The situation in front of him made Guo Shao unstoppable disappointment. The power of the firearm is not as powerful as imagined, but it is very useless... Its performance is not even half of the crossbow, and it is slightly farther away from the shuttle gun but much trouble, and it is really useless.
People pay great attention to practicality. If anything else is used to make decisions, it will definitely be regarded as a gimmick of novel weapons and used to scare people.
But Guo Shao doesn't think so: at the beginning, firearms are definitely not as good as cold weapons, but the future direction is hot weapons, which is undoubtedly.
Guo Shao has witnessed the great advantage of gunpowder weapons against swords and arrows (until the powers of the Opium War also used black gunpowder weapons), and if a person who has personally confirmed the results does not go in the right direction, it is unreasonable... He clearly knows that guns and cannons are powerful, but he deliberately avoids them, and does not touch them or try them, Guo Shao feels that there is no need to do that.
Besides, even if the firearm is not useful now, Guo Shao has the entire country's resources in his hands and does not lack this R&D consumption.
The disappointment was fleeting, and in the blink of an eye, Guo Shao adjusted his mindset and planned to continue.
He asked Junwei Supervisor Zan Jurun to re-arrange the test and saw with his own eyes the effects of metal pipes of various materials.
The group came to the schoolyard, and the craftsmen set up the target, loaded the gunpowder into the musket, and then fixed it on the ground with a wooden rack to face the front.
The muskets are all semi-finished products, with only one metal tube. After the gunpowder and projectiles are loaded, a long lead is pulled out from the front. The lead is a paper-packed gunpowder, which is similar to the lead of a firecracker.
After a while, the craftsman lit the firecracker lead and ran away. The musket on the wooden stand was thumping and the smoke of gunfire rose.
Just looking at the scene, it really looks like a musket fire.
After some tests, everyone checked the damage to the gun barrel and the bullet holes on the target.
The situation is not much different from what Zan Jurun described... Guo Shao fully confirmed that the power of this thing is indeed not very good.
...Guo Shao brought Zan Jurun and others to a room next to him to sit down. There were many tools in the room, including the kind of drills that Guo Shao had seen using the twisting force of hemp ropes.
Guo Shao asked someone to put paper and ink on it, and picked up the pen and asked casually: Even the kind of bronze musket is cheaper to make than a crossbow?
That's of course.Zanju Rundao, although the court lacks copper, a bronze gun cannot take much copper, and casting and drilling grinding are far less than the manpower consumed by crossbow arrows... What's more, the right to mine is in the hands of the government. Even if copper is expensive, it consumes less manpower and does less harm to national strength and people's livelihood; making bronze guns is much less burden on the court than making crossbows.
After hearing this, Guo Shao nodded in praise and thought to himself: People who are capable of becoming the center have better knowledge and mind than ordinary people. When Zan Jurun said one thing, he knew to consider and explain it from a large level.
Guo Shao picked up the pen not to record it, but to draw a form. It took him a long time to put the pen on the inkstone, picked up the paper in his hand and blew it, handed it to Zan Jurun, and said: In the future, I will report all kinds of affairs in military weapons supervision, imitate this form and understand it clearly.It is not easy to miss every attempt.
Look.Zan Jurun hurriedly took it with both hands and watched it carefully.
Each thing, what size, material, and then another grid of writing the process and production process, as well as the description after experiments.First sort and sort it out, then write a few summary words.Guo Shao said that there are also standards for length and weight. The sizes used in the world are not accurate. Mr. Zang thought of a way to set the basic standards. In the future, the sizes of various types of military weapons production will be in accordance with the standards of the government.
Zan Jurun hurriedly clasped his fists and replied: I obey the order.
Guo Shao also said: The craftsmen we are looking for are well-fed and may have been more attentive to work at first. It is hard to say whether this place will become a place where people can live a mess over time.You must set some rules, clarify rewards and punishments, and reward those craftsmen who have carefully figured out their achievements... Let everyone have a chance.
