Chapter 598: Reflection
Focus!
It stands to reason that this is the time to concentrate on the UK, but if this opportunity is missed, will there be another one?
If the opportunity of the Civil War is missed, I am afraid that there will be no chance, and now, if we regret it, I am afraid that it is not able to tolerate Britain, but even if it does, how can Britain sit idly by and watch China meddle in the affairs of the United States?
All right!
Now there is no other choice, after all, it is impossible to stop. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info But despite this, now is not the time to send troops to intervene in the American Civil War.
"Now?"
Shaking his head, Zhu Yifeng categorically vetoed.
"Now is not the time to send troops to meddle in American affairs, the disadvantage of the South is only temporary, they will soon launch a counteroffensive, once Robert? If Lee commands the Southern Army, the Northern Army will face constant rout......"
The understanding of history makes Zhu Yifeng very clear about what will happen next. Now in its second year of the Civil War, the fighting was even more intense. Lincoln ordered a general attack with an army of 500,000. The Northern Army won successive victories on the Western Front, almost opening up the Mississippi River, the main artery between the north and the south. The Navy also conquered New Orleans, the largest port in the South. But in the Eastern Theater, the Northern Army suffered another crushing defeat. Robert? Li hurriedly led the Southern Army to meet the attack, and then, General Lee, a famous Southern general, maneuvered to find fighters, mobilized the Northern Army, and then found the weak links of the Northern Army to launch an attack, driving the Northern Army out of the peninsula near Richmond and winning the victory in defending the capital.
General Lee then took advantage of the victory and went north, and in the following time, Robert? Li Gaochao's conducting art was brought into full play. He attracted the main force of the Northern Army to the position with a small force, and the main force maneuvered, launched an attack from the flanks and rear, and then attacked from the front and flanks, defeating the Northern Army in one fell swoop. The Confederate army descended on the city of Washington. The Northern Army withstood the offensive of the Li Army in September at the Battle of Antitam. The ensuing Southern offensive continued until the Battle of Gettysburg the following year, and after another year of fierce fighting, the South showed signs of decay, before which the South alone was sufficient to sustain the war.
And this also means that Robert? Lee's presence will buy China two years, and in the next two years, there will be no need for too much interference in the south, and only limited support, such as arms and other material support, will be enough to maintain the situation of the war. And China can devote its main energy to this war with Britain in the next two years!
Two years!
That's the time China has! In both years, China will not need to interfere too much in American affairs.
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, why does the South need our help? If they are not at a disadvantage, I am afraid they will not make fundamental concessions on many issues! ā
"They will give in!"
Speaking confidently, Zhu Yifeng said with a smile.
"Strength, strength determines everything, the superiority of the South is only temporary, in the face of the absolute power of the North, Robert Lee's counterattack will be stopped, and then it will ......"
When he said this, suddenly, a kind of worry that he had never felt before appeared in his heart - strength, in the face of Britain's absolute strength, would China's attack be stopped?
Yes, the next superiority of the South completely relied on the superb command art of the commanders, and then seized the advantage for two years, but the tactical superiority of the South was ultimately wiped out in the face of the industrial superiority of the North, and in the face of absolute power, the art of command could only play an auxiliary role.
And what about China?
Once Britain's industrial power has been fully utilized, will China be able to win the war in the face of Britain's absolute strength? Could it be that all the glorious victories now are just a bubble? It's like the next South or Japan in another time and space.
Zhu Yifeng, who was in deep thought, frowned, his brows were slightly furrowed, and the worry on his face flashed, and even he didn't notice it, his breathing became a little short, and his heartbeat accelerated.
United Kingdom!
Now Britain's industrial power is showing up little by little, and now Britain has started construction of as many as 14 combat ships at the same time, and all of them are new warships designed based on the "Hubei-class" combat ships, which are often 12-inch naval guns, rather than 10-inch of "Hubei-class" combat ships, and the tonnage is generally more than 8,000 tons, to some extent, this is the demonstration of British industrial power.
