. Supporters applauded the article, and many people quickly wrote articles to support it in the newspaper. For a moment, the newspaper was full of slogans of "New Life, New Confucianism". Opponents saw that something was wrong and began to write articles in the newspaper. The newspaper was suddenly very lively and filled with the opposite views of the debate.

Wang Fu did not interfere much in the debate in the newspaper, nor did he not have the castration of literary inquisitions in later generations that lasted for more than 200 years, and Confucian culture still had great self-correction ability. Most importantly, due to the re-rise of the Ming Dynasty, Chinese civilization had a strong confidence, and did not need to bow down and worship Western civilization like later generations. Looking around, Chinese civilization has been ahead of the surrounding areas for thousands of years, and now it is also ahead of Europa, which has thousands of years of civilization history, so that Chinese civilization has sufficient confidence to correct itself.

In fact, this kind of revisionism has already begun when Wang Yangming advocated the study of mind. From Wang Yangming's "unity of knowledge and action" to the "useful application of worldly affairs" proposed by Gu Yanwu and others, all criticized Neo-Confucianism. These ideas are undoubtedly of great benefit to the current industrial development.

The debate in newspapers cannot be decided in a short while, but new ideas have already gained the upper hand. After some blood changes, most of the Ming officials came from official schools. They accepted the New Confucianism quickly, and the development of the Ming Dynasty was in a great position.

By the 25th year of Hongguang, telegrams had already filled the counties and towns of the Ming Dynasty, and telegrams were sent to counties, and some developed places had already reached townships.

Regarding the new affairs of telegraph, the people of Ming Dynasty were not as foolish as those of the people in the Qing Dynasty in the later years. They believed that telegraphs had to absorb people's souls to pass information thousands of miles in an instant, but were warmly welcomed telegraphs. Whenever telegraphs were sent to a county, there were long queues outside the telegraph room in the county that day. They rushed to send telegraphs to their relatives far away, regardless of the high price of telegraphs of one cent per word.

In the 25th year of Hongguang, Royal Telegraph Company became the first company in the Ming Dynasty to earn more than 12.5 million taels of silver with an annual income of over 10 million taels of silver, which attracted the attention of the people's officials. Many people wrote articles in newspapers to complain that Royal Telegraph Company charges too high and suggested that Telegraph Company reduce the price.

Royal Telegraph Company responded to the public's voice. In the 26th year, Hongguang reduced the price of telegraph to five millimeters, which was equivalent to a half of the price. This move triggered more demand for telegraphs. In the 26th year, Royal Telegraph Company's revenue not only did not decline, but increased to more than 15 million taels, which surprised the Telegraph Company.

The telegraph benefits are so great that researchers with 30% of their patent rights have made great money. Just by dividends, each person has an average of thousands of taels of silver every year, allowing more researchers to see the opportunity to make a fortune.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. In the 25th year of Hongguang, the population of the Ming Dynasty had exceeded 160 million, of which tens of millions of people moved to other places in 20 years. With the development of goods, millions of people traveled everywhere every year. These people had huge communication needs. It was certainly a way to write and mail it, but it was too slow, but telegrams could arrive in an instant, and many people naturally chose telegrams.

The profit of 15 million taels seems to be huge. If the number of words in the telegram is only 300 million words. Based on the cross-count of each telegram, there are only 30 million copies a year. On average, five people will send one copy a year. If the price of the telegram is reduced again, there will be a greater blowout.

At the beginning of the 25th day of Hongguang, the Royal Daily of the Ming Dynasty announced the implementation of the five-year plan. In the 24th year of Hongguang, the first five-year plan of the Ming Dynasty was successfully completed. The annual output of steel was 1.3 million tons, the coal output was 9.5 million tons, 8,500 steam engines, and the railway mileage was 4,300 miles.

Except for the slightly different railway mileage from the original planned 5,000 miles, the rest exceed the plan, of which steel exceeds 30% of the planned coal output exceeds 20% of the planned, and steam engine exceeds 50% of the planned. Although the railway is slightly behind the plan, the railway mileage under construction is more than 3,000 miles. Once these railways are completed, the railway mileage in the Ming Dynasty will exceed 7,000 miles.

When announcing the completion of the first five-year plan, the Royal Daily also announced the second five-year plan. By the 29th year of Hongguang, the Ming Dynasty's steel production would need to reach 2 million tons per year, coal production would reach 20 million tons per year, steam would reach 20,000 units per year, railway mileage would exceed 10,000 miles, cotton output would be 5.5 million dan, and silkworm cocoon output would be 350,000 dan...

The announcement of the completion of the five-year plan has aroused countless cheers among the people. Through these figures, the people have truly felt the power of the Ming Dynasty and are deeply proud of the power of the Ming Dynasty.

