In the west garden of the Imperial City, beside Taiye Pool, a temple next to Diaoyutai is Chongzhi Hall.

Because the Emperor Zhu Youxiao required that the Ming Dynasty's highest science and technology award be held every year from the eighth year of the Tianqi period, the Chongzhi Hall of the Royal Inner Garden was established as the awarding site for the Science and Technology Award.

This year is the first Ming Dynasty's highest science and technology award, representing the highest honor in the field of scientific research, with a high bonus of one million silver dollars, but the quota cannot exceed two.

That is, there are only two or less people with the most outstanding achievements in the scientific research field that year who are qualified to receive this award. Moreover, this million silver dollar does not have to be paid tax and is fully enjoyed by the recipient.

Zhu Youxiao did this to regard being regarded by traditional scholars as strange skills and tricks, and raised the lowest-class scientific research to the supreme position.

You should know that looking at the world, there has not been a award for anyone who has achieved outstanding achievements in Neo-Confucianism, Mind and even other philosophical thoughts. Of course, this does not mean that there will be no awards in the future. But now the first award is the Science and Technology Award, which is to deliberately make people all over the world, especially talents, among the grassroots people, to change their view of academic excellence and becoming an official.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao also made an order to establish the highest scientific and technological award in the Ming Dynasty in the central government of the court, but also required the Administrators and Envoys of the 13 provinces in the two capitals to establish corresponding provincial scientific research institutions. For example, the Huguang Academy of Sciences, which should not only be the province, but also from prefectures to prefectures to counties. There is a right Administrator who is responsible for this matter.

Zhu Youxiao also issued an order that once the local government establishes such an institution and recruits corresponding craftsmen, it can apply for grants from the court's Ministry of Revenue to support the launch of corresponding scientific research projects. The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Academy of Sciences will also select some places to delegate to serve as official positions in these institutions, and they will serve as academic leaders to drive the exhibition of local scientific research work.

Because there is money to get, local officials are not hindered. Although some innocent officials complain about this, they cannot stop local officials' desire for money.

What's more, the Ministry of Personnel has shown that the progress of scientific research will affect the political achievements of the next assessment.

Especially the Right Administrator was the most active, after all, this was also a small treasury of his.

Zhu Youxiao knew that ** could not be completely eliminated. He naturally knew that the implementation of these policies would be deteriorated, but only 60% to 70% of the effect was so he had to do it.

As the highest honorary award in the field of scientific research, the highest level and scale established by Zhu Youxiao is quite large, no less than parading on the street after passing the top scorer.

As His Majesty the Emperor, Zhu Youzhai Association personally presented the awards. The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, the Six Ministry and the Nine Ministers, the Censor of the Kedao and the Shuntian Prefecture Order must participate.

Zhu Youxiao did this for the first time and broke the convention and ancestral system, but now his power is at its peak, and no one dares to touch Zhu Youxiao's rebellion.

After all, Zhu Youxiao still insists on completing the etiquette that should be completed, and he also attends court when he should go to court. The benefits he should give (including gray income) are not reduced, so he can be powerless and patient with ministers who are no longer defenders in the court.

The winners of the First Ming Dynasty Highest Science and Technology Award were Xi Jiyong and Qi Xiaohao. The two of them had a big age difference and a big identity difference.

Xi Jiyong was originally a carpenter family in Yihejian Prefecture. During the Wanli period, he was summoned to Beijing for repairing the palace. Later, Song Yingxing of the Royal Academy of Engineering needed to manufacture the research and development project of wooden machine tools arranged by Zhu Youxiao. No one expected that although Xi Jijie was over 60 years old, his IQ was not low. He became the leader of this research team within half a year, and even broke through several technical difficulties. He used the principles of twisting and leverage to create a simple machine tool that could be used to manufacture more refined.

Although such a machine tool is not worth mentioning if it is placed in modern times, it is not even considered a predecessor in modern times. It is several levels worse than the small domestic machine tool Zhu Youxiao placed in the Academy of Sciences. However, this is a truly independent product produced by the Ming Dynasty, and it laid the foundation for the application of steam power and laid the foundation for the Ordnance Department to manufacture Minni bullets and Minni guns.

Qi Xiaohao was the creator of Mini rifle, but he also had another identity, he was a student of Yueyang Prefecture and a strong contender for the Huguang Provincial Examination Jie Yuan. However, because his father was the head of the Ministry of War and was also in charge of the Firearms Bureau of the Ordnance Department, he had the opportunity to come into contact with the Apocalypse Flints. Later, through the Royal Academy of Engineering and the accompanying Ming Museum, he saw various firearms since the Song Dynasty, and some of them were firearms of the times.

