"Bang~Bang~"

With the arrival of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the streets and alleys of the capital began to be noisy.

Firecrackers rang out one after another, like waves, wave after wave, and this side just stopped for a while, and the other side began to make noise again.

Liu Jin's mansion and the subordinates had already gotten up early and began to prepare for the first day of the new year.

Liu Jin also got up early, sitting in his study, looking at the world map, and the whole person was in a daze.

"It's been 14 years since Koji~"

"Hongzhi has traveled over for nine years, and a five-year plan has been completed."

Liu Jin silently calculated the time, and unconsciously had traveled over for five years.

In five years, because he crossed over, the butterfly of the traverser flashed his wings and brought earth-shaking changes to the entire Ming Dynasty.

The current Da Ming is far from being comparable to the Ming in history.

The military power was reclaimed by the emperor, and the emperor himself still held a huge amount of wealth, and the military household system was changed to a compulsory military service system, plus artillery and muskets, and the Ming army must have no problem sweeping the world.

In successive major battles, the Ming army has been completely victorious, which is enough to illustrate this point.

"Jiangnan Shilin has been hit hard, and it should be difficult for the Donglin Party to dominate in history."

"Pay equal attention to civil and military, one piece and one relaxation, and the Ming Dynasty can drive more horses."

Soon Liu Jin thought of the Donglin Party again, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty in history, the party struggled endlessly, and even the life and death of the country was not as important as the party struggle of their people, and the most criticized of them was the Donglin Party.

Now it's different, after several big cases, Emperor Hongzhi continued to suppress Jiangnan Shilin, and the power of Jiangnan Shilin above the court was hit hard, and now he is very obedient.

The military generals and nobles group has also risen rapidly, and has a certain right to speak above the court, although it is still the civilian group that has more right to speak.

However, because the military power was collected into the hands of the emperor, in the future, the emperor will inevitably rely on the military generals and nobles, and will no longer form a situation in which the civilian and official groups dominate as before.

"The fourteenth year of Hongji, 1501~"

"There's still a lot to do this year."

"At present, the germ of capitalism is still mainly concentrated in the north, and this year it should be pushed as far south as possible."

"The economic and population center of the entire Ming Dynasty is actually in the south, and if the south of the Ming Dynasty does not develop, the development of the Ming Dynasty will be unbalanced."

"Well, we can't make the mistake of future generations, and only focus on the coastal areas, which must also be developed along the river."

"In later generations, because too many bridges were built on the Yangtze River, but the bridges were built too short, there was no way for 10,000-ton cargo ships to walk freely on the Yangtze River, which greatly restricted the development of the areas along the Yangtze River."

"The coastal areas are developed, but the natural conditions along the Yangtze River are not bad, if we can give full play to the advantages of the Yangtze River's water transportation, it will not be worse than the coastal areas at all."

Liu Jin's eyes looked at the Yangtze River, and looked at the Huguang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili regions along the Yangtze River.

Such an important water transport hub was almost abandoned in later generations, blindly emphasizing the coast, but not knowing the importance of this river.

The Yangtze River runs through the east and west, giving full play to the advantages of the Yangtze River water transport, and the area it can radiate can be wider and deeper, which can make the development of the entire Ming Dynasty more even, rather than like later generations, the coastal areas have already surpassed the level of developed countries, but to the west, many places are still backward like Africa.

"Wuhan, Nanchang, Nanjing, Songhu, if these places are developed, the germination of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty will be more rapid, plus Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, the development of the entire Ming Dynasty, relying on convenient shipping and water transportation, the whole world will become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jin looked at Daming's map and carefully calculated the development plan for the new year.

The south must be developed, especially the Jiangnan region.

This is the richest place in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the most densely populated place, and if capitalism develops here, it will definitely surpass Tianjin, and quickly surpass the Tianjin area.

Because it has an extremely large market and a huge raw material base, coupled with a huge population and convenient water transportation, it is the best place in the whole Ming Dynasty.

"In the new year, the capital will go south, driving the development of the Yangtze River region, Fujian, and Guangzhou, and Guangxi is also very important, and its geographical location is actually quite good."

"This time, Annan did not sign a treaty and became a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, just to find a reason and excuse to repair it ruthlessly, and when the time comes, the north of Annan will also be annexed, relying on the advantage of being close to the Nanyang region, Guangxi can also develop rapidly."

