Chapter Ninety-Two: Seventeenth Birthday!
Time is like flowing water, the Chinese Empire is still developing, because of the "Prolific Baby Order" issued by Gao Yang Yajun, the population of the Chinese Empire is growing rapidly.
While all departments of the Huaxia Empire were busy with their own affairs, the various Shangshu and Prime Ministers, as well as the sea and land general Yi Yu, the Yuxu general Mei Dingguo, and the Huaxia University scholar Mei Xianying and Jinyi Wei all commanded An Xuan to gather in the prime minister's mansion to discuss something.
It can be said that this time Gao Yang Yajun himself didn't know what was going on, because even the Jinyi Guards were all involved.
Gao Yang Yajun was still happily practicing calligraphy in the study, because today Gao Yang Yajun decided to take a day off, she originally thought that Mei Xianying would object, but she didn't expect Mei Xianying to agree.
But Mei Xianying told Gao Yang Yajun that she planned to go home to visit her mother, Gao Yang Yajun actually planned to take a look at the scenery with Mei Xianying, but Mei Xianying wanted to see her mother, and Gao Yang Yajun couldn't run to stop it!
So Gao Yang Yajun agreed to Mei Xianying's request, and after Mei Xianying left, Gao Yang Yajun himself hid in the study and practiced calligraphy.
Gao Yang Yajun in his previous life when a person was bored would use calligraphy to pass the time, she especially liked Song Huizong's thin gold body, Gao Yang Yajun has always sighed, although Song Huizong is very bad as an emperor, but as a calligrapher, Song Huizong is definitely a group of people who stand at the peak of Chinese calligraphers.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Mei Andao looked at the ministers and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you know why the old man invited you here?"
"The subordinates don't know! Please make it clear! β
The ministers replied cooperatively, in fact, some people have already guessed what the prime minister is going to say, but they can't say it, they want to give the prime minister face! Although the prime minister is not a stingy person.
For example, Jin Yiwei commanded An Xuan, he knew why the prime minister called him, otherwise he would not have gone to these gatherings.
It was precisely because An Xuan knew what was going on that he came.
"Hahaha, you guys are really giving face to the old man, you people are clearly clear, but you are still pretending to be confused." Prime Minister Mei Andao smiled and laughed as he stroked his beard, which had become a little gray.
"Prime Minister, I really don't understand! Please also make it clear to the Prime Minister! The group continued.
"Okay, okay, you don't know, and the old man won't embarrass you, so the old man will tell the truth, Your Majesty's birthday is tomorrow! Do you now understand what the old man is going to do when he invited you here? Mei Andao stroked his beard and said.
"Your Majesty's birthday? The lower officials didn't know, it was really a dereliction of duty, the lower officials were terrified, and the lower officials were guilty! The ministers pretended to be panicked and pleaded guilty one after another.
"Oh, you, you, you let the old man say anything about you. Don't even bow down! Mei Andao glanced at them and waved them goodbye.
"Prime Minister Xie!" The ministers immediately said with a smile.
"You, you, reallyβ" Mei Andao stroked his gray beard and shook his head speechlessly.
"Your Majesty has been working on state affairs, and I'm afraid Your Majesty doesn't know that tomorrow is your birthday." Mei Andao muttered.
"Yes, Your Majesty did forget that tomorrow is your birthday, and Your Majesty also told me that I will have a day off today and expedite the review of official documents tomorrow!" Mei Xianying nodded and said softly.
"This year is really a lot of affairs, the Chinese Empire is thriving under the governance of His Majesty, and the people are not worried about eating and drinking! Your Majesty has worked so hard! Hubu Shangshu Feng Jialan knew best how the people of China lived, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Feng Jialan also secretly thought in her heart:
"Who would have thought that this great cause was created by a girl who is not yet seventeen years old!"
In fact, when Feng Jialan was the first emperor to be alone, they were all very worried about whether Gaoyang Yajun could govern the country well, and they all secretly made up their minds that if Gaoyang Yajun was not capable, they would set up Gaoyang Yajun and regent the country.
Then wait until Gao Yang Yajun has the ability to govern the country, and then they will return the government to Gao Yang Yajun, even if Gao Yang Yajun kills them all, they will have no regrets. Because everything they had was given by the first emperor, they didn't want Gao Yang Yajun to defeat the first emperor's country.
However, it turns out that they are wrong, Gao Yang Yajun is not an incompetent monarch, although Gao Yang Yajun sometimes seems a little immature to deal with some affairs, but in terms of big things, Gao Yang Yajun has proved that she can do it well!
For example, the four-nation alliance led by Gao Yang Yajun with Poland, Pomerania, and Great Moravia is like this, since the alliance between Huaxia and the three countries, Wanzhou has no worries in the west, and it is precisely because of this that Huaxia can draw out most of its forces to attack the Rus (Luozhou) region and the Ruthenia (Luzhou) region.
After Gaoyang Yajun obtained the two states of Lu and Luo, he immediately ascended the throne and became emperor, and then the alliance with the southern power, the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, and the eastern power, the Khazar Khanate, made the Chinese Empire able to develop the whole country carefree in a short time.
But they all know that Gao Yang Yajun's ambition is more than once, just look at Gao Yang Yajun's arrangement, Gao Yang Yajun has an inexplicable obsession with expanding the territory.
Since the Ministry of Agriculture researched out the winter rice, the Chinese Empire is no longer troubled by food, because the production capacity of winter rice is too terrifying, winter rice is a high-yielding, early-maturing, cold-tolerant rice species, and winter rice is extremely adaptable, born regardless of location, and can be planted in many places.
Now the grain in Wanzhou alone is enough to support the army of the Chinese Empire for decades, not to mention that the grain of the Chinese Empire has also spread to Luzhou and Luozhou.
