40,000 Years of Cultivation

Li Yao closed his eyes, analyzed the current situation of the empire based on the experience and lessons he learned from the Star Federation, and muttered: "It's really profitable. These pigs are going to push people and dogs to jump the wall!"

"Yes, the great nobles and cliques headed by the four major electoral families really underestimate the power of others. This is forcibly pushing everyone into their opposing camp."

Looking at Li Yao’s gaze, Li Linghai changed from "appreciation" to "surprise", saying: "Normally, their approach may be correct, because any small and medium sect, the deep space fleet drifting between the stars or The realm master of a remote world on the border of the empire is absolutely impossible to contend with any of the four major electoral families.

"The empire is too vast. Any two large worlds may be separated by hundreds of light years. The strong men, warlords, and grassroots young officers scattered all over the place are difficult to unite together to oppose the great nobles and nobles in the center of Xinghai. Gate valve.

"However, the war of the past ten years has completely changed all of this.

"The elite of countless worlds have jumped from all over the sea of ​​stars to the forefront of the fierce battle between the empire and the Holy League, where they fought side by side, lived and died together, sometimes marched like a broken bamboo, or tried their best to save each other’s lives, many The young officers and the newly emerging powerhouses have forged a deep friendship.

"Also, in such a large-scale strategic counter-offensive, it is impossible for the armies of any one big world to fight alone. Often two, three, three, four, or even dozens of fleets have to fight together, and it is inevitable that one will emerge Joint Operations Command Center'.

"Will be out, the king is not immune to orders. In the rapidly changing battlefield, many situations rely on the independent judgment and command of frontline commanders. The joint operations command center is expanding day by day. The'Imperial Army' has its own brain for the first time. Blood vessels and neural networks, awaken to their own power!

"More importantly, the great aristocrats and cliques are afraid of casualties. They deliberately let young grassroots officers, newly emerging powerhouses and remote world warlords take the lead and gnaw hard bones. Of course, it greatly consumes the power of the latter, but it is also true. The strongest, most dangerous, and most terrifying person was selected by the cruel method of elimination.

"The truth of the great waves and the sands, and thousands of tempers, will always be the truth of cultivation.

"In the arduous war, countless middle and low-level immortal cultivators have unfortunately fallen and turned into cannon fodder that goes away with the wind; but there are also people who have grown rapidly, accumulating military exploits, experience and prestige in each battle, and become heroes of the new era. , And aware of his situation, his chest is full of anger and ambition!

"When such an army that has just fought a brutal war for more than a decade, is filled with patriotism, has rich combat experience, and has an effective command system, it will face another division by major clans, from serving the country and The swords of glory fighting for civilization are once again reduced to the patrons, minions and doglegs of the nobles, and even for the benefit of the nobles, meet with the fellow soldiers who were still fighting side by side yesterday. What do you think the attitude of this army will be? What are the thoughts of young military officers who are full of vigor and splendor like cherry blossoms and are dedicated to the pride of human civilization?

"Hehe, perhaps from the moment the Empire and the Holy League started war, a change destined to crush the stars has already begun.

"Looking at the empire today, the frenzy under the deep sea has condensed, from the imperial capital to the frontier, from the cloud world to the floating world, from the power cabin of the flagship of the big nobles, to the assault company of the small warlord crystal armor group, a wide range of The alliance is being established rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it will soon be able to send out our roar that shook the three thousand worlds!"

The imperial queen smashed her fist heavily, revealing the expressions Li Yao had seen on the faces of Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, Zhou Hengdao, and Tianma Mo Xuan.

This is a force that has nothing to do with realm.

Even if Li Yao's heart contracted fiercely, it wasn't because of Li Linghai's power above Huashen, but was shocked by something more terrifying than Huashen.

He had known for a long time that a peerless master who had cultivated to the level of Li Linghai would never be able to fight just for the vulgar goal of "competing for power and profit".

But he didn't expect that Li Linghai's ambition was so great.

Sure enough, as she herself said, she wanted to "save the empire"!

Li Lingfeng did say to her brother from the standpoint of the four major electoral families that he wanted to "destroy the empire"!

Li Yao took a deep breath, absolutely not showing weakness at this time.

He stared at Li Linghai's eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Can I know the content of this'roar' in advance?"

The empire queen stared at Li Yao deeply, as if to completely shatter the armor on his eyeballs, prying into the deepest part of his soul.

After observing for ten seconds, the queen smiled.

"A true immortal cultivator is never afraid to be honest about his own way."

Li Linghai said softly, "What's more, any rhetoric can't deceive you for a long time to a powerful person like you. If we can really cooperate, I hope that we will be completely open and honest with each other and understand each other's ideas and aspirations. Otherwise, it would be better to shoot and break up, and part ways as soon as possible.

