Chapter 329: Changes that Have Not Happened in Three Thousand Years

After hearing about the mine on the isolated island, Kong Ming stood up with a ruler.

He put the ruler on the map and simply measured the distance between Chang'an and Luoyang, and marked the ruler with a charcoal pencil.

Then he moved the ruler downwards, compared it, and Kong Ming sighed:

"From Yangzhou to this isolated island, the round trip is at least 30,000 miles away."

The meaning is also very clear: let's not think about it for the time being.

Liu Bei is very optimistic:

"Now we only need to study mathematics and try to build new ships. As long as we proceed step by step, we can get the first chance of sea power."

"In this way, let alone the isolated island, we can also patrol the West with our sea divisions and ships to spread the name of China."

After all, the record of the Qing Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of people being defeated by more than 20 galleons has already demonstrated the strength of warships.

And they only need to follow the steps, respect mathematics, learn from the Western "Original Book", study astronomy, observe the sea, build strong ships, and the rise of Yanhan will be just around the corner.

This is an extremely clear and tangible future.

Pang Tong was also excited about this future, and immediately remembered Emperor Xiaowu's boasting, and whispered it out:

"It is connected to the sky and the earth, and all people are submissive wherever they go!"

At that time, the Minyue Kingdom was in rebellion, and the Nanyue Kingdom was a vassal of the Han Dynasty, so they reported this rebellion to Emperor Xiaowu.

The King of Huainan quoted scriptures to dissuade Emperor Xiaowu from sending troops, but "the emperor did not listen."

As a result, after hearing that the Han Dynasty had sent troops, the whole country of Minyue was shocked and civil strife broke out.

The head of the King of Minyue was presented to Emperor Xiaowu by his subordinates to quell the emperor's anger.

Afterwards, Emperor Wu ordered the King of Huainan to inform the matter and made this statement the goal of the Han Dynasty.

Kong Ming also laughed and recited loudly the text written by the great Ban Biao:

"Han holds prestige and prestige, and leads all nations. All the nations that the sun and the moon shine on are its subjects!"

In Kong Ming's view, the Han Dynasty always seeks very simply:

My territory, I have the final say.

Just because of this simplest request, the Han Dynasty lasted for 400 years, and the patriots and benevolent people fought one after another, and finally destroyed the Xiongnu and achieved peace in the northern border.

And now, Kong Ming is not talented, but I am willing to use my humble strength to restore the Han Dynasty.

Open mathematics, promote governance, establish a system of engineering, and promote the name of science.

For future generations, we will seek opportunities to take the lead.

So the atmosphere in the Chengdu government office became more and more harmonious.

Zhang Song said that if he was done with the affairs of Yizhou, he must go to Zhuya to have a look.

Liu Ba smiled and urged him, saying that since he had already arrived at Zhuya, why not go out to sea to see it?

For example, go and see how beautiful the ancient silverware that Wang Dayuan had been to was?

Zhang Fei was still there, unable to believe that the British could slaughter millions of natives.

Pang Tong pointed out coldly that this was how the ethnic disputes among the barbarians were, and the barbarians were exterminated and their lands were destroyed.

But Pang Tong shook his head and said that China was not so barbaric. A thousand years later, there were only a million people, and now there were probably only tens of thousands of people. There were many ways to deal with it.

For example, let them "recognize their ancestors", exchange them for rich land, throw Buddhists over, and so on.

But Pang Tong did not intend to tell Zhang Fei the details, after all, this matter was still far away.

But Pang Tong also made up his mind: he must not die young!

...

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief in Ganlu Hall.

The previous question about how rich the ocean was was answered.

But this answer made him unable to suppress his desire for the ocean:

"The cause of a thousand years begins with the sea."

And the previous worries caused by the large territory and the inability to effectively control it were also relieved at this moment.

Let the Western Regions become the corridor of the Tang Dynasty, and let the South China Sea become the inland sea of ​​the Tang Dynasty.

As long as it can be accomplished, who else can compare with me in this thousand-year undertaking?

Thinking of the excitement, Li Shimin could no longer hold back his emotions, and slammed his fist on the table, which scared Liu Rengui, who was also full of expectations.

"Your Majesty?"

Li Shimin waved his hand, a little embarrassed, but looked at Liu Rengui with a little expectation:

"Zhengze can become famous in naval battles, but when he was young, there was a strange man who taught him the method of naval battles?"

Liu Rengui shook his head honestly:

"Your Majesty, I am from Bianzhou. When I was young, I was roughly familiar with water. I don't know water battles, let alone naval battles."

Li Shimin was a little disappointed.

