One Thousand Five Hundred and Nineteen: One Unified World
In the sixth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty, the emperor Gao Yuan led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the Qin State in three ways. The momentum was like a broken bamboo. In less than three months, Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, was captured. The Qin Emperor Lu Chao committed suicide, and the chaos for hundreds of years Seven Kingdoms struggle for supremacy, counting from the day when Gao Yuan Yu Fufeng started his army, after eighteen years, the Han Empire created by Gao Yuan flattened the Seven Kingdoms and unified the world.
In the summer of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Gao Yuan led his troops back to Jicheng, the capital, and immediately returned the military power, retreated to the harem, and no longer intervened in political affairs and military affairs. The Han Empire formed a situation of separation of powers with the chief minister of the political affairs hall in power, the Great Council as the highest authority, the army subordinate to the Great Council, and the judiciary completely independent. The emperor has completely become a symbol of the empire, and will only appear in front of the public during important festivals and sacrifices.
The Han Empire, which put down the world, began a long and arduous construction of internal affairs. Conquering the world is easy, but building the world is difficult, and it is difficult to let the people live a better life. An unprecedentedly large empire, with a rapidly increasing population after the war, people all over the world The different levels of economic development made all the ministers in the political affairs hall feel overwhelmed.
The big council was still noisy, noisy, noisy, it seemed extremely chaotic, but the empire was still developing steadily. Although the emperor Gao Yuan didn't care about political affairs at all, the rulers of the political affairs hall would always encounter difficult situations. When the matter was resolved, he ran to the palace and begged His Majesty the Emperor to come out to solve the problem. Only at this time, Gao Yuan would appear in the big council to mediate the conflicts and balance the interests of all parties. Gao Yuan's incomparable influence in the Han Empire can make all the irreconcilable contradictions finally resolved into invisible, and it can also make sworn enemies shake hands and talk happily.
The prefectures and counties of the state of Han, which got rich first, formed a pair with the poor and backward remote areas, and helped each other. Especially for the hardest-hit territories of the former Qin State, the central government also strengthened their support, which led to the rapid economic development of these areas. The common people have basically solved the problem of hunger in a short period of time, and with the development of time. The rebels headed by the lurking Gouyi in Qin State were finally exhausted and besieged on all sides. Surrendering to the government in desperation, Gouyi was arrested and sent to Jicheng, where he was tried by the Supreme Court and sentenced to 20 years in prison. On the day of the trial, in addition to Gouyi's old opponents, there was also a special person who attended the trial, that was his nephew whom Gouyi asked Tang He to bring to Han. Now his nephew has become an official in the garrison of Jicheng in the Great Han Dynasty, and the trial court. Uncles and nephews hugged each other and cried. What happened to his nephew also made Gou Yi ashamed. When he walked out of the trial court, he knelt down in the direction of the Han Palace and knocked his head three times.
In the eighth year of the Han Dynasty, the currency system was unified throughout the country, and the last territory of the former Qin State that used gold and silver to pay silver also officially abolished direct gold and silver transactions.
In the ninth year of the Han Dynasty, the national script was unified, and the fonts uniformly issued by the Cultural and Propaganda Department of the Han Dynasty became the nationally accepted script, and other scripts were abolished.
Dahan ten years, led by Gao Yuan. The political affairs hall, headed by the Great Council, officially passed the first constitution of the Han Dynasty that has been brewing for ten years. issued to the world. In the constitution, the constitutional monarchy of the Han Empire was established, the emperor was the symbol of the empire, the political affairs hall was the highest governing body in the country, the Great Council was the highest legislative body in the country, and the * Yuan was the highest judicial body in the country.
Dahan ten years,
The Han Empire started the first election of the Great Council after the promulgation of the constitution. After the reunification, the fifty-six counties were re-delineated according to the level of economic development and the size of the population. Six hundred and sixty-eight members of Congress were elected.
