"Among the thirteen divisions of the Academy of Literature, there is a department called the Scientific Research Department, which is the cradle of science that I planned for the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaoxian said: "There is no urgency in the development of science, and we cannot say that if we want to develop an intercontinental missile today, we will be able to build it tomorrow." If you want to come up with an intercontinental missile, it will take at least 100 years for the Ming Dynasty. ”

He had discussed this issue with Lao Feng before, and if he wanted to develop a nuclear weapon, one of the most important technologies was the refining of uranium-235. To extract enough uranium material to make an atomic bomb, tens of thousands of high-speed centrifuges of more than 20,000 revolutions per minute are needed. I can't even play with the atomic bomb, let alone the more technically difficult ICBM.

Zhu Gaoxian wanted to build an advanced musket, and he could draw a design with high accuracy with his memory, and then let the blacksmith hammer it out.

However, the development of nuclear weapons and the development of muskets are two different concepts, muskets can be hammered out with blacksmiths, and nuclear weapons require the corresponding level of science and technology and national strength.

Zhu Gaoxian can speed up the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and he can develop steam engines and generators for the Ming Dynasty in his lifetime...... But he can't raise the level of science and technology of a country to a level that does not belong to this country.

Decades are like a drop in the ocean in the long river of time, and it is unrealistic to want to fill the sea with a grain of grain.

"Although I can't develop an intercontinental missile in my lifetime, I can do it in my lifetime to bring the scientific research of the Ming Dynasty on the right track."

Zhu Gaoxian continued, "The scientific research of the Ming Dynasty is poor and white, and there is no scientific education ability at all, so we have to start with the scientific research department to screen out scientific research talents, and only after there are enough talents can we establish the Academy of Sciences and train batch after batch of scientific research personnel, so that the scientific research level of our Ming Dynasty will always be at the forefront of the world." ”

"If scientific research is weak, the country will be weak, and if scientific research is prosperous, the country will be prosperous."

"If you give Zhao Kuo a thousand artillery pieces two thousand years ago, you see if he can defend Changping, this is the crushing of scientific research."

Zhu Di frowned: "Therefore, to promote the development of scientific research through strong national strength, the development of scientific research will feed back the peak of national strength, what our Ming Dynasty needs most is actually scientific research, and to develop more advanced weapons through scientific research?" ”

"My father is wise, but only half wise."

Zhu Gaoxian shook his head, "What the Ming Dynasty needs most is indeed scientific research, but it is not through scientific research to study advanced weapons. ”

Zhu Di was a little puzzled: "What is that?" What is the use of scientific research other than the development of advanced weapons? ”

"Does the Ming Dynasty need weapons?"

Zhu Gaoxian asked rhetorically, "With the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it can fully support more than 500,000 elite troops to conquer, which country in the world can stop the Ming Dynasty?" Even without advanced weapons, in the current era, no country can be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Di felt inexplicable: "Then what else are we doing scientific research, won't it be over if we fuck it?" You are in charge of the country, I will lead the troops, let's take a hand and give Daming a few provinces first! ”

Whether on land or at sea, the Ming Empire was almost invincible in terms of foreign wars.

With hundreds of thousands of troops on land and the most powerful Zheng He sailors on the sea, Zhu Di was confident that he would surpass the Yuan Empire in his lifetime and become an unprecedentedly glorious country.

I'm hanging like this, what else do I need for scientific research?

That's it!

Zhu Gaoxian said calmly: "If you think according to your thoughts, the national glory of the Ming Dynasty should not exceed fifty years." ”

Zhu Di asked in astonishment, "What did you say?" ”

What words!

I took the Ming Dynasty to fight a wider territory, making the Ming Dynasty richer and stronger, but the Ming Dynasty's national honor was shorter?

In his simulation, even the calamitous Ming Dynasty has survived for a full two hundred and seventy-six years. The glorious empire came to the sunset, and finally collapsed under the toss of Emperor Chongzhen.

"Father, the general trend of the world, if it is divided for a long time, it will be united for a long time, and if the empire is prosperous, it will decline."

Zhu Gaoxian said in a deep voice, "If you follow your intentions, let Daming unscrupulously expand the territory and herd horses in the Tianshan Mountains, Daming will die in fifty years, for three reasons." ”

Zhu Di frowned and asked, "What are the three reasons?" ”

"First, the Extreme Wall of the Empire."