Liu Jin's eyes were locked on Guangxi.

Compared with Guangxi and Guangdong, the difference between Guangxi and Guangdong in later generations is too far, and there are many factors in this, but a very important reason is the tilt of policies.

But the location of Guangxi is not bad, and the conditions in all aspects are okay, and in this era, it is still closer to the Nanyang region.

"Daming lacks a professional navy, and there is definitely no problem in cleaning up and cleaning up these countries in the eastern seas now, but if you encounter European bandits in the future, it will not work."

"Well, this year we will set up a naval school to train the navy, and only with a strong navy can we ensure the interests of the Ming Dynasty on the ocean."

"When the time comes, I will look for something here in Nanyang, and only Luzon in the entire Nanyang will become a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty because he was scared, and the other countries are unwilling to become my vassal states of the Ming Dynasty."

"That's good, you don't have to worry about anything anymore."

"Annam, Siam, Champong, Java, and Malacca must be repaired ruthlessly, and they will all be beaten to know how terrible and powerful my Ming is."

"This island must be included in my Ming territory."

Liu Jin drew a map of the South Seas and circled a large number of islands.

It's a great place to build a plantation, rubber is a very important thing, you have to be in the tropics to be able to grow, how can you do it without taking up a little space.

"The South Seas will continue to expand, build more colonies, and then send a fleet to Australia."

Soon, his eyes moved to the continent of Australia.

Although most of the Australian continent is desert land, Australia's resources are extremely rich, and the natural conditions in the southeast coastal area of Australia are also very superior.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin became angry.

It must be occupied, and in this part of Australia, the number of aborigines is very small, and the combat effectiveness is very low.

Don't watch some TV shows in later generations that blow those Maori people to the sky, but the five scum of war is the five scum of war, if it is really powerful, it will not be conquered, and it will almost be extinct.

"After occupying Australia, you can immigrate some herdsmen from the grassland here, and you don't have to worry about this wool in the future."

"Well, not only grassland herdsmen, but also our Ming people must be developed to become herdsmen."

Soon, Xie Tian couldn't help but add and silently remembered this.

"The Golden Continent, from north to south, continues to build colonies along the way, slowly occupying the entire Golden Continent from west to east."

"At this time, the Europeans had only just arrived in the Golden Continent, and there was no fixed colony here, and the Spaniards initially built colonies on this side of the Caribbean."

"In a few decades, Europeans will blossom here in the Golden Continent."

"Hehe, it'll be too late for you to come over later."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh.

Traveling to this era, this is the thing that makes Liu Jin the happiest.

The Ming Dynasty cut off the Golden Continent and Australia for the Europeans, and it is still the beginning of the 16th century, although the Europeans arrived at the Golden Continent, but they did not expand in the Golden Continent on a large scale, and they did not even have a fixed colonial base.

The main reason is that these European countries are relatively small and weak, and they can only send a few ships to the Golden Continent at one time, and the number of people is only a few hundred or thousand.

And Daming is different, this second trip to the Golden Continent has thousands of big ships, as many as 100,000 people arrived in the Golden Continent, which is not an order of magnitude at all.

The national strength and population of the Ming Dynasty are far from being comparable to those small countries in Europe, and once it embarks on the road of capitalism and colonization, the speed of its expansion will be very terrifying.

At the thought of annexing the entire Golden Continent and Australia, turning the Pacific Ocean into an inland sea for the Ming people, Liu Jin couldn't help but smile.

Crossing over, if it is just the pursuit of personal wealth, power, enjoyment or something, Liu Jin actually does not have to work so hard at all, Liu Jin's vision is to lead the entire Ming Dynasty to the age of discovery, to the capitalist era, no longer have to go through the difficult years of backwardness and beating in later generations.

This is a great era, an era of global expansion, and if this opportunity is missed, the descendants of Yan and Huang will be able to confine themselves to this small land of East Asia forever.

"This year, we will open up a route to Europe at sea and contact with Europeans~"

"On land, we must also conquer the past from east to west, and include the Western Regions, Central Asia and the entire vast northern region into the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and open up the route to Europe by land."

Liu Jin's eyes returned to the land, looking at the grasslands in the north, the Western Regions and Central Asia in the west, which is also an extremely rich region, the expansion of the Ming Dynasty can not only be the expansion of the sea, but also the need for continuous westward expansion on the land.