The Age of Giant Ships and Cannons

The reason why he didn't announce this right away was mainly because his current strength was not strong enough to overwhelm all voices.

Convinced orally, and dissatisfied are two different things.

In terms of current strength, Li Qing can beat the entire United Human Empire, and his voice can be so loud that it can suppress all Star Sea Lords and Military Lords.

Theoretically, such a large gap in strength is enough to convince all Star Sea Lords and military leaders.

The reason why it was not close was because he was too young.

It's only been a few years, and they have such strength, which makes these old antiques who have been active for hundreds of years and thousands of years have not slowed down for a while, and their mentality has not changed.

If the strength of one of the original Star Sea Lords has gradually increased to his current level, then it goes without saying that everyone has already expected your strength to grow to this level.

One day you suddenly say that I want to be unified, it will not appear abrupt, and it is easier to accept.

Li Qing was going to destroy the Bruwan Union again, so he showed his ability to sweep everything in front of the star sea lords and army lords of human civilization, so that they would be impressed and convinced.

At that time, he raises the matter again, and the objection to exclusion disappears.

By that time, even if there are still those who are not willing, he no longer needs to be scruples and directly suppress them.

In the following days, Li Qing attacked Bruvan in an all-round way and jointly held several temporary imperial councils of elders. At the meeting, he changed his previous low-key attitude, and became high-profile in his behavior and speech, without hiding some of his thoughts. .

Including high-profile orders to certain military leaders.

Mobilize other lords' fleets in their own name, including garrison and so on.

This is a test for the lords and military masters of the stars, and it is also for them to adapt to see how they will react.

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In the third month after returning, after another temporary meeting of elders, Li Qinggang announced the end of the meeting and was about to leave when Lord Xiao Bieli suddenly stopped him and said via voice transmission:

"His Royal Highness Li Qing, do you have time to talk?"

Li Qing glanced back at him, then glanced at the other Xinghai lords who hadn't left, and they all looked at him solemnly, knowing what he knew, nodded and said:

"available."

Xiao Bieli nodded:

"Please follow me."

He opened a private meeting room in Lingxiao Palace, and all the Xinghai lords walked in.

Seeing this scene, the military leaders behind all discussed in low voices.

The Fengyun Army Lord stood beside the Lingji Army Lord, and said in a low voice:

"It seems that the lords can't bear it anymore. We need to have a frank and honest talk. I don't know how it will go. Will Li Qing restrain himself?"

Lingji glanced at him, shook his head and said:

"impossible."

Both of them were silent for a while, Fengyun sighed and said:

"Yeah, it's impossible, and it's impossible for me."

Lingji took a long breath and said:

"I have a strong premonition that the loose state of my United Human Empire that lasted for tens of thousands of years is estimated to be coming to an end."

"Whether it is proclaiming the emperor or other methods, it will definitely centralize power and concentrate the power and strength of the entire civilization to develop together."

"Doesn't that mean later"

In the conference room, everyone was seated one by one, but no one spoke. All the Xinghai lords had complex expressions and remained silent, including Xiao Bieli who called him to stop him.

Li Qing looked at it for a while, tapped the table lightly, and said:

"Let's be smart and don't talk dark words. I know what you want to ask me when you ask me in private, so I will tell you that my goal is very simple, to end the loose state of human civilization that has lasted for tens of thousands of years, and to establish a unified centralized system. regime."

Everyone looked up, still speechless.

But it didn't last long, His Royal Highness Chang Yongchun said:

"Actually, we had anticipated this incident. When we suddenly discovered that His Highness Li Qing's strength had reached such a level, this incident was inevitable. It's just a matter of when it started."

"Actually, we are not very repulsive. This kind of thing will come one day. Either you, or another son of civilization in the future. We just changed too fast and didn't adapt."

"In addition, we are also worried. I don't know what kind of centralized regime Li Qing wants to establish, an imperial system, or???"

Everyone looked at Li Qing.

He understood the meaning of inquiry contained in the thirteen gazes, without hesitation, he said in a deep voice:

"Actually, I haven't figured out what kind of centralized government to use, but it is nothing more than those types, monarchy, dictatorship, parliamentary system, etc., but I know which one you don't want."

