In the early morning, the rising sun shines on the earth, and there are many officials in front of the Huangji Hall of the Forbidden City. Another morning court is about to end. The ministers in the square all breathe a sigh of relief. After all, standing for more than an hour or even more than two hours is also physical work, which is quite tiring.

The memorial was completed, just as the officials were looking forward to the resignation of the reign of the court, Zhu Cijiu, who was sitting high on the steps, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "The reason why the Ming Dynasty is as strong as today is inseparable from the development of technology. Now the European powers are all desperately developing technology, so how can the Ming Dynasty fall behind? Therefore, I am preparing to hold a seminar to discuss with you the issue of technological development."

If it were before he ascended the throne, there were probably few people who could understand what technology or European powers. Of course, it was different now, and no one would not understand it. However, what new meeting was this seminar? How long would it take? Almost all officials looked bitter.

I'm the emperor, I've been standing for more than an hour. If I stand still, I'll cramp my calves. Are you okay? Will you discuss it tomorrow?

Zhu Cijiu's habit of playing pranks is really out of control. He looked at the painful expressions of all officials with great interest, and then continued to say loudly: "The seminar will start at Si and end at noon every day. Any officials above the third rank or above who are interested can go to the Qianqing Palace to listen. Of course, this is based on the premise of not delaying the work. If anyone delays the serious work in order to show in front of me, I will never give up easily. Okay, leave the court."

As soon as he said this, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief. They would continue to discuss the morning court for a long time!

At that time, about 30 people sat in the side hall of Qianqing Palace in a hundred seats. In addition to Bi Maokang and their disciples who Zhu Cijiong required to come, more than ten third-rank officials were present. I don’t know if they were really okay or wanted to show their performance in front of the emperor.

With a sound of "The Emperor" the ministers who were originally sitting there and talking quietly immediately stood up. Zhu Cijiu walked in through the gate, glanced at the number of people present, and couldn't help but joked: "Is there nothing wrong with so many people?"

Ministers familiar with Zhu Cijiu all know that this emperor sometimes likes to joke with people close to him, so everyone cooperated and smiled slightly, then bowed to him and said in unison: "I am here to see the emperor, long live my emperor."

In order to revitalize the atmosphere, Zhu Cijiu continued to smile and said, "Well, I announce it here. After entering this door, I am a teacher, you are a student, and you are exempt from common etiquette, otherwise I will not be able to attend classes."

Everyone cooperated and said in unison: "Hello sir."

Zhu Cijing nodded and laughed proudly, but when he was halfway through laughter, he suddenly choked because he saw his mentor Xu Guangqi standing tremblingly in the middle of the first row, following the others to call him Mr.!

He really had no way to deal with his mentor Zhu Cijing. He asked him to go home to take care of his old age, but he was reluctant to leave. Zhu Cijing had to arrange for the imperial doctor to take care of him carefully. He even arranged a seat for him to sit and attend during the morning court. Now he actually came over and was still standing there.

Zhu Cijing quickly stepped forward and sat down with his mentor, then said awkwardly: "Teacher, why are you here?"

Xu Guangqi replied seriously: "The emperor forgives the crime, and I just want to do my best to give the Ming Dynasty's technological development."

My mentor said this, what else can Zhu Cijing say? Could you drive him back to rest?

He had no choice but to walk up to the podium, raised his hand and said, "Okay, everyone will sit down."

When everyone heard this, they hesitated because the emperor was still standing, but the emperor asked everyone to sit down again, so the holy one should not be disobeyed, and in the end everyone sat down carefully.

Seeing that everyone had sat down, Zhu Cijiu continued: "Everyone knew that the continental powers had developed steam engines, that is, they could produce both muskets and cannons in large quantities. So, how could the Ming Dynasty maintain its advantages in weapons and equipment in future battles?"

This proposition is really a bit big. No one dares to speak easily when sitting. For a moment, the whole class fell into silence.

Fortunately, Zhu Cijiu had an answer long ago, and he continued: "In terms of offense, the Ministry of Works has developed sniper rifles and super cannons, but due to production issues, this is not enough to establish an advantage on the battlefield. Therefore, the first thing we discussed today is an armored combat vehicle that integrates offense and defense."

After saying that, he picked up a piece of chalk, turned around and drew a turn-over dragon on the blackboard.

Things like chalk and blackboard do not have any technical content, so they have been made in the Ming Dynasty. All colleges also use this to teach. Everyone doesn’t find it strange. It’s just that the emperor is painting for everyone. Everyone is so excited that they stare at the blackboard.

Zhu Cijiu's painting skills in recent years are not in vain. A rolling dragon is so beautiful that it is like a blackboard to be opened and a farmland!

Everyone admired her, her eyes were full of admiration, and even Xu Guangqi nodded behind her, just about to applaud.

Zhu Cijiu turned around and looked at the expressions of everyone and coughed awkwardly. Why did he feel like he was showing off his painting skills?

Fortunately, everyone came to their senses when they heard the cough and acted like they listened carefully. Then he continued: "Everyone knows that this is a swelling dragon. Someone suggested that the swelling dragon be modified and cannons are installed on it, but I did not implement it immediately. Why? Because the technology was not mature at that time, a steam engine would take up a lot of space and weigh more than a thousand kilograms. If you add another cannon, not to mention whether the place is enough, the weight will not be allowed. It is estimated that such a chariot will be hard to start and it will not even be able to keep up with the speed of normal people's walking. What's the use of it on the battlefield?"

When everyone heard this, they nodded regretfully. Yes, things are good things, but unfortunately they have a fatal flaw. They are too heavy and cannot run!

However, immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijing said with confidence: "But now it's different, because we have alloys, the cannons can be considered die-casted with forged alloys, so that there is no need to make such a thick gun barrel, and the weight will be reduced accordingly; the steam engine can also consider using alloys, try to make it smaller and reduce the weight, so that the speed of the tank can be increased."

In his first lecture, he didn't want to talk about things that were too difficult, and he even thought about the plan. He did this mainly to help everyone build confidence. If he talked about wired phones from the beginning, most of the people below would probably lose confidence, because it would be hard to imagine that thing, let alone doing it.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and changed the turn of the earth-turning dragon, drawing it with armor plates on all sides, with only a cannon barrel extending out in front.

At this level, Bi Maokang and the others would probably be able to do it soon, so the people below all looked confident, and everyone felt that this thing was not difficult.
Chapter completed!