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Chapter 697 The Republic and the Emperor (26)

one year later
The winter of the third year of the Republic of 480 (693)
Chang'e City

After nearly two years, Li Huamei finally returned to Yan State.

After arriving at the "Roman Continent", Li Huamei sailed north along the coastline of the "Roman Continent", but only found some "Romans" with extremely backward civilization, and did not find any rich cities worthy of trade.

After replenishing enough food and water sources in the "Roman Continent", the expedition fleet returned to the landing place (Los Angeles).

In order to commemorate Wang Zhi and Li Huamei themselves, the British Islands (Hawaiian Islands) were named [Wang Zhi Islands], the indigenous people on the islands were also named [Wang People], and the place where the expedition ship landed (Los Angeles) was named It is called [Li Huamei Plain], and the nearby river is also named [Li Huamei River].

The entire New World is still called "Rome Continent (American Continent)" because Li Huamei firmly believes that what he discovered must be Rome, but it may be a border area of ​​Rome, so it seems very backward, but as long as Keep searching, and you will surely find the rich city of Rome.

After the expedition team returned to the Yan Kingdom, they made great publicity, claiming that they had opened an eastern sea route to Rome.

Emperor Di Yu attached great importance to this and actually received Li Huamei in person.

When Li Huamei came back, she also captured a few "Romans (Indians)", so she brought these "Romans" into the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

"They are the Romans?" Di Yu looked at the "Romans" wearing animal skin clothes, feather ornaments, colorful mud on their faces, and short black hair, obviously very disbelieving.

"This little girl, could it be that she went to some overseas island, randomly captured a few indigenous people, and then came over to fool me?"

Di Yu guessed in his heart that he simply did not believe that these indigenous people were the legendary Romans.

"Yes, your Majesty, they are the legendary Romans." Li Huamei replied firmly.

"I will arrange a professional expedition fleet, with you as the guide, to go to Rome again."

Emperor Di Yu said to Li Huamei that he was not in good health and was sick, so his tone of voice was very weak.

He needs to arrange a professional expedition team to go to the Roman continent mentioned by Li Huamei to confirm clearly whether it is Rome.

"I am happy to serve you, Your Majesty!" Li Huamei was very respectful, and then left the palace with those "Romans".

However, when the news of Li Huamei's discovery of Rome spread throughout the Yan Kingdom, many people did not believe it. Especially when they saw the so-called "Romans", they even mocked:

"Could it be that Miss Li Huamei captured a few natives from the Liugui Protector's Mansion and then claimed to have discovered Rome? Haha!"

"Are they Romans? I don't know much, don't lie to me!"

"Ms. Li was fooled. That Wang Zhi is a big liar. It's okay for him to die, but he still deceived you."

Faced with these doubts, Li Huamei responded coldly: "I will go to the Roman continent again, and I will go with His Majesty the Emperor's professional expedition fleet. His Majesty the Emperor will prove to me, Li Huamei, that I, Li Huamei, discovered Rome!"

The emperor of the Republic all calls himself me. This is a habit formed a long time ago.

Because the Emperor of the Republic calls himself me, the noun "I" becomes noble, while words like "I", "I", "I" and "I" become very despicable.

The Emperor of the Republic calls himself me, but ordinary people call themselves "I", "I", "I", and "I" from time to time.

Li Huamei's first expedition to "Rome Continent" didn't bring back any strange things, so on her second trip to "Rome Continent", Li Huamei decided to look for some of the souvenirs of "Rome Continent".another month later

Twelfth lunar month
In the cold winter years, the earth is frozen.

The 79-year-old Emperor of the Republic, Emperor Yu, failed to survive the winter and died of illness in his palace.

At this time, Li Huamei had already taken His Majesty the Emperor's professional expedition fleet to the "Roman Continent" again, so she did not know the news of His Majesty the Emperor's death.

The Spring of the Fourth Year of the Republic of 480 (694)
The election of the Republic Parliament was held, and members from the Yan Kingdom, Xingfan Kingdom, and Jurchen Kingdom voted for their favorite candidates.

One month later, Yan Ling/Wanyan Ling, a Jurchen aristocrat who was trained by the late emperor and was quite famous in the parliament, became the emperor of the republic with a narrow margin of votes.

It doesn't matter to the members of Yan State and Xingfan State, they have a good relationship with Yan Ling.

The members of the Jurchen country were very happy, especially the ordinary Jurchen people in the Jurchen country, dancing and dancing, thinking that the chance for the Jurchen to stand up had finally come.

The low-level Jurchen people thought that if a Jurchen nobleman became the emperor of the republic, he would treat the low-level Jurchen people better, which has to be said to be a beautiful fantasy.

Yan Ling/Wanyan Ling used practical actions to tell this group of low-level Jurchen free people that Jurchens know better how to persecute Jurchens!
After becoming the emperor of the Republic, the Jurchen aristocrat Yan Ling/Wanyan Ling, in order to please the Wang aristocrats/old aristocrats, first married his three daughters to three Wang aristocratic children, and also promulgated the "Jurchen Migration Act", requiring the Jurchen The people of the country immediately migrated to the colder and more barren Beishiwei area to re-open wasteland, and gave up their homes that had been reclaimed with great difficulty over the past decades for immigrants from the Yan state.

"Although I am from the Jurchen clan, my heart belongs to the Wang family and the Holy Shen Kang!"

"Holy God Kang is my ancestor!"

Yan Ling had converted to the Holy Religion long ago and was a devout follower of the Holy Religion.

This was also an important reason why Emperor Yu trained him to become the new emperor. Emperor Yu was also a devout believer in the Holy Religion.

In the Jurchen Kingdom, the Jurchen nobles and citizens have long believed in the Holy Religion. They consider themselves to be the devout lambs of the Holy God Kang.

Even among the Jurchen free people, nearly half of the Jurchens believed in the Holy Religion and abandoned the traditional shamanism of their ancestors.

The spread of the Holy Religion is very wide. Some devout Holy Religion missionaries are also explorers. Their expeditions are not to find wealth, but to convert overseas natives to the Holy Religion and become the lambs of the Holy Spirit.

The main missionary sites of the holy missionaries are one in the black soil area of ​​Northeast China, where they spread the faith of the Holy Spirit to the Jurchens, Shiwei people, and Sushen people, and the other is the Liugui Protectorate, trying every means to make the indigenous people there Abandoning their own tribal totem beliefs, they turned to the holy god Kang.

Hearing that the Jurchen Emperor Yan Ling/Wanyan Ling was going to force the Jurchens to migrate, the Jurchen free people who were dancing and joyful suddenly began to mourn.

They originally thought that if a Jurchen noble became the emperor, the Republic's discrimination and oppression against them would be lighter than if a Wang noble was the emperor.

However, the reality is that even if you become the emperor, you have to please the Wang nobles, and you need to do more ruthless things than the Wang nobles. Only in this way can you be accepted by the Wang nobles.

The power of the Republic lies with the parliament, not the emperor, and the parliament is mainly composed of the Wang nobles.

This is reality. In this reality, even if the emperor is a Jurchen, he must govern the country according to the ideas of the Wang nobles.

(End of this chapter)