Because of Li Xuan's emphasis, the entire Tang Dynasty attached great importance to technology, and investment in various aspects was relatively large. The reason for this situation does not mean that the ministers of the Tang Dynasty deeply understood and recognized the importance of science and technology.
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But because of Li Xuan’s preference!
Li Xuan likes science and technology, and he does not hesitate to treat technical talents with high official positions, rich salaries, and titles. In order to cater to his superiors, those ministers will still behave in a certain way, even if they think in their hearts that these are evil ways and contrary to the way of saints.
Come with the attitude of attaching great importance to science and technology, and do so.
In the past, there was King Ling of Chu who was a good scholar with a thin waist, so all the ministers of King Ling took one meal as a festival.
Today, there is an eternal sage who loves technology, so the ministers of the sage always talk about technology.
If you say this kind of thing is bad, it is also beneficial, and it is obvious. That is because under such circumstances, the entire Tang Dynasty burst out with a high degree of enthusiasm for science and technology.
But if you want to say that it is good, if Li Xuan burps one day and his successor thinks that science and technology are just heresy and no longer pays attention to it, then the officials of the Tang Dynasty will quickly distance themselves from science and technology, and then
He has returned to the talkative person he used to be.
As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan also saw this situation, but he didn't care. He didn't care whether these ministers really agreed with science and technology, it didn't matter.
The important thing is that they do things according to their own ideas and pay attention to science and technology.
As for what would happen if he died that day in the future, Li Xuan said, I am already dead, why should I still worry about the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty?
Never mind my business!
Anyway, while he is alive, it is enough for the Tang Dynasty to move in the direction he wants to see. According to his estimation, he is only in his early twenties. If nothing happens, he will not be able to live for another twenty or thirty years.
Well, maybe it will take a little longer.
Having this time is enough. When the steam engine fleet is built, when the railway is built, when the whole world is colonized, Li Xuan will be satisfied. As for whether the future heirs can keep the family business, it is still
In that case, why does he worry so much!
After all, it is really unknown how long the Li family can stay in power.
In this world, there is no undefeated dynasty, and this is not directly related to the strength of the dynasty. As strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties, after hundreds of years, it would still be finished.
There were several empires on which the sun never set in human history, which usually could only maintain their glory for a hundred or two hundred years. They were Spain, Portugal, and England. All of these empires on which the sun never set eventually collapsed.
This is an inevitable law of historical development. No dynasty can remain strong forever.
Even the sun will eventually dim slowly and eventually go out completely.
So when it's time to die, it's over. He won't be like Qin Shihuang, who naively thinks that it can be passed on to all generations. In Li Xuan's view, if the country he has built can last for two or three generations, then he is lucky. If he can stay for two generations, he will be done.
For three hundred years, it was all bad luck, so when he was finally overthrown, Li Xuan felt that his descendants of that generation, who should be called the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty in history, should also welcome him with a smile.
Come to an end!
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Even if they were overthrown in the end, their Li family still made a lot of money!
A small landowner family in a mountain village turned into the ruling family of a dynasty, enjoying ultimate prosperity and wealth for hundreds of years. Isn't this worth celebrating?
Li Xuan's thinking can actually be reflected in many of his policies. When he issued some policies, he actually did not consider the long-term problems that would cause trouble to his heirs.
All he wants is for the Tang Dynasty to run according to his own will!
He wants to satisfy some of his wildest dreams, such as conquering the world!
Now that we have traveled through such a journey, and now that we have established this career, why not continue to move forward? Why should we be satisfied with the present? Why should we cultivate our health and recuperate?
Li Xuan doesn’t do that!
He wants to continue to expand, he wants to plant dragon flags in every corner of the earth, and he wants all mankind to shout the Eternal Saint King when they hear his name!
No one has thought of doing this kind of thing since ancient times, and it has been even more successful!
There have been countless monarchs in China for thousands of years. Some of them were satisfied with the occasional land of Kyushu, and some had ambitions. However, the limitations of the times and technical limitations prevented them from truly expanding to the world.
As for those in foreign countries, even the so-called empire on which the sun never sets only established some colonies. Even Napoleon, William II, and Mustache, who were awesome and coaxed in later generations, could only toss around in Europe, their biggest dream.
It's just about unifying Europe.
But Li Xuan is different from them!
His ambition is to conquer the world. Well, there are not many people who have this ambition and dare not say it, but there are really not many people. And anyone who has this idea and actually does it is a lunatic.
Well, even Li Xuan is not normal!
At most, many ambitious people only try to unify the country, conquer several countries, colonize overseas, etc. The style is too low and the quality is not high enough.
