It was noon, and Wang Wenhui asked everyone to take a nap in the yard outside Qinzheng Hall. He personally directed the inner officer to set up ten large round tables in the hall, each of which could seat ten people.

Soon, the luncheon began. Since the court meeting was held after the banquet, there were only delicious food and no wine on the big round table, but there was still some excellent tea.

The emperor finally had a meal with everyone. How could these people miss the opportunity to show their loyalty? They raised their teacups to toast at the table, together, in groups of three or five, or alone.

When Nikan saw this, he simply let Wang Wenhui drink, but only allowed them to drink a few drinks. Even so, the luncheon lasted for two hours.

During this period, Nikan and his son sat on the high platform. Wang Wenhui, Zhang Wenjun and other eunuchs in the harem were rushing to the back of their side. In these two hours, in addition to dealing with the toasts of the ministers, Nikan also discussed secretly with Prime Minister Luo Chengzhi, Prince Sun Dewei and Wang Wenhui for a long time. Finally, Zhang Wenjun took one of the golden scrolls to the back hall, and later took another scroll, most of which had been replaced and the contents of the edict were re-prepared.

The court meeting officially began at three o'clock in the afternoon. To be honest, although he only had a few times the drinks, Nikan was intrigued and drank a few more drinks. When he washed his face in the back hall and climbed onto the platform, he was still a little drunk.

"His Majesty"

Just as he sat down, Fang Yizhi, the Minister of Works, stepped forward and said.

"I missed something in the morning, please forgive me."

"Tell me"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the empire is located in Flin, New Jinzhou, Oriental Harbor, Baltimore, and Konisburg are all super big houses. Except for the newly established Konisburg, the rest are employees and families with about 10,000 people. There are more than 30 large docks. With so many people, the annual salary is a considerable expense. In recent years, due to war and the need to defend the vast seaside, these major shipyards have almost never stopped."

"The current situation is that Flin Port is working hard to build Asia's second new intercontinental fleet, occupying about twenty docks, New Jinzhou is building the first new intercontinental fleet on the west coast of North America, and Baltimore is building the first new intercontinental fleet on the east coast. According to the Privy Council's plan, the East Coast fleet will still be transferred to Europe in the future."

"Oriental Port is temporarily idle. Since Spain's focus is in Mexico and Peru, and its fleet is also in that area, there seems to be no need to build a new fleet in South America, you see..."

Since Sun Jiaji is still in Europe, the person who replaced him to attend the meeting was Suna, the commander-in-chief of the Asian Fleet. After hearing Fang Yizhi's words, he set out and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Sun has already explained this matter before. The Admiralty has no opinion. Everything will be decided by Your Majesty."

Nikan said: "So there is no budget for Oriental Port?"

Sun Dewei replied: "Yes, there are two old-fashioned squadrons in Oriental Port, one in Natal, and half an old-fashioned intercontinental fleet in the Caribbean. Judging from the current situation, it is enough to protect the territory. Moreover, Brazil is from Portugal, so we are just staring at the Spanish."

Nikan thought for a while and said, "The construction cycle of the new intercontinental fleet is as long as three years. How can a shipyard with a scale of ten thousand people be waiting for business in vain? Let the South American Protectorate allocate special funds to build a new intercontinental fleet, and if it is not enough, it will be transferred in by the Ministry of Revenue."

"Now near the La Plata River, the Spaniards only occupy a small number of places on the south bank of the estuary. The vast Pampas grasslands also occupy only some places, especially the vast area south of the Negro River, almost no one enters. They don't want it. How can the Kingdom of Daxia? These places need to be protected by fleets. Let's build them first. From Yingzhou to Dongfang Port, there are tens of thousands of miles of sea routes. The new intercontinental fleet looks like there are many. Because there are a large number of ports and the coastline needs to be protected, the ships will be gone if they are separated."

"In the past decade, several major shipyards have been running at full capacity to produce ships and commercial albatrosses, ignoring the personnel and costs. At the same time, a new naval school was set up in Oriental Port in Baltimore!"

At this time, Nikan saw that there was nothing else to say to everyone, so he signaled to Wang Wenhui to read the edict.

Wang Wenhui held a scroll and stood on the stage and chanted loudly: "The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun ordered..."

“…”

"Luo Chengzhi was removed from his post as Prime Minister of the State Council and replaced by Harhatu, who also served as Minister of Personnel"

"Sun Xiujie was removed from the position of Chief Censor of the Censorate and was replaced by Fan Wencheng."

"Remove the position of Prime Minister of the Matsuri-Ri Fen-Yin Academy, abolish the Remori Fen-Yin Academy, and the relevant functions are merged into the Ministry of Rites"

"Shen Mo was removed from the position of Minister of Personnel, and Shen Mo was transferred to the position of Minister of Revenue"

"Li Kaifu was removed from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Li Kaifu was renamed the Minister of Justice"

"Sun Lu should be appointed as the Minister of Commerce of Ya'an"

"Ge Zhongwen should be appointed as the ambassador of the Sun Lu Daxia Empire to Europe"

"Han Chengying is still the Minister of Rites, and Fang Yizhi is still the Minister of Works."

"Appoint Wu Linzheng, the former assistant censor of the Censorate, as the Chief Censor of the Censorate"

"Appoint Meng Zhaoxiang, the former left minister of the Ministry of Justice, as the chief minister of Dali Temple"

"Appoint Hong Chengchou as Chief Envoy of the Privy Council"

"Wang Wenhui is still the chief envoy of the Tongzheng Envoy, Zhang Wenjun is the deputy envoy, and Wang Wenhui is still the commander of the Censorate."

