Chapter 912. The Ming Dynasty
How many years of peace dream, back to the Ming Dynasty, from the end of Wanli began to fall to the bottom of the Ming Dynasty, after the collapse of the road to meet a phoenix nirvana-like rebirth, and after this all the way singing, climbed an incredible peak again, unprecedented prosperity came to this oriental land.
The sun never sets in history The hegemony of the British Empire was established in two hundred years, and was established by Mao Jue in forty years, and the Mughal Empire, known as the crown jewel of the British Empress, has been destroyed by the United East India Company ten years ago.
He also achieved another person in history who should have fought to the death with him to the end, Zheng Sen!
After cooperating with him for a period of time, driven by greater ambitions, Zheng Sen, who had pirate blood in his veins, relied on Zheng Zhilong's fame and attracted a large number of investors, and after recruiting, looting or coaxing in Tianzhu, and getting a large number of cheap laborers, in 1668 AD, the twenty-eighth year of the opening of the sea country, led a huge fleet of as many as 57 ships, and landed in Sydney for the first time in history.
After naming that land as Xinfu, Zheng Sen led the immigrants to start another new pioneering story in the land of kangaroos.
Overseas large areas of expansion of colonies, in the hometown of East Asia, Mao Jue did not stop tossing, to the west, the general Wen Meng continued to attack, and organized a large-scale production and development corps to settle in the development, this war is indeed long and cruel, before and after eighteen years, the hustle and bustle of the later generations of Inner Yawude was finally driven out of the north and south of the two frontiers with difficulty, once the Tang Dynasty on the map of the glorious Western Regions Protectorate re-established on the map of the Ming Dynasty.
On the other hand, after long negotiations, political struggles, and small-scale but high-intensity wars, the pearl of the snowy plateau located south of the Tianshan Mountains was also brought under Chinese rule.
Even the Yuan Dynasty, which has the most extensive territory in history, is no longer comparable to the glorious Ming Dynasty at this time.
However, there are still many bad things about the prosperous era created by Mao Jue, such as the pollution under the industrial revolution, and the traffic jams that plagued the people of the capital in later generations.
Early in the morning, the octagonal heavy industry located in the suburbs of Beijing painted a rich watercolor painting in the sky early, and after breathing a breath of fresh haze, the people of Beijing started their busy day with great interest. It's just that today it's not about fighting for a living, it's all about playing.
Many years ago, the imperial court has officially stipulated that seven days is a week, and every weekend is a legal holiday, today is the Sunday, except for a small number of people who are still forced to work overtime in order to repay the mortgage and carriage loan, most of the people in Beijing still happily left their jobs, drove their own private carriages, and took the whole family out to play.
Then they caught up with the famous Jingshi scene, a big traffic jam!
Although the concept of electricity has been confirmed by a group of old scholars of the Royal Academy of Sciences six years ago, and a model of alternating current has been made and a light bulb has been lit, but it is only used on a large scale in society, and it obviously takes many years of naturalization and practice.
At the famous Zhengyangmen intersection in Beijing, Xu Liangui, a retired employee of the East India Company, who had a large beard, was bored and shook the whip in his hand, looking at the red lantern that had been dangling for a long time, listening to his father sighing there, and his eldest son who was playing cards in the carriage greeted him with a smile.
"Dad, it's early! At the foot of the Son of Heaven in Beijing, the population is large, not as good as your rural area in Hangzhou, this traffic jam can't end in half an hour, you can always come and drink saliva first! ”
Daming's map cannon has been fought more than ten years ago, the cause is still Mao Jue, he stayed in Hangzhou for most of the year to command the distant colonial work, so that Hangzhou is about to regard itself as the capital of the empire, the people of Hangzhou and the people of Beijing have not liked each other for a long time, but I didn't expect it to break out in this family to the fullest.
Hearing that his son was full of pride of the people of Jingshi, the old guy was angry and immediately came out, and the corners of his mouth were neatly repaired, and the gentleman Hu was trembling violently, and shouted angrily.
"Fart, the old man is in Hangzhou, I haven't seen any scenes, the old man used to work with King Wu back then, you kid knows a fart?"
"Dad, I didn't say you, that small place in Hangzhou is really not as good as Jingshi, don't be stubborn!"
"Nonsense, old man......."
Seeing that a father and son were about to hit the map cannon for a long time, the sound of squeaking suddenly sounded around him, and the four-wheeled carriage with six or seven meters of horses was half a circle smaller, and a small car painted with black paint, which was not pulled by horses, and was sprayed with black smoke while walking, leisurely bypassed Xu Liangui's carriage, and the foreigner who sat inside waved his hat at them, and then drove across the road without hesitating about the red light.
The eyes of the two widened, and Xu Liangui shouted in surprise: "What is this?" Why the hell doesn't he follow the traffic rules? ”
can be regarded as something that his father doesn't understand, and his eldest son Xu Sheng poked his head out proudly.
