Chinese Empire, inside the Shengjing Imperial Palace, Taiping Temple.

As the Taiping Temple, which was only opened by the Great Dynasty Meeting, it is not only tall and majestic, but also magnificent. It's not that Feng Yunshan spent a lot of money on extravagant construction, but this Taiping Temple is the largest and most luxurious palace in the Heavenly King's Mansion built by King Hong of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom-the Golden Dragon Palace.

At this moment, in the main hall, under the court halls on both sides, hundreds of officials from the court and the central government were wearing the uniforms of the officials of the Chinese Empire - the tops were all navy blue and the four-patch pocket clothing with straight lapels and pocket lids - Yunshan suits, and they all knelt on the ground quite spectacularly, and the mountains shouted long live!

In fact, no matter what kind of clothing, as long as hundreds of people are unified, it looks very spiritual, not to mention this kind of Yunshan costume designed by Emperor Feng Yunshan himself, and then invited top tailors from all over the country to develop it together! This kind of clothing is suitable for hygiene, easy to move, easy to economy, strong to see, and has now become a common style of clothing throughout the Chinese Empire. If there is no answer or only one set, it will naturally be a failure.

As for the robes and horse coats most commonly used by Manchu men in the former Qing Dynasty, they have completely disappeared.

Feng Yunshan is also a Yunshan suit, and only he understands that his so-called Yunshan suit is actually just a variant of the Zhongshan suit in later generations, anyway, there is no such person in this world, so he will directly name it Yunshan suit, even if someone offends his name, he will not change his name.

The common people liked this name very much, they did not think it was offensive to the emperor, but a way to respect the emperor. There are even ignorant people who regard this cloud mountain costume as a treasure to drive away ghosts and ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings and wealth, thinking that wearing a cloud mountain costume can prevent all diseases and eliminate disasters.

However, in addition to the common people, officials in the court and in various places still called Huafu to avoid the emperor's name.

Today is the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, and it happens to be the birthday of Emperor Feng Yunshan, and the hundred officials of the Central Committee of the DPRK will present various "Ruyi" to Emperor Feng Yunshan under the organization of Wang Minyun, Minister of General Affairs, and perform a great court salute.

However, Feng Yunshan was not very happy about these, just to live up to the kindness of the ministers, and reluctantly endured, but it was just a formality, and he refused to accept the so-called various heavenly auspicious things of the former dynasty, saying that this wishful thinking was not as good as the people's wishes, so after a few years, Wang Minyun understood the emperor's thoughts, so he asked everyone to just make a gesture, and regarded the political achievements and merits as wishful thinking, and dedicated them to the emperor Feng Yunshan.

Feng Yunshan likes this arrangement very much. As an emperor, you must have the consciousness of the emperor, and the courtiers under his rule will definitely figure out their own thoughts to cater to and please themselves, there is no doubt about this. The key is how to guide them and do something useful to the people and the country.

From the construction of basic water conservancy facilities, the rise of town markets, the establishment of factories and minerals, the construction of road transportation, the opening of rural schools and urban technical schools, the rise of hospitals and clinics, the promotion of characteristic agriculture and cash crops, etc., as long as he can develop the local economy and benefit the people, it is the real political achievements he needs, and he can get his own favor and the promotion of officials.

In this way, even those who want to cater to their own preferences or those of their superiors must be diligent and do a good job in government. Moreover, this is not a superficial political achievement, Feng Yunshan specially asked the Ministry of Supervision and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to join officials from other ministries to set up a Department of Officials and Inspectors of Government Affairs, which is responsible for inspecting the performance of the chief official of one party every three years.

Of course, for the proper singing and dancing and festival celebrations, Feng Yunshan is not too resistant. For these, in fact, Feng Yunshan didn't care either. He even refused activities such as paying homage to the Taimiao from the Ministry of General Affairs, but in any case, today is his birthday, and it is the day of the great court meeting, which is also rare, so he did not stop too much for the hundreds of officials in the court today to kneel on the mountain and shout long live, and to engage in the kind of congratulatory table and salute celebration of the previous Ming and Manchu dynasties - even if it is the emperor, he can't do whatever he wants and hurt the hearts of his courtiers.

When the resounding sound of the mountain calling long live around the beam dissipated, Feng Yunshan rubbed his ears that were itchy from the shock, but heard His Royal Highness's Foreign Minister Wu Ruxiao play: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to play." King Kamehameha III of Hawaii collapsed, and the successor of the new king Kamehameha IV felt that he was not knowledgeable, and he admired the prestige of the Holy Heaven of the Chinese Empire, and sent an envoy from the Pacific Ocean to Shengjing to write to His Majesty the Emperor, please merge into the Chinese Empire and become a province of the Empire, please Your Majesty! ”

As he spoke, a fat black man in a straw skirt and a straw hat knelt down in front of the hall and muttered a lot, where did Feng Yunshan know what he said, but he only understood that this person must be the messenger of the king of Hawaii. It's a shame that Wu Ruxiao bothered to arrange for the Hawaiian tribe natives to come to worship, probably because he thought of it with the Pacific Fleet, and he once said that he wanted to permanently occupy the Hawaiian Islands, but he didn't expect that he would do such a thing today at his birthday party.

