I am Da Song

Chapter 636 Voyage Around the World
Jaya's surrender was only a small episode for Song Dynasty, but the complete loss of sovereignty of the Angkor Dynasty had a profound impact on Song Dynasty's strategy in Nanyang.

After the Song Dynasty's deployment to the west was completed, the first time it was time to spare its energy, it began to sort out the situation in Nanyang.

The tributary system of the Song Dynasty and the colonial system of the Empire on which the sun never sets seem to be very similar.

But in reality, the inner core is worlds apart.

This is similar to the Persian Empire and the Han Empire, both of which are called empires.Black Clothes Dashi and Tang Dynasty are both the king of kings.

But the regime structure is almost a hundred and eight thousand miles away.

The colonial system of the empire on which the sun never sets is more similar to that of Persia and Dashi. These two empires cannot effectively control the provinces and tribes below, and the empire on which the sun never sets cannot effectively control its colonies.

Of course, the colonial rule of the Empire on which the sun never sets lasted for a relatively long time. In the later period, the British were superstitious about their force, and they also began to directly control and divide the country.

It's just that this process took too short a time to show results, and the challenge from Germany almost smashed the British colonial system.

The colonial troops were transferred to the European battlefield in batches, and his ability to control the colonies retreated.

The tributary system in the Central Plains is probably what the colonial system reform of the empire on which the sun never sets will look like if it is successfully completed.

The emperor can directly control each vassal state below.

Politically and militarily, the control over the vassal state is extremely strict.

The succession of the king of a small country, the canonization of the prince, military operations, administrative system, etc. are all strictly interfered by the Central Plains.

Without the seal of the emperor of the Central Plains, the succession of the king of a small country would not be recognized.

This is not recognized, including his neighboring countries, domestic ministers, military generals, and a series of powerful people.

Of course, the tributary system in the Central Plains is not without its shortcomings. Compared with the colonial system, its biggest disadvantage is that it has not completed industrialization, so there is no huge wealth to continuously harvest the resources of the vassal state.

Economically, the two sides cannot be firmly bound, and even most dynasties are relatively conflicted about the tribute trade when they pay tribute to the vassal state.

However, there is no such problem in the Great Song Dynasty. The industrialization of the Great Song Dynasty has begun, and the continuous output of industrial products is the greatest wealth in the world.

Whether it is silk, brocade, porcelain, jade, iron pots, farm tools, clothing, living tools, etc., all output can be exchanged for the wealth in the feudal kingdom.

With this strong political and economic control, the vassal and vassal tribute system of the Song Dynasty is simply daunting.

Especially now that the Angkor dynasty has completely handed over its lifeline to the Song Dynasty, all countries in Southeast Asia will truly feel the terrifying will from the empire is extending.

The Angkor Dynasty is now the executor of the will of the Song Dynasty, a sharp blade in the direction of Nanyang.

In fact, the world has not completely disappeared.

In southern Indy there is still fighting between the various small states.

In the Iberian Peninsula, the Moors from Africa are attacking Spain frantically.

In Nanyang, Song Dynasty personally ended, the navy opened up, and the Old Port Xuanfu Division was established.

Now the direction of Nanyang is the focus of Song Dynasty.

The important task of the imperial court is to proclaim its prestige thousands of miles away, so that the majesty of the Song Dynasty can be shrouded in this land, so that big countries dare not make mistakes, and small countries dare not disobey.

In order to achieve this goal, Da Song personally sent envoys to escort Jaya back to the country.

The country has invested a huge amount of manpower and material resources in a certain direction, and there will be returns soon.

In the twelfth lunar month, it was snowing in Miyagi, when it seemed to be wrapped in silver.

Wei Sheng, the commander of the capital of the imperial city, was sure that the officials were very concerned about the direction of Nanyang, so he personally entered the palace with the good news.

When he asked for an audience, Zhao Huan was discussing scientific research projects with professors from the School of Astronomy and the School of Geography at Taixue.

It is mainly about surveying and mapping of the world.

The astronomy of the Song Dynasty put forward the heliocentric theory a long time ago. Guan Xue relied on the legacy of Mr. Hengqu to win the debate, and proposed that the sun is rotating at a very fast speed in the universe. As it advances, several planets in the solar system are also revolving around her.

No other school of thought could find a more reasonable explanation than this, so the astronomical theory in this regard has become the consensus of the world.

However, it has been more than ten years since this theory was put forward, and the country has not yet paid for practical proof.

The Taiyuan Academy finally proposed a scientific research project this year, requested funding, organized manpower, and first went to prove the theory of the circle of the earth.

That is to ask for royal investment, they want to sail around the world.

So when the professor of astronomy and the professor of geography jointly submitted the table, Zhao Huan has been organizing things in this area recently.

To be reasonable, the conditions for Da Song to sail around the world are indeed ripe.

As far as the shipyard alone is concerned, the shipbuilding technology of the East has been ahead of the West for more than 500 years before Zhao Huan.

Therefore, the shipbuilding level of the Song Dynasty is at least equivalent to that of Europe in the seventeenth century.

The time when Magellan sailed around the world was in the sixteenth century.

Theoretically speaking, Da Song's technical reserves have exceeded the technology required for global navigation for hundreds of years.

After all, the previous merchant ships could carry thousands of people, trade in the market on board, feed cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, and then float on the sea for two or three years before arriving at the target area for trading.

The most important point is that all these are technologies that the imperial court had before Zhao Huan went to Jiangnan.

Zhao Huan vigorously engaged in shipbuilding in Suzhou, Taixue even moved the best professors, as well as countless shipbuilding classics and materials from the Central Plains, and the entire Song Dynasty recruited countless skilled craftsmen in shipbuilding from all over the world.

This led to the rapid development of shipbuilding technology. In the last Crusade, the sailing battleship of the Song Dynasty actually cut through the waves and sailed from the east to the Besli Canal safely and soundly.

This level of sailing is even higher than that of Zheng He when he sailed to the West.

The Imperial Navy ships can sail at sea for a year without maintenance.

But such extreme conditions should not be encountered by the empire.

Because including on Dongshan Continent, the empire actually already has military bases.

The Dongshan Governor's Mansion is overcoming obstacles in the New World. Although they haven't sent back the results yet, I believe that as soon as they see the vermilion flag of the empire and the flag of the royal family, they will provide supplies as soon as possible.

In addition to the Dongshan Protectorate's Mansion, the Song Dynasty had countless vassal states along the coast.From Dongying to Nanyang, from Nanyang to Indy, and then from Indy to western China, there are caravans from the Central Plains sailing on the Western Dashi Sea, and there are port cities in the Central Plains operating, which can provide them with continuous supplies.

In terms of this condition, global navigation in Da Song is really relatively easy to achieve, which is enough to prove that the earth is round.

(End of this chapter)