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Chapter 42: Startling Steps 2

Changran thought that he could also create illusions, so he didn't want to waste this ability. On New Year's Eve, he implanted illusions in Kangxi, all the adult princes, and important officials of the court: a world map expanding outward from the Qing Dynasty, including resource distribution, the history of Western development, the bullying of foreigners in the late Qing Dynasty, corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and price comparisons inside and outside the palace.

Of course, the illusion tried not to reveal who ascended the throne, and did not show the Empress Dowager Cixi, in order to prevent them from putting the blame on a woman.

Changran is looking forward to the changes that will happen in the future.

Although the illusion on New Year's Eve was shocking, things had to proceed step by step, and Ruoxi still entered the palace and became a royal lady-in-waiting.

Kangxi now realized that the West was developing rapidly. The court’s enemies included not only the ones we knew about now, but it might also face wars launched by the West from a long distance. These could not be avoided by closing the country to the outside world.

Now the country should focus on improving its overall strength to cope with the next possible crisis. He can no longer let his sons get involved in internal friction in the fight for the throne. He has so many sons, and they are all so capable. Instead of letting them keep an eye on their own positions, it is better to let them go out and fight for territory.

In this way, the conflicts in the court will shift from internal factional disputes to external conflicts. Everyone will focus on improving the overall strength of the country and competing with foreign countries for resources.

The final decision at the court meeting was to send people to travel to various countries to understand the specific development status and advanced technology of the West.

Finally, it was decided to send the Ninth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince together. War is not only about military strength or financial strength, so when improving the military strength of a country, the overall development of the country cannot lag behind. The purpose of sending the Ninth Prince this time is to learn more about the economic development of the West.

Ruoxi was filled with shock as she watched what had happened recently. She wondered who had traveled through time like herself, and who was so powerful that he had caused the entire country to begin to change.

Now the princes have reduced their mutual attacks and started to focus on developing their own power in preparation for future conquests of territory.

With the continuous understanding of the West in recent years, the imperial court has paid more attention to the development of science and technology, and has incorporated some basic Western knowledge into the imperial examinations.

In recent years, the country has made great achievements not only in the research and development of ships and gunpowder. Steam engines, bicycles, and improved textile machines have also appeared in people's lives. The overall strength of the country has been greatly improved, and national capitalism has developed to a certain extent.

When the time is ripe, all the princes including the crown prince will choose the territory they want and take their men to seize it.

Many of the important officials in the court also secretly sent their own forces to grab territory. Who doesn't want to be the emperor himself? Kangxi knew about it, but he didn't object openly. Anyway, it's better to give it to his own people than to give it to the Westerners.

Chang Ran joined the Ministry of Industry. He originally planned to be a lazy person, but seeing how hard everyone worked, he wanted to contribute. Since joining the Ministry of Industry, Chang Ran has researched many practical inventions and provided a lot of help to everyone in building their own territory.

Although Chang Ran did not go to fight for the territory, his brothers were grateful and allocated an area for Chang Ran and helped him with some infrastructure construction.

In any case, the Qing Dynasty still had the largest territory, and the crown prince finally ascended the throne. The territory that the crown prince had conquered before was to be given to his son who could not succeed to the throne.

In addition to researching inventions for war, Changran also researched many inventions for daily life. Ruoxi also helped a lot. Changran had been thinking about the development of the country, so he asked Ruoxi from Kangxi to the Ministry of Industry. Ruoxi also played a big role here. Many ideas were proposed by her, and then the craftsmen studied and implemented them.

This life has not been lived in vain.

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