Chapter 19: Becoming Emperor
For the emperor, Zhuo Ao actually didn't have much thought, in fact, this emperor compared with many emperors in history, it was already calculated, but the luck was bad and he ran into himself, and here, it is a high-martial world, secular imperial power, for those masters, many times, in the case of direct conflict between the two sides, the imperial power is often ignored.
However, he wants to collect luck, and the system is in this secret realm, and the time restrictions on themselves are extraordinarily relaxed, and there is a meaning that as long as you want to, you can stay forever, of course, the premise is that you have a long enough life.
In the past ten years, for him, it is just a foreshadowing, the story that belongs to Fengyun has come to an end with the demise of the gods, but the glory that belongs to him has just begun.
The war in the city is nearing the end, and the troops who came to quell the rebellion this time may have their own purposes, but for the Ming Dynasty, there is always a sense of belonging, if these people stay, they will inevitably cause some unnecessary trouble in the future, and the best way is to do it once and for all.
In the sporadic firelight, mixed with the occasional sound of weapon collision and shouting of killing, Zhuo Ao took a deep breath, he had countless combat experience, he knew that the battle, in fact, was over, there was no god and the army that came together to quell the rebellion this time, at this moment, either surrendered, or perished, the next thing is to receive those empty cities as soon as possible.
Over the years, Zhuoao has consciously absorbed and cultivated managerial talents from the beginning, but now there is no need to worry about haste, there is no available person, a group of officials as early as the day of the departure of the army, has dragged their families to set off, it will not take long. They will rush to the capital, and then be sent to various places.
"My lord. The capital has been completely controlled by our army, and the princes of the Eight Roads who came with him this time. All of them have been ambushed. Xu Da was still stained with a trace of blood, and he came to Zhuo Ao with steady steps, bowed down and said.
"The emperor was frightened and sent a group of soldiers and horses to guard the cold palace and protect the emperor's safety." Zhuo Ao turned his head, glanced at Xu Da, nodded, and said meaningfully.
"Don't worry, my lord, I won't let Your Majesty be frightened again." Xu Da nodded.
"Remember. He has always been the king of a country, the body of an emperor, dare to snub people, kill! Zhuo Ao said coldly, although the other party is already a prisoner, he will still abide by the etiquette, there is no special reason, just because of the word emperor. The majesty of the emperor should not be humiliated, and as the future emperor, he must take care of it!
"Yes!" Xu Da nodded. Bow down and retire.
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A year later, the Forbidden City, the Imperial Palace
The white clouds are long. The breeze swept around, with a certain power that seemed to be able to cleanse people's souls, blowing Zhuo Ao's purple robe into waves. A few strands of hair on the forehead also danced in the breeze. makes the originally resolute face a little less majestic and domineering, and a little more elegant and soft.
Footsteps sounded, and the emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe silently appeared behind Zhuo Ao, standing side by side with Zhuo Ao with somewhat complicated eyes, following Zhuo Ao's gaze, looking into the distance.
Here, is the highest position of the Forbidden City, but also the highest place in the entire capital, standing here, you can clearly see the outside of the Forbidden City, the scene of traffic, compared to the past in the capital under their own governance, the current capital, but more than twice as bustling, even if you don't have to go out of the palace, he can also feel a little bit of the past under his own governance has never appeared in the weather.
All nations come to the court, and the weather of the kingdom is up.
Here, you can see people of all different skin tones and even hair colors, trying to sell their products in half-baked Mandarin.
You can even find the two rivals of Houjin and Mongolia mixed in the crowd, but don't be surprised, since Zhuo Ao opened up trade routes and communicated with the grasslands, the emperor witnessed the two old enemies who gave him a headache in the past, and in order to survive under Zhuo Ao's soft knife, he had to trade war horses, cattle and sheep for enough food and clothing for them to survive the winter.
It will not let them suffer too much, but in order to be able to communicate conveniently, they have to go to great lengths to learn Chinese, to communicate normally with the people here, and be assimilated and absorbed little by little, the emperor has been following Zhuo Ao, witnessing how Zhuo Ao has domesticated these hungry wolves into obedient sheep step by step, although it has not been completely domesticated, but he can basically foresee that as long as Zhuo Ao does not die, after tens of hundreds of years, there may be no more Hu and Han in the world, and the whole world is Han people.
This is the lifelong dream of many generations of Shenzhou emperors, but now, in the hands of people who were regarded as rebellious ministers and thieves a year ago, there is a dawn of hope, which is really a bit ironic.
"Figured it out?" The retracted gaze fell on the emperor, and Zhuo Ao said indifferently.
