Chapter Eighty-Seven: Untitled
Once again, the picture shattered into fragments, and then slowly recovered.
In the sound of iron hooves breaking through the ice, the roar of cannons, and the wailing of living beings, one after another scenes of slaughtering cities appeared, from north to south, everywhere were corpses and bones, and thousands of villages were full of thorns, as if it had reached the end of the world.
"A people of calamity"
Cao Yi sighed.
Ying Zheng looked at it coldly, he was an iron-blooded and ruthless emperor, and he had seen so much for more than a thousand years.
Back to the picture, time is the cure for everything, and with the high-yield crops and the passing of the Xiaoice River, the population not only achieved rapid recovery, but also exploded, reaching an unprecedented 36,000 million people during the Daoguang period.
"If it is a godsend, I will get it."
Ying Zheng's eyes were full of possessive light.
In the picture, I don't know how long it has been, the Manchu Dynasty established by the Water Tartars has gone into decline, with continuous internal uprisings, external Yingyi knocking on the pass, internal and external difficulties, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising that swept the whole country.
"What does Your Majesty think of this group of heroes with strong ships and sharp guns?"
Cao Yi pointed to a group of polite 'gentlemen' who got off the warship and asked.
"What do you think, sir?"
I have watched many Yingzheng, but I didn't fall into Cao Yi's set.
"This is a new civilization"
Cao Yi said concisely.
"Oh"
Ying Zheng was noncommittal.
His memory of this ethnic group is still stuck in the period when it was pushed by the Mongols.
The picture continues, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which has a big problem with itself, is suppressed.
One Western country after another came to the East, and forced the Qing court to sign a series of treaties with strong ships and artillery and modern armies.
"The Age of Hot Weapons, Arquebuses, Flintlock Guns, New Artillery, New Warships......"
Ying Zheng once again discovered the New World, and his eyes burned.
If he had these things, not to mention bringing back the heaven-sent things from the New World, it would not be a problem to dominate the world.
"Would you like to see how these things came from?"
Cao Yi asked with a smile.
"That's what it means"
Ying Zheng nodded.
The picture flashed, and what appeared was that the West, which had been ravaged by the Mongols and the Black Death, was nothing surprising, even a little disgusting. Westerners, who already have a heavy body odor, fear the Black Death, do not take a bath all year round, and look dirty.
With the passage of time and the arrival of the heyday of religion, Westerners have become more ignorant and dirty. Most neighborhoods have neither public toilets nor potholes, and pedestrians defecate in the open, and the floor is covered with a mud made of human feces, rotten water, garbage, horse manure, pig feces, chicken, duck, goose dung, and dust. When it rains heavily, the whole city turns into a world of feces wandering.
Ying Zheng watched patiently and did not ask questions. He believes that this is just a transition.
Soon the picture was different, the urban economy in the West was booming, the economy determined the culture, coupled with the invasion of the Ottoman Empire, many scholars in Eastern Rome (Byzantium), with a large number of ancient Greek and Roman art treasures and literature, history, philosophy and other books, fled to Western Europe for refuge.
The Renaissance emerged, just like the Orient contending, and the Renaissance provided the ideological foundation for the opening of new shipping routes.
The Great Geographical Discoveries arrived.
Boatload after shipload of Westerners left Europe.
"It turns out that the world is not a round place, but a round place"
"It turns out that the continent where the heaven-sent things grew is in this place"
"There is still a place in the world where gold is abundant"
……
One thought after another appeared in Ying Zheng's mind.
The scene continues, Spain and Portugal, which were the first to open up new shipping routes, gained a lot of wealth, and then spent the money like nouveau riche.
Part of the money went to the Ming Dynasty, and part of it went to the European continent.
Not to mention the flow to the Ming Dynasty, the flow to the European continent aroused the desire for wealth in the whole of Europe on the one hand, and caused the supply of materials to exceed demand on the other hand.
This has been going on for hundreds of years. Large-scale machine production has replaced factory handicrafts and has become the general trend.
A thing called the 'steam engine', which was constantly improved, began a magnificent era of mass production.
Based on the steam engine, steamboats and steam locomotives appeared.
In search of raw material sources and markets, the rising European countries began to loot, kill, and conclude unequal treaties all over the world.
"These Xiyi achievements are so amazing, they can't do without opening up the wisdom of the people, it seems that my idea is right."
Ying Zheng couldn't help but say.
The picture suddenly shattered, turned into snowflakes, and after a long time, two richly dressed white middle-aged men and women were sent to the guillotine, surrounded by fanatical eyes and shouts.
It was the French Revolution, and it was the Louis XVI couple who were guillotined.
Cao Yi deliberately avoided it just now, thought about it carefully, and decided to show it to Ying Zheng.
"What is this?"
Ying Zheng was puzzled.
"This is the king and queen of the strongest country in Europe at this time, France."
Cao Yi replied.
"Change of dynasty"
Ying Zheng's first reaction.
He has seen too many such situations in the long course of history.
"Revolution"
Cao Yi spit out two words.
"The Revolution of the SenseTime Revolution"
Ying Zheng thought of Shang Tang and Xia Wei's so-called revolution that conformed to the mandate of heaven.
"No, it's a revolution, a revolution."
Cao Yi added an accent to the proposition.
"Whose life is it?"
Ying Zheng realized that something was wrong, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"The Emperor's Life"
Cao Yi hesitated for two seconds and spoke.
Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly burst into a dangerous light.
At the same time, Louis XVI and his wife are beheaded.
The cheers of the surrounding crowd shook the sky.
The scene was even more tragic when Louis Charlie, Louis XVI's seven-year-old son, was cut off and thrown into a prison where he was tortured to death.
Louis XVI's daughter, beaten and raped by mobs and jailers, forced her to participate in her parents' executions, and forced her to perjury against her mother's promiscuous relationship with her brother, who was beaten at the age of 15.
"This is France after opening the people's wisdom, does Your Majesty still want to open the people's wisdom?"
Cao Yi looked at Ying Zheng.
"On"
Ying Zheng spit out a word without hesitation.
"Your Majesty is not worried that one day you will be cut off by people who are enlightened and yearn for equality and freedom?"
Cao Yi asked.
"On the contrary, I don't think that these people are enlightened, this so-called great revolution, the so-called equality, freedom, is just a trick played by careerists to challenge the royal power by using the mob, I conclude that there will be ups and downs in the future, and then what will happen will happen, just a little more obscure."
Ying Zheng said coldly.
In the next 100 years, as expected, after the death of Louis XVI, various forces came to power, and there were Napoleon who first revolutionized and then proclaimed emperor, the royal family was restored, Napoleon's descendants were proclaimed emperor, and presidents and parliaments supported by various consortia...... There is no so-called equality, freedom, and the poor are still poor, and they are just in a different form than before, and there is no essential change.