Tang Long made a calming gesture for a while, and then continued: "I have received information that Wen China, which is ranked fifty-sixth in the universe on our side, is preparing to launch an expansion war.

"According to the intelligence, the situation in our star field will change in a week, and we will take advantage of the opportunity for China to start a war and other countries have no time to take care of it, and annex the five-nation alliance in one go.

"Although we don't care what other countries think, we still need an excuse, but as for how to make excuses afterwards, it's up to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs to worry about."

"Yes!" The officers immediately stood up and shouted with excitement on their faces, and although the civilian officials still wanted to say something, they saw the tone of Tang Long's decision, so they had to sigh and put their minds on how to prepare for the war.

The five countries around Datang began to pay attention to Datang after Datang completely unified the chaos-free galaxy, and when Datang annexed Yinying and Wanluo, they regarded Datang as the most important enemy, and they knew very well that Datang was powerful, and they abandoned their past grievances for the first time, married each other, and formed a stable alliance.

Although the five countries merged into a group, and it can be said that they surrounded the Tang Dynasty, they did not dare to take the initiative to attack, because no one knew whether the Five Nations Alliance would be able to defeat the Tang Dynasty.

If it can't, it will give Datang an excuse to attack itself, so he just set up heavy troops on the border to monitor Datang.

However, after the news of Tang Long's imminent accession to the throne in the Tang Dynasty, the border guards of the five countries were a little lax, because generally such a major event would not be easy to fight. After all, the emperor's accession to the throne requires auspiciousness, how can it be possible to see blood at this time!

As Tang Long's ascension to the throne drew closer, the armies of the five kingdoms became more and more lax, and began to prepare to send a delegation to observe the ceremony. Even if you regard Datang as a mortal enemy, before you tear your face, you still have to show the politeness of being a neighbor.

However, just a week before Tang Long's enthronement ceremony was to be held, and the Five Nations Viewing Group was ready to set off, news suddenly broke out in the surrounding area.

This news can scare the five countries enough, you must know that Wen China is one of the top 100 countries in the universe, and it is the most powerful country in this star field, and his own alliance of five countries is equivalent to a mouse against a cat, and he can only wait for death.

Originally, these five countries also wanted to surrender to Wen China on the condition of becoming a vassal state, but before this idea could be implemented, the news came that Wen China had annexed the vassal country and divided the territory of the vassal country into its own territory.

Hearing this news, the heads of state of the five countries immediately gave up their plans to surrender to sincerity, and since they have reached the point where the fish is dead and the net is broken, what else should they consider?

However, even if there was no hope of victory, the five countries did not want to be so restrained, so they transferred most of the troops suppressed in the Tang Dynasty back to most of them and guarded the border at the other end; The viewing groups that went to Datang set off immediately, and in addition to congratulatory gifts, they also brought the national credentials of the alliance.

In the face of a strong enemy, for this alliance, the five countries have made a bloody investment, each head of state is willing to marry his little princess to Tang Long as a concubine, and is even more willing to serve Tang Long as the leader of the alliance, the Tang army can be stationed in the five countries, it can be said that the five countries have secretly acquiesced to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

It's a pity that these envoys have just arrived in Datang, and the Tang army has already pounced on the border of the five countries, if the envoys arrive in Datang ahead of schedule, Tang Long, who learned the news that the five countries are willing to become vassals of the Tang Dynasty, will definitely not send troops, because Tang Long has many ways to turn the vassal countries into his own homeland, if it can be easily obtained, then why fight?

It was because the envoys were one step slower, and the defense goals of the five countries had shifted, and more importantly, no one thought that the Tang Dynasty would actually launch a war when it was preparing for the enthronement ceremony for its monarch.

Because of all these reasons, the five countries didn't have time to react much, and the Tang Army was already in the city.

After being confused by the Intelligence Department and delaying for a long time, in the end, it was too late to retreat, and the heads of the five countries who were surrounded by the Datang Legion surrounded the capital star obediently raised their hands and surrendered under the guarantee given by the Datang to the safety of their family's personal and property.

