In fact, Brother Zhang discovered a problem, which was about the limitations of the times, that is, children born after the Renzong Dynasty had no idea of what happened before the Renzong Dynasty.
They had enough food when they were born, went to school when they were old, and had no fear of war. There was a constant flow of people in the city. In their spare time, they could go on outings or read books in the cool breeze of the study. We take it for granted and think this is how the world should be.
But in fact, more than 70% of the people in this world still do not have enough to eat, and slash-and-burn farming is the mainstream of this era. Children cannot understand why clan elders can execute someone at will, let alone what is happening. In what era would the tragedy of cannibalism occur? They saw everything from books.
But all this really happened thirty or forty years ago. They only knew that the Western Regions had beautiful Mogao Grottoes, delicious fruits and vegetables, and enthusiastic frontier people. They only knew about the prairie. Majestic and majestic, with herds of cattle and sheep, they only know the beauty, tranquility and abundant products among black mountains and white waters, but they never know that just a few decades ago, these places were once full of tigers drooling at them. They only know that this huge territory is the land of China, but they don't know that not long ago it was divided into pieces and fought endlessly.
Decades are enough time for so much to change that after two generations the memory of the past is already very blurry. Some people who have lived through all these eras, they can still remember the past, they always miss it, but they never have the slightest intention of going back.
In 4115 Central Calendar and 1111 Western Calendar, Emperor Zhao Yan abdicated and the country changed to a republic. However, he was still the boss in this first term. After all, in terms of ability and contribution, Zhao Yan was undoubtedly the best in this era. That person, what's more important is that he is in his prime, full of energy, and has a lot to do in the future.
The fluctuations at the upper levels have not affected the progress at the lower levels, and the continuity of policies has not stopped. And this year seems to be just like the first year of the Republic, with many firsts appearing in various places.
For example, the appearance of the first airplane marked the transition of mankind from the ground to the sky, turning Feng Xu Yufeng from a legend into a reality. The penetration of the first telephone made it possible to reach people thousands of miles away in an instant, and the emergence of radio made war look like a different story. Heavy armor was completely abandoned by history, and the era of light infantry was officially announced.
There are also graduates from the first comprehensive university who have gone into the society and become the proud ones of this era. However, they themselves may not have thought that it is they who will become the backbone of the next era.
However, when a new era comes, the old must leave. The last of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Su Shi and Su Dongpo, died in a storm on the American continent. His departure can almost announce the departure of an old era, and everyone is commemorating it. This great pioneer and explorer, but they almost ignored that this unruly and talented player was actually a big wronged person.
In the same year, the Europeans' Eastern Expedition also sounded the alarm for war, but these Europeans never came over after all. Because of the pandemic influenza and plague, these Europeans with extremely poor hygiene habits had to survive in just forty-five days. The number of people has been reduced by more than 30%, and it is spreading outward at an alarming rate. From Jerusalem to Berlin, from Helsinki to Paris, no place can escape the invasion of the Black Death.
The outbreak of the plague did not affect the daily life of Easterners. They still got up early to go to work as always, and then discussed when they could live a good life.
This year, Baga was swallowed by Ryukyu. Maybe Ryukyu himself never thought that with his size, he could reversely eat the mountain that had been pressing on his head for hundreds of years. After Ryukyu ate Baga, Nothing seemed to have changed. They continued to do business when it was time to do business, and continued to be loyal to their great empire to the west.
Not just in the second half of this year, as soon as August passed, Ryukyu suddenly declared war on Goryeo. The cause seemed to be a murder that happened in Goryeo. The war started in August and ended in October, because of the combat effectiveness of the stick. Not as good as Baga, there was not even a hard fight, running away became the daily routine of the sticks, and then Qiuqiu did a very interesting thing, that is, after annexing the entire territory of Goryeo, he returned the territory of Goryeo to the big brother next to him. And it was said very clearly in the letter of credence.
"Keeping a respectful distance does not mean that you are not close, but that is the way of peace."
