Traveling through the infinite wasteland

On that day, a piece of shocking news spread throughout the entire empire, as well as the Star Sea World!

Prince Fang Yanren, the heir apparent of the Shuofeng Empire, had only been in office for a few months before he was accused of forming a clique for personal gain and plotting evil. He was deprived of all titles and honors, removed from the royal family genealogy, and sentenced to death!

When the Royal Guards raided the palace, they found a lot of evidence of Fang Yanren's close contacts with officials from both the government and the public, and there were even signs of alien civilization infiltration! After receiving the news, His Majesty the Emperor was furious and ordered an investigation! All officials involved, regardless of their status, will be suspended for investigation!

In just a few days, more than 5,000 officials and superiors, as well as imperial congressmen were involved! After a short trial, confirm the facts! His Majesty the Emperor was dismissed from office, exiled, and quite a few officials lost their heads! A bloody storm broke out in the court again!

The heads of the eight major families reacted quickly, dispatched five emergency firefighting agencies, and finally managed to clear away the relationship between the officials involved and their families! But he also paid a lot of price, even sacrificing many important family members!

No means, wrong bet, wrong team! It's normal to be settled by the Queen of Autumn. How can it be so easy to settle unnecessary matters with just a little blood?

This prison lasted for more than a month before it finally calmed down! Under Fang Moxing's deliberate control, a total of tens of thousands of officials and superiors of different grades were eliminated! They were all interrogated and investigated by the Imperial Security Department, in which the third princess of the royal family, Fang Yuqing, played a crucial role.

For a time, the government and the public were silent, and with the continuous news of good news from southern Xinjiang, the prestige of His Majesty the Emperor has risen to a new height! In order to protect themselves, many officials and superiors had to submit to His Majesty the Emperor through various channels, and tried their best to show their favor to Fang Yuqing, so as not to burn themselves!

Some officials even saw how much His Majesty the Emperor valued the princess, and in order to show their loyalty, they even suggested that the princess should be made the crown prince! Yes, in the eyes of the former officials of the government and the public, this was just an idea that was based on the wishes of Tiankai. After all, the blood of Her Royal Highness the Princess was impure! How could the imperial artifact fall into the hands of a foreign race?

However, at present, most of those stubborn officials have been eliminated by the emperor, and the remaining ones can no longer make any big waves! In addition, many officials no longer care about so much in order to protect themselves! This suggestion was secretly suggested by some people, and then it won the support of a large number of officials!

At first, His Majesty the Emperor still did not express his position, but there was no unfriendly behavior.

At this time, a prince from the Gnaslok Empire came to visit. Fang Moxing, citing physical discomfort, ordered Fang Yuqing to host the entire welcome ceremony on his behalf, and led the negotiation of many political and economic cooperation matters. !

Now, the officials with a little wink all saw the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor! Yu Ming understood that the calls for the third princess Fang Yuqing to be crown prince suddenly became louder!

"How long have I been waiting to leave! Why is there such a big commotion in the country?"

The Empire regiment that has advanced to the former Federation's Hook Star Territory has established its own temporary base on the capital planet.

In the office, Ye Qingyuan looked at some specially selected secret information and said with some emotion: "If this Fang Yanren knew a little bit about things, he wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable end! However, His Majesty the Emperor really The methods are ruthless and decisive! Kill your own flesh and blood as soon as you ask! It turns out that the emperor's family has no family ties!"

Liu Xiangyun said calmly: "Currently, there are calls from both the government and the public for the establishment of a governor. Even those important cabinet ministers who have never expressed their stance before have also submitted letters. How should I introduce it? Should we also add more efforts?"

"Of course!" Ye Qingyuan said with a smile, "His Majesty the Emperor has already hinted to us that tomorrow, these high-ranking generals with heavy troops in their hands, we will jointly submit a letter to please appoint Her Royal Highness the Third Princess as the crown prince!"

Liu Xiangyun nodded lightly: "With the support of the important ministers in the court, and the words of me and other generals who are on the front line to expand the territory for the empire, this matter is a sure thing! Even if there are still some objections in the royal family , and it can’t influence the overall situation!”

"However!" He suddenly said again, "Once Her Royal Highness the Princess succeeds in ascending to the throne, your status will immediately change! You used to be just an ordinary consort, but now you are the future royal wife! Is there anything unnecessary to do? Come to your door?"

Ye Qingyuan disagreed: "What extraneous things can there be? It's almost there, so am I afraid? What's more, what does this identity mean to me now? Don't forget our original decision!"

Liu Xiangyun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Now that my lord you have made a decision, we have nothing to worry about! I don't know when to leave?"

Now the empire's army is advancing with great success, and the federal army is retreating steadily, having lost hundreds of star territories.

Such a heavy loss naturally brought a lot of unnecessary trouble to the federal high-level officials. This government had sadly resigned and stepped down. The newly-installed government sent a special envoy to the capital of the empire to discuss the armistice. At the same time, foreign aid was sought from five places to prevent the peace talks from failing and other countries taking advantage of the situation!

