Zhang Buyi, who was tired of his travels, stood in front of Liu Chang and loudly praised His Majesty's kindness.
"This time I went to the frontier counties. From the dignitaries to the common people, everyone praised your majesty's merits. The people were sunny, the people were prosperous, and all industries were prosperous. Especially in Henan, Shuofang and other counties, this place has long lost its former glory.
The country was poor, with thousands of miles of fertile land, and commerce was prosperous. Its prosperity was even greater than that in the pass, and people at that time called it New Qinzhong..."
Liu Chang was immediately displeased, "Why not New Hanzhong?"
"Your Majesty is right! If the Qin Dynasty is ruthless and cruel, how can it be called the new Qin Dynasty?! I will ask the local government to change its tune!!"
Zhang Buyi's words may be a bit exaggerated, but they are also based on facts. The frontier fortresses are not all barbaric lands as the people of the Central Plains think, especially in Shuofang, Henan, and Beidi, where the cultivated land is fertile and the soil is
The quality is comparable to that of Liang State. After Liu Chang eliminated the external threats for them, the development here began to be extremely rapid. The Hetao Plain showed its unique qualifications to the dynasty in advance.
Liu Chang followed Chao Cuo's suggestion and turned the original border guard army into a field army, allowing them to develop these frontier areas and develop the local area while being self-sufficient. Chao Cuo's strategy was quite successful.
The largest legion of the Han Dynasty is not the Northern and Southern Army, nor the Louchuan Army... but these border guarding legions. Anyone who is over the age of fifteen must serve. This service is not only corvee service, but also border guarding... These people
Known as Geng pawns, the Han Dynasty had hundreds of thousands of Geng pawns. As the population of the Han Dynasty increased, the number of Geng pawns also continued to increase. They used to be responsible for guarding the security of the border fortress and providing logistics for the marching army.
Now it is mainly responsible for developing frontier fortresses.
Facts have proved that the development of temple organizations is far more powerful than the development initiated by ordinary people.
The border garrison has become a master in developing frontier fortresses. Several border counties of the Han Dynasty have developed at such a rapid rate that it is truly astonishing.
Not only can it reach the level of self-sufficiency, but it can now even replenish the blood of the Central Plains. Even the people in the border counties are richer because they have a smaller population and are more profitable on average.
Zhang Buyi excitedly described the situation at the border fortress. According to his words, this was an unprecedented achievement. Under His Majesty's governance, the people in the most remote border counties were better off than those in the capitals of the wise kings in the past.
good!
"You also visited Duke Zhao?" "How is his health?"
"Zhao Gong is tough... He walks as fast as flying. All the students under him have begun their studies. I am not familiar with the frontier, so I went to ask him for advice..."
"Just be tough...I haven't seen him for a long time."
"You have been traveling for so long, so you should go back and rest first...come back to Houde Hall tomorrow... no, three days later!
Liu Chang looked at Zhang Buyi, who had red eyes and looked tired all over in front of him, and felt a little unbearable in his heart. Zhang Buyi's eyes were bright and serious, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty! I'm fine with you! I can only feel the pain all over my body when I see Your Majesty's face.
Relaxed, no more fatigue..."
"I heard that there are female traitors in Imperial College who openly oppose His Majesty's decrees?" "They are just corrupt scholars. I have already dealt with them."
"These thieves are hateful! They should be punished! Your Majesty's decree is for the country and the people, and is a long-term strategy. These idiots don't know right from wrong... How can they have any part in opposing it?"
Zhang Bujie was a little angry, and at the same time he was even more dissatisfied with Chao Cuo. There was an act of open opposition to His Majesty in the Imperial College. What do you do for a living as a censor?!
What a shame, right after I left, these female ministers and traitors appeared. If I were here, I would have to chop them all to death!
Seeing the angry Zhang Buyi, Liu Chang could only coax him a few more words before letting him go home to rest. Watching the left prime minister leave, Lu Lu shook his head in fear.
"Fortunately, the Prime Minister was not around when they caused trouble... Otherwise, I might have insisted on executing them all." Liu Chang denied Lu Lu, "Although I am a little impatient, I still know how to do it more profitably...
