In the Imperial Palace, the majestic and tall guards clenched their guns and looked at their supreme commander with a determined gaze. Zhang Ke wore the dress of the generalissimo of the three armed forces, and walked slowly but firmly into the main hall surrounded by the high-ranking officials of the cabinet, the Privy Council, and the imperial history platform, as well as the speaker of the Constituent Assembly, Hong Shiyi, and the deputy speaker Gao Guifang.

In the middle of the main hall, on the table is placed the jade seal that symbolizes supreme power, and next to the jade seal is the imperial law that has just been formulated.

has finally come to this point, for Zhang Ke, the past days are like a dream, and now the dream is the most beautiful.

When he grabbed the jade seal with trembling hands, his body couldn't help but tremble, and the corners of his eyes couldn't stop being moist. The official in charge of the ceremony saw Zhang Ke's shoulders trembling, and hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhang Ke slowly raised his head, resolutely put the jade seal beside him, walked in front of the Imperial Covenant, grabbed the Covenant Law hard, and turned around violently.

"The authority of the emperor is not in a stone, even if it is Heshibi! The people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. The covenant law representing all the people is the highest standard that I abide by all my life, the whole world, the law is great, and the people are greater! ”

This is probably the shortest enthronement declaration in the world, and the moment Zhang Ke finished speaking, everyone was silent for a while, and then burst into crazy applause. Some of the elderly delegates were excited to kneel, and the people next to them hurriedly grabbed them.

"I didn't hear Your Majesty say, the people are the biggest, we represent the people, but we can't kneel."

If you can't kneel, then slap hard!

Waves of applause like a tide of applause seemed to bulge the lid of the Imperial Palace.

Finally, Zhang Ke sat on the dragon chair. Wang Huazhen led hundreds of civil and military officials to bow to the new monarch, and then saluted to the covenant, swearing allegiance to His Majesty. Abide by the law, be close to the people and love the people.

After the short ceremony, Zhang Ke led everyone to Chengtianmen again, according to the Western hour, it was almost ten o'clock, and the salute sounded one after another, a total of 103 sounds.

Then the huge military parade began. There were more than 60 phalanxes and more than 20,000 soldiers, under Zhang Ke's attention. Slowly walked through the Chengtian Gate.

The soldiers under Zhang Ke were all elite in a hundred battles, and they had just come down from the battlefield, and the bloody aura of their bodies had not yet dissipated, and they came from a distance. The team is not meticulous. There is fierceness and arrogance in the roughness, which makes everyone can't help but be afraid.

I have long known that there is a big excitement of the military parade, and the people of the capital have long helped the old and the young, and the whole family went out to watch it together. After living in the capital for a long time, my horizons are high.

How about the emperor, but just an upstart! Shangshu Shilang, that is, the ant officer. Lao Tzu has seen how many pavilion elders cut off their heads!

There are not many things that can dazzle the eyes of the people of the capital, and today's military parade is just one of them.

At the head of the line were dozens of war horses pulling huge carriages. Each carriage has a painted picture on it, starting from the defense of Daqing Fort, to the battle of Fengji Fort, the battle of Guangning, the fierce battle of the Hunhe River, the recovery of Liaoshen, and then to the cross-sea attack of the Japanese, the recovery of Taiwan, and the capture of Luzon......

The painter used superb technology to show the cruelty of the battlefield, the strong vicissitudes of color, the brave and invincible soldiers, and the battle flags flying high, constituting the most shocking picture.

On the last carriage, wooden carvings are used to show the existing territory of China.

In addition to the original provinces, the Nuer Gandusi has been restored, and the grasslands beyond the Great Wall, the Kyushu Islands, the Ryukyus, the Nankai Islands, and the newly discovered Oceania are all amazing.

In fact, before participating in the parade, everyone got a printed map of the empire's territory, and on the back of it was the world empire.

After getting this piece of paper, most of the people were stupid, the Heavenly Empire has always been just a small piece, and the outside world is so vast!

There are also people who praise that His Majesty's majestic talent and strategy have more than doubled the area of the empire, and the Holy Heaven is far greater than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties!

When the parade phalanx appeared in front of everyone, it attracted bursts of cheers, and outside the Chengtian Gate, there was a sea of joy.

The soldiers are also really competitive, tall war horses, swaggering, straight military uniforms, revealing heroic postures, and the dark metallic luster of various artillery, showing the majesty of the god of war. Especially when the navy appeared in a neat white uniform, the audience fell into a brief silence, and then erupted in an overwhelming exclamation.

