The fifty-year-old Nikan sat on the dragon throne, facing about a hundred civil and military officials below the stage, and looked a little dazed.

This time, almost all the officials of the fourth rank or above who were in the capital came. Although they were not as exaggerated as the hundreds of people Ouyang Jiong and Zhang Qi imagined, hundreds of senior officials gathered together and were quite impressive.

In the past, Nikan had attended several dynasties when he was in Beijing, but they were all in Wuying Hall. Although the territory of the empire was already very vast at that time, it was far inferior to that now. Not to mention anything else, the land south of the Yangtze River was not taken down. Therefore, everything was carried out with military center, and naturally, all major and small matters were discussed in Wuying Hall.

But now the territory of the empire has expanded to a limit. If you want to expand further, you must touch the core interests of hostile forces.

In fact, the current strength of the Great Xia Kingdom is far better than that of the Mongol Empire. If it attacks hard bridges and hard horses, if it does not surrender every time, it will soon occupy most of the city after it breaks down. However, Nikan obviously does not want to do such a thing. Most of the places it occupies is that it does not have a strong regime (except Eastern Europe), and it is just to follow the will of heaven when it goes in.

For example, in the Americas, there were no Europeans entering the southern part of Brazil and Uruguay. Although Venezuela has Spaniards, it was obviously not their focus. Their focus was still in Mexico and Peru.

In North America, the areas west of the huge Appalachian Mountains are all tribes that are still in the clan society stage and have mastered smelting technology sporadically, but most of them are used in gold and silver. For these tribes, the Daxia Kingdom does not need to pay too much to achieve its goal. Think about it, if you travel to the Yanhuang era of China and you have an army under your command, then you are the ancestor of China, not Yan Emperor or Huang Emperor.

The era in which these tribes in America lived was similar to the Yanhuang era in Chinese history.

The land under the Daxia Kingdom was barely snatched by the land that was near the Pissachek Bay in later generations. There was no way. With the current capabilities of the Daxia Kingdom and the advantages of the maritime resources, they could only occupy the vicinity of the port with coal and iron resources first. If they wanted to survive the east coast of North America, the Pissachek Bay was an inevitable choice. If they placed it elsewhere, they had to fight with the natives.

Next is Anxi. At this time, Anxi, including the vast area from the Ertise River to the Attila River (Volga River), is roughly south of the Siberian Forest and north of the Sir River. This is the second prairie zone on the Eurasian continent. At this time, the best grassland must be in the northern and southern areas of the desert. Not to mention anything else, although the climate there is cold, it is still better than Siberia.

Next is the Siberian prairie, which is the scope mentioned just now. In history, nomadic tribes in the north and south of the desert were defeated by the Central Plains dynasty and fled here, and then entered Europe with more ideal conditions. None of the Huns, Rourans, and Turks were like this.

The last super-large grassland area is naturally the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The grassland area there is actually very vast, no less than the above two places. As long as you can withstand bitter cold and altitude sickness, it is still feasible to support a nomadic tribe with a population of millions there. This is also the main reason why the Tubo people in history are extremely powerful and once dared not underestimate the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, with the existence of religion and the diverse sects, the decline of the Tubo people was quickly caused.

Therefore, although there are two khanates in the Siberian prairie, the grasslands near Siberia are the worst for these two khanates. Among the lands they control, the best for the Kazakhs is the Balkhash Lake, the Sir River, the Caspian Sea, and the Aral Sea. For the Erath people, the southern part of the Altai Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains are the fundamental places.

Traveling outside the Altai Mountains and Tianshan Mountains, the Dulbert tribe occupied the Ertzis River Basin. The Turkut tribe either collapsed or went away from home was a clear proof.

The most powerful Khanate, which occupied the best pastures in the Tianshan Mountains, can be divided into two parts (the Khanate Khanate, which takes the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as its territory and the small Khanate Khanate with the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains as its hinterland), has become two powerful Khanate. Of course, Batur of the Junggar tribe has risen with the help of Tacheng and the rise of the Qihe Basin is another matter.

Therefore, the Great Xia Kingdom easily occupied the northern part of the Siberian grasslands and then had the foundation to manage the southern part.

As for Ukraine and Crimea, it really requires real gun shooting, but when the Great Xia Kingdom entered there, the Cossacks were dissatisfied with the Poles' uprising. Moreover, in Ukraine at this time, the Poles firmly controlled the places west of the Dnieper River and east, that is, the areas south of Poltawa in later generations. Since Poland and Russia all set up a "buffer zone", they were actually the reservation of the Cossacks and did not belong to either party's strength, which also created good conditions for the Great Xia Kingdom to enter.

As for North Africa, due to the long-term discord between several Babary kingdoms and the Kingdom of Morocco, the area from Nazur to Udida actually belonged to the three-in-one area. Moreover, the nominal king of the Kingdom of Morocco was the Saad family at this time. Although the Alave family controlled most of the kingdom, they were still in a vassal position.

