For Fang Zheng, this was his first time being an emperor - but that was nonsense, after all, most people didn't have the ability to be an emperor twice.
As for Fang Zheng... being an emperor is not a job for humans.
There are too many things to do!
In terms of policy, Fang Zheng borrowed some of the later generations' impressions and improved them according to his own ideas. For example, the imperial examination system, as an important system to break the aristocratic monopoly, was definitely not missed by Fang Zheng. However, unlike the ancient imperial examination system, Fang Zheng also specially divided it into two subjects: liberal arts and science.
Of course, there are problems. After all, the imperial examinations in the past were for liberal arts, and liberal arts students could become officials or teachers after "graduating" from the imperial examinations, but science students obviously did not have this benefit. However, Founder also made preparations to ensure the employment of science students. First, after the beginning of the new dynasty, in order to ensure compulsory education for all people, Founder naturally established many schools, from elementary school to high school and all the way to university. After graduation, those science students could choose to become teachers, or concentrate on studying basic subjects, or work in state-owned enterprises.
On the business level, Founder chose to learn from the domestic policies of the early days of liberation and implement a completely national economic policy, leaving only the necessities of life to the private economy, and the rest was controlled by state-owned workshops and chambers of commerce.
On the political level, Fang Zheng also established a public cabinet system based on his previous experience of joining the Communist Youth League and the Communist Party when he was in school. Anyone can apply to join the public cabinet, but they must also pass the political assessment and ideological education. Only those who join the public cabinet are eligible to serve as officials and engage in politics.
In addition, Founder also announced that the land is state-owned and no one may buy or sell the land privately without the permission of the state.
By the way, this policy also caused a small trouble.
As time went by, many martial artists also set up various sects like in martial arts novels. In the original martial arts world, they were of course local tyrants with no one to care about them. But now it is different. The land is state-owned. If you want to build a sect in Huashan, you must get permission from the state. Setting up a sect without permission is equivalent to illegal organization and illegal construction - don't run away, old nun over there, I'm talking about your Emei Sect! !
What? No money? If you don't have money, use the Heavenly Sword to pay off your debt!
In fact, Fang Zheng has always been curious about how the sects in martial arts novels make a living. Of course, those evil ways have their own ways, but where do the famous and upright sects get their money? Let's not talk about the issue of paying taxes on land deeds. You are such a big sect, occupying such a big mountain, with hundreds of disciples, all of whom are living people who need food and drink, where do you get the money?
You mean tuition? Unless every student is a rich second-generation, who can afford to go to such an "aristocratic school". You should know that in ancient times, few people went to private schools, and even if they did, they were day students, bringing their own food. The teachers in private schools could only make ends meet with the tuition fees of the students, and they could not expect to make money.
This kind of sect school is almost equivalent to a boarding school. You might not be able to go home for several years. Most people can't afford to go to this kind of school.
So Fang Zheng was also very curious and wanted to know how the sects in his world would solve these "economic problems".
In addition, there are culture, education, health... Fang Zheng now understands that being the founding emperor is not a job for humans.
It’s a pity that I’m not a human being.
On the contrary, foreign affairs were the last thing Fang Zheng needed to worry about. After he established the Han Dynasty, the biggest external problem was the Huns. Fang Zheng showed no mercy to the Huns. He went directly to the grassland and played a song "Grassland Cavalry", killing more than half of the Huns, and then threw the rest to Xiang Yu, asking him to do everything in his power to kill these damn bastards, killing as many as he could, and that was the end of it after the domestic economic construction was stabilized.
Oh, by the way, let me mention Xiang Yu here. After surrendering to Fang Zheng and becoming a general under Fang Zheng, Xiang Yu initially looked down on the armored vehicles, hot air balloon air strikes, artillery and mines invented by Fang Zheng, thinking that these things were despicable and insidious and not the way of war.
At that time, Xiang Yu told Fang Zheng that even if he jumped down and died by the Wujiang River, he would never use Fang Zheng's supernatural things.
It turns out that the final words behind such remarks are usually just two words - it smells so good.
At this moment, Xiang Yu was like getting a new toy and couldn't put it down. Coincidentally, there was no war to fight in the Central Plains, so he happily took these new toys to the grassland to find opponents.
In addition to these, something else happened in this world that was quite unexpected to Fang Zheng.
He didn't know if it was because he had created a world with "Xianxia" attributes, but the warriors in this world were generally much more powerful. Fang Zheng had even seen several people who could unleash the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms like in martial arts TV dramas and then "bang bang bang bang" cause a huge explosion on the ground.