After beginning to read a lot of relevant materials, the talented Qi Xiaohao had the intention to make a Minnie gun, so he applied for a project through Song Yingxing.

Zhu Youxiao immediately approved him when he learned about it, and personally met him at the Ganqing Palace, and explained to Qi Xiaohao for a whole night.

According to Zhu Youxiao's plan, no matter how smart Qi Xiaohao is, no matter how advanced the scientific research foundation of the Ming Dynasty is, it will take two or three years to manufacture the Minni rifle.

But what Zhu Youxiao did not expect was that Qi Xiaowu actually took more than half a year to make the finished product and passed the most stringent test.

Of course, there are also flaws, that is, some relatively fine parts require careful polishing by exquisite blacksmiths for several days. In the entire Royal Research and Military Industry System, there are only ten such parts that are more finer than heel manufacturing.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had to provide these ten blacksmiths as national treasures, and at the same time, he allowed Xi Jiyong and Qi Xiaohao to continue to conduct in-depth research, striving to allow the Ordnance Department to produce on a large scale.

This does not affect Zhu Youchao's affirmation of Qi Xiaohao's contribution. This scholar-in-law, who is only 30 years old, will share this million silver dollars with Xi Jiyong, who is over 60 years old, to buy the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou.

It is also accompanied by the title of academician of the Academy of Engineering and the Royal Special Subsidy, who are both officials of the Hanlin Academy.

The technology of complex firearms is slowly exploring, but the flints have been greatly improved and matured. The Ordnance Department is now able to manufacture the Apocalypse Flintsrule on a large scale.

With the composition of 100,000 craftsmen and thousands of workshops, the Ordnance Department, which has occupied a large area of ​​land in the entire Beijing city, can now produce hundreds of thousands of Apocalypse flints every month, and hundreds of thousands of standing troops in the Ming Dynasty will renew their firearms every few months.

Of course, this is just the greatest productivity of the Ordnance Department. During the non-war period, doing so will only waste national strength. Now, because the war is about to start, the Ordnance Department has begun to pull up enough horsepower.

According to Zhu Youxiao's requirements, not only the Imperial Guards must be equipped with the Apocalypse One-style Flintsrule, but some ace troops are equipped with the Apocalypse Two-style Flintsrule, and the cavalry are equipped with the Apocalypse Three-style Cavalry special short-handled flintsrule, but other frontier troops are also equipped with the Apocalypse One-style Flintsrule.

This is something Huang Taiji and others don’t know. They thought that the border army and the imperial guards had not moved, so they thought that Zhu Youxiao had not started preparing yet. In fact, they didn’t know that the national violent machine had already started to operate.

Not only weapons, but also food and other supplies have been continuously transported to major concentration points, waiting for Zhu Youxiao to officially decide the day when the war begins.

Yang Sichang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, has now become a regular visitor to the Ganqing Palace, not just him, but also Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor and the admiral of the East Factory.

The three of them have now organized the temporary staff of Zhu Youxiao. Yang Sichang is the role of combat staff, while Xu Xianchun is the intelligence staff, and Liu Ruoyu assists and reports on the internal situation of the army.

"The Korqin tribe has a total of 50,000, which means that the Korqin tribe can reject up to 50,000 cavalry, while the total number of cavalry in our Imperial Guard is only more than 10,000, which is the cavalry led by Oboi, and most of them are newly trained Qin soldiers. Therefore, this time the attack on the Korqin tribe is still in infantry combat cavalry, but the cavalry army must be used in a concentrated manner. The Third Army of the Imperial Guard and the Fourth Army of Lu Jiayu form the Western Route Army, and pass through the Chahar and Khalkha tribes, and arrive at the left wing of the Korqin tribe in the shortest time. At the same time, Chang Yanling's First Army, the Second Army of Fu Dahai and the Fifth Army of Qin Botong form the Eastern Route Army, and immediately penetrate the right wing of the Korqin tribe after landing on the 6th. This is our current strategy, but the battlefield situation changes rapidly!"

When Zhu Youxiao heard Yang Sichang say, he saw Xu Xianchun running in and signaled Yang Sichang to suspend before reporting to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the Khalkha tribe attacked the mission we were on, and the Liaodong King Jingluo and the Minister of Rites Wen of Wen have successfully escaped. Now Wang Jingluo has strengthened the city defense, while Wen Tiren rushed back and asked His Majesty for instructions."