...Guo Shao stayed here for a while, and ordered the development of artillery and the throwing of explosives.
Firearm workshops can ask for funding for things related to gunpowder utilization.
However, the key directions designated by Guo Shao are guns, cannons, and thrown objects... Only these three things are the most practical, and the conclusion still comes from insight.
When the black gunpowder weapons developed to the extreme in later generations, especially in the Western world, they came from behind. After years of melee and tests from various countries, musketeers, artillery and grenadiers were the most useful types of troops.
Other things that look fancy and strange may actually have no effect... For example, that rocket seems to have dozens of shots in one shot, but because the ballistic trajectory is completely uncontrollable, it has basically no lethality.
However, Guo Shao did not intend to curb people's attempts, and would not refuse if he created something practical.Anyway, the effect will be seen on the field.
...The desire to rely on firearms to solve military problems failed, so Guo Shao did not stay in the firearm workshop for too long and quickly left here.
However, the emperor came here in person, which also showed Guo Shao's importance to this matter.
He returned to the imperial study in Jinxiang Palace, and Zuo You and others had already submitted the sorted memorials.Guo Shao didn't look at it right away, and first thought about what he wanted to do... to defeat the Northern Han.
But preparations are far from being completed.
First of all, he had to wait to be sent to the Privy Council in Northern Han to do a detailed work and bring back the more detailed information so that he could deploy troops and tactics.
What my grandson said is to know yourself and your enemy and win every battle; if it is a battle that is completely unsure, the best choice is to not fight if you can.
Guo Shao began to deal with the memorials, which were all sorted out by Zuo You and Huang Binglian and were translated by streamlined translations, and it seemed very fast. At present, when military is the top priority, government affairs are originally secondary. This method has improved Guo Shao's efficiency in government management... But it is not a good idea. He has discovered the disadvantages before, and it is difficult to obtain the words and ideas of ministers and wise men.
So Guo Shao also reads the original text written in classical Chinese from time to time, and he can probably understand it, but it's just a little harder.
A while ago, he attended two lectures, and was a talented and famous scholar who taught the emperor.
Guo Shao felt that it was not very good. The great scholars focused on the idea of preaching scriptures and classics, and Guo Shao did not agree with their concepts.
So after going twice, he stopped.
What Guo Shao needs is an ancient Chinese enlightenment teacher. In fact, it is enough to teach private school teachers in the countryside to systematically teach him ancient Chinese knowledge.
But he didn't dare to ask such a person to teach the emperor, and he might be laughed at by Shilin.
So Zuo You took on this task.
After handling the main work, Guo Shao called Zuo You to the back room and asked him to teach his basic courses, and he also had homework for copying and practicing calligraphy every day.
The two of them spent a long time alone in the small house almost every day. Those who didn't know thought they had any conspiracy and always wanted to discuss... Guo Shao didn't want to be watched by a group of officials outside to be studying.
Guo Shao studied very seriously. He sat in front of the table like a good student, and recited the Analects of Confucius in a very specific manner without punctuation. His method was similar to those of those children.
Because Guo Shao realized that in this environment, it was important to read and slogans in classical Chinese. Otherwise, he would not even understand the memorials, and he would still govern what country... He remembered Emperor Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty. He was interested in being a carpenter and did not want to handle government affairs himself. Now Guo Shao understood the carpenter emperor a little because he was an illiterate. How uncomfortable it was to deal with government affairs as an illiterate? Guo Shao, a semi-illiterate, empathized with it.
I finished reading the content of the day.Zuo You talked to Guo Shao for a while.
Zuo You picked up a memorial and said: This article was written by a local prosecutor. He meant to advise Your Majesty that officials over fifty years old were forbidden from taking on the highest bureaucracy of a local.
Guo Shao asked: What is Mr. Zuo’s attitude?
