Industrial Tang Dynasty: from Xuanwumen to the Lord of the Universe

He traveled through time and became Li Shimin, with the entire modern industrial system in his mind. The Turkic envoys raved in front of the palace: "The Khan will drink Mawei water after three months!" I smiled: I'm just using you to test new equipment. When the steam locomotive dragged hundreds of heavy guns across the grassland. When the telegraph instantly transmitted the imperial edict to the Persian battlefield thousands of miles away. When the ironclad fleet crushed the last pride of the Roman navy. In the court hall, I pointed at the globe and asked the officials: "Is there any piece of land here where the Tang Dynasty flag has not been planted?" Fang Xuanling bowed: "Your Majesty, the stars and the sea are yet to be conquered."