(The monthly pass ranking is a bit miserable, so let's take a shot)

When Yun Zhonghe was teasing the two babies at home, someone came to report that people from the royal clan and the senate came.

He instinctively wanted to go out with the baby in his arms, but it was too cold outside, so he put the two babies in the cradle and walked out the door.

Outside the courtyard, hundreds of people bowed down to the crane in the clouds and said, "Your Majesty, please follow us into the palace and ascend to the throne." ”

Even though he knew that this day would come, when it actually came, Yun Zhonghe still felt his body tremble slightly.

Extremely excited, extremely proud.

Not only proud of himself, but also proud of this new Great Yan Empire.

In the Great Zhou Empire and the Great Win Empire, Yun Zhonghe is intriguing all the time, playing with conspiracies, and he is really tired.

However, when he came to the New Great Yan Empire, he could show his talent to the fullest, bloom himself again and again, and finally ascend to the throne.

Although there are intrigues in the process, it is never the mainstream.

"Your Majesty, please board the carriage. Ji Sheng trembled and said.

The crane in the cloud took a deep breath and boarded the gorgeous carriage.

"Your Majesty, are you going to the Ruling Palace, or to the Great Yan Palace?" asked Hua Bi.

The crane in the clouds said: "The ruling palace." ”

Hearing this answer, everyone present secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Because the Great Yan Palace was built for the emperor, it has now become a museum, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical significance.

If Yun Zhonghe wants to go to the Great Yan Palace, it means that he can't wait to become the emperor, and he is ready to take charge alone.

If he goes to the ruling palace, it proves that he is still willing to share the power of the empire with all the adults present.

Then with the support of a hundred officials, the crane in the clouds rode in a carriage to the ruling palace.

Suddenly, the entire Dì Dū felt as if it was the New Year, and countless citizens poured out, standing on both sides of the street, cheering loudly.

"Long live the Great Yan, long live!"

"Long live the Empire!"

Once again, the crane stuck out of the window and waved to the countless crowds.

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The next day, the crane in the clouds officially ascended the throne in the ruling palace.

Compared to the enthronement ceremony of the Eastern Empire, the New Great Yan Empire was much simpler, and the entire ceremony ended in one day.

And it doesn't cost people and money at all.

And this royal robe is not as majestic as the Eastern Empire, let alone the golden kind, but low-key and luxurious.

Moreover, the main hall of the palace is not like that of the Eastern Empire, where the throne is high and the ministers below stand in several rows.

It was more like an opulent meeting room, with the throne slightly higher so that he could overlook the courtiers.

And the many courtiers below also have their own seats.

There are basically no kneeling salutes, except on rare occasions when there is a one-knee prostration.

Instead of sacrificing to the heavens or to the ancestors, you have to come to the gate of the ruling palace, meet 100,000 citizens of the empire, and then give a speech to the king.

At this point, the enthronement ceremony of the day ended.

For the first time, the New Great Yan Empire had a king.

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In the following time, the reform of the empire was in full swing, but it was carried out with the wind and night.

Reform the Senate and establish a cabinet and a privy council.

The Cabinet is in charge of political affairs, and the Privy Council is in charge of the military.

Fifteen more ministries were formed, a full nine more than the six ministries of the Eastern Empire.

Because the new Great Yan Empire is different, compared with the traditional six ministries, there are more Ministry of Science and Education, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Colonization, Ministry of Yi, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of the Army, Ministry of the Navy, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and so on.

The Criminal Department was changed to the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Rites was abolished, the Ministry of Soldiers was dismantled, the Ministry of Officials was retained, and the Ministry of Household was changed to the Ministry of Finance.

And these may not be enough, and there will be more to be added in the future.

Most of these ministries are under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet, and those related to the military are under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council.

Others are under the joint management of the Cabinet and the Privy Council, such as the Colonial Ministry, the Home Affairs Ministry, and the Yi Ministry.

