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Genius remember the address of this site in one second: (apex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! At present, the steel in the Tang Dynasty basically adopts the traditional production mode, although some machinery is used instead of manpower in the production process, But the key technology is the traditional model.

The Foshan Iron and Steel Plant, which Li Xuan instructed to build, was preparing to adopt a new technology. This technology was a blast furnace ironmaking method developed by Li Xuan instructing senior students in the young army camp.

Several senior students in the young army camp used Li Xuan's guidance, plus these students who could learn the junior high school courses on their own with the help of the textbooks written by Li Xuan and a few pointers, their talents were indeed the same. Almost every one of the seniors who stood out among the thousands of junior camp students was a genius.

This kind of small blast furnace can produce iron on a large scale.

However, there is still no way to solve large-scale steel-making technology, so at present, we can only rely on the most primitive means to honestly make steel by hand.

Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, steel is also a very precious and scarce material, and it is basically used to make weapons!

But if iron can be produced on a large scale now, it is enough for the development of Datang. If the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant can be successfully put into operation and proves that blast furnace ironmaking is feasible, then the Datang Dynasty will quickly replicate this model. At that time, Li Xuan will not be able to meet the output of the mere 10,000 tons.

But this is all in the future. The current Foshan Iron and Steel Plant is still in the construction stage, and because the technology obtained in the young army camp is still relatively primitive, it has only been tested on a small scale before, while the trial production and large-scale mass production It is two different things. To make large-scale blast furnace ironmaking, the Datang Dynasty still has a lot of way to go.

The Ministry of Industry proposed that once the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant was put into operation, the production of ordnance could increase rapidly, but the army personnel were not happy after hearing it. The army also knew about the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant, and they are still under construction. , I don't know that it can be built in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

However, the army's demand for ordnance is very urgent. According to the army's predetermined combat plan, all the reorganization plans for the existing troops must be completed before the arrival of Xuanping four years!

And this means that at least tens of thousands of arquebuses and hundreds of field guns are needed, which is a very big challenge for the current ordnance production capacity of the Tang Dynasty.

Subsequently, the navy also proposed an ambitious plan. The navy was preparing to start the battle of Nan'ao Island after Xuanping's four-year new batch of battleships was commissioned, to seize Nan'ao Island and completely clear the coast of Guangdong. Along the coast, and the sea front advanced to Fujian and even Zhejiang and even the mouth of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, the navy proposed to start construction of at least ten capital ships next year, plus three capital ships currently in service and five capital ships under construction, forming an ocean-going main fleet with 18 capital ships.

With this main fleet, I dare not say that it has completely swept the East Asian waters, but at least the safety of the coast can be maintained!

At the same time, the navy also proposed that there will be a second-class cruiser in the new battleship to be built, and its tonnage will reach 800 tons. It is prepared to be equipped with larger-caliber artillery, and the main gun will reach 24 pounds of large battleships. , I hope that the shipyards and arsenals of the Ministry of Industry will be ready to build the hull and naval guns.

After this request was made, the faces of the Ministry of Industry were darkened!

The requirements of the army are not bad. Although the number of guns required is a little more, they are all weapons that can be mass-produced by the arsenal under the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty. However, the 800-ton second-class cruiser required by the navy is not. It is beyond the current technical capabilities of the Ministry of Industry.

At present, the Guangzhou Shipyard, the largest shipyard under the Ministry of Industry, has only a 600-ton dock. It can only build a 550-ton third-class cruiser. If you want to build an 800-ton second-class cruiser, you have to build it first. A large shipyard, and then solve the various technical problems of building large tonnage ships, which is not easy!

The same is true for naval guns. At present, the arsenal of the Ministry of Industry, even the Zhaoqing Arsenal with the most powerful technical capabilities, can only produce 14-pound artillery by hand one by one. Even now, even the 18-pound artillery has not been developed. , but now the Navy is asking for a large-caliber naval gun of 24 pounds as soon as it comes to the door.

They really think their Ministry of Industry is omnipotent. They can build anything. If they want to produce a 800-ton hull, even if everything goes well, it will take two or three years at least. As for the 24-pound naval gun, it will be even more troublesome. Well, the devil knows when it will be able to come out.

However, the Ministry of Industry has long been accustomed to the lions of the army and navy. Although their faces are not very good-looking, they simply ignore them. Anyway, the Ministry of Industry can't make them.

