After accepting the Zen concession of Emperor Qixiang and deciding to name his country the Chinese Empire, Wu Chaoyue adopted the suggestion of his subordinates, and took the meaning of the first person since the Hongwu Emperor of the Han people, and set his own era name as Hongxian, and from then on, he officially regarded himself as the Hongxian Emperor. At the same time, Wu Chaoyue respected his cheap father Wu Xiaoping as the emperor, respected Wu Lao comprador as the emperor, and Wu Nianyue became the prince.

Fortunately, Wu Chaoyue, the Hongxian Emperor, is luckier than another Hongxian Emperor, first of all, his control over the place is far stronger than that of another Hongxian Emperor, and he has enough real power positions in his hands to reward hundreds of officials, reward accomplices and lackeys who loyally support him, and he can tie most people to a thief boat and help each other in the same boat, and the cohesion of the group is relatively strong. So even if Wu Chaoyue broke his promise and usurped the throne, there were indeed some people under his command who ridiculed and accused him behind his back, but in general, there was still no big chaos, and most of the local civil and military officials still recognized Wu Chaoyue as the Hongxian Emperor at the first time.

Wu Chaoyue is more fortunate than a certain big head is that there is no republican revolution in this era, there is no large group of foreign student revolutionaries who have been brainwashed by Western culture to jump out to oppose dictatorship, and the land of China is still very accustomed to having an emperor to rule, so Wu Chaoyue just gave a little bit of decent benevolence, exempted some harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, appointed some relatively honest officials, and worked hard to maintain law and order, and the poor people who had suffered from the war quickly accepted Wu Chaoyue, the new emperor. Opposition from the public is also minimal.

Internationally, with the exception of Tsarist Russia, which was not in the same position as the Hongxian court, the other Western powers, out of consideration for their own national interests, quickly recognized Wu Chaoyue as the new emperor, further expanded economic and trade exchanges with China, and established more formal diplomatic relations.

Although Tsarist Russia insisted that Wu Chaoyue was a shameless usurper, it was a pity that the Siberian railway had no shadow, and the distance of the road determined that it was impossible for the Tsarist army to use troops on a large scale in the Far East, and the main force of the Tsarist Russian army in the Far East had been annihilated by the Wu army in the northeast battlefield. At the same time, in order to ransom the Russian soldiers captured by the Wu army, the Russian governor of Eastern Siberia, Korsakov, had to accept the request of the Wu army and negotiate with the Wu army on the land issue involved in the "Aihui Treaty".

Wu Chaoyue's next mess is only slightly stronger than another Hongxian Emperor, in China's country, there are still objective problems such as opium overflow, economic withering and war, the concession still exists, and the conservative forces of the people are always restricting the progress of the Hongxian court, wanting to develop industry and modern education, so that China can get rid of weak poverty and modernization, take back the sovereignty of the concession and become a great power to expand, it is by no means as simple as a sentence.

Fortunately, Wu Chaoyue's biggest advantage is that he is young, only in his thirties is when he is in the prime of life, and his health is quite good, and he is fighting with the feudal and conservative forces in China, and at the same time, after establishing a number of modern schools, a group of young people who have received advanced cultural and technological education in the West have gradually stood up, standing on the side of Wu Chaoyue, who resolutely advocates reform and reform, although the progress is not very fast, but it is also unswervingly step by step towards civilization and opening up, industrialization and modernization.

In the year of Wu Chaoyue's accession to the throne, Tibet returned peacefully, and the following year, the rebellion in the northwest was basically quelled, and Xinjiang was also established as a province. After thwarting the so-called counteroffensive of the northwestern separatists twice, Wu Chaoyue used his own way to oppose him, and instead encouraged and supported the northwestern separatists to split the ground and establish a state in Tsarist Russia, and soon achieved some results, causing the situation in Central Asia to gradually move toward chaos.

Although Wu Chaoyue has been trying to avoid conflicts with other Western powers in order to gain time for development, the problems of concessions, opium and tariffs caused by unequal treaties have always been hidden dangers for the Hongxian court, and if Wu Chaoyue wants to eliminate these problems, he must touch the interests of the Western powers in China.

In addition, the appetites of the Western powers are all bottomless, Britain has been staring at Tibet and Central Asia, France has always coveted Annam, Hainan Island and Taiwan Island, and even clowns like Spain have tried to occupy China's vassal state Luzon forever, so in order to defend the integrity of territorial sovereignty, abolish unequal treaties and ban opium, the Hongxian court still gradually confronted the Western powers.

"Transcendence Wu must give up his suzerainty over Annam and cede the islands of Taiwan and Hainan, otherwise the Second French Empire will declare war on the Chinese Empire and seize more land by force!" Napoleon's nephew, Napoleon III, shouted directly.

"Luzon is Spanish territory! The Chinese must get out of here! Queen Isabella II of Spain also said the same thing and openly threatened to declare war.

"Transcendence Wu can become the emperor of China, it is all the credit of our British, as a reward, Transcendence Wu must give up Tibet and allow the British to garrison Xinjiang! Otherwise, we can make Yue Wu the emperor of China, and we can also make him step down! The British, who have always had a good relationship with Wu Chaoyue, also released cruel words to Wu Chaoyue for their own interests!

