Chapter 246 It Is Difficult to Be an Emperor, Unification Is Imminent

Jinling Imperial City.

In the imperial study, the new emperor Chen Huaian was reviewing memorials. His young and heroic face was full of hesitation and fatigue. He secretly sighed that it was not so easy to be an emperor!

At this time, a whole month had passed since Chen Huaian proclaimed himself emperor in Jinling.

As the two armies of Longcheng continued to recover the remnants of the previous dynasty, the territory of the country under Chen Huaian's rule was infinitely close to that of the Great New Dynasty in its heyday.

Then, the military and political affairs of various places were unified and reported to the six ministries, and finally presented to the emperor Chen Huaian for review.

Although the six ministries of the new dynasty have been rebuilt, the six ministers are all temporarily appointed. In addition, most of the six ministers are old ministers of the previous dynasty, and they dare not make decisions on the relevant matters of the new dynasty.

Therefore, the coronation ceremony of the new emperor Chen Huaian, the Fengshan ceremony, the progress of the two southern expedition armies, and the attitude of the aristocratic families in various parts of Jiangnan towards the new dynasty, all need Chen Huaian to make the final decision.

In addition, there are a lot of messes left by Zhao Gan, the second emperor of the Great Xin Dynasty, which also need Chen Huaian to clean up personally.

For example, the construction of the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south has already progressed by one-third. It can't just be left unfinished, right?

As a time traveler, Chen Huaian is even more aware of the far-reaching significance of the construction of the Grand Canal to connect the north and the south. This huge project is a waste of money and labor in the short term;

However, if you look at it from a long-term perspective, the construction of the Grand Canal is a feat that will benefit the present and the future, and it must continue anyway.

Chen Huaian immediately reviewed the memorial from the Ministry of Works, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal project continued, and instructed the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 30 million taels of silver for the excavation of the canal;

For example, the memorial submitted by the Ministry of Rites was about the imperial examinations in various places next year.

In the Great Xin Dynasty, which "respects martial arts", the imperial examination system has always been a recommendation system. In layman's terms, students who are eligible to take the imperial examination must be recommended by local aristocratic families before they are eligible to participate in the imperial examinations of the court;

After the new emperor Chen Huaian ascended the throne, the first year of the establishment of the Xin Dynasty coincided with the imperial examinations held every five years;

Chen Huaian looked at the memorial from the Ministry of Rites and immediately reviewed the word "pending".

According to his inner thoughts, he wanted to take the opportunity of the founding of the Xin Dynasty to reform the imperial examination system.

At the same time, Chen Huaian also knew that there would be resistance to the implementation of reforms. At present, the overall situation of the Xin Dynasty was not stable, and rashly carrying out the imperial examination reform might cause an unfavorable situation, so he postponed the matter;

For example, the navy fleet went to Nanyang.

During the Great Xin Dynasty, the Great Xin Navy Fleet sailed to the West three times, not only to establish trade relations with the Nanyang countries, but also to promote the power of the Great Xin Dynasty. There are many vassal states in the Nanyang area that are subject to the Great Xin Dynasty.

Now that Chen Huaian has become emperor, he must send the navy fleet to Nanyang again. On the one hand, it is to make the Xin Dynasty accept the worship of the vassal states, and on the other hand, it is also to prepare for the envoys from all countries to come to the throne ceremony of Chen Huaian.

In this regard, Chen Huaian originally wanted the navy to provide Qi Jiguang was supposed to be the commander of the Shenjiying Camp, but General Qi, who was also the commander of the Shenjiying Camp, was currently assisting General Pang Xianchu in the battle on the front line of the Nanyue Kingdom and could not be free for a while;

So, Chen Huaian reviewed the memorials from the Ministry of War and handed the voyage to the West to the former admiral Fang Tianyao, assisted by Luo Yucheng, the deputy governor of the Longcheng Navy (formerly the deputy commander of the Longcheng Internal Guard and the special envoy of King Jin);

This move also meant that Luo Yucheng would take over the future connection with the affiliated countries in the South Seas from Fang Tianyao.

Chen Huaian also specially noted that the fleet going to the West this time was mainly composed of warships of the Longcheng Navy Fleet, and the first ship of the fleet was the Miewo.

Dozens or hundreds of memorials like these were submitted to the desk of the new emperor Chen Huaian every day, causing him to seriously lack rest every day, which was even more tiring than the 996 work before he traveled through time!

Of course, Chen Huaian could just let it go and instruct the six ministries to handle it on their own. He could just indulge in the pleasures of the harem every day.

However, for the new emperor Chen Huaian, who was determined to be on par with the Qin Emperor and Han Emperor and become the greatest emperor in history, he would definitely not do such a foolish and unjust act.

Speaking of which, Chen Huaian's obsession with becoming the greatest emperor in history was not because of the authority to explore immortality in the [Born Emperor Fate] system;

In fact, he had no interest in immortality at all.

He just hoped that after achieving the achievement of the greatest emperor in history, when he opened the authority to explore immortality, he would have even a one in ten thousand chance to return to the world before crossing over;

Even if he couldn't go back, it would be good to look at the people and things that he cared about through the time and space lens!

Back to the book.

When Chen Huaian finished reviewing another memorial, he stretched lazily on the chair in the imperial study and said to himself: "Throughout the ages, many heroes have pursued "receiving the mandate from heaven and living a long and prosperous life" as their lifelong pursuit;"

"Little do they know that it is difficult to be an emperor!"

"Report--"

"Your Majesty, the Minister of War Li wants to see you. There are two battle reports from the front lines of Yongzhou, Nanyue and Dali, Nanzhao!"

Suddenly, the voice of Xiao Po, the commander of the Jinwu Guard, came from outside the imperial study.

"Let him in!"

Chen Huaian took a short rest on the chair and asked the Minister of War Li Jingyu to come in and talk.

Soon, Li Jingyu hurried into the imperial study and respectfully kowtowed three times and nine times to Chen Huaian. He did not stand up until Chen Huaian said to stand up.

Li Jingyu presented the battle report in his hand and took the initiative to report: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has just received the battle report from the front line of Nanyue's Yongzhou;"

"With the help of the Shenji Camp, the southern expedition army took only three hours to capture the Nanyue important town of Yongzhou and annihilated more than 100,000 Nanyue defenders!"

"The specific battle situation has been reported in detail in the memorial, please take a look, Your Majesty!"

Oh?

When he heard the words "breaking the city in three hours and annihilating 100,000 enemies", Chen Huaian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and became interested.

He took the battle report from Li Jingyu and took a closer look, and the smile on his face became deeper!

Hahaha!

After a long while, Chen Huaian laughed heartily and said, "I knew that once the Shenji Camp was unveiled, it would become famous in one battle!"

"However, I didn't expect that they would annihilate 100,000 enemies in this battle, haha!"

"Your Majesty, there is also an 800-mile express letter sent back by the Deputy Marshal of the Army, General Chang Yuchun, from Dali, the capital of Nanzhao!"

At this time, Li Jingyu, the Minister of War, took out another memorial and presented it to Chen Huaian.

Li Jingyu said, "General Chang said that the other southern expeditionary army he led has already arrived at the capital of Nanzhao, and it will only take a moment to break the city!"