That is to say, before Tang Long ascended the throne, the Tang Dynasty annexed five more countries, more than doubled its territory, and became a medium-sized country.

Originally, the fact that the territory of a country like Datang doubled in an instant was enough to attract the attention of all the forces in the universe, but at this moment, no one cared about Datang, a remote country. In this way, first, there is a top 100 Wen China in the universe in front of it, and the second is that this universe has begun a real great power struggle for hegemony.

You must know that in the past, although the universe was full of wars, these wars affected small and medium-sized countries, and the big countries did not burn themselves except for stabilizing their own territory.

This time was different, the top 100 countries in the universe, including the first country in the universe Wulai and the second in the universe, the Night Empire, began a war of aggression with the goal of devouring the territory of all the surrounding countries.

It was only at this time that the all-universe war really broke out.

Therefore, except for the countries near Datang, which will stand up and condemn Datang's undeclared and immoral behavior, no one is interested in paying attention to Datang's situation at all.

The envoys of various countries who were going to Datang to participate in the enthronement ceremony immediately turned around and returned to China after hearing the news that Datang had launched a war to annex the five countries regardless of morality and gratuity.

Of course, not all of them.

Like the envoys of the countries controlled by the five major gangsters, they still continue to advance towards the Tang Dynasty, you must know that when they go abroad, the head of state is down: "Unless the envoys are dead, they must personally express their congratulations to Tang Long." "Such a strict order.

With this order, the envoys didn't care whether Tang Long was moral or not!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Datang, which had already made a good excuse and was ready to explain to other countries, was surprised to find that apart from the surrounding countries, there were no other countries that came to condemn Datang's actions, and they couldn't help but immediately report this problem to Tang Long.

Tang Long, who received the report, immediately ordered the two major intelligence agencies to inquire about the news.

The little black cat saw that Tang Long was nervous about the news regardless of the upcoming enthronement ceremony, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Big brother, you will ascend the throne in a few days, why bother with the reason?" Don't you feel comfortable that others have not come to condemn us? ”

"Well, how could I be so masochistic?" Tang Long shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm just curious about the reaction of the countries in the universe, think about it, if it's us, seeing that there is a country that annexes the countries around it for no reason, how will we react?"

"Even if we can't send troops to stop this act that obviously disturbs the stability and order of the universe, we will condemn it, right? How can there be no reaction? ”

"It's not unresponsive! Didn't those countries that were close to us condemn us? And they have all their forces on the border, ready to attack us at any time! ”

"Hehe, it's strange that those few countries that stay near us don't react violently! You know, our neighbors who are aggressive can be very dangerous. Tang Long said with a smile.

The little black cat muttered dissatisfiedly: "Aggression into a surname? Do you have that to say about yourself? However, being glared at by Tang Long, the little black cat immediately pretended to be deceitful and said, "Hehe, big brother, when are we going to kill them?" ”

Tang Long knocked the little black cat's head and smiled, "It won't be long." ”

The day of Tang Long's ascension to the throne has finally come, and on this day, the capital star of the Tang Dynasty has become a world where laser images are scattered all over the sky and flowers are all over the planet.

The members of the royal honor guard, specially selected from the entire local army of Datang, wore a new military uniform with white and gold edges, and carried laser spears on their backs, and lined up on a main road on the capital star with a proud and solemn expression.

Regardless of its previous name, this main road will be called the Imperial Road in the future, and only members of the Imperial Family will be able to use it.

The starting point of this royal road is the villa where Tang Long used to live, which is now known as the "Hidden Mansion", and the end point is the Tang Palace, which has just been accepted and covers an extremely large and beautiful area.

The people who live near this royal road have crowded around the royal road with flowers in the morning, quietly waiting for their monarch to appear, but they can only enter this royal road on major festivals.

In other places, people can only see the monarch's face and the pomp and circumstance of the ceremony through stereoscopic television.

Of course, among these people, as well as in the entire capital star, there are indispensable spies and agents hiding in the shadows and vigilantly staring around.

