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    At this gathering of the five Li Ke and Li Min, it was Li Zhi who finally broke the deadlock, especially his words about his children and grandchildren inheriting the throne, which finally became the last straw in the hearts of Li Ke, Li Yun and Li Zhen, making  The three finally agreed to the idea of ??merging the four empires. After all, they all believed in Li Min's character and would never deceive them on such a matter.

    So after a year of preparation, the five emperors Li Ke, Li Min, Li Yun, Li Zhen and Li Zhi jointly issued a statement and decided to form a close alliance among the four countries, named after "China" and headquartered in Shanghai.  It was jointly managed by the five emperors.

    Li Min's decision to form an alliance did not surprise many people. After all, everyone knew that the four empires came from the same origin, and it could also be seen from newspapers that the relationship between the four empires in recent years  Some conflicts often arise, and it is time to resolve them. Although forming an alliance cannot fundamentally solve the problem, it can coordinate and resolve most conflicts, especially some commercial disputes between countries. Therefore, from the time of their formation, these alliances  It is welcomed by most businessmen.

    The Chinese Alliance is not an alliance in name only, but has huge power. First, the four major empires will send some armies, and then Li Min and the five will integrate these armies into the alliance army, which is not only responsible for solving internal conflicts  Some contradictions and conflicts are also responsible for the external development of each country. As for the remaining armies of each country, they are mainly responsible for guarding their own territories.

    In addition to the military aspect, the Alliance also coordinated the political, economic, cultural and other aspects of the four empires. There is almost nothing to say about culture and politics. After all, the four empires came from the same source.  Although there are some differences in some aspects, there is not much difference in essence.  It is also easy to coordinate. The main reason is that the economies of various countries have considerable conflicts and contradictions.

    first.  Li Min abolished the currencies of the four empires, and instead issued gold and silver coins or banknotes in the name of the alliance, making the currency circulation smoother. In addition, he also reduced the import and export tariffs of each country, and formulated a unified industrial and commercial act.  This allows the entire alliance to have unified legal business rules, try to avoid some commercial conflicts, and if conflicts arise, there are laws to follow.

    Apart from these.  In response to the situation in various places, the alliance has also made adjustments to the industries developed in each region. For example, for Datang and Daqi, the country is mainly dominated by Han people, and all industries are also very developed, so some are relatively high-end.  Industries, such as steam engine manufacturing, firearms research, ship design, etc., most of these industries have been moved to these two countries.

    As for the two countries of Tianzhu and Mediterranean, the domestic populations of these two countries are mainly dominated by local ethnic groups.  In essence, Li Min and others do not have much trust in these non-Han people, so they have restricted the development of heavy industry in these areas through policies, mostly focusing on planting, animal husbandry and mining.  There are also some light industries as auxiliary services.  Moreover, in order to strengthen its rule over these two countries, the alliance strengthened its efforts to encourage Han people to have children, and at the same time vigorously immigrated to these two countries.  This has caused the proportion of Han people in these two countries to increase rapidly, and their rule has become more and more stable.

    But in the process of forming the alliance.  Some unpleasant things have also happened, such as native rebellions in some weakly governed areas of various countries.  In addition, the five Li Min brothers also had quarrels over some issues, but these were minor issues. Overall, the alliance is still developing in a good direction, and it is becoming more and more popular. Many people have already adopted it.  I accepted in my heart the idea that the Alliance is higher than the Empire.

    After the establishment of the alliance, on the surface, most of the conflicts that occurred in the past have been resolved. Even some conflicts that occurred later will be coordinated by the alliance, and there will be no major troubles at all. In this way,  It seems that just one alliance is enough, and there is no need to merge the four empires into one empire.

    But in fact, this is not the case. Although the alliance is becoming more and more popular, within the alliance, the four empires are still independent. Each empire has a group of high-level interest groups, and they usually get along very well with each other.  Pleasant, but each group has its own interests. Whenever these interests conflict, the relationship between the two groups will drop sharply, and they may even hate each other. However, now that the five brothers Li Min and Li Ke are suppressing them, the interest groups  They dare not let this kind of conflict break out.

