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Chapter 443 The country is picturesque
There are so many splendid rivers and mountains, which has attracted countless heroes.

At the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Zhao Mingyuan couldn't help but sigh when he looked back at the people kneeling on the ground. No one was standing anywhere in his field of vision.

This heaven-sacrifice ceremony to unify the world in Huniyu is naturally not as hasty as when Zhao Mingyuan first became king.

A high platform tens of feet high was built outside Luoyang City to hold a ceremony to worship the heaven. Hundreds of thousands of people from the entire Luoyang City participated together, and the quality of the guests was even more extraordinary.

The various princes who were competing for He's Bi in Luoyang City are now Zhao Mingyuan's subordinates, and they all bow down and respect him.

People from all tribes on the grassland came, and even Goguryeo sent envoys to attend the ceremony.

In comparison, Zhao Mingyuan's king-proclaiming ceremony in the past was just like a farce performed by a grass-headed king.

Alas, today we know how precious the emperor is!

Zhao Mingyuan, dressed in a dragon robe and holding a dragon brocade staff, solemnly ascended the throne.

The minister of etiquette performed the courtesy of the emperor and his ministers, read out the edicts from the book, all the ministers knelt down to pay homage, the ritual music played, and the atmosphere was solemn and solemn.

Of course, what makes Zhao Mingyuan even more excited is that hundreds of thousands of people are shouting for long live the mountains, and the shouts that ring out the clouds are truly uncontrollable.

After the enthronement ceremony, courtiers, generals, and wealthy nobles gathered together to hold grand banquets and celebrations.

There was singing and dancing, good wine and delicious food, people drank and talked to their heart's content to celebrate Zhao Mingyuan's ascension to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Zhao Mingyuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, which meant the arrival of a new era.

The whole world has been reunited, and all the people are looking forward to the arrival of a more peaceful, stable, prosperous and affluent era.

As for the new dynasty's reign name being Yongxing, Zhao Mingyuan knew that he had a long lifespan and was not prepared to change his reign name every few years.

Now that Zhao Mingyuan has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he naturally has to reward different people based on their merits and status.

Land, manors, property, and titles, titles, and awards were read out one after another.

But those who were interested soon discovered that although it seemed that Zhao Mingyuan was indeed generous in rewards, in fact no one was crowned king.

Although everyone thought about it carefully and found that they were led almost all the way by Zhao Mingyuan, it seemed that no one could be crowned king for their merits.

Of course, there are still people to fight for.

For example, Li Jing, who led his troops to destroy Daxia alone, and Song Que, the head of state who helped Zhao Mingyuan conquer Jiangnan, both of them are qualified to be crowned kings.

That's fine with Li Jing. He is indeed too young. If he were to be crowned king directly, the ministers would be dissatisfied, and it might even put him in an embarrassing situation where he could not be crowned king.

If Zhao Mingyuan still wants to make great use of Li Jing, and he will lead the troops to attack Goryeo or conquer the desert in the future, it is indeed not appropriate to reward him too much.

Even Li Jing can easily understand this.

Many heroes throughout the ages have not met a happy end. To a certain extent, Zhao Mingyuan was trying to protect him.

As for the head of the state, Song Que, not to mention the Song clan's strong support for Zhao Mingyuan at the beginning, most of the south of the Yangtze River was almost pacified by the Song family sending troops, not to mention that Song Yuzhi was Zhao Mingyuan's queen, and Song Que was crowned king by the Jin Dynasty. It should be a matter of course.

But something happened unexpectedly, which made people think too much.

Perhaps, it was precisely because the Song family was too powerful and had too much influence in the new dynasty that Song Que could not be crowned king.

Yes, the Song clan originally had great influence in the south.

Song Que had already had the title of King of Zhennan before. If he confirmed his royal power, who could shake the Song family's status?
As the founding king who unified the world, Zhao Mingyuan would naturally not sit back and watch this happen.

Perhaps Song Que's failure to be crowned king this time was Zhao Mingyuan's warning to the Song clan.

For a moment, because the Song family's mother-in-law was so arrogant to the world, everyone who thought that the Song family's investment would surely prosper again couldn't help but change their expressions.

They believe that Zhao Mingyuan has now unified the world and is about to change his ways and rectify his internal affairs. They are afraid that the status of these high-ranking officials will undergo great changes.

Since even Li Jing and Song Que could not be crowned kings, the surrendered princes naturally had no face to mention the matter of being crowned kings.