As for the indispensable supporting roles in the ceremony, the civil and military officials, they have long gathered in the square of the palace to wait. Ordinary people are not allowed to appear in the square, they can stand in the square, the civil official is the lowest third-class earl, the military attache is the lowest major, and the other personnel can only stay in the office or the barracks to watch.

The square where all the middle and upper-level officials of Datang are gathered, of course, it is heavily guarded, otherwise if someone kicks it, then Datang will be finished immediately.

The Royal Mecha Legion, which is fully armed and wraps itself like a heavy robot, surrounds the entire palace tightly, and with their presence, not even a single mosquito can enter the palace boundary.

And the Royal Fleet, suspended in the atmosphere, surrounded the capital star cluster, even a fist-sized meteor, which could not escape their surveillance.

Within a few light years centered on the capital star, there are countless mobile armed satellites and patrol warships, and any suspicious targets will be subject to the strictest inspection, you must know that the Datang military will never allow any accidents to disturb the enthronement ceremony of its supreme commander.

In a prime time when no matter how you calculate it, the music sounds.

Tang Long, who was wearing a red cloak and a decent black imperial costume, was surrounded by a group of royal guards in black military uniforms, with some of the top Tang officials such as Little Black Cat, Xing Ling, Tang Xing, Yuna, and a group of subordinates who were the first to follow him, boarded a car specially prepared for the emperor, and slowly drove towards the palace under the guidance of the Praetorian Guard military vehicle.

Originally, according to convention, Tang Long was the only one in the car, but Tang Long refused to stay in the car alone! After a group of old ministers failed to dissuade him, Tang Long had three more people in Tang Long's car, Little Black Cat, Tang Xing, and Xing Ling.

As for the others, those old ministers from the family system and the imperial system will not let them go up even if they die, like the godsister who wants to be close to Tang Long, she can only stay in other cars and sulk.

"Big brother, why are you so depressed? Today is a festive day! Seeing Tang Long's tense face, the little black cat couldn't help but ask.

"Alas, I received news from the Ministry of Intelligence, and I can't be happy, so you can take a look!" Tang Long said and took out a magnetic card, the little black cat grabbed it, and a virtual screen appeared in front of everyone's eyes, but after reading the first few paragraphs, Tang Xing and Xing Ling's originally smiling faces also became solemn.

The data shows that the hundreds of major countries in the universe have begun to frantically annex the surrounding countries.

Among them, the most powerful annexation is the first country in the universe, the Wulai Kingdom, and the second largest country, the Night Empire, they have almost annexed all the countries they can access.

The speed of annexation is faster than the speed at which the Tang Dynasty annexed the Five Kingdoms, and now although it has begun to slow down the speed of foreign annexation, it is obvious that it is in the digestion period, and when they finish digesting, the annexation speed will definitely be faster.

Behind them were the Moon Curtain Empire, the Blue Ice Empire, and the Wind Pattern Empire, which had become the third, fourth, and fifth powers.

The speed of annexation of these three empires was not inferior to that of the previous two countries, and they also annexed the surrounding countries very quickly.

Although from the point of view of intelligence, these five countries are in the south and the north of the world, and they have nothing to do with each other, but from the perspective of the direction of their expansion, if the five countries do not advance in the same direction, according to the speed of their annexation, it will not be long before the borders of the five countries will come into contact, and I am afraid that there will be a dragon and tiger battle at that time.

Seeing this, the little black cat couldn't help but smile and said, "Big brother, what's there to worry about?" These five countries are all controlled by Donkin, and they are not now declaring an alliance after the borders are connected, as you instructed? ”

Tang Long shook his head: "I'm not worried about them, if you look at the information behind, do you mention that there are signs of fighting in the countries near the Mighty God Kingdom?" ”

The little black cat was stunned for a moment, quickly browsed the data, and said a little puzzled: "Yes, the whole universe is clanging, and the country where the Shenwei country is located, including the countries near him, is actually calm, and even if there is, it is the most peripheral country to prevent the invasion of other countries."