Zhu Gaoxian stretched out his index finger and said solemnly, "The extreme wall of the empire refers to the limit of the scope of the country's rule. This limit is usually where the army arrives from the 100-day departure, within which the empire can exercise effective rule, and once it exceeds this range, the state loses the ability to implement policies, suppress the army, etc. ”

"As vast as the Yuan Dynasty, when a male lord like Kublai Khan was in power, he could barely overcome the huge pressure brought by the extreme wall of the empire, but as soon as Kublai Khan died, the Yuan Empire quickly fell apart."

Zhu Di fell into deep thought, not only the Yuan Dynasty, but also the Ming Dynasty was already facing the troubles of the extreme wall of the empire.

Like Shandong, Shanxi, Henan...... These provinces close to Beizhili, Zhu Di can wave like an arm. The southern provinces such as Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang can also rule directly under the constraints of the Southern Zhili.

However, provinces such as Guangxi, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, and other provinces that are far away from the national capital, if it were not for the prestige of the imperial court, which was deepened by Zhu Gaoxian's two expeditions to the west, I am afraid that they would have gradually lost control.

As for the places of Wusi Zangdu Division and Duogandu Division, not to mention, they are already China, and they only nominally belong to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they have no actual control at all.

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the problem of the extreme wall of the empire has always plagued every great unified dynasty.

"Secondly, there is population pressure."

Zhu Gaoxian continued, "The foreign wars of the Ming Dynasty have never been based on burning, killing and plundering, but mostly on conquering cities and territories. We are fighting in order to completely assimilate the people of this territory and make them become enlightened forever. ”

"But to assimilate a place, it takes a large population. We have to move a large number of Ming people first, let the Ming people intermarry with people of different races, and establish a Chinese academy, so that the Han civilization can cover the civilization of other races. ”

"In order to assimilate the three provinces of Jianzhou, Goryeo, and Yingzhou, the Ming Dynasty relocated millions of Ming people and built hundreds of Chinese language colleges, which could not recover a large number of people in a short period of time. Even in the later rebellion in the southwest, even if the Ming Dynasty put down the rebellion, it could not assimilate as before. ”

"Because the population is not enough, the population is not enough, and Annam Province cannot be ignored, otherwise in less than three years, Annam Province will become a chaotic situation, and the backlash will continue."

"What to do? The only way to do this is to kill the remnants of Jiaozhi, kill them like a river of blood, and slaughter all the rebels, so as to buy time for Annam Province and make Annam Province have no manpower to rebel. Wait until the population of the Ming Dynasty has eased up, and then assimilate Annam Province. ”

"It's difficult to fight the country, it's even more difficult to defend the country, if you really follow what your father said, unscrupulously open up the territory and expand the territory, the first year it will be defeated, and the second year will be lost, and the national strength will be wasted, no matter how powerful the country is, it can't withstand such consumption."

Zhu Di frowned, and found that things were not simple.

After working hard to knock down a piece of land, there is no way to assimilate it, what to do, you can only hang it first, and it won't be long before you find that this place no longer belongs to you.

Who wants to do this loss-making business?

The problem of the extreme wall of the empire has not been solved before, and there is another population problem, and Zhu Di feels that he is now big.

"Whether it's the extreme wall of the empire or the population pressure, it won't let the Ming Dynasty die, right?"

Zhu Di grasped the crux of the problem and asked, "Are you exaggerating?" ”

"Exaggeration? Father, have you forgotten one thing, fighting a war is to burn money. ”

Zhu Gaoxian said coldly, "Daming is not short of money now, but he is short of food. Let's not say that we have not yet carried out agriculture in the southwest, so we cannot make the southwest a big granary province to play an effect. Even if we were turning Annam into an agrarian province and trying to sustain hundreds of thousands of troops in a long-term foreign war, it would be unrealistic. ”

"It is not that you can buy food with money, and if we scatter all the silver in the treasury and exchange it for grain and grass, we can indeed solve the urgent need, but we will also fall into another problem - the loss of silver."

"Whether it is a family or a common people, they all have a habit of burying silver under the ground. Because this thing is hard currency, they recognize silver but not treasure money, once a large amount of silver in the treasury flows into the people, and the people have always been unable to eat silver, they will fall into the dilemma of a silver crisis, the currency on the market cannot be circulated, and the whole dynasty has changed from living water to stagnant water. ”

"And, because the treasury dumps silver into the private sector, it will create another, more difficult situation, inflation."

