"Amount"

Xia Zhu, Du Yan, and Zheng Jian were stunned, not knowing what to say.

Originally, Du Yan and Zheng Jian wanted to instinctively scold Zhao Jun.

After all, in an ancient feudal dynasty, you may be justified in scolding the emperors of the previous dynasty or earlier.

But you scolded the emperor of this dynasty, or the grandfather of the current emperor. That is, scolding the bald donkey in front of the monk, which seems to be a bit excessive.

However, they saw that none of the other prime ministers present stood up to stop them.

Even Zhao Zhen himself didn't look like he was moving at all.

They had no choice but to swallow the words back.

Both of them have been mixed in Yushitai and Jitai before, and their personalities are upright, and the prime minister dares to pull off the horse.

can be mixed to the point of being a second-grade master, and he is not a fool himself.

You can see what the atmosphere is like.

What's more, even Zhao Zhen's family didn't say anything, but what did they worry about the emperor's grandfather?

Isn't that a dog meddling with a mouse?

"Well, you don't have to be too surprised, this is also a historical problem."

Zhao Zhen couldn't laugh or cry, and then simply told the three of them about Zhao Jun's first coming to the Great Song Dynasty, but his eyes were temporarily blind, and they pretended to be other identities to find out the news.

At that time, they were also worried that Zhao Jun didn't care whether the identity of the future generations was true or not, in case it was true, and he spoke with his own will after learning that he appeared in ancient times.

After all, as the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the only thing Zhao Zhen can be sure of is that the imperial doctor has seen it, and Zhao Jun is indeed blind and can't see things.

Once he is told the truth, Zhao Jun wantonly fabricates the facts, so do they believe it or not?

It's something that can't be helped.

Later, Zhao Jun was also able to understand their caution.

"Anyway, it has been a thousand years since the Great Song Dynasty in later generations, and it is normal for future generations to no longer have too much reverence for their predecessors, just like we look at the Qin and Han dynasties now."

Yan Shu also helped Zhao Jun with a sentence.

"That shouldn't be."

Du Yan muttered quietly.

Xia Zhu said: "No wonder the Zhiyuan is erudite and talented, it turns out that there is such a reason." ”

As he spoke, he gave a thumbs up again, grinned, and said with a mouth of triangular teeth: "The old man has long seen that the Zhiyuan is the dragon and phoenix among the people. ”

"Really?"

Zhao Jun looked at him with a smile.

"Heaven and earth can be learned!"

Xia Zhu didn't care about his face at all, patted his chest and promised.

In fact, as a smart person, he has completely seen Zhao Jun's status after today's meeting.

That's not a status anymore, it's simply an imperial throne.

scolded his grandfather in front of the emperor, and made the emperor only smile awkwardly and politely.

Pure and pure can on the emperor's head.

If you don't hold such thick thighs tightly, when will it take you?

In the future, in the Constitutional Yuan, even if he has become the prime minister, he will only have to look forward to his prefect.

"Since everyone is here, and the three newly admitted ministers are also here, let's just have a meeting, and we don't have to talk about things in the afternoon."

Zhao Zhen proposed.

"But today's government affairs have not yet been dealt with, what should we talk about?"

Cai Qi asked.

In the past, everyone handled today's government affairs, and in the afternoon, they would summarize important matters in the Chongzheng Palace.

Now that today's government affairs have not yet begun, then naturally I don't know what to talk about.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand in disgust and said: "Talking about government affairs every day, you are almost tired of hearing it if you don't say it." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Jun again, his eyes were about to light up, and he said, "Eldest grandson, tell me that you can destroy Liao in Pingxia in a few years?" ”

"Brother is waiting impatiently?"

Zhao Jun said with a smile.

"Yes, I learned that Zhang Kang and Jingtai took Qingtang and Zhuo Luo and Nan, I didn't sleep well last night."

Zhao Zhen is still a little excited.

This is the work of expanding the territory, and the merit of the entire dynasty is worse than that of the founder.

Zhao Jun muttered: "Within three or five years, there is no need to worry about it. ”

Zhao Zhen also asked a few years ago, but Zhao Jun did not give an answer at that time, but only said that he would raise Liao and Xixia as raw material producers.

Originally, he had this plan, after all, the feudal society only wanted to fight the territory but did not expand the cake, and it could not be kept.

What's more, most of the areas of Western Xia and Liao, except for the land of Yanyun, were occupied by foreigners, and when they were ruled by the Han people, it was easy to fight.

Like the Jurchen overthrowing the Liao Dynasty and the Mongols overthrowing the Jin State, the occupied areas were full of uprisings and rebellions, so it is no wonder that they can develop steadily and steadily.

However, plans have not been able to keep up with changes.

He originally planned to deal with Western Xia and Liao after twenty or thirty years, and let them obediently work for the Great Song Dynasty as coolies during this time, and be a stepping stone for the Great Song Dynasty to set sail.

It's a pity that the Western Xia and the Liao State were restless and always provoked the Great Song Dynasty, thinking that they could challenge the authority of the Great Song Dynasty by developing a few artillery pieces.

Now they have to be dealt with as well.

