Chapter 898: The Twenty-third Year of Zhongxing (1)
"Hehe, after ten years of large-scale wars, plagues, and famines, the Mughal Empire still has a population of nearly 37 million left, which is still a bit much! But Dorgon worked hard and lived up to my expectations! Zhu Ci staggered and said with a meaningful smile.
The reason why he has not paid attention to the development of Dolgon and Manchu in these years is that in addition to no longer taking Dolgon and Manchu in his eyes, more importantly, he has left Dolgon and Manchu to wreak havoc in the Middle East.
He always believed that Dolgon, with Dorgon's character, would definitely do a lot of things he wanted to see, and sure enough, the Middle East was ravaged enough by Dolgon, the Persians were bleeding like rivers, and the Mughal Empire and 90 million Indian people were also choked by Dolgon, and the same blood flowed like rivers.
And these are the things he wants to see, and Dolgon has done what he wants, so that he has to praise Dolgon.
Below, Li Yan also showed a smile.
"The emperor is majestic and strategic, no one can match, the Ming Dynasty does not need to spend a single soldier, and does not have to bear the Tianhe, so let Dolgon and the Manchu Qing do everything that the Ming wants to see!" Li Yan complimented.
Zhu Ci stumbled and stopped: "I can't say that, I'm not that powerful, I have never designed anything, let alone directly participated, everything was caused by Dolgon and the Manchu Qing for development." Moreover, the decline of an old dynasty and the rise of a new one, these were inevitable! ”
After speaking, Zhu Ci's eyes narrowed slightly, although Dolgon had almost 'done' everything that should be done, and the Ming Dynasty no longer needed Dolgon and the Manchus to continue to do anything, but for a long time in the future, as long as Dolgon and the Manchus did not die by themselves and took the initiative to provoke the Ming Dynasty, he had no intention of sending troops to destroy Dolgon and the Manchus.
The Mughal Empire fell, and the Manchus annexed all the territories of the Mughal Empire, and their strength increased greatly, but I believe that Dolgon has not yet reached the time when he dares to point his sword at the Ming Dynasty, because Dolgon knows very well the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and he is still far from being the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, so Dolgon does not dare.
Isn't there still an Ottoman Empire to the west of the Manchu Dynasty, so let Dolgon continue to fight with the Ottoman Empire.
When the Ming Dynasty continues to be strong, completely digests the territory conquered over the years, and successfully develops the radio, the Ming Dynasty will start another journey to expand its territory, and at that time, it will inevitably break through the earth and make the whole world tremble.
Starting from ZTE 13 years, Daming stepped into the era of electricity, and let the Academy of Science and Technology start the research and development of radio.
Radio research and development may not be easy, but Zhu Ciji has always believed that as long as the theory is correct, the direction is correct, after a large number of experiments, any science and technology can be developed, historically, Europe has been developed for more than 20 years, and now Daming Science and Technology Institute, has the right theory and direction, and has unlimited funds and resources to rely on, I believe that at most ten years can be successfully developed.
It is now the seventeenth year of Daming Zhongxing, and there are still six years to go.
It's not that Zhu Ci is arrogant and arrogant, but he believes in the wisdom of the Chinese nation, and it has only been four years, and the Academy of Science and Technology has already had eyebrows, and it will be completely developed in the 23rd year of Daming Zhongxing six years later, which may not be impossible.
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In the seventeenth year of Zhongxing, the construction of the first hydropower station was completed, and most of the south of the Yangtze River was lit up at once.
In less than half a year, many hydropower stations that started construction at about the same time have also been completed.
In the eighteenth year of Zhongxing, the cities with a population of more than 30,000 in the Ming Dynasty were electrified, and the night of the Ming Dynasty was no longer dark. The popularization of electricity will be expanded until every village and town in Daming can be connected to electricity.
Of course, Daming is too big, and the funds needed to reach the point of connecting every village are too huge, even if Daming's annual income has exceeded 60 billion silver dollars, it is difficult to do it in a short period of time.
In order to raise sufficient funds, in October of the 18th year of ZTE, Zhu Cicheng ordered the implementation of a stock system, and enterprises that meet the requirements can be listed for sale.
Although there are advantages and disadvantages to the stock system, the progress of science and technology in stimulating economic development is incomparable, and the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
The first to be listed was the power group and the railway construction and transportation group directly managed by the Ming court.
In addition, the imperial court also encouraged private enterprises to participate in the stock system, and at the same time, Daming Daily set aside a page every day to introduce the stock system and guide the people to follow suit.
With the participation of a group of enterprises and people first, they are also the first to get the sweetness.
When entering the 19th year of ZTE, the Daming Stock Exchange has been in full swing, the surplus money in the hands of the people has a place to invest, and the enterprise has also received sufficient development funds, and the development of the Ming economy has started from ZTE 19 years, and once again it has developed rapidly like a rocket.
In addition to the development of economy and science and technology, the digestion and assimilation of the territories conquered by the Ming Dynasty never stopped, and large-scale immigration continued.
The climate of Wa Province, North Korea Province, Southeast Asia and other places is suitable, suitable for growing grain, and it is the most popular among the people, and the immigrants are also the most eager.
Mongolian steppe, Xinjiang, Cossack steppe, mostly grazing, but with the Ming court's insurance, many people are also willing to immigrate to the steppe to graze, this name after a few years, the process of assimilation is not slow.
On the other hand, on the Siberian side, because of the cold, barrenness, and difficulty in growing food, almost no immigrants choose here, which is a headache.