"This thing is called a car, I heard that it seems to be developed by a couple on the Huguang side, in order to commemorate the track accident they knew, their brand name is Mashaladi, but the Imperial Ministry of Transportation has not included cars in traffic control for the time being, so the traffic police generally don't care, most of them are regarded as old men and old scooters who can't get off the carriage driver's license!"
"But..."
A sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Xu Sheng shook his head gloatingly: "This foreigner is going to be unlucky!" ”
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, the complicated green lantern of the west fork was hung up, and the anxious old drivers who had been waiting for a long time suddenly raised their whips like a horse race, and the foreigner who was still running the red light was instantly knocked aside by the tall horse with his horse.
When Xu Liangui's carriage moved, seeing that the foreigner was sitting on the front and rear fenders with a sad face and crashed into the car, the two traffic policemen jumped and shouted angrily, Xu Liangui couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
At any time, even old scooters have to obey the traffic rules!
After passing this huge traffic jam, at nine o'clock in the morning, Xu Liangui's family still arrived at the destination of this trip in time, the Imperial Palace of Nations.
This is from 20 years ago, Mao Jue funded the donation of a giant museum, covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters, and even part of it is built underground, with a collection of more than 500,000 exhibits, including calligraphy and painting of famous masters of the past dynasties, bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, as well as historical relics and living items transported back from the North American continent.
Every Sunday is an open day to the public, and this time there is a special exhibition, looking at the excitement, the three grandsons of the Xu family are excitedly drilling in, anxiously following behind, while running, Xu Liangui is still helplessly nagging.
"Really, what's so nice about skulls, young people nowadays !!"
The Xu family nagged, lined up into the ticket window, just above the window, in the already lifelike printing technology, thirteen Mayan crystal skulls were shining on the exhibition board, and on the side of the exhibition version, wearing a canvas adventure suit, had matured a lot, and Mao Yuer, whose little face was as tanned as tanned, and Song Yongzhong's standing painting spirit stood on the side of the crystal skull.
A long line of introduction is written below, the famous explorer, the eldest princess of the empire Yu'er and his wife, a gift to the citizens of the empire!
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Ordinary citizens can enjoy Sundays, if there are black-hearted companies that do not have holidays, and there are trade unions to trouble them, but the dignified emperor does not have this blessing, and on the weekend, Mao Jue actually has to work overtime.
It is said that he was young and frivolous, but in the end he lived the way he hated the most, Mao Jue is like this now, from the young man who was handsome, the heroic and sturdy general of Liaodong, to now he has also become a stubborn old man with gray hair and beard.
"Your Majesty, the Indian tribes of Hewlett County, Arizona, have once again clashed with the Empire settlements, a total of sixteen immigrants have been killed, this is the third attack in a month, and the local Governor's Office suspects that they are also colluding with the Fox rebels who have been rebelling against the Empire, and ask the Ministry of War to use thunderous means to sweep away the indigenous tribes along the Arizona River."
Five years ago, Fang Yizhi found a big trouble for Mao Jue, he actually developed the telegraph across the era according to the principle of light, fat and thin, and in an instant, it subverted the communication habits of thousands of years, and it only took half a day to deliver the news from the Manila colony back to Beijing.
The convenience of communication made business prosperous, and then Mao Jue used the excuse of dealing with the affairs of Southern Province, and the plan to go to Hangzhou for a vacation was also wiped out, and he had been in Beijing for three years!
Listening to the fourth cabinet minister of the New World reciting the scriptures and reporting things, his eyes were still on the album in his hand, Mao Jue hummed absentmindedly: "Isn't the Fourth Cavalry Regiment of the New World nearby?" As Governor Ma asks, exterminate the Indian tribes in this vicinity! ”
"The minister is against!"
Sure enough, something that made Mao Jue even more headache happened, and he stood up in the position of a well-dressed scholar at the Shoufu University, and Mao Xingjian, the prince who had also reached Mao Jue's age, protested energetically.
"The Arizona River generation has just started the development plan, and the local labor force is seriously insufficient, if this generation of natives is forcibly exterminated, it will only make other submissive natives flee in fear, and the interests of local investors will be harmed.
"In addition, Your Majesty, the Imperial Holy Cabinet Council, please don't get distracted!"
The crown prince has really grown up over the years, and now he has even been elected as the first assistant scholar, and most of the political affairs of the empire are also taken care of by him, and even, he dares to take care of his Lao Tzu, and more than fifty round table imperial ministers looked over, forcing Mao Jue to put away the beach bikini album that Chiyoji sent him depressed.
But with this reason, he brought up the topic again.
"I have been feeling old recently, and I really can't bear the many things of the empire, the crown prince is at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, I think, it's time to pass on the throne......"
"Your Majesty, the dragon is walking in a tiger's step, the year of the sky, why do you say this? The retainers are dull, and please ask Your Majesty to put the empire first! ”
Good guy, before the words were finished, the prince brother had already stood up with his fists and bowed heavily, although over the years, Mao Jue has handed over a lot of power to the cabinet, but after all, he is the emperor, following the prince, a large group of cabinet ministers and scholars also stood up and bowed a large piece at once, forcing Mao Jue to wave his hand.
"Go on, keep going!"