    But what you need to know is that the reason why Li Min and Li Ke were able to suppress domestic interest groups was mainly because they were mostly the founding emperors and had incomparable prestige and power in the country. No one dared to resist their decisions, but then  As time goes by, they are slowly entering their old age. God knows how long they can live. If one day they are no longer here, then the emperor who has just ascended the throne will have to control the domestic interest groups in order to stabilize his rule.  Retreatand compromise, and may even be assimilated by these interest groups, causing conflicts between countries to break out again.

    It is precisely because of the clear knowledge of the above that after nearly ten years of development, the Chinese Alliance has reached Li Min's original requirements in all aspects. So on his fifty-fourth birthday, Li Min, Li Ke, and Li  Yun, Li Zhen, and Li Zhi issued a statement again, canceling the independent status of the four empires in the alliance, and the entire alliance became one.

    After several days of quarreling over the country name, Li Min and his brothers finally decided to restore the country name of "Datang", because this was the country name set by their grandfather and father, and it was also the mother country of their brothers. It was also their brother's choice to adopt this country name.  Respect for grandfather and father.

    At the same time that the Tang Empire was established, Li Ke, Li Yun, Li Zhen and Li Zhi jointly recommended Li Min as the emperor of the Tang Empire. Li Min did not refuse, and a few days later, he made the first appointment in the People's Congress.  At the second coronation ceremony, he became the only emperor in history to be the founding emperor of two empires at the same time.

    At the same time that Li Min ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Li Ke, Li Yun, Li Zhen and Li Zhi jointly announced the formation of the Royal Council, and also announced the composition and powers of the council. The result not only aroused discussions throughout the Tang Empire  , at the same time, the descendants of the five Li Min people also competed for a place in the parliament.

    The Royal Parliament has a speaker.  There are two deputy speakers, of which the first speaker is Li Zhi.  After all, he is Li Shimin's designated successor.  However, the term of office of the Speaker is also limited and cannot exceed eight years at most.  The term of office is the same as that of the Prime Minister, except that the election of the Speaker happens to be staggered with the appointment of the Prime Minister.

    As the name of the Royal Council suggests, naturally only the royal family can enter, and this royal family refers to the descendants of Li Min and the five of them. The descendants of Li Chengqian, Li You and others are not eligible to enter.  Moreover, there is no hard and fast rule on the number of people in the entire parliament. Generally, only descendants of Li Min and the other five are eligible to enter.

    As emperors, Li Min and the others would naturally not have only one woman around them.  For example, take Li Min as an example. He is relatively lewd among the five brothers. In addition to the queen Wen Xin, there are also four noble concubines and three concubines Wen'er, Hua'er and Luzhu. There are also some secretly keeping  His relationships with women gave him as many as twelve sons and many grandchildren.

    As for Li Ke, Li Yun and others, their sons and grandsons are even more numerous, so in the first period of the Royal Council.  One hundred and seventeen members of the royal family signed up to enter the parliament. However, the royal council is related to the security of the Tang Empire, so not just anyone can enter, so they went through rigorous inspections in many aspects.  After removing some incompetent royals, there were only fifty-nine people left, plus four people from Li Ke.  There are only sixty-three members.

    The establishment of the Royal Council not only restrained the power in the hands of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.  The most important thing is to select the candidate for the next emperor, so the atmosphere within the parliament is full of gunpowder.  Many young people believed that they were the candidates for the next emperor, so conflicts often broke out within the parliament. Later, Li Zhi ruthlessly punished the most violent ones, which made the order of the parliament much better.