It means that I respect you, but I stay far away from you. It's not that I have a bad relationship with you, but that being too close to my eldest brother will affect the relationship between the two families.
But the sticks were miserable. They originally thought that this way their government-in-exile could get the support of their eldest brother to get back their own political power, but the eldest brother was not so easy to manipulate. The eldest brother split Korea into six counties, although it was still called However, Korea has begun to implement a high degree of autonomy.
Faced with the questions from the stickmen, the answer here seems very interesting. The translation is: "You keep saying that you want to advance and retreat with daddy. Dad has already become a republic. It's a bit unreasonable for you to be a monarch. So why not take this opportunity to let Daddy will help you to give it to the Republic together."
The next year, riots broke out in Goryeo, and almost all the original royal family members were wiped out. So far, no one in Bangzi has mentioned the so-called restoration, and they have just followed along and become a republic.
In 1115 AD, the agricultural tax completely walked out of the historical stage, and began the Western Movement that attracted worldwide attention. The Western Region was renamed New J, and the New Construction Movement began to develop rapidly from east to west, because everyone knew that to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the vast territory, the final The best way is to develop and build.
In this year, the first railway artery was officially connected, totaling 1,882 kilometers from top to bottom. For the first time, land transportation capacity exceeded shipping capacity.
After all, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has declined. The connection of roads and railways has made slow shipping lose its advantage. The load-carrying capacity of the inland canal is far less than that of the sea route, but it is still being expanded every year because there are still many transportation distribution and distribution centers along the way. The hub, but everyone knows that sooner or later he will retire from the position of the protagonist. He is like an old man. Although he is still strong and strong, he is not as good as those young people who are young and strong.
The long river of history will always submerge many things silently, and the pace of change can never stop for one thing, just like what eliminated the canal was not a wider and larger canal but a narrow railway. .
1118 was a disaster year. The southern coastal areas suffered a century-old typhoon and suffered heavy losses. Nanjing Shipyard lost seven merchant ships under construction at once. The originally prosperous Nanjing Shipyard fell to the edge of bankruptcy overnight. In the end, it had no choice but to seek help. In the end, the two largest shipyards of Nanjing Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. The merger was completed in the middle of the year, creating an unprecedented giant unit, Central Shipbuilding.
The address is in Shandong, which is neither south nor north. The original factories of North and South Shipbuilding are retained, but North Shipbuilding is renamed Dalian Shipyard, and South Shipyard is renamed Jiangnan Shipyard. This year, we also encountered rare unsalable products. The main reason was that the trade routes in Europe were basically cut off due to the plague, which naturally caused development to enter a bottleneck period.
The bottleneck period naturally brought many problems. In a series of chain reactions, the first Great Depression also followed. Fortunately, this depression did not last long because the vast rural areas were able to absorb surplus products and productivity. , a large amount of materials and personnel poured into the countryside, quickly overcoming the crisis.
This is the benefit of having a vast land and a large agricultural population. The first hexagram of the Book of Changes has already made the problem very clear. The terrain is uneven, and a gentleman should be virtuous. The land can carry much more than people imagine.
1123, this year is nothing special, but it is the 70th birthday of Mr. Zhang Zhongpu, the founder of this era. However, his spirit is still very good. He has never smoked, drank, been greedy for money, or lustful all his life. He is in good health and has no illness or disaster. But he is indeed getting older, his hair has changed from gray to completely white, but as he gets older, his temperament has become more serious and solemn.
Although he had no heirs, the students he brought out throughout his life were all top talents, including the three emperors and the Queen Mother of the Liao Kingdom. The Queen Mother was only a teenager at that time, but now she has been dead for ten years.
According to the normal world, it is actually almost the Southern Song Dynasty now. It should have been a scene of continuous wars and disasters, but now it has become something else.
Brother Zhang felt a little short of breath when he woke up in the morning, but this was already an old problem. It was normal for ordinary people's bodies to have various problems at this time. He knew that he didn't have much time.