Liu Rengui was undoubtedly a talent that surprised him, but now there is such a grand plan on the sea, and only Liu Rengui is a little insufficient.

So he asked casually, just to see if there were any talented people left in the wild, but it seems that he was overthinking.

Then Li Shimin laughed at himself. Looking at the various knowledge of later generations, it can be seen that learning is endless. How can there be so many talented people who are born with knowledge?

We still have to devote our efforts to studying!

Pondering in his heart, Li Shimin glanced around the Ganlu Palace, and at the same time remembered Li Shi𪟝, Liu Rengui, Fang Xuanling, Yan Lide and others in his heart.

The younger generation said it clearly, so he could probably sort it out. If you want to build a naval division, naval officers, mathematical studies, and ship transformation are all indispensable.

If you want to go to sea, then the sea vessels are very important. It is not appropriate for the General Works Supervisor to be in charge of shipbuilding. Then...

Set up a Jinghai Division? No, let's wait and leave these people to discuss and decide.

After a moment of hesitation, Li Shimin looked up and found that Liu Rengui was still looking at him seriously, obviously still wondering why the emperor asked this.

Putting those thoughts aside for the time being, Li Shimin asked kindly:

"Does Zhengze understand mathematics?"

At this point, Liu Rengui was a little embarrassed: "I don't really understand."

Li Shimin nodded:

"In that case, I will first enter the Imperial College to study arithmetic."

Liu Rengui had no objection and agreed.

[After Britain defeated the Qing government in the Opium War, Li Hongzhang made a judgment that China at this time was:

"Great changes unseen in three thousand years."

This judgment is correct, but in fact this judgment came too late. This big change actually started earlier.

There is a frequently quoted saying in modern sea power theory:

“Whoever controls the ocean controls everything.”

In the same way, if you lose control of the ocean, you will lose everything.

We are all familiar with the entrance to the East Asian ocean, the Strait of Malacca, and the time when the accident occurred can actually be guessed: the Ming Dynasty.

During the Song Dynasty, the country that occupied the Strait of Malacca was Srivijaya. It maintained a tribute system with the Song Dynasty and built a relatively strong navy.

Later, the Song Dynasty had no time to take care of itself, and Srivijaya was also attacked and destroyed by the Malays.

By the time Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty went to the Western Seas, Malacca was already the founding nation in the Strait of Malacca, which is the same name as Malacca.

Manchuria controlled the port, and the Ming Dynasty provided diplomatic and military protection to Manchuria, so the two sides established a fairly deep cooperative relationship.

According to Ming history records, starting from the first year of Yongle, Manchuria paid tribute 32 times in a hundred years, five of which were large-scale tributes led by missions led by the king and queen of Manchuria.

But such a close relationship is based on the premise that both parties get what they need. As we all know what happened later, the Ming Dynasty's voyages to the West stopped, the power could not be radiated, and the relationship between the two parties naturally became estranged.

The incident that was enough to be written into history was that in 1511, the Portuguese attacked Managa and occupied the Strait with 700 soldiers, 16 warships, and thousands of local mercenaries.

The royal family of Manlajia are not afraid: There is a Ming Dynasty behind me, just wait for death!

However, it was not until eight years later that Manlajia's letter for help was delivered to the hands of Emperor Baofang, the Emperor Fengliu, the Dharma King of Daqing, the director of the zoo, the mighty general Zhu Shou, and the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

However, the Portuguese, who had defeated Manlajia, reached Beijing first and launched a vigorous silver dollar offensive, with great results.

The bribed eunuchs around Zhu Houzhao sang praises to Portugal to gain favor. Wu Zong even summoned people from the Portuguese mission to play chess together and agreed to send a mission to return.

Under this situation, Manlajia's envoy stayed in Beijing until he and his wife both died of illness, but they did not ask for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty.

The only reaction of the Ming Dynasty was to expel the Portuguese mission after Emperor Wanshou ascended the throne, but still did not send a single soldier and lived happily in the alchemy room.

At this point, the Westerners completely opened the maritime gateway to East Asia. It was the Galen ship that the Portuguese attacked and destroyed Manchuria.

Three hundred years later, the British defeated the Qing government in only slightly larger galenic ships.

It can be said that from the moment Manchuria fell to Europe's powerful ships and cannons, China's sea power was already a foregone conclusion. A major change that has not happened in a thousand years has begun. The remaining question is when will this layer be broken? It's just window paper.

But fortunately, with the rise of our new China's maritime power, China's lost sea power has finally been taken back by us.

From poverty to the beginning of the navy, from offshore defense to naval escort formations traveling to Africa.

Now that the Liaoning and Shandong ships are in service, and the Fujian ship is commissioned, we are about to usher in the era of three aircraft carriers.

