In Gaozong's planning, there will inevitably be the territory of the Tang Dynasty in Nanda Xizhou, but the premise of doing this is the development of navigation, and the premise of the development of navigation is shipbuilding technology, but shipbuilding is not a single technology, it must be the development of all aspects of theory and technology, in a word, it is the development of science.

What is science? This is to be connected to the Word.

The so-called truth and truth, the Tao and the reason are always connected.

What is the Tao? Heavenly Dao, the Earth, the Way of Ghosts and Gods, and Humanity are Dao, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohistism, and Legalism These are Dao, Simply put, Thought is Dao, and the ideal and purpose of knowing the world and the universe is Dao, and the way to achieve this ideal is Dao.

So what is reason? Reason is the reason for things, to put it simply, reason is the rule, the rules of heaven, the rules of the earth, and the rules of things, are all principles. For example, one plus two equals three, which is mathematics, and cannot be called a number of ways. But why does one plus two equal three? This is what human beings have discovered, and the process of discovery is the Tao, and the result of discovery is the truth.

Therefore, reason exists, and can be discovered and invented by the way of knowledge. And when they discovered the truth, they knew the principle that the fish swim in the water, and the bird that flies in the sky, and when they master this principle, they can be like the fish and the birds, so they have boats on the river and boats on the sea. Can that man get off the ground? Can you walk in the sky? Ancient civilizations told the people in the upper echelons of the empire: Yes. Ancient civilizations discovered the "principle" of flight, and used their Tao to create flying magic weapons and empty ships, but this Tao has been lost, or rather, lost the support on which it depends; Can people now discover the principle of flight and create another way for humans to fly? - Gaozong said: Yes. What is the Tao, the Tao is made by doing, and the way is walked by people. If the road ahead is broken, then we will open a new way.

Thus, science was established.

A large number of students rushed to the road of science under the call of Gaozong's edict of "learning and excellence, promoting the way and seeking reason".

The second edict issued by Gaozong was to abolish the lowly status of craftsmen and open up the road from craftsmen to technical officials.

As a result, Datang's science and technology entered the wide avenue, as if pulled by a horse, and galloped. As long as they do not fall into war, as long as the upper rulers do not close themselves off and have the correct ideological guidance, they can burst out with shocking power and create amazing miracles.

Datang's nautical career is such a miracle.

When Jian Zong was in power, the "shipbuilding emperor" finally brought the Tang Dynasty into the Age of Discovery, and since then, the warships of the Tang Dynasty have been able to reach the end of the ocean, east and west, north and south, and this is not accidental, nor is it the merit of Jian Zong, but the inevitable result of the accumulation of science and technology in the Tang Dynasty, the inevitable result of the development of science and technology. In the Zhaozong era, this kind of accumulation reached another height, the speed, endurance and wind and wave resistance of the sail warship achieved a leap forward, and the design of the crossbow cannon also had a leap forward in innovation, which means that Datang is no longer a warship to escort merchant ships for long-distance trade, but can escort the army to establish an ocean-going naval base on the continent - Haofeng Harbor is the ocean-going base of the fourth continent established by Datang after the three continents of Beidongzhou, Nandongzhou and Jinnanzhou.

The harbor is built in the "Cape of the Storm", this cape is the headland at the southwestern tip of the African subcontinent, which is the necessary route from the Atlantic Ocean to the South Sea, and the westerly wind blows all year round, the wind is high and the waves are urgent, and countless ships are shipwrecked here: in addition to the storm, there are often "killing waves" in winter, the front part of the waves is like a cliff, plus the rotating waves caused by the polar winds, when the two waves are superimposed, the encounter ships are not spared; And there are also strong coastal currents, when the waves meet the current, the whole sea rolls, and the ship overturns, let alone sails to the shore. The Tang warship's ability to resist wind and waves and its excellent navigation technology enabled the fleet to safely sail through the wind and waves and into the bay within the Cape of the Storm, which was one of the important reasons why the Tang Empire was able to establish a naval base at the southern tip of the non-Canadian subcontinent, far from the mainland and close to the Great Food Empire.

In addition to the strong combat power of the Datang fleet, the storm waves at the Storm Corner also played a role, and it was difficult for the Great Eclipse warship to attack the bay, otherwise the Great Eclipse sent a fleet to harass it all year round, and the Tang Army fleet in the Good Harbor would not be able to support it. Therefore, the Tang Army in the military port is a "good wind corner", and for the Tang Army, this natural storm barrier is a good wind.

The establishment of the Nansang Governor's Mansion is based on a good wind port.

It is the existence of this military port that supports the black chieftain kingdom here to resist the invasion of the Great Food Army, although it takes advantage of the tropical rainforest climate and diseases here, but without the support of weapons and food from the good wind port, the black kingdom cannot hold on for a hundred years, and more importantly, there is a more powerful empire than the Great Food Empire behind the support, this spiritual strength is the most important, it is precisely because of the two-pronged combination of military support and civilization softening in the Tang Dynasty, It was only then that the three black emirates in the south willingly proposed to "merge the Tang Dynasty".

In fact, a few decades ago, during the period of Emperor Jingzong, the Emirate of Sanda, which was closest to Haofeng Port, proposed to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but Emperor Jingzong did not agree: what the Tang Dynasty sought was not a vassal state, but the territory of the Tang Dynasty; However, this is not the best time.

This is not to say that the annexation of the Tang Dynasty will cause fierce opposition from the three emirates, in fact, after more than 50 years of civilization softening during the Jingzong period, most of the black emirates have been Tangized, and there are many black people who aspire to become Tang people, especially the middle-level businessmen and low-class commoners.

