In the first month of the fifth year of Ruichang, the Wu Royal Academy of Sciences was formally established, under the direct management of the emperor, specializing in scientific research; in March of the fifth year of Ruichang, the cabinet carried out large-scale reforms, and its functions slowly changed towards the prime minister system. The cabinet had

In August of the sixth year of Ruichang, refined iron was developed, which was steel hundreds of years later. However, the quality still needs to be improved, so this task was handed over to

A group of professors from the Royal Academy of Sciences.

In May of the eighth year of Ruichang, the first steam engine appeared in the capital of Dawu.

This time is nearly fifty years ahead of the time when the first steam engine appeared in history.

Emperor Wu Zongrui showed great concern for the emergence of the first steam engine. In the next three years, a group of professors from the Royal Academy of Sciences worked hard to make large-scale improvements to the steam engine, such as separate condensers, external cylinders, etc.

Technologies such as setting up a thermal insulation layer, lubricating pistons with oil, planetary gears, parallel motion linkages, centrifugal speed regulators, throttle valves, and speed regulators were successively broken through, and a true steam engine appeared.

With the support of the imperial court, steam engine technology was quickly applied to smelting, textiles and machine manufacturing. The first to benefit was the textile industry in the south. Because of the use of steam engines, work efficiency was greatly improved.

In the first month of the eleventh year of Ruichang, the Royal Academy of Sciences began to use steam engines to propel ships in accordance with the concept proposed by the emperor. The world's first steel-framed ship was born in November of that year. The steel-framed ship driven by a steam engine

The ship trial caused a huge sensation. No one believed that steel could be launched into the water. After the Royal Daily published the news, many people rushed to Laizhou to see the first self-driving ship with their own eyes.

With the emperor and the court attaching great importance to science and technology, a large number of scientific and technological talents entered the court as officials, and the concept of attaching importance to science and technology was fully recognized by the court.

The replacement of imperial officials is also gradually taking place, with more young people entering the imperial court and even entering the cabinet. The former chief minister Zeng Yongzhong, cabinet minister Shi Kefa, cabinet minister Hong Chengchou and others became officials. Lu Faxuan became the chief minister of the cabinet, and Liao Wenru

He became the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, and the other five cabinet ministers were all new faces.

Crown Prince Wu Fancheng has become more capable and mature. All common matters in the court will be handled directly by him after discussing with the cabinet. There is no need to ask for orders. Unless there are major matters, the emperor will make decisions.

Hohhot, the largest city in the Mongolian grassland, was built in the eighth year of Ruichang. It took more than two years to complete the construction of the official road from Hohhot to the inland. It became the center of the Mongolian grassland. Most of the nobles of the Mongolian tribes went to live in Hohhot, basically free of

the nomadic life.

In the first month of the 10th year of Ruichang, the imperial court dispatched the first army of 5,000 men to garrison in Uszangdusi. The emperor personally changed the name of Uszangdusi to Tibet, making it clear that all kinds of Buddhism and Living Buddhas in Tibet must be subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

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Maritime trade achieved great success, and the Wu court controlled most of the maritime trade channels.

During this period, the Denglai New Army Navy also conducted several small-scale battles at sea. Among them, the conflict between the French, Spanish and Portuguese warship fleets and the Wu court navy can be called a classic of maritime combat. Denglai

The New Army Navy defeated the combined battleship formations of Western countries with an absolute advantage, causing Western countries to completely surrender and recognize the maritime hegemony of the Dawu Navy.

As for the East India Company, it was quite wise. It saw the situation clearly, was willing to obey the orders of Denglai's new navy, and chose to cooperate. Although the profits were greatly reduced, the entire company was finally saved.

By the tenth year of Ruichang, the Denglai New Army Navy had established eleven military camps overseas. These military camps effectively guaranteed the safety of the Wu court's overseas commerce and guaranteed the maritime supremacy of the Wu Navy.

Black slaves from Africa appeared in large numbers, and they were spread all over the north and south. Black slaves could even be seen in Nurgandusi in the far north, but the court did not interfere too much in this matter.

Starting from the end of the fifth year of Ruichang, a large number of Westerners entered Dawu. After these people came to Dawu, some entered the Royal Academy of Sciences, some entered the Royal School, and some directly entered the imperial court. The prosperity of various places in the Ming Dynasty made these Westerners

Surprised and surprised, through their letters and introductions, more Westerners came to Dawu.

Beijing, the capital of Wu Dynasty, once again became the largest city in the world. The population in the city exceeded 5 million. The scale of the city expanded again. Nanjing in the south became the second largest city in the world, with a population of nearly 5 million.

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A large number of talents gathered in Wu Jingcheng, which greatly promoted the development and progress of science and technology.

At the end of the 11th year of Ruichang, after the birth of the ship in the true sense, the emperor proposed the concept of the electric light telephone and officially handed over this task to the professor group of the Royal Academy of Sciences. You must know that the birth of the electric light telephone was a product of the second industrial revolution.

, which is still more than two hundred years ago.