Thousands of years of history of sea power changes and a century of history of sea power struggles.

The Chinese navy is heroic and heroic, and a prosperous naval age is bound to come.

So that’s it for this issue, thank you all. 】

Kong Ming has always felt that future generations view history from a novel perspective.

It seems to be a rigid text recorded in historical annals, but after analysis and explanation by later generations of historians, there is a sense of understanding.

But compared to complaining about history, the descendants of this future generation have their own unique style.

Words like struggle and resistance often appear in their words, and the pride in them is palpable.

They know how difficult everything is now, and they clearly remember the humiliation of losing power and humiliating the country.

But in the end, he did not sink into it, but was like Su Wu in Beihai, like the champion of long-term driving and electric control, and like the Ban masters who devoted their writing to the army.

I didn’t complain too much, but I worked diligently and immersed myself in work, and finally became a blockbuster and showed off again...

"What a man!" Zhang Fei praised loudly.

But then Zhang Fei shook his head.

He was familiar with the proud tone of the younger generation, just like when he and his second brother had just achieved some achievements.

This is both pride in achievements and pride in not succumbing to hard times. Zhang Fei deeply lamented this.

And those who have been studying for several months have produced results. Zhang Fei immediately remembered a suitable saying from the sages:

"Heaven moves in good health, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement."

"What a good man!"

Kong Ming was dumbfounded, but he looked at the light curtain with joy. Yide's words were simple, but they deeply touched Kong Ming's heart, and he had nothing else to say.

The light curtain has not yet ended. As the words are silent, the content on the light screen continues to be broadcast.

First, there was a black and white and very shaking picture. He heard a voice sighing:

"The trend of the world is vast and powerful. If you follow it, you will prosper; if you go against it, you will perish." "

And soon, the voice became sonorous and powerful, as if he was arguing with someone, and also seemed to be lamenting:

“The fight for maritime rights in the Pacific is the fight for the right to be the gateway to China.”

Finally, the voice became old, but it was still thinking:

"China's navy...cannot exceed a hundred. If there is an unfortunate foreign aggression, China will be in danger."

And soon, a cannon shot was deafening, and on Kong Ming's yellowed map, the Japanese island turned into a giant hand, grabbing towards the Chinese, but soon a fist smashed it to pieces.

Then the hand picked up a brush, dipped the tip of the brush into the wreckage of the Japanese island, and then wrote a sentence:

We must build a navy that can defend our coastal defense and effectively defend against possible imperialist aggression.

Then the handwriting slowly faded, and Kong Ming saw a toddler navy of small ships.

The background sound was a crisp female voice accompanied by a dripping sound:

"All foreign aircraft and military ships are not allowed to enter China's territorial waters and airspace without the permission of the Chinese government."

Finally, all this faded, the color of the picture gradually became brighter, the familiar perspective was raised, and then the fleet all over the sea came into Kong Ming's eyes.

As soon as he saw it, Kong Ming knew which one was the aircraft carrier!

Aircraft carrier, the mother ship of aviation weapons!

It turned out that this was the moving territory!

Kong Ming could still see the soldiers on the aircraft carrier with his eyes wide open. With a rough estimate, the approximate size of the aircraft carrier was listed in Kong Ming's mind:

At least 300 steps in front and back! Nearly 100 steps left and right! It is really a behemoth!

At this point, Kong Ming also sighed sincerely:

"The men of later generations are very tenacious, very smart, and very... not easy."

From being penniless to having a fleet all over the sea, from being bullied to fighting for sea power.

Kong Ming still clearly remembers the tone of the later generations when they first talked about aircraft carriers:

"We also have the peak military power of mankind!"

It is not easy for the younger generation, and I know it very well.

This sense of pride, with the help of the connection of the same language and race, Kong Ming can also empathize with it.

"Han'er... has grown up."

Pang Tong's sighing voice also contained a thousand complex emotions.

Kong Ming turned his head and looked over. The two looked at each other and laughed almost at the same time:

"Han'er is so good!"

"My Han is so lucky!"

...

The Ganlu Palace also watched all this in silence.

The previous entanglement and hard work made Li Shimin worried, but in the end, the vast vision of the fleet made Li Shimin lose his words.

But in the end, what echoed in Li Shimin's heart was the sonorous and powerful voice at the beginning:

"The world trend is vast and surging."

He seemed to see a river in front of him, with countless ethnic groups floating in it.

"What is going with the flow? What is going against it?"

"We Tang must take the lead step by step, open up the thousand-year change of the Westerners, and ride on the waves!"

This chapter is so difficult to write, I kowtow to the audience.