With the ringing of the palace New Year's bell, the Ming Dynasty officially bid farewell to the 12th year of Zhongxing and entered the 13th year of Zhongxing, and Zhu Ci has been on the throne for 13 years.

The Ming Dynasty not only pacified the civil strife and restored the country, but also opened up the territory in all directions, so that the territory of the Ming Dynasty was almost ten times larger than that of the Chongzhen period.

In terms of railways, because of the three-year national construction and the participation of tens of millions of people, the goal of opening all provinces and county governments in the Central Plains to traffic was achieved in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, not only railways, but also cement roads.

After several years of construction in North Korea and Southeast Asia, at the time of the arrival of the thirteenth year of Zhongxing, the purpose of connecting counties and counties with railways was finally achieved.

In the case of the Trans-Siberian Railway, more than two million prisoners of war were sent to Siberia to participate in the construction.

Whether it's a cold ice field, a dense forest swamp, or the Gobi, as long as everything that stands in the way, it's all gone.

On a railway of 10,000 miles from the north of the Trans-Khingan Mountains in the east, through the north of Lake Baikal, and west to the Ural River at the junction of the Eurasian 6, countless coolies are in operation, and the construction is arduous, although it is only two years to build, but more than two million prisoners participate, and the railway is about to be completed, and the east has been opened to traffic, only the last section of the Ural River is missing.

As long as this railway is completed, the Ming Dynasty will be able to fully control Siberia and truly turn Siberia into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ural region, it was clear that the Russian Empire had not been willing to lose the vast Siberia.

Although two years was not enough time for the Tsarist Empire to recover, on the north bank of the Caspian Sea and on the west bank of the Ural River, the Tsarist Empire also stationed 100,000 troops, and at any time tentatively wanted to sneak across the east bank to attack the Ming army here.

It's just that now stationed here is Ji Feng's first army of the Ming Dynasty, with advanced weapons, strong combat effectiveness, and full war horse configuration, not to mention that the army of the Tsarist Russian Empire has smuggled across the east bank, even if it appears on the west bank of the river, it will inevitably be hit by the Ming army's rifles or machine guns, and there will be many casualties.

In any case, it was impossible for the Tsarist Empire to prevent the entire Trans-Siberian Railway from being completed.

If you count the Trans-Siberian Railway, the current railway mileage of the Ming Dynasty has passed 100,000 kilometers at once, which is the result of the efforts of tens of millions of people and millions of captive coolies.

In terms of cement roads, the provinces of Daming have also done the county and county passes, and they are all large cement roads with a straight width of more than ten meters, more and more horses and carriages gallop on it, and from time to time there are 'traffic accidents', which have killed and injured many people and caused a lot of riots.

In order to avoid all this, Zhu Ci ordered the cement road to be divided into two halves, with a red line drawn in the middle, and all carriages and horses could only drive on the right, and if they dared to violate it, they would be fined heavily.

After this edict came out, the order of cement roads in various places suddenly stabilized and tidy, and there were fewer "traffic accidents", which was praised by a large number of people, and further improved the round-trip transportation capacity of cement roads, so that the economy of Daming grew a lot faster.

In the provincial and county capitals, the train shuttles continuously on the railway, or transports goods, or transports passengers, in an orderly manner.

Daming's economy took off again.

In the entire 12 years of Zhongxing, Daming's financial income exceeded 30 billion silver dollars, that is, the value of the original 300 million taels of silver, which was more than ten times that of Chongzhen's early years.

In terms of population, it reached 342 million, an increase of 12 million over the previous year.

In addition, on the last day of ZTE's 12th year, the Academy of Science and Technology also brought a huge surprise, after several years of unremitting efforts, the Institute of Science and Technology finally came up with electric lights. Yes, it's electric light, not just electricity.

As early as more than a year ago, the Academy of Science and Technology has studied electricity.

After more than a year, Da Ming got the electric light out again, thanks to the correct theory provided by Zhu Cijiao.

Zhu Ciji has always said that as long as the so-called science and technology have correct theories and a large amount of material support, through continuous efforts and experiments, it will inevitably be able to achieve success, whether it is new gunpowder, primer, steam engine, or electricity.

The brilliance of the electric light is shocking, and it seems to illuminate an era in an instant, whether it is Song Yingxing or Chen Xiuxiu, their eyes widened.

The advent of electricity has allowed Daming to step into the door of the electric power era at once, and electric lights will be indispensable in the future.

With the first electric light settled in the palace study, the eldest princess Zhu Huimin, the eldest prince Zhu Xuanhua, and several other princesses and princesses, as well as the queen and several harem concubines all witnessed this moment, especially the eldest princess Zhu Huimin, who was still so lively and lovely, holding Zhu Ci's arm, coquettishly wanting to install one in her princess's mansion.

Zhu Ci agreed without hesitation, not only in the eldest princess's princess mansion, but also in several princes and princesses, and even the entire palace.

In addition, there are wired telephones and radio research projects, and radio is the ultimate goal.

Only by developing the radio can the Ming Dynasty truly and firmly control all the territories it has conquered, and can it continue to expand its territory further overseas.

Daming Gaozhan, not only made the ironclad ship, but also made the cross-era product of electric lights, and the rest of the entire Daming was excited and full of vitality.

It is different from the peace, stability, and surging vitality of the Ming Dynasty.

In the thirteenth year of Zhongxing, the Manchurians still had to honestly send envoys with a huge sum of three million taels of silver to worship and pay tribute. Dolgon also had to continue to call Zhu Ci a subordinate in his and Fulin's handwriting, and the mountain called the emperor long live.

Every time he paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, Dolgon felt that it was a silent shame, which could make Dolgon's face gloomy and make him unable to sleep well for days and nights.

Dolgon became more and more inclined to get rid of the threat of the Ming Dynasty, and even defeated the Ming Dynasty and regained the Central Plains.

"Zhu Cihe! This king has had enough! "In order to achieve this lofty goal, the Qing Dynasty must capture the remaining territories of the Mughal Empire, which is very populous and incomparably rich, as soon as possible, and after a year of preparation, Dolgon and the Manchus are once again preparing to start a large-scale attack on the Mughal Empire, preparing to take the entire Mughal Empire in one fell swoop.

The Mughal Empire, with the support and training of tens of thousands of flint guns from the Ming Dynasty, also had a lot of self-confidence, and the Mughal Emperor shouted loudly that he wanted to recapture the capital city of Delhi, which was captured by the Manchus, recover all the territory of the Mughal Empire, and make the Manchus pay a huge price.

The second great war between the Manchus and the Mughal Empire, at the touch of a button.

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