Ming Zuo

Zuo Menggeng always has a steelyard in his heart.

The Battle of Russia is probably the limit of the expansion of the empire's territory.

Although the earth is large and there are many unclaimed lands, it is impossible for them all to be occupied by the empire.

Firstly, the empire does not have so much energy and strength, and secondly, it will make other countries jealous, and finally end up attacking in groups.

Even so, think about the territory of the empire today, the whole of North Asia, East Asia, part of Central Asia, part of Southeast Asia, most of North America, the whole of Australia, and there are also enclaves in South Asia and Africa.

The vast territory, let alone the Han, Tang and Yuan dynasties, accounts for almost half of the world.

It is time for the empire to stop and digest the existing fruits.

When the European mission arrived and proposed to reconcile, Zuo Menggeng readily agreed.

Although this seems a bit weak, sometimes weakness is also a strategy in international politics.

Today's empire, if it puts on an aggressive posture, it will make others panic.

During this time, the besieged Russian army was on the eve of destruction.

When the order of the truce was issued, the number of Russian troops who finally got out of the encirclement was less than 10, and all of them were sallow, emaciated, and crumbling.

It is conceivable that Russia will not be able to recover its vitality for a long period of time in the future, and it will still face the eyes of neighboring countries such as Sweden and Poland.

In the presence of the nations of Europe, the Empire and Russia signed an armistice in Moscow.

The two sides re-delimited the border with the Ural Mountains and the Volga River;
Russia recognizes the east of the Dnieper River, the Transcaucasus, the Crimea Peninsula and the Volga River Basin as the territory of the Kingdom of New China;

European countries also recognize the sovereignty of the Kingdom of New China;

Russia's economic and trade, commerce, finance, agriculture, handicrafts, industry and other fields are open to the empire, and the empire's exports to Russia enjoy most-favored-nation treatment.

So far, the war between China and Russia has come to an end.

Through nearly ten years of war, the empire snatched the whole of Siberia and a large part of Central Asia from Russia.

In the entire seventeenth century, the Sino-Russian War was regarded as the full stop in the military field.

In this century, the world has undergone various wars, and the pattern has undergone major changes.

All countries need to digest the post-war changes, which made the second half of the seventeenth century a rare period of peace.

In the empire, along with rapid expansion, various industries and technologies have entered a period of great development.

And because of the end of the war, a lot of funds were saved, which provided support for the military-to-civilian conversion of various technologies.

Driven by huge interests, railways spread across the land of China as quickly as a spider web.

At the same time, because of the introduction of European countries, the railway not only did not consume a lot of national assets, but became an important profit point.

By 1670, the total mileage of domestic railways had exceeded [-] kilometers.

Between the five capitals and the four capitals, a railway network has been built to communicate with each other, which greatly enhanced the empire's control over the territory.

In addition to the railway, the construction of the road network is also very gratifying.

Zuo Menggeng's plan of "connecting every village" has received strong support from the cabinet and governments at all levels.Also by 1670, 80.00% of the country's villages had achieved road connectivity.

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first.

Once the road is connected, it is like a person's meridians are active and full of vitality.Visible to the naked eye, the private commodity economy has begun to become active rapidly.

Not only that, under Zuo Menggeng's strong request, many remote mountain villages have been relocated as a whole, villages and towns have been merged and many other measures have been implemented.

In the beginning, such a policy really aroused complaints from the people. After all, the Chinese place great importance on leaving their homeland, and the government's approach is quite a bit of a forceful one.

Fortunately, after the empire's territory expanded, non-stop immigration led to sparse populations in many places, which did not cause much backlash.

And one thing happened that completely changed people's thinking.

In the autumn of 1676, Sichuan suddenly turned over, causing disasters in a large number of areas north of Chengdu.

However, because the people in the mountainous area have already completed the migration, no one was affected by the disaster.

The news spread, the whole country was in an uproar, and there was no longer any resistance to the implementation of relevant policies.

In 1680, the Imperial Navy was completely updated.

All wooden sailing ships were withdrawn from active service, and there were as many as 6000 steam ironclad warships.

Above the ocean, the Imperial Navy stretches endlessly, completely controlling all sea routes.

In 1681, the Suez Canal was finally completed after 15 years of massive construction.So far, the connection between Europe and Asia no longer needs to go around Africa, and the distance and time have been reduced exponentially.

In 1684, the Panama Canal was opened.The communication between the two sides of the New World is getting closer and closer, and the prosperity is no longer inferior to that of the mainland.

In 1688, the Yellow River diversion project, which took 35 years, was completely completed, seven years longer than originally planned.

So far, the water of the Yellow River no longer takes the Huaihe River into the sea, but nourishes the land of North China, solving the plight of water shortage in North China in one fell swoop.

The Three North Greening Project has also begun to show significant results, and the number of wind and sand attacks has been greatly reduced every year.

On the day when the blue sky and white clouds returned, Xue Fengzuo became ill from overwork and passed away.

Zuo Menggeng wept unceasingly, and issued an edict for the whole country to mourn, canonized him as King Jing, and specially ordered Xue Fengzuo's son to succeed him.

In the same year, the first car rolled off the production line of Weifang Automobile Factory, bringing a new pattern of transportation.

Zuo Menggeng personally presided over the off-line ceremony of the new car and traveled around in the new car, making the world aware of the importance of cars.

"Your Majesty always sees far and wide, and is unparalleled. With His Majesty's guidance, as long as the people below act according to the order, they will never make mistakes."

"Isn't it wrong?"

The people below were flattering him, but Zuo Mengeng fell into deep thought.

The next day, he quickly issued an edict ordering Zuo Xuanyan, King Qin who was guarding far away in Xijing, to return to Beijing.

When Zuo Xuanyan came back, something happened that shocked the world.

Zuo Menggeng decreed to abdicate, passed it on to Zuo Xuanyan, and completed the inheritance of the imperial throne.

No one knows what the father and daughter talked about. After Zuo Xuanyan became the emperor, she began to make all-round adjustments to the administration, system, and policies.

A large group of old people resigned, and new forces took control of the court.

Chen Yonghua served as the Prime Minister of the cabinet, presided over the reform of the official system, formally strengthened the voice of capital forces in the country, and further marginalized the traditional landlord forces.

In 1700, Zuo Xuanyan, Emperor II of the Empire, suffered a sudden illness and died at the age of 73.

Presided over by the Supreme Emperor Zuo Menggeng and recommended by the royal family, Zuo Zhi, the third son of Zheng Wang Zuo Xuanhui, became the emperor.

In the same year, Amakusa Tokisada took over as Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

In 1714, a big event happened.

Under the witness of tens of thousands of people, Huang Luzhuang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, drove a biplane propeller plane soaring into the sky.

This scene left a strong mark in the history books and also rewrote world science.

Regrettably, the Supreme Emperor Zuo Menggeng was not able to visit in person.

The hundred-year-old Supreme Emperor Zuo Menggeng abandoned everyone and sat alone on the top of Mount Tai.

When he saw the black spot in the distance piercing into the sky with a roar, he finally closed his eyes contentedly.