Otherwise, where is the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty?

The popularity and prestige that have been accumulated with great difficulty, and they do not fight back in the face of repeated provocations by the enemy, and the people at home and the younger brothers of the rest of the countries in the Quartet are estimated to have other thoughts.

Therefore, Liao and Western Xia can only be destroyed in advance.

Fortunately, the seeds were planted as early as the year of Kangding, and the peace talks agreement had been signed for seven years.

In this short period of six or seven years, the Western Xia and the Liao State fell into the resource trap and economic trap of the Great Song Dynasty, and once the Great Song Dynasty launched sanctions, then the Western Xia and the Liao State soon fell into a predicament.

After a few years, it will probably become a lamb to be slaughtered.

"I won't repeat how to destroy the Western Xia and Liao, if you have time, you can explain it to the three ministers, then today I will talk about what happened after the destruction of the Western Xia and Liao."

Zhao Jun walked to the bookshelf behind Zhao Zhen's desk again, took out a map from it, spread it out, and said, "This is a general map of our East Asian region, you see." ”

Everyone got up from their chairs, walked to Zhao Jun's side, and surrounded the city, all looking at this beautifully made map of East Asia.

Especially Xia Zhu and the other three, these maps are top secret, except for the fleet that goes out to the ocean can have, and each copy is marked, and it must be handed in when they come back from the sea, and they must be held accountable for loss or damage, other departments cannot have it.

Once the Liao State and Western Xia got their hands on these maps, it would cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, even Xia Zhu and other former Zhengerpin masters had never seen such a detailed map, and their eyes widened one by one.

"The area of Western Xia is about 800,000 square kilometers, and the area of Liao is 5 million square kilometers, where is the area we need to focus on?"

Zhao Jun pointed to the northeast and said: "Liaodong!" ”

"The area of our later generations is very large, including the current Dali, Tubo, Western Xia, Western Regions and most of the Liao Kingdom, covering an area of nearly 10 million square kilometers."

"Now my idea is that before I die, I want to take back these places, including Outer Mongolia and the treasure island, the Chinese autumn leaves and begonias, and completely unify them."

"But as things stand, I should have a long time to live. And with the current productive forces and national strength, it is not a good thing to rashly annex such a large amount of land. ”

"The territory is too big, the scientific and technological forces can't keep up, and once there is turmoil in remote areas, the cost of our suppression will be very high, and it will seriously drag down the finances of the imperial court."

"So the rice should be eaten one bite at a time, and the road should be taken step by step."

"Tibet is close at hand, and there is no civil strife, there is no unified power at all, it is very easy to attack, but I don't have any thoughts about them."

"Because from a practical point of view, the value of taking the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is not great, but it is not good for us, so collecting Tibet is something I will only do in my later years."

"Now that we want to take action against Western Xia and Liao, we have to think about what we should do to maximize the benefits after taking these two countries."

"My answer to everyone is to develop the northeast, take advantage of the end of the Xiaoice River period now, the gap between the global recovery, desperately develop agriculture and science and technology, and then fill in the northeast."

"The Northeast is not only a vast region, but also extremely rich in products. It has very considerable mineral, fishing and hunting, nomadic and forest resources, and the first heavy industry production base in our country is located here, and it is known as the eldest son of the republic. ”

"As long as we develop the Northeast, in the future we can continue to move north, to the Siberian region, which is now uninhabited and full of polar bears, where there are abundant oil and gas resources."

"It just so happens that now our population resources in the Great Song Dynasty are booming, and there is a cotton industry that provides cotton products to keep out the cold in the Northeast. After the destruction of the Liao State, he could find a way to attract a large number of people to the Northeast to pan for gold. ”

"As for the Mongolian steppe, of course I want to take it all back. But for now, it is still mainly about fetters and rules, and let those nomads live their own lives. ”

"It's not that I just want to revitalize the Northeast and ignore the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Mongolian steppe. Rather, it is necessary to proceed from a realistic point of view, and only by getting rich first can we bring about getting rich later, and that the situation in each region is different and the conditions of production are different, so it is impossible to become rich at the same time. ”

"The other is the land of Western Xia, which was a very poor province in Gansu even in our later generations. It is not easy to develop, and we can only rely on the land Silk Road to develop commerce and trade, and when the country becomes rich in the future, it can be slowly filled. ”

Zhao Jun said a lot in one breath, and finally he fixed his eyes on the northeast.

Many people think that our country will be rich and powerful in later generations, and it will be equally rich and powerful in ancient times, so if you lay a big country, isn't it just a matter of having hands?

In fact, it is easy to fight the country and it is difficult to defend the country.

Mongolia is very good at fighting the country, but what about defending the country? The shortest-lived of the four khanates was only more than 50 years, the Yuan Dynasty was only more than 100 years, and the longest-lived Chagatai Khanate has always been in internal and external troubles.

Moreover, in ancient times, the productive forces were insufficient, and after the country was laid, the people lived in poverty and poverty, and what was the point of not being able to develop?

Therefore, what Zhao Jun has to do is not just to fight the country, but to fight the country and manage the country well at the same time, so that the national strength will soar, and only then will there be a foundation for sitting on the entire East and dominating the world.