Zhu Di once again learned a new vocabulary: "Inflation? ”

Zhu Gaoxian explained: "Because the supply of money exceeds the actual demand for money, a vicious circle has led to a situation where the currency has depreciated and the silver has become worthless, causing prices to rise rapidly. ”

"Silver is fixed, but prices are skyrocketing, and the state gives money to the people, but the people are getting poorer and poorer because of it. The simple description is: the people are getting richer and richer, so the people are getting poorer and poorer. ”

"Currency imbalances lead to economic collapse, is the country far from extinction?"

Zhu Di fell into deep thought.

The extreme wall of empire, demographic crisis, inflation.

Which is enough to make a strong empire quickly rise and fall from disaster, if it continues according to Zhu Di's vision, it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty will face these three disasters at the same time.

Expanding the territory is sometimes not a good thing, the Yuan Empire fought to defeat itself, and forcibly used a cup that could only hold one point of water to hold nine points of water, and in the end, not only could it not hold water, but the cup would also explode.

The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he lost his voice: "Isn't that going to be a faint king like the son of heaven?" ”

This time, Zhu Gaoxian was silent.

Call the Son of Heaven.

Throughout the 5,000-year history of China, there is only one person who can win the title of the Son of Heaven. His achievements are quite shocking in any dynasty, and Zhu Gaoxian has naturally heard of that name.

Called the Son of Heaven, Warat Student Student, Emperor Taishang, Two Emperors, Ming Spy Zero Zero Seven...... Zhu Qizhen!

Zhu Gaoxian took a deep breath and asked tentatively, "Heavenly King Cover Earth Tiger?" ”

Zhu Di: "? ”

Seeing that the old man didn't react, Zhu Gaoxian asked again: "Palace jade liquor?" ”

Zhu Di: "??? ”

Zhu Gaoxian: "I am your father."

Zhu Di: "????? ”

Zhu Gaoxian made up his mind to amplify his moves, first brewed his emotions, and then said firmly: "Comrade! ”

Zhu Di finally couldn't help it: "Are you possessed by a ghost, what nonsense!" ”

Zhu Gaoxian observed his words and made sure that the old man was not disguising himself.

It's not scientific!

He suspected that the old man was a traverser for a day or two, but he always felt that if the old man was really a traverser, something was wrong.

But the old man can always give him some new tricks, whenever Zhu Gaoxian doesn't doubt the other party, the old man will suddenly come up with two fresh words.

AK and M4 have endured it, and now the old man has even come out with words like ICBMs and calling the Son of Heaven, isn't it a bit excessive?

Okay, you Zhu Di old man, and you still say that you are not a traverser!

Zhu Gaoxian had a showdown: "Brother, don't pretend, I've seen through your disguise, but I called you dad for so many years, is it interesting?" ”

Zhu Di's face was not good: "What, do you still want me to call you father?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian sneered, and recognized that the old man was the traverser: "How many years were you born?" I guess I'm not as old as me, I'm forty or nine years old, it's definitely enough to be your father in terms of seniority, but it doesn't matter, I call you brother, you call me father, and in the future, we will both talk about each other, and no one owes anyone. ”

Zhu Di trembled angrily: "Have you always been so brave?" ”

Seeing the old man's demeanor, Zhu Gaoxian also realized that something was wrong.

Seemingly...... The other party doesn't look like he's pretending......

How is this possible, the old man almost wrote the word "traverser" on his face!

Zhu Gaoxian asked tentatively: "Brother, you really didn't come from time travel?" ”

Zhu Di forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart: "Guess? ”

Zhu Gaoxian: "Do you guess me?" ”

Finish the calf!

The other side doesn't seem to have crossed over!

But if the other party is really Zhu Di himself, then what he just said ......

Hiss! The comedy effect is extremely explosive!

The clown turned out to be myself!

Zhu Gaoxian didn't dare to think about it, he fell into deep thought, thinking about how he could escape this catastrophe.

Wait, he still has a trump card!

……

"Grandpa save me!"

Zhu Gaoxian shouted in his mind, "Grandpa, my dad is crazy, you go out and teach him a lesson!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was happy: "Aren't you having a good time with him, let's not mix, you can continue to play." ”

He laughed all over the world in his head!

God calls you brother, you call me father, let's talk about each other.

Can this be nonsense!

However, seeing that the father and son were playing mysteriously and convulsions, Lao Zhu was quite happy, and when he saw that Zhu Di was unhappy, he instantly became happy.

Sure enough, smiles don't disappear in a vacuum, they just transfer from one person's face to another's.

Zhu Gaoxian was about to pee: "Grandpa, you can't see death and not save it, your grandson is also working hard for Daming, you don't think about your grandson, you have to think about Daming!" ”

(End of chapter)