So clean, so neat!

Spotlessly clean, brighter than the clouds in the sky. The young girls were flushed one by one, looking at it secretly, and their hearts were about to jump out, if they could marry these white-clothed divine soldiers in this life, it would be worth dying!

No one could have imagined that a military parade directly led to a change in the wedding, and the white symbolizing purity and beauty gradually replaced the lively and festive red, which everyone was afraid of.

Zhang Ke stood on a high place, accepting the soldier's salute, and he waved frequently until his arm was almost broken, and the parade was finally over. This was followed by a grand singing and dancing acrobatic performance.

Being able to show his face at the enthronement ceremony is something that many artists can't ask for, as early as a few months ago, people from all over the world gathered over and competed to perform. After selection, there are performers in all provinces.

From dragon and lion dances, to Kunqu opera drums, to fire-breathing stones. Every performance team showed the most wonderful content in the shortest possible time, and the celebration lasted until the third watch in the middle of the night, and some people did not want to disperse. This unique enthronement ceremony made the people talk about it and endured for a long time.

Compared with the cheers of the people, Zhang Ke was not easy, after the parade, Zhang Ke summoned the hundred officials to the Zhongji Hall and held the first temporary imperial meeting.

Cui Chengxiu, who was in charge of the affairs of the domain, trembled and introduced to Zhang Ke.

"Your Majesty, in this ceremony, the subject countries that came include Korea, Ryukyu, Annam, Chenla, Xianla, Champong, Sumatra, Baihua, Sanfuqi, Boni and other more than ten countries, plus the Mongolian tribes, and the Tusi in the southwest, the number is about ......"

"That's it!"

Zhang Ke waved his hand impatiently: "I just want to know, is it that none of the Western countries have come?" ”

"Hmm." Cui Chengxiu smiled bitterly and nodded. "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that they are far away, and it may be too late to ask for an order. So ......"

"You don't have to scratch your face!" Zhang Ke said unceremoniously: "I said three years ago about ascending the throne, not to mention that they have trading companies in the East, don't they even have the right to arbitrarily?" The situation is very clear, that is, the Westerners have joined forces, and they want to wrestle with us! ”

Prime Minister Wang Huazhen's face was bitter, although he knew that what Zhang Ke said was true, but the country was created. I really can't stand the toss. Moreover, he felt that the Western countries were far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, and they were unable to go east at all, so Zhang Ke was purely looking for trouble.

"Your Majesty. Because the Western nations are admittedly rude, it is enough to send one or two eloquents to condemn them with a holy decree. ”

Zhang Ke didn't squeak, but his face was gloomy. Clearly disagree. Lu Xiangsheng, who was in charge of the Privy Council, immediately stood up.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister. Nowadays, unlike in the Ming Dynasty, foreign affairs should be dealt with practically, will Westerners care about a few words of scolding? They value profit, and if they want to learn a lesson, they must show their fists and give them some color. ”

Wang Huazhen shook his head and said: "Privy envoy, the old man doesn't understand, it's just that His Majesty has just ascended the throne." The people are in dire need of recuperation. If you start a battle casually, I am afraid that it will damage the national strength and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

As a representative of the business interests, Bao Shiqing hurriedly retorted: "Prime Minister, fighting a war is not just about attrition, and now the problem of domestic displacement has not been completely solved. What's more, the land of Nanyang, which was stolen by the Western countries, was originally the sphere of influence of the Celestial Empire, and millions of Chinese people lived on it. Past dynasties have regarded them as outcasts of the Celestial Empire and have turned a blind eye. But now that His Majesty has ascended the throne and Vientiane is renewed, it is a matter of time before these lands are recovered. ”

Looking at the argument between the two factions under his command, Zhang Ke was still a little happy in his heart, he didn't want to lose his authority too soon. What's more, the government is like a car, there must be a throttle, but also a brake, the two factions compete, and the emperor mediates, so that the world can be peaceful.

"We have made up our minds, first of all, we must strengthen our investigation and find out the attitude of the Western countries. In addition, the navy should increase investment and build more ships, especially commercial ships for both military and civilian purposes. Even if there is no war, immigrating to Australia and going back and forth between the two places will require a large number of ships. Prime Minister, this is not a waste of money and labor, but also a solution to the employment of many people, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Wang Huazhen hurriedly smiled and said: "Since Your Majesty has said so, the old minister must vigorously support it, and this year's financial establishment is five million taels of silver, and another ten million taels of bonds will be issued for the development of the navy." ”

"Okay, Jiandou, tell Ming Ruxin and Mao Chenglu that they will immediately draw up an excerpt for the development of the navy."