Luzhou and Luozhou are both one-third or one-half larger than Wanzhou, respectively, and this vast area can produce more grain.
And Gaoyang Yajun recently invented a kind of heating facility, Gaoyang Yajun named it honeycomb coal, this honeycomb coal is smokeless and tasteless, efficient and flammable, wide range of raw materials, simple production, energy-saving and low price, with this thing, the people of the Chinese Empire will not be afraid of the cold.
These are all admired by civil and military officials, and they even wonder if Gao Yang Yajun is an immortal.
In fact, there is no need for them to suspect that the people of the Huaxia Empire have offered the immortal card to Gaoyang Yajun at home.
It's far away, then again, I didn't expect time to pass so quickly, Gao Yang Yajun is almost seventeen years old.
Mei Xianying hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Prime Minister, I don't think we should inform Your Majesty!" β
"Well, yes, the old man called you here today to inform you!" Mei Andao nodded and said.
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"What? Tomorrow is my birthday!? β
In the palace, oh no, it should be a temporary palace, Gao Yang Yajun raised his head in surprise and asked.
Prime Minister Mei Andao asked Mei Xianying to go to the temporary palace to ask Gao Yang Yajun, should tomorrow's birthday be from Jane or what to say?
So after Mei Xianying returned to the palace, she directly found Gao Yang Yajun and told her that tomorrow was Gao Yang Yajun's birthday.
Gao Yang Yajun was also full of emotion when she heard the news, she didn't expect that she had been here for more than a year! She was about to celebrate her seventeenth birthday, and I remember that the emperor was still there on her last birthday, and the emperor held a coming-of-age ceremony for her that day.
"Time is so fast!" Gao Yang Yajun muttered to himself.
"Yes, Your Majesty! I didn't expect it to change so quickly in a year! You've gone from princess to king and then emperor! Mei Xianying couldn't help but sigh.
"Your Majesty, how should your birthday be arranged?" Mei Xianying looked at Gao Yang Yajun and asked.
"Let's keep it simple, the Chinese Empire is now in the process of development, so there is no need to be too extravagant and wasteful." Gao Yang Yajun didn't think about it, and said.
"Your Majesty really loves the people like a son, Your Majesty is Shengming!" Mei Xianying couldn't help but praise.
Mei Xianying knew that Gao Yang Yajun was the most likely to be proud and complacent at this age, but Gao Yang Yajun did not.
"Sister Mei, you go and arrange it with the prime minister!" Gao Yang Yajun said with a smile.
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In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mei Andao heard that Gao Yang Yajun had decided to keep everything simple, and he nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Your Majesty is indeed a Divine Monarch! I'm ready now, and tomorrow everything will be simple! β
On the second day, Gao Yang Yajun's seventeenth birthday, Gao Yang Yajun and the prime minister invited the officials above the three products in the temporary palace and had a simple meal!
When the officials saw Gao Yang Yajun's simple style, they couldn't help but sigh secretly in their hearts: "Your Majesty is really Mingjun!" β
Actually, who doesn't want to be gorgeous and grand, Gao Yang Yajun is not eager to hold a gorgeous and grand birthday banquet, but Gao Yang Yajun knows that she can't do this.
Because the Huaxia Empire is now developing, of course, Gao Yang Yajun, as His Majesty the Emperor, should lead by example and keep everything simple.
After all, if there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom.
It can be said that Gao Yang Yajun's birthday today is probably her most humble birthday, and compared with the birthday of last year's coming-of-age ceremony, it can be said that one is in the sky and the other is underground.
Gao Yang Yajun and the prime minister and the officials of the third grade and above ate until about ten o'clock in the evening, during which Gao Yang Yajun discussed the way of governing the country with the ministers, and then said that the current Chinese empire should develop well.
Gao Yang Yajun told Li Shanglong, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, that it was important to build Meijing and the Imperial Palace, but it was also important not to pull down the construction and maintenance of the national highway, and if there were not enough people to build it, then recruit people from countries or tribes near the Chinese Empire to work.
"Your Majesty, is this too domineering?" Li Xueru was still inclined to Confucianism after all, he frowned and asked.
"Lord Li, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty once said that their Han Dynasty is a miscellaneous way of hegemony, so I also tell you that China is surrounded by countries, this is a world of great contention, and my Huaxia also has its own system, implementing the royal legal system internally, and exercising hegemony externally!" Gao Yang Yajun looked at Li Xueru's eyes, as if a light bloomed.
Gao Yang Yajun raised his wine glass and stood up, and after drinking it in one go, he said proudly: "In this land of Taixi, Huaxia can only gain a foothold in this land of strife by being domineering to the outside world!" β
Gao Yang Yajun looked at the ministers and said:
"This is a national policy and a family law!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers should obey it and use it!"
The ministers were also infected by Gao Yang Yajun, and they stood up together and raised their wine glasses and drank them all.
Gao Yang Yajun's birthday banquet also came to an end, and the ministers also bid farewell to Gao Yang Yajun one after another, and got into the carriage and went back to their respective homes.
In the palace, only Mei Xianying and Gao Yang Yajun were left.
"Your Majesty, are you serious about what you just said?" Mei Xianying asked softly.
"Naturally, Sister Mei, you also know in your heart that in this land without a king and a father, we can only do this to ensure that Huaxia will not fall!" Gao Yang Yajun was not drunk either, she stared at Mei Xianying seriously and said firmly.
Mei Xianying smiled lightly and said:
"Your Majesty, Chen Xianying believes that all the adults will obey it and use it!"
Gao Yang Yajun raised his head and looked at Mingyue and muttered:
"When I am alive, they will naturally follow it and use it, but who knows what it will be like after a hundred years with you, you, and them?"
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