The World of Yellow Sky

The celebration in Chang'an City has lasted for five days, but the enthusiasm of the people in Chang'an City has not subsided much.

Major chambers of commerce and caravans gathered in Chang'an, and a large number of commodities were placed in the market, making the market extremely prosperous for a while.

On the attic of a restaurant on Chang'an Avenue near Chang'an Square, several guards around the railing, wearing strong waist and swords, were scanning the surroundings.

Xu An, wearing an iron crown and a green robe, was sitting on it, drinking tea while watching the pedestrians coming and going on the street.

Since the beginning of Guanghe seven years, he has not enjoyed peace for a long time for more than ten years.

It was only during this time that he felt relieved and enjoyed life.

The peaceful life makes people unable to help but indulge in it...

The warm eyes of the dusk shone into Chang'an, pulling the shadows of everyone in the streets extremely long.

In the distance, the setting sun is like blood.

The long sky is dyed with purple, the danyang is shimmering, and the sunset glow is like fire.

The sun was setting, but there was no bleakness.

The lights are getting brighter, and the voices of people in Chang'an are still full of people.

The dancing bells and the symphony of the silk and bamboo strings gathered on the Chang'an Square.

Before the evening, Chang'an Square was already brightly lit and crowded with people.

This morning, Ying Tianfu announced that the dancers in the mission department will perform on Chang'an Square in the evening.

Once the news came out, it affected everyone's mood, which made today's Chang'an Square overcrowded.

In recent days, the singing and dancing between the square and the city has also pushed the atmosphere in Chang'an city higher and higher.

The construction of the Lingyun and Mingguang Pavilions, and the fiery scene on the two construction sites also brought the atmosphere in Chang'an City to a climax.

On the day of the announcement, countless generals raised their arms and shouted, gathered in front of the Taiping Temple.

They sang military songs, shouted Wansheng, and recited scriptures. All of them were impassioned, and all of them had high fighting spirit.

Their spirits have also infected ordinary people, in exchange for more support.

Between the cities and towns, the number of soldiers who want to serve the military has surged, and many county students have even changed their volunteers directly, and they will not be admitted to non-military schools.

There are even students from the National Academy of Sciences who want to join the army, and jointly petition to enter the military academy for rebuilding.

However, the petitions of these national students were naturally rejected by the Xu Security Department. After all, they have been studying in the Chinese Academy for a period of time, how could they change.

Moreover, the military academies actually had higher requirements than the two national academies, Shiqu and Tianlu.

Moreover, the decision they made now was also motivated by a moment of excitement, and there must be some ill-conceived places. After they are really approved to enter the military academy, I am afraid they will encounter many difficulties.

As a military cadet, not only must he pass the review of the Eagle and Wolf Guards to confirm his innocence.

There are also many factors such as xinxing, will, and body. Only after passing a series of comprehensive assessments can one finally become a military academy and enter the military academy.

Compared with the original, Taiping Road Military Academy has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The original Taiping Road Military Academy mainly taught the most basic combat and leadership knowledge, and specialized in training middle and lower-level officers, that is, officers from the team leader to the military marquis level.

At that time, training and teaching were all aimed at officers in the army, but now they are teaching ordinary students, starting from the basics.

The core of the textbook is the infantry drill code compiled by Xu An at the beginning, and some frameworks have already been drawn up by Xu An.

The textbooks used today are the result of the experience of many generals and schools in the country, drawing on the essence and removing the dross.

From training soldiers to marching and fighting, to army formation, morale and other aspects, there are detailed explanations.

The instructors are the incumbent generals in the army. In today's Taiping Road Military Academy, there are many marquis and earls serving as permanent instructors in the army.

In addition to the Taiping Road Military Academy, the second military academy has also been established in Panyu, Jiaozhou.

The new military academy is also named after Taiping Road, named Taiping Road Naval Academy, which trains the navy full-time.

Originally, the Naval Academy of Badong Military Region was abolished, and its military instructors were transferred to Jiaozhou.

The Army has already completed the systematization, and what Xu An has to do this time is to make the Navy also complete the systematization.

Although Jiangwutang also teaches the military, it belongs to an advanced training college. Compared with the Taipingdao military academy, Shiqu and Tianlu national colleges are of higher rank. Only the military ranks have reached the first level of military commander and captain. Post-study college.

