Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Wu Ganlai made a calculation. The yield of sweet potatoes from one acre of land, instead of ten thousand catties, was calculated as five thousand catties.

The consumption of five kilograms of sweet potatoes per person per day is to maintain the minimum consumption level.

According to the current influx of refugees, 700 million acres will be barely enough to last until next summer's harvest.

This does not include the loss of weight due to evaporation of water and the rotten sweet potatoes due to improper storage.

In other words, the sweet potatoes planted this year can barely meet the minimum needs of the people...

Once a war breaks out, or there is a sudden change in a certain place, the number of people flowing into Zhu You's care will increase sharply - there will not be enough food to eat!

Zhu Youjian closed the memorial and rubbed his eyebrows vigorously.

food……

Sorrow!

……

A young eunuch stuck his head out at the door and waved to Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen walked out quietly, and after a while, he came back with a face of joy:

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Fang is back!"

"Oh!"

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed: "But did you bring back Song Yingxing?"

Wang Chengen had a smile on his face:

"Yes, Song Changgeng (Song Yingxing) is waiting outside."

"Please!"

"No, go yourself!"

Zhu Youjian's face was full of joy.

Wang Chengen responded and trotted towards the door of the Yamen.

Not long after, a thin old man, about 60 to [-] years old, walked in with a weathered look on his face, led by Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua.

The last record about Song Yingxing was in 1661. Song Yingxing kept his clothes and hid in the mountains throughout his life and did not serve in the Qing Dynasty. His descendants even lost the inheritance because they did not serve as officials.

He fell to the ground and said with a choked voice:

"The guilty minister Song Yingxing, the magistrate of Bozhou, has come to see His Majesty. Do you dare to ask my Emperor's greetings?"

"I'm safe, I'm safe."

Zhu Youjian's eyebrows were filled with joy and he responded repeatedly. He greeted Wang Cheng'en and said:

"Big companion, hurry up and move a stool for Mr. Song!"

With a smile on his face, Wang Chengen personally placed a brocade stool behind Song Yingxing and whispered:

"Please take a seat at the Songfu Terrace."

Song Yingxing thanked him in a low voice, thanked the emperor again, and sat down aside.

Zhu Youjian rubbed his hands and said with a wry smile:

"Song Qing, you made it easy for me to find him!"

Song Yingxing was a little flattered.

On the way here, Fang Zhenghua told him that he had the emperor's mandate and had tried hard to find something he couldn't find.

Song Yingxing had no choice but to plead guilty:

"They all blame the old minister. After he resigned from office, he retired to his home to eat, express his life and academic skills, and write literary works.

I measured the land south of the Yangtze River with my feet. In half a year, I was at home for less than ten days.

As a result, the old minister missed His Majesty’s repeated calls! "

Zhu Youjian sighed:

"If all the parents and officials in the world are as fearful as Song Qing's family, why should the world be worried about being unrest?"

"Your Majesty is ridiculous. What I did was just my duty."

Song Yingxing stood up in a hurry and thanked the emperor again and again for his kindness.

Zhu Youjian said:

"Lao Fang must have told you why I called you back, so I won't repeat it.

The two Bi Laoguan are old and weak. Even though I have all kinds of ideas, I dare not let the two Bi Laoguan work anymore.

Song Qing’s family, you have to shoulder the burden! "

Song Yingxing did not refuse, he frowned and said:

"Your Majesty, I have a question that I don't know..."

Song Yingxing was very worried.

From a personal emotional point of view, he is willing to do anything for Ming Dynasty, even if it means sacrificing his own life!

however……

Having been in the officialdom for decades, he, Song Yingxing, had been in the officialdom for so long, and he already knew the habits of people in the officialdom.

If it was for the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, even if he died, Song Yingxing would not blink an eye!

However, I am afraid that what I have done will be harmed by corrupt officials!

Masters and apprentices Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua have done so much!

Directly industrialized the Hongyi cannon!

Where does it end?

It’s all cheaper than Tatars!

Song Yingxing frowned:

"I wonder where your Majesty wants to place his ministers?"

If you are under the supervision of an eunuch, it is nothing more than the eunuchs being greedy for money, and nothing will happen.

Because eunuchs have no heirs, they don’t have a large family to arrange...

If it is placed under the command of the Ministry of Industry, the ministers who come to fight the autumn wind will break the threshold!

these people……

He is a low-ranking official of the fifth rank, and he was selected as a public official. How can he afford to offend him?

If the emperor lets him develop weapons under the Ministry of Industry, the more new weapons he develops, the faster Ming Dynasty will die...

The weapons manufacturing in the Ming Dynasty has always been divided into three parties.

Inner court, the military staff bureau under the jurisdiction of the emperor's inner palace;

Outer North Korea: 1. The Arms Bureau under the jurisdiction of the Qing Li Department of Yu Heng, Ministry of Industry;

2. Weapons manufacturing bureaus of local health stations and battalions. (This place originally belonged to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. After the Tumu Fortress, the nobles lost their power and actually belonged to the Ministry of War.)

The Ministry of Industry, the Internal Supervision Bureau, and the Border Army represent different forces, and these three parties have always been fighting for power.

Song Yingxing frowned.

Of these three places, the weapons produced by the Inner Court War Bureau are the most sophisticated! (Most of the physical objects that can be seen today were produced by the war bureau supervised by the eunuchs.)

Made by Wei - since they are all for home use, it makes sense...

As for the Ordnance Bureau under the Ministry of Industry...

What they made - is that a weapon?

It's worse than the dog-beating stick of the Beggars' Gang!

At the very least, the dog-beating stick will not cause ridiculous jokes such as "Hit a dog with a stick, and the dog will not be killed, but the stick will be broken."

And the Ministry of Industry manufactures...

The general received the military supplies, and during the test firing of ten muskets, three of them exploded on the spot - this is considered a good use of materials by the Ministry of Industry, and it is a work of conscience!

Why do you want these crudely made weapons?

The supporting procurement customized by civil servants is the decisive factor.

Generals don’t have to accept designated purchases—as long as you don’t want pay, that’s fine...

Song Yingxing remembered one thing. When the late emperor Tianqi was in power, the struggle between the inner court Wei Zhongxian and the outer court Donglin Party reached the point of life and death.

Previously, the weapons manufactured by the Ministry of Industry were widely questioned by Xu Guangqi. (Ji Song and Liu Wei were shot through their helmets by arrows and died, which is from Xu Guangqi’s memorial.)

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian arrested the "Seven Gentlemen of Donglin", and within a few days, the Apocalypse Explosion occurred...

(Not to mention the internal supervision, the Ordnance Bureau under the Shandan Works Department manufactures two tons of gunpowder per day.)

At this point, the corpses were destroyed and no traces were left.

North Korea and China no longer question the Ministry of Industry’s manufacturing of weapons...

The evidence is gone...

(Regarding the manufacturing situation of weapons in the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Li Bozhong, one of the first batch of domestic liberal arts doctors, a doctor of history, and a top expert on the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, has specialized research works. If you are interested, you can take a look.)

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Song Yingxing frowned.

I'm afraid that the emperor will put him in the weapons bureau!

……

Zhu Youjian laughed and said immediately:

"Don't worry, Song Qing's family, whether it's Bi Laoguan's side or your side, they are all directly under the internal funds, and only I have the right to direct them!

All your expenses will be borne by internal funds.

If you don't take money from the Ministry of Revenue, the courtiers will have nothing to do with you. "