In the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, the term of the second Chief Minister Yan Shenghao expired. Yan Shenghao announced that he would run for the next chief minister because of his age. Yan Shenghao, the second minister in power, retired contentedly with the reputation of dominating the world, the day after he announced his retirement. Then happily went straight to the shore of Dayan Lake. To be elected as the Chief Minister of the Han Dynasty, you only need to get the joint nomination of ten members of the council, but this year, only Wu Qi, Fang Shu and Tian Yuanyuan announced their candidacy. The three parties competed fiercely, and finally, the first one lost Later, Tian Yuanyuan turned to Wu Qi, so that the veteran ruling minister Wu Qi defeated Fang Shu and was elected as the chief ruling minister. But Fang Shu retreated and became the speaker of the Great Council.
Ambitious Wu Qi, in his first term of office, he did very well. He focused on the domestic people's livelihood, and he did a great job in developing the domestic economy. The domestic economy developed rapidly, and the living standards of the people improved rapidly. , Wu Qi, whose first term had expired, defeated Fang Shu again with an absolute advantage and was elected. But in his second term, he suffered a major setback.
The domestic economy has reached a bottleneck, the domestic currency is inflated, and the large amount of goods produced can no longer be sold. Wu Qi, who focuses on domestic development, has neglected overseas expansion, and the continuous reduction of military expenses on the grounds of no war has also caused the two military branches In the eighteenth year of the Great Han Dynasty, Wu Qi was voted by a vote of no confidence initiated by the Great Assembly. More than two-thirds of the Great Assembly approved Wu Qi's resignation, and Wu Qi resigned sadly.
Fang Shu took over halfway, but the stall that was handed over to him was not so easy to solve. This year, Fang Shu was less than forty years old, and he was young and vigorous. After taking over as the chief minister, he immediately passed the Overseas Colonization Act. The two big Han fleets that had been idle for nearly ten years attacked across the sea again. At the end of the eighteenth year, Li Quan led his troops to set foot on the African continent again. In the nineteenth year, Yang Qingyi led another fleet to discover America. The Han army set foot on these two continents and found another sales market for the goods in the Han Dynasty. Countless merchant ships once again formed a mighty ship. Team, headed for the distant overseas.
In the midst of all the turmoil, Gao Yuan, the emperor of the Han Kingdom, has been immersed in the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Han Dynasty he founded, leading a group of madmen to study the great invention that the emperor claims will change the world .
The Zhengshitang welcomes the emperor’s failure to do business properly, because Gao Yuan, the founding emperor, does not care about political affairs, and the constitution also establishes that the emperor has no right to intervene in political affairs. To take back all the powers, those big councilors who are in custody dare not even let a fart go. The generals of the army will applaud happily. During the years when Wu Qi was in power, it was common for generals in the army to run outside the palace and cry. Of course, the final result was that it was not the emperor who came out to meet them, but the vicious Yang Dasha holding a stick. , Come out and beat the shit out of these guys.
The attitude of the emperor is obvious. But no one can guarantee that the emperor will always be like this. One thing that allows the emperor to concentrate on nothing, is naturally the best, so for the funding of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Zhengshitang has always been very generous, as long as you open your mouth. Immediate allocation, never delayed until the next day. Even if it is necessary for the bigwigs in the political affairs hall to save money and take less wages, they will say nothing.
What is Gao Yuan doing?
He led a group of people to study the steam engine.
From farming civilization to industrial society, this thing is an absolute weapon.
In the twenty-fifth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty, the experimental site of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Han Dynasty.
The roar of the rumbling machine resounded throughout the Academy of Sciences, and in the closed workshop, a huge machine was roaring. And he has been working continuously for a day and a night, and His Majesty Gao Yuan, the great emperor of the Han Empire, has also been guarding the building of the Academy of Sciences for a day and a night, occasionally taking a nap, and as soon as he wakes up, he immediately cares whether the machine is still there roar.
"Your Majesty, we succeeded." A mechanic in charge of this research burst into tears and knelt down in front of Gao Yuan and cried loudly for ten years. They spent ten years together, since Emperor Gao Yuan proposed this idea, ten years ago. The Academy of Sciences has been working tirelessly on this research, and out of fanatical trust in the emperor, they have never questioned this project, ten years, spent countless money, today, he finally succeeded in continuous operation without appearing any questions.
Gao Yuan, who has been more fanatical than these mechanics for ten years, is surprisingly calm at this time.
He walked up to the window of the building and put his hand on the window lattice. Looking at the billowing smoke from the chimney of the closed factory building not far away, he said softly: "A great era has begun."