Li Qing smiled slightly and said:

"In fact, I can promise you now that I will never implement an imperial system, and will only choose between dictatorship and parliamentary system, or other non-imperial regimes."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and it was obvious that their faces had eased a lot.

Li Qing understood their thoughts very well. They were nothing more than worried that once the imperial system was taken away, they would lose their power and status forever.

After all, once the monarchy is implemented, power must be collected.

Of course, all centralized power systems must withdraw military power, and any centralized power system will not allow princes with independent military power.

But the main reason they oppose the imperial system is actually the way of inheritance of the imperial system, the son inherits the father's business, which means that they have to live under others all the time, which is what they are not happy about.

You Xinghai lords have held military and political power for thousands of years, and have long been accustomed to their current positions. If they are suddenly asked to hand over their military power and status, they will live under others for the rest of their lives, and they will definitely not be happy.

Li Qing understood their concerns very well, explained them personally, and promised that he would never leave the imperial system, and would definitely use other methods to ensure their power and status.

A verbal agreement was reached, and all the star sea lords left one by one.

This is just a verbal agreement. When he is ready to implement the Great Unification Plan and formally take over the power from the Star Sea Lords and Military Lords, he will still need to formally make an oath.

Seeing the last lord leave, Li Qing let out a sigh of relief.

It seems to be quite easy to talk about, but it is based on his absolute crushing strength, whether it is the strength of the fleet or his personal strength.

Today, it is no secret that he has been promoted to an immortal level psyker.

The strength of the fleet can beat everyone.

One person can beat everyone with personal strength.

Whether they are willing or not, the unification will definitely continue. Their collective opposition will only slow down the process, but cannot change it.

Star Sea Lords who understand this will discuss with him so calmly.

As for what they were worried about, Li Qing did not lie to them, he would not leave the imperial system.

It’s not that the imperial system is outdated, it’s that civilization is going backwards. He doesn’t consider the imperial system because he doesn’t think it’s necessary.

The most attractive point of the monarchy is the absolute centralization of power. All the power in the world is concentrated in itself, and this power can be passed on from generation to generation, and has been passed on to your descendants for thousands of years.

One thing to say, Li Qing didn't think he could resist this temptation.

But the main reason why he didn't consider this point was that this temptation was useless to him.

The reason is simple, with his current strength and the current state of his wives, it is very difficult for them to have more offspring.

As a member of the masters of the negative star, they are also the negative star, and it is very difficult to combine and give birth to offspring.

He is definitely diligent in procreating offspring, and the frequency of cultivation is extremely intensive, but until now, except for Yu Yueyao, the wives are pregnant with one, and the other stomachs have not responded at all.

He knew very well in his heart that according to the current nature of life of himself and his wives, if he wanted to have offspring, he would have to work hard for tens of thousands of years, and the number of offspring must be very small.

In this case, there is no point in engaging in imperialism.

He never thought that he would get tired of sitting in that position forever.

It's cool to be the emperor for ten years.

Being emperor for thirty years will become a habit.

Being emperor for more than a hundred years will become a task.

The ancient emperors wanted to seek immortality because the emperors did not live long and wanted to live longer, but if it really made you live longer, they would gradually lose interest in power.

There are ready-made examples.

As the longest reigning Emperor Qianlong, he got tired of it later, and he took the initiative to pass the throne to his son and become the Supreme Emperor himself.

Li Qing's idea is to form a new centralized system with parliamentary system and dictatorship.

The parliament is used to accommodate the lords and military masters of the Star Sea. In the future, some outstanding members born in human civilization can join the parliament.

Dictatorship means that the ruler has absolute power, not inferior to the emperor, but cannot pass the position to his descendants like the emperor.

Moreover, this so-called dictatorship is only a dictatorship of power, and the term of office does not last until death.

It is also impossible to let them die. In the future, the rulers of civilization must be immortals, and they can theoretically live until the end of the universe. Therefore, a unique political system will be formulated according to the situation.

For example, the term of office is limited to 10,000 years, 100,000 years and so on.

The 100,000-year-old head of state is probably tired of being a head of state, so there is no need to worry about anyone wanting to monopolize power.

Moreover, Li Qing, as the ruler of the negative star, can supervise the power, and anyone who wants to make trouble will not be able to pass him.