Li Xuan really wants to bring the whole world under his rule, and he doesn't even intend to let go of the penguins in Antarctica!
If we analyze some of Li Xuan's behaviors objectively, it is not difficult to find that this person is somewhat neurotic and does things that many ordinary people cannot do, such as the Tang Dynasty Palace Dance Troupe.
It's normal to like San Gong and Liu Yuan, and it's even more normal to have a lot of women, but someone as stubborn as Li Xuan insists on creating a Tang version of the Thigh Era, where a group of indigenous women wear imitations of later generations' clothes and sing imitations of later generations' songs every day.
There are not many people who enjoy singing songs and enjoy them.
Li Xuan, who is a bit neurotic, has this ambition, and he also has the conditions to realize it
First of all, his Tang Dynasty had a sufficient population, and population is crucial to a country of any era, because only with a sufficient population can there be enough labor force for various types of production and enough youth.
Zhuang joins the army and maintains a large army.
Secondly, his arrival brought various technologies to this era, and using these technologies could give his Tang Dynasty a strategic advantage.
He doesn't believe it. When he develops the steam battleship, when he develops the breech-loading rifle, and when he develops the breech-loading artillery, there will still be opponents in the four oceans and seven continents of the world!
Unless the Dragon Flag of the Tang Dynasty is planted across the four oceans and seven continents, Li Xuan will not stop his expansion for a day!
Of course, even if Li Xuan really plans to unify the world, that will only happen in the future. At least before unifying the country, Li Xuan has no plans to truly launch any external expansion.
In order to unify the country, it is natural to kill Zhang Yue's supervisor.
After capturing Susong, the Second Army was not in a hurry to continue the advance because they needed to stop and rest.
The reason for rest and recuperation is not that the soldiers were too tired or the troops suffered too much. After the past few days of hard battles, although the fighting was fierce, the fighting actually did not last long, and the Tang Army also occupied the largest number of troops.
The advantage is that the physical energy consumption of the soldiers is not huge.
Although there were nearly a thousand casualties, this was nothing for an army of more than 50,000 people.
The real key is that the current Second Army has almost exhausted its ammunition and needs to wait for the ammunition to be transported from the rear. Otherwise, they can only fight the enemy with bayonets.
But although the battle in Susong was paused, the rest of the entire Southwest Campaign did not stop.
In order to cooperate with the Second Army's operations, the First Army, under the cover of the navy, directly dispatched an infantry division to forcefully cross the river and land in an attempt to forcibly occupy Huangzhou.
Once the First Army captures Huangzhou, it can use it as a stronghold and continue to advance northeast. What will be the final result?
They will strategically surround more than 50,000 supervisors in Qizhou, located in the south of Huangzhou Prefecture!
Therefore, when Du Biao found out that the First Army crossed the river and landed, he immediately mobilized troops to reinforce Huangzhou. At the same time, Du Biao, who was originally stationed in Huangmei, also received the order of the strategic vehicle map.
Susong is already finished, and the Tang army in front of them is too strong. There is no hope of counterattack. At the same time, Huangzhou is in danger. If Huangzhou is captured, these 50,000 governors will be strategically surrounded.
Whether you can escape or not, only the devil knows.
So they have to retreat as soon as possible!
The Ming army on the front line of Huangmei ran away, and the Second Army also tried to send troops to pursue it, but they ran a little fast, and they also left the cavalry behind. At the same time, the Second Army was short of ammunition, so even if they caught up, they would not have any shells and ammunition.
Bullets are available, so the pursuing troops are a bit slow.
There is no way around this. You can't really rely on 50,000 supervisors with bayonets and guns to do it!
The Ming army in the Qizhou area retreated, and the rush attack in Huangzhou eventually turned into a strong attack. The Ming army was dissatisfied with the response, and within a few days more than 10,000 reinforcements were dispatched.
In order to prevent the troops crossing the river from being in danger of being attacked from both sides, they simply stopped attacking Huangzhou and simply boarded the boats to retreat!
At this time, the strategic advantage of the Tang Dynasty Navy's Yangtze River Fleet in controlling the Yangtze River was reflected. As long as the Yangtze River Fleet was there, the Datang Army could land where it wanted, land when it wanted, and retreat whenever it wanted.
Just retreat.
Almost taking all the strategic initiative!
The troops of the First Army retreated, but will they give up and wait for the Governor to surrender?
It's definitely impossible!
The more than 10,000 people of the First Army had just retreated, and then they went directly up the river under the cover of the fleet. They were going straight to Hanyang.
But in Jiujiang, when the Privy Council explained the strategy to Li Xuan, the center point of the map was not in Hanyang, but in Jiangling, the capital of Jingzhou!