Not a warning, but a reminder!

Although it was just a dream, this dream made Zhu Mingzhong think a lot.

The reason why he saw a backward future in his dream was actually what he had always feared, with the transfer of the origin of modern human civilization to the Ming Dynasty, which was different from the wars and fierce competition between European countries after the Industrial Revolution.

Between Daming and Zhuxia, there was no such fierce competition. Without fierce competition between countries, technological progress is slow, even lagging behind. Like Britain in another time and space, even though there was fierce competition between countries, they fell into decline during the Second Industrial Revolution, and when the rising countries adopted new technologies and equipment, Britain was still using old machinery and equipment. In the eyes of the capitalists, it was not cost-effective to dismantle the old and usable machinery and replace it with new ones, which hindered the progress of British industry.

To a certain extent, this is what Zhu Mingzhong fears - the dilution of competition will make scientists and capitalists lose the motivation to progress, and this will lead to dreams becoming reality, which is precisely what Zhu Mingzhong cannot accept, after all, now under his promotion, Chinese civilization has entered the industrial revolution a hundred years ahead of schedule.

But what to do?

In the following days, there were always fragments of memory that appeared in front of Zhu Mingzhong's eyes messily in the encounters in his dreams, which always seemed to be there to remind him of another possibility for the future.

And this possibility weighed him a little out of breath.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Mingzhong came to the famous Qinghe Academy, after more than 30 years of development, the Qinghe Academy at this time can be said to be the academic center of the Ming Dynasty, of course, this academic center is not the study of Confucianism, in fact, Confucianism has long been divided into the category of philosophy.

Even the most die-hard Confucian scholars, thirty years after the imperial court went all out to promote Shixue, knew very well that Confucianism had become a matter of yesterday, and even Shixue, which was the development of Confucianism, had been replaced by many modern disciplines, and to a certain extent, even Shixue was only a philosophy of self-cultivation.

In fact, in the past 30 years, Zhu Mingzhong has been promoting compulsory education with 17th-century characteristics through the establishment of social studies, county schools, and government schools, and local academies, including Qinghe Academy, are higher education in this system.

When he came to Qinghe Academy, Zhu Mingzhong went straight to the "Industry Exhibition Hall", to a certain extent, this is the most comprehensive technology exhibition hall in Daming, from here you can get a glimpse of the whole picture of Daming science and technology, even if the inventions of other academies will not be put here for display, but at least you can understand the Ming of this era from the side, how far has it come.

From the moment he entered the exhibition hall, Zhu Mingzhong was no different from other tourists and visitors, he was like an old man who came to his remote area, sometimes meditating for a long time in front of a certain steam engine.

After 20 years of continuous improvement, the steam engine has already developed extremely maturely, and in the exhibition hall, you can see not only the original primitive and simple steam engine, but also the latest high-pressure steam engine and multi-expansion steam engine.

"Multi-expansion steam engine...... Well, in another time and space it must have been an invention circa 1860, and if I'm not mistaken, it should have been around 1870 before it was applied to the ship......"

Recalling the information he had read, Zhu Mingzhong saw an oil painting on the side of the three-expansion steam engine model, which was South Korea's "Wangxiang" fast steamship, a 4,500-ton iron-wood structure clipper with a speed of 15 knots, and it was South Korea that first applied this technology.

"Hmmm......"

Pursing his lips, Zhu Mingzhong nodded silently, perhaps because of his teaching, children are very concerned about science, and even among the children, there are several who prefer to be a scientist rather than a monarch.

"I don't know if other countries have followed ......"

Zhu Mingzhong said to himself.

Then he half-closed his eyes, calculating the efficiency of steam, as an engineering man, he clearly remembered that in another time and space, the steam pressure of the initial steam engine was only 0.11~0.13 megapascals, and it only reached 0.35~0.7 megapascals in the early 19th century, and 6~10 megapascals were used in the 20s of the 20th century. In terms of steam temperature, it did not exceed 250 °C at the end of the 19th century, and 450~480 °C was used in the 30s of the 20th century.

"It has just broken through 2 megapascals, so it seems that the technical level of the steam engine is almost the level of the 60s of the 19th century, and the technological progress in this area is quite fast......

Comparing the pressure and speed of the steam engine, Zhu Mingzhong said to himself in his heart. However, he knew very well that this kind of technological progress had a lot to do with his seedling promotion to some extent, and in the first few years when the steam engine was put into use, he had made many clicks, in fact, it was to tell the researchers some key technical ideas, thus promoting the technical development of the Daming steam engine.

From steam engines to looms, to lathes, to milling machines...... In the exhibition hall, Zhu Mingzhong stayed for almost a whole day. Here he really calmed down for the first time to look at the science and technology of this era, presented in front of him is an era that has just kicked off - the steam engine provided a powerful power for the industry of the Ming Dynasty, and various industrial machinery driven by power - spinning machines, looms, machine tools, etc. have sprung up one after another.

Although in Zhu Mingzhong's view, many machinery and equipment look extremely simple or even extremely primitive, but these primitive machinery is actually the proof that the industrial revolution is constantly advancing.

Steam engine - belt - sky axis - belt - production machinery......

This is the direction of the development of the industrial revolution in another time and space, and it is also the industrial revolution that has completely changed the world and changed human civilization.

From the steam engine to the internal combustion engine, the electric motor, and then ......

After leaving the exhibition hall, Zhu Mingzhong sat quietly by the pond of the academy, just closed his eyes, recalling the development of human science and civilization.

"The current Ming Dynasty, as a whole, is almost equivalent to the technical level of the 30s of the 19th century, and occasionally there are leads, but the overall theoretical basis is almost the level of the mid-18th century......"