"Huh? Wouldn't these countries become the borders of the Kingdom of the Mighty God? Let me see which countries in the vicinity are engaged in wars to stop foreign invasions. ”

After pondering for a while, the little black cat immediately created a galaxy map and said: "According to the analysis of the collected intelligence, the countries from here to here have resisted the invasion of the surrounding countries, and the Weishen Kingdom is in the central position, if there is no accident, these places are all under the control of the Weiguo." ”

Seeing the galaxy map, Tang Long, Xing Ling, and Tang Xing were all taken aback, and Tang Xing exclaimed in surprise: "Oh my God! If these countries are all controlled by the Weishen Empire, then the territory of the Weishen Empire will already surpass the Wulai Kingdom after the annexation of so many countries, and it can be said that it is the real largest country in the universe! ”

"Huh, this mighty kingdom is very mysterious! Actually became so strong without anyone knowing. Tang Long sighed.

"By the way, didn't your classmate go to the Kingdom of the Mighty Gods? Isn't she in danger? Star Zero asked abruptly changing the subject.

"There shouldn't be any danger! After all, she's just going to do academic research, but will her robot status cause her trouble? Tang Long said a little worriedly.

Tang Xing glanced at Tang Long and said, "Don't worry, when she left, I sent someone to help her replace a biochemical body, and now she is just like a human." ”

"Oh, that's great......" As soon as Tang Long smiled, Xing Ling leaned forward and asked, "Are you happy now?" ”

Tang Long nodded subconsciously: "Yes!" I ......" Seeing that Xing Ling and Tang Xing both had tiger faces, they couldn't help but shake their heads hurriedly: "No, I ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was blocked by Tang Xing: "What? It's not nice to be with us, isn't it? Hearing this, of course, Tang Long immediately defended: "No, I ......"

Seeing Tang Long muttering and not knowing what to say, the little black cat couldn't help but shake his head, pouted and said, "Flirting guy!" With that, he found a place to curl up and rest.

After a long time spent on the tedious and solemn enthronement ceremony, Tang Long finally wore the crown symbolized by the emperor. It's just that this crown was thrown aside after Tang Long accepted the cheers of his subjects and entered the palace.

Tang Long, who doesn't even wear a military hat, doesn't want to have a metal ring on his head! It's strange if you don't throw it.

The military and political ministers of the Tang Dynasty quietly followed behind His Majesty the Emperor, entered the palace, and came to the council hall, which represented the highest ruling body of the Tang Dynasty.

According to the civil and military lines, facing Tang Long who was sitting on the throne, the military and political ministers were all excited in their hearts, because the next thing was to be knighted.

However, although they were excited, they also realized that not all of them would be promoted, because Datang's merit system was too strict, and if there was no corresponding merit, they would not be able to improve their status at all.

Tang Long inspected the merit system, and his subordinates couldn't improve at all. Tang Long, who was unwilling to violate the meritorious service system and promote his subordinates indiscriminately, and did not want to sit on the throne for the first time, suddenly thought of a good way.

He issued his first order after becoming emperor: "Appoint Tang Xing as the chief of foreign affairs to oversee all foreign affairs; Appointed Xing Zero as the Minister of the Interior, overseeing some internal affairs. ”

The ministers were immediately taken aback, because these two chiefs can be said to be powerful, you must know that the combined power of the two chiefs is completely equal to Tang Long's one! However, although the ministers were surprised, they did not object, because Tang Xing and Xing Ling were the closest people to His Majesty the Emperor, and it was impossible for them to betray His Majesty the Emperor.

And Tang Xing and Xing Ling heard that Tang Long had given him such an important position, and after being stunned for a moment, they all stared at Tang Long with watery eyes, although they had been helping him all the time and could contact any affairs, but they had never had the proper title, and now that Tang Long was doing this, it could be said that he had given them a status below one person and above ten thousand people.

However, they didn't care much about this status, what they cared about was that Tang Long gave themselves an exact position in the Datang Group.

"Our top priority at the moment is to determine the currency of Datang itself."

Tang Long said, the ministers nodded, they used to use Wulai coins, although Wulai coins are the most circulating, but no matter what, there is still a need for national currency.