Correspondingly, on top of the two national colleges of Shiqu and Tianlu, a new college has actually started construction in Chang'an.

It's just that the construction started very early, and it did not cause much repercussions.

That new academy, called "Da Ming Imperial Dao and Political Academy", all officials with rank six or above must enter the Dao Academy to study.

Of course, the Taoist Academy is not teaching scriptures or anything, but promoting the idea of ​​Taiping Taoism, building a clean government and so on.

Only after passing a series of assessments, can they graduate and take up the post again and hold relevant important positions, otherwise they can only stop at the sixth grade.

The chief officials of the three prefectures are of the second rank, the governors of the provinces are of the second rank, the chief officials of the six ministries are of the third rank, and the chief officials of the twenty-four divisions are of the third rank.

The county-level chief official is of the fourth grade, the county-level chief is of the sixth grade, the township-level is of the seventh grade, and the pavilion-level is of the eighth grade.

In general, the civil servants above the sixth grade are already the chief officials of one party, or the chief officials in charge of the state and county, even in the Chang'an Central Committee, and are also relevant key personnel.

They are in key positions, and naturally they cannot be sloppy.

Noble families will not be willing to withdraw from the stage of history like this, and they will definitely launch a counterattack.

The Dao Academy is set up to have a screening process.

At the same time, this is also the first time Xu An put the words "Da Ming Empire" on the table.

The word empire is used in a narrow sense to describe a powerful country ruled by a monarch.

In a broad sense, it is used to describe a country with strong national power, a country with a vast territory, not limited to a monarchy.

In fact, today's Ming Dynasty is still a monarchy.

Daojun is also a king.

In the past, when the country was founded, Xu An also entered the throne and became King Ming.

After returning to Beijing this time, the documents persuaded to enter are piled up like snowflakes in the government offices of the three prefectures, as well as the desks of the Yongning and Yongan pavilions.

Anything, especially changes in the country, requires a process, not something that can be done overnight.

This era is not a modern society with emancipated minds and developed industries.

This era is not an information age in which the soil of democracy is already fertile and quality education is popularized.

People in many places in this era have not even established a country, they still live in the form of tribes, still drink blood and keep the habits of the tribal era.

Half a step ahead of the times is a genius, one step ahead of the times is a lunatic.

The torrent of the times is rolling forward, and we can only follow the trend. If someone wants to go against the current, they will be torn to pieces by the torrent of the times.

Broad democracy cannot be implemented in this era, but many things can be slowly changed.

At the time of the founding of the country, Xu An established the cabinet system, and now the cabinet system has also been perfected, set as a permanent system, and accepted by everyone.

Next, Xu An's plan is to gradually implement the parliamentary system.

The times are advancing, and this is an era that belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, schools have been established in all parts of Taiping Road, and reading and literacy have arisen everywhere.

The people in Taiping Road are getting rid of their ignorance, and they are beginning to open their eyes to see the world.

They know how big the world is, and they also know that there are many countries besides China.

They know that this world is not only the original thirteen states, but beyond the thirteen states, there is a larger territory, a broader territory.

Education is being popularized, people's wisdom is being opened, and new ideas are being spread.

The seed has been planted, and the seed will not always be a seed. The seed will eventually take root and sprout out of the soil, and eventually grow into a towering tree that is extremely lush.

The world has undergone earth-shaking changes, and no one can predict what will happen in the future, not even Xu An.

But Xu An understands how the world is moving forward and how the times are developing. What he can do is to guide Daming to the right path as much as possible.

Above Chang'an Square, the soldiers responsible for maintaining order have already been dispatched to delineate the seats of the audience, and many people have already sat and rested in the designated positions.

Some vendors who have been allowed to carry the goods back and forth to sell food and gadgets in the baskets.

Under the platform of the gods, it was already empty at this time. The cauldron that was originally placed here was moved to Chang'an Square two days after the celebration was held.

There are eight provinces and fourteen prefectures, with a total of twenty-two large dings, each of which represents a state or a province.

The Zhongzhou tripod is at the top, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Bingzhou and other prefectures surround it like stars holding the moon, and the tripods of the eight provinces are on the third circle.

On the square, everyone sat on the ground.

For such a grand event, the Honglu Division naturally designated a seat for the foreign envoys to watch the ceremony. The seat is just an ordinary seat and nothing special, but I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional.

The seats where the messengers were located were just close to where the cauldrons were placed.