    The royal council's method of selecting successors had been planned as early as the China Alliance. First, the entire empire's territory was divided into dozens of regions. For example, the original Tang Dynasty was divided into the West Asia Region and the Western Region.  There are nearly ten regions including Guanzhong Region, Liaodong Region, etc. Daqi, Tianzhu and the Mediterranean countries are also divided into Nanyang Region, North Tianzhu Region, Eastern Rome Region, etc. There were initially thirty-nine regions.  A large region, and later with the expansion of territory, the empire's large regions have been in a state of growth.

    The highest executive in the region is called the "Government". As the name suggests, the power of the Governor is limited to administration. He has only the power to advise but not command the military. The military has its own internal system operation.  Moreover, in order to prevent the Director-General from having exclusive power, each Director-General can only serve for four years. At the same time, a Parliament of Nobles similar to the Royal Parliament was established under the Director-General. The Parliament is composed of nobles living in the local area and has the power to supervise and restrain the Director-General.  , can even remove the governor if necessary, but does not have the power to appoint candidates for the governor.

    At the same time, the members of the Royal Parliament went through brutal internal elimination and finally selected the twenty best people. They were then divided into groups of ten and assigned to govern each region year by year. Moreover, during the period when they were in power, they were not allowed to interact with the royal family.  If the parliament has any contact, everything must obey the orders of the imperial administrative agency. If someone is really unfit to serve as governor, the imperial prime minister also has the power to remove him.

    After four years, the top two in each group will be selected based on their political achievements, official reputation, etc., and then the four selected people will go through rounds of rigorous inspection and selection. Only those who pass in the end can become  The successor of the Emperor of the Tang Empire.

    The Royal Council has a long period of time to select the heir to the throne. It takes several years in total. For example, the selection of the first heir took a long time.After a year, Li Zhi and Cai'er's son Li Hong finally won and became Li Min's heir to the throne.

    In addition, Li Min and Wu Meiniang's son Li Qi also participated in this inspection, and in the end he was equally matched with Li Hong. Unfortunately, because he was Li Min's son, he was destined not to become the next emperor, so in the end he had to be replaced by Li Hong.  Hong served as the emperor's heir.  But in the end, Li Qi was not too depressed. After selection, he entered the army and later became a decorated general in the royal family. His military achievements were tied with Li Zhen's.

    The founding of the Tang Empire caused a great sensation all over the world. Some people were happy and some were sad.  Although Li Min did not deprive Li Ke and Li Zhi of their emperor titles after becoming the emperor of the Tang Empire, he instead gave them emperor as a special honorary title so that they could retain the title of emperor throughout their lives.  .

    But despite this, some of Li Ke and Li Yun's loyal ministers still felt a little dissatisfied, even after personal persuasion by Li Ke and others.  These people still held opinions against the merged Tang Empire and even caused considerable riots in some places.

    But this situation did not last long.  Soon Li Min, with the help of Li Ke and others, used both soft and hard tactics to quell the dissatisfaction in various places.  In terms of some personnel appointments, he also strived to be impartial. After several years of hard work, coupled with the existence of the previous Chinese Alliance, there was also a transition process in the hearts of these people. Therefore, the final merger of the Tang Empire  Faster and faster, various places gradually adapted to the rule of the Tang Empire, and an unprecedented empire finally appeared on the world map.

    When Li Min became the emperor of the Tang Empire, he was already fifty-four years old.  By the time he had been the emperor of the Tang Dynasty for ten years, the entire Tang Dynasty had completely settled down, all walks of life were prosperous, and almost the entire world had been brought under the rule of the Tang Empire. No power in the world dared to do so anymore.  Against the behemoth of the Tang Empire, Li Min's will has supreme majesty in every corner of the world.

    But at this time, Li Min, who was already sixty-five years old, felt a little tired. Especially as he got older, he felt that his energy was not as good as before, plus in the past twenty years.  He devoted most of his energy to government affairs and had no time to spend with his family. Therefore, when he was sixty-five years old, he took the initiative to request the Royal Council to abdicate.  After discussions between Li Ke, Li Zhi and others, it was finally agreed that Li Min would abdicate, and Li Zhi's son Li Hong became the second emperor of the New Datang Empire.