"Territory, Concession, Open Finance, Free Port, Consular Jurisdiction, Chinese Laborers, Garrisons, Free Navigation of Warships." Almost all the Western powers mentioned these nasty terms in front of Wu Chaoyue, and openly shouted that Wu Chaoyue would use force if he did not make concessions. At the same time, it is natural that during this period, Tsarist Russia jumped out again to stir up trouble, while desperately trying to drive a wedge between the Chinese Empire and the Western powers, and at the same time blackmail, in a vain attempt to make a comeback in the Far East and Central Asia.

In the face of such a complex international situation, Wu Chaoyue could only endure silently in addition to desperately cultivating internal strength and strengthening his body, and at the same time desperately trying to get closer to and consolidate his relationship with the British, the hegemon of the world today, and strive to establish a formal and equal military alliance with the British, weaken the enemy and enhance his own strength. But it's a pity that because of the conflict of interests, Wu Chaoyue failed to do so for a long time.

Just when Wu Chaoyue was anxious to establish a military alliance with the British, Wu Chaoyue and the British joined forces to send an exploration team to South Africa, and after spending a lot of Wu Chaoyue's personal funds, they finally discovered the world's largest gold deposit - Witwatersrand Gold Mine in a remote pasture between Pretoria and the Waal River on the land of South Africa, which is now known as the Transvaal Republic! At the same time, a vein of almost pure gold was also discovered, and if you smash the rock, you can get the gold directly!

When the news spread, the world was a sensation, and the great powers were all red-eyed and heart-beating, but Wu Chaoyue summoned the British minister to China at the first time and proposed to give up his shares in exchange for the conditions of establishing a military alliance with Britain. After the British envoy to China sent the news back to China, the British government agreed to Wu Chaoyue's request without blinking an eyelid, and in addition to signing a formal military alliance with the Hongxian court, the military and technical blockade of China was lifted, and the situation of the Chinese empire in the international community was greatly improved.

Only Wu Chaoyue knew what happened in advance, and after the British announced their ownership of the South African gold mine with the mineral exploration and mining agreement signed by Wu Chaoyue and the British with the Transvaal Republic, the South African Boers immediately jumped out and scolded, "Fuck you!" At that time, we didn't know that this gold mine was so big! So this agreement is null and void! ”

"Fuck you! You Boer white pigs are shameless! The British not only scolded, but also rolled up their sleeves and directly started to rob, but unfortunately, because the Boers were too desperate to fight, and the invention of the rear-loading gun had seriously restricted the power of linear tactics, the more conservative British in this regard were beaten and lost.

The defeat of the British once again caused a global sensation, and at the same time, in order to clean up the old enemies of the Hundred Years' War, France provided military assistance to the Boers at the first time, helping the Boers to resist the British invasion more effectively. The Prussians, who were frantically gaining strength, also unceremoniously chose to support the Boers for the benefit of their African colonies. Belgium, because of its big jewelry business, also smiled and extended a helping hand to the Boers who were rich in diamonds in the country. In order to weaken the British, Tsarist Russia has always looked at the British as unpleasant, the Netherlands and the Boers are related, and Spain has never forgotten its love for gold, and they all ran to the Boers and said, "Up! Fuck the British! ”

"Momfuck! The tiger is not powerful, and Lao Tzu is treated as a sick cat? If this battle does not continue, Lao Tzu will be sorry for the ancestors of the British Empire, and sorry for the bourgeoisie of the British Empire! ”

For the sake of face and practical interests, the British resolutely chose to continue the Boer War with the gold standard, but almost all the international powers stood on the opposite side, and the rapidly deteriorating international situation forced the British to be one step closer to huddling with China to keep warm, and after some negotiations full of sincerity with each other, the British returned the concession in China, returned the sovereignty of Hong Kong, abolished all unequal treaties related to China, and joined forces with China and Britain to jointly resist the world powers.

In history, with the help of Britain, even small Japan can become one of the world powers, and now that the British are resolutely on their side, Wu Chaoyue will simply have no face to live in this world if he can't make China one of the world's multipolarities. In the First World War of Luzon, the aging Spanish army was almost completely annihilated, and it had to be admitted that Luzon had always been Chinese territory. In Central Asia, the Tsarist army fought again, and the Chinese and British armies joined forces to fight the Tsarist Russian army all over the place. At the time of the Franco-Prussian War, Wu Chaoyue resolutely joined forces with Prussia to form an alliance, taking advantage of Prussia's victory in Europe and the establishment of the Paris Commune, taking the opportunity to recover France's sovereignty over the concession in China, and also forcing France to withdraw from the struggle for Annam.

Easier said than done, during this period, the hardships and twists and turns and crisis humiliation experienced by Wu Chaoyue and Hongxian's court are by no means able to be stated in a few words, so that when Wu Nianyue grew up and understood things, after learning about what Wu Chaoyue had experienced, he couldn't help but ask Wu Chaoyue: "Father, how did you come over those years?" Also, why do you do everything as if you were a prophet? ”

"How did you get here? Survived. Wu Chaoyue replied with a smile, and said: "As for the unpredictable prophet, you are my son, and I won't hide it from you, I do have some skills of unknown prophets." ”

Unexpectedly, his father replied like this, Wu Nianyue was inevitably a little surprised, looked at Wu Chaoyue and said, "Father, can you really be a prophet?" Can you teach me? ”

"Absolutely." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "But you have to keep it secret, because I don't want the second person to know except you, in fact, I am a traverser." ”