Presumably, the king of Hawaii has been forced to submit by force.

Feng Yunshan said: "The king and the people of Hawaii admire the sincerity of China, and I am very relieved!" Collimate! Spread my will, abolish the Kingdom of Hawaii, change the Hawaiian Islands to the Honolulu Islands, and at the same time abolish the throne of King Kamehameha IV of Hawaii, and canonize him as the Marquis of Honolulu of the Empire, enjoying the title of Marquis of the First Class; The original Hawaiian Islands and Fangyuan Islands were all incorporated into the territory of the Chinese Empire! From now on, a new province was established in the Chinese Empire, named Honolulu Province, and Shi Zhengao was appointed as the first governor of Honolulu Province. ”

"Your Majesty! The Marquis of Honolulu and the thousands of people of Honolulu will be able to feel His Majesty's Grace! Wu Ruxiao hurriedly grabbed the black fat man in the grass skirt and thanked him together.

At the end, Wu Ruxiao opened his mouth again: "Your Majesty, Weichen and some subsidiary state affairs in Nanyang have to be played. ”

"Wu Aiqing speaks!"

"Your Majesty, Sultan Ali Shah of the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Abdul Muwen of Brunei, and Guerrero, the leader of Portuguese East Timor, have all come to envoys, asking for merger into our Chinese Empire and asking for a reward. In addition, King Rama IV of Siam recently announced his abdication and passed the throne to Prince Chulalongkorn of Siam. Your Majesty, Holy Judge! ”

Feng Yunshan was stunned!

Which one of these countries are doing? I didn't want to annex these so-called kingdoms, which were actually just primitive tribes in the deep mountains and old forests. For these forces, it is not within the scope of their own consideration at all, or in other words, they don't look down on these things now. In fact, if it weren't for the important geographical location of the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they would not be able to look down on that palm-sized place. Not to mention these poor and remote islands.

In terms of land, today's Chinese Empire is as vast as Russia in later generations, but it is not a bitter cold land, it is far richer than it, even if the Chinese Empire adds hundreds of millions of people in the future, it will be enough to develop for decades and hundreds of years. How can I care about these small places? What's more, the so-called Sultanate of Johor and the Sultanate of Brunei have actually been occupied by the Chinese Empire, but they saw the opportunity quickly and called themselves tribute early, which is just a vassal state on the side of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In fact, these small kingdoms, which have been squeezed by foreigners and have little room for survival, can only be called a local tribe. The central area they ruled was completely surrounded by the empire's territory, and their hundreds of thousands of tribal soldiers were simply unsightly to the powerful Chinese Empire's captive army, and it was only a matter of their own words to directly occupy these places.

It should be said that they are smart. Seeing that the Chinese Empire is getting stronger and stronger, in order to keep his wealth and wealth, he takes the initiative to directly request to be incorporated into the Chinese Empire and ask for some rewards, which is far better than working hard all day and worrying that one day he will be raided by a team of troops and his family will be ruined.

However, why didn't the Kingdom of Siam invite itself to be incorporated into the empire? Only such a slightly larger kingdom, with a population of four or five million, can give itself something to look forward to.

However, Feng Yunshan also knew that Siam had a large land area, and it was not completely surrounded by the empire's territory, and it bordered Burma, so it would have its own backup once it was attacked by the empire. Moreover, after all, it is an ancestral industry that has been handed down, and no one is willing to discard it casually, not to mention that he didn't force the other party much, just like before. But now, Feng Yunshan felt that something was wrong. Even if you don't start a war and forcibly annex the other side, you have to show something.

In fact, what Feng Yunshan wanted most was to use a slow but purer means to slowly and thoroughly assimilate the Siamese people, that is, to vigorously promote Chinese culture, especially Confucian culture, writing and language are the most advantageous means.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan said loudly: "According to the request of the three leaders of Johor, Brunei, and Timor-Leste, Johor, Brunei, and Timor-Leste will be established as Johor Autonomous County, Brunei Autonomous County, and East Timor Autonomous County respectively, and they will be placed under the jurisdiction of Malay Province, Borneo Province, and Java Province respectively. The three chiefs were given the title of first-class marquis, and 10,000 acres of fertile land were allocated to each of the original territories as the fiefs of the two marquis, and each was rewarded with 100 copies of the Analects and 10,000 Shengyuan. As for the Siamese prince Chulalongkorn, I heard that he longed for Chinese culture, and I hadn't seen him for a while, so I ordered him to come to Shengjing to meet him, and I wanted to test his knowledge in person. ”

Wu Ruxiao immediately understood the emperor's intentions. This is a test of Siam, a test of Chulalongkorn.

The old King of Siam has announced his abdication, and Chulalongkorn must have taken over the throne in private, and now he has sent an envoy to the court in the name of paying tribute and celebrating the birthday festival, wanting to take advantage of the emperor's joy to canonize him on the throne and recognize him as the king of Siam. But he probably didn't expect that it was just as the other small kingdoms and vassal states would take the initiative to request to be incorporated into the Chinese Empire, otherwise Chulalongkorn might not have been so eager to request canonization.

