For the Ming Dynasty, the beginning of a new challenge was naturally the issue of peace negotiations with the Southern Song Dynasty.
After the peace negotiation issue is resolved, we can start to cut a piece of the Southern Song Dynasty, cut a piece here, cut a piece there, then marinate it, roast it on the fire, the aroma of roasting will be overflowing, and then eat it in one bite.
You can definitely eat it and your mouth will be full of oil. It is very fragrant.
The Southern Song Dynasty was very fat, very fat, very fat.
If all the essence of the Southern Song Dynasty could be eaten, the large amount of manpower, material and financial resources that the Ming Dynasty had spent to renovate the Yellow River would be replenished in a very short period of time, and the vitality of the entire country would be restored quickly.
The Ming Dynasty will quickly complete its reloading and begin its journey of development.
Chinese Begonia will appear in the world within ten years.
As the beginning of everything, Xin Qiji, the plenipotentiary negotiator specially entrusted by the Ming Emperor, rushed south to Lin'an with new peace terms, met with Zhang Yuejing, and finalized the peace agreement with the Southern Song Dynasty as soon as possible, so that everything could fall into place.
On September 30th of the fifth year of Hongwu, Xin Qiji rushed to the Ming army camp outside Lin'an City, met Zhang Yuejing, and showed Zhang Yuejing the latest decision of the Zhongdu court.
Everything else was no big deal. Zhang Yuejing didn't find it strange at all, but he was curious about Su Yonglin's request for the Southern Song Dynasty to cede Quanzhou and Guangzhou.
"Quanzhou and Guangzhou...what's the purpose of this?"
"The intention is far-reaching. These two places are the main ports for foreign trade in the Southern Song Dynasty. Looking at what the chairman means, our Ming Dynasty will do a lot of big things this time, and new changes are about to begin."
Zhang Yuejing smiled.
"I don't quite understand, but since it's a good thing, I'll just be happy. I just don't know when the Henan Corps will be equipped with firearms like the Shenji Battalion..."
Zhang Yuejing looked at Xin Qiji's face.
Xin Qiji instantly understood what Zhang Yuejing meant.
"This aspect is not under my control. Don't expect me to tell you any news. But I can tell you that you should not even think about this kind of thing for three years. The cost is really too high. One cannon and one gun are all. It takes a lot of time to equip a divine machine battalion."
"I wish I could have more equipment."
Zhang Yuejing sighed: "The Shenji Battalion is really strong. If the Henan Corps can be equipped like this, it will be very powerful, and it will be invincible in the world. Then when the time comes to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty, I can handle it with one army. No If we need to dispatch other corps, we can also save military expenses."
"Would the chairman not know what you know? Are everyone in the staff headquarters fools?"
Xin Qiji said helplessly: "But this matter is indeed difficult. I have also read the report of the Ministry of Finance. It is unrealistic to equip the army now, but don't worry, this is the main research direction of the Ming Dynasty, and money is thrown at it. The court won't feel bad about this matter."
As Xin Qiji spoke, he remembered what Su Yonglin had told him before.
That is to say, we insist on an unwavering strategy of spending large sums of money on the military industry.
Many people felt that this was not necessary, but Su Yonglin insisted on doing so.
The reason why Su Yonglin insists on doing this is also very simple.
Because Su Yonglin believes that the advancement of military technology will greatly accelerate the advancement of civilian technology.
Many civilian high-tech technologies were military technologies from the very beginning, but they were only later converted into civilian technologies and gradually became known.
For example, the most famous one is the Internet.
Su Yonglin believes that the most important reason why Europe left behind Chinese technology after the middle and late Ming Dynasty may not be the Renaissance, but that frequent wars in Europe forced them to develop military technology and further transferred military technology to At the civilian level, industrial upgrading has been achieved.
During the hundreds of years of frequent wars in Europe, countries were almost at odds with each other. Each country was racking its brains to develop itself to defeat the enemy, otherwise it would be in danger of national subjugation. Therefore, they had to invest a lot of money, manpower and material resources. Develop military technology and improve military strength.
As far as Su Yonglin knew, the main reason why many scientific masters of that era were famous was because they served the country and studied military technology. Even Europe's achievements in physics originated from the needs of war.