According to the previous agreement, except for a few people in the Senate, most of the others went directly to the Cabinet and the Privy Council and the Imperial Ministries.

Ji Zhan led the Privy Council, the former Senate ruling palace retired, and the deputy consul Hua Bi led the cabinet.

Ji Sheng was too old, and after doing all this, he still chose to retire.

The whole transition of power was very smooth and barely caused any waves.

After the reform of the imperial center was completed, the next step was to reform the local bureaucracy.

The New Great Yan Empire was originally divided into four realms, but now that the transportation is so developed, there is no need for it.

The main officials of the four realms, as well as some of the high-level officials of the Xinzong Party, just happened to fill the center of the empire directly and served as the high-level officials of the ministries.

The empire was directly divided into fifteen provinces, with counties and counties unchanged.

The Nine Legions of the Empire will not change for the time being, but they will change in the future.

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After the empire completed the reform from the center to the locality, it immediately started the new civilization movement.

All cities, all mines, and all manufacturing plants immediately carried out power transformation.

Immediately afterwards, several large arsenals rose from the ground.

The Dayan Royal Military Academy was established, and all the more than 1,000 cadets trained before entered the military academy.

All the officers of the nine legions with more than 100 commanders must take turns to go to the Royal Military Academy to learn the knowledge of guns, artillery, and hot weapons combat.

Immediately after the completion of several arsenals, all the productive forces will be mobilized to produce guns, artillery and ammunition.

All three shipyards were underway, building new ironclads and rebuilding existing ones.

Everything was in full swing, and the entire empire went into a frenzy of construction.

Everyone seems to have entered a new era, and everyone is learning new knowledge.

Everyone joined the big building movement.

All in the service of the coming war.

The entire empire has turned into a giant war machine, running wildly.

The nine legions of the empire have a total of only 600,000 troops, and once a world-class war breaks out in the future, it will definitely not be enough.

But the total number of citizens of the empire is only more than 10 million, and it is difficult to recruit more troops.

Therefore, the expansion of the imperial servant army is imminent, and there will be at least one and a half million troops in the future.

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At this time, although there was still some time before the expedition was made.

But the whole empire has already begun to argue how to go east.

It is more than 20,000 miles away from the Eastern Empire, and there is at least more than 10,000 miles of no-man's land in the middle, which is icy and snowy all year round.

Once the army is sent to the East, hundreds of thousands of people will walk to the Eastern world?

This is completely impossible, the supply simply cannot keep up, and the empire, no matter how strong it is, cannot support such an expedition.

The airship newly built by Ji Qing's team has a maximum flight distance of more than 20,000 miles, which is extremely amazing.

But this voyage is only theoretical, and the real practical voyage does not exceed 3,000 miles.

And even if the empire does its best to build it, there won't be too many such giant airships, it would be great to be able to transport thousands of people, and it would be a dream to transport hundreds of thousands of troops.

So the only way is by sea!

But it is not possible to go by sea, although the navy of the empire is developed, because it needs to open up a large number of colonies.

But all this time, the Imperial Navy has always been an auxiliary to the army, and has not become a real main army.

Secondly, the large ships that the Empire was able to carry out long voyages were very limited.

All the ships on the voyage together could only transport about 200,000 troops.

There is also one of the most critical problems, from here to the Eastern Empire, the sea route is not passable, and there are at least thousands of miles of permafrost sea on the way, which freezes all year round.

Therefore, once you take the sea route, you need to open up a completely new route, and you have to go around most of the world's oceans.

However, none of these oceans have been explored.

So now the Admiralty has sent warships and airships to begin exploring new routes and drawing new charts.

Thankfully, they didn't really start from scratch, as the crane in the clouds gave them a relatively complete map of the world.

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There is another key thing, and that is Zhou Li.

He has been imprisoned for more than five years, and four years ago Yun Zhonghe promised him that he must restore his freedom.

But at this time, the crane in the clouds can no longer be too capricious.

Because as the dictator of the empire, there are some rules that cannot be broken directly.