Zuo You said: This person is a little cynical and speaks boldly, but it is not without reason.What future does an older official have for many years in the officialdom?There is no hope of promotion, and it is inevitable that you will be greedy for money.Once such people have the power of life and death, and accumulate family property, they are the most important thing. As for their political achievements, people's livelihood, and administration, what are their benefits?
Zuo You talked happily: I think it is not only these people who are in vain.There are more officials who have no hope of promotion, and it will be the same... The reason is that for many years, military generals can be promoted by military achievements, but civil officials can only rely on top to appreciate them. This method of seeking talents and attracting scholars cannot benefit most officials.It is too difficult for people who have no background and no fame to make a difference.
Guo Shao nodded and said yes, Zuo You was a low-level official and may have a good understanding of the situation.
Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: However, it is not a one-day effort to solve this situation and innovate the system, nor is it an important matter at present.The current imperial court’s first opening is the situation and pattern. It is necessary to advance national defense to the Great Wall before it can cook small foods and organize the interior.
At present, we should not act rashly, as it affects the interests of too many people, otherwise it will cause storms.Although the current administration is not very good, it is a situation formed by a century of melee. The new king is very calm after ascending the throne. This is a good thing; we cannot easily touch them before we are sure.
After hearing this, Zuo You thought he was kind.
Guo Shao reviewed the layout of the imperial study room and said: I need a team of insightful and intelligent staff. It is time to establish a cabinet to assist in government administration.The rooms in this place are not easy to use, and I feel that I can’t do anything.Mr. Zuo asked someone to take the construction map of Jinxiang Hall, and helped me choose a place and redesign a center for handling state affairs.
Guo Shao immediately picked up his pen to write his own ideas.
A room outside is used as a place to issue imperial edicts and convey messages; then a place where cabinet officials work and rest can assist the emperor and provide advice at any time; a room where the emperor works; a place where he can think alone, stickers, and store military aircraft... There must also be a place where he summons ministers to discuss secretly, and where important ministers gather to discuss matters in normal times.
While discussing with Zuo You, he wrote down and prepared to build a central core to become a brain-like institution of the entire court.
People pay great attention to practicality. If anything else is used to make decisions, it will definitely be regarded as a gimmick of novel weapons and used to scare people.
But Guo Shao doesn't think so: at the beginning, firearms are definitely not as good as cold weapons, but the future direction is hot weapons, which is undoubtedly.
Guo Shao has witnessed the great advantage of gunpowder weapons against swords and arrows (until the powers of the Opium War also used black gunpowder weapons), and if a person who has personally confirmed the results does not go in the right direction, it is unreasonable... He clearly knows that guns and cannons are powerful, but he deliberately avoids them, and does not touch them or try them, Guo Shao feels that there is no need to do that.
Besides, even if the firearm is not useful now, Guo Shao has the entire country's resources in his hands and does not lack this R&D consumption.
The disappointment was fleeting, and in the blink of an eye, Guo Shao adjusted his mindset and planned to continue.
He asked Junwei Supervisor Zan Jurun to re-arrange the test and saw with his own eyes the effects of metal pipes of various materials.
The group came to the schoolyard, and the craftsmen set up the target, loaded the gunpowder into the musket, and then fixed it on the ground with a wooden rack to face the front.
The muskets are all semi-finished products, with only one metal tube. After the gunpowder and projectiles are loaded, a long lead is pulled out from the front. The lead is a paper-packed gunpowder, which is similar to the lead of a firecracker.
After a while, the craftsman lit the firecracker lead and ran away. The musket on the wooden stand was thumping and the smoke of gunfire rose.
Just looking at the scene, it really looks like a musket fire.
After some tests, everyone checked the damage to the gun barrel and the bullet holes on the target.
The situation is not much different from what Zan Jurun described... Guo Shao fully confirmed that the power of this thing is indeed not very good.
...Guo Shao brought Zan Jurun and others to a room next to him to sit down. There were many tools in the room, including the kind of drills that Guo Shao had seen using the twisting force of hemp ropes.
