Destiny Only Han

Guanzhong, spring in February.

Although the earth is withered and yellow, the plum blossoms in full bloom indicate that spring has actually come.

To the west of Chang'an City, on a loess plateau close to Shanglinyuan University City, there is a busy construction site, with steam excavators spewing thick smoke, and four-wheeled carriages transporting earthworks, with constant traffic.

Surrounded by more than a dozen guards, Liu Ying walked slowly around the construction site along a concrete road that had not been paved for a long time and was full of ditches.

"Hey, these guys are looking for money!" Liu Ying turned her head and looked at Lu Shizhi who was following behind her: "Uncle, when the law is issued, it will say that if the four-wheeled carriages carrying goods are not equipped with rubber wheels tires, double the vehicle and boat tax!"

"Look at the pressure on our way!"

"The country's money, there is no reason for them to waste it like this!"

Isn't the money of the state a tax collected from the common people?Isn't road construction just what is taken from the people and used by the people?Forget it, don't talk too much... Lu Shizhi secretly reminded himself that being with a king is like a tiger. Although Liu Ying is his own nephew, he knows very well that his nephew holds grudges and is stingy, so he just nodded heavily: "Okay, I will wait until I get back." Just do it!"

Liu Ying put one hand on her waist:

"It's not that I feel bad about money."

"It's all people's fat and people's ointment, and this is not a few years ago, when we had no rubber, we could only use wooden wheels, and then kept repairing the concrete roads that were crushed by heavy-duty carriages!

"Although the output of rubber is a bit low nowadays, it is not bad for these hundreds of four-wheeled carriages!"

"So, let them all put rubber tires on me!"

"Well, don't wait to go back, brother-in-law, you can draft the law now and promulgate it immediately, and the renovation will be completed within three days!"

"1 years is too long, let's fight for the day!"

Seeing Lu Shizhi shaking his head and leaving, turning his back on his horse and going away, Liu Ying had a faint smile on his lips.

Hmph, I want you to report to my mother... Liu Ying withdrew her gaze, turned her head and continued to walk around the construction site.

Well, it's not all about 'revenging' Lu Shizhi, it's mainly about promoting rubber tires.

Most of the carriage drivers who pull goods on the construction site or at the port wharf are from ordinary families and are used to being thrifty. The state pays for the maintenance of the road surface damaged by the carriage, but the fake rubber tires have to be paid for by themselves...

But in fact, being able to buy two horses and a carriage with full money shows that they are also considered to have little assets.

Regularly harvest middle class...

Bah, industrial upgrading is inseparable from the contributions of these people!

For the rubber industry, after setting up a factory, training workers, and building a production line, there is not much difference in the initial investment between producing 1 tires and producing 100 million tires, but the profit and cost of a single product are the same. There is a world of difference.

In particular, only when the industry is bigger can it be possible to become stronger.

Only with enough profits can we have enough funds to invest in research and development...

Well, it's actually like painting a gourd with a gourd.

After all, Liu Ying is a systematic blue man...

But the most critical point is that Liu Ying knows the correct development direction of the industry.

On December 1903, 12, the Wright Brothers' "Aviator" aircraft successfully flew in Kitty Hawk, Carolina, marking that human beings have flown into the sky since then, and on July 17, 1969, Apollo 7 successfully flew Go to the moon!
From flying off the ground to soaring in the sky, to flying off the earth and landing on the moon, it only took more than 60 years!
And this is still a little bit of exploration from scratch. During this period, I don’t know how many times I overturned the car, and I don’t know how many times I walked into a dead end!

But now, none of these matters to Liu Ying.

When the Dahan Public School with only a few hundred children in the beginning developed into a dozen different universities today, with thousands of students graduating successfully every year, the process of industrialization has become unstoppable, and it will far exceed the original speed in history. !

Therefore, Liu Ying felt that it was necessary to tighten the reins of the wild horse that is now in the Han Dynasty.

For example, the Imperial Library he is building now.

As a former civil engineer, his achievements in philosophy are nothing more than repeating the wisdom of the predecessors without knowing why, but if he talks about bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, and seeing the truth in the subtleties, he is really helpless.

So he is going to spread western learning to the east, and use the brilliant chapter created by another different civilization to make up for the only missing link in the schools of thought.

philosophy.

Or rather, logic.

After all, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, although the leaders of various schools of thought were constantly debating and discussing, the ultimate goal was to manage the world and govern people, with practical ideas as the main focus.