It is an indisputable fact that Zhou Li has the bloodline of the Great Xian Demon Country, and Yun Zhonghe cannot directly order the release of Zhou Li, release all the people of the bloodline of the Great Xian Demon Country, and make Zhou Li an imperial official.

He needs to fulfill his friendship with Zhou Li, but he is also responsible for the new Great Yan Empire.

So, he traded for a whole new way.

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Still in a mysterious underground prison, Zhou Li is already going crazy.

It's been almost four years since Yun Zhonghe left, and after reading all the books, the only thing he can do every day is to play chess with himself.

But after going down thousands of times, I'm already tired of it, and I'm even going to be schizophrenic.

However, he was a very determined man, and he still insisted on counting every day, and every day that passed, he would talk a line on the wall.

He is in the underground prison, he can't see the outside, he doesn't know if it's day and night, and he doesn't have a clock, how can he know the time of day?

It depends on the frequency of meal delivery, two meals a day, very punctual.

Now there are 2,018 lines painted on the wall of his room, and more than five years have passed.

I've been locked up here for five and a half years.

He is now supported by one belief, and that is the crane in the clouds.

The crane in the cloud promised him that he would definitely rescue him.

He believes in the crane in the clouds, and what he says will definitely be done.

On this day, he looked through the book again for an unknown number of times, when suddenly the sound of the door rang.

He couldn't help but be stunned, the time to deliver food today was a quarter of an hour earlier.

And the footsteps don't sound right.

The next minute, the crane in the clouds appeared in front of him.

"Brother Yun!"

Suddenly, Zhou Li rushed over, hugged the crane in the clouds, and couldn't cry.

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Zhou Li finally left the underground prison and came to a picturesque pasture.

Two men galloped on horseback and galloped across the boundless meadow.

Hahaha.

Zhou Li let out bursts of wild laughter, cheers freely, and his white hair fluttered.

An elite cavalry, always on the side.

In the evening, Yun Zhonghe and Zhou Li ate meat and drank wine.

"Brother Zhou Li, I promised you four years ago that I would give you freedom. Yun Zhonghe said: "But I'm very sorry, I can only give you limited freedom, I can't break the laws of the empire." But rest assured, the Empire is already deliberating on a new law on how to treat people of the Great Salty Demon Bloodline differently. But there are so few of them at the moment, so it may take some time for this new law to come out. ”

Zhou Li looked at the crane in the clouds for a while, and said, "Brother Yun, you are ...... now"

Yun Zhonghe said: "This is the New Great Yan Empire, and I am currently the dictator of the empire, the only monarch. ”

Zhou Li grinned, and after a long while, he said, "Awesome." ”

His words are really full of admiration, it is difficult for him to lie in the underground prison every day, but Yun Zhonghe has changed from a prisoner under the ladder to the king of this empire in just four years, and this road is only more difficult.

Yun Zhonghe said: "Brother Zhou Li, in the next time, you can't leave the scope of this ranch, I'm very sorry." ”

Zhou Li said: "Dictator King, is he also bound by the laws of the empire?"

The crane in the clouds said: "Of course, I am responsible for the empire. ”

Zhou Li looked at the crane in the clouds and sighed: "Brother Yun, I am very pleased, I am very happy to see this change in you." In fact, in the Great Zhou Empire, although you raised me to become the crown prince of the Great Zhou Empire, although we are one party, I actually have opinions about you in my heart. You are so lawless, you have completely ignored any rules, treated the law like a papyrus, and exhausted all your intrigues in order to achieve your goals. So I was thinking at the time, once I became the emperor of the Great Zhou, how to correct your moral outlook. And now...... You've really become great. ”

The crane in the cloud said, "Don't you blame me?"

