Chapter 202: Li Xianzhong's Secret (Finale)

Yan Mingtai's Zhishi also means that the cabinet, which has not been adjusted for nearly ten years, will have a major adjustment.

At the birthday banquet of the Korean government, Li Shengzu rewarded the Korean prince Yan Mingtai with a large mansion on the West Lake in Hangzhou, so that he could enjoy his old age in peace.

Also rewarded were Qian Qianyi, a scholar of the Cabinet of Scholars of the Ministry of Rites, and Feng Quan, a scholar of the Cabinet of Household Scholars.

Li Shengzu gave them houses in Nanjing and Jingshi, near their hometowns.

Obviously, the crown prince was dissatisfied with the pressure exerted by the two of them with Yan Mingtai before, and provoked the relationship with his second brother Li Shizu.

These people have been up and down for many years, and this time they are also fascinated by ghosts, trying to intervene in the battle for the throne of the empire.

Although he has lost his official position now, he has managed to save his life.

This is already a blessing in misfortune.

With the resignation of the three cabinet ministers, Lee Sung-jo made a major adjustment to the cabinet framework.

The original cabinet was reorganized into the Cabinet Prime Minister Yamen, and the crown prince Mao Yuanyi served as the first cabinet premier.

In addition, the Sixth Ministry and the Inspectorate were also divided into more departments.

It is composed of 12 departments, including the Ministry of National Defense, Justice, Public Security, Education, Finance, Civil Affairs, Land and Resources, Science and Technology, Civil Affairs, Human Resources, Commerce, and Water Conservancy and Construction.

Of course, there are many sub-divisions under the ministries.

The Intelligence Department was also reorganized into the Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese Empire, which was subordinate to the Yamen, the prime minister of the cabinet.

The officials in Huaxia also stipulated the age of Zhishi, which was 65 years old for officials above the third grade, and 60 years old for officials below the third grade.

As a result, a large number of new people were promoted, and the old bureaucratic system was completely broken.

This turmoil of "two dragons fighting" has finally come to an end.

Soon, the crown prince Li Shengzu summoned Zheng Sen, the eldest son of the Ryukyu Bo, who had come to Beijing.

Zheng Sen was taken to Kaiyuan as the prince's companion since he was 3 years old, although he followed the second prince Li Shizu to expand the territory over the years, but the relationship with the crown prince Li Shengzu is also very good.

After all, the three of them are playmates who grew up together.

Seeing that the two Li Shengzu brothers were able to release their previous suspicions, Zheng Sen was naturally very happy.

This time, he also brought a list of Li Shizu's requests for knighthood.

In recent years, although China has greatly expanded its territory, at the same time, many soldiers have shed blood in foreign lands.

Although their ashes will be returned to their homeland, their names will be engraved in the Martyrs' Shrine.

However, many generals who followed the second prince from birth to death and made great military exploits did not receive the corresponding titles.

Huaxia has always been knighted for military merits, and meritorious service is not rewarded, which will inevitably chill the soldiers who go out on the expedition.

Soon the list of knights was approved by the Cabinet.

Hamibo Xiong Tingbi guarded the Western Regions for many years, and was awarded the title of Duke of Chu for his outstanding military achievements, but considering his advanced age, he was allowed to go to his hometown to recuperate.

Ryukyu Bo Zheng Zhilong Jin was named the Marquis of Ryukyu, and his eldest son Zheng Sen made many meritorious deeds, and was awarded the title of Marquis of Yanping with outstanding military achievements, and at the same time was given the surname Li and successfully changed his name.

The Zheng family is also the only one in China with two marquises.

Wu Sangui was named Ping Xibo, Li Yan was named Xibo, Song Xiance was named Anxibo, and Lu Xiangsheng was named Xibo.

Guiyi Bo Gaojie changed his name to Wisiber.

150,000 soldiers from China and the Japanese kingdom traveled to Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa to consolidate the rule of the Chinese Empire there.