Guo Shao asked someone to put paper and ink on it, and picked up the pen and asked casually: Even the kind of bronze musket is cheaper to make than a crossbow?
That's of course.Zanju Rundao, although the court lacks copper, a bronze gun cannot take much copper, and casting and drilling grinding are far less than the manpower consumed by crossbow arrows... What's more, the right to mine is in the hands of the government. Even if copper is expensive, it consumes less manpower and does less harm to national strength and people's livelihood; making bronze guns is much less burden on the court than making crossbows.
After hearing this, Guo Shao nodded in praise and thought to himself: People who are capable of becoming the center have better knowledge and mind than ordinary people. When Zan Jurun said one thing, he knew to consider and explain it from a large level.
Guo Shao picked up the pen not to record it, but to draw a form. It took him a long time to put the pen on the inkstone, picked up the paper in his hand and blew it, handed it to Zan Jurun, and said: In the future, I will report all kinds of affairs in military weapons supervision, imitate this form and understand it clearly.It is not easy to miss every attempt.
Look.Zan Jurun hurriedly took it with both hands and watched it carefully.
Each thing, what size, material, and then another grid of writing the process and production process, as well as the description after experiments.First sort and sort it out, then write a few summary words.Guo Shao said that there are also standards for length and weight. The sizes used in the world are not accurate. Mr. Zang thought of a way to set the basic standards. In the future, the sizes of various types of military weapons production will be in accordance with the standards of the government.
Zan Jurun hurriedly clasped his fists and replied: I obey the order.
Guo Shao also said: The craftsmen we are looking for are well-fed and may have been more attentive to work at first. It is hard to say whether this place will become a place where people can live a mess over time.You must set some rules, clarify rewards and punishments, and reward those craftsmen who have carefully figured out their achievements... Let everyone have a chance.
...Guo Shao stayed here for a while, and ordered the development of artillery and the throwing of explosives.
Firearm workshops can ask for funding for things related to gunpowder utilization.
However, the key directions designated by Guo Shao are guns, cannons, and thrown objects... Only these three things are the most practical, and the conclusion still comes from insight.
When the black gunpowder weapons developed to the extreme in later generations, especially in the Western world, they came from behind. After years of melee and tests from various countries, musketeers, artillery and grenadiers were the most useful types of troops.
Other things that look fancy and strange may actually have no effect... For example, that rocket seems to have dozens of shots in one shot, but because the ballistic trajectory is completely uncontrollable, it has basically no lethality.
However, Guo Shao did not intend to curb people's attempts, and would not refuse if he created something practical.Anyway, the effect will be seen on the field.
...The desire to rely on firearms to solve military problems failed, so Guo Shao did not stay in the firearm workshop for too long and quickly left here.
However, the emperor came here in person, which also showed Guo Shao's importance to this matter.
He returned to the imperial study in Jinxiang Palace, and Zuo You and others had already submitted the sorted memorials.Guo Shao didn't look at it right away, and first thought about what he wanted to do... to defeat the Northern Han.
But preparations are far from being completed.
First of all, he had to wait to be sent to the Privy Council in Northern Han to do a detailed work and bring back the more detailed information so that he could deploy troops and tactics.
What my grandson said is to know yourself and your enemy and win every battle; if it is a battle that is completely unsure, the best choice is to not fight if you can.
Guo Shao began to deal with the memorials, which were all sorted out by Zuo You and Huang Binglian and were translated by streamlined translations, and it seemed very fast. At present, when military is the top priority, government affairs are originally secondary. This method has improved Guo Shao's efficiency in government management... But it is not a good idea. He has discovered the disadvantages before, and it is difficult to obtain the words and ideas of ministers and wise men.
So Guo Shao also reads the original text written in classical Chinese from time to time, and he can probably understand it, but it's just a little harder.
