The top of the mountain, the perfect city.

The third pope sat alone cross-legged in the vast hall, facing the statue of the emperor. As he recited the scripture called "The General Theory of Relativity", his heart suddenly moved, and the somewhat dimly lit hall suddenly became bright. He stretched out his hand and looked at the faint fluorescent light on his hand in surprise.

That layer of light is warm and soft, not as cold as the moonlight, nor as hot as the summer sun, but like the winter afternoon sun, which will only make people feel warm, but if you feel it carefully, it doesn't seem to be so simple.

"What is this?"

The Pope closed his eyes, felt it for a long time, and then walked out of the main hall. He stood at the door of the main hall and looked out at the distant sky, the starry night sky fading, and the world became blurry and clear in front of him. Everything around him faded away, and he seemed to be thrown into the void.

In front of him, infinitely far away, a great sun was rising from the undulating tides of energy. First a little blush, then a brilliant light that illuminates the boundless darkness. Without thinking, the Pope suddenly understood, and he muttered to himself, "This is the Emperor!" ”

Illuminated by the light, his body gradually dissolved, his consciousness fell into darkness but quickly reorganized, and when he came to his senses again, he was already standing at the door of the main hall again, as if the strange sights he had just seen were just hallucinations. But when he raised his palm, it only took a thought for a glittering light to light up from his palm.

The Pope realized in his heart that the sun he had just seen was an emperor, but not an emperor. He looked down the mountain, and the original world was lifted in front of him, allowing him to peek into the truth that had been hidden.

He burst into tears, "God, you're finally willing to answer our prayers!" ”

But if Chen Cheng was here, he would definitely scoff at it, and think that these things had nothing to do with him.

The emperor's departure first shook the entire Kyushu, and then the news quickly spread in all directions. Thanks to the development of radio technology, things soon spread around the world. Everywhere the newspapers reported on the incident on the front page in black and bold font, and everyone knew that things had changed.

Instead, the Shinrikyo priests were ecstatic, believing that the Emperor had returned to the heavens and had left his divine power on earth.

Ten years later, the princes and vassal states of various regions began to annex each other. However, because there were still many barbarians in the surrounding area who needed to be educated, the annexation war was not fierce at first, just some small battles. But over time, by the time most of Europe and Africa are filled, the scale of the battle will grow.

Someone lamented in the newspaper: "This is the beginning of another 800-year Zhou dynasty." ”

But as it turned out, he still thought too well. In less than a hundred, the battle had escalated to a situation where hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of cannons bombarded each other.

After Liu Sheng became the emperor, he endured it for a long time, and when Chen Cheng left this world, he was able to become the true master of the Yinhan Empire. However, the political structure of the three provinces and six ministries had already taken shape, and twenty legions were distributed all over the world, and he could not get involved.

Even the perfect city on the top of the mountain only believes in the emperor himself, and only respects the emperor's son, which is far from being obedient. Liu Sheng was full of ambition, and when he was born, Chen Cheng was already a general. Later, he was the prince of Wei for ten years, and the prince for several decades, and every time others praised his martial arts and knowledge, they would add, "But compared with the general/Wei king/emperor, it is still a little worse." ”

He has always wanted to prove that he will be stronger than his father, so he has never relaxed his requirements for himself, and now that he finally has the opportunity, how can he let it go? He fought with various forces in the court for six years, and then spent another five years changing the generals in the army, and firmly controlled the tooth soldiers and Xiliang dragoons.

Then, he found that his body was suddenly aging, and his body, which was as strong as a teenager, had decayed within two or three days. Liu Sheng, who had seen this situation for a long time, certainly knew what was going on, but he couldn't accept such a fact.

"Damn, damn!"

Liu Sheng, who was lying on the bed, let out a desperate wail, "Give me two more years, and I will be able to incorporate Tianzhu into the Chinese territory, and if I give me another four years, I will be able to knock down Europa!" I just don't want to die like this! Father, father, why do you do this to me? ”

But no matter how unwilling Liu Sheng was, no matter how many famous doctors he hired and how many expensive drugs he used, he could not reverse the fact that his body was rapidly decaying. A month later, Liu Sheng died in Luoyang and was succeeded by his son-in-law Chen Tao.

Chen Tao is the eldest son born to Liu Sheng and Zhao Yun's granddaughter, and has lived in fine clothes and jade food since he was a child. Although he also had extraordinary strength and intelligence, he was not as ambitious as his father, and he was bent on making a name for himself in history. After Liu Tao succeeded to the throne, after less than two years, he began to build a palace, recruit beautiful women, and built a magnificent Babel Tower in Luoyang.

The Tower of Babel is a symbol of the great power of the empire, covering an area of more than 3,000 acres, about 100 zhang high, and is a taller building than the emperor statue behind the perfect city. From the fifth year of Chen Tao's ascension to the throne, it took a total of 17 years to complete the construction of the Tower of Babel. After it was completed, he climbed to the top of the tower, looked down on Luoyang City, which had a population of more than 5 million, and proudly said: "I am already greater than my father and Emperor Taizu!" ”

A minister advised: "Your Majesty, the spectacle is misleading! ”

Chen Tao said proudly: "I can get it as much as it costs!" ”

At this time, the empire's finances were already very developed, and paper money was in circulation. In order to build the Tower of Babel and a series of palaces, the household department printed money at full speed, and the prices of the people soared, and many people ridiculed in the newspapers that the imperial court was more serious than the flood. Chen Tao killed more than 20,000 people and exiled more than 1 million people on the grounds of ridiculing the government.