It can be said that this world has completely begun to evolve into a world of high-level martial arts!
Fang Zheng had no other choice but to sigh.
Forget it, just treat it as a martial arts version of "Civilization".
Fang Zheng was addicted to "Civilization", but he didn't expect that because of this, he would be praised as a wise ruler throughout history.
This was not surprising. After all, in the eyes of other ministers, Fang Zheng was not an emperor who indulged in sensual pleasures and did not waste money. Even the palace he lived in was just a remodeled original building, which was totally inconsistent with his status as the founding emperor. He was also not particular about food. Moreover, he worked until 2, 3 or 4 in the morning every day without sleeping... Although many people knew that Fang Zheng was a reincarnated celestial being, this really scared them.
However, Fang Zheng was also helpless. He had no interest in the debauchery of this era. He was even so bored that he began to consider designing Magic: The Gathering (Xianxia version). The aesthetics of those beauties of this era were too different from his own. To be honest, listening to their rap was not as good as Fang Zheng playing "An Evening on the outskirts of Moscow" himself.
As for the harem... well... how should I put it...
Out of a little selfishness, Fang Zheng did not abolish polygamy, but he had to close all the brothels... You know, when Fang Zheng signed this order, his heart was bleeding!
His only pleasure in this era is to go to the Red Mansion and spend money to have an intimate contact with those beautiful girls without any burden, but he actually has to do this?
But I have to go. After all, brothels are essentially exploitation of women and an important source of human trafficking, and liberating women is a basic national policy...
If I had known this earlier, I would not have become the emperor.
Of course, Fang Zheng only thought about this idea. Although the women in the Red Mansion all had smiles on their faces, they all had miserable pasts. It would be fine if there was no way out, but since there was a way out, he would definitely change this situation.
As for those ministers who petitioned Fang Zheng to marry and have children to inherit the dynasty, Fang Zheng quietly withdrew. Are you kidding? I may not abdicate even if your grandson's grandson dies. If you really have to produce an heir, I'm afraid it will be worse than Charles.
As for a thousand years from now...if everything goes according to Fang Zheng's plan, we can successfully transform into a republic by then, and there will be no need for an heir.
So Fang Zheng forced himself to indulge in civilization, indulge in civilization, climb the technology tree, click on cultural branches, and open new technology branches. Just like that, when Fang Zheng was finally able to take a breath and relax comfortably, he was surprised to find that a hundred years had passed...
The technology tree of this world was also completely distorted by Fang Zheng.
Fang Zheng would never have thought that because of his subconscious behavior of traveling through time and climbing the technology tree, he actually opened up a new era that he couldn't believe.
That is - the era of steam high-tech weapons!
That's right. As a time traveler and a true believer that "science and technology are the primary productive forces", how could Fang Zheng not develop steam engines?
We can’t make generators now, but steam power should be fine.
After all, steampunk is also a man’s romance.
Of course, Fang Zheng swore that when he first started working on steam power, his intention was very simple, he just wanted to develop the technology tree of airplanes, trains, and cars. After all, in Fang Zheng's view, as long as he could get to this point, even if he was gone in the future, as long as his successors did not commit suicide, then the Chinese civilization in this world would definitely not encounter the same humiliation as the previous century, after all, industrialization was the foundation of modern civilization.
The Huns next door are still eating grass, but we have already got armored tanks here... Isn't this a wonderful feeling?
As a result... Fang Zheng had to admit that he had underestimated the imagination of the people...
They actually came up with - Steam Martial Arts!
That’s right, Steam Warrior!
In fact, many scientific theories in ancient times had foundations, but they declined in the later period because of the dominance of Confucianism and the dominance of literati. It is true that Li Bai is the immortal poet, but even if he wrote a hundred poems, he could not increase the yield of the fields by a hundred kilograms, right?
But now, because Fang Zheng has divided the disciplines into arts and sciences, and he has also built various specialized universities based on the later generations, many knowledge that was originally lost in this era for some reason has been preserved, and has even been improved. For example, someone has developed artificial hands and legs that can be used to replace lost limbs, and there are even universities that specialize in studying yin and yang, the five elements, and feng shui and terrain...
To be fair, Fang Zheng did want to refuse to approve this kind of university on the grounds of "promoting feudal superstition", but he had no choice but to accept that this thing actually existed in this world...
So when Fang Zheng stood on the top of the Royal City, looking at the brightly lit town below, the ringing train emitting the "ding-dong" sound, and the airship whizzing through the sky, he always had a feeling...
I'm not going to ruin this world, am I?