Because of Li Xuan's attention, it also led to the entire Tang Dynasty attaching great importance to technology, and the investment in all aspects was also relatively large, which led to this situation, not that the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty deeply understood and recognized the importance of science and technology.

It's because of Li Xuan's preference!

Li Xuan likes science and technology, and treats technical talents at the expense of high-ranking officials and knighthoods, and those courtiers in order to cater to their wishes, even if they think in their hearts that these are all evil ways and contrary to the way of the saints, but they will still make an attitude of attaching importance to science and technology, and do so.

In the past, there was a good man of Chu Lingwang, and the ministers of the Lingwang all took a meal as a festival.

Today, there are ancient saints who enjoy technology, so the ministers of the saints are inseparable from technology.

This kind of thing, you say it's not good, it's also good, and it's obvious, that's because in this case, the entire Tang Dynasty is bursting out with a high degree of enthusiasm for science and technology.

But if you want to say that it's good, if one day Li Xuan burps and the successor thinks that science and technology are just a sideline and no longer pays attention to it, then the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty will quickly dissociate themselves from science and technology, and then turn back to the old mouthful.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan also saw this situation, but he didn't care, he didn't care whether these ministers really agreed with science and technology, it didn't matter.

The important thing is that they do things according to their own ideas, and that is okay if they value science and technology.

As for what will happen if he hangs up that day in the future, Li Xuan said that Lao Tzu is dead, do you still have to worry about the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty?

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Anyway, when he was alive, the Tang Dynasty just moved in the direction he wanted to see, and according to his estimates, he was only in his early twenties, if nothing else, how could he live another twenty or thirty years, maybe even longer.

With this time, it is enough, when the steam engine fleet is out, when the railway is out, and when the whole world is colonized, he Li Xuan will be satisfied, as for whether the heir in the future can keep this family business, or that sentence, what is he doing with that heart!

After all, how long his Li family can sit firmly in the country is really unknown.

In this world, there is no undefeated dynasty, and this is not directly related to whether the dynasty is strong or not, it is as strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties, and after hundreds of years, it will be over.

Several empires in human history that the sun never sets, usually only last for one or two hundred years of glory, successively Spain, Portugal, and then England, these empires that never set the sun all collapsed.

This is the inevitable law of historical development, and there has never been a strong dynasty forever.

Even the sun will eventually dim and eventually go out completely.

So it's over, it's over, he won't be like Qin Shi Huang, naively thinking that it can be passed on for eternity, in Li Xuan's opinion, the country he has laid down, can sit firmly for two or three generations, then it is already good luck, if he can sit firmly for two or three hundred years, this is all shit luck, so when he was finally overthrown, Li Xuan felt that he didn't know the descendants of that generation, and he should be called the late Tang Emperor in history, he should also smile and usher in the end!

Because!

Even if they are overthrown in the end, their Li family will make a lot of money!

Isn't it worth celebrating a small landlord family in a mountain village who has become the ruling family of a dynasty and has enjoyed the ultimate glory and wealth for hundreds of years?

Li Xuan's idea can actually be reflected in many of his policies, and when he issued some policies, he actually didn't think too much about the long-term and what troubles would be caused to his heirs.

All he wants is for the Tang Dynasty to operate according to his own will!

He wants to satisfy some of his wild dreams, such as conquering the world!

Now that you've made such a trip, and since you've already laid this foundation, why not move on? Why settle for the present? Why do you need to recuperate?

Li Xuan didn't do that!

He wants to continue to expand, he wants to plant the dragon flag in every corner of the earth, and he wants all mankind to hear his name and shout the Holy Monarch of the Ages!

This kind of thing, no one has ever thought of doing this since ancient times, and it has been even more successful!

Countless monarchs in China for thousands of years, some of them are satisfied with the land of Kyushu, and some have empty ambitions, but the limitations of the times and technical limitations make them unable to truly expand to the world.

And those foreign countries, even the so-called empire on which the sun never sets, are only engaged in some colonies, even Napoleon, Wilhelm II, and mustaches who are awesome in later generations can only toss in Europe, and the biggest dream is only to unify Europe.

But Li Xuan is different from them!

His ambition is to conquer the world, well, there are many people with this kind of ambition, but there are really few of them, and those who have this idea and really do it are crazy.

Well, including Li Xuan is not normal!

Many careerists are at most playing to unify the country, conquer several countries, colonize individuals overseas, etc., the style is too low, and the style is not enough.

Li Xuan really wants to bring the whole world under his rule, and he doesn't even plan to let go of the penguins in Antarctica!

