A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 181 Half a Ball Length

(How about being Liu Rushi?)

In the spring of the second year of Yongchang (1629), there were basically no major wars in the entire Chinese territory, but the situation in the Western Regions was still complicated and required time to pacify.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng ordered the reorganization of the national troops and divided China into eight war zones.

A garrison zone was set up near the capital, mainly to protect the capital.

The North established the Northern War Zone near the grassland to prepare for the future attack on Tsarist Russia.

The Northwest War Zone was established in the northwest to prepare for future advance into the European continent.

The Western Theater Command was set up in the Western Regions in preparation for the conquest of West Asia.

The Southwestern Theater prepared for future attacks on India and other places.

The Southeast War Zone was set up in Fujian, Guangdong and other places to control the entire Southeast Asia, and to add a navy to prepare for the future conquest of Australia.

The Eastern Theater Command is building seagoing ships in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in preparation for future ocean-going operations.

There is also the Central Theater Command, established in the Central Plains to facilitate support for the entire country.

While reorganizing the national military, the Ministry of Industry also began to step up the research and development of steam locomotives in preparation for the construction of railways.

In the next two or three years, China is not preparing for a large-scale war, but is concentrating on development, accelerating the production of guns and artillery, and completing the deployment of thermal weapons as soon as possible.

At the same time, wasteland was reclaimed across the country, and the construction of farmland water conservancy facilities was strengthened to ensure grain production.

During the construction of water conservancy projects, the people who participated in the construction could also receive wages, or use their work as a form of relief to pay off the grain borrowed from the government.

In short, it is to cultivate the land, develop construction, station troops, store food and supplies, first solve the problem of food and clothing for the people, and enhance the country's war potential.

In order to ensure the stable development of the country, Lu Cheng also specially organized the troops that were disbanded from the reorganized army into local security forces, set up patrol houses in various places to maintain local security, and set up security offices to deal with various emergencies.

At the same time, schools were established across the country and education was given priority.

Establish professional health centers in towns and villages, focus on medical treatment, and establish Chinese herbal medicine cultivation bases to ensure the supply of medicines.

Anything Lu Cheng can think of will be turned into decrees and issued.

At the same time, Lu Cheng retained the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei, reduced its powers, and turned it into a pure intelligence organization, responsible for internal monitoring of the country and collecting intelligence from all over the country.

Once it is discovered that an official is corrupt, oppressing the people, or failing to do his job well, he will report it directly to the court. The court will organize multiple investigation teams to conduct open and secret investigations to confirm the truth of the news.

Once any official is found to be corrupt or derelict in his duty, he will be severely punished immediately.

Of course, it is impossible to completely ban corruption.

The salary standards that Lu Cheng set for Chinese officials were relatively high, which were definitely enough to support their entire families and live a good life. This could be considered a high salary to maintain integrity.

If corruption continues like this, there will be severe punishment.

After the country returned to peace, some Confucianists jumped out again, wanting to win status in officialdom, gain a say, and thus influence the emperor's thinking.

However, Lu Cheng has always let the people in the Intelligence Department control public opinion, and anyone who is dishonest will be dealt with directly.

In addition, Lu Cheng also opened a column in the China Times, allowing knowledgeable people to participate in discussions on current affairs, and occasionally put forward some opinions, and also promote: practice makes perfect, knowledge and action must be unified, Confucianism must also adapt to the development of the times, etc.

At the beginning, many people will come out and criticize the various views in the China Times.

Whenever they encounter people who are only good at talking nonsense and singing a different tune, the Intelligence Department will record them and arrange for them to experience life in the poorest and most difficult places in China, under the pretext of training talents.

For those who resist and dare not go, public opinion will accuse them of only talking nonsense and not knowing how to do things for the people and repay the country.

Anyway, public opinion is in Lu Cheng's hands. He has plenty of ways to deal with those corrupt scholars and can even use magic to defeat magic.

Of course, in the development of natural sciences, Lu Cheng encourages a hundred flowers to bloom and sets up rewards for various inventions and creations.

Anyone who can invent more convenient and useful tools, or anyone who can make the land produce more food, will be rewarded.

At the same time, Lu Cheng also established an honor system for all walks of life. Every year, he selected the most outstanding officials, craftsmen, doctors, and farmers across the country, commended them, praised them in reports, and even Lu Cheng, the emperor, personally met with them, etc., to encourage all kinds of advanced workers, outstanding model workers, and so on.

As a time traveler, Lu Cheng can always come up with various new tricks to mobilize the enthusiasm of people across the country for production and construction and win the support of the people.

In the next two or three years, the people of China showed great enthusiasm for production and construction, creating a good competitive environment.

Steam locomotives and steam ships were built and tried out one after another.

Major arsenals across the country worked overtime and were able to produce a total of 30,000 rifles each month, with countless mortars, shells, and bullets.