    Another ten years have passed.  Time has entered the 20th year of the New Tang Dynasty. Li Ke, Li Zhi and Li Yun passed away one after another.  Of the five great emperors back then, only Li Min and Li Zhen are left.  Li Min's former friends.  For example, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Hualiang, Yan Bei, Li Yong and others also passed away one by one.

    It is also worth mentioning that the three daughters around Li Min, Wen Xin, Xijun, and Jin Shengman, also died in the past two years, and they all lay in Li Min's arms and watched their beloved for the rest of their lives.  Her husband left the world with a satisfied look on his face. Although Li Min knew that this was inevitable, it still caused a great blow to him and caused his originally healthy body to suddenly collapse.

    However, when Li Min reached his seventy-fifth year, something happened in the Tang Empire. That is, the second Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Hong, suddenly became ill. His condition was the same as that of Li Shimin and Li Zhi. They were all heart-related genetic diseases, and  To make matters worse, Li Hong's illness became more severe, with several sudden attacks in just a few months. In the end, just like Li Zhi in his later years, he could hardly see anything and was unable to handle government affairs at all, so he and Li Zhi also  He was stunned and asked to abdicate.

    Originally, Li Hong was still very young, and the royal council's examination of the next successor had just begun. Now that Li Hong was blind and wanted to abdicate, the royal council was unable to come up with a suitable successor to the emperor. This caused chaos among the top brass of the entire Tang Empire.  In places with large non-Han populations, such as West Asia and Europe, the rule has become somewhat unstable.

    At this time, Li Min and Li Zhen were invited to serve as regents again, which immediately restored the entire Tang Empire to normal. Then Li Hong recommended Li Qi, who was at the same level as him, to take over the throne. Finally, through the royal family  After discussion and voting in the parliament, Li Qi passed by a narrow margin and officially became the third emperor of the Tang Empire.

    However, as the saying goes, good fortune and misfortune depend on each other. After Li Qi became the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Meiniang, who was over seventy years old, also seemed very happy. When celebrating her son, she couldn't help but drink a few more drinks. As a result, the maidservant the next day  When he went to help her wash up, he found that Wu Meiniang was no longer breathing.

    Wu Meiniang's death dealt another blow to Li Min's already poor health. His mind was sometimes a little dazed, and he often felt that the deceased Wen Xin and others were beside him.  Just like this, a few more years passed, and the familiar people around Li MinThey died one by one. Even the strong Li Zhen slipped while riding a horse and ended up with the same fate as Li Shimin, and finally died in front of Li Min.

    In the twenty-sixth year of the New Tang Dynasty, the eighty-one-year-old Li Min was already considered a long-lived old man, but at this time almost everyone around him had passed away, such as Mengxue, Hua'er, Luzhu and other women.  Like Wen Xin, they died one by one in Li Min's arms.

    However, at this time, Li Min has taken a dim view of life and death. Regarding the death of his relatives, he believes that this is just a short separation, because he does not have much time, and one day will come sooner or later.  He will reunite with these beloved women in another world.

    In the Qi Palace in Keelung, Taiwan, Li Min has abdicated.  I have always lived here with my family, but as my children grew up.  They all left here one by one, leaving only Li Min and his wives living in the house. However, as Wen Xin and the others left one by one, there were not many familiar people around Li Min anymore.

    Under the bright sunshine, two white-haired women were pushing a unique wheelchair. Sitting in the wheelchair was Li Min, who also had white hair. He was walking slowly in the garden. Behind them, there was a group of people.  A large group of maids, doctors and guards.  They followed each step they took, not wanting to get too close and worried that something might go wrong with the three old people.

    The two old women pushing Li Min's wheelchair are the only two women left around Li Min. One of them is Wen'er who has taken care of him all his life, and the other is Feng Shuyu, who is younger than Wen'er and the others.  She is now over seventy.  Speaking of which, although Feng Shuyu said that he did not want to get married, he still hooked up with Li Min, and the two had a son and two daughters.  Now the son and daughter are married, and even have grandchildren.

