Hearing what Zhong Jinwei said, although Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren heard Zhong Jinwei's new term crooked building for the first time, they both understood it and couldn't help laughing.
Wen Tiren first reminded: "It is just talking about the term Army Academy, which leads to the term New Three Arms."
"Master Wen has a good memory, it's amazing!" Zhong Jinwei said and extended his thumb to indicate Wen Tiren.
Wen Tiren smiled and shook his head. Duke Xingguo's mouth was getting sweeter and sweeter.
Emperor Chongzhen saw him on the other side and couldn't help but shake his head slightly, then smiled and said: "Master Zhong, please continue."
Discussions in the presence of Master Zhong often do not seem boring, as if they are chatting, and the matter is solved unconsciously. Emperor Chongzhen liked this very much.
I saw Zhong Jinwei correct his attitude, picked up the previous topic, and continued to explain: "The Army Academy is to train us as Ming army generals mainly on land operations; the Naval Academy is mainly to train us on sea operations.
The Ming Dynasty's naval warfare generals; in the future, an air force academy can be established, so that the talents of the three armies of the Ming Dynasty can go out of the academies controlled by the imperial court, and their loyalty will be much stronger than before."
"Your Majesty, I think these points mentioned by Duke Xingguo are acceptable. Now is indeed a good time to implement it. If you miss this time, it will be difficult to implement it again." Wen Tiren thought about it and suggested to Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen looked serious and nodded seriously: "Okay, let's follow this strategy to reform the northern border armies, form field legions, and garrison along the Great Wall..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhong Jinwei, or perhaps only Zhong Jinwei dared to interrupt Emperor Chongzhen. He only heard him say: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in my hometown that offense is the best defense, and there is another saying
He who does not demolish the Great Wall is not a true man. Instead of garrisoning along the Great Wall, it is better to include the entire north of the Great Wall and all the way to the Arctic Ocean into the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Chongzhen was startled when he heard this. It was such a big target. Before he had time to express his position, Wen Tiren said on the side: "Mr.
territory..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhong Jinwei shaking his head, obviously disagreeing with his opinion. So he stopped and stopped talking, preparing to listen to Zhong Jinwei's different opinions.
"Mr. Wen, what you just said may have made sense in the past. But I come from my hometown and know what happened later. I have a different view on what you just said."
As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard what he said, he thought that Zhong Jinwei had a new point of view, so he quickly asked: "Master Zhong, what are your different opinions?"
"Your Majesty, we have now transitioned from the age of cold weapons to the age of hot weapons. This is the progress of our human civilization. After that, we will enter an industrial era of rapid civilizational progress. By that time, distance will no longer be a problem.
"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard Zhong Jinwei talking about this, he suddenly remembered what he had said before, and interrupted: "I heard Master Zhong say this before. You said that there is a country called the United States in your hometown, and you can reach it in one day.
Is this true anywhere in the world?”
Zhong Jinwei did not try to flatter him this time, but continued smoothly: "Yes, that's it. Now that our Ming Dynasty has begun to pay attention to the development of science and technology, the process in Chen's hometown will be greatly shortened by our Ming Dynasty. Maybe in a few years, we will be able to see
Change. Judging from the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, there are at least two changes that are just around the corner."
Wen Tiren heard that there were two changes that were just around the corner, which meant that he might see them in his lifetime. He couldn't help but asked quickly: "Dong Xingguo, what are the two changes?"
Hearing this, Zhong Jinwei looked at Wen Tiren and introduced with a smile: "The first point is already being done, which is the construction of cement roads. The newly built cement roads will shorten the journey a lot compared to the previous roads."
"The second point is the steam engine that is being developed. Last year, I saw the prototype. The young man in charge of the steam engine is very good. Maybe he will be able to develop a practical steam engine in the next few years."
Zhong Jinwei saw that Wen Tiren was a little confused and explained further: "In fact, it can be said that it is a change in power. In the past, it was human power and animal power. After the invention of the steam engine, it will transition to steam power. By that time, the Ming Dynasty will have undergone earth-shaking changes.
The change."
"Master Zhong, please give me some examples." Emperor Chongzhen was very curious and asked Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei then turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen and said something that everyone in later generations would know: "For example, there is a kind of car called a train, which uses the power of a steam engine as a pulling force to pull many carriages into motion. In this way, regardless of the movement,
Whether people or goods are transported, the transportation volume will be greatly increased."
"There are also steamships. This minister has said before that the era of sailing ships sailing by sails will be over. For those ships on the water, whether it is sea or river, there will be earth-shaking changes; there are also various types of oxen and horse-drawn ones.
And so on, its power can be replaced."
As Zhong Jinwei narrated, scenes like this and that appeared in the minds of Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren, and they couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhong Jinwei, however, was still minding his own business and said: "In this way, transportation will be much more convenient than before, which will definitely be realized within a few decades. Correspondingly, Ming Dynasty's demand for coal and other resources will greatly increase. Because of the steam engine
It is converted into heat energy through combustion and then into kinetic energy."
Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren heard these new terms again, but no one interrupted Zhong Jinwei and asked him to finish them all at once.
Zhong Jinwei had lost his smile at this time and said seriously to Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren: "The bitter cold land north of the Great Wall has countless coal and oil buried underground. These things will be worth more than gold in the future.
It must be precious. Therefore, no matter what, our Ming Dynasty will occupy the far north."
"Okay, Master Zhong, I want it!" Emperor Chongzhen excitedly slapped the table in front of him and said loudly.
But in front of him there were actually dishes and bowls, chopsticks and dishes, and just like that, he heard a flurry of bowls and chopsticks.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen came to his senses, frowned and glanced at the things on the table, then turned to look in front of Wen Tiren and Zhong Jinwei, and asked them: "My beloved, do you still need food?"
Although these dishes were eaten warm in hot water, they had just discussed for too long and were a bit cold. The chambermaid saw that they were discussing state affairs, but they did not dare to come and disturb them.
Zhong Jinwei took a moment and said, "I'm full, I won't eat anymore."
Wen Tiren on the other side would naturally not say anything about wanting to eat.
So Emperor Chongzhen asked his chambermaids to quickly remove these things, and then hung the world map brought by Zhong Jinwei on the screen. The three of them read it together by candlelight.