guns.
After this request was made public, the faces of the people in the Ministry of Industry turned dark!
The army's requirements are pretty good. Although the number of guns required is a bit more, they are all weapons that can be mass-produced by the arsenal affiliated to the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty. However, the navy's requirement for an 800-ton second-class cruiser is not enough.
It has exceeded the current technical capabilities of the Ministry of Industry.
At present, the Guangzhou Shipyard, the largest under the Ministry of Industry, has a dock of only 600 tons. It can only build a 550-ton third-class cruiser. If you want to build an 800-ton second-class cruiser, you must first build one.
A large shipyard, and then solve various technical problems in building large-tonnage ships, and this is not easy!
The same goes for naval guns. At present, the arsenal of the Ministry of Industry, even the Zhaoqing Arsenal, which has the strongest technical capabilities, can only hand-produce fourteen-pound cannons one by one. Even now, it has not even developed an eighteen-pound cannon.
, but now the navy comes to ask for a large-caliber naval gun of 24 kilograms.
They really think that their Ministry of Industry is omnipotent and can build anything. To build an 800-ton hull, even if everything goes well, it will take at least two or three years. As for a 24-pound naval gun, that is even more troublesome.
Well, who knows when it will be done.
However, the Ministry of Industry has long been accustomed to the big talk of the lions of the Army and Navy. Although their faces are a bit unsightly, they just ignore it. The Ministry of Industry can't make them anyway, and your military can do whatever you want.
Compared with the conflict between the military and the Ministry of Industry, other departments are much more friendly. Although there are also conflicts over funding, they basically have nothing to do with the military.
For example, the Ministry of Rites proposed that during the four-year period of Xuanping, the construction plan of juvenile colleges in Guangdong and Guangxi regions should be completely completed, and each county should have a juvenile college, and each prefecture should have more than three colleges of higher learning.
The Ministry of Agriculture has also proposed to double the amount of wasteland reclaimed tomorrow compared to this year!
As for the Ministry of Commerce, it is proposed to increase the output value of industry and commerce in various places by more than 50% compared to the three years of Xuanping!
Regarding the future plans of various departments, Li Xuan did not say anything, but listened to what they said and at the same time looked at the plans submitted by them!
At the end, Li Xuan proposed that today's meeting be suspended, and he hoped that each department would continue to improve the plan after returning. Li Xuan would summon each department one by one and review the plans of each department.
It's the end of the year, and Li Xuan is busier than ever. He holds meetings with various departments almost every day to determine their plans for the next one or even two years. The plans proposed by each department may not be consistent with those of other departments.
Plans conflicted, and Li Xuan also needed to make a decision at this time, which plan should be developed first.
Compared to before, he didn't have much time to care about military matters. He only listened to routine military briefings every day. He would also ask a few questions during the briefings, but it was no longer the same as before.
The details of the tactics will be discussed in detail.
Now that the Tang Dynasty has grown, it is impossible for Li Xuan to focus most of his energy on the military as before, and because the front line is now far away from Zhaoqing, the back-and-forth communication, at least
The delay is more than ten days, and these ten days are enough for many changes to occur.
So now, Li Xuan basically just understands the general situation, and then says a few words to encourage the soldiers to set a certain general direction.
As for the detailed tactics, he was actually no longer involved.
Even after learning that Li Chunjing led his army to attack Wuchang and then diverted to Yuezhou on the way, Li Xuan just said "I understand."
However, Zeng Ziwen and a group of people in the Privy Council were quite worried about Li Chunjing's move!
He was worried that Li Chunjing would go deep into the army alone and then fall into a heavy siege by the enemy. He was also worried that the Second Army would be severely damaged.
But although Li Xuan was worried, he didn't say anything, and he also believed that Li Chunjing would not be stupid enough to lead the Second Army into the encirclement of the Ming army.
When he appointed Li Chunjing as the commander of the Second Army, he already knew that today's situation would likely occur. To a certain extent, this situation was even caused by Li Xuan himself.
Because Li Xuan's order to Li Chunjing only said to create opportunities for marching into Southern Zhili, but it was up to Li Chunjing to decide how to do it.
Now that Li Chunjing has decided to take the risk and go to Yuezhou, Li Xuan has nothing to do except continue to express his support!
Even if he objects now and sends people five hundred miles away with an imperial edict to make Li Chunjing retreat, it will be five or six days later, and by this time, Li Chunjing has probably already reached Yuezhou City.
Remote control command is something Li Xuan has tried his best to avoid in the past two years!
On the one hand, due to communication delays, his orders could no longer be delivered in time!
On the other hand, to be honest, Li Xuan himself didn't know much about the specific situation on the front line, so he could only analyze it through a few words.
The more important point is that Li Xuan knows that he has never been a qualified general. His understanding of war is limited to queuing to kill in movies and TV dramas. But when it comes to detailed tactics, to be honest, Li Xuan actually
Still not as good as Li Chunjing, Hao Bainian and others.
After all, Li Chunjing and Hao Bainian are the professionals when it comes to fighting!
There is actually only one thing that Li Xuan is good at now, and that is to be an emperor, a qualified emperor!
As for fighting, that is the business of the generals, and developing the economy, even industry, commerce, agriculture, etc., is the business of the subordinate civil servants.
What Li Xuan has to do is to point out a direction for them and tell them to move forward in this direction, but how to overcome difficulties and move forward is the business of these people under his command.
After all, skills have specializations and people have their own strengths!
Of course, this does not mean that Li Xuan has completely decentralized power. In fact, the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty, or Li Xuan's power, has become more and more concentrated.
The two institutions of Hanlin Academy and Imperial Study Room gave Li Xuan complete control over military and political affairs.
As for the officials in the Tang Dynasty, the older they got, the more powerful they felt the imperial study room was. The seven ministers on duty in the imperial study room had replaced the previous academicians and became the real ministers in the Tang Dynasty.
However, the Imperial Study Room is not a permanent institution. The appointment and retention of the ministers on duty in it are all decided by Li Xuan. Sometimes, if Li Xuan does not want to go through the Imperial Study Room, he can directly control the cabinet ministries through the Hanlin Academy, without even having to go through the Imperial Study Room.
In the Hanlin Academy, Li Xuan was able to directly control various cabinet ministries and other directly affiliated agencies.
All of this resulted in the unprecedented concentration of imperial power in the Tang Dynasty. This degree of centralization exceeded almost any previous dynasty, or even any monarch.
However, despite being so centralized, Li Xuan did not tire himself out. Although he was a little busier, he was still at an acceptable level. If Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this, he would probably be envious!
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