The war violently promoted the progress of military science and technology, and the progress of military science and technology was turned around and used in people's livelihood.
At the same time, the number and intensity of wars in China, including other parts of the world, are not as violent as those in Europe, and they do not care much about the advancement of military technology.
On the one hand, it is life and death and peak moments; on the other hand, it is leisurely strolling and peaceful years.
On the one hand, guns are firing and gunpowder smoke is filling the air, while on the other hand, the moon is rising over the Lugou Lake by the Daming Lake.
In this cruel world, once the two sides collide and compete, who will be stronger and have the advantage?
The development of physical and chemical-related technologies such as gunpowder technology, steel smelting technology, power technology, mechanical production technology, etc., have been urgent military needs from the very beginning.
Talents across Europe are sharpening their heads in the military field, racking their brains to develop military technology, and trying their best to make their country's military equipment and military theories stronger and more advantageous.
The gap between the two sides has been widened in this war again and again.
Facts have proved that without external stimulation, the possibility of human beings actively seeking progress is very low. People are more willing to live in a comfortable circle until death than risk their lives to seek unknown changes.
The same era also appeared in China, and it also greatly promoted the development of various science and technology and the development of various ideological trends, but that era was a little longer.
That era was called the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
The development of military technology, agricultural technology and the explosive emergence of various ideas during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period also benefited the later First Empire of Qin and Han Dynasties, making ancient China lead the world for a long time and unparalleled.
Therefore, when Su Yonglin was developing the economy and people's livelihood, he also realized that in order to truly promote the development of science and technology, in addition to internal driving forces, it may also need the promotion of war.
It is necessary for him to launch wars again and again, use wars instead of personal prestige to promote the continuous development of military science and technology, and invest a lot of manpower and material resources in important technical directions such as steel smelting and gunpowder technology, so as to promote the entire world with the highest efficiency. technological development of the country.
While using war to push the country into the most suitable state, it also uses war to promote the development of military technology and further expand military technology into the civilian field.
Of course, the scale must be firmly controlled.
It is necessary to use ideological weapons to educate and restrict the army to prevent the army from losing control, to prevent the country from losing control, and to prevent the country from finally taking the path that he absolutely does not want to see.
Sometimes, for mankind, there is only a thin line between a war of liberation and a war of aggression, and the human liberator and the conqueror of the nation are actually just a hair apart.
Only by adhering to the former path can the Ming Dynasty avoid the diversion and deterioration.
The difficulties and dangers involved are all too clear to Su Yonglin, who knows a lot about those chaotic years in Europe.
The origins of both world wars were in Europe, and the birthplace of many social trends of thought was also in Europe. Justice and evil, sublimity and inferiority, greatness and depravity have never been so complexly intertwined on the same land.
How could this not be a side effect of the development of science and technology driven by war?
If you want to use the beast of war to develop technology, you must tie it with iron chains and cages, control it, and never let it get out of control. Otherwise, Su Yonglin felt that he might become a sinner of the country.
However, even if we take ten thousand steps back, after Su Yonglin's death, his ideals will gradually lose attention and deteriorate in the future era. However, China, which has seized the commanding heights of science and technology, will also successfully open up a new era of its own.
Using science and technology, the Ming Dynasty could create a new empire on which the sun never sets.
If you can't become a god, then become a demon. It's better than struggling half-dead in reincarnation.
Su Yonglin has not told Xin Qiji about these internal reasons. Xin Qiji only roughly knows the role of war in promoting technological progress, and has initially realized how much the desire of the military promotes technology.
However, this could also be dangerous.
The ancients said that no matter how big a country is, it will perish if it is warlike. Countless cases throughout the ages have proven this. So is it unfair to simply use military power to promote the development of science and technology?
How can we use the power of the military to maximize its positive effects instead of negative effects?
Xin Qiji, who had such simple thoughts of peace and justice, thought like this.
Also on September 30, the arrival of Xin Qiji, the plenipotentiary negotiator, made the Southern Song Dynasty leaders very nervous and excited. Shen should immediately personally welcome Xin Qiji into Lin'an City for peace talks.
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