...He won't be so ____. This mistake is because Ji needed charcoal to give the monkey a big bag, and it was handed over to him according to the stomach-shaking talisman. In order to reduce the temple's expenses, Gongding did not
To think that he could be so successful
As a result...even the frontier fortress has become rich...I thought it would take at least fifty or sixty years."
Lu Lu said in a low voice: "My ability is good... Even my ability to cause trouble is not weak... The King of Wu has sent people to Chang'an to plead guilty... The King of Jiaodong even wrote a letter, asking to come to Chang'an in person to explain..."
"It doesn't matter...we are all brothers."
Liu Chang didn't care at all about the reactions of these princes and kings, although Chao Cuo's behavior of openly impeaching them was a bit excessive.
"There are still a lot of important things to do today...get ready, I'm going to Shangfang."
After getting into a specially made luxury carriage, surrounded by soldiers, Liu Chang sped towards Shang Fang's Mansion. Beside his seat, there were several design sketches, which he blamed on Chen Tao for being useless. He told them all
He has so many things, but he still can't make anything... In the end, he has to come forward and simply design what he saw in his dream.
, I hope they can make what they need after seeing their design sketches.
Liu Chang always believed that Shang Fang's Mansion was the secret to the Han Dynasty's development to this day. As for the development of the frontier fortress, Chao Cuo's strategy was good, but without the new smelting method developed by Shang Fang, so many new iron farm tools would have been produced.
Can there be current development?
If Chen Tao can work harder and get the train he wants...then the big man will be truly invincible...Chang'an will be able to control all the land, directly control it, and then even the princes and kings will be useless
.
Unfortunately, this seems to be a little difficult.
Liu Chang was determined to be careful. If Chen Tao still had no results this time, he would use the woodcutter to threaten him!
But when Liu Chang came to Shang Fang, no one came to greet him.
The soldier was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty... they haven't been out since morning... and they don't allow us to go in. I really don't know what they are busy with..."
Liu Chang opened the door curiously and walked in directly with Lu Lu.
In Shang Fang's side yard, a group of people gathered around, and the atmosphere was extremely quiet. Only the faint sound of bubbles could be heard.
Hearing this sound, Liu Chang trembled all over. Steam engine??
He hurriedly squeezed forward and used his size advantage to push aside one ink artist after another, and squeezed in. Chen Tao stood in the innermost place, staring attentively at the device in front of him.
Liu Chang was disappointed. He didn't know what it was. Anyway, this was not the steam engine he wanted to see. But in principle... this seemed to be a steam engine again.
Chen Tao found a cauldron from somewhere. There was a hollow ball connected to the cauldron through two hollow tubes. Boiling water was burning in the cauldron, and the ball had two pipes to vent the air...driven by the steam.
, the ball began to rotate rapidly, the fire became more and more intense, the speed of the ball became faster and faster, and even reached an astonishing speed... Chen Tao's eyes were hot, looking at this simple and neat set of equipment, in the past, every time His Majesty
Whenever I saw him, he would always mention his so-called steam engine and the wonderful uses of steam. His words were so urgent that Chen Tao was very suspicious.
How much power can this steam produce?
Until today, he finally had a complete understanding of steam power. For these craftsmen, it is rare not only to make it by hand, but also to understand His Majesty's imagination. What His Majesty said is very simple, but it is more difficult for them to understand.
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This round ball was made by Chen Tao himself. This was the first time that steam power showed its existence. This thing was useless, just an entertainment toy. However, he was the pioneer of steam power, the first steam engine in the world.
The steam ball...appeared two hundred years in advance.
That's right, two hundred years later, about two hundred and five years later, there was a mathematician Hero in ancient Rome. Of course, there is still debate about his nationality. He made such a thing and recorded its principles in his
In his manuscript, he also recorded many things...including even the earliest and oldest vending machine. In the future steam craze, this manuscript will be read many times, and it will be used for more than a thousand years later.
No one can provide the basis for scientific inventions...
During this period before and after BC, everyone in the East and the West
Mathematicians, thinkers, and inventors on both sides came up with theories and inventions that shocked future generations. It can be called a time when humankind shines.
Chen Tao looked at the device in front of him excitedly. In fact, with Liu Chang's theoretical foundation, it would not be difficult to make such a thing.