"A new strategic committee is established to assist His Majesty the Emperor in handling major matters in foreign countries. The members are: Sun Xiujie, Luo Chengzhi, Mu Ren, Li Yangeng, Yadan, Wang Wenhui"

"Sun Xiujie is the chairman and Wang Wenhui is the secretary-general"

“The Commission’s responsibilities are as follows:”

"First, at the critical moment when the emperor is not in the capital, or when the throne is handed over, or when the new emperor takes office, he will concentrate on making decisions on important matters in the State Council, Privy Council, Censorate, Dali Temple, major Protectorate Offices, and Governor-General's jurisdiction, and submit them to the emperor for handling. The committee has three times rejected the emperor's power to handle opinions. The decision-making mechanism is based on the principle of minority obeying the majority, initiated by the chairman, and the secretary-general forms the result and submits it to the emperor for review."

"If the opinions of the six people are just right, the emperor will decide it in one sentence. Otherwise, the emperor must fully consider the opinions of the committee."

"Secondly, in addition to the chairman and secretary-general, the others have division of labor. Luo Chengzhi assisted the emperor in handling Anxi affairs, Mu Ren assisted in handling North American affairs, Li Yangen assisted in handling South American affairs, Yadan assisted in handling Africa and Mediterranean affairs, Wang Wenhui also handled Nanyang, Australian affairs, and Sun Xiujie also handled Japan affairs."

As soon as the edict was announced, it immediately caused an uproar in the hall.

Of course, this uproar was only stirred up in my heart. No one dared to talk and laugh foolishly when the edict had already said shocking keywords such as "the emperor is not here, the throne is handed over, and the new emperor is on the throne."

Actually, this is Nikan's attempt.

In his opinion, although he built a huge empire, which attaches importance to education, developed science and technology, and has a perfect political system, it cannot be completely guaranteed to prosper forever.

There are also empires like the Great Xia Kingdom in history, such as the British Empire, but there are two key conditions behind the British Empire's ability to maintain its long-term national destiny.

The first is the industrial revolution that took the lead, allowing the empire's strength, especially the maritime power, to crush the European countries. This is a prerequisite for the empire to maintain for a long time.

This is also true in the Daxia Kingdom, so there is no need to worry too much.

The second is the religion of the British Empire. Although they believed in Calvinist Protestantism and ignored the Pope, they also had archbishops, that is, the Archbishop of Canterbury, but this archbishop was appointed by the king. In other words, Protestantism, Archbishop, and king are actually trinity. It is this trinity setting that kept the British Empire of Sun and Sunset for a long time until World War II.

The Great Xia Empire had no obvious religion, and His Majesty the Emperor showed no sign of any religion to support to become the imperial state religion. This was still very deadly in the world of the seventeenth century.

Without religious cohesion, we can only prevent possible changes from other aspects, such as political systems.

For Nikan, everything was easy to say when he was in power, but once he was gone, can Sun Dewei or Sun Dewei's descendants defend this territory?

It's hard to say.

If European countries soon enter the industrial revolution, they will definitely do their best to deal with the Great Xia Empire. At that time, there will be a question of whether the Great Xia Kingdom can stand firm with the enhanced version of Britain, the fanatical Germany, and the tenacious Russia.

Therefore, the restriction on imperial power is an important direction. Although the restrictions on imperial power in the middle and late Ming Dynasty had reached its peak, there were still a lot of problems. However, it occurred in the situation of internal troubles (land annexation, party disputes) and external troubles (Japanese pirates, Mongolia, Manchuria) and the restrictions on imperial power were not the key reason for all this.

"As soon as this example is promulgated, it will always be a prescribed rule. If future generations violate it, I will not let you go! I will not hide it from you. I have a pair of wise eyes that can see through the past and after thousands of years and the entire world. Don't think that I am no longer here and do whatever I want. I have been watching."

This sentence was added by Nikan and Wang Wenhui without changing a single word.

Everyone, including his sons, were shocked when they heard this, and then they realized that their emperor was indeed not a mortal.

"He encountered a mistake since he was a child and was raised by a small tribe in the forest. Without any teaching, he knew Chinese and knew Chinese characters. He could do things that the people in the forest were amazed by themselves, and could predict the enemy's actions. For example, for the first ambush Huang Taiji, how did he know that Huang Taiji would invade the Ming Dynasty? What's more important is how did he know which path Huang Taiji would take?"

"There is also the attack on North Korea and rescue of tens of thousands of Han people, laying a solid foundation for the final rise of the empire, because it is precisely because of these tens of thousands of Han people that he has sufficient food and craftsmen, and then the possibility of large-scale equipment of the army. Without these, nothing can be discussed."

"He also arranged for Yang Tingyu, Yue Zhenbang and Huangfu Duan to sneak into Li Zicheng's army. How did he learn about Li Zicheng's marching route and the scale of the army heading north to attack Beijing? The tens of millions of silver in Beijing were the key to the second rise of the Great Xia Kingdom, and he did it again."

"The next step he made Anxi's strategy every time he entered a time when the enemy's forces were entangled, and every time he made the Daxia Kingdom not fall into the danger of the enemy uniting to deal with the Daxia Kingdom. Anxi is too vast, and every step he took was clearly and put on the heads of any other person, it would probably take at least a few more decades to do it. Of course, it is another matter like the Mongolian and Yuan army in history that fought hard bridges and hard horses all over the past."

"And there is that map, that terrifying map, how did he know many place names? Someone later understood it, and even Europeans didn't know those place names!"

Most of them were trapped in speculation and fear. At this time, looking at Nikan sitting on the high platform, he seemed to have fallen into a dim halo, and it became more and more mysterious.

"thump"

With Sun Dewei's lead, a large area of ​​kneeling down in the hall.

"I am obeying Your Majesty's will, and I will live your Majesty!"
Chapter completed!