"After all, if two powerhouses in an organization have to fight each other, suspicion and guard against each other, the internal friction will be too great, right?

"This is the reason why I am willing to confess to you from beginning to end. Since I have said everything for this purpose, why hide the most important sentence?

"Our roar is very simple, in eight words, "respect the emperor to betray, and renovate the martial arts"!"

Li Yao: "Uh..."

He understood the first four words, but what is "Shenwu"?

His mind turned around, and he instantly understood that "Shenwu" is the reign of the current emperor's majesty.

The true human empire follows the ancient law. In addition to the millennium-based empire, each emperor has a different year when he enthroned.

The reign name is different from the posthumous title. Both the folk and the government recognize that the reign name can be used to honor the son of today.

Generally speaking, an emperor uses only one year in his entire life.

After all, the "natural life span" of the puppet emperor in the center of the vortex of power is often not too long.

However, in the event of a major event affecting the entire empire, some emperors will use the second year.

For example, Li Linghai's husband, the current imperial emperor, whose reign was "Tianzheng" when he assumed the throne, then he can be honored as "Tianzheng Emperor."

But twenty years ago, the empire's war machine was rumbling, and all the fleets were battling their horses, preparing to launch a strategic counterattack against the Holy League.

In order to inspire soldiers and people, the Yuan "Shenwu" was changed to symbolize the prosperity of the empire's martial arts. The original "Tianzheng Emperor" was naturally renamed the "Shenwu Emperor".

This year is the 1079 year of the imperial calendar and the 18th year of Shenwu. The meaning of "Shenwu Reform" is self-explanatory.

Seeing Li Linghai's sincere and fanatical appearance, Li Yao's tongue protruded with a thorn, and couldn't help but said: "'The emperor asks for rebellion'? This'reverse', I know, it is naturally the four major electors and other nobles and A wealthy family, but I don’t know which "emperor" he respects? Is it the "emperor" of the emperor or the "emperor" of the empress?"

Li Linghai condensed his eyes and looked at him coldly

Li Yao refused to give up and continued: "Both Li Lingfeng and Wu Yinglan said that the Emperor Shenwu, who is superficially majestic and pursued his ancestors with achievements, is actually just your puppet. I don't know if they have exaggerated, but one thing is certain. .

"If Her Royal Highness really discovers the'Lingxiao Realm' and has a huge inheritance from the emperor thousands of years ago, I'm afraid... it will never share it with your husband, the current Emperor Shenwu, right?"

Li Linghai stared at Li Yao for a while, then slowly retracted his bayonet-like gaze, and said lightly: "If you are like the stupid pig Li Lingfeng, you think I want to be the'generation queen' who dominates Xinghai. Take me too low.

"Don't say anything about'a generation of empress', even if it is as strong as the'emperor', the supreme lord of human civilization ten thousand years ago, what about it, ten thousand years later, is not a handful of loess and a pile of dry bones?

"Since I rely on the emperor's inheritance to have everything I have today, how can I fail to see such a simple truth?

"Believe it or not, I have no interest in being a queen or supreme dictator of any kind.

"But I am extremely interested in establishing a strong central government.

"The queen, the emperor, or the emperor is going to die after all.

"But a strong, efficient, and clean central government may lead all mankind to continue to march forward bravely in the dark sea of ​​stars and brave the wind and waves in the next 10,000 or 100,000 years!

"Many of the ills of today’s empire, including the suffering of the people that you cultivators cannot bear, are, in the final analysis, that the central government is too weak, which has caused local hegemonies such as the four major electors to rise, stir up trouble, and increase internal consumption and resources. Completely mismatched.

"To solve all the problems that you and I don't want to see, a strong central government is the prerequisite and foundation.

"As for the external form of this big government, it doesn't matter whether it is the majesty of the emperor who is wise and arrogant but authoritarian, or the parliament under the constitutional monarchy system-in many cases, I even prefer the latter.

"Therefore, the'emperor' we want to respect is neither the emperor nor the queen, and of course it is not even a'queen'. You can understand it as'imperial power', a powerful central government, and an emperor. Or a powerful parliament with a queen as a symbol, just a spiritual leader, and a powerful imperial army under the leadership of a powerful parliament!

"This powerful central government with His Majesty the Emperor as the spiritual leader will absorb all classes of the empire, including middle and low-level immortals, leaders of remote worlds, and elites from all star regions, to protect the interests of everyone to the greatest extent, and now consists of four Controlled by the Grand Elector's family, the malignant tumor entrenched in the imperial capital's'Earth Heaven, Heavenly Star'-the'Empire Senate' is completely different!"