Zhou Li said: "Brother Yun, your wife Jing Zhongyue has more blood in the Great Xian Demon Kingdom than me, and your twin daughters, so I know very well how difficult it is for you as a king." Although I have never been an emperor, and I have only been a prince for less than a day, I know that all willful and selfish kings will bring great harm to the empire, and as a king, you must first respect the rules and be able to restrain your power. My father, Emperor Wanyun, was too selfish, which led to the disaster of the country. ”

The crane in the cloud raised his glass and said, "Long live understanding." ”

Zhou Li said: "By the way, Jing Zhongyue and the two children, as well as your other family members, are there any whereabouts?"

Yes, Jing Zhongyue left Roulan Country with 10,000 people at that time, and also picked up her mother Liu, her sister Ao Ningning, Ning Qing, and Miss Xu Anfei at that time.

The group went west and then disappeared.

At that time, the Black Zeutai of the Great Xia Empire sent countless secret agents, but they did not inquire about their whereabouts.

And now the crane in the clouds has become the dictator of the new Great Yan Empire, and of course has the highest authority.

Jing Zhongyue and his party are not in the territory of the New Great Yan Empire, nor are they in the colony of the empire.

With more than 10,000 people, the New Great Yan Empire has archived tens of thousands of words of reports.

First of all, more than 10,000 people in the clouds left with the people of Rosemary Valley, and all the way north, the goal was the Order Society.

Because Rosemary Valley was also a member of the Order Society, they also had their special joint location, and this joint location was different from that given by the Great Xia Emperor.

The group went through many hardships and dangers, walked nearly 20,000 miles, and came to the specially agreed place of the Rosemary Valley and the Order Society.

The New Great Yan Empire has been secretly monitoring this group of people.

At this agreed location, a part of the people of Rosemary Valley accepted the guidance and was sheltered by the new Great Yan Empire.

However, Jing Zhongyue and his party, because they had the blood of the Great Salty Demon Country, were not accepted by the New Great Yan Empire.

Even at that time, the New Great Yan Empire discussed whether to eliminate Jing Zhongyue and his party.

But...... At that time, the New Great Yan Empire was only on guard against the Great Salty Demon Kingdom, and was not in an absolute hostile relationship.

So in the ice and snow, the messenger of the New Great Yan Empire left a letter.

They can accept Rosemary Valley because they are members of the Order and are barely part of the New Great Flame Empire.

However, they did not accept the Yue Inoi and his party.

So, Jing Zhongyue led the group, left with grief and despair, and continued westward, towards a completely unknown goal.

When he became the king of the empire and read this report, tears welled up straight up.

He couldn't imagine how desperate and angry Jing Zhongyue was at that time.

Although she has the blood of the Great Salty Demon Country, in order to escape the dark rule of the Great Salty Demon Country, she took more than 10,000 people and traveled thousands of miles away from the Eastern World and came to this completely unknown place.

As a result, the New Great Yan Empire denied her entry.

Of course, she didn't know that this was the New Great Yan Empire, thinking that it was just the Order Society.

For the sake of her children, for her family, and for the more than 10,000 people who followed him, she had to embark on an unknown journey and go all the way west.

What's further west?

Completely unknown, icy and snowy, large no-man's land.

Are they ...... Still alive?

No, they must still be alive.

But how difficult will it be? What kind of pain will it be?

The world is so big, there is no place for them to live.

and his two children, who were only eleven years old at the time.

And at that time, Rosemary Valley was also divided into two factions, some of them accepted the protection of the New Great Yan Empire, and the other part chose to leave with Jing Zhongyue.

Among them, the masters of Rosemary Valley, who were familiar with Yun Zhonghe, all went west with Jing Zhongyue.

"Brother Yun, Jing Zhongyue is so powerful, she and the child must be fine. Zhou Li patted the crane in the cloud on the shoulder.

Yun Zhonghe said: "Yes, it must be fine, I have sent thousands of people to find their whereabouts, and they will definitely be found." ”

Then, he said, "Brother Zhou Li, you can bear with it a little longer." When I have opened a sea route to the Eastern World and formed a powerful new army, I will take you home at once. ”

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The crane in the clouds left, and Zhou Li stayed in this ranch.