But this is a breakthrough from scratch. Once we understand the principle, we can perhaps start to study the car that His Majesty mentioned? Using steam to give power, if this ball is turned into wheels... Then the car that His Majesty mentioned
Are you going to make one? A car that can move on its own?
"What is this?" Liu Chang suddenly asked.
Chen Tao, who was carefully observing the air ball, was so frightened that he almost jumped up. He turned his head suddenly and saw that His Majesty was standing next to him.
"Your Majesty!!" "Your Majesty!!"
Everyone in Shang Fang panicked and hurriedly bowed to see each other, but Liu Chang pulled Chen Tao up casually, "Did you do it?" "Yes, I made several, but only this one was successful... I was thinking,
If there is a large enough cauldron, with a fire burning underneath, and four such balls connected to the wheels...the rotation will drive the entire car..."
Liu Chang's eyes lit up, "Keep talking!"
"Your Majesty, these are only at the theoretical stage... I have to first..." "Do it! Just go ahead and do it!! No matter the cost!"
Liu Chang waved his hand, his eyes full of longing. He asked Lu Lu to take out the things and threw several design sketches to Chen Tao, "These will definitely help you... These are the simplest ones."
The design drawing of the steam engine... is pretty much what you thought. Come on, let's sit down somewhere and talk..."
Chen Tao didn't have a study room here, so the two simply found a step and sat directly on it. Liu Chang took out the sketch and explained it seriously. Chen Tao sat next to him and looked at it very carefully.
Ask from time to time.
"How is the development of muskets going?"
"The three completed ones all exploded during shooting... The fourth one did not explode, but it had no lethality at all... It can only bluff people...
"There are big problems with the gunpowder ratio and the barrel..."
During this period, Shang Fang's biggest invention was probably the creation of the world's first simple lathe, which was used for cutting and making tools. He then improved the glass and unlocked mirrors and telescopes... Now they have another
He began to focus on steam engines and military muskets, and Liu Chang was quite satisfied with the progress.
His investment in Shangfang over the years seems to have been in vain. Chen Tao and his Mohist school did not let him down. Today, the Mohist school also has a good influence in Taixue. While they are working on applied science, they are also starting over.
For the study of theoretical science, the number of Mohist students in Taixue exceeds 400. Although it is not as good as the giants like Confucianism and Huang Lao, it is still very good. It is not easy to absorb Taixue students. Chen
Tao also dug up several Mohists of the theoretical school from nowhere. The Mohist theoretical school had long been wiped out with the Qi State. Now, the ones he could find were not very good, and two of them had switched jobs from other schools of thought.
They took the Mohist scriptures annotated by Liu Chang and began to explain Mohist logic, optics, physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc. to their disciples.
The Mo Jing that Liu Chang annotated was extremely detailed, with the number of words quadrupled. Liu Chang included all the relevant scientific knowledge in the name of annotation.
When the Mohist disciples learned the identity of the annotator, they immediately cheered up. Anyone who did not attend this lesson well would be suspected of deceiving the emperor.
The teacher also said the same. If you fail the assessment, it would be disrespectful to the emperor. It is best to think about the consequences and study hard!
In other schools of thought, if you fail the examination, you will be scolded, but here you will be punished.
"You are doing well, keep up the hard work! Work hard! If you can make a real steam engine... I will make you the Prime Minister!" Liu Chang patted Chen Tao on the shoulder and skillfully drew a pie for him.
Liu Chang was indeed very happy. If steam power could be used, what kind of tribute would be needed? He would ride on the train and chop off the heads of the kings of various countries. Wherever the railway was built, it would be the land of the Han Dynasty.
Walk out of Shang Fang Mansion
When he arrived, Liu Chang happily hummed the songs of Yan Kingdom and began to think about the future great man.
However, Liu Chang's happy mood only lasted for about half an hour. Just after he entered Chang'an, he encountered a scene that made his blood pressure soar.
That's right, it's still that little kid.
At this moment, that kid was fighting with a group of people, and there was a tough-headed Xia Houci beside him. Not far away there was Dong Zhongshu, who seemed to be a simple and honest guy, but he was holding a wooden stick in his hand, and while they were fighting
Sometimes, sneak up and beat the sap.
