Chapter 160 Anxi takes the lead in entering the industrial revolution
China is a major agricultural country and has never attached enough importance to maritime rights and interests. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's seven voyages to the West were the ultimate mark of the ancient Chinese era of navigation.
In later generations, Chen Ying originally thought that this was because Emperor Yongle was open-minded, or the court realized the rights and interests of the ocean. However, this was not the case.
The throne of Emperor Yongle Zhu Di was taken from his nephew Zhu Yunwen. Although he had experienced four years of war, Zhu Di knew very well that his victory was not because of military invincibility, but because the Ming Dynasty military stood on his side.
However, after Zhu Di made a northern expedition, the court's finances were tight, so Zhu Di had to start to stop the troops and stop the war. However, this national policy affected the interests of the military. Military honors could support him as the emperor, and they could also turn against him at the last minute.
Therefore, Zhu Di was very worried about the variable Zhu Yunwen.
So the huge fleet led by Zheng He emerged.
In this time and space, Chen Ying actually used Li Shimin to stimulate Li Jiancheng to vigorously develop navigation and improve the Tang Dynasty's military strength with marine trade and naval warfare.
Chen Yingcha was not worried about the issues that Li Jiancheng was worried about.
In the early Tang Dynasty, the ethnic composition was complex, and Li Shimin was able to unify the world, even if it was just nominal unity, it proved his ability.
At least in the Li Shimin era, there were no tribes who were blindly ignorant and fought against the imperial court.
Now Li Shimin is busy "reforming the land and returning to the current" while using war to train his son, which also shows that Li Shimin realizes the importance of his successor.
The leader of the Chinese great master once said: "The greatest responsibility of old comrades is to try their best to cultivate qualified successors."
After setbacks and hardships, Li Shimin was completely different from Li Shimin in history. He appointed Li Chengqian as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty of Fusang, just like Li Tai was named King of Wei, guarding the southeast of Fusang. Li Ke was not hidden or suppressed like in history. Instead, he was named King of Shu and guarding the southwest.
Although the Fusang Tang Dynasty was obviously different in the Central Plains Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin still habitually divided the Fusang Tang Dynasty into the direction of the Central Plains, 16 paths and 374 states. The princes and kings still followed the system of the Central Plains. Although it was not exactly the same as the Central Plains Tang Dynasty, the general direction was basically the same.
Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying with a relaxed look and said in confusion: "There is one thing I still don't understand. Is one month enough for Anxi Army to be transferred back from Anxi?"
Chen Ying laughed silently and said, "Your Majesty is definitely enough!"
In fact, under the stimulation of Chen Ying's huge sum of millions of yuan, Shule Academy's research on steam engines was like a rocket. Not only did the steam engine develop nine improved models, but many versions were also derived. The steam roller used for road construction and the steam mill used for grinding surfaces.
In fact, what made Chen Ying speechless was the mill. Sometimes, he really wanted to knock on the heads of these craftsmen. The momentum had already appeared, but he kept the mill. Shouldn't he develop in the direction of the crusher?
However, the efficiency of steam engine mills is still more than ten times higher than that of hydraulic mills. After all, steam engines do not need to consider water sources, nor do they need to consider dry and rainy seasons. Although steam engines require a lot of water when operating, they still save too much compared to hydraulic mills.
Under the stimulation of Shule Academy, the primitive animal power machine tools originally passed down from ancient Greece and Byzantine Empire were all turned into steam.
With the emergence of steam drilling machines, boring machines, grinding machines, milling machines and other machine tools, Datang took the lead in Anxi to enter the industrial revolution. In particular, milling machines, machine tools that use milling cutters to mill workpieces.
In addition to milling planes, grooves, gear teeth, threads and spline shafts, milling machines can also process relatively complex profiles. In this way, they have entered a virtuous cycle.
In fact, today's drilling machines, boring machines, planing machines, and thread processing machine tools are all shoddy, and the accuracy of the processed mechanical parts can only be described as "terrible".
Even the ancient Greek and Byzantine worlds where they were invented were not widely used now, and Europeans have not yet realized the importance of machine tools.
However, Anxi has taken the lead in making breakthroughs in steam engine technology, and machine tools have truly ushered in a period of rapid development and have been out of control since then.
Milling machines, grinders, drilling machines, planing machines, boring machines... A series of precision machine tools are continuously produced by machines, opening the curtain of the industrial era.
These simple machine tools with extremely large errors provide necessary technical support for the industrial revolution in Anxi.
The great achievements of the Anxi Industrial Revolution in turn have created a complete range of machine tools, grinders and milling machines with superior performance, which are the results of the first industrial revolution.
During the period of rapid development after Anxi entered the industrial revolution, Chen Ying had no doubt that the Tang Dynasty would become the hegemon of the world.
Steam rollers, steam boring machines, steam textile machines, steam spinning machines, steam punching pressure, and steam tractors are also used. The power is comparable to that of ten cattle steam tractors. They can not only cultivate the land at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour on the cultivated land, but also use huge power to enter long-distance transportation.
As Chen Ying expected, at this time, Anxi was already full of chimneys and thick smoke. Especially as the most thorough industrial revolution in Anxi, Shule City, not only lingered in smoke all year round, but also seemed like a fairyland on earth. Many businessmen's business names will become Shule City as a foggy city.
Chen Ying did not directly answer Li Jiancheng's question.
Instead, he looked at Li Jiancheng and asked solemnly: "Your Majesty, have you ever heard of the Sassanian Persian dynasty?"
Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "I heard that they once paid tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Later, the Northern Wei Dynasty split into the East and West Wei Dynasty, and gradually cut off contact!"
Chen Ying explained to Li Jiancheng: "In fact, the Sassanian Persian Empire, like ours, is an ancient country with historical reputation. They also began to form a unified country as early as the Qin Dynasty in China. Now they are different from our Tang Dynasty. They are all ten departments at the level of the department, and the leader is called Wazier Diwan, who is in charge of state affairs, similar to the Shangshu Ling of our Tang Dynasty!"
Then, Chen Ying put Mustaofidwan in charge of national fiscal and taxation, Murkdewan in charge of national diplomacy, education, and data management. Sipashidewan in charge of weapons, equipment, and military pay.
Barid Diwan, in charge of official communications and supervisory official.
Let the ten departments introduce them all. Chen Ying not only introduced them, but also gave examples like Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng is not a stupid person, on the contrary, he is very smart.
Gradually, Li Jiancheng figured out the problem. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the ten ministries of the Sassanian Empire had more taxes, markets, commerce, construction and justice than the six ministries.
Of course, the Tang Dynasty did not have these competent departments, but the level was lower.
Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying and said, "Do you want to say that the six divisions of the Tang Dynasty are inappropriate?"
"That's right!" Chen Ying said: "Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the system of Three Dukes and Nine Ministers has been implemented, and later it has been changed to the system of Three Provinces and Six Ministry!"
Chapter completed!