All of the above made the Great Xia Kingdom meet, and with its own strong strength, it took it down in a short time.

Even so, in this world, no piece of land is unnecessary. Even in the Sanyi area, it would be fine if no one occupied it. Once someone occupied it, it would inevitably arouse the covetousness of all parties. Several fierce battles are indispensable. Fortunately, the country of Daxia is tough enough, otherwise it would never be possible to obtain and stabilize so many territory in thirty years.

When it comes to the current situation, it’s time to take a break.

Nikan on the stage sighed in his heart, and then he realized the sigh of "both both gaining Long and looking at Shu" issued by Liu Xiu in history.

Nikan was very lucky. First of all, he was only fifty years old. According to his cultivation, he had no problem working for twenty years. However, it has been twenty years. Therefore, from now on, he must make some preventive arrangements for his huge empire. Otherwise, once he is gone, if unworthy descendants appear, the old empire will collapse in minutes.

Furthermore, his sons were very strong, of course, it was also possible that he was still strong and firmly controlled all aspects of the empire. They did not dare to have the slightest disobedience. In any case, he was still sitting firmly on the throne, allowing himself to continue to be an existence that his sons could only look up to.

Finally, due to the mechanism of its own ruling the empire, the three-legged institutions of the Government Council, the Privy Council, and the Lifan Academy, plus the Censorate above the three, the Government Council governs the national government system, the Privy Council governs the military system, and the Lifan Academy governs the nomadic tribes, which actually forms a balance between the three.

The State Council produces food, materials and salary, which are indispensable to the army, but the right to recruit, train and recruit the army is in the hands of the Privy Council. In addition, the Lifan Academy controls the huge nomadic tribes, which actually controls the huge tribal cavalry and forms a balance with the Privy Council.

But all of this is fragile. If the emperor at the top is a person with a middle-aged qualification or above, there will definitely be no problem with this system. However, once the emperor's qualification is below the middle-aged qualification or is extremely violent, it may destroy the empire.

Therefore, it is necessary to design an additional mechanism to check for shortcomings and fill in the gaps when you are still alive. This is also an important reason why Nikan is preparing to hold a court meeting in a hurry just a few days after returning to the capital.

In his vision, when this mechanism is fixed as a form of a ceremony, it cannot be changed if it is not a very special situation, otherwise it will be cursed by him - poor he can only make such intimidation. With his amazing origin and mysterious prediction, I believe that the whole country has known that their emperor is not a "mortal" - although there is no historical book that shows that he had "visits" when he was born, a large number of facts have told them that he is a "saint from heaven."

So far, only he knows his true origin, and it is very likely that only he will know forever. This is a mysterious hint that makes people, including his son, tremble and dare not disobey. This is also one of the benefits of time travelers with mysterious prediction.

The oldest person in the audience, Song Yingxing, is over 70 years old, and Zhang Qi, the youngest, is only 39 years old. Under the unparalleled military, finance, and national strength of the empire, everyone's face is full of confidence and calmness. Although their personalities are different, this cannot be hidden.

"Is this the legendary 'Zhongzhengxiang Dynasty'?" Nikan suddenly thought of the Donglin Party and couldn't help but tighten the chrysanthemums.

But he quickly felt relieved.

"When the country is weak and approaching its demise, being talented is virtue, because you need to keep breaking out of a series of dangers. Only enough talents can make you do this. But in an era of peace and stability, morality is naturally more important, because the country must have built a complete set of effective systems at that time. Although talent is important, it is not the most important, because in the face of effective systems, all your talents may appear to be "small tricks" and it is useless to use them or not."

"At this time, morality, only elegant morality is the only magic weapon to maintain the great system without collapse. Moreover, this great system was set up by someone hundreds of years later, let alone whether it is in line with the trend of the times."

Just as the monarch and ministers were secretly looking at each other, the prince who had been working hard in the hall for three years, Prince Ren Sun Dewei coughed gently. When he coughed, the hall suddenly became quiet, and this scene made Nikan feel a little relieved.

"It seems that the prince's three years of experience have not been in vain."

"thump"

As Sun Dewei knelt down, all the sons and court officials knelt down.

"I am here to pay homage to my emperor, long live my emperor!"

The familiar and unfamiliar sound of the formation resounded in the empty Qinzheng Hall, and the sound made Nikan suddenly excited.

As the emperor who knew them better, he knew that these voices came from the heart and were respectful.

That's enough.

He wanted to stand up, but in the end he held back.

"The Lords are flat"

His voice came from the dragon chaise on the high platform, and it was still so calm, thick, low, pleasant, full of energy, unlike the emperor who had newly won two young concubines.
Chapter completed!