Except for a little bit of Mohism, the group of famous scholars debate endlessly all day long.

For example, a white horse is not a horse.

However, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, there were many disasters, and people died every moment. Therefore, the whole society could not tolerate a group of boastful scholars. Compared with famous scholars who pursued the correct form and process in everything, the rulers were more inclined to solve the reality. problem, and solve it in the simplest and quickest way.

So famous people have long since disappeared...

However, since the death of Mo Zhai, the great power descended from the sky, even big bosses like Pan Gong have not fully understood many theories written by their ancestors in "Mo Zi". Looking forward to being able to draw a lottery to get a junior who is as talented as Mo Di, and then lead the Mo family back to glory...

In the past, it was Liu Ying who was given high hopes by Pangong, but the old man soon discovered that Liu Ying's purpose was not pure, and he was very concerned about the "Jing Shuo", "Xiao Qu" and "Da Qu" in "Mozi". I don't understand as well as him...

So the two sides parted ways and each was well.

Although Liu Ying is still named as a Mohist giant and has been re-elected all the time, in fact, those Mohists who followed Pan Gong have always been obedient to Liu Ying and have not really obeyed his orders.

Therefore, after failing to count on the group of domestic guys, Liu Ying focused on the group of monks who came to Han to preach for a while.

Debating scriptures is the strong point of the monks, and they often hang and beat those useless Taoist priests.

In 1220, Qiu Chuji, the Quanzhen sect of Taoism, went to Kundus in the Western Regions to meet Genghis Khan, and was named a grand master by Genghis Khan, taking charge of all monks in the world.

Due to the special close relationship between Taoism and Genghis Khan, Taoism has always had a great influence in the early Mongolian Empire.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among Buddhist disciples.

So in 1254, Meng Ge asked Ali Boke to host a religious debate, and Buddhism took the opportunity to unite with Christianity and Christians to criticize Taoism.

The final result was naturally the defeat of Taoism, and it had to make some concessions to Buddhism in terms of temples, property, and scriptures.

Then in the spring of 1258, Meng Ge once again ordered Kublai Khan to hold an unprecedented debate on Buddhism and Taoism in Da'an Pavilion in Kaiping Prefecture.

This is a religious debate with the largest scale, the highest standard and the most far-reaching influence in Chinese history. The development of Chinese religious culture has had a great impact.

There is no way out for this debate on Taoism. What is more serious is that Li Zhichang, the head of the Quanzhen sect who has a certain status among the Mongols, has passed away.

In desperation, all the elites of Quanzhen Dao came out, and together with the leader Zhang Zhijing, a total of more than [-] people participated in the debate.

However, Buddhism has more talents.

For example, the National Teacher of Namo, such as Bhaspa, the leader of Sakya Sect, Karma Bashi, the second living Buddha of the Baijiao leader, as well as the National Teacher of Hexi, the Wai Wulu Monk (Uyghur Monk), the National Teacher of Dali, and the elder of Shaolin Temple , the elders of Mount Wutai, the elders of Yuanfu Temple, etc., totaling more than [-] people!

In particular, Basiba, who was only 23 years old at the time, became the emperor's teacher of the Yuan Dynasty later. Ruyi of the country, Dharma King of the Great Treasure, Buddha of the West Heaven, Master of the Great Yuan Emperor' and such supreme titles!

Naturally, Taoism lost again.

Therefore, according to regulations, Kublai Khan sent Tuo Huan to bring Taoist priest Fan Zhiying and 17 people to Longguang Temple to shave off their hair and become monks, and burned 45 Taoist "Apocryphal Scriptures".
Although the monks are very eloquent, they also have a lot of knowledge necessary for debates such as logic.

But the crux of the matter is that monks are a double-edged sword.

So Liu Ying's gaze turned west again, focusing on Greece, the only three of the four major civilizations that are still exporting.

It was only the beginning for him to get Hannibal back to write "Memoirs of the Punic War", and then he cooperated with Antiochus III of Seleucid to fight against the Romans who were actively expanding, which was the real purpose.

So Liu Ying turned her head and looked at the round-faced boy who had been following behind him.

"Have you visited your sister recently?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, I went to see it ten days ago..."

Dou Guangguo bowed and saluted, with a bit of joy on his face.

After all, in the past period of time, Liu Ying turned into a hardworking bee, and was about to mitosis with Dou Yifang again to produce a new offspring.

"Are you interested in becoming a governor in Egypt?" Liu Ying said while walking with her hands behind her back.

