This was the prosperous era under the Ming Dynasty. A huge world empire and hundreds of vassal states. In the hundreds of years after Qiansheng, just like Zhu Guoqiang planned, Chinese civilization once again became colorful, and there was not only one development route. Some princes praised the royal power, some emphasized military power, some valued commerce, some valued virtue, some chose Neo-Confucianism, some chose practical learning, some chose Legalism, and some chose Confucianism, but one thing is certain that no matter what choice they made, they could not avoid science.

Both the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states had an beyond imagination for science and technology. After all, it was the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to dominate the world. The industrial revolution with steam engines as the core was in full swing in the Ming Dynasty and in the vassal states.

From steam engines to internal combustion engines, from generators to electric motors... The internal competition in the Chinese civilization circle, just as Zhu Guoqiang expected, has produced a qualitative change, not only prospering the Chinese civilization itself, but also bodily internal competition, which has also stimulated the invention of new technologies.

But the crisis of prosperity existed. At the beginning of its founding, the Xia people continued to attack the barbarians to pacify the barbarians and return to Xia. The opponents they faced were cold weapons as the main attack method. The firearms were the most important reason. With their excellent firearms, they easily destroyed the barbarians' resistance.

How many years have it taken to attack people who are not my race?

But for just a few decades, they spent a hundred years assimilating the so-called "barbarians", and then what?

Disputes among the nations inevitably occur.

Perhaps there was no war of hegemony like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After all, as a giant, the Ming Dynasty still steadily controlled the world. The princes still enjoyed the prosperity of the "Ming Dynasty" and under the protection of the Ming Dynasty, they continued to confront non-our races.

However, the crisis in the prosperous era came quietly, because the conflict caused by the territorial expansion of the vassal states inevitably occurred, and problems such as population and territory became increasingly serious. Even the Ming Dynasty, as the sect leader, could not stop all this, because Zhu Guoqiang formulated the principle of vassalism very early, and the Ming Dynasty would not interfere in the internal affairs of the vassal states and the territorial disputes between the vassal states.

Of course, in that era, there were different territorial disputes between the vassal states, and their states were only a few hundred miles away. However, in the process of conquering the barbarians, the princes continued to expand and their territory continued to expand, which eventually led to conflicts between the vassal states because of land and history.

However, only a few generations of people, blood-closeness was defeated by real interests. The political conflict between the vassal states turned into border conflicts, and eventually turned into wars.

Faced with conflicts between the vassal states from South Asia to India, from Southern Europe to North America, the Ming Dynasty continued to play the role of a mediator in the next few decades. This role was undoubtedly thankless. The friendship between kisses seemed a bit too thin in the face of national interests.

All this restrained the Ming Dynasty so much energy that it directly led to the rise of the Frank Empire. The rise of the Frank Empire and the disputes between the Chinese princes also changed the world.

War and chaos put the world on the brink of some kind of crisis.

"...It's all the damn Li Hongzhang. If it weren't for him, those vassal states wouldn't be independent. The Roman Republic, God knows that we are wise people, but now it's better that we actually become Romans..."

What?

Rome?

Is this Rome?

Zhu Guoqiang looked at the desert outside the car window with some surprise. Isn’t this Babylon? It’s from the Ming Dynasty... Xuanweisi. How did it become Rome?

What's wrong with my Ming Dynasty?

"All this is Li Hongzhang's fault!"

Suddenly, the driver said excitedly.
Chapter completed!