After returning to the palace of Dì Dū, Yun Zhonghe was still looking at the report in a daze, and he didn't know how many times he had read it.

It's about the report of the well in the moon.

Lord Ji Zhan walked in and wanted to report to him, but after seeing the report in Yun Zhonghe's hand, his footsteps paused.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. Ji Zhan said: "We refused to accept Jing Zhongyue at that time. ”

Yun Zhonghe returned the report to its original place, took a deep breath, and said, "Lord Ji Zhan, what's the matter?"

Ji Zhan said: "Your Majesty, this is a report on the Order Society, which has a history of hundreds of years. ”

The crane in the cloud took it and flipped through it in detail.

The Order Society, spearheaded by Emperor Gaozu of the Great Xia Empire, was established at that time to fight against the Great Xian Demon Kingdom of the Nu Emperor, and its consummation was the most powerful group of warriors in the Eastern world.

After the violent death of Emperor Nu, Emperor Gaozu of Great Xia did not really join the Order Society.

Moreover, Gaozu Xia Zhou wrote in the tomb: It is unknown whether Emperor Nu is a man or a woman.

In the last burial chamber, he even wrote: My heart is in turmoil.

Therefore, after the violent death of Emperor Nu, in order to prevent the comeback of the Great Xian Demon Kingdom, the strong people in the east returned to seclusion and established the Order Society. And in the records of the Order Society, Xia Zhou is a betrayer.

More than a thousand years ago, the Order Society discovered the new Great Yan Empire, and after struggle and running-in.

The Order will split, some will go away, some will dissolve, and it will merge into the New Great Yan Empire.

Therefore, at present, in the New Great Yan Empire, there is no longer the existence of the Order Society, and there is no clear list of who is the descendant of the Order Society. However, according to statistics, many people in the Emperor ** Regiment are descendants of the Order Society, because the martial arts talent is particularly high.

"Your Majesty, we have already run out of two fleets and a few airships to search for Jing Zhongyue, and perhaps there will be results soon. Ji Zhan said.

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In a rare leisure, the crane in the clouds accompanied the two babies.

Now they are more than half a year old, and they have been raised white and fat, with pink makeup, and extremely cute.

At the insistence of the crane in the clouds, Ji Qing breastfed them. However, it is Tussaud who takes care of the children, and she seems to pour all her love for her daughter into her two babies.

After the crane in the clouds became the dictator of the empire, Queen Tussauds also completely retired from the imperial political arena.

Looking at the two babies, Yun Zhonghe couldn't help but think of Jing Zhongyue, as well as Ning Qing, Xu Anfei, Yun Yao, adoptive father Ao Xin, mother Liu, and another pair of twin daughters.

Today, the twin daughters are fifteen years old.

Before, because he was bent on competing for the throne, he didn't have time to think about it, but now after ascending to the throne, especially when he saw the two twin babies, he couldn't help but think about the other three children.

"Baby, my brothers and sisters will be safe, right?" Yun Zhonghe rubbed his forehead against the two babies.

"Gegege......" The two babies with a very low laugh immediately let out an extremely cute laugh.

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On this day, the crane in the clouds was at the Imperial Shipyard to witness the launch of the first new warship.

This is, of course, not a newly built battleship, but a rebuilt on the basis of the original.

This is a large warship with a displacement of 8,000 tons, and this reconstruction is mainly to install a new high-power steam engine, because the internal combustion engine is not very mature.

Another renovation is the installation of artillery. There were twenty guns, and only cannons could be put on board, and the howitzer curves were too large for aiming in naval battles.

"Get into the water!"

"Set sail!"

With an order, the large battleship left the shipyard and sailed towards the sea.

"Gunshot!"

With the command of the battleship, several naval guns opened fire at the same time.

"Whoosh Whoosh ......"

Moments later, a target ship on the surface of the sea exploded, shattering its bones.

"Long live the Empire!"

"Long live the Empire!"

The launch of this battleship meant that the Empire's navy entered a new era.