I could vaguely see a few people in embroidered clothes, standing in a tangled state not far away, at a loss. "Your Majesty...this..."
"We didn't see anything... let's go!"
Lu Lu was very interested and avoided them. He looked at the soldiers running in the distance and said with a smile: "Why did they fight with my family? The one who got a stick was from my cousin's family...
…The one standing far away and not daring to come near is the second son of the eldest brother’s family…”
"The beating was pretty fierce...but not as fierce as ours...we beat the soldiers together..." Feng
"Retribution...retribution."
Liu Chang suddenly felt his father's tiredness.
"I have to let him go to the country as soon as possible... He is staying in Chang'an. Sooner or later I will be pissed to death by him..." When Feng Guofeng arrived at the entrance of Zi Kong, Liu Chang saw Gu Tan at the left door and had just returned to the entrance of the palace.
, Liu Chang saw Han Ying standing at the door.
He seems to have been waiting here for a long time, but after not seeing him for a few days, this person's temperament is completely different. He is no longer the confidence that can be seen at a glance, and has begun to become a little reserved.
Seeing the emperor's carriage, he hurriedly bowed to see him. Liu Chang waved to him and asked him to get on his carriage. Han Ying became a little silent.
Liu Chang knew this very well, and the whole of Chang'an had almost no secrets from him.
Especially An's mansion, where there were so many people talking, there was no need for Liu Chang to send people to inquire. Their own retainers would reveal it to the outside world. Liu Zhang felt that the work in the Prince's Mansion was the best, so just listen.
"Your Majesty... these are the next few memorials. Please take a look at them." Liu Chang took the memorial and did not rush to read it. He put it aside. "I heard that you also visited the prince?" "Yes.
"Then what did he say?"
Han Ying hesitated a little and said hesitantly: "His Royal Highness has put forward a new view on my proposition." Han Ying really did not dare to say it directly. After all, the idea improved by the prince is very consistent with today's big men, but...
.. It is easy to lose your head if you make such a claim in front of His Majesty. That idea is a kind of questioning of the loyalty system and is suspected of disloyalty.
"It's about being loyal to the country, right?"
Liu Chang didn't care much about this. He said with a smile: "Actually, it's just a variant of Mencius' thought... People are the most valuable. In the past, every time I had a drink, I liked to talk about some truths with this guy...
Some things were stolen by this guy. I don't know how much he has understood... However, his idea is indeed good. In today's Han Dynasty, the people of various countries are strangers to each other and the people of the counties are in conflict with each other.
They all regard each other as outsiders, let alone those in remote areas... To put it simply, they lack the concept of a unified country that An mentioned."
"He has improved your thinking to a new level."
"If Mr. Huang officially absorbs this system, it will be of great significance to this big man who is as scattered as sand... You, it's better to avoid An Duo, why do you want to provoke him? That Zhuzi is a small-minded person...
.. He was upset because you took the lead. If you didn’t tell him, he wouldn’t care. If you went to him and took the initiative to talk about it, how could he just let it go? Now Chang’an is talking about this matter.
.You were too hasty."
Hearing the emperor's comments, Han Ying took a deep breath.
He plucked up the courage and said loudly: "I don't have enough knowledge, so I specially asked Your Highness to learn the essence of Huang Lao.
"Your Highness teaches by words and deeds. He does not treat me as mean and teaches carefully. Although I am stupid, it is of great benefit." "Yiji will also teach her."
Looking at Han Ying who had regained his confidence, Liu Chang felt a little bit
Surprised, Han Ying quickly took out another memorial from his sleeve. "Your Majesty, please read..."
"What's this?"
"This is an improvement based on His Highness's system of loyalty to the country. I followed Huang Lao and made further improvements to His Highness's ideas... Although His Highness's ideas are good, they are flawed and can easily be usurped by unscrupulous people.
Opposites, but I believe that loyalty to the country and loyalty to the king are not opposites. The king and the country are one, and loyalty to the country means loyalty to the king..."
Han Ying said loudly, with extremely firm eyes. Liu Chang was really shocked this time. Are you really learning?
ps: I don’t know if I’m allergic to something or if I’m sick...my arms are covered with red dots, itchy and painful.