But Zhu Ci is not out of the question, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, and there are so many people who commit crimes every year, especially those corrupt officials who are found out, etc., as long as the crimes reach a certain level, all of them will be exiled to Siberia to explore.
Siberia itself has nearly one million aborigines, over the years, the Ming Dynasty has recruited and assimilated most of them, plus hundreds of thousands of Indonesian immigrants, as well as the continuous exile of prisoners, the population of Siberia is also growing slowly, and by the eighteenth year of the Ming Dynasty, there was a population of nearly two million.
On the Australian side.
Over the years, Daming has not started large-scale immigration to Australia, although there are some immigrants, but it has never exceeded 100,000.
In March of the 19th year of ZTE, after cabinet deliberation, Daming finally fully opened the immigration to Australia.
It has been nearly nine years since the Ming Dynasty invaded Australia, and almost all the people of the Ming Dynasty know that the Ming Dynasty is a lonely mainland territory overseas, and there are many people who have a tendency to emigrate.
"The Australian continent is so far away from the Central Plains, such a large area, and I don't know what the situation is, whether it is suitable for immigration!" A group of people gathered on the side of the street, and one of them looked at Australia marked on the world map and said with some hesitation.
It seems that this is also a person with a tendency to emigrate, recently, the population of the Ming Dynasty has been growing, and now it has more than 300 million people, especially in the Central Plains, the population is the most dense, the pressure of competition is increasing, and more importantly, many people who chose to immigrate back then are now rich. Southeast Asia, Wa Province, North Korea and other places have gradually become saturated, the steppe and Siberia are not suitable for growing food, and he does not want to go, then only Australia can think about it.
"I heard from the imperial court, Australia has a suitable climate, fertile land, and extremely high grain production, which is extremely suitable for immigrants!" One of the people said that this person also has some immigration tendencies.
"Regarding immigration, the imperial court never tells lies, saying that suitable is suitable, and it should be true!" Another citizen said with certainty.
The other people all nodded in agreement, and it seemed that these people believed in the words of the Ming court.
It is very important to maintain the credibility of the imperial court, and this point has been kept in mind by Zhu Cicheng from the beginning. In order to maintain the credibility of the imperial court, Zhu Cicheng never deceived the people, whether it was a decree or immigration, or other aspects.
Therefore, since the imperial court said that Australia's conditions are good, how good they are, the people have no doubts.
In less than half a month, the number of people who signed up for immigration exceeded 800,000, and more than a dozen people from the whole family immigrated together.
The Ming Dynasty encouraged childbearing, and the more children you had, the lower the tax rate, so almost every household had three or four children, and the maximum was ten children per household.
Don't look at the 800,000 people who signed up in half a month, thinking that there are a lot, but in fact there are only about 10,000 households, which is still far from the total number of immigrants expected by the imperial court.
In May of the 19th year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, under the escort of five ironclad ships and 20 Shenwei-class warships, the first batch of 30,000 immigrants boarded the ship in Guangzhou Port and set sail, and after half a month of sailing, arrived in Sydney Harbor and settled in the Sydney area in advance.
Distribute land, plough cattle, seeds, and houses.
It can be said that the imperial court has arranged everything, just waiting for the people to settle down.
Subsequent migrants also came to Sydney Harbour one after another, and after the Sydney area was fully settled, they were resettled in other fertile places along the coast, and after the coastal resettlement was completed, they gradually advanced inland.
The Ming Dynasty not only prepared everything for the immigrants, but also built an Australian Ring Island Railway, which was transferred to Australia after the original captive coolies built the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Australia's climate is indeed suitable, there are railways, the land is indeed fertile, the conditions are really good, much better than Southeast Asia and other places, it can be said that Australian immigrants are the Ming Dynasty for so many years, the happiest group of immigrants in all the previous immigrants, many immigrants came, it was like going to heaven, in the face of the Daming Daily reporter's inquiry, the immigrants all praised Australia's good, and the smile on their faces never disappeared.
With the Daming Daily's 'interview' with the first batch of immigrants, they returned to the Central Plains to publicize the facts, and the people of the Central Plains became more eager to immigrate to Australia.
By the twenty-first year of the Ming Dynasty, in just two years, the Ming Dynasty used countless funds and material resources to transport, and thousands of sea-going ships went back and forth day and night, and Australia had immigrated more than five million people, and finally reached the number that Zhu Ciji originally envisioned.
In addition to the immigrants from the Central Plains, there are hundreds of thousands of aborigines in Australia, and after the Ming Dynasty caught up with the British, they did not slaughter and enslave the aborigines like the British, but assimilated them.
The assimilated Australian aborigines, who speak Chinese, wear Hanfu, and because their skin is the same color, they are mixed with the Central Plains immigrants, and if you don't distinguish carefully, you can't tell who is the aboriginal and who is the immigrant.
Because Australia is big enough, the aborigines were allocated enough land early on, and they couldn't grow all of their own land. In addition, the 'Central Plains' civilization and history are extremely brilliant, in the process of assimilation, the aborigines unconsciously have a sense of awe for the Ming Dynasty and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty 'Central Plains', and they inevitably have a trace of respect for the immigrants from the 'Central Plains', so even if the Central Plains immigrants pour in, the aborigines have no dissatisfaction, let alone any conflict with the Central Plains immigrants, unprecedented calm.
At this point, immigration gradually ended, and the population of Daming Australia was close to six million.
Time continues to pass little by little, twenty-two years of ZTE.
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