Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 557 Expansion of Han Culture in the Steampunk Era
The empire has entered an era of rapid development, and the demand for resources has increased sharply. Even a vast land like Siberia has been almost digested in more than ten years.

Not to mention that Southeast Asia is just over 200 million square kilometers of land.

No one knows how long it will take for a piece of virgin land to be digested, and everyone wants to pounce on it to snatch a share of the benefits.

In order to make the most of this newly acquired land, the center of the empire is busy, and the students of the empire who are eager to use what they have learned all their lives are also busy.

On the contrary, as the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao is the most relaxed at the moment. The country has developed to his ideal state, and various systems have been established by him.

He no longer has to try his best to break the shackles and routines, and he has almost no so-called political enemies. His political prestige increases with the wealth of the empire.

Therefore, over the years, Zhu Youxiao began to focus on maintaining his body and enjoying life. He began to let the guards discover the mysteries of traditional medicine, and for him to enjoy greater pleasure in sex. It does not affect the body.

Yes, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty was even more depraved than before. In a few years, he took in many concubines, and even asked Li Dingguo to secretly send the British royal woman to the capital.

However, people are busy making money, and no one cares about how many times the emperor's majesty will be in the spring breeze overnight.

And Zhu Youxiao didn't care whether his people were fighting for interests or not, whether he was not reserved enough and not civilized enough. Apart from being able to ensure that his life was luxurious and corrupt enough, and his power was inflated enough, he was already unable to control the development direction of this era. .

He is also not worried about the periodic economic crisis after the empire entered the era of capitalism.

Because for a trust empire like Daming, he can only solve the problems of declining employment rate and insufficient market consumption brought about by the cycle through unlimited expansion.

The southeast industry has just been occupied, and the Ministry of War has already aimed its spearhead at Wusizang or Yilibali.

In the original history, the capitalist empire would also have to expand abroad in the later stage of development and a world war broke out, but in the original history of the twentieth century, the capitalist empire was not limited to Germany, Japan, etc., so the expansion process is bound to It will be blocked by other powerful capital empires, which will cause these trust empires to fall into a more serious crisis because of the war, and even directly lose the wealth accumulated over the years. The contradictions between the two countries are also deeper, and the price of peace is also heavier.

But in this era, the capitalist empire only has the Daming family.

England, which was supposed to have a capitalist regime in advance, is now struggling in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.

Therefore, Da Ming can continue his path of expansion without any anxiety, without worrying that he will have any opponents.

At this time, after breaking away from the oppression of Confucianism, the chicken soup philosophy that can only teach people cowardice and numbness, the Han nation is like a fierce tiger that has woken up. The majestic appearance is displayed.

Han culture began to spread to all human social circles with military expansion without restriction.

The Ming Dynasty now represents the entire human society, the progress of the Ming Dynasty is the progress of the human society, the increase of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty is the increase of the wealth of the human beings, and the time when the Ming Dynasty unifies the world is the time to announce the elimination of the contradictions in human society due to differences in race and nationality.

Of course, it is possible for multiculturalism to become unified culture, but this does not mean that in the future after becoming unified culture, more diverse but homogeneous regional cultures will not be born on the basis of Han culture.

It is commendable that after the Ming Dynasty began to enter the world of steampunk, Chinese poetry, words, songs, Fu, dramas, novels, etc., or the literature of Yangchun Baixue or Xialiba people did not become silent. On the contrary, with the development of printing technology and cultural After the popularization of knowledge, literature still becomes the spiritual food that no one can do without.

If, before this, literary youths were limited to the scholar-bureaucrat class, then now there are literary youths in almost every class, and various poetry clubs and elegant collections emerge in endlessly.

Scenic spots with heavy literary significance such as Lanting Pavilion, Liang Garden, and Tengwang Pavilion have become popular places. Coupled with the acceptance of Sinology by a large number of Xinfu people in colonial areas, literary works based on Chinese characters have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. out.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao is in favor of making the world more poetic, so the imperial court also spends more money to subsidize people's creation. In the field of literature, there is no distinction between nationals and slave labor. As long as you can create, you can It has received great praise, and some newly attached nationals who have subjugated the country can also create many mourning words no less than Li Yu.

In addition, people are also willing to pay for these literary works. Spending some money to listen to operas and read novels or sell some poetry collections published by someone is a relatively popular way of consumption for Ming Dynasty today.

The development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries promotes the rise of the cultural industry, which is also normal.

If the development of poetry in the Tang Dynasty was due to the needs of official careers, and the rise of Ci in the Song Dynasty was due to the emergence of marketplaces, then the re-emergence of various styles in the Ming Dynasty is directly stimulated by money.

Many people started to rely on this as a career and made a fortune from this, and even the government began to rely on this to increase taxes.

Chen Zilongcheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty once said that all war disputes in human society are caused by poor communication caused by different languages, so the world only needs one language. No matter how poignant a love story or how magnificent an inspirational story is, It can be expressed in one language, and the best way to express it is naturally the most extensive and profound Chinese.

His point of view was endorsed by all classes in Ming Dynasty, and almost every official who went to a new occupied area would first clean up the local characters.

So up to now, Chinese characters can be seen from the northernmost Siberia to the southernmost Australia. The pagodas in Siam and the palaces in Toungoo have all been renamed with Chinese characters.

Li Bai's poems, Su Dongpo's lyrics, and Ma Zhiyuan's songs have been sung in the Arctic Ocean, and they can also appear in Bali.

Song Huizong's eagle and Zhao Zi'ang's horse are also being imitated by new students in Sumatra and Java.

The advancement of the local identity of the Ming Dynasty depends on the mastery of mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics, history and geography, and in these new affiliations, it is necessary to memorize a few poems and create a few articles.

The New Culture Movement advocated the reform of vernacular Chinese, new styles of poetry, short and long novels, and new things in various cultural fields kept appearing. Zhu Youxiao only asked Dongchang to control his thoughts and speeches, and he didn’t bother to control other things. .

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