As a result, everyone understood what Zhao Mingyuan meant. It seemed that he wanted to imitate Liu Bang and swear on the white horse that no one but the Liu family could be king!
However, this time everyone guessed wrong.

Soon, news spread in the palace that Mrs. Dongming had made great achievements in offering soil and was named the King of Ryukyu.

Immediately, what Zhao Mingyuan said to the Demon Sect became known to the world.

Overseas kingship.

So it turned out that everyone understood Zhao Mingyuan's ambition.

It turns out that no one had ever been crowned king before, not because Zhao Mingyuan was stingy, but because he had the ambition to devour the world.

The world in Zhao Mingyuan's heart is not just the nine states of China, but every inch of land in the world.

Some people marveled, some laughed at it, some were afraid of it, and naturally some people objected.

Opponents even cited Yang Guang as an example, saying that Zhao Mingyuan was as obsessed with success as Yang Guang, and used the blood of the people to expand his reputation.

What's the use of conquering those desolate places?

It’s just a waste of money and food!
If you look at such remarks with modern people's thinking, it will naturally make people feel extremely ridiculous.

But in fact, in the feudal era, this was the mainstream thinking at the time.

The Chinese people have always considered themselves to be the sovereign state of heaven, and refer to the surrounding ethnic groups as Siyi.

As long as they surrendered in name, the real crusade was just a drain on the national treasury. Even if they conquered new territory, they would still gain little and cannot make ends meet.

Zhao Mingyuan was not surprised by this. He understood that there was a long way to go to change such thinking.

After three years of recuperation, the people gradually recovered.

In the third year of Yongxing, Zhao Mingyuan sent troops to attack Goryeo.

Without the great master Cailin, the Korean people seemed to have lost their courage. Even with Quan Gaisuwen as the commander-in-chief, he could not give them enough confidence.

The Ming Dynasty advanced by land and water, attacking from the north and the south, and soon defeated the Goryeo army and pacified the peninsula.

After conquering the Korean Peninsula, it was naturally time to solve the problems on the grassland.

With firearms, the grassland people were naturally no longer able to resist the Ming Iron Army. They could only temporarily avoid the sharp edge and go deep into the desert to avoid the Ming Army. The intention was to trade space for time and drag down the logistics of the Ming army.

This is also a common tactic used by grassland peoples when facing the Central Plains dynasties, and it has proven successful time and time again.

However, this time they guessed wrong.

This time the Ming army came well prepared.

Although the major Turkic tribes have fled far away, there are still many scattered tribes on the grasslands.

Most of them were oppressed by the tyrannical Turks, and many of them also yearned for the wealthy Han people.

So, Ming Dynasty gave them pastures with rich water and grass.

After the Ming army withdrew, the Turks returned. Naturally, they would not be willing to see the most fertile pastures fall into the hands of others.

As a result, the war broke out again on the grassland.

Those small tribes were no match for the Turks. They were beaten to pieces and had no choice but to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty had naturally expected this, and its army arrived within a few days, annihilating the main Turkic force in one battle, chasing them for hundreds of miles, and seizing hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep.

This battle caused the Turks to run away when they saw the Ming flag, and there was no longer a barbarian court in the south of the desert.

Seeing that the Turks were driven away, the small tribes were originally very happy, thinking that these high-quality pastures would become theirs in the future.

But what they didn't expect was that the gentle and polite Han people before suddenly changed their expressions.

He said to them: This place has been the territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times. If you want to graze here, you can only become a Ming Dynasty person.

Ethnic groups that are willing to accept Sinicization and merge into the Ming Dynasty can naturally graze here. As for the stubborn people, they will naturally end up with the Turks.

The winner on the grassland is king. Many grassland tribes are still willing to be able to merge with the Ming Dynasty and graze their cattle with peace of mind on this fertile pasture.

But there are also many grassland people who believe that the Ming Dynasty, like the previous Han Dynasty, will only flourish for a while.

Therefore, they followed the footsteps of the Turks and left westward, preparing to return decades later when the Ming Dynasty declined.

However, a few years later, after they had moved thousands of miles west, they saw large cars made of steel with the familiar flag of the Ming Dynasty on them.

Facing such a steel chariot, they naturally did not dare to compete.

But after moving thousands of miles westward, they were overtaken by the Han people. That also means that Ming's territory has also expanded here.

Where else could they escape?

Migrate thousands of miles further west?