"My lord, in accordance with your wishes, our Ministry of Finance and the Universe Bank have made a plan after discussion and calculation, and there are two options for the new Datang currency in terms of exchange: one is to exchange one yuan Datang coin for one hundred yuan Wulai coin; The other is the opposite of the first one, that is, one hundred yuan of Datang coins for one yuan of Wulai coins.

"However, the Universe Bank suggests that we choose the first option, because our country has a large amount of Wulai coins in stock, plus our country is rich in materials, economically developed, and ......" Yuna hesitated for a moment before continuing: "And our country's territory is small, so Datang coins can have a high value. ”

Tang Long frowned, and the ministers below all frowned, what is the Universe Bank doing, and even the incredible disparity between one to one hundred and one hundred to one has come out?

This is not a question of whether Datang coins are worth or not, if Datang coins are issued according to these two proportions, it will be unlucky for Datang without thinking about it.

If it's one to one hundred, people don't want to suffer this loss to trade with Datang! Datang's coins are useless.

And if it is one hundred to one, it is equivalent to that the materials and labor of Datang can be easily plundered by others, and idiots will issue it according to this ratio.

"Cosmic Bank, we're good bullies, aren't we?" Tang Long frowned and asked.

"Yes, the Universe Bank looks down on us Datang." Yuna said honestly.

"Damn, didn't you say that the customer was God? How dare this cosmic bank be so lame? Hum! Don't care what cosmic bank he has, let's follow our own rules, Datang Coin is equal to Wulai Coins! Tang Long snorted coldly.

"Yes, my lord."

Yuna was busy transmitting the order, and the mint had already printed the coins, waiting to circulate!

"Then now let's start to confirm the goal, everyone knows that our goal is to unify the whole universe, and the current goal is to make trouble in this star field - Wen China, we want to kill it as soon as possible and unify this star field!" Tang Long stood up and said in a heroic tone.

"Please command, my lord!" The ministers said in unison.

In the place that Tang Long didn't know, the ministers had different names for Tang Long according to their status and their affinity with Tang Long, and the most powerful ones were the two chiefs, who directly called Tang Long's name; Then there is the little black cat, which calls Tang Long the eldest brother, both of which are unique.

Then there are the super ministers of the Tang Empire, they call Tang Long the main duke, these are the high-level figures of the Tang Dynasty and the retainers of Tang Long when he started.

Then there was the one who called Tang Long the commander, who was one of the few former Wanluo Federation soldiers who first followed Tang Long; As for the last one, it is the ordinary officials and people of the Tang Dynasty who call Tang Long His Majesty.

When Tang Long and his subordinates were conducting military and political affairs, the distant Night Imperial Palace, the Night Emperor, who had the identity of Tang Mu, summoned his middle prime minister.

"Prime Minister, how is the plan going?" The Night Emperor asked as he sipped the wine with a relaxed expression.

The prime minister, who stood up with his head bowed, said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the plan is going well, and those swordsmen who persuaded the four allies to do their best work. ”

"Well, do you think our four allies will find anything weird?" The Night Emperor asked.

Prime Minister Zhongcheng hurriedly said: "No, Weichen didn't directly win over those swordsmen, but just let the swordsmen's cronies and family members advocate the role of power to the swordsmen, so the swordsmen's persuasion of their allies is their own will."

"If they don't know that we exist, anyone who sees the performance of these knife hands will think that they want their superiors to go further, and they will go further and not suspect anything else."

"Among these knife men, will there be careerists who will take the position of their superiors and replace them?"

"There will definitely be, but our four allies are not easy to get along with, and those careerists will soon be exposed, after all, there is a big difference between careerists who pursue the highest position and courtiers who pursue power."

Prime Minister Zhong defended himself a little cautiously, because there have been a lot of rumors about his unwillingness to be a minister in Yanjing recently, and he believes that the Night Emperor can understand his defense.

