Qiming 1158

Chapter 1150 The meaning of war

For the Ming Kingdom, the beginning of a new challenge was naturally the issue of peace negotiations with the Southern Song Dynasty.

Once the peace negotiation issue is resolved, you can start to use a knife on the Southern Song Dynasty, cut a piece here, cut a piece there, marinate it, bake it on the fire, the aroma of roasting is overflowing, and then eat it in one bite.

It is absolutely edible and full of oil, very fragrant.

The Southern Song Dynasty was very fat, very fat, very fat.

If the essence of the Southern Song Dynasty can be eaten up, the great amount of human, material and financial resources that Ming Kingdom has devoted to repairing the Yellow River will be replenished in a very short period of time, and the vitality of the entire country will be restored quickly.

Ming Guo will quickly complete the reloading and start a pioneering journey.

Chinese begonias will appear in the world within ten years.

As the beginning of everything, Xin Qiji, a plenipotentiary negotiator entrusted by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, rushed south to Lin'an with brand-new peace terms, joined with Zhang Yuejing, and finalized the peace agreement with the Southern Song Dynasty as soon as possible, so that all the dust fell to the ground.

On September [-], the fifth year of Hongwu, Xin Qiji rushed to the Ming army barracks outside Lin'an City, met Zhang Yuejing, and showed Zhang Yuejing the latest resolution of the Central Capital Court.

The rest is no big deal, Zhang Yuejing didn't find it strange at all, but was curious about Su Yonglin's request for the Southern Song Dynasty to cede Quanzhou and Guangzhou.

"Quanzhou and Guangzhou... what's the point of this?"

"The intention is far-reaching. These two places are the main ports of foreign trade in the Southern Song Dynasty. Looking at the chairman's intention, this time we have a lot of big things to do in Daming, and new changes are about to begin."

Zhang Yuejing smiled.

"I don't really understand, but since it's a good thing, I'll be happy. I just don't know when the Henan Corps will be equipped with firearms like the Shenji Battalion..."

Zhang Yuejing looked at Xin Qiji's face.

Xin Qiji instantly understood what Zhang Yuejing meant.

"This aspect is not under my control. Don't expect me to tell you anything, but I can tell you, don't think about this kind of thing in three years, the cost is really too high, a gun and a gun will cost you. It takes a lot of time and it is not easy to equip a magic machine battalion."

"I wish I could have more equipment."

Zhang Yuejing sighed: "Shenji Ying, it's really strong, if the Henan Corps can also be equipped like this, it must be very powerful, and it will be invincible in the world. Then I will be able to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty with one army. Other corps need to be dispatched, and military expenses can be saved.”

"Don't the chairman know what you know? Are all the people in the staff headquarters fools?"

Xin Qiji reluctantly said: "But this matter is really difficult. I have also read the report of the Ministry of Finance. It is unrealistic to install the army now, but you can rest assured that this is the main research direction of Daming, and money is poured into it. The court won't feel bad about it."

As Xin Qiji spoke, he remembered what Su Yonglin had explained to him before.

That is to say, the strategy of sticking to the unswerving strategy of spending large sums of money in the direction of the military industry.

Many people felt that it was not necessary to do so, but Su Yonglin insisted on doing it.

The reason why Su Yonglin insisted on doing this is also very simple.

Because Su Yonglin believes that the advancement of military technology will greatly accelerate the advancement of civilian technology.

Many civilian high-tech technologies are military technologies from the very beginning, and only later became known as civilian technologies.

For example, the most famous one is the Internet.

Su Yonglin believes that the most important reason why Europe left Chinese technology behind after the middle and late Ming Dynasty may not be the Renaissance, but the frequent wars in Europe forced them to develop military technology, and further transferred military technology to At the civilian level, industrial upgrading has been achieved.

In those hundreds of years of frequent wars in Europe, countries have almost played dog brains, each country is racking its brains to develop itself and defeat the enemy, otherwise there is a danger of subjugation. Therefore, they have to invest a lot of money and manpower and material resources. Develop military technology and improve military strength.

As far as Su Yonglin knew, the main reason why many people in science in that era were famous was that they served the country, studied military technology, and even Europe's achievements in physics originated from the needs of war.