With the acquiescence of all Star Sea Lords, Li Qing's next series of orders were well executed, and the fleet assembled in an orderly manner.

In order to allow everyone to adapt better and adapt in advance, he deliberately mobilized the fleet indiscriminately, separated the fleets recruited by the lords and military lords, and reorganized them into a new mixed fleet.

It took nearly a year just to reorganize the mixed fleet, and then there were various drills to integrate resources one by one, and the time passed unconsciously.

He was not in a hurry at all, and he was not afraid that Bruvan would escape jointly.

They can't escape.

Human civilization now spans the Emperor Seat Star Field and the Zutar Star Field, and it is impossible for them to cross three or four star fields without hiding the truth from human civilization.

There is no other way but to flee to the north.

But fleeing to the north can only escape for a while, not for a lifetime.

When humans are ready to sweep all the way north, they will be caught no matter where they flee.

More importantly, the sentry array that Li Qing built at Locke Fortress is about to be completed.

Construction started a long time ago, and after so many years, it will be completed.

By the time Sentinel arrays cover the galaxy, they'll have nowhere to run.

No matter how long the preparations are, there will be an end. In the fourth year, when the sentinel array was officially completed and other civilizations in the galaxy were notified, Li Qing officially started Bruvan after building another 1080 seventh-level fearless divisions. Combined battle of annihilation.

There are no other major problems in building a sentry array except for causing a shock in conventional civilization.

Higher civilizations did not have any vigilance against them because of this, and there were no other restrictions except that they were not allowed to use sentinel arrays to observe the territory of higher civilizations.

Of course, this may be on the surface, or it may be that human civilization is marked as dangerous within each civilization.

In this battle, human civilization did not come out in full force, and about one-third of the fleet was reserved to stay on the southern border to prevent other civilizations from attacking while they were attacking the Bruwan Union.

Although this possibility is not great, it must be guarded against.

The entire human civilization dispatched more than 40 mobile battle stars, 200 war moons, 2,000 large and small mobile fortresses, and more than 10,000 standard sixth-level divisions and 30,000 standard fifth-level divisions.

The troops were divided into three groups, and the Northern Expedition started from the three core fortresses in the northern border.

Li Qing did not go out with the army this time, but took command of the general headquarters at Yanmen Pass.

They have already completed the initial centralization of power, with so many subordinates working for them, how can they do everything by themselves.

If the Bruvan United Civilization Artifact has not been used yet, and there is still a trump card in the hole, then there is no way, he has to do it himself.

But now Bruvan's final killer is gone, and the strength is not comparable to that of humans, and there is no reinforcements yet.

In fact, the most important thing is that Li Qing made a promise in order to obtain the consent of the lords and military leaders and to gain the hearts of the people. This time he captured the Bruwan United Territory. Personally owned.

This is also an exchange of benefits.

Time flies, the sun and the moon fly by.

Humanity's battle against the Bruvan United is going very well.

Use the sentinel array to accurately capture the remaining main force of the Bruvan United, defeat it in three battles and three victories, and the rest is to slowly occupy the territory, clean up the remnants, and plunder resources.

Li Qing also took the opportunity to slowly expand his influence to the middle and lower levels in this carnival feast of the whole civilization, and gradually formed an established fact.

Ordinary people at the lower level may be slow and unclear about the news, but some shrewd players have gradually discovered the changes in human civilization.

A carve-up feast that lasted for many years, the upper echelon of the United Human Empire has always been the provisional military government headed by Li Qing.

It seems to be a temporary military government, but those who are smart and far-sighted know that this is only temporary, and when the time is right, it will be a formal government.

All those who know the inside story are guessing when Li Qing will announce when the new centralized government will be formally established, but Li Qing has never announced it, even if he completely defeats the Bruwan Alliance and annexes its territories one by one.

There is no surprise in annexing Bruwan United. Today's Bruwan United can't possibly be their opponent.

In addition, they have already begun to transfer the civilization elite, a large part of the elite has already been transferred, and the remaining troops are even less likely to be opponents.

But unfortunately, as Li Qing said, it is impossible for them to sneak through the human territory and enter the Yinpan area, they can only go north.