I just saw an interesting comment in the comments section, saying that my plot is similar to a certain book…
I was really speechless. From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, there were only two timeline at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The characters were also those people. I couldn't write Li Zicheng's suicide and Chongzhen killing the main character, right?
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The following court session was a series of rewards.
Many officials in the capital had contributed to this war.
Zhu Cixuan did not miss out on anything that he should have rewarded!
Only by rewarding and punishing clearly could he establish his prestige.
Decisiveness in killing could only make people afraid, not awe!
A Son of Heaven had to use both kindness and power.
After the court session ended, Zhu Cixuan quietly left the palace and came to the former Prince Xin's Mansion!
Prince Xin's residence, the title of Emperor Chongzhen before he ascended the throne was Prince Xin!
140,000 Yulin Royal Guards, 100,000 of which were transferred away.
The capital's defense force was once again empty.
Now that he had a large number of points, Zhu Cixuan was ready to train a strong army.
Clearing up the rebellion and regaining military power required a strong army as a backing.
The Brave Guard Battalion was the trump card of Chongzhen before, so their combat strength was still decent.
Therefore, Zhu Cixuan planned to rebuild the Brave Guards Battalion!
As long as Zhu Cixuan had a powerful force near the capital, he would naturally not fear any threat!
If one wanted to train private armed forces, then the best choice would be the special forces Yong Wei Battalion that was secretly trained by Emperor Chongzhen when he was Prince Xin.
In the late Ming Dynasty, there were many powerful military forces. For example, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry, Sun Chuanting's Qin soldiers, and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army. They were all very powerful military forces.
There weren't many people in the Brave Guard Camp, only a thousand or so, but their battle strength was not bad.
They had once fought with the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty, and with just a few hundred people, they had actually forced the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty to retreat. This showed how powerful the Brave Guards Battalion was.
The brave guard camp is divided into three battalions: bow and crossbow, short weapons and firearms.
However, Zhu Cixuan was not going to rebuild the Brave Guard Camp this time. He was going to expand the Brave Guard Camp into the Brave Guard Army!
He looked at the system points. Just the mission income alone was 800,000 points.
These points were enough to recruit a lot of vagrant men of sacrifice.
The class change fee for the Valiant Guards Battalion was only 7 points, which was much cheaper than the Yulin Royal Guards.
The recruitment and class change cost 12 points each.
With 800,000 points, he could build an army of more than 60,000 people!
"Recruit 60,000 refugees and transfer to the Valiant Guard Battalion!”
Prince Xin's estate was already empty, and there was no one inside.
But suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Sixty thousand soldiers of the Brave Guard Camp appeared out of thin air.
"Brave Guard Camp greets Your Majesty!"
"Stand up. This Prince Xin's estate will be your daily training and living place. In a while, zhen will order people to send over all kinds of living materials! Train well. It won't be long before it's your turn to kill the enemy!”
After making the arrangements, Zhu Cixuan quietly went to the Ministry of Works.
The Ministry of Works is responsible for the construction of civil engineering, the use of utensils, the method of dredging canals and dams, and the system of supplying hundreds of millions of mausoleums.
All civil engineering, water conservancy projects, machine-building projects (including military equipment, firearms, military equipment, etc.), mining, smelting, textile, and other official industries in the country were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works.
The Ministry of Works was the place with the most skilled craftsmen. Almost 50% of the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty gathered there.
Moreover, Zhu Cixuan did not come alone.
He brought 500 Mo disciples and 500 Heavenly Craftsmen to the Ministry of Works with great fanfare.
The previous Minister of Works was removed on the first day, and the position of Minister of Works was still vacant.
The current head of the Ministry of Works was the assistant minister named Zhang Xiu.
"I didn't know that Your Majesty was here personally, so I didn't welcome you! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Xiuhuan hurriedly brought the officials who announced the news to welcome them.
"No need for formalities! This time, I have a large number of talents to hand over to you!”
Zhu Cixuan pointed at the group of craftsmen behind him and said,""This group of people are skilled craftsmen that I have spent a lot of money to hire. You are in charge of enthroning the throne. In the future, they will serve in the Ministry of Works.”
"Furthermore, I have decided to establish the Heavenly Craftsmen Institute. These 1,000 people will all be academicians of the Institute. You can also arrange for some innovative craftsmen to go in and study!”
"We obey your orders!"
Although the officials from the Ministry of Works were not clear about Zhu Cixuan's intentions, they could only brace themselves and agree.
Zhu Chenxi turned around and returned to the palace after making arrangements for the group of people.
According to his plan, he was going to grade the craftsmen.
Craftsmen's scores were divided into apprentice, small craftsman, secondary craftsman, finished craftsman and great craftsman. The great craftsman enjoyed the treatment of a seventh-grade official.
Only by improving the treatment and social status of the craftsmen could the workers work harder in research and development of technology.
After a few days of observation and understanding, Zhu Cixuan realized that even if he had two blueprints, he couldn't make the objects on the blueprints without a good craftsman.
The blueprint for the Suihuo gun was still fine. After all, it was only something that was about a hundred years ahead of this era.
If the Mo family disciples and Heavenly Craftsmen spent more time, they would be able to figure it out.
However, the steam engine was too sophisticated. With the current level of technology, it was impossible to build it even with blueprints…
This situation strengthened Zhu Cixuan's determination to support the craftsmen.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and workers ranked second from the bottom in terms of social status…
How could this be?
Thus, the Celestial Craftsmen Institute was born!
According to Zhu Cixuan's plan, the Institute of Heavenly Craftsmanship would slowly develop into the country's top research institute in the future!
Only top talents in various fields could enter.
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