Soon, with the full involvement of Britain's industrial power in this war, warships that took three years to build in peacetime will now only take two years, and by next year at the latest, Britain will send a steady stream of warships into the sea like "dumplings", and one by one ironclad combat ships will once again help the British Navy win sea supremacy.
And this is exactly what Zhu Yifeng is worried about!
Will the war between China and Britain wake up a giant like Japan in another time and space?
Compared with the United Kingdom, China's industrial strength is still too weak, even with a lot of cross-era help, because the foundation is weak, especially the intellectual base is weak, so that the actual progress is extremely limited.
For China, the real leapfrog development should be ten years later, because at that time, the first batch of young people who have fully received modern education will graduate from university, and in a dozen years, China will train hundreds of thousands of international students and college students, who will become the backbone of enterprises after several years of work. At that time, China's industrial development will be enhanced by a sufficient intellectual base, that is, it will enter the second industrial revolution almost simultaneously with the European countries, and the technology accumulated in the past ten years related to the second industrial revolution will further promote this leapfrog development.
This is Zhu Yifeng's original plan, this plan is perfect, at least to a certain extent, this plan will ensure that China seizes the opportunity of the second industrial revolution and takes ten to twenty years to complete the goal of surpassing Britain and becoming the world's first power, but the plan can not catch up with the changes, after all, the world did not leave too much time for China, did not give China time to become stronger step by step.
Britain has not given China a chance to choose at all!
It is precisely because of this that China is "forced to get involved" in this war!
Thinking like this in his heart, Zhu Yifeng's brows furrowed more and more, and finally, he took a deep breath and said slowly with his back to Zhang Sen.
"You stand down first!"
There are some things, even if they are worried, they can't be revealed in front of the courtiers, after all, as an emperor, you can't show your "weak" side in front of outsiders.
After Zhang Sen left, Zhu Yifeng stood there silently, and in the following time, he thought about it so much that he couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Can we win this war?"
Again, Zhu Yifeng asked himself, although he understands the future, but he does not understand the future that has now become unrecognizable, and it can even be said that the future of another world has slowly lost its guiding significance, and the history of the entire world has undergone fundamental changes.
When thinking about it in his heart, Zhu Yifeng walked forward slowly, this palace with an area of 3.5 square kilometers, there is enough area for him to wander, he walked slowly, occasionally he will turn his eyes to this palace combined with Western garden landscape, this palace is a combination of Chinese and Western, the buildings with obvious Tang Dynasty architectural style, most of them are modern Chinese buildings, and they are also the most popular in China now, with reinforced concrete to build a modern building with a Chinese-style roof, which is an eclectic architectural style of ancient and modern.
However, now he did not put his mind on this royal garden that borrowed from the Daming Palace as a whole and also absorbed the Western palace garden design style such as the Palace of Versailles and the Summer Palace, although this royal garden has been admired by the outside world since it was built, but as the owner of the royal garden, even if he has not been able to travel to the entire palace, he will not be too curious about here.
Just walked slowly, unconsciously, Zhu Yifeng walked to Yingtianmen, looking at the towering palace gate, his heart moved, and he looked at the clothes on his body, which were very ordinary casual clothes.
Maybe you should go out for a walk!
Thinking of this, he walked towards the palace gate, even if the guards saw him, they also looked like they didn't squint, they were used to His Majesty's occasional outings, and they knew that after His Majesty left the palace, there would be many guards behind him.