    The winter in Taiwan is still not too cold. Li Min fell seriously ill some time ago, and the doctors around him told him to relax.  There won't be any big problems, but his body knows it, and Li Min feels that his end is only in these days.  In addition, his children are also coming back from all over the world these days.  Then she told him about her life over the years with a forced smile, which also proved that Li Min's feelings were correct.

    The weather is really good today.  The rainy weather of the previous few days was gone, and there was no wind.  The sun was shining warmly on his body. Li Min ignored the dissuasion of the people around him and insisted on going out to bask in the sun. Wen'er, who was connected with him, did not stop him, so the previous scene appeared. The three old people were in front, followed behind.  A bunch of cautious people.

    Li Min felt that he was in particularly good spirits today, especially after feeling the sunshine outside, he wanted to stand up by himself, but his weak body still made him give up this idea.

    "Quick! Pass the ball to me!"

    "Ouch! Stinky ball"

    At this moment, Li Min heard the noise of children coming from a corner of the garden, which interested him very much, so he pointed in that direction. Wen'er and Feng Shuyu immediately understood and pushed his car slowly.  Walked over.

    After turning two corners, what appeared in front of Li Min was a green lawn, and on the lawn, several little guys covered in grass clippings and smelly sweat were playing football, although the oldest of them was only eleven.  Two years old, the youngest is only seven or eight years old, but he plays well and knows how to cooperate. He looks really impressive.

    ¡°Whose children are thesewhose children are these?¡± Li Min looked at these energetic children and finally asked with a smile on his face.

    "Husband, these are the grandsons of Qi'er, Mian'er, and Xiu'er. I heard that a King Qi football team has been formed in school to compete with the King of Wu football team composed of the great-grandsons of the third brother.  I practice here every day!" Then Wen'er replied.  Wen'er is about the same age as Li Min. They have two sons and two daughters, and she has always been in good health. She has been taking care of Li Min these years.

    When Li Min heard that these boys were going to compete with the descendants of the Li family, he immediately cheered up and said with some joy: "Tell these boys to let them practice well. If they can beat the King Wu team, great grandfather  There will definitely be lots of prizes!¡±

    Seeing Li Min's excitement, Feng Shuyu also showed a rare smile and said: "I know, husband, don't worry, these guys are serious about practicing football. I heard that they haven't been defeated yet!"

    "Okay! Okay! I, Li Min's great-grandson, naturally can't lose to Third Brother and the others!" Li Min also cheered after hearing this. As people get older, their personalities become more like children. For example, Li Min, in some  He becomes more competitive in small matters, but not as generous as when he was young.

    But at this moment, a child on the football field suddenly missed his shot. The football flew across the lawn towards Li Min's wheelchair. Fortunately, the opponent was a child. The football quickly landed on the ground with all its strength, and then bounced on the ground.After a few clicks, he finally rolled to Li Min's wheelchair.

    It was only then that the football kids saw Li Min.  These children usually follow their parents out of town and rarely see Li Min, their great-grandfather. So now when they see the football rolling next to Li Min, they all look at each other, wondering whether they should go up and say hello?

    But one of the children, about ten years old, was the most courageous. After hesitating for a moment, he immediately ran up to Li Min and saluted Li Min and said, "Hello, great grandpa. Great-grandson Li Qin has met great grandpa!"

    "Oh, your name is Li Qin. You should be Mian'er's grandson, right?" Li Min looked at the child in front of him who was half a head taller than his peers, and asked kindly in a weak voice.  Although not in good health.  But his memory is still very good, and he still remembers the names of some of his great-grandchildren.

    "Grandpa, your great-grandson is indeed your grandfather's grandson!" Although Li Qin was young, he knew not to mention his grandfather's name, so he answered so awkwardly.