He finally retired a few years ago, because it doesn't make much sense to continue to click on the technology tree, and there is no problem in leaving the rest to their own development.
Now he is recuperating in his old age in the former royal villa, and in the blink of an eye, the little emperor he watched grow up is almost fifty years old, and the world has also undergone earth-shaking changes.
Brother Zhang, who was sitting on a chair enjoying the cool air, quietly recalled his life here. Everyone who appeared inside was like a page in a history book, and a short sentence was their glorious life.
Suddenly, he thought of Su Shi. That old guy has been away from this world for more than ten years. It is a pity that he did not leave more things for this era, but he is not as depressed as his original trajectory. He can It is said that he has completed the realization of his self-worth. As a prodigal son, he is considered complete.
The cicadas outside were squeaking, and Brother Zhang took a sip of tea. The serious Mingqian Longjing, top quality, is a special product. At this time, Zhao Rong came in from outside and turned on the fan: "I don't know how to turn on the fan. It can be fatal for an old man to have a fever."
Brother Zhang didn't say anything, he just smiled. Then he reached out and pinched Zhao Rong's finger: "We'll see you there."
"Talking nonsense again."
Zhao Rong didn't take it seriously, and then turned around and went about her business.
But what no one expected was that on that night, Mr. Zhang Zhongpu, known as the father of industry and founder of the country, could not open his eyes again after falling asleep at night.
Early the next morning, when the news came, the whole country was saddened. The commander-in-chief Zhao Yan rushed to his residence immediately and found that his teacher and father had really disappeared like this. Zhao Yan, who had always been known for his iron fist, I cried like a child today.
But people are gone, after all, they are gone, and he became the first person to be buried in the old imperial funeral ceremony after ten years of the Republic. The funeral arrangements were even personally arranged by the retired former Minister of Rites of Liao Dynasty. Flags were flown at half-mast across the country, and all entertainment activities Stops, factories shut down, and schools closed for three full days.
To others, this may be an exaggeration, but to him, no one in the country objects to it, because anyone who knows his life knows that it was this man who pulled the country out of the dire quagmire, and he did so forcefully. a pattern.
Not only did he single-handedly create the entire modern industrial landscape, he also personally created a framework for stabilizing the country, and even designed a complete national plan for the next two hundred years. Anyway, so far, whenever there is a problem, he has to take out his There is no problem that medicine cannot solve.
No one would argue with saying he was a great man.
And he also announced his property after his death. The total value of all properties is about 15 million, but most of them were royal rewards when Zhao Rong was a princess. The value of his inheritance is only 800 yuan, only A commemorative fountain pen was a gift given to him when the first pen factory was put into production, and there was also a pendant that Su Shi got for him when he went to Egypt.
Not long after his death, Zhao Rong also went there, and the two of them were only one foot apart, less than ten days. The departure of the two of them officially represents the end of an era and the official beginning of a new era, but in this new era there are no longer the people like them.
At the end of this journey, Brother Zhang opened his eyes again. He was still sitting in the bonfire. Miss Jin next to him came back soon. Compared with Brother Zhang, she seemed to have a little more stamina. She looked at Zhang After a while, the brother said: "So this is what you meant when you told me we would meet over there."
Brother Zhang looked at Miss Jin's young face and suddenly smiled: "Actually, I think you'll look better as you get older."
"Let's not talk about whether it looks good or not. Why don't you just follow the script?"
"Script? Is it a script about a prince rescuing a princess?" Brother Zhang asked curiously.
"Yeah, that's not what the script says. You have to keep saving me from the fire."
Brother Zhang was silent for a moment and then raised his head and asked, "Did you fall into the sea of fire in the end?"
Miss Jin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's not the case."
"Do you still want to play?"
Miss Jin quickly shook her head: "It turns out that this kind of game has such great stamina... I won't play it anymore, so that's why you don't want children, right?"
Brother Zhang just smiled but didn't answer.
(End of chapter)