Next, more and more new warships will be launched and become the backbone of the new imperial navy.

However, the newly built battleship should not be able to catch up with the battle of the Eastern Crusade.

Even with the super productivity of the New Great Yan Empire, it would take a long time to build a large warship, and all of them could only be transformed and upgraded on the original warship.

And at this moment, suddenly a person rushed to the ground and stood behind the crane in the clouds.

This is a general of the Imperial Privy Council, although smiling, but his eyes are nervous and very anxious.

Something must have happened, and something big has happened.

Yun Zhonghe's heart trembled, but he still insisted on shaking hands with the officers and men of this new warship, completing the entire ceremony, and did not reveal any other expressions.

After the whole ceremony, the crane left the harbor and returned to the royal carriage.

The general of the Privy Council immediately boarded the carriage and said, "Your Majesty, Privy Council and Cabinet, please return to Dì Dū immediately." ”

The crane in the cloud said: "What's wrong?"

The major general handed Ji Zhan's secret music to Yun Zhonghe, all written in secret script.

After reading it, Yun Zhonghe's eyes suddenly shrank.

This...... How is this possible?

Sure enough, something happened, and something was wrong.

A year ago, Ji Yan led an army of 10,000 to the colony to quell the rebellion.

Although there were a million rebels in that colony, everyone didn't take it seriously, Ji Yan was the strongest general in the empire, and the 10,000 troops he brought were also very elite, more than enough to quell the rebellion.

And the same is true of the battle reports that came, Ji Yan won many battles, and each time he defeated and captured hundreds of thousands of rebels with one enemy and ten.

It was only a matter of time before the rebellion in the entire colony subsided.

Later, in order to maintain order in the colonies, the empire sent another 10,000 legions.

So in the hearts of everyone in the empire, Ji Yan can win if she goes to quell the rebellion with her eyes closed, after all, she used to be the next generation of martial kings.

But...... This secret information reads: Ji Yan was defeated, and the Emperor's ** regiment suffered heavy losses!

This...... What's going on here?

The indigenous rebels in the colony, even if there were millions of people, could not defeat the elite army of the empire.

As the best and most powerful general of the empire, how could Ji Yan, the future marshal of the empire, be defeated?

It's unbelievable! It's impossible.

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The crane in the clouds returned to the palace of Dì Dū as fast as possible.

Ji Zhan met the crane in the clouds for the first time.

"Ji Yan led tens of thousands of imperial elites, how could he be defeated? What happened?"

Ji Zhan said hoarsely: "Your Majesty, the Emperor ** Regiment led by Ji Yan is not equipped with rifles and artillery, and it is still a cold weapon corps. ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "Even so, the Emperor ** Regiment is so powerful, except for the warriors of the Great Xian Demon Country, there is no opponent at all, how can it be defeated?

He was not wrong, the ** regiment of the New Great Yan Emperor was almost the pinnacle of the cold weapon army, and it was impossible to be defeated.

Yun Zhonghe said: "Who is our enemy? Is it the Great Xian Demon ** Regiment?"

Ji Zhan said: "Your Majesty, it's not the Great Xian Demon ** Regiment, but another samurai army with amazing martial arts. ”

Yun Zhonghe said: "The Order Order Order Warrior Legion that once split out?"

The Order Society was formed by the top martial artists of the East more than a thousand years ago, advocating mysterious and powerful martial arts.

The New Great Yan Empire advocates the science of martial arts, as well as pure strength and speed, and does not attach much importance to mystical martial arts.

So at that time, the order would be divided, and some of it would disappear, and part of it would merge into the New Great Yan Empire.

Ji Zhan said: "Your Majesty, there is another one that I don't know if it's good news or bad news." The one who led the powerful Mystic Martial Arts Legion to defeat the elite of our empire was ...... Moon in the well!"

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Note: I don't want to open a single chapter, but the monthly pass ranking keeps retreating, and the pastry is a little anxious.

Relieve my anxiety!