"Ah?" Dou Guangguo was completely stunned, his face full of bewilderment.

He knew where Egypt was, the key issue was the title 'Governor'.

He is less than [-] years old this year, and the most important thing is that he is also a civil dog. It was Dou Yifang who loved him and didn't want him to go to work on the construction site, so she found Liu Ying and acted like a baby, and wanted to refuse to pay him back. Welcome to sign a lot of unequal treaties.

After all, the eldest sister will always dote on the younger brother, besides, when the fire broke out in Xianyang, he was the baby that Dou Yi held in her arms.

Therefore, under Liu Ying's highly infectious speech, Dou Guangguo became a member of Bu Guowei's mission in all directions.

"Why, didn't you hear clearly or were you too surprised?" Liu Ying asked without turning her head.

"Return to Your Majesty, I heard you clearly." Dou Guangguo hurriedly followed.

"Is that too surprising?" Liu Ying asked again.

"There are surprises, but more shocks." Dou Guangguo replied honestly.

"Hahaha, I just like the sincerity of your Dou family, and you never tell lies in front of me!" Liu Ying smiled and shook her head: "Why, I'm worried about your lack of ability?"

Dou Guangguo nodded: "After all, I'm still young, I'm afraid I can't take on this important task!"

"When I was your age, I became the emperor of the empire!" Liu Ying looked at Dou Guangguo who was a little frightened, and then said, "I know your ability. What's the point of being a mere governor of Egypt?"

Dou Guangguo's face was full of sincerity and fear. In fact, he really wanted to say that he didn't know what talent he had...but after thinking about it, it was better to keep silent.

Beside him, Zhang Buyi, who accompanied him out for a stroll, had an envious look on his face.

Governor, he likes it too.

But it is obvious that as the son-in-law of Liuhou, the son-in-law of the emperor of the country, he has no chance of such a position in his life.

So he persuaded: "Those barbarians from the Western Regions are very stupid, isn't it easy to handle with your wisdom?"

Dou Guangguo turned his head slightly: "Egypt is not the Western Region, it is in Africa..."

"I know, I know, Egypt, that's Egypt..." Zhang Buyi grinned, shook his head and said, "Anyway, he's a barbarian. If he's a barbarian, he's stupid. It doesn't take much effort to conquer them!"

Liu Ying stretched out her finger and shook it:
"I like this sentence very much."

"Egypt is indeed a country that is easy to conquer on the Mediterranean coast. Whether it is Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Macedonia or Rome, they can easily take them down and treat them as their own back garden."

"Especially the current Ptolemy family, it is even more unbearable for Feila, just like a child walking in a busy city with gold bricks in his arms!"

"Besides, what I like about you is your first grade in civil engineering, and you happen to go there to build a canal!"

Dou Guangguo scratched his head: "But your majesty, I remember, it seems that Egypt is still a vassal state of the Romans now? What's the use if I go?"

Zhang Buyi smiled all over his face: "You don't know the news that we have defeated the Romans? Well, it was Mr. Fan who led ten thousand veterans of the Han army to defeat the Roman legion on the Asia Minor peninsula and beheaded two of his generals." thing?"

Dou Guangguo shook his head blankly.

Under Liu Ying's glare, Zhang Buyi suddenly realized.

After all, it was a top secret, and only a few people knew about it. If he hadn't been working in the center of the empire, he probably wouldn't have known about it.

Liu Yingman lowered her voice helplessly:
"Top secret, don't spread the word."

"In the province, when the vassal states say that we treat each other more favorably than others, they will use our mercenary troops to fight. Isn't that a mess?"

Dou Guangguo nodded vigorously: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this minister's mouth has always been tight!"

As a result, Liu Ying became more and more worried.

He heard this kind of words very familiarly, and many big mouths swore, and then turned their heads and left the previous promises behind.

Zhang Buyi also had the same expression.

After all, the big mouth that Liu Ying is most familiar with is also the person he is most familiar with...

Dou Guangguo was unaware of this, and just asked with a frown: "Then, will the Seleucids agree with us to take over the Sinai Peninsula? Well, when I followed the mission before, I knew a little bit about the terrain there."

Liu Ying is full of confidence:

"It doesn't matter whether he agrees or not, the key is whether we want it or not!"

"Okay, let's not talk about this. I heard that there is a restaurant in front of you that makes excellent noodles. You, the new governor, are treating you. Let's go and eat a bowl!"