The Khalkha tribe dared to reject the good intentions of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised, but did not show an angry look. He just ordered: "The Khalkha tribe is sitting in a sedan chair - he doesn't know how to lift up. He immediately sent someone to tell the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army Oboi, but he can defeat the Khalkha tribe first and then attack the Korqin tribe. After all, he has to wait for the news from the Eastern Route Army."

"yes!"

Here, Xu Xianchun was ordered to leave, and Yang Sichang immediately began to re-define according to what Xu Xianchun and Zhu Youxiao said, and said: "In this way, our enemy will add a Khalkha tribe. According to the news from the Jinyiwei in July last year, the Khalkha tribe had 30,000 tribes, which means that there would be 80,000 people in the places we face. If the Khalkha tribe and the Khalkha tribe joined forces, the total of 80,000 elite cavalry would be used against our Western Army, and before our Eastern Army boarded 6 to recover our physical strength, it would be not a good thing."

After hearing what Yang Sichang said, Zhu Youxiao did not hesitate for a moment. He immediately asked Liu Ruoyu to issue an order to let the Western Army Oboi be more careful and prevent the danger of being made into dumplings.

At the same time, Wen Tiren was also summoned by Zhu Youxiao.

As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, one was the Liaodong magistrate who was entitled as the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, and the other was the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Now he was attacked by the Khalkha tribes when the Jinyiwei had already notified the Mongolian tribes in advance. This was not only the faces of Wang Zaijin and Wen Tiren, but also the faces of Zhu Youxiao.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao could not bear this tone, nor could he bear it, but he also had to understand the story of this matter. As a superior, he needed to have a detailed and detailed understanding of the incident.

Wen Tiren walked in with fear. The attack this time touched him a lot. He admired Wang Zaijin, who was also from the Jinshi list, who was also from the two-rank jinshi, who could move around and move under the pursuit of cavalry, and quickly interspersed and escaped with him. However, while bringing him excitement, he had to admit that in the battlefield where he was facing a life-and-death crisis, it was not only as exciting as a verbal battle, but also accompanied by the threat of death.

Wen Tiren told Zhu Youxiao about the incident tremblingly. After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao did not show any signs of furiousness, but was also a little disappointed with Wen Tiren's timid behavior, so he ordered: "I think you lack experience. Since you have impressed Wang Zaijin so much, you should go to him to be the inspector and inspector of the army. It just so happened to use your bad water on the Mongolians. It is also a revenge for the Tartars who are so embarrassed."

After Zhu Youxiao said this, Wen Tiren naturally understood that His Majesty the Emperor dismissed himself from his post because he felt that he was not brave enough.

But he also knew how to receive the order, but his heart was very bitter. If he really wanted to negotiate on the table and talk to him, he could not be afraid of any opponent. He had never had the only case of digging a hole and letting others jump, but he had no such thing as getting into someone else's pit.

But now, the Khalkha tribe does not give him a chance to speak, and when he comes, he greets him with swords, which makes Wen Tiren suddenly lose his place to use his skills.

This is fine. In Wen Tiren's opinion, as Emperor Zhu Youxiao said, if he went to Liaodong in the future, he might have a place to use his skills. He didn't believe that the Tartars could be more scheming than him.

While Wen Tiren took off his red robe and high-ranking civil servant uniforms, put on his indigo blue seventh-rank official censor's uniform, and rushed back to Liaodong, Oboi and Lu Jiayu's imperial guards had also begun to leave and had entered Chahar.

In this foreign war, all the troops used by Zhu Youxiao were the Imperial Guards. They were not drawn from the border troops, but instead used the border troops as reserves in order to allow all active officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guards to participate in actual combat and to enable new weapons and new tactics to mature in actual combat.

Moreover, it would be counterproductive to have both the Imperial Guards and the Border Army participate in the Korchin tribe. After all, it is difficult for two armies of different natures to advance and retreat together.

This was the first time that Oboi led more than 40,000 troops (including auxiliary soldiers) to participate in the war. However, he was particularly excited and serious, and strictly determined the march plan according to the news from various scouts.

He had already grown up and was dressed in Han Chinese at the moment without any characteristics of Jiannu. He even had a hint of the style of Confucian generals after being influenced by Sun Chengzong in the Royal Military Academy and in Qin.

Of course, he could not see this on the horse's back. As soon as he left the Chahar tribe and confirmed the settlement of the surrounding Mongolian tribes, he led his third cavalry army to speed up the distance.

The entire third cavalry army immediately swept towards the Khalkha tribe like a torrent of steel.
Chapter completed!