The tentacles of the Royal Bank of the Great Wu Dynasty finally extended overseas in the eighth year of Ruichang. The bank's external expansion produced benefits that even the young officials in the cabinet could not believe. With the expansion of the Royal Bank, a large amount of wealth arose.

They began to gather towards the capital of Wu.

The overseas edition of Royal Daily has also begun to be distributed in Western countries and East Asia.

In the first month of the tenth year of Ruichang, the first Confucius Institute was born in Spain. Immediately afterwards, Confucius Institutes appeared in France, Portugal and other places. The requirements for running a Confucius Institute are very high. Only Western nobles and heroes can

After entering the Confucius Institute to study, by the first month of the twelfth year of Ruichang, in just two years, there were already more than 300 Confucius Institutes distributed overseas and in East Asia.

The Confucius Institute spreads Confucianism overseas. The teaching materials of the Confucius Institute have been revised by the cabinet and the emperor, and some of the outdated content has been deleted. At the same time, Tang poetry and Song lyrics are vigorously promoted overseas. The teaching materials of the Confucius Institute are all

Once the students have learned the articles that have been annotated and translated, they will start to delve into the real ancient Chinese.

Of course, all of this is supported by strong military power.

All scientific and technological achievements were first applied in the military. The Firearms Bureau established in the capital gathered a large number of elite talents. After steel was developed, it was immediately applied to firearms and artillery.

Vehicles for transporting artillery were also developed quickly. After the steam engine came out, the vehicles for transporting artillery were once again greatly improved. At the end of the 10th century in Ruichang, transport vehicles driven by steam engines appeared in the army.

Warships have fully absorbed the latest technology and strengthened their own strength. The nearly fifty ships driven by steam engines were first built, and all of them belonged to the navy, while the commercial ships used for maritime transportation were not used until Ruichang 11

They began to appear at the end of the year. Similarly, vehicles used for land transportation also began to appear at this time.

The Denglai New Army also carried out large-scale reforms. The Navy was renamed as the Navy, and the artillery battalion was renamed as the Artillery Battalion. They were independent from the Denglai New Army, thus forming a tripartite situation of the Army, Navy and Artillery Battalion.

The military services in the army have also become diversified, with cavalry battalions, infantry battalions, and scout battalions still being the main force.

The Ministry of War and the Governor's Office have undergone large-scale reforms. The Ministry of War is directly responsible for specific military matters, while the Governor's Office has become a nominal honorary institution and is no longer responsible for any specific matters in the military.

In accordance with the emperor's decree, the Ministry of War divided the country into eight war zones. The Denglai New Army was stationed in each war zone. In principle, troops were no longer stationed in the local areas. All the troops including the Shanhaiguan garrison were evacuated. Local security matters were all handed over to the

to the local government.

The most critical war zone among the eight war zones is the Jingcheng War Zone, which is responsible for the patrol and stability of the capital, the north and the Mongolian grasslands. A total of 150,000 troops are stationed, and Qiao Mingjun becomes the commander-in-chief of the Jingcheng War Zone.

The total strength of the Denglai New Army is controlled at around one million people, including 600,000 in the army, 350,000 in the navy, 50,000 in the artillery battalion, and nearly 10,000 in the remaining firearms bureau and other research institutions.

The direct command of the army belongs to the emperor. The Ministry of War has no right to directly mobilize the army. The mobilization of the army must be the emperor's imperial decree. If there is a local emergency and the army needs to be mobilized temporarily, a reporting system can be used to mobilize small-scale troops.

Report to the emperor and the court through the inn.

The strength of Denglai's new army was real. In April of the 11th year of Ruichang, Japan was restless and repeated its old tricks. It invaded North Korea and tried to completely occupy North Korea. After receiving the report, the emperor was furious and sent the navy to North Korea to fight with them.

During the battle of the Japanese Navy, the Denglai New Army Navy adopted a blitzkrieg method and completely annihilated Japan's huge navy in just two days. The navy's artillery fire left the Japanese navy with no power to fight back and could only be beaten.

This is not over yet. After the sea battle, the navy followed the emperor's imperial edict and went to the Japanese island. After tearing apart the Japanese defense line, it forced a landing and advanced all the way. It almost wiped out the Tokugawa family and those of the Tokugawa shogunate family.

A samurai is helpless in the face of sharp guns and cannons, and has no choice but to die.

In the end, it was the Tokugawa shogunate who came forward together with the emperor, provided a large amount of money and food compensation, and expressed his eternal submission to the jurisdiction of the Wu Dynasty, so that the navy of the Denrai New Army was allowed to evacuate.

In this battle, envoys from many Western countries tried their best to participate. They witnessed the bravery of the Denglai New Army with their own eyes. Through their propaganda, the powerful Denglai New Army became famous all over the world.

At the end of the eleventh year of Ruichang, all countries in Europe, East Asia, America, Africa and other places established embassies in Wu Jingcheng. The Ministry of Rites also specially strengthened its external liaison power. Many major diplomatic decisions were made by the emperor and the prince.

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