In addition to the westward expansion, the pace of Huaxia's eastward expansion has not stopped.

Li Shengzu was reappointed as Governor of Australia by Sun Chuanting, who was in charge of the empire's newly conquered Australia and New Zealand.

At the same time, the former governor of Korea, Kong Youdeok, was appointed as the chief marshal and Azig as the deputy marshal, and led a huge army of 150,000 composed of Huaxia, Joseon and Jianzhou Jurchens to prepare to conquer the American continent.

In addition, the Mobei Army, spearheaded by the Khalkha Mongols, also moved north again, entering the cold Siberian plain, establishing some supply points there, and bringing the whole of Siberia under the rule of Nurgandus.

The young people of China understood that this great expansion might be the last major expansion of the empire.

In today's native China, primary schools have been completely popularized, and even junior high schools have been popularized in wealthy provinces such as Liaodong and Nanzhili.

Huaxia officially abolished the triennial imperial examination and replaced it with an annual entrance examination for admission to high school and higher universities.

Of course, after having a high school or university degree, you also have to participate in the targeted civil servant recruitment assessment before you can become an official.

Although the official of the empire no longer sets up "champions, lists, and flowers".

However, Chinese folk still habitually equate high school graduation with fame, and college graduation with Jinshi fame.

The top three in the annual college entrance examination are still called "champions, top eyes, and tanhua".

Almost everyone knows that the Earth they live on is made up of seven continents and four oceans.

Nowadays, all continents except Antarctica have sent Chinese troops, and although it will take some time to completely conquer these regions, it is the general trend.

No force could stop the expansion of the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, they also enthusiastically signed up to join the army, for fear of missing the last expansion climax in the history of the Chinese Empire and the opportunity to make contributions to their own careers.

The whole empire is thriving and thriving.

However, Li Xianzhong, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, never returned to Beijing.

In August of the twelfth year of Qianxi, an edict of succession and a jade seal symbolizing the identity of His Majesty, the "treasure of the imperial system" of the Yuan Dynasty were sent to the outside of the Qianqing Palace.

The Chinese Emperor Li Xianzhong was officially placed in the crown prince Li Shengzu.

His Majesty did not disclose when he would return to Beijing, but only said that he was very satisfied with everything Li Shengzu had done, and as a father, he was proud of Li Shengzu.

After being the emperor for twelve years, he was tired and decided to officially pass on the crown prince Li Shengzu next year, and abdicated himself to become the "Emperor Taishang".

Since things can be sent to the Qianqing Palace, it is enough to show that Jingshi still has His Majesty's eyeliner.

However, since His Majesty was unwilling to let them disturb, then they also gave up tracking His Majesty.

For two years, the Intelligence Division has continued to discover His Majesty's whereabouts, but it has been slow every time.

His Majesty's anti-reconnaissance capabilities are too strong, and sometimes they are deliberately exposed to disrupt their tracking.

Anyway, all the tracking masters sent out couldn't find His Majesty.

As for the princes, although they were all named princes or county kings, Li Xianzhong said that there was no feudal state in Huaxia.

Eventually, the Cabinet divided the entire world into seven military districts.

It includes the Chinese Home Military Region, the Australian East Indies Military Region, the Persian Indian Military Region, the European Military Region, the African Military Region, the North American Military Region and the South American Military Region.

The local tax administration shall be handed over to the military region, and the military shall be handed over to the central government in a unified manner.

The second prince, Li Shizu, was also the governor of the European Military Region and the Persian Indian Military Region.

The three princes and the four princes still live in Beijing, and the five princes naturally live in the Wa Kingdom.

Now with Li Xianzhong's edict of succession, it is natural for the crown prince Li Shengzu to inherit the throne.

However, it is already August, and it is less than half a year before the New Year, and the time is still relatively tight.

The first thing the cabinet had to do was to draw up the name of the new dynasty.

