Three hundred years were lost in Chinese history. If it had not been lost, the world might have undergone major changes.

The Age of Discovery, also known as the Great Geographical Discovery, started from the end of the Middle Ages in Europe and the early Ming Dynasty in China. It lasted for more than 300 years and ran through Europe's transition from the Dark Middle Ages to modern society. the whole process. This important historical node in the world was presided over by Westerners. They discovered the American continent and achieved global travel. However, the Ming and Qing dynasties, the most conservative dynasties in Chinese history, had little involvement. China's agricultural civilization has always been the most important foundation, and navigation civilization is only a supplement. However, with the development of the economy, goods exchange naturally began, and trade and handicrafts began to develop. In this process, the agricultural economy that fixed people to the land became an obstacle. Our country has always had a tradition of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business. At this time, Europe had the beginning of capitalism. Just as Portugal and Spain were kicking off the Age of Discovery, Zheng He began his first voyage to the West ten years ago. However, in the following hundreds of years, no country supported voyages, exploration, and trade. When China entered the Qing Dynasty, the Netherlands, known as the sea coachmen, was the most powerful in the West. By the time of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, Britain and France had developed. Although the Qing Dynasty had developed farming civilization to its peak and solved the problem of land problems. The enemy, but what he never expected was that the enemy came from the sea. Assuming that Zheng He did not look back at that time, but continued to travel to Europe, what would China and the world have become? Teacher Liu Cixin's "Western" depicts such a scene for us. At that time, the Ming Empire replaced Britain and became the empire on which the sun never sets. First of all, natural science with navigation technology as its core will be developed on the Chinese mainland, thus driving the development of Chinese industry and military technology. This is driven by demand. It will not be influenced by a certain emperor or interest group, at least it will not lag behind the West in this regard. Secondly, large-scale immigration to expand territory is also necessary. Because China has many immigration experiences in history, and coupled with the influence of Confucianism, it should adopt a soft policy of ethnic integration. This process will inevitably go through the test of blood and fire, but basically we will not adopt a policy of ethnic genocide. We don't want to be like Two Teeth, who was originally poor and crazy but lost his mind when he saw gold. Furthermore, China has a large population and its thirst for labor will not be so strong. In addition, there will be no genocide in the Americas, and Indians will become new members of the Chinese nation. The development of the Americas will be dominated by Chinese and supplemented by Indians. Although it will be more difficult to accept black people in Africa, as time goes by, this will not be a big problem. At least black people will no longer be trafficked to the Americas. A tragedy that cost 100 million people. China's domestic conflicts in all aspects will be alleviated. The Americas have brought high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes. It will not be a problem for the Central Plains to feed an additional 300 million people. Even small glaciers and severe droughts can be overcome. Colonies around the world need officials to rule, there will be more jobs for scholars, and there will be fewer things like party fighting that people who have nothing to do are passionate about. A large enough trade market will promote the development of handicrafts and modern industry. Capital will have a place to go, and the fatal problem of land annexation will no longer be fatal. Farmers without land can still go to work in factories, or immigrate to the American colonies, and landlords Classes will gradually disappear and the bourgeoisie will develop. China's idea of ??great unification determines that the vast territory can be ruled for a long time and will not be easily divided. At least it will maintain unity for a long time. The culture of the Central Plains will spread all over the world. Jamaican and black candidates will travel thousands of miles to Beijing to take the imperial examinations. The awakening of the ruled ethnic groups may not happen. Religions will not compete with the imperial power, but will become its auxiliary ruling tools. History cannot be assumed. The three hundred years of the Great Navigation are the three hundred years lost in Chinese history. We have missed the Age of Discovery, so we must not miss the Age of the Universe again. Our journey is the stars and the sea.

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