Yes. A great era, the invention of the steam engine. It will not only bring about a revolution in production relations, but also bring about a huge change in social relations.
In the 30 years of the Great Han Dynasty, Gao Yuan has been in power for 30 years. During the 30 years, the Great Han Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, especially after the invention of the steamer. In just five years, the drastic changes in the Great Han Dynasty exceeded the previous hundreds of years. Machine tools appear in factories, machines are replacing labor, the roar brings huge productivity, and a large number of workers begin to lose their jobs. In order to transform domestic conflicts, Dahan accelerated the pace of expansion of Hanwai. This year, Li Quan led his fleet , set foot on the land of Europa. Equipped with the latest machine-produced rifles, the soldiers of the Han army captured city-states one by one without any difficulty.
However, Emperor Gaoyuan did not know why he suggested that the Zhengshitang should not bring these overseas colonies under the official rule of Han, but the Zhengshitang rejected Emperor Gaoyuan's suggestion. The yellow dragon flag of Han was planted everywhere it was raised.
The Zhengshitang, which did not listen to the emperor's suggestion, soon suffered a great deal. The Han army that drove straight in suffered a disastrous defeat in Europa. The modern army relied more heavily on logistics. The consequence of going deep into the land was that people The back route was cut off, the logistics was cut off, and thousands of soldiers fled to Europa.
When the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar. Fang Shu, the Chief Minister of Political Affairs, took the blame and resigned. After the return of Admiral Li Quan, he also stepped down.
After the new chief minister came to power, the navy once again organized a larger fleet, led by another admiral Yang Qingyi, and embarked on the journey again. This time, Yang Qingyi's flagship was replaced by the first ship produced by Dahan. A warship powered by a steam engine, but this time, the new ruling minister accepted the emperor's suggestion. On Yang Qing's wave of the ship, in addition to guns, there were diplomats carrying a copy of the agreement.
That is, in the year of the defeat of Europa, Emperor Gao Yuan of the Han Dynasty was 60 years old. He announced his retirement, and the position of emperor was handed over to his son Gao Zhiyuan.
Emperor Gao Yuan of the Han Dynasty had been creating unimaginable feats throughout his life, and when he retired at the age of sixty, he set a new precedent. The consequence of this move was that the Great Council officially decided that sixty years old was the legal retirement age.
In the second year after Gao Yuan retired, Xinqin, which borders the Han Empire, could no longer resist the silent invasion from neighboring countries. With the invention of the train, railroad tracks from the Han Dynasty were laid to the capital of Xinqin. Finally bowed his head, Wang Jian, who was almost in his twilight years, dragged his wounded body, took the train to Jicheng, and reached an agreement with Gao Zhiyuan, the second emperor of the Han Dynasty, to ensure the status of the new Qin king's royal family and ensure the maximum degree of the new Qin's internal affairs. Under the conditions of independence, the new Qin Dynasty will defend itself. Powers such as diplomacy were handed over to the Han Empire, and Xinqin will become a federal state of the Han Empire.
The two countries merged into one, and the whole world rejoiced. Especially Xinqin, since the founding of this country. It brought a strong shadow of the Han Kingdom. Although Wang Jian had tried his best to get rid of this shadow during his decades in power, he had little effect. Finally, after he found that he was unable to reverse the situation, he raised the surrendered with both hands, which also made the people of Xinqin extremely excited, because the two countries became one. It also means that they will become citizens of the Han Empire, and they will also enjoy the rights of citizens of the Han Empire. Although it will take a long time for them to fight for it, since the first step has been taken, the second step will continue. Is it too far?
In the winter of the fiftieth year of the Great Han Dynasty, white snow covered the entire Jicheng with a layer of silver. The capital, which should have been noisy, fell silent on this day, for no other reason. Just because the Dahan Daily and Jicheng Evening News, which were published early in the morning, coincidentally published a piece of heavy news on the front page.
The founder of the Han Dynasty, the first emperor Gao Yuan was critically ill. This year, Gao Yuan was eighty years old.
Lying in the thick quilt, Gao Yuan opened his cloudy eyes and looked at his son, daughter and grandchildren kneeling in front of him, with a satisfied smile on his face. In the past few years, one by one has left him.