However, the Great Food Empire can tolerate the existence of a military port in the Tang Dynasty - because the price to be paid to extinguish it is too great - but it will never tolerate the appearance of a piece of territory in the rear of the Tang Dynasty, and it will definitely fight with all its strength at any cost. Therefore, Jingzong and Jingzong successively rejected the requests of the three emirates of Sangda, Khoisan, and Bantu to become vassal states.

It wasn't until the Tang Dynasty accumulated a hundred years of strength and accumulated a lot of strength that it could be "developed", and the Tang Dynasty formed an alliance with the Oghuz Khanate to launch a long-planned world war, that Li Yuzhen decided to drop a chess piece to Feijia - it could realize the plan set by Emperor Gaozong to "open up the land and not add it", so after King Deng took over Li Yuzhen's appointment, he would implement peace planning against the three black emirates with the Jing'an Division, the Civilization Division, and the Religious Division, which were already in action.

The royal family and the upper magnates are willing to become vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, but they will not be willing to merge the Tang Dynasty, even if they become the senior governors of the Governor's Palace, can they compare with the right to rule a country? What's more, there must be local officials in the Tang Dynasty above them, just like the saying of the Tang people - it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.

But in fact, the resistance from the royal family is not great, because there is a "cloud" above the royal family - the Witch Sacrifice Court, which is the spiritual ruler of the non-Canadian black kingdom, and the western and southern countries of Africa have been able to resist the invasion of the Great Food for two hundred years, because of the existence of the Witch Sacrifice Court. Although the innate number of Great Witches in the Witch Sacrifice Court is difficult to compare with the innate number of Great Food, once the congenital war starts, it means that the war will go up to the "clouds", and the innate of the three major sects of the Tang Dynasty will not sit idly by, and the army of the Tang Dynasty can not block the arrival of the Congenital Mountains.

Li Yuzhen said: "Two hundred years ago, the Witch Court agreed to join the Apocalypse Project. After the death of Gaowu Ancestor, the eldest princess of Chu went to the witch sacrifice court again. These are all recorded in Emperor Gaozong's book, including Li Jiansu's arrangement to go to the witch sacrifice court after Gaozong's death.

After hearing this, King Deng was not surprised by the strangeness, but had a kind of "so it is" thought: with the wisdom of His Majesty Gao Wu, if he planned the apocalypse, how could he miss the Witch Sacrifice Court? After all, it is the inheritance of Xiwu, and it is the "cloud" of Nanda Xizhou.

At that time, the Wuxian Court reached an agreement with Emperor Gaozong, and the merger of the southern black ethnic groups into the Tang Dynasty had become a predetermined fate, but the premise was that the army of the Tang Dynasty could cross the sea and set foot on the land of Africa; The addition of non-Canadian races to Datang can reassure the Witch Court: the former depends on the strength of Datang; The latter is to see how Datang treats non-Canadian races. And Datang gave a satisfactory answer to the Witch Court with the strength of crossing the sea and the advancement of civilization in a hundred years.

The Tang Dynasty slowly expanded its territory in the north and south of the Great East Continent and the South Great West Continent in the way of civilization softening, although there are considerations for subduing the local ethnic groups and long-term development, but it has a great relationship with the existence of the two "clouds" of Maya and the Witch Sacrifice Court, otherwise, it is not impossible to "advance civilization" faster and roughly.

That's why Gaozong said: "Only by strength can civilization be obtained." ”

In the same way, strength is what makes those who hold power wise.

King Sanda and King Khoisan were wise, they saw the situation clearly early and accepted their fate, and it was death to be unwise in the face of the strength of the Tang Dynasty and the Witch Court; The unwise King Bantu was "summoned by the ancestral spirit" after sacrificing to the ancestral spirit, and the new king succeeded to the throne and reached an agreement with King Sanda and King Khoisan - when he went to Chang'an on New Year's Day next year to congratulate him, the three countries submitted their credentials together to request the annexation of the Tang Dynasty. As for the opposition in the three countries, it was annihilated with the disappearance of some big families and high-level elites.

This is the water that comes naturally, and the canal that has been erected for a hundred years will be unstoppable after it is connected.

King Deng took a group of civil and military officials to ride horses on Zhaoping Mountain, the top of the peak is as flat as a case, the black people call this mountain Pingding Mountain, when the Kaixia Mansion was established, the Sanda chief Bakaman, who had retired from the throne of Sanda and was knighted as the founder of the county, suggested that this mountain could be renamed "Zhaoping Mountain", one is to commemorate Emperor Zhaozong, and the other is the meaning of light and peace, and the officials have said yes, and the other two founding county uncles - the former King of Koisan and the former King of Bantu secretly spit on Bakaman: What commemorates Zhaozong, this is clearly the sycophant of the prince of the prison country, phew! The two of them secretly regretted that their brains were not as fast as Bakman, and sure enough, the Sanda people were cunning.

King Deng felt that the name of Zhaoping Mountain had been changed well, and Ping was not only peaceful, but also meant to be peaceful and peaceful.

The beard under his chin was blowing in the wind, and his eyes looked at the reckless forests hundreds of miles away and the plateaus and deserts that were even more invisible, and there was a feeling of pride.

He is only fifty-three years old, and his heart is full of strength, how can he speak of old age?

This will be the place where he will create another brilliant feat!

Princess Xuancheng Li Yingzhen was wearing a white gold-rimmed samurai robe, standing beside her father, extremely heroic, looking at the forest in the distance, there was also a kind of pride in her heart, but that pride was different from her father's.

Her gaze was on the Witch Court.

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I wish you all a happy New Year's Day in advance~~~~

I don't know if I can change it on New Year's Day, I wish the math first~~ (haha)