After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

"Need I say more about the Qing Dynasty? It continued to close itself off from the world, while European powers grew stronger and stronger. It still dreamed of being a great celestial empire, and later signed many humiliating treaties that ceded its sovereignty."

[I'm not trying to whitewash the Qing Dynasty here. In fact, the concept of a superior nation has persisted in several dynasties of Chinese history. Initially, it was cultural confidence, but when it became merely a flimsy facade, it turned into arrogance.]

[Even if you were in the late Ming or late Qing dynasty, you'd still be in trouble. The main reason is the significant increase in productivity at that time. The basic infrastructure determines the superstructure. We've always been an agrarian civilization; imagine how many days it would take to weave a single bolt of cloth, requiring one or two people to work continuously. Meanwhile, Europe had already undergone mechanization; a single machine could weave dozens, even hundreds, of bolts of cloth a day, with one person overseeing several machines. Can you imagine that?]

[During the American Civil War, the army numbered over three million, with the North contributing 2.1 million and the South over 900,000. This was in 1861. Each soldier was provided with pork, bacon, fresh beef, bread, flour, beans, peas, and even beverages, sugar, vinegar, candles, soap, salt, and pepper as part of the standard rations.]

[But at that time, technology was generally seen as a gimmick or a trick. In ancient times, the scholar-official class was the most important. But when technology crushes everything with its grand and imposing path, you will realize that technology is the primary productive force. What emperors, scholar-officials, literati, and agrarian civilizations of farming and weaving are all just dust in the wind.]

"How much? One machine can weave hundreds of bolts of cloth a day!" Countless people were shocked.

"With over two million soldiers, how is it possible that every single one of them can eat beef, as well as oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and even those trivial things?" Li Shimin had led troops for many years and was well-versed in military affairs. Did he not understand the pressure of logistics?

Does this mean that the United States mobilized all its citizens for logistical support, but then who will farm the fields?

Does farming also rely on this machine, with one machine farming many acres of land, resulting in abundant harvests?

As the saying goes, "An army marches on its stomach." Some battles are not fought with ingenious strategies, but with logistics. Whoever has the best logistical support will win.

Zhuge Liang was also surprised.

At this time, the war situation was not much different from before. In fact, many times, seizing supplies from the rear or setting fire to them could lower the morale of the enemy. If this was the case, would there still be any worry about burning supplies in later wars?

What were the strategies and war situations like in later generations?

Thinking back to what I saw on the sky before, that firearms were already in use in later generations, does that mean cavalry was no longer useful?

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression also turned serious. "Is the sea really that good? Can it really make the country strong? More than two million people fighting..."

“Father, the sky is talking about the Civil War, probably a civil war, with a total of 3.5 million people involved,” Zhu Biao was also very shocked. “I don’t know how many people there are in America, that they could mobilize such a large number of people, and that the soldiers even have beef and things like sugar, vinegar and salt.”

They all knew the difficulty of this situation. Considering that so many European powers were going to rise during the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel worried. He still said the same thing: "How can there be others sleeping soundly beside my bed?"

"Can we develop this technology?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Why not?" Zhu Biao smiled gently at this moment. "There will be royal families in future generations. It seems that technology and royalty can coexist to some extent. With the appearance of the Sky Curtain, even if we don't want to do it, we will. Father, this is the great trend!"

Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent for a moment. The general trend of events was truly a difficult thing to understand.

He rose to prominence with the wind; who can say he didn't take advantage of the prevailing trend? At that time, the common people had nowhere to stand, and resentment was rampant; a single spark could ignite a conflagration.

Ironically, those intellectuals still remember the good things about those Tartars. Are the Tartars your father or your mother? They killed your father and mother, and you still want to acknowledge the enemy as your father!

snort!

It was another day when Zhu Yuanzhang inevitably wanted to kill those scholars.

"Let's see how things go first, let those people get their hands on the firearms." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed out the key point. "No matter what they do, we must hold onto these weapons. Only in this way can our Zhu family remain invincible."

……

Zhu Qinggu noticed that the fans in the live stream had started discussing technology, maritime hegemony, and other topics, and the conversation was getting increasingly off-topic, so she quickly brought it back.

"As for the Han Dynasty, it was actually much better than these dynasties. It's just that the Han Dynasty was not the golden age of China at that time, and it was not enough to dominate all the civilizations in the world at that time."

"At that time, there were still the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, the Kushan Empire, India and Central Asia, etc., and communication between countries was very limited. Moreover, the Han Dynasty was often besieged by the Xiongnu. The Han Dynasty had not yet become the rich and powerful land in the eyes of other countries."

"As for the Tang Dynasty, one reason is that it lasted long enough that people's recognition and understanding of the Tang Dynasty were deeply ingrained in their bones. Another reason is because of Li Shimin!"

"The Xuanwu Gate Incident is nothing in the eyes of us in later generations, and it does not diminish his contributions to China."

"He eliminated the separatist forces at the end of the Sui Dynasty, encountered the Turks, captured the Turkic Khaganate, pacified the northern desert, and for the first time during the Tang Dynasty, the region of Outer Mongolia was ruled by Han Chinese. He even controlled the eastern part of the Western Turkic Khaganate. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, he destroyed the Korean Peninsula and incorporated Goguryeo and Baekje into the territory."

"Later, the Western Turkic Khaganate also perished, and all its vassal states joined the Tang Dynasty. It was even able to control Persia. Some people even joked that a famous general at that time was not a famous general if he did not destroy a country."

"Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun. Li Ji followed Li Jing in destroying the Eastern Turks, and later destroyed Xueyantuo and Goguryeo. Hou Junji destroyed the Gaochang Kingdom. Su Dingfang destroyed three kingdoms in succession and captured their rulers alive. Wang Xuance destroyed a country while on a diplomatic mission..."

Under the sky, people from before the Tang Dynasty stared wide-eyed.

Wei Qing also had some longing for it, but what he longed for was not the Tang Dynasty, but rather his own desire to establish great achievements in the same way.

The grown-up Huo Qubing immediately gripped the reins tightly, saying, "So what? I will surely destroy the Xiongnu and pacify the northern deserts in the future, and all these small countries and states will be incorporated into the territory of my great Han Dynasty!"

Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh, "The Tang Dynasty is indeed powerful! But my Han Dynasty is no less so!"

Cao Cao's original wish was to become the General Who Conquers the West in the Han Dynasty. Seeing the great achievements of later generations, he couldn't help but feel excited. However, times have changed and no one could have imagined that things would turn out the way they are today.

Guan Yu's face flushed red, filled with heroic spirit and longing.

Zhang Fei kept grumbling that he wanted to fight these people and see who was stronger.

Zhao Yun also had some thoughts of having a contest, after all, there is no first place in literature but there is a second place in martial arts.