Compared with the conflict between the military and the Ministry of Industry, other departments are much more friendly. Although there are conflicts over funding, they basically have nothing to do with the military.

For example, the Ministry of Rites proposed that in the four-year period of Xuanping, the construction plan of the youth colleges in Guangdong and Guangxi should be completely completed.

The Ministry of Agriculture has also proposed to double the number of reclaimed fields tomorrow than 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 with Xuanping three years!

Li Xuan didn't say anything about the future plans of various departments, but listened to them and looked at the plan they submitted!

At the end, Li Xuan proposed that today's meeting was suspended, and at the same time hoped that each department would continue to improve the plan after returning, and Li Xuan would summon and review the plans of each department one by one.

At the end of the year, Li Xuan is also busier than ever. He holds meetings with various departments almost every day to determine the plans of each department for the next year or two years, and the plans proposed by each department may be different from other departments. The plans are in conflict. At this time, Li Xuan also needs to make a decision, but which plan to develop first.

Compared to before, he didn't have much time to care about military matters. He just listened to routine military briefings every day. The details of tactics will be discussed in detail.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has developed and 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, this back-and-forth communication, at least The delay is more than ten days, and in these ten days, there are enough changes.

So Li Xuan is basically just understanding the general situation, and then saying a few words to motivate the soldiers, and set a certain general direction.

As for the detailed tactics, in fact, he is no longer involved.

Even after learning that Li Chunjing led the army to attack Wuchang and then diverted to Yuezhou halfway, Li Xuan only said "I know".

It was Zeng Ziwen and a group of people in the Privy Council who were quite worried about Li Chunjing's move!

He was worried that Li Chunjing would go deep alone and then be surrounded by the enemy, and that the Second Army would be severely damaged.

But Li Xuan was also worried, but he didn't say it, 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 might happen, and even to some extent, this situation was caused by Li Xuan himself.

Because Li Xuan's order to Li Chunjing only said to create opportunities for entering Nanzhili, but it was up to Li Chunjing to decide how to do it.

Now Li Chunjing decided to take the risk to go to Yuezhou, he Li Xuan in addition to continue to express his support, he has nothing to do!

Even if he objected now, and sent people 500 miles to rush with the imperial edict to let Li Chunjing retreat, it would be five or six days later, and by this time, Li Chunjing had already killed Yuezhou City.

Remote command, this is something Li Xuan has tried his best to avoid in the past two years!

On the one hand, there was a delay in communication, and his orders could not be delivered in time!

On the other hand, it is the specific situation of the front line. To be honest, Li Xuan himself does not know very much, so he can only analyze it in a few words.

The more important point is that Li Xuan knows that he has never been a qualified general, and his understanding of fighting is limited to the queuing up in film and television dramas, but if it comes to detailed tactics, to be honest Li Xuan is actually It's still not as good as Li Chunjing, Hao Bainian and others~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After all, Li Chunjing and Hao Bainian are professionals!

There is actually only one thing that Li Xuan is good at right now, and that is to be an emperor, a qualified emperor!

As for wars, that is the matter of the generals, and the development of the economy, industry, commerce, agriculture, etc., is the matter of the subordinate civil servants.

What Li Xuan has to do is point them in a direction and tell them to move in this direction, but how to overcome difficulties and move forward is up to these people.

After all, there is a specialization in surgery, and people have their own strengths!

Of course, this does not mean that Li Xuan has completely delegated power. In fact, the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty, or Li Xuan's power, has become more and more concentrated.

The two institutions, the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Study, gave Li Xuan complete control over military and political affairs.

And the officials in the Tang Dynasty, the older they feel, the more powerful the imperial study room is. The ministers on duty in the seven imperial study rooms have replaced the former great scholars and become the real cabinet ministers in the Tang Dynasty.

However, the Imperial Study Room is not a permanent institution. It is also Li Xuan’s decision to appoint or stay the minister on duty. Sometimes, if Li Xuan doesn’t want to go through the Imperial Study Room, he can directly control the various ministries of the Cabinet through the Hanlin Academy without even having to go through the Imperial Study Room. In the Imperial Academy, he and Li Xuan can directly control the ministries of the cabinet and other directly affiliated institutions.

And all of this has resulted in the unprecedented concentration of imperial power in the Tang Dynasty. This degree of centralization has almost surpassed that of any previous dynasty, or even any monarch.

However, Li Xuan was so centralized, but he didn't let himself down. Although he was a little busy, he was still at an acceptable level. If Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this, I'm afraid he would be envious!

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