The war has violently stimulated the progress of military technology, and the progress of military technology has been turned and used in people's livelihood.

At the same time, the number and intensity of wars in China, including other parts of the world, are not as violent as those in Europe, and they do not care much about the advancement of military technology.

On the one hand, it is life and death, the peak hour, on the other hand, it is leisurely strolling and the years are quiet.

On the one hand, guns and guns were fired in unison, and the smoke filled the air, on the other hand, the Daming Lake and Lugou Xiaoyue.

In this cruel world, once the two sides compete against each other, who will be stronger and more dominant?
Gunpowder technology, iron and steel smelting technology, power technology, mechanical production technology, etc., and other physical and chemical-related technological developments have been urgent needs of the military from the very beginning.

Talents all over Europe have sharpened their heads in the military field and racked their brains to develop military technology, trying their best to make their country's military equipment and military theory stronger and more advantageous.

The gap between the two sides has been widened in this war after war.

Facts have proved that in the absence of external stimuli, the possibility of human beings actively seeking progress is very low. People are more willing to live in a comfortable circle to the death, and are not willing to risk their lives to seek unknown changes.

The same era also appeared in China, and it also greatly promoted the development of various science and technology and the development of various trends of thought, but that era was a little old.

That era was called the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the development of military technology, the development of agricultural technology and the explosive emergence of various ideas also benefited the first empire of the Qin and Han Dynasties, making ancient China a long-term leader in the world.

Therefore, Su Yonglin also realized when developing the economy and people's livelihood that in order to truly promote the development of science and technology, in addition to the internal driving force, the promotion of war may also be needed.

It is necessary for him to launch wars time and time again, to promote the continuous development of military science and technology with the help of war rather than personal prestige, and to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in important technical directions such as steel smelting and gunpowder technology. technological development of the country.

While using war to advance the country to the most suitable state, it also uses war to promote the development of military technology, and further expand military technology to the civilian field.

Of course, the scale of this must be firmly controlled.

We must use ideological weapons to educate the army, limit the army, prevent the army from getting out of control, prevent the country from getting out of control, and prevent the country from finally taking the path he absolutely does not want to see.

Sometimes, for human beings, the war of liberation and the war of aggression are only on the line, and the liberator of human beings and the conqueror of the nation are actually just a single thought.

Only by sticking to the previous path can we avoid the turning and deterioration of the Ming Kingdom.

It was difficult and dangerous, and Su Yonglin, who knew a lot about the chaotic years in Europe, knew it all too well.

The origin of the two world wars is in Europe, and the birthplace of many social thoughts is also in Europe. The right and the evil, the sublime and the inferior, the great and the depraved have never been so complexly intersected in the same land.

How is this not a side effect of the technological development of war?
If you want to use the beast of war to develop technology, you must tie it with iron chains and cages, control it, and never let it get out of control, otherwise Su Yonglin may feel that he will become a sinner of the country.

However, even if he takes [-] steps back, after Su Yonglin's death, his ideals will gradually no longer be noticed and deteriorated in the future era, but China, which has seized the commanding heights of science and technology, will successfully open up a new era of its own.

Using science and technology, Ming can achieve a brand new empire on which the sun never sets.

If you can't become a god, then you will become a devil, which is better than half-dead reincarnation.

These internal factors, Su Yonglin, hadn't told Xin Qiji yet. Xin Qiji only roughly knew the effect of war on the advancement of science and technology, and had initially realized how much the desire of the army had played a role in promoting science and technology.

However, this should also be dangerous.

The ancients said that although a country is big, it is warlike and perpetually perished. Numerous cases throughout the ages have proved this. So is it unbiased to simply use military power to promote the development of science and technology?

In the end how to use the power of the army to maximize its positive effects instead of negative effects?

Xin Qiji, who has such a simple idea of ​​peace and justice, thought so.

Also on September [-], the arrival of Xin Qiji, a full-power negotiator, made the people in power in the Southern Song Dynasty very nervous and excited. Shen Gai immediately welcomed Xin Qiji into Lin'an City for peace talks.

(End of this chapter)