Chapter 45 A Hundred Years of Emperors and a Thousand Years of Country
Many foreigners in modern times are discussing why ancient China did not conquer the world, and many people find many reasons. Some people say that Chinese likes to cultivate their minds and cultivate their temperament and is not good at war, some say that China's emperor cannot decide all the things in the country, and some people say that China does not want to make progress and wait for other countries to surpass. So someone joked: You think too much, just give Qin Shi Huang a map of the world.
Although this kind of joke is a bit unreliable, Zhang Yi is now Qin Shi Huang with a world map. With a strong army and knowing the situation around the world, Zhang Yi opened the road to sweep the world.
In the 35th year of China, a new generation of ships was launched in Shanghai Port, which is a large ship that has been developed for more than 30 years, is most suitable for sea navigation, is 47 zhang long, has four masts, and can carry 150,000 catties.
After 40 years in China, Zhang Yi is almost 80 years old, and he is still full of energy. His eldest son, Zhang Xingren, is also fifty years old. Zhang Yi once thought about stepping down and letting Zhang Xingren succeed him, but because Zhang Xingyi, Zhang Xingli and others have their own supporters. In order to make the country stable, Zhang Yi gave up this idea and began to prepare to train a third-generation heir.
The third-generation heirs, Zhang Yi selected three, namely Zhang Xingren, Zhang Xingyi and Zhang Xingzhi's sons, Zhang Zhiyu, Zhang Zhihui, and Zhang Zhisun.
In the forty-sixth year of China, under the guidance of Zhang Yi, Ma Jun successfully developed the steam engine. All the pre-technology for the Chinese research steam engine has been completed, whether it is metal or various valves, there is no problem. At Zhang Yi's insistence, Ma Jun began the research of steam engines, and after several years, he finally manufactured a relatively mature steam engine.
The steam engine is a sign that mankind has entered the industrial age. Since then, China has entered the mechanical age, and the time for vigorous large-scale industry has begun.
However, unlike the European industrial age, Zhang Yi's industrial planning was very reasonable from the beginning. He will not let it encroach on arable land in the first place, and it will all be done on infertile land, even on the beach by the sea.
Second, Zhang Yi is very environmentally conscious, not only returning farmland to forests in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, but also planting trees in the desert. Factory exhaust gas and residue are being studied to reduce the way to discharge as much as possible into seawater, rather than into rivers. The seawater has a very strong ability to purify itself, and Zhang Yi still tries to reduce the waste residue of these factories as much as possible.
Secondly, he would not let the sheep squeeze out the crowd, and in the north, China has a large number of grasslands, so the desert capital has been more developed. Cotton from Central Asia has also been introduced to China, and it is cultivated in many ways in China, and domestic farmers have begun to grow a large number of cash crops. Grain can be shipped from overseas, they just have to make money. Zhang Yi limited the proportion of cash crops planted, and even did not hesitate to subsidize farmers, but also to maintain the amount of domestic edible grain.
The so-called born in sorrow and died in peace, Zhang Yi's sense of distress is very strong, he has been worried about changes overseas, so he has never let the domestic radical development.
Zhang Yi continued to store money in China, not only gold, silver and other precious metals, but also treasures and gems from all over the world. And collect technology, history, culture, and all kinds of strange things from all over the world.
In the 50th year of China, Chinese immigrants found gold on the west coast of the United States, so China frantically pounced. Immigrants began to occupy the Americas, interacted with the indigenous peoples, and there were wars. China began to set up the Protectorate of the Americas in the Americas to manage all affairs in the Americas.
In the fifty-fourth year of China, the Chinese fleet reached the south coast of Africa, and many natives traded to obtain their precious stones.
In the 56th year of China, China built ports along the Red Sea and discovered that in Suez it was possible to dig a canal to the Mediterranean Sea and to do business with Europeans. So the Chinese merchants and the Persian Empire reached an agreement to lease the Suez region for a price of one million dollars a year for a period of one million dollars until the Chinese Chamber of Commerce gave it up.
After taking the Suez region, Chinese merchants immediately dug a canal. Within five years, the canal was navigable, and with it, Chinese merchant fleets could enter the Mediterranean Sea and trade directly with Europe.
In the seventy-second year of China, the Persian Empire finally recognized the importance of the Suez Canal and wanted to ban Lend-Lease. But the Chinese merchants did not agree, and the Persian Empire wanted to forcibly take it back by force.
In the seventy-fourth year of China, Zhang Yi, who was already over 100 years old, ordered an attack on the Persian Empire. The third-generation successors Zhang Zhiyu, Zhang Zhihui, and Zhang Zhisun led their troops to attack the Persian Empire in three ways. In three months, the Three-Way Army attacked the Persian Imperial Capital, forcing the Persian Empire to sign a treaty that forced the Persian Empire to recognize the Suez region and the Arab region as the territory of the Chinese Empire. And let the Persian Empire bow down to China and send an attack on it.
The Persian Empire is just not smart, the Kushan Empire is much better, they know that China is strong, and they don't have any unhappiness with China at all.
In the 80th year of China, Zhang Yi implemented a constitutional monarchy, delegating most of his strength to the city wall and the three provinces and six ministries, forming parliamentarians, and stipulating that the emperor could not participate in court politics unless it was time for the country's life and death.
One hundred years of China, Zhang Yi died. After being the emperor for a hundred years, Zhang Yi has become a veritable emperor of the ages.
After Zhang Yi's death, his great-grandson Zhang Longwei succeeded to the throne. The imperial court and Taoism have a view of heaven and earth, and Zhang Yi is the Jade Emperor! Because Zhang Yi's seven daughters were named after the seven colors of the rainbow, they were rumored to be the seven fairies.
In the 125th year of China, generators appeared. In China's 159 years, oil became an important resource. In 167, electric lights appeared. In 186, flintlock pistols appeared. In 203, the internal combustion engine appeared. In 235, artillery appeared. In 269, trains appeared. In 347, automobiles appeared. In 365, airplanes appeared. In 402 there were steamers. In 459, machine tools appeared.
After Zhang Yi's death, he is still making a point for the whole country, and with the development of science and technology, China has become the most technologically advanced country in the world. And with the continuous updating of science and technology, China has led the world by more than two or three generations. China and foreign countries have two heavens, China is very advanced at home, but foreign countries are still living in the days of horseback archery.
China has lasted for thousands of years and has been the most powerful empire on earth. Under China's supervision, the world was generally peaceful, because Zhang Yi had suppressed China's population in the later period, keeping the Chinese population at less than two billion. Since then, the imperial court has continued this policy, and only by suppressing the population can the quality of life of the Chinese people not decline.
In this way, Zhang Yi has achieved step by step from the original idea!