Chapter 373: Finale!
In the twentieth year of Hongwu, at the end of February, with the capture of the fugitive Constantine the Great, the Roman Empire was officially declared extinct!
The surrender of Persia and Rome marked the final victory of the Great Jin!
After the subjects of the Great Jin Empire received the good news from the front, the country was boiling, and all the subjects of the empire couldn't help but hide their faces and cry, it was not easy, it was not easy, the Chinese nation was finally reborn in Nirvana after more than a hundred years of sinking, and once again stood on the top of the world.
April 2, Suez Canal
More than a dozen warships led by the "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" slowly stopped, and on the river beach on the right side of the battleship, more than 3,000 marines were divided into three lines of defense, closely monitoring everything around them. Not far in front of the battleship "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", dozens of third-class warships were patrolling back and forth.
On the deck of the battleship of the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the second prince Sima Yu was enjoying the infinite scenery on the shore that was very different from that of the Great Jin Dynasty. After the Great Jin Dynasty occupied Rome and Persia, it began to take in the influx of war refugees. This was an important question, as Rome and Persia were at this time in complete turmoil, riots were frequent, and the survival of the refugees was seriously threatened. In order to manage the refugees well, the Great Jin had to mobilize a large number of troops to maintain order.
When Sima Yu set foot on Roman soil, his heart was full of pride, and his father finally realized his dream of dominating Unai. Since he was a child, he knew that his father had a great ambition, that is, to defeat all enemies and make Dajin the only king in this world, and now his wish has finally come true.
This time, he came here as a representative of the royal family to participate in the signing ceremony of the surrender of Persia and Rome. Of course, there are many people who are qualified to come and sign the surrender agreement. At least Governor Lin Feng, who has been stationed in the Mediterranean region, has this qualification. However, considering that this was too popular, many generals offered to let the emperor himself or members of the imperial family come to sign the agreement. Later, after the military reported this problem, Sima Shu finally decided that the second prince should come to be in charge of attending the ceremony.
At that time, many generals, including Emperor Sima Shu, believed that the "Emperor Wu of Han" was the most qualified battleship to be surrendered. As the 'Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty', which has made great achievements within the Great Jin Navy, it really deserves this glory.
In order to ensure safety, Dajin mobilized 2,000 marines to be responsible for security vigilance.
In the morning, the small boats of the representatives of the governments and armies of Rome and Persia passed through the blockade on the sea and boarded the 'Emperor Wu of Han'. Participate in the surrender ceremony.
The process of signing the six surrenders was very simple. It's also very fast. During the whole process, except for the clicks made by the reporters accompanying the army of the Great Jin Dynasty when they recorded this historic moment, the representatives of Persia and Rome did not say a word. It took less than a stick of incense to sign the six surrenders.
Maybe. This is the shortest in the history of warfare. It is also the most simple surrender signing ceremony.
For the Chinese. The ceremony doesn't matter. The important thing is that the war is over, and the Chinese soldiers no longer need to shed blood and sacrifice. They will all return to their relatives in the near future, enjoy the joy of family, and enjoy the happy life that has been exchanged for the lives of thousands of imperial officers and soldiers through sweat and blood.
Perhaps, for soldiers who have been fighting for months, going home is the greatest reward for them!
A year later, when the affairs of Persia and Rome gradually came to rest, the Great Jin and more than two dozen other countries around the world held the first post-war international conference in Chang'an.
At the conference, Da Jin proposed the formation of an international alliance to maintain world peace. This proposal was agreed to by the majority of countries, in fact, they could not agree to it, so far Dajin has become a veritable world hegemon!
The years are like a song, time is like a shuttle, fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and a lot has happened in Dajin in these fifty years. One of the biggest events is that in the thirtieth year of Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu, who was nearly fifty-two years old, suddenly ordered the Zen throne to be given to the second prince Sima Yu. This caused a lot of sensation at the time and caught many people off guard.
As the three princes grew up, there was a fierce competition between them for the throne, and the three princes were equally capable and indistinguishable, and in the end, it was the prince Sima Yu who relied on the identity of the prince to ascend the throne. However, Sima Shu did not treat the other two princes badly, and he canonized them all over the world along with the other five princes before abdicating.
After Sima Shu abdicated, he spent all day playing with his women to enjoy life, since he crossed into this world, Sima Shu did not enjoy life well, this time he finally seized the opportunity. But in this way, the officials everywhere will be unlucky, because you don't know when the Emperor Taishang will appear in his own jurisdiction.
In the past fifty years, the national strength of the Great Jin Empire has been thriving, and after Sima Yu ascended the throne, he took over the burden on the shoulders of his father and still commanded the imperial army to conquer everywhere. Shile, who fled to South Asia, was wiped out by the Jin army during his tenure, and the Wuhu that had plagued the Great Jin was finally completely eliminated.