What if these terrifying tanks come to your doorstep again in a few years?
In fact, in their eyes, these terrifying tanks were just tractors powered by steam engines.

In fact, they are also agricultural tools. They can be used as chariots in wartime and can also be used to plow the fields during busy farming times.

Therefore, they are called cultivators.

The implication is to use this as a plow to cultivate the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was able to expand thousands of miles on land, let alone on the sea.

Since Lu Miaozi developed the steam engine under the guidance of Zhao Mingyuan, which opened the prelude to the industrial revolution, it has been out of control.

The rapid development of productivity has brought huge changes to the entire world.

On land, vehicles are also limited by the impact of roads. Steam engines can be placed on large ships, and the development of water transportation is not just a little bit.

The Sui Dynasty was able to build a five-tooth warship, and the Ming Dynasty navy with its steam engine was naturally even better.

In the fifth year of Yongxing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, a huge fleet arrived in Tokyo Bay, Japan.

Facing those giant ships on the water that were bigger than giant whales, the envoy stepped forward tremblingly to answer.

But the person on the other side shouted loudly: "You are the ones who dare to call yourself the Land of the Rising Sun?

How dare the ruler of the country call himself the emperor?
How dare such a small country be so arrogant!
Now that the heavenly army has arrived, why don't you let your false king come and apologize quickly? "

The messenger returned tremblingly and reported all this to the emperor in detail.

The emperor was furious, and the crowd in the court was even more excited.

That night, a group of warriors took advantage of the darkness and rushed to the giant ships in small boats. Prepare to take advantage of them and kill the Ming army.

Naturally, the night attack failed, and the Ming generals were furious. The entire Tokyo was burned to the ground, and the fire burned for three days.

Then the Japanese naturally had to sue for peace. The two parties negotiated at Shimonoseki and finally signed a peace treaty, returning Jiuzhou Island to the Ming Dynasty. This is known as the Treaty of Shimonoseki in history.

In the sixth year of Yongxing's reign, Shikoku Island was returned.

In the seventh year of Yongxing's reign, it was returned to Hokkaido.

In the eighth year of Yongxing, Japan returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Shiploads of gold and silver shipped back from Japan attracted the attention of the whole world, and everyone had an infinite desire for overseas.

Suddenly, a gold rush broke out in the Ming Dynasty, and the Age of Discovery officially began.

By the Tianjin Bridge, Zhao Mingyuan felt a special feeling in his heart as he once again admired the spectacle of thousands of sails competing against each other for land boating.

Before, I had been dragging the times forward by myself, but now more people have seen the benefits, and I can finally push everything forward.

Seeing that everything was going in the direction he expected, Zhao Mingyuan could finally stay in the harem and enjoy it.

After the initial period of recuperation and expansion in the following years, the world has changed a lot.

Today, in the hearts of everyone in the Ming Dynasty and all the people in the world, Zhao Mingyuan is already a well-deserved saint.

The only thing that made the courtiers slightly regretful was that Zhao Mingyuan never had any children.

Although he knew that Zhao Mingyuan had extraordinary magical powers and had already entered the realm of immortals, not to mention that he was still in his prime, so it would be okay to wait a few more years.

However, this inevitably made everyone murmur secretly.

Therefore, the ministers often encouraged Zhao Mingyuan to go to the harem more, and even encouraged him to hold a wide range of talent shows, and even stuffed the world's most beautiful beauties into his harem.

Zhao Mingyuan took the opportunity to bring his confidante from other worlds into the harem, but it did not arouse the curiosity of others.

Everyone only regards them as Zhao Mingyuan's old friends, after all, his origins have always been a mystery.

Looking at the beauties in the harem who are either charming or beautiful, dignified or elegant, with spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums each having their own merits, Zhao Mingyuan couldn't help but sigh, at this point in life, what more could a husband ask for?

No regrets in this life!
As for whether he wanted to go to other worlds, Zhao Mingyuan smiled and shook his head.

When reading Xianxia novels in the past, Zhao Mingyuan always wondered why people in the lower world must ascend to the upper world?

Obviously I am invincible in the lower realm, so why do I have to go to the upper realm to be a miner or a maid?

Now that I have achieved immortality and my country is forever solid, why should I find myself unhappy?

Perhaps after thousands of years, Zhao Mingyuan will be tired of everything and may have other ideas.

But now, he is still young, so let’s enjoy it first!

Zhao Mingyuan turned around and rushed into the pile of powder, leaving all the heavens, worlds and infinite universe behind.

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