Xiao Ruxun told Zhao Shizhen about his ideas in an easy-to-understand manner.

Zhao Shizhen reluctantly understood the emperor's meaning, and knew that the emperor was not worried about the foreign vassals imitating the techniques of the Great Qin and then having the same weapons as the Great Qin.

But he didn't know where the emperor's confidence came from.

He felt that the emperor had inexplicable confidence in many things. When everyone was very suspicious, the emperor stood up and said - do it.

Then it was done. Everyone was surprised by the emperor's confidence and decisiveness, thinking that perhaps this was the wise ruler who could lead everyone to happiness.

But in Zhao Shizhen's opinion, the emperor's decisiveness and confidence came very strange. The emperor seemed to not understand many things, but knew what would happen in the end. He would describe something that seemed very strange, but in the end, he could accomplish things.

Zhao Shizhen is not a superstitious person. From the bottom of his heart, he doesn't believe in the true dragon emperor or the true dragon coming to the world. However, Xiao Ruxun repeatedly made decisions that surprised him, and these decisions were still right, which made him very puzzled.

The doubt reached a certain point, and he even developed absolute trust in Xiao Ruxun. He didn't want to delve into it, and felt that delving into it was meaningless.

After all, if you can figure out something, why would Xiao Ruxun be the emperor?

How could he know so much about technology, agriculture and commerce as a general? Who can understand?

And these are not important at all, because Xiao Ruxun belongs to the real type of person who no one dares to pursue.

Who dares to pursue his own emperor? Who dares to pursue his own heaven? His own master?

That is absolutely unnecessary.

However, what Zhao Shizhen thought so does not mean that others think so.

Xiao Ruxun's approach of focusing on skills is very unreasonable to some court officials.

The Confucian tradition emphasizes classics and neglects skills. Some officials don’t understand the emperor’s repeated attempts to reopen the imperial examinations and select talents but keep setting up special schools to cultivate strange talents.

But they are also powerless. His Majesty now has gained the current regime by lifting the table and smashing all jars and cans, and they are not afraid of them at all.

Now the Kong family is kneeling, and scholars all over the world have suffered heavy losses due to land reform. The remaining group of scholars with vested interests have long forgotten the teachings of the saints and are dedicated to helping Xiao Ruxun persecute other scholars.

Such behaviors of land reform have now expanded to the entire Jiangnan and half of Jiangbei. The land reform movement in Jiangbei has penetrated into the hinterland and is in full swing. Seeing that the thousand-year-old power of the Confucian clan was lifted up by Xiao Ruxun for a while, they were powerless.

It would be fine if it was still a year ago, but no one of them could see Xiao Ruxun's nature clearly at the beginning. He was frightened by his violent means. All the damns were dead, and those who were not dead could only survive and become his puppets. He flattered everything he said. Now that his throne is completely stable, no one can do anything about it.

Although some people suggested to the emperor that the imperial examinations were held, some people seemed to have ridiculed themselves. This was an unnecessary move. The emperor had no need to bid farewell to them. He had his own way.

At this stage, Xiao Ruxun cannot reopen the imperial examination. He only believes that his original team can help him consolidate his regime, select and dismiss officials in his own way, firmly grasp the personnel rights and the right to choose, and not hand over this power to the Confucian school.

Many people secretly suspect that Xiao Ruxun intends to change the law of Confucianism. Some people speculate that the emperor is a fan of the Legalists, some people think that the emperor likes the law of the Mo family, and some people even think that the emperor will change the law of Taoism.

But no one knows what Xiao Ruxun wants to do. His every move always makes his ministers unable to guess or understand it.

There is no need for them to guess and see through, it is meaningless.

Xiao Ruxun and Zhao Shizhen inspected five or six firearm workshops together, watched the production of craftsmen, watched the assembly line of bird gun production and the shooting test of newly produced bird guns, and also the shooting test of the light-released flintlock gun that had just been produced. He also personally took the battle to test and fire several shots.

"Very good, the accuracy is more accurate than before. Can the rifle be pulled up a little faster than before?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at the rifle in the barrel of the gun through the light.

"If you say to Your Majesty, that's true. Now our craftsmanship is much better than before. The number of skilled craftsmen is much higher than before. The materials are also sufficient. The speed and yield rate of production have been greatly improved. It depends on Your Majesty's great blessing."

Zhao Shizhen also learned to flatter.

Xiao Ruxun laughed and shook her head.

"Don't say that this is all my credit. You have even greater credit. By the way, I plan to organize a team of 10,000 people in the Imperial Guards, and use the light-released flintlock guns. Can you ensure that you keep up with the needs of the army? This demand is not small at all."

With the progress of technology and output today, Xiao Ruxun has long been unable to resist the idea of ​​putting the flintlock gun into actual combat. The number of bird gun teams is large and large, and it is easy to form combat power, but the accuracy is much worse than that of the light-released flintlock gun.

With his strong capital and technology, Xiao Ruxun can no longer satisfy the behavior of treating the flintlock rifleman as a sniper.

A 10,000 flintlock gun team needs at least 30,000 flintlock guns as a guarantee, which is not a small pressure for Zhao Shizhen.

"If your Majesty needs it, even if the military department kills its lives, it will complete this for Your Majesty!"

But Zhao Shizhen would not say such political incorrect words that cannot be done. Although this is indeed very difficult, this is not a reason to shirk it.

Xiao Ruxun smiled.

"I don't want you to work hard. I want you to improve your technology, increase your output, and complete my requirements in a more relaxed way. This is my purpose. What are the benefits for me if you all die? I don't want you to die, do you understand?"

Zhao Shizhen and other senior executives of the Military Industry Department quickly expressed their understanding.

With the development of the army to this day, Xiao Ruxun felt that it was time to mention the era attributes of the army. Bird guns can only be considered as products of the era, while product such as rifled flintlock guns is the product of the next era.

Xiao Ruxun had no way to make everyone in the army equipped with powerful weapons immediately, that was too unrealistic.

But it seems that nothing is wrong if it is just a force, just a force entering the next era ahead of schedule.

The 150,000 Imperial Guards are special-class troops directly commanded by Xiao Ruxun. They gather the most elite soldiers of the entire army in the country. They also have the task of taking turns to guard the border every year, and their combat effectiveness must also be maintained above this standard. For Xiao Ruxun, the Imperial Guards are not guardians.

He would not train the Qin imperial guards into a waste army like the Zhao Song Dynasty. Eighty hundred thousand people were like 800,000 pigs, consuming a lot of fiscal budgets in vain, but not doing anything.
Chapter completed!