I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

In Beijing, on the streets of the city, people and businesses are busy, and everything seems to be the same as usual.

However, some well-informed classes were already panicking at this time.

The rebellion in Shanxi and the defeat of Dorgon all meant that the imperial court was precarious.

In the Forbidden City, Xiaozhuang received bad news one after another.

First, Liu Guangqi of Shanxi rebelled. It didn't take long for Datong to fall, and then worse news came that Dorgon was defeated, and the 160,000 army was wiped out.

Prince Yu Duoduo died in battle, thirteen Baelor died in battle, and five of the total soldiers died in battle...  

The news of these thunderbolts made Da Yu'er feel helpless.

This kind of terrible news, even Dorgon can't bear it, let alone she is a woman.

"Su Mo'er, send someone to invite Mr. Fan."

Da Yuer, who had no idea, could only ask Fan Wencheng for advice.

Not long after, Fan Wencheng was invited to the palace.

His face is also not very good, there is some anxiety.

"I meet the Empress Dowager."

"Mr. Fan doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat."

Da Yuer stopped Fan Wencheng and did not ask him to kneel down and salute.

Although she has a high status, she is a woman after all. Getting a talented man to kneel down to a woman is likely to hurt the other person's self-esteem.

Today is not what it used to be, and Da Yuer needs to rely on these important officials, so she takes special care of them.

"The matter in the south, you have received the news. You said, what should we do in the Qing Dynasty to get out of this predicament?"

Da Yuer asked.

This question is too difficult, Fan Wencheng hesitated for a while, not knowing how to answer.

He couldn't tell the truth, because he felt that the Qing Dynasty was no longer saved, and the best outcome was to return to the outside of the customs and defend the one-third of the acre of land outside the customs.

As for these places in Guan, they must not be able to keep it. Neither strength nor natural danger.

This kind of truth is told, I am afraid that the Manchu nobles in the Qing court will not accept it, and they will not easily give up this kind of beautiful life that is not easy.

"This is difficult."

Fan Wencheng held back for a long time, and then he said this.

"Is there no hope at all?"

Da Yu'er was very disappointed, and she didn't want to go back outside the customs. The days inside the customs were much more comfortable.

"Yes, we are far from the South, militarily and economically."

"economy?"

"It is the economy of the country and the people. In Nanjing, the behavior of creating wealth is called the economy. This word is quite appropriate. The economy represents a country's financial strength. The more developed the economy, the higher the financial revenue and the better the people's livelihood. it is good."

Fan Wencheng explained that reading newspapers in the south has now become a daily necessity for him. While learning about Nanjing, I also learned a lot of new knowledge and new vocabulary.

"Then can't we make the military stronger and the economy better?"

Dayuer continued to ask, she didn't need to worry about these matters of governing the country. But now that Dorgon has failed miserably, she is already anxious to intervene in person.

After all, this Qing Dynasty was her son's country, so she couldn't care less.

"It takes time for the army to become stronger. This is easy to handle as long as you have money. The key is the economy. This Wu Changqing is really good at it, and we are not his opponents at all.

He not only invented a lot of commodities that can create a lot of wealth, but also invented a lot of machines that can greatly improve production efficiency. It can be said that he is changing the world by himself. "

Fan Wencheng sighed with emotion. He is familiar with history books and has seen many people with great talents and great strategies, but he has never seen someone as special as Wu Changqing.

Other heroes are nothing more than unifying the world and mastering the highest power. However, there is no one who can completely solve the food problem of the people.

"Change the world?"

Big Yu'er doesn't understand a bit.

"Yes, he is changing the world. In the previous world, the wealth of the world was generally constant. The history of thousands of dynasty changes is actually the history of wealth changes.

Landlords and aristocrats kept plundering land and wealth, the common people could not survive, turmoil occurred, a large number of common people died in the war, the population decreased, the per capita land increased, and the common people could live again.

Then came the prosperity of the society, the increase of the population, the reduction of land per capita again, and the turmoil again. It has been like this since time immemorial.

However, the emergence of Wu Changqing may completely change this historical cycle. "

Fan Wencheng has studied history quite a bit, and even combined all the history of dynastic changes with wealth and population, and came up with a fairly reasonable point of view.

Dayu'er listened very carefully, all this knowledge was quite new to her, and she felt a sudden realization.

Fan Wencheng continued: "Wu Changqing produced high-yield Wu rice, and it is said that the yield per mu is more than twice that of the previous rice. This means that this piece of Chinese land can support at least twice as many people as before.

This alone is enough to guarantee stability for hundreds of years. Moreover, they also came up with a large-scale machine for making steel, making steel products very cheap, and it will be very easy for people to reclaim land in the future, and the extra land can support countless people. "

"In short, he is different from all the previous rulers. He did not gain wealth by plundering others, but by creating wealth out of thin air. In this way, the court is rich, and the people are also rich. Unlike us in the north, the court wants to increase income,

The only way is to exploit the people, and once the exploitation is too serious, the people will be forced to rebel. "

This is what Fan Wencheng admires most about Wu Changqing. Wu Changqing has solved the problem of wealth contradictions for thousands of years.

Da Yu'er is a very smart woman, and she can understand it after listening to it once.

She asked: "Then can we invent those high-yield rice and those machines that can refine steel on a large scale?"

She thinks, this thing is just like other learning, as long as you are humble enough to learn it, you will definitely learn it.

"Unless Wu Changqing is willing to impart those knowledge to us, but this is impossible. Therefore, the gap between us and the South will become larger and larger in the future. This is an irreversible trend."

If it wasn't for seeing this trend, Fan Wencheng would not have supported Dorgon to go on an expedition. That was indeed their last chance in the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately, they did not seize it.

"The only solution for now is to ask Wu Changqing for peace. Maybe the south of the Huai River can be ceded to him, or he can be paid tribute to him."

Fan Wencheng said that the strength is not as good as people, so that can only be the case.

This is not ashamed, anyway, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, Nurhaci, was originally a servant of the Ming Dynasty, but he rebelled when he became stronger.

Now that he has become weaker, it is not a big deal to return to his status as a domestic slave again.

No matter how important face is, it is not as important as survival.