    After hearing this, Li Min nodded with satisfaction and motioned for Wen'er to give the ball to Li Qin. Then he encouraged the opponent a few words before letting him go. As a result, Li Qin also politely saluted Wen'er and Feng Shuyu.  Then he returned to the field with the ball and started playing football with a group of cousins.

    Li Min sat and looked at the children in front of him, but his thoughts were drifting further and further away. He thought of his previous life, and the happy time he spent with a group of brothers after time travel, and even later thought of his time in Dengzhou,  In Taiwan, in Nanyang

    Li Min felt that his life was like a movie, passing by quickly before his eyes. There were joys and sorrows, and even a lot of regrets sometimes flashed through.  But all this has passed, and he can only act like a bystander, quietly watching the scenes of his life flow past his eyes.

    And as these scenes played back quickly, Li Min felt that his spirit began to be in a trance again.  Finally, the body became lighter and lighter, as if the whole person was floating all of a sudden.  When the picture of his life was fixed on the last picture, Li Min finally felt his eyes go dark.  No more consciousness!

    On November 13, the twenty-sixth year of the New Tang Dynasty, the founding emperor of Da Qi and the New Tang Dynasty, Li Min, passed away.  He died at the age of 81 and was buried in Taiwan.  The entire Tang Empire mourned.

    In addition, the posthumous title of Li Min after his death has also caused great controversy, because many people believe that some words commonly used in history, such as Wen, Wu, Ming, Rui, Kang, Jing, etc., are not worthy of Li Min at all.  After discussions between the royal council and ministers, Li Min's posthumous title was finally decided as "Great Emperor". This posthumous title was only used by Sun Quan in history, but Sun Quan only lived in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, and he dared to use this posthumous title.  The posthumous title is indeed a bit boastful, and only an emperor like Li Min is qualified to be called the Great Emperor.

    So under this situation, Li Qi, the third emperor of the Tang Empire at that time, decreed that his father Li Min's posthumous title was "Great Emperor", which was the most famous founding emperor in the history of the Tang Empire. Later generations of the Tang Dynasty  The largest denomination banknotes printed by the empire all feature Li Min's face!

    After Li Min's death, the Tang Empire continued on the track envisioned by him, Li Ke and others for the first one hundred years. The royal council, the emperor, and the prime minister each had their own administrative functions. Although there were also  There were some conflicts, and one emperor was even deposed by the Royal Council, but overall it was pretty good, at least there were no major problems in the general direction of rule.  Moreover, the electromagnetic effect discovered by Li Min during his lifetime, after several generations of research, slowly began to enter the practical stage, and some simple electrical appliances were also invented.

    However, with the establishment of the powerful elite in each region, some regions are too far away from the empire's center of power, and some conflicts of interest have led to calls for independence in some regions.  In response to this situation, the high-level officials of the Tang Empire have always dealt heavy blows. A large region in Europe even rebelled, only to be bloodbathed by the empire assembling hundreds of thousands of troops. Millions of people died in the war. This cruel suppression was finally  To make those regions that were ready to make moves quiet down, at most they would just make some small moves in secret, and no one would dare to openly challenge the majesty of the empire.

    Nearly two hundred years after Li Min's death, the electric revolution began, and various electrical appliances emerged in endlessly. Among them, the inventors of the empire finally invented the telegraph and the telephone. As soon as this advanced communication method appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of the Royal Council.  , because in Li Min¡¯s suicide note, he mentioned these ideas of using electrical communication many times, and Li Min also boldly asserted that the emergence of these advanced communication methods would inevitably greatly improve the way the Tang Empire ruled.

    In fact, this is indeed the case. The emergence of telegraphs and telephones allowed the orders of the Tang Empire to be sent to any corner of the world at the first time. The central dynasty could dialogue with local governments at any time, and its control over local areas increased exponentially.  The impact of spatial distance is getting smaller and smaller, and the possibility of regional rebellion is also becoming smaller.It is getting lower and lower, and there is almost no possibility of the Tang Empire being split!  (Complete book)
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