After the completion of the Tower of Babel, Chen Tao ordered a grand celebration to be held near Luoyang to commemorate his great achievements. Tens of millions of dollars are burned every day, and the whole of Luoyang has become a sea of joy. Singing and dancing, feasting in the sea and sky, this is a city of bliss that will never fall into darkness.

Chen Tao also said with emotion: "Although Emperor Taizu is smart, he is still a little worse than me. Such a simple way to stimulate the economy is unthinkable. My father is too, what's the use of learning so much knowledge of physics and chemistry? Isn't it a waste of energy to invest so much money in R&D? If there's any problem, just print money. ”

When Chen Cheng was there, he only ate two dishes for dinner, and even if a robe was old, he would wear it until it was worn out. Although Chen Sheng is bent on surpassing his father, after all, he has been taught by Chen Cheng's words and deeds for many years, and his life has always been very simple. During his reign, he vigorously developed education and invested a lot of money in scientific research.

But all this came to an abrupt end after Chen Tao took the throne, and the household department let go of the courage to print coins, and at the craziest time, four billion guan was put in a year, which has always been one thousand yuan, and four billion guan is an astronomical amount. In that year, Luoyang's luxury reached unimaginable proportions.

It was also in that year that the Nanyang Fleet, which had been ordered to suppress the Javanese rebellion, took the lead in raising the banner of the rebellion. Over the years, there have been one incident after another, but they have all been suppressed by the imperial army. The admiral of the Nanyang Fleet killed the prison army and led the fleet to bombard Guangzhou, reducing most of Guangzhou to ashes.

Subsequently, the Beiyang Fleet transferred back the detachments of Hawaii, Sasebo, and Vladivostok, and fought with the Nanyang Fleet in the Taiwan Strait and Penghu. As a result of the naval battle, the Nanyang Fleet was almost completely wiped out, and the elite of the Beiyang Fleet was also lost in the battle. More than 600,000 tons of warships and armed merchant ships sank to the bottom of the sea, more than 20,000 people were killed and missing, and the Empire's navy had already suffered heavy losses.

The Indian Ocean Fleet seized the opportunity to declare independence, occupying such places as Jiaozhou, Java, Malacca, the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, etc. The vassal states of the Americas and Europe also declared their independence, and even Shinrikyo announced that it would no longer accept Luoyang's command. Because these people all rebelled under the banner of the emperor, Chen Tao ordered in anger to ban all writings and records related to the emperor.

Subsequently, the emperor formed an expeditionary force to defeat the rebels in the south. Although the world is opposed, the situation in the south is more urgent. The south had been the main source of taxes for the imperial court decades ago, and without the spices from the south, the emperor would not have eaten every day.

Relying on the industrial heritage of Guanzhong and Luoyang, as well as the support of the barely recovered Beiyang Fleet, the imperial court soldiers and horses once entered Jiaozhou, and then fell into a long tug-of-war in the jungle of Jiaozhou. Shinrikyo believers in Europe and the Indian subcontinent responded to the Pope's call and went to Jiaozhou to fight the imperial army in Jiaozhou.

The war lasted for a long time, and the warring sides shouted "For the Emperor" and "For the Emperor" at the same time, shedding endless blood in the jungles of the south. The battle ahead did not determine the winner, but the soldiers and horses of the imperial court could only withdraw from Jiaozhou and retreat to Guangzhou.

Just when the front line is bleeding and dying without stopping. Chen Tao ordered that for the victory of the war, the people should bravely stand up and assume their due obligations. He dissolved the National Assembly, which had been in shape since the time of Chen Cheng, and lifted the guarantees for workers and peasants. This is an absolute benefit for the capitalists under the rule of the imperial court.

Contracts of all kinds are becoming more and more demanding, so much so that there is such a thing as "contract labor". The so-called "bonded labor" means that all the income from labor belongs to the boss, and the workers cannot have any remarks to resist or discredit the factory. If the workers have any way to improve the process, the patent also goes to the factory.

Even if you don't want to work in a factory, you can't go to another factory, otherwise you may be sent to the mountains to mine, or you may be shot. Anyway, now there are people in the empire, you don't sign such a contract, and there are people who sign it. The boss of a factory said triumphantly: "Three-legged toads are not easy to find, but there are many two-legged people." ”

Doing so was like a shot in the arm for the Empire, and it achieved very good results in a short period of time. Because they only needed to pay a little for the food of the workers, the bosses grabbed a lot of profits, and the state received a lot of money as a result, and the officials and the bosses joined forces to suppress all kinds of protests, and said that those people had been sent from abroad to subvert the empire.

In fact, many officials are bosses, and many bosses are also officials. You have me, I have you on both sides, and I have you, and it's not clear at all.