A while ago, he attended two lectures, and was a talented and famous scholar who taught the emperor.
Guo Shao felt that it was not very good. The great scholars focused on the idea of preaching scriptures and classics, and Guo Shao did not agree with their concepts.
So after going twice, he stopped.
What Guo Shao needs is an ancient Chinese enlightenment teacher. In fact, it is enough to teach private school teachers in the countryside to systematically teach him ancient Chinese knowledge.
But he didn't dare to ask such a person to teach the emperor, and he might be laughed at by Shilin.
So Zuo You took on this task.
After handling the main work, Guo Shao called Zuo You to the back room and asked him to teach his basic courses, and he also had homework for copying and practicing calligraphy every day.
The two of them spent a long time alone in the small house almost every day. Those who didn't know thought they had any conspiracy and always wanted to discuss... Guo Shao didn't want to be watched by a group of officials outside to be studying.
Guo Shao studied very seriously. He sat in front of the table like a good student, and recited the Analects of Confucius in a very specific manner without punctuation. His method was similar to those of those children.
Because Guo Shao realized that in this environment, it was important to read and slogans in classical Chinese. Otherwise, he would not even understand the memorials, and he would still govern what country... He remembered Emperor Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty. He was interested in being a carpenter and did not want to handle government affairs himself. Now Guo Shao understood the carpenter emperor a little because he was an illiterate. How uncomfortable it was to deal with government affairs as an illiterate? Guo Shao, a semi-illiterate, empathized with it.
I finished reading the content of the day.Zuo You talked to Guo Shao for a while.
Zuo You picked up a memorial and said: This article was written by a local prosecutor. He meant to advise Your Majesty that officials over fifty years old were forbidden from taking on the highest bureaucracy of a local.
Guo Shao asked: What is Mr. Zuo’s attitude?
Zuo You said: This person is a little cynical and speaks boldly, but it is not without reason.What future does an older official have for many years in the officialdom?There is no hope of promotion, and it is inevitable that you will be greedy for money.Once such people have the power of life and death, and accumulate family property, they are the most important thing. As for their political achievements, people's livelihood, and administration, what are their benefits?
Zuo You talked happily: I think it is not only these people who are in vain.There are more officials who have no hope of promotion, and it will be the same... The reason is that for many years, military generals can be promoted by military achievements, but civil officials can only rely on top to appreciate them. This method of seeking talents and attracting scholars cannot benefit most officials.It is too difficult for people who have no background and no fame to make a difference.
Guo Shao nodded and said yes, Zuo You was a low-level official and may have a good understanding of the situation.
Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: However, it is not a one-day effort to solve this situation and innovate the system, nor is it an important matter at present.The current imperial court’s first opening is the situation and pattern. It is necessary to advance national defense to the Great Wall before it can cook small foods and organize the interior.
At present, we should not act rashly, as it affects the interests of too many people, otherwise it will cause storms.Although the current administration is not very good, it is a situation formed by a century of melee. The new king is very calm after ascending the throne. This is a good thing; we cannot easily touch them before we are sure.
After hearing this, Zuo You thought he was kind.
Guo Shao reviewed the layout of the imperial study room and said: I need a team of insightful and intelligent staff. It is time to establish a cabinet to assist in government administration.The rooms in this place are not easy to use, and I feel that I can’t do anything.Mr. Zuo asked someone to take the construction map of Jinxiang Hall, and helped me choose a place and redesign a center for handling state affairs.
Guo Shao immediately picked up his pen to write his own ideas.
A room outside is used as a place to issue imperial edicts and convey messages; then a place where cabinet officials work and rest can assist the emperor and provide advice at any time; a room where the emperor works; a place where he can think alone, stickers, and store military aircraft... There must also be a place where he summons ministers to discuss secretly, and where important ministers gather to discuss matters in normal times.
While discussing with Zuo You, he wrote down and prepared to build a central core to become a brain-like institution of the entire court.
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