The craftsmen in the workshop even made infantry guns and field howitzers based on the drawings drawn by Lu Cheng.

Moreover, new energy such as electricity has already appeared and has been put into use in some areas of Yanjing City.

Major coal mines, iron mines and copper mines across the country are also being mined, transported and invested in infrastructure construction.

In the spring of the fourth year of Yongchang, the Huaxia Empire began planning to build railways.

This naturally requires large-scale steel production, mountain excavation, road construction, etc., which can provide countless jobs for the Chinese people.

At the same time, the major war zones along the border began to gradually expand outward.

The navy and army in the northeast sent out troops together to attack Sakura Island and prepare to trample Mount Fuji.

In the southeast, the navy took the lead in marching into Australia. After occupying Australia, it quickly occupied various islands, searched for mineral deposits according to the map provided by Lu Cheng, mined various mineral resources and transported them to China.

Since the currently occupied territory is so large, China's current population is not enough to completely occupy all the places.

Therefore, after occupying some places, they only sent a certain number of soldiers to garrison, declare sovereignty, and mine minerals. Of course, if there are people willing to immigrate, Huaxia will also support it.

In the summer of the fourth year of Yongchang, war reports came from the east. The Chinese army swept across Sakura Island, captured the second generation shogun alive, and destroyed Sakura Country.

Lu Cheng named Sakura Island Izumo Province and officially incorporated it into the territory of China.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Yongchang, the Southwest Military Region of China launched an attack on the Mughal Empire (Indian Peninsula) on the grounds that Mughal herdsmen crossed the border to graze.

Less than three months after the war started, the Chinese army attacked the capital of the Mughal Empire, captured the Mughal royal family and sent them to the capital.

In the spring of the fifth year of Yongchang (1632), the northern war zone of China sent out troops across Lake Baikal to attack Tsarist Russia on the pretext of sheltering the remnants of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Faced with the Chinese army equipped with rifles, mortars, and Gatling guns, any country around them could only be beaten and could not cause any harm to the Chinese Empire.

In the autumn of the fifth year of Yongchang, China's Northwest Military Region also began to march towards the northwest. Many small countries in the northwest, such as the Kazakh Khanate and the Bukhara Khanate, either fled or surrendered, and few dared to confront the Chinese army.

In the spring of the sixth year of Yongchang, the Huaxia Empire had basically occupied the whole of Asia, half of Europe, Australia and other places. A small half of the ball under its feet had already fallen into the hands of the Huaxia Empire.

At this time, Lu Cheng was only 35 years old, in the prime of his life, and could even be said to be still very young.

It's only a matter of time before he becomes the captain.

The strength of the Huaxia Empire also brought enough pride and honor to the people of the Huaxia Empire.

After conquering many neighboring countries, Lu Cheng also divided the Chinese people and the people of the surrounding occupied countries into three classes of residents.

The original Chinese people were first-class residents, enjoying the best welfare benefits and priority in medical care and children's education.

The people of the surrounding occupied countries are second-class citizens. They need to reach a certain number of years, or intermarry with the Chinese people, work for China, and other conditions before they can be promoted to first-class citizens.

As for those who rebelled, they were naturally classified as third-class citizens and had to engage in the heaviest hard labor such as coal mining, bridge building and road paving. Only after working for a certain number of years could they hope to be promoted to second-class citizens.

As the Huaxia Empire grew stronger and stronger and national pride grew stronger, all the people and officials admired and loved Emperor Lu Cheng more and more.

In the summer of the sixth year of Yongchang (1633), a grand beauty contest was held across China under the organization of officials in the court to enrich Lu Cheng's harem.

Lu Cheng did not refuse this time. He had been fighting for half his life and was about to become a captain. It was time for him to enjoy himself.

After auditions in various states, prefectures and counties, five thousand beauties were selected from all over China and sent to Yanjing.

Afterwards, these five thousand beauties went through layers of selection, including checking their ancestors of three generations, examining their physical conditions, assessing their poetry, literature, etiquette, etc., and one hundred beauties with both talent and beauty were selected for Lu Cheng.

When the detailed list was placed on Lu Cheng's desk, each candidate had a detailed introduction and portrait, and each candidate had a detailed description of their family background, height, age, weight, educational level, etc.

Lu Cheng flipped through these lists one by one, and felt a little emotional in his heart. The happiness of being an emperor was indeed extraordinary.

However, when Lu Cheng saw a name, he was stunned:

Liu Rushi: Original name Yang Ai. She is from Jiaxing, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and is fifteen years old this year. She grew up in a poor family and was nearly sold to a singing girl's brothel when she was eight years old. When the rebels occupied Jiangnan, she was separated from her parents and was adopted by a wealthy family, where she was taught poetry, literature and etiquette. When she heard that His Majesty was selecting concubines, she volunteered to participate...