All the messengers looked at the twenty-two large cauldrons placed in front of them, and they were all envious and longing in their eyes.

They all know that a big cauldron represents a province, and any province is much larger than their country.

The ceremony has not yet started, and everyone is restricted to an area and cannot leave, but there is no restriction on standing and walking.

The messenger of Qiuci stood in front of the Western Region Ding and looked at the bronze cauldron in front of him with a look of sigh.

Qiuci is also a big country in the Western Regions, and their lords had dreamed of unifying the Western Regions before, but they were helpless and unable to accomplish this great feat at all.

However, this country that replaced the Han Empire and called itself "Ming" has a territory that is ten times larger than that of the Western Regions.

Such a vast area of ​​the Western Regions is only one province in the Ming Kingdom. There are actually twenty-two provinces in such a province!
Chang'an alone has a much larger population than their Qiuci.

If Qiuci is likened to a big rock, then the Ming Kingdom is a big mountain.

However, what surprised Qiuci's messenger was that the twenty-two tripods were not neatly placed. To be precise, the tripods in the third circle were not placed neatly, and it seemed that two tripods were missing.

The messenger of Qiuci lowered his head, turned and walked towards his seat. He did not look at the Western Region Ding and the other Ding Ding.

He muttered a meditation in a low voice, putting away all unrealistic thoughts.

After returning to China, he must let everyone in the country understand that he must follow in the footsteps of Daming, and must not be disobedient...

He walked with his head down, but he didn't expect to bump into someone when he was walking. Fortunately, the two of them just bumped their shoulders together, so neither fell to the ground.

There were already a lot of people on the square, and the messenger of Qiuci didn't care. The person who bumped into him seemed to be a messenger.

However, Qiuci's messenger noticed that those people all seemed to have raw faces, and their dresses were particularly peculiar. They had tattoos on their faces, and their clothes were quite solid, and they looked good.

Therefore, he also kept his mind on it. When he sat down, he found that the place where the few people ended up staying turned out to be a vacant position.

But before he could think of anything, there was a sudden burst of cheers like a tsunami of cheers from above Chang'an Avenue in the south.

The cheers were like thunder, and they came suddenly, deafening, and almost overwhelmed the other sounds, which also attracted everyone's attention.

The messenger of Kucha tried to get up and see what was going on, but a sharp whistle interrupted his movement.

"call out------"

This was agreed from the beginning, the whistle of the sit-in whistle, and when the whistle sounded, everyone needed to sit down and not stand, so as not to affect the ceremony.

But soon everyone understood why there was such a sudden burst of cheers.

As soon as the cheers fell, in front of everyone, two huge cauldrons were dragged by two carriages and slowly approached the square.

Around the carriage were a group of murderous Ming army armored cavalry in armor, burqas and girdle.

"It's two cauldrons again!"

Qiuci's messenger opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth involuntarily.

The envoys from various countries also had the same expression, and their eyes were full of astonishment.

They all know that each tripod represents a province.

Now that two big cauldrons have been shipped, could it be that the Ming Dynasty has expanded its territory and gained two provinces! ?

His question was quickly answered. The Ming army cavalry, holding the command flag and carrying feathers, rode their horses and whipped their whips, and flew over the aisle beside them. The loud announcement confirmed them. conjecture.

"Dongyi Victory, the four overseas Dongyi islands have been settled, Yamatai surrenders, and two new provinces, Jinghai and Far East, have been established!"

"Dongyi Four Islands, Jinghai, Far East..."

All the envoys have obtained the world map released by the Ming court, and they naturally know where the Dongyi Four Islands are and how large they are.

Everyone's eyes were full of consternation. Not long after the Ming army defeated Han court, the main force of its army had just returned to the division, and now it has won great victories on the four islands of Dongyi, and it has set up provincial jurisdiction.

Daming has two more provinces, and now there are ten provinces and fourteen prefectures.

No wonder the outer circle didn't look neat before, and some were missing. It turned out that the two provinces that were missing were Jinghai and the Far East, and the one that was missing was Dongyi...

On the square, all foreign vassals were shocked by the strength of the Ming army and the prosperity of the Ming kingdom.

As a Ming person, the people of Chang'an on the square are undoubtedly extremely proud.

His eyes were bright, their backs were straight, and his chest was full of pride.

There is a bright future, and heaven serves all nations!