When European businessmen saw this newspaper, they were all shocked. Some people didn't believe it and thought it was Easterners bragging, while others were ashamed and their self-confidence was severely hit.

Although Europeans have no idea about industrial development, they are very sensitive to steel. It is precisely with sharp steel that Europeans can conquer the number of people far better than their native chopsticks in Africa and America. At this time, the steel output of the entire Europe was less than one percent of the Ming Dynasty, which made Europeans feel so sympathetic.

Before we reached the East, all Europeans were proud that Europe was the center of world civilization. After contacting the Ming Dynasty, these Europeans discovered that Eastern civilization was not inferior to European civilization, but now it seems that European civilization has long been abandoned by Eastern civilization.

“Is there no hope in Europe?”

On a corner of London, a white young man in his twenties was looking at the newspaper and muttering to himself. At this time, London had no smell of a metropolis, the streets were full of garbage, the wooden houses on both sides of the road seemed messy, and the air was filled with the smell of urine.

This is the 26th day of Hongguang. In May of 1670, the information from the East spread to Europe. European businessmen brought the Royal Daily of the Ming Dynasty to Europe, which was planned to be completed in the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty. The Venetian Gazette first translated it into European language and published it, causing great shock to the whole of Europe. Then European newspapers reprinted it one after another.

The newspaper held by the white man is Newsweek, the earliest newspaper in the UK. It has been opened for 48 years and can be said to be the most authoritative newspaper in the UK.

Most British people would not doubt the news published in Newsweek. No wonder this British man made amazing words when he saw the news.

With a "slam." The newspaper on the British young man fell on the hands of a man with a big belly.

"Isaac, what good news is there in the newspaper? Let me see."

The young man named Isaac quickly looked up and found that the one who snatched his newspaper was Sharp, the stepfather's friend, who had just snatched his anger and immediately suppressed it.

Sharp is no longer the little businessman five years ago. In recent years, people speculate that his value is as high as tens of thousands of pounds. At this time, Sharp was wearing silk-cut clothes from the East, a gold watch from the East hanging in his pocket, and a jade pipe in his mouth. Only the two strong white bodyguards followed him were from the UK.

"Oh, my god, what a great number, this is the power of Eastern civilization. I love you so much." Sharp saw this newspaper, but he was not as dejected as Isaac, and he even made a sound of praise.

"I said Isaac, give up your experiments. So what you did? The East has far surpassed the steam engine. The Orientals not only used it to drive huge steel to travel rapidly on land, but also loaded them on ironclad ships and drove in the water. Even if you study it, it is still far behind the East."

"No, although the steam engines in the East are advanced, they do not sell them. Britain must develop its own steam engines in order to catch up with the development of the East." Isaac said stubbornly.

"Catch up with the development of the East?" Sharp's face was full of disdain: "Do you know how big the Ming Dynasty's territory is, how many people are there in the Ming Dynasty, and how much income is the Ming Dynasty's treasury in a year?"

"Then please tell me Uncle Sharp."

Sharp was suffocated. Although he made his fortune by selling Ming goods in recent years, he really didn't know much about the situation in the Ming Dynasty. He only knew that the East was far stronger than European civilization, but he didn't know how powerful the Ming Dynasty was. His performance was no different from those Chinese who did business with foreigners during the Qing Dynasty.

"I know that the territory of the Oriental people is said to span two oceans, their population is dozens of times that of Britain, their army exceeds one million, and the treasury income last year exceeded 40 million pounds." Isaac raised his voice: "But what are these? Will Britain always be willing to fall behind because of these?"

The strong unwillingness in Isaac's tone made Sharp stunned. As a descendant of the Saxons, the British have always been arrogant from the bottom of their bones. Although Sharp made his fortune by distributing goods from the Ming Dynasty, he did not completely lose his patriotism. He patted Isaac on the shoulder and said, "Isaac, you are right. Britain cannot always be willing to lag behind, but you can't study it in Europe. If you want to study the same steam engine as the Orientals, you can only learn the most advanced knowledge by going to the East."

"Go to the East." Isaac's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Sharp's arm and said, "Uncle Sharp, can you help me go to the East?"

"Of course." After saying this, Sharp felt a vague pain in his heart. The ticket to the East is not cheap at this time, and he had to eat and drink along the way. He could only comfort him: Perhaps when Isaac came to the East, he could really develop a steam engine like the Ming people, so as his sponsor, he would definitely make a fortune.

The reason why Sharp has confidence in Isaac is because of his own talent. Five years ago, Isaac obtained a degree from Cambridge University and a master's degree from Cambridge University three years ago. Last year, he was hired as a professor at Cambridge University at the age of 26. Such a young professor is rare in the whole of England. If there is no hope, even if he is a parent-child, he will not expect to receive funding from a son of Sharp.
Chapter completed!