Nowadays, Huaxia is unifying the world, and it is an era of great harmony in the world.

Therefore, the cabinet wanted to take the era name "Datong".

But the problem is that this era name has been used many times.

Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of the Southern Liang Dynasty, was the first to be used.

In addition to the Southern Liang, many local regimes were also used, such as the local leader of the Southern Zhao, Longshun, the Taizong of the Liao State, Yelu Deguang, and the Eastern Xia State

The Bunsen Mannu and the Emperors Heijo and Saga of the Wa Kingdom all used the era name "Daido".

In the end, Li Shengzu said that since no unification dynasty had used it, he would set "Datong" as his year name.

Mao Yuanyi said: "It's okay to say anything else, but if the second prince doesn't come back in person to attend His Majesty's enthronement ceremony, I'm afraid it will cause criticism from the imperial court." ”

"For more than 4 months, it is definitely too late to travel by land. I am afraid that the sea route will have to try its luck, Mumbai, Hormuz, Suez, Amsterdam will have to be notified. ”

"If the second prince is in Moscow, I'm afraid it won't be too late to rush back."

Yanping Hou Li Chenggong said: "The second prince is usually not in Moscow, he is more likely to be in Amsterdam. Now only Wechen is back to Europe on the fastest sail battleship, and everything goes well in 2 months. ”

The opening of the Suez Canal shortened the time to Europe a lot, so that communication could be realized.

Li Chenggong said that this kind of operation is close to the limit, that is, the ship does not replenish on the route and sails at the maximum speed for 2 months.

And it can't be a big storm, and there is almost only a theoretical possibility.

But there is no other way at this time, this is already the fastest way to communicate in this era.

Of course, before officially ascending the throne, it is essential to go to the temple to worship ancestors.

Li Shengzu bathed and changed his clothes and came to the Taimiao Temple to worship his ancestors.

In the temple, there are portraits of his great-grandfather Emperor Li Chengliang and grandfather Emperor Dezuchun Emperor Li Rusong.

and the tablets of other ancestors and ancestors of the Li family.

Li Shengzu said in his mouth: "Li Shengzu, a descendant of the unscrupulous, will succeed to the throne of the Chinese Emperor, and I hope that the ancestors and the ancestors will bless my Huaxia country; Bless my father and queen mother with good health and a long life! ”

Then he solemnly kowtowed three times to these tablets.

When he looked up, he inadvertently noticed that in the portrait of his great-grandfather and grandfather, his fingers were pointing downward.

He recalled that in the past, his father often stayed alone in the Taimiao for several hours.

Is there a secret room here?

Li Shengzu quickly looked at the tablet to which the portrait pointed.

This tablet is actually fixed on the tribute table, unlike other tablets that can be moved.

He tried to move the tablet, but it didn't move.

In the end, I found that the tablet can be pressed.

I only saw that there was a dark pavilion on the ground to the left of the offering table slowly opened, and there was really a secret room.

Li Shengzu cautiously took a candle and entered this underground secret room.

I found that this was not a treasure room, it should be a study of my father.

On the desk was a globe and a bunch of odd toys.

Li Shengzu remembered that these things should be called airplanes and tanks, and when he was a child, his father once made them models of airplanes and tanks.

The strange thing on the side is called a bicycle, Li Shengzu sat on the bicycle curiously and pedaled, with the continuous rotation of the wheels, a glass-covered lamp actually lit up, and the light emitted by it far overshadowed the candle, and the whole room instantly lit up.

After pedaling for a while, Li Shengzu got up and came to the desk.

He saw something like drawings, and although he was not as professional as his fourth brother, he had also studied modern physics, and these were supposed to be his father's design manuscripts.

Then he found several thick books with the words "diary" written on them.

He opened the first page of the journal with great interest.

It is impressively written: On the first day of the third month of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1647 AD), snow.