The Night Emperor, who was holding a wine glass, glanced at Prime Minister Zhong, and said in a flat tone: "Well, as long as you are loyal to me and work diligently, you will be indispensable for glory and wealth." ”

When the prime minister heard this, he immediately kowtowed and thanked him with gratitude, and he finally calmed down after receiving the assurance of the Night Emperor, you must know that these days, especially when he was summoned to the palace, he was terrified!

"What about our domestic knife hands? Why didn't I see it? The Night Emperor said, "If the allies have swordsmen there to persuade us, and we don't, maybe the allies will be suspicious!" ”

"Yes, this is Weichen's dereliction of responsibility, and Weichen will handle this matter well."

The prime minister was sincerely frightened on the surface, but there was a bitterness in his heart, please, those four allies are not emperors, but only serve as presidents, prime ministers, prime ministers, generals and the like, of course they need to be persuaded to become emperors.

But you are the emperor yourself, how can you persuade you? Do you persuade you to go one step further and become a god-emperor? That's not jealous! It's okay, but I can't cut off my head enough if there's something!

Maybe the Night Emperor was also aware of this, so he immediately changed the topic without admonishing him: "How long will it take for our borders with our allies to connect?" ”

After thinking for a while, the prime minister said: "At our current pace, and there are no accidents, I believe that in just two months, the borders of our five major countries will be connected, and then the alliance can be announced to the outside world." ”

"Hehe, Covenant, we've gained a lot from relying on this Covenant!" The Night Emperor laughed.

"Yes, if we rely on the Night Empire alone, I'm afraid we won't be able to annex so many territories so easily." Prime Minister Zhong was careful to cater to him, if it wasn't for the Night Emperor who spoke first, he wouldn't have said it.

Who knows if this emperor will be angry because his own country cannot annex the surrounding countries on its own!

"Well, as soon as the covenant is announced, the division plan will be implemented, as long as one of our five countries has bad intentions, the other four will enter a wait-and-see state, if there are a few more unsuccessful assassinations, then mutual suspicion is a foregone conclusion, and then it will be time for us to fish in troubled waters." The Night Emperor laughed.

Prime Minister Zhong hesitated for a moment and said: "It's just that there is a Tang Long above them, as long as Tang Long comes forward, those four people will definitely abandon their previous suspicions." ”

The Night Emperor smirked and said: "Hehe, where would Tang Long be so proud, when the time comes, there will be some signs that Tang Long launched an assassination of them, and at the same time, there are some signs that they will send someone to assassinate Tang Long, so that they can both guard against each other, isn't it okay?"

"I don't believe that they have instilled a sense of self-reliance for so long, and they will still revolve around their masters after being abandoned by their masters, they are definitely taking care of themselves!"

"Yes, Your Majesty is wise."

Although the prime minister did not think so, he would not say discouraged words in the emperor's mood, and only in the details when he was preparing to carry out the task in his heart, so as not to have problems on some small issues.

The Night Emperor suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, what is the movement of the Mighty God Kingdom?" ”

"There is no movement, and the star field where the Kingdom of the Mighty God is located is calm." Prime Minister Zhong said.

"Calm? It's impossible, the Mighty God Kingdom is not an ordinary country, according to their habits, maybe the nearby countries have long been annexed by the Mighty God Kingdom.

"You have to strengthen monitoring, I think this mighty kingdom is a strong enemy of my country! You must not relax! The Night Emperor said solemnly.

Hearing that the Emperor of the Night even said the title of "I", the prime minister hurriedly said that he would strengthen his efforts, and after the two monarchs and ministers discussed some important issues, the prime minister left the palace.

When Prime Minister Zhong left the palace, he saw the jealous eyes of those ministers, and couldn't help sneering in his heart: "Hmph, Lao Tzu has just been on a mission for a long time, so you think Lao Tzu has fallen out of favor?" Emperor Lao Tzu is still there! Want to compete for Lao Tzu's seat? Leave it to dry! ”

Tang Long's enthronement ceremony came to an end with the cheers of all the people, but, except for the excitement of the Tang Dynasty people and the fear of the surrounding countries, people from other countries didn't care about this twenty-year-old founding monarch at all. Not worth paying attention to.

(To be continued)