But what's the use of all this?

Once again, what he saw in that dream, and when he saw the scenes there, Zhu Mingzhong thought a lot, and in the end, all the problems returned to one problem - competition.

"Competitive ......"

Saying these two words, Zhu Mingzhong was silent for a long time.

After staying in Qinghe Academy for a day, Zhu Mingzhong didn't get an answer, and his mood was even more dull than before he came, before coming to the academy, he had tried to get some answers here, but after coming to the academy, not only did he not find the answer, but even increased his worries.

On the one hand, it is far ahead of the level of mechanical technology of the times, while on the other side is the relatively backward basic theoretical science.

When he went to school in later generations, Zhu Mingzhong, like many college students of that era, only studied things within the scope of teaching, he studied mechanical manufacturing, and naturally he was more proficient in mechanical manufacturing, and also had a certain understanding of metallurgy and other materials engineering, but he did not have much involvement in basic scientific theories, but most people don't know much about many basic theories, or even don't understand them at all.

However, even so, the theoretical basis of many people who only know the surface is undoubtedly an extremely important revelation for the scholars of this era.

Perhaps, something should be left behind!

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong's face suddenly changed a little.

If you use it well, this is a super golden finger!

Just like calculus, throughout the eighteenth century, the basis of calculus was confusing and unclear, but even so, on the basis of the work of predecessors, this discipline is still being improved, if you can systematically sort out the knowledge you have mastered, maybe those knowledge is just some skin, but in Newton and other scholars and masters such as knowing, maybe it can really accelerate the development of basic theory.

Of course, there is other knowledge.

Standing up violently, at this moment, Zhu Mingzhong seemed to have found what he should do next, as the emperor, he thought that he had done a good job, not only completely changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty, but also established the largest empire in history, but on the other hand, it seemed that he should do something more.

"Maybe not too much competition, but at least, it can guide future development at least to a certain extent......"

After making this decision, Zhu Mingzhong left the academy and returned to the palace again, as if he had returned to his youth, the whole person was full of fighting spirit, and almost every day he would bow his head in front of the desk, where he recalled what he had learned by memory.

This is the first time that Zhu Mingzhong has systematically sorted out what he has learned, and a lot of messy and scattered knowledge has been recalled in the continuous sorting.

"Father has been staying in the study these days?"

After dealing with the affairs at hand, when he learned the news from the mouth of the female official, Zhu Hejia's brows furrowed, he had already passed thirty years, and he had already retreated from the childishness of his original body, and the whole person looked extremely calm.

"Yes, Prince, Your Majesty rarely comes out of the study these days, even if it is for dinner, it is sent to the imperial study, and occasionally the doctors in the academy will be sent over."

The female officer lowered her head and whispered, and then added deliberately.

"In addition, His Majesty has ordered the construction of another vault in the palace......"

Father, what's wrong?

Zhu Hejia couldn't help but be a little puzzled, although he had been performing more and more duties as a supervisor in the past two years, he knew that his father had been watching him.

Sometimes, it is inevitable that he will make some mistakes, but his father rarely reminds him, and only waits until the mistake is revealed, and even when he goes to remedy it, he will ask casually. It seems that for his father, he prefers to be a bystander. Quietly watching him grow up.

But at that time, the father was at least there to watch, and there was nothing to pay attention to as it is now.

"Do you know where the vault is built?"

There are a number of vaults in the palace, which store a large number of precious calligraphy and paintings, antiquities, and of course, a large number of gold and silver treasures, which is almost inevitable, and even in the palace there is a large area of the royal private treasury, which stores millions of taels of gold, although gold is not the legal tender of the Ming Dynasty, but the royal still stores a large amount of gold, these hard currencies are for the future unforeseen needs.

Of course, the royal family also kept large sums of cash in the bank, and even the royal family had its own bank. This also makes the palace not need a large treasury, but the current actions of his father make Zhu Hejia feel a little unbelievable, after all, there is not a shortage of vaults in the palace.

Could it be that my father still has any private money?

When this thought came to his mind, Zhu Hejia almost didn't laugh out loud, maybe for the emperor in the past, the emperor was rich all over the world, but the current royal family is under the control of his father, but he is really rich all over the world, and the various income from the royal investment every year is not less than tens of millions of taels, in this case, how can he need any private money.

If there isn't, then why do you need to build another vault?

"Back to Your Highness, it's in the Imperial Study in the Inner Garden."

What the!

Zhu Hejia's brows furrowed even tighter, the inner garden imperial study is different from this imperial study, this imperial study is where the emperor receives ministers, and the inner garden imperial study is his father's private study, and his father built a vault there, it is really ...... It's hard to figure out!

Building a vault in that kind of place is a bit of a mystery in itself.

A few days later, when Zhu Hejiazhao met with the person in charge of the royal construction office, he was even more puzzled when he learned about the area of the vault built in the palace.

Over the years, he found that he didn't seem to know much about his father, just like now. He had no idea why his father wanted to build a vault there, and there was no need for that.

"What is my father going to do?"

Frowning tightly, all kinds of thoughts appeared in Zhu Hejia's heart, but in the end, these thoughts were overturned by himself.

At least for a moment, he wanted to ask his father in person. Ask your father why he built a vault there.

But the thought also passed in a flash. Now he is fulfilling the responsibility of supervising the country. It doesn't seem like we should focus on such trivial things, but there is always some curiosity.

This is especially true for him, after all, he has always admired his father the most. Some strange actions of his father will inevitably make him a little curious, and once this curiosity is born, it is always uncontrollable for a while......