After waking up, he found that he had traveled to the Ming Dynasty 376 years ago, and he was now the righteous son of Li Rubai, the commander of the Southern Route Army.

The content of this diary is really incredible, but it allows Li Shengzu to confirm the fact that his father is actually from the future after 376 years, and his real name is Li Ke.

And according to the description of the emperor in his diary, in the original history, the Ming Dynasty was finally destroyed by the small Jianju, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were forced to keep braids and were called by these Jianju as slaves.

It is inconceivable that the small island country of Wa actually launched an invasion of our China in the later generations, and in the end, it took us 14 years to drive it away, killing and injuring nearly 30 million people.

It is no wonder that my father insisted on stationing more than 100,000 Chinese troops in the Wa Kingdom for a long time, and stipulated that the garrison of the Wa army should not be less than 120,000, and made the fifth brother the emperor of the Wa State.

Finally, in his latest diary, he found the letter that his father had left for him.

The father really came from the future more than 300 years later.

The reason why his brothers are so good is actually because they have learned the advanced scientific concepts of later generations.

The reason why the third brother can become a business ghost is because he has learned the concept of future finance.

Banks, stocks, futures, and lotteries were all instilled in him by his father in advance.

The fourth brother was inspired by his father and the key guidance to continue to create inventions.

The drawings left on his father's desk were left by him based on his impressions, but they may not be able to be made with Huaxia's current industrial capacity.

However, the technology left by his father to Huaxia was enough to maintain Huaxia's technological superiority for a long time.

In the end, his father told him that as long as their brothers worked together, it would be easy for Huaxia to dominate the world.

He will travel around the world with a few concubines, and may return to Beijing one day when he is tired of walking, and be the emperor for a few years, so that he can be the emperor with peace of mind and cultivate the next generation of China.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and he will not arrange everything for his descendants like Zhu Yuanzhang.

On the first day of the first month of the first year of Datong (1645), Li Shengzu ascended the throne in Beijing and officially became the second emperor of the Chinese Empire.

The second prince, Li Shizu, received Li Xianzhong's letter in advance, and was able to return to the long-lost Beijing before the crown prince ascended the throne.

Li Shengzu's ascension to the throne did not have a scene of all countries coming to court, because there were not many countries that had not been conquered by China.

In the end, he brought his four brothers to the secret room of the Taimiao.

Like a few of them, the identity of their father Li Xianzhong's "traverser" was announced.

This is the biggest secret of the Chinese imperial family, and the brothers said that they will keep this secret and get close to their ability to maintain the rule of the Chinese Empire.

As for Li Xianzhong himself, although he never returned to Jingshi, he often appeared in the sight of their brothers in different forms.

For example, the great Chinese explorer Zhong Xianli discovered the "Great Pyramid" in the depths of the Egyptian desert and the ruins of the "Troy City" in the Asia Minor Peninsula.

The great explorer Zhong Xianli published an article in the Imperial Times, suggesting that the empire should dig a canal in the Panama region to connect the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean.

Their brothers also receive packages from this "Zhong Xianli" from time to time.

Li Shengzu never ordered to find his father again, because he knew that this great explorer Zhong Xianli had become a legend in the archaeological world with his discovery.

At the same time, he also made a lot of money, and also spent a lot of money to set up the "Zhong Xianli Prize", which rewards scholars who have made great achievements in science every year.

In the 20th year of Datong, the great Chinese explorer Zhong Xianli discovered a salt lake on the site of the Inca Empire in South America, and the beautiful lake reflected the sky like a mirror!

He named it "Sky Mirror"!

Then he bought it for a huge amount of money and decided to spend his old age in this earthly wonderland with his wives.

The once handsome young man has become an old man, and those peerless beauties who were in their prime are now wrinkled.

Hazia took Li Xianzhong's hand and said, "Your Majesty, do you really not care about the future of the Huaxia Empire?" ”

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "As long as Huaxia is not the second and dies, it has nothing to do with me!" (End of chapter)