Otherwise, the national strength of the country has not developed, there is civil strife and turmoil everywhere, and troops have to be sent everywhere to suppress it, and the final result is only the end of the Mengyuan Empire.

Then the rivers and mountains to be fought now are the Western Xia and Liao, these two places, one is Gansu in the later generations, the other is the three northeastern provinces and the Mongolian steppe in the later generations, and the large areas such as Khabarovsk and Sakhalin Island in Russia in the later generations.

In ancient times, these places were all bitter and barren lands, and even in later generations, the natural conditions were not good, so how easy was it to develop?

Therefore, Zhao Jun must consider making use of the abundant resources first, and then wait for the national strength and scientific and technological productivity to meet the standards, and then build and transform the poor and backward areas.

This is also the development strategy of our country in the future.

We should first develop the eastern coastal cities, and when the eastern cities become rich, we will begin to support the western region and carry out large-scale development of the western region. We should develop industries suitable for the construction of the western region, such as photovoltaics, wind energy, solar energy, and so on.

In ancient times, the Northeast region was rich in products, and the area of Liaoze became smaller and smaller after the Song Dynasty, revealing the fertile Northeast Plain.

Zhao Jun plans to go to the northeast to fill in the people first, develop the iron and steel industry, agriculture, mining and animal husbandry in the northeast, and wait until the steam age is popular, and when the second industrial revolution occurs in the future, he will use Hebei and Northeast China, two regions rich in coal and iron resources, to vigorously carry out the construction of heavy industries such as automobile and train manufacturing.

"Well, although it is the old way of the country in later generations, this is the old way that can stand the test. We must believe in the wisdom of future generations, and the new era will create a huge empire, and the people above must look very far away and full of vision. ”

Zhao Zhen heard Zhao Jun's plan, nodded and said, "It won't be wrong to follow that great man, the only difficulty we encounter now is that the speed of scientific and technological development is still too slow." In later generations, Western countries have built a huge industrial system, and we can find out the experience when we cross the river by touching the Western countries, but now we are in the process of starting from scratch. ”

"It's certainly not an easy process, but it's also a process that we have to go through. Now that the steam era can be fully rolled out, in the next ten years, the Great Song Dynasty will be full of steam equipment, and how far will the electrification era of the second industrial revolution be? ”

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Faraday discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction in 1831, and then obtained the method of generating alternating current. In 1875, the world's first coal-fired power plant was built into the Gare du Nord in Paris to power the nearby lighting. From discovery to application, it has only taken 40 years, and we have now completed this step of Faraday. ”

Now the Great Song Dynasty has invented electricity, Faraday's electromagnetic induction experiment, and now it will become Zhao Zhen's electromagnetic induction experiment. In other words, Dasong can generate electricity, and even use electromagnetic induction and glass manufacturing technology to make tungsten filament into light bulbs.

The only thing lacking is power storage technology, which is currently being studied by the Academy of Sciences. If luck is right, if a battery pack can be developed, Da Song will soon be able to build a power plant to supply electricity.

But if we are unlucky and the technology is not able to break through, the era of electrification may be long before it happens.

However, Zhao Jun was not too worried.

Because although he doesn't know battery technology, he knows that the battery has positive and negative levels, and when he was a child, he used Nanfu batteries when he played small racing cars, and the words carbon and zinc batteries were on the packaging bag.

This means that the components of the battery must have carbon and zinc, and it is only necessary to follow this line of thought, find other component materials, and perhaps it will not be long before the battery that can store electricity will be able to interview.

"The next research direction of the Academy of Sciences is mainly to break through the battery storage technology and telegraph technology that can communicate remotely, especially the telegraph technology, which is actually not difficult, electricity plus conductive wires, wired communication can be transmitted with electricity."

Zhao Jun said: "As for radio technology, I don't know about that thing, and there must be difficulties in technology, and it may not be easy to overtake in corners, so it is better to focus on the technology that can be achieved and broken through." ”

"Well, I've made a note of that, and I'll start figuring out telegraph technology in the lab when the time comes."

Zhao Zhen nodded, he is now a physicist, chemist and biologist in the Great Song Dynasty.

Except for the slightly poor level of mathematics, that is, the ability from junior high school to high school, the rest of the chemistry and physics levels are basically above the high school level.

Recently he has even started working on microscopes and astronomical telescopes, trying to make breakthroughs in biology and astronomy.

It can be said that Zhao Jun is responsible for governing the country, and he is responsible for academic inquiry, and they complement each other to be.

"Then today is the content of the meeting I want to talk about, this may be a long-term plan, but it will not be long before it can be realized, so I think the Constitutional Yuan should make a plan as early as possible, and after the destruction of Liao, it will start operating Liaodong as soon as possible."

Zhao Jun finally made a summary.

The development of the country itself must be done, but at the same time, the aftermath of the destruction of the enemy country must also be done.

The steppe can be ruled by fetters for the time being, but the northeast must be included in the territory.

One is the premise of development, and the other can also stifle the rising Jurchens.

This is the country's 100-year plan, and it must not be sloppy.

(End of chapter)