Although the overall planning of the imperial capital is a modern urban plan, its basic principles are borrowed from the planning of the capital of the previous dynasties, especially the Tang Dynasty, for example, after leaving the Yingtianmen, it is the central axis of the imperial capital, and on the central axis, that is, the "China Avenue", there are scattered "seven days of buildings" called "seven stars in the sky, seven days on the ground". And these seven heavenly buildings are actually the seven most important buildings on the central axis of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, corresponding to the seven constellations in the sky, from south to north: Tianque, Tianjie, Tianmen, Tianjin, Tianshu, Tiangong, and Heaven. And now China Avenue is the so-called "Heavenly Street" similar to the "Seven Days" building complex running through the imperial capital city from north to south, and a picture of the three heavenly walls centered on the "Ziwei Yuan" is presented in the world, and it is precisely because of this that the central axis of the imperial capital is the most gorgeous central axis of the capital.
Of course, this "Seven Days Building" is just an evaluation of the outside world, in fact, their names have a completely different name from the Tang Dynasty, just like the "China Avenue" known as the Heavenly Street, as the central axis of the imperial capital, the "China Avenue" known as the "Heavenly Street" is very wide, up to 250 meters wide, the plane trees on the side of the road after several years of growth, this will have grown a large area of shade, in the summer, those shades will be people's summer retreat, and after more than ten years, these are called "Wutong" The dense branches of the plane tree intersect in the sky, shading the sky and the sun, no umbrella under the scorching sun, and no umbrella in the light of rain.
Although it is very disturbing to know that the hairball of the plane tree, which is called "French plane tree" in another time and space, the tall plane tree is not only majestic and magnificent, but can be cultivated as a street tree for 3~5 years, and it has strong resistance to a variety of toxic gases, and can absorb harmful gases, and has a particularly strong adaptability to the urban environment, with super ability to absorb harmful gases, resist smoke and dust, isolate noise, drought resistance, and rapid growth, it can be said to be the best shade tree and street tree.
It is for this reason that Zhu Yifeng chose it as the street tree of the imperial capital, and of course there are street trees such as ash trees, but their growth time is relatively slow, which is why the French plane tree is the preferred tree species. One thing is certain, however, that in 30 years' time, the imperial capital, with its vast parks and green spaces and millions of street trees, will be a sea of green.
Maybe this city will not become a "** center" like the "imperial capital" in another time and space, but it will definitely become a real forest city, maybe not the most prosperous, but it is certainly a real livable city.
Zhu Yifeng, dressed in civilian clothes, strolled on the sidewalk at will, although as an emperor, there are portraits of him in many places, but it is difficult for people to notice him in civilian clothes on the street, looking at the passers-by on the street, compared with the prosperity of Nanjing, Wuchang and other places, the imperial capital with a population of less than 600,000 people seems a little "deserted", but in fact, the population of the imperial capital is still increasing - in the past year, the permanent population of the imperial capital has increased by nearly 100,000 people.
According to estimates by the Gyeonggi Police Department, in five years, the population of the imperial capital will exceed one million, and of course, the area of the imperial capital will also expand. It seems that this is a bit contrary to their original intentions. Leave it alone, let it be!
"I hope that in the future, there will definitely be no virtue here......
With such a joke in his heart, Zhu Yifeng, who was walking on the sidewalk, would always look at the passers-by on the street from time to time, looking at those passers-by who were in a hurry, his mind came up with the changes in the country that he had witnessed in the past few years, this change was slow, just like these passers-by, their faces were mostly ruddy, and their expressions were full of expectations for the future, and they no longer saw the old insensitivity.
"In the next twenty years, we will accomplish a revolution -- a change from wanting to be slaves to not getting what people want to be!"
Thinking of his words, Zhu Yifeng breathed a long sigh of relief.
That's it, what is the most fundamental power of this empire? It is the 400 million people it has!
With these 400 million people, then everything can be created! Fail? Who can defeat this empire? Not only can he not defeat him, but if he wants to, he can defeat all enemies! Build a huge empire!
But that's not enough, what will be built is a powerful thousand-year-old empire! A vast empire that has never been seen before.
No matter what, I can't give up this dream, even if this goal is too far away, but, at least in this era, I have worked hard to let future generations know that this dream and goal are not far away from them! Create a glorious history for future generations to come! Let them be proud of this empire!
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