"What if you can't figure it out? In a year's time, the world has been pacified by you, looking at the world, from civil and military officials, to famous families, down to peddlers and pawns, who still remembers me as the emperor? The corners of his mouth flashed a little self-deprecating and sarcastic smile, a year's time, at the beginning of the moment, as if the world was pacified by Zhuo Ao, and in this process, the traces of belonging to the Ming Dynasty were unconsciously eliminated from people's hearts, and now, even if Zhuo Ao directly forced him to abdicate, I am afraid that looking at the world, few people will support him, not even those who support, belong to the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, as early as this year, was Zhuo Ao or eliminated, or absorbed, he is the emperor, has existed in name only.
Public opinion, military heart, and courtier's heart, in this short year, he deeply realized what Zhuo Ao said at the beginning, the people are indeed very realistic, whoever can let them live a good life, they will support whom, as for the so-called royal orthodoxy...... Hehe.
"This is life, at least your Zhu family's bloodline is still inexhaustible, which is not bad for the last emperor." Zhuo Ao said indifferently, there are not too many surprises for the emperor's choice, the general trend of the world has become clear, he is now the actual controller of the country, what is lacking is just a righteous name, and this thing, over time, the importance of Zhuo Ao is also weakening, even if he does not agree, not long after, Zhuo Ao will make a 10,000 stickers, the ministers will admonish or something, forcing the emperor to abdicate, but when the time comes, the last emperor will not even be able to be a rich man.
To be able to become an emperor, there are a lot of trade-offs and calculations in his heart, and he can see the situation most clearly, and he blindly acts impulsively, and it is impossible to achieve such a position as an emperor.
"yes, that's pretty good!" The emperor exhaled heavily, as if he had let go of the burden of a thousand pounds, no matter what he thought in his heart, but the persistence of the past year finally came to naught, and that feeling was not pleasant.
"Shouldn't you tell me about the dragon vein?"
"What do you want to do? The dragon vein is related to the luck of my Shenzhou, and it is the mysterious power that protects the land of my Shenzhou, and it cannot be touched lightly. The emperor's face changed, and he looked at Zhuo Ao and said.
"Who told you?" Zhuo Ao sneered: "If it is really so spiritual, how can there be so many dynasties in history?" How can no god enter Middle-earth and be unscrupulous? is in China, but it has to be guarded by the bones of a dead man, so what's the use of asking the emperor? What is the use of the army and the court? ”
"Why do you want to be dead when it's a dead thing?" The Emperor retorted.
"I want to see, what is the so-called luck?" Zhuo Ao said coldly.
"When you ascend to the throne of God, you will feel it in your heart." After a long silence, the emperor shook his head gloomily and left with a bit of depression, as a loser, he was indeed not qualified to say anything, but he also did not want to personally present the sacred object that had been guarded for generations.
Zen let the ceremony, a month later in the jubilant atmosphere of the whole country, gloomy handover, when the official handover of the jade seal of the country, the emperor seems to be drained of the strength of the whole body, people also seem to be more than ten years old in an instant, under the support of the two eunuchs, gloomy departure.
Although the name of the Ming Dynasty has been used once, but this time, it is obvious that it can not continue to continue the name of the Ming Dynasty, there are too many marks of the previous dynasty, Zhuo Ao re-selected the country name - Shenwu, Zhuo Ao is the first Emperor Shenwu, this country name, will continue.
In the next five years, Zhuoao began to vigorously develop the navigation industry, the routes of the Shenwu Empire, began to connect with the surrounding island countries, and through commercial means, a steady stream of materials from neighboring countries were transported back to Shenzhou, and then with these wealth, vigorously develop people's livelihood, set up colleges, and open up people's wisdom.
With the increasing number of experienced talents in the shipbuilding industry and navigation, the routes of the Shenwu Empire gradually spread to the world.
In the fourth year, as the domestic situation became more and more stable, and the Shenwu Empire was unprecedentedly rich and powerful, Zhuo Ao personally led the sailors to conquer Dongying.
In the past few years, he also occupied a city in Dongying, divided the land and became king, established the shogunate, and secretly collected information about Dongying and sent it back to Dongtu.
This time, Zhuo Ao did not continue to adopt the Huairou policy, but with the most bloody means, within three months, the Shenwu army swept through the four islands of Dongying, all the armed forces that dared to resist were suppressed by the Shenwu army with iron and blood, in just three months, under the ruthless suppression of the Shenwu army, the population of Dongying has almost shrunk by half, and the adult male population in the country has almost disappeared.
After March, Zhuo Ao and Dongying's first master, Huangying, fought a decisive battle at the foot of Mount Fuji, and after three days of hard fighting, Zhuo Ao personally beheaded him, completely erasing the last resistance of Dongying.
For Zhuo Ao's iron-blooded methods in Dongying, no one dares to question that the grievances between Middle-earth Shenzhou and Dongying have a long history, five years ago, Dongying's master infiltrated Middle-earth without a god, intending to cholera Shenzhou, and has already formed a mortal enemy, and now Zhuo Ao has used bloody means to kill Dongying's extinction, which is also a heavenly cycle, naturally no one will speak for Dongying's tragic death in this war at this time. (To be continued.) )