Now that the emperor is tempting, it will be difficult for Chulalongkorn to do. If he comes to Shengjing to meet him, there is basically a ninety percent chance that the emperor will detain him in Shengjing and not let him go back, then he, the king of Siam who has ascended the throne, will stay in Shengjing, and Siam will naturally have no person in charge, and he will exist in name only; And if he doesn't come to Shengjing, it will be disobeying the holy decree, and the empire will have an excuse to find, and even send troops to fight. Therefore, in any case, Chulalongkorn is in trouble. Wu Ruxiao secretly felt sorry for this young prince who had met him a few times.

"Wechen obeys!" Wu Ruxiao hurriedly agreed and stepped aside.

Led by Zeng Guanlan, Vice Premier of the Cabinet, he led the ministers of the DPRK and China to come out together, and congratulated in unison: "Weichen and others congratulate Your Majesty on your birthday, and wish Your Majesty the Emperor a prosperous future, long live, long live, long live!" ”

Feng Yunshan raised his hand and said with a smile: "I want to thank all Aiqing." Later, I retreated from the court, and they all stayed, and I held a banquet in the Hall of All People today, and Zhong Aiqing could leave after three rounds of wine. ”

Zeng Guanlan said: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Wechen and others have been looking forward to His Majesty's birthday banquet for a long time. ”

"This year's summer grain harvest has begun, and there is a bumper harvest in all parts of the north and south of the empire, and the people and peasants have a gratifying harvest. I am happy, today's wedding banquet is not called a longevity banquet, it is called a wedding banquet! Feng Yunshan said with a smile: "It coincides with Honolulu, Johor, Brunei, Timor-Leste and other places asking to be merged into China, and it is four joys." ”

Zeng Guanlan said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, blessings to all the people, and the whole world is happy." Now, under the leadership of His Majesty, our Chinese Empire has become the leading power in the East and even in the world. Now that all nations are coming to the court, my Chinese land will reproduce the style of the Han and Tang dynasties in ancient times! ”

His Royal Highness's ministers also praised one after another, and for a while, the monarchs and ministers laughed at each other, and they were happy.

After a while, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the envoys of the major vassal states of the Chinese Empire to the top of the main hall. First of all, special envoys from the French Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Persia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Ottoman Empire, etc., presented congratulatory gifts one after another, wishing the emperor a happy birthday. Then, the envoys of the Edo Shogunate of Japan, the envoys of the King of Burma, the envoys of the King of Gurkha, the envoys of the Kingdom of Siam, the envoys of the Kingdom of Sikh, the envoys of the King of Aiukhan, the Kokand Khanate, the Bukhar Khanate, and the envoys of the five or six Kazakh Khanates of all sizes who were subject to the Chinese Empire, plus the Marquis of Ryukyu, Luzon, Sulu, Medan, Bhutan, and Java, as well as the newly sealed Marquis of Honolulu, Johor, and Brunei, which had become territories of the Chinese Empire or were annexed by the Empire. Timor-Leste Hou and many other overseas marquis have offered gifts from their own territories to express their heartfelt feelings.

After the worship service, it was already past noon. Feng Yunshan directly ordered the Wanxi Banquet to officially begin.

I saw that in the hall of all peoples, the cigarette smoke was green, steaming, and the brocade tent was heavy. Because of the dim light in the innermost part of the hall, the hot-selling red candles and kerosene windproof lamps on the market are lit, and the candle shadows are shaking red, and the shining palace flowers are clustered. The dining table made of rosewood is lined with seafood and mountain delicacies; In the white jade cup, there is a sense of awakening.

During the banquet, the general affairs department invited jugglers from the holy capital to swim among them. Puppets, dancing stars, lion dances, playing Bao Lao, and a few foreigners played a few Western magic tricks, which provoked the military attachés and ordinary envoys to applaud again and again. On the civilian side, the pipa, the pipe, the Lao flower drum, the golden cymbal, and even the performance of reciting "Heavenly Creation" are also amazing.

Feng Yunshan just raised his glass slightly, and toasted everyone in the hall with a glass from afar, and then the entire banquet was lifted to a climax, which was naturally the end.

After everyone in the palace drank heavily and was full of wine and food, dozens of soldiers of the Imperial Forest began to drill in the center of the hall, and paraded the troops on a small scale, so that the guests attending the banquet, especially the foreign envoys, were dumbfounded, especially when they saw that there were 5 foreign soldiers among them. However, as soon as these soldiers were walking, the footsteps of dozens of soldiers were like one person, and the rifles in their hands and the shining bayonets under the barrels undoubtedly reminded everyone that this was the elite soldiers of the empire, and the thought of the fact that there were more than a million soldiers in this empire today made people's hearts feel even more terrified, all of them were condensed and cautious, and the smiles on their faces were even more serious.

PS: Hurry back home to pig's feet, write about the Civil War for too long and be scolded to death. In addition, at the request of book friends, I recommend a copy of "Emperor Ran Wei", don't spray if you don't like it.