"I'm leaving, I'm going to find your mother!" Gao Yuan said with a smile. Ye Jing'er and He Lanyan passed by before her eyes. The figures of Ning Xin and the three of them were smiling. The figure floated in mid-air, waving at him.
From under the bed, there were bursts of whimpering.
Outside the bedroom, waiting anxiously are the rulers of the political affairs hall of the Han Empire and the heads of the army. A new generation replaces the old. Most of the old men have left, and even the strongest Yang Dasha died of illness last year.
Except for the current emperor Gao Zhiyuan, all the other children and grandchildren kowtowed to Gao Yuan one by one and left the bedroom, while the ruler of the political affairs hall and the head of the army were called in.
"Your Majesty!" Everyone knelt down.
Gao Yuan raised his first finger: "First, the political system of the Han Empire will never change."
"The minister complies with the order!" The Chief Executive Officer shouted.
"Second, the military should never interfere in politics."
"The minister obeys the order!"
The two military leaders on land and water kowtowed to accept orders.
"Third!" Gao Yuan lowered his hands and looked at them with a smile: "I, Gao Yuan, am not from this world, but I have created a great career in this world. After my death, my body was cremated and half of it was kept. Here, to accompany my deceased wife, half of the warship went to the sea, and I was thrown by the wind. I hope that there is a spirit in the sky, and I can take me back to the original world, to see the hometown of my previous life.”
The people in the house were all petrified. They couldn't understand what Gao Yuan was saying, but Gao Yuan's order was clear. The body was cremated, half of it was buried with the three wives, and the other half went to sea and died with the wind.
There was heavy snow in the sky, and countless people began to gather towards the palace. There were more and more people, and they had to start to divert them. In front of the palace, in front of the parliament building, all the places that could be filled with people were full of people. Everyone watched In the same place, the royal palace of the Han Empire, although it is not the highest authority of the Han Empire, the most respected people of the Han Empire live there.
The heavy snow made the palace fall into a haze. They couldn't see the outline of the palace clearly, but they still looked hard. When the first bell rang, everyone's spirits suddenly became tense, and the bell rang continuously. Some people knelt down, and then more and more people knelt down on the ground. After a bell was struck, all the people knelt down facing the palace where the bell could almost be heard.
The founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, Gao Yuan, died.
Telegrams spread to every corner of the Han Dynasty along with the radio waves, and newspapers were sold out in the shortest possible time. On the newspapers, not only the news of the death of Emperor Gao Yuan of the Han Dynasty, but also Gao Yuan's last words were published. Last words, except for the last one with a slight modification. Because neither Gao Zhiyuan nor the ministers could understand the meaning of Gao Yuan's last article, so he could only modify the last article to read that the emperor wanted to blow his ashes away with the wind and fall in every corner of the big man to protect him forever. The peace of the big man.
The whole big man fell into sorrow, even those places conquered by the big man, although the unification war caused tens of thousands of people to die, but the living people enjoyed the happiness brought by Gao Yuan for generations.
More than ten days later, with the sound of the train whistle, the train escorting half of Gao Yuan's ashes headed for Cangzhou. On both sides of the railroad tracks along the way, countless people knelt beside the road, and there were endless incense cases.
Dozens of the latest naval steam engine warships of the Han Navy ushered in the ashes of Gao Yuan.
After sailing for half a day, the originally gloomy weather suddenly became cloudless with the unexpected breeze, and a round of scorching sun jumped high above the sky.
Gao Zhiyuan stood on the tall bow of the ship, stretched out his trembling hands, held up his father's bones, held them up high, and the ashes passed away with the wind.
The cannons on dozens of warships fired salutes at the same time.
In the sky, there are clouds coming from the horizon with the wind, floating above the warship, the clouds are changing, and slowly forming a large group of human figures in the air, the voices and smiles seem to be as high as they are, and the clouds move with the wind , seems to be waving goodbye to everyone. Such a strange sight stunned all the people who went out to sea. After a moment of stagnation, the sound of long live the mountains and tsunami sounded on the sea, and all the people knelt on the deck.
Wisps of breeze blowing, clouds gradually dissipate, and the sky is still blue.
I'm home! (To be continued.)