If you objectively analyze some of Li Xuan's behaviors, it is not difficult to find that this person is somewhat neurotic, and what he does is actually something that many ordinary people can't do, such as the Tang Dynasty Court Dance Troupe.

It's normal to like the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, and it's even more normal to get a lot of women, but there are not many people who stubbornly want to engage in a Tang version of the thigh era like Li Xuan, so that a group of indigenous women wear clothes that imitate the future generations every day, sing songs that imitate the future generations, and enjoy it.

Li Xuan, who is a little neurotic, has this ambition, and he still has the conditions to realize his ambition:

First of all, his Tang Dynasty had a sufficient population, and population is crucial for a country in any era, because with a sufficient population, there will be enough labor force for all kinds of production, enough young and strong to join the army, and maintain a large army.

Secondly, his arrival brought various technologies to this era, and the use of these technologies could give his Tang Dynasty a strategic advantage.

He didn't believe it, and when he got the steam battleship out, when he got the rear-loading rifle out, and when he got the rear-loading artillery out, the four oceans and seven continents in the world would still be able to find out the opponent!

If he didn't plant the Tang Dragon Flag all over the four oceans and seven continents, he Li Xuan would not stop expanding for a day!

Of course, the unification of the world, even if Li Xuan really planned to do this, but that was also a matter of the future, at least before the unification of the country, Li Xuan did not plan to really launch any external expansion.

And to unify the country, it is natural to kill Zhang Yue's supervision.

After conquering Susong, the Second Army did not rush to continue the advance because they needed to stop and recuperate.

The reason for the rest is not that the soldiers are too tired, or the loss of troops is too large, after the battle in the past few days, although the battle is fierce, but in fact, the continuous fighting time is not long, and the Tang Army also occupies the advantage of troops, and the physical consumption of the soldiers is not large.

Although there were nearly 1,000 dead and wounded, this was nothing for an army of more than 50,000 men.

The real point is that the ammunition consumption of the Second Army is almost exhausted, and it is necessary to wait for the ammunition to be transported from the rear, otherwise, they will really have to fight the enemy with bayonets.

However, although the battle on Susong's side was suspended, the rest of the entire southwest campaign did not stop.

In order to cooperate with the Second Army, the First Army, under the cover of the navy, directly sent an infantry division to forcibly cross the river and land, trying to forcibly occupy Huangzhou.

Once the First Army occupies Huangzhou, then it can use it as a stronghold, and then continue to advance in the northeast direction, what will happen in the end?

They will strategically surround about 50,000 or so governors located in the south of Huangzhou Mansion and Qizhou!

Therefore, when the governor found that the first army crossed the river and landed, he immediately dispatched troops to reinforce Huangzhou, and at the same time, the governor who was originally stationed in Huangmei also received an order from the strategic car map.

Su Song is finished, and the Tang army in front of him is too strong, there is no need to count on a counterattack, and at the same time Huangzhou is in danger, if Huangzhou is overcome, these 50,000 governors will be surrounded by strategy, and whether they can escape at that time will be known.

So they are going to retreat as soon as possible!

The Ming army on the first line of Huangmei ran, and the second army also tried to send troops to pursue, but they ran a little fast, and they also left the cavalry behind, and at the same time, the second army was short of ammunition, and there were no shells and bullets available to catch up, so the pursuing troops were a little abrasive.

There is no way to do this, you can't really rely on the 50,000 governors with bayonets and guns!

The Ming army in the Qizhou area retreated, and the rush attack on the Huangzhou side finally turned into a strong attack, and the Ming army was dissatisfied with the reaction, and within a few days, more than 10,000 reinforcements were dispatched.

In order to avoid the danger of being caught in the front and rear of the troops crossing the river, they simply did not attack Huangzhou, and directly got on the boat and retreated!

At this time, the strategic advantage of the Yangtze River Fleet of the Datang Navy in controlling the Yangtze River was reflected, and only with the Yangtze River Fleet there, the Datang Army could land there if it wanted to, when it wanted to land, and when it wanted to retreat.

Almost took the strategic initiative!

The troops of the First Army retreated, but would they give up and wait for the Governor to surrender himself?

Surely it is impossible!

The more than 10,000 people of the First Army had just retreated, and then under the cover of the fleet, they were going straight up the river, and they were going straight to Hanyang.

But in Jiujiang, when the Privy Council explained the strategy to Li Xuan, the center point of the map was not in Hanyang, but in Jiangling, the capital of Jingzhou!