"Understood!"

In the first imperial meeting, overseas issues were discussed, which shows Zhang Ke's enthusiasm for this. As he and Yu Ge said, to fight a war is to calculate the gains and losses, ancient China was trapped in a corner of East Asia, not because it did not want to expand, but around it was a barren land except for the sea, and if it was defeated, it would lose money, and no matter how thick the family foundation was, it could not bear it.

Britain was able to build an empire on which the sun never sets, and it was only by relying on the ruthlessness of knocking on the bones and sucking the marrow that the rice flag was made all over the world. Today's China has to learn from the United Kingdom, look at the world, and what can be grabbed must be grabbed.

Compared with the small island nation, China's strength is definitely not the same.

After Zhang Ke's order was issued, the entire empire was running at high speed, the shipyards in the southeast were recruiting workers, ship orders were increasing day by day, and the navy was also speeding up the pace of recruitment.

After research, Ming Ruxin divided the fleet into two parts, one part of which had been used as a base in the home ports of Shandong and Jinzhou, mainly through the inland sea, and their targets were pirates and Japan and North Korea.

The real main force is placed in the South China Sea, where the elite soldiers of the navy are gathered, the largest ships, the most advanced artillery are placed here, and the number of warships is still increasing rapidly. There are more than 2,000 ships owned by Ming Ru novices, and there are as many as 20 sail warships of more than 5,000 tons, which is also the biggest trump card of Ming Ru novices.

"If we wait another three or five years, the number of our warships will increase by three or five times, and by that time, it will be easier to win against the Westerners."

"Not really." Mao Chenglu said with a smile: "I don't know the quantity of naval battles, but also depends on the quality, the flowers in the greenhouse can't withstand the wind and sun!" Adults should have the courage to fight and win at any time, even if they are at a disadvantage. ”

Ming Ruxin hit his forehead with his hand and said with a smile: "It's true that I'm hypocritical, I always want to be perfect, but there are things in the world that are full of red gold." Tell the brethren to train me well and prepare for battle. ”

When Mao Chenglu heard this, he jumped up on the ground and said eagerly: "I'll go and inform you." Walking to the door, Mao Chenglu asked suspiciously: "My lord, although Tang Ruowang and they didn't come back, maybe they encountered wind and waves, so they don't necessarily have to fight, right?" ”

Some time ago, Zhang Ke sent Tang Ruowang and others as guides, with more than a dozen envoys, to Malacca.

At this time, Malacca had been transferred from the Portuguese to the Netherlands, and since the loss of Java, Malacca has been the most important support point for the Dutch in the East. And not only the Dutch, but also the British, the French, and the Spanish, all gathered in Malacca, and they were discussing a crusade against the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how powerful the Eastern Empire was, these sea hooligans were not really afraid. From the West to the East, they are all outlaws, the most insatiable, the most ferocious and crazy. How about the Celestial Empire, there will be no more opportunities to withdraw from the ocean.

After John Tong arrived in Malacca, he took Lord Qincha and met with the governor of the Netherlands and explained his intentions.

"His Majesty the Emperor is very dissatisfied with the rude behavior of the various countries, and His Majesty the Emperor thinks that you are trading in the South Seas as if you were at his doorstep, and you must report to your master, and get your master's permission before you can live safely. If the master wishes, he can throw you out at any time. The Chinese have a saying that it is said that friends come from afar and are happy. Whether to choose to be a friend or an enemy, the Dutch side must give an answer! ”

The Dutch governor Arturses was a cunning and ruthless man, and since the loss of Java, the Dutch had not been willing to accept defeat, but the sea coachmen also knew that their opponent was a super behemoth and would not be easy to deal with. The Dutch did not act rashly, but kept sending troops, gathering strength, and waiting for the opportunity for revenge.

As Western countries became more and more jealous of China, new alliances were formed, and the Dutch finally gained confidence.

"Go and tell the king of the east that we have discovered this place first, that our flag is planted here first, and that the Dutch are worthy of the master. The king of the East must obey the rules, or he will be spit on by the whole world! ”

Just as the two sides were arguing, loud shouts and even gunshots were suddenly heard outside, and the negotiations had to be terminated.

"Your Excellency the Governor of Qiqi, the yellow-skinned monkeys of Malacca have rebelled, and the Dutch soldiers have begun to suppress them!" (To be continued......)