After achieving corresponding achievements in martial arts, Sima Yu wanted to surpass or catch up with his father in other aspects. In that year, the Hongwu Dynasty dug the Suez Canal in one fell swoop, making this canal the driving force of the empire's economic take-off. With control of the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar, the Great Jin controlled the entire Mediterranean.
As the son of Sima Shu, Sima Yu also wanted to build a huge project to go down in history, and soon he focused his attention on the Panama Canal, an important waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, no less important than the Suez Canal. Therefore, after Sima Yu ascended the throne, he immediately ordered the excavation.
The opening of the Suez Canal marked a significant shortening of the distance between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. From then on, merchant ships from the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans did not need to circumnavigate the Cape of Good Hope. Ties between Asia and Europe have been further strengthened.
After the successful excavation of the Suez Canal, the Jin Empire prepared to open the Panama Canal to shorten the navigation distance between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In the fifth year of Sima Yu's accession to the throne, the Panama Canal was officially excavated.
This time, the empire invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and requisitioned many local natives to participate. After the construction of the Suez Canal, Dajin has accumulated enough experience and has enough technicians, engineers and workers to cope with various problems encountered in the excavation of the Panama Canal. As a result, the Panama Canal, which was originally planned to be completed in six years, was completed in less than five years.
As the son of Sima Shu, Sima Yu had high hopes for the Panama Canal, which was not only one of the important achievements of his tenure, but also one of the instructions left by Sima Shu when he abdicated, and the other was to continue to conquer South Asia and completely exterminate the Qian.
Of course, Sima Yu knew what his father expected of him, so he also worked hard to make some achievements to show his father and others.
Ordinary people who have experienced two world wars are very tired of wars. The only hope for ordinary people now is to live a better life. Specifically, it means that you can live in a blue brick house, eat white rice or white steamed buns, and often eat meat. Of course, it would be better if you could live in a building made of reinforced concrete and have meat for every meal.
Those who are more demanding should dress appropriately, pay attention to the quality of food, have spacious and bright mansions in their residences, and have high-end carriages in and out.
After the end of the world war, all parts of the world are desperately developing their economies and improving their own living standards. Who doesn't want to have a better life? Who doesn't want to make their family a little more decent? To achieve this goal, we need to redouble our efforts. In the twenty years after Sima Yu ascended the throne, the Great Jin Empire was the most prosperous and dynamic era. As long as you do it, as long as you work hard, it will definitely pay off.
The vigorous development of the economy is first reflected in transportation. The concentrated embodiment of traffic is the cement road. Under the reign of Sima Shu and Sima Yu, the conquests of various places continued to carry out crazy highway construction. Basically, wherever there is a need, all cement roads have been built.
In the past 50 years, the total length of concrete roads has increased to more than 105,000 kilometers, mainly distributed throughout the empire, and these roads have greatly strengthened the central government's control over the localities. Especially in West and Central Asia, there have been many rebellions in the region over the years, but with convenient highway arteries, the Great Jin Xiang Army can always quickly suppress the rebellion.
After the end of the war, the maritime trade of the Great Jin Dynasty also developed considerably. The Great Jin Navy was incomparably powerful and became the global hegemon, and pirates from all over the country did not dare to fight the idea of Jin merchants, otherwise they would inevitably suffer brutal retaliation from the Xiang army. It is precisely because of this that there has been a blowout of maritime trade in just a few years.
With the blowout of maritime trade, the most beneficial is the shipbuilding industry of the Great Jin, not only the merchants of their own country are willing to buy ships, but even the merchants of other countries are willing to buy merchant ships in the Great Jin Dynasty, and are willing to register in the Great Jin, although this requires them to pay a large amount of taxes, but because this can hang the flag of the Great Jin, and the critical moment can also get the help of the Xiang Army and the Navy, so many people are willing to pay more money.
But none of these things can worry Sima Shu now, and since his abdication, Sima Shu has devoted all his attention to the study of the steam engine. He invested a large amount of money in it, and set up a special steam engine research center in Chang'an University Hall, and after ten years of hard work, the steam engine finally appeared in the laboratory.
After another four or five years, the steam engine finally entered the eyes of ordinary people, and the appearance of the steam engine greatly promoted the development of the industry of the Great Jin Empire!
The appearance of the steam engine finally made Sima Shu feel a little relieved, although he didn't know where Huaxia would go next, but the progress of science and technology still made Sima Shu very happy. As long as science and technology continue to progress, China will continue to advance, and the life of the people of Dajin will be better!
In 350 A.D., Sima died at the age of seventy-two, known as Emperor Guangwu, the temple name Taizong, known as Emperor Guangwu of Jin or Taizong of Jin Dynasty in history, and also known as Emperor Hongwu by the people! (To be continued......)