On the side of Da Zhou, after Zhang Lingyang received the news that Ying Lyco had stopped sending troops to Da Zhou, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Lingyang understood that although the battle of Tianzhu broke out between England and England before, it ended in the victory of the Great Zhou.

But once a full-scale war breaks out between the Great Zhou and England, the final loss will definitely be the Great Zhou.

Zhang Lingyang was not confused by the previous victories, he clearly knew that the current Dazhou was still in its infancy in the promotion of the industrialization process, and it could not be compared with England, a country that had an industrial revolution.

Although in terms of the so-called gross national product, Da Zhou is still far ahead of European countries, but the gross national product is only the gross national product and does not represent the real national strength of a country.

Just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, before the Opium War, the Manchu government accounted for 30% of the world's GDP, but so what? Didn't you still lose to England?

And if this does not prove anything, then in the twenty-first century, if someone asks you, who is stronger in comparison with Russia and Japan?

How Would You Answer?

Although Japan's GDP far exceeds that of Russia, there is no one in the world who believes that Japan can be compared to Russia.

Therefore, to measure a country's comprehensive national strength, it is not only to look at a country's gross national product, nor only to look at per capita income, but to consider a series of conditions such as a country's economy, land area, population, and scientific and technological level.

It may be said that England is a small country.

Yes, Zhang Lingyang can't deny this. But the British colony is the most extensive in the world, and Zhang Lingyang agrees with this.

The vast colonies have made all kinds of energy and materials continuously exported to England itself, and constantly transfused blood to England, a country that can be called a small country.

Therefore, even if England suffered a crushing defeat in Tianzhu, it was able to recover quickly after the blood transfusion of the colony.

What's more, England didn't have the vitality to hurt it in the first place!

Therefore, even though the Great Zhou continued to obtain good news in various battlefields in Asia, Zhang Lingyang, the emperor, did not lose his way.

Zhang Lingyang knows very well that as long as the Great Zhou has not completed comprehensive industrialization one day, the Great Zhou cannot be called a real power and a great power.

In the current Great Zhou, the promotion of industrialization is extremely limited, and the national science education rate is not even 1 in 10,000, how can it be called an industrialized country?

Nowadays, the scholars of the Great Zhou are still proud.

Except for the students of the Great Zhou Royal Academy, who have seriously studied science and technology, few of the other talents, people, and even courtiers in various places can take the development of science and technology in Europe seriously, let alone study science and technology.

The scholars of the Great Zhou Dynasty were arrogant, and for thousands of years, the idea of the official standard has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the eyes of the scholars, everything is inferior, but only reading is high.

Even Zhang Lingyang, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, spared no effort to promote science and technology, they were still unwilling to learn. I don't want to learn advanced science and technology either.

For Zhang Lingyang, this is the biggest problem at present, far greater than the invasion of the European powers.

However, Zhang Lingyang could not overturn the ideological tradition left over thousands of years at once, so he could only endure it alone, and could not speak freely to anyone.

Besides, even if Zhang Lingyang speaks freely, how many ministers above the court will take it seriously? I'm afraid that the vast majority of people will only be perfunctory.

However, Zhang Lingyang wanted to select students from the Great Zhou Royal Academy to become officials in the court, but it was a bit out of place.

Because the students who graduated from the Great Zhou Royal Academy originally studied science and technology, if they were really made officials, Zhang Lingyang always felt that it was a bit of a waste.

Therefore, now the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty is still full of Confucian disciples who study Confucius and Mencius.

After the news of the truce came from the British army, Zhang Lingyang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of Zhang Lingyang's plan, in the next period of time, try to avoid conflicts with European powers and promote the industrialization process of the Great Zhou as soon as possible.

As long as half of the industrialization of the Great Zhou is promoted, even if it is only one-third, Zhang Lingyang firmly believes that at this time, no country is the opponent of the Great Zhou.

In March of the 10th year of Tai'an, Zhang Lingyang successively visited the Royal Academy of the Great Zhou Dynasty and several industrial and mining enterprises and some scientific research institutions around Luoyang.

After returning home, Zhang Lingyang issued an order to canonize some outstanding scientific talents as officials.

Although these official positions are only fictitious positions, they are officials in the end, and they give great motivation to talents who specialize in science and technology.

Obviously, this time Zhang Lingyang's move, in the eyes of Confucian disciples, was to move their cheese.

Therefore, led by the Inspectorate, ministers and local officials continued to write to advise Zhang Lingyang to take back his fate.

After reading the twists and turns, Zhang Lingyang was furious, and angrily reprimanded the ministers at the court meeting: "Zhao Zhizhong, the dean of the Agricultural College of the Great Zhou Royal Academy, after several years of cultivation, cultivated winter wheat, and after large-scale promotion, it made the north double cropping a year and survived millions, so I issued a decree to crown Zhang Zhizhong as a viscount."

Now, someone actually advised me to take back my life.

I ask you, how many people have you benefited as officials for many years? There is still the face to advise me?

In my opinion, you are clearly guilty of red eyes, and you are jealous of Zhao Zhizhong's merits. ”

Zhang Lingyang's words were very harsh, but no one in the court dared to stand up and refute them.

Because, they are indeed jealous of Zhang Zhizhong's exploits.

Come to think of it, Zhang Zhizhong, the dean of the Great Zhou Royal Academy, was just a declining nobleman, and in the past few years, he has risen like a mountain, saying that the ministers are not jealous, which is false.

What's more, after cultivating winter wheat, Zhang Zhizhong survived countless lives, which was enough to go down in history, and it made the ministers even more red-eyed.

If Zhang Zhizhong, the dean of the Agricultural College of the Great Zhou Royal Academy who successfully cultivated winter wheat, was knighted and the ministers had nothing to say, then Zhang Lingyang canonized several experts who had made outstanding contributions in the field of science, and the ministers were like erupting volcanoes, one by one scrambled to persuade Zhang Lingyang to take back his life for various reasons.

After all, in the eyes of the courtiers, even if these people made a great breakthrough in the field of science, it would not be of the slightest benefit to the country or the family.

At least in the eyes of these ministers, there is no benefit.

But Zhang Lingyang insisted on going his own way, and still added officials to these people. No matter who advises, he is not moved in the slightest......