As for these generals who have made the most contributions, His Majesty the Emperor has fulfilled his previous promise and set aside a large number of planets from the newly conquered territory to reward them as hereditary fiefdoms!

Ye Qingyuan has received the most rewards, and an entire star field has become his private domain! Within a radius of hundreds of light years, there are more than 20 planets suitable for human habitation, with a population of more than 3 billion, and there are tens of thousands of resource planets of various types! In the past, even a first-class duke from the imperial race would not have had such a vast private territory!

Zhong Zixia has made a detailed assessment of the data of this star field and determined that as long as it is developed properly, the output of this star field is enough to support a fleet of about nine thousand! It has self-evident benefits for early development!

"I currently have a batch of warships in my hands!" Ye Qingyuan added, "They were given to me by the old guys from the Yun family! Now that I am a marquis, according to the relevant laws of the empire, I can own no more than 80,000 ships. Warships serve as a private fleet! Well, now we can build a commando unit! Then I’ll leave it to you to be the fleet commander!”

"Yes! Thank you so much, lord!" Liu Xiangyun responded happily.

He came from a family of generals and was originally trained as a fleet commander. However, the Federation later fell. His past experiences made it almost impossible for him to command the fleet for the rest of his life. Now that Qingyuan gave him this opportunity again, how unhappy was he? ?

"No need to thank me!" Ye Qingyuan said with a smile, "It's hard to find a few people in the entire star sea to have two marshals with sticks as your teachers. Looking at the whole star sea, you are not inferior to Tian. Xuan Hao, Wei Dongyang and the others! Do your best and don’t let me down!"

Three days later, news came from the imperial capital. His Majesty the Emperor finally responded to the invitation of the ministers and followed the general trend and announced that the third princess of the royal family, Fang Yuqing, would be the crown prince of the empire! And since the day he was granted the title, he has entered the court to assist in the management of state affairs and discuss important military affairs!

At this point, many forces at home and abroad knew the emperor's true intention. This prince was his real choice!

But as expected, as the princess's quasi-consort and future emperor's husband, the attention of major forces towards Ye Qingyuan also began to rise sharply!

Over the past year and a half, the Federation and the Empire have suffered successive defeats in the war. Not only have they lost all previously occupied territory, but they have also lost troops and generals! Instead, hundreds of star territories were robbed by the empire!

Naturally, someone has to bear the responsibility for such a heavy loss. Federal President Ramit has sadly resigned. ) After Vice President Yan Longji took over, in order to stabilize the situation and gain a breathing space, he had to surrender to the empire and lowered his attitude to discuss the armistice.

After the failure of the Federation's military adventure, it triggered a series of negative reactions. The original allies turned against each other one after another, either continued to be neutral, or fell into the arms of the Empire! And those big countries that are watching eagerly and preparing to get a share of the pie are intentionally or unintentionally moving their blades closer to the Federation - the Empire can't afford to offend, so it's the same as changing the target!

Yan Longji certainly knows the current situation. The fate of his own race is currently tied to the federation. If the federation collapses, his race will be finished too! Therefore, while he surrendered to the empire, he also sent many envoys to visit various places to find foreign aid and join forces. No matter what, we must curb the ambitions of the empire at its peak!

The top officials of the empire also have their own plans and are not opposed to peace talks! Because the current empire does not yet have the conditions to swallow this big country in one go! It can be defeated, but the price paid will never be small. Facing the pressure of other major powers, the empire will be very passive!

Therefore, at the imperial meeting, Gurungs proposed: Negotiations can be carried out, but they must be conducted in accordance with the rules set by the empire! In addition to the territory currently occupied by the empire, the federation must also cede all the more than fifty star regions in the Shangyu galaxy that belong to the federation! At the same time pay huge war compensation!

The division of administrative regions in the interstellar era starts from administrative planets suitable for human habitation. Each administrative planet has a governor to coordinate the affairs of the planet and the development of multiple nearby resource planets. Generally speaking, the star system where the administrative planet is located is under its jurisdiction. If you encounter a star system with more than one administrative planet, separate arrangements will be made!

Above the star system is the star field, with a star field governor whose jurisdiction varies in size, from hundreds of star systems to hundreds of thousands of star systems! Of course, the star systems here refer to those stars with planets! There are countless stars in the universe, but most of them do not have planets. There are generally no wormholes near those stars, and naturally they have no development and use value!

And among these star systems with planets, there are very few planets suitable for human habitation! Therefore, most star systems are just idle there as strategic resource reserves, and not many star segments can be exploited and used!

Above the star fields are galaxies, and each galaxy has hundreds to thousands of star fields!

Since mankind entered the interstellar age, with the rapid development of science and technology, the territory has become larger and larger! Countries have also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain! Up to now, the number of forces with national titles in the Star Sea has exceeded five digits! Except for those big countries that own one or several star systems, most countries only have a territory the size of one star field, and the proportion of countries with more than ten star fields is not high! Many countries even have only one habitable planet!

Of course, these countries are still much larger than before in this era of Earth! Back then, a small planet like the Earth had more than 300 countries! At present, it seems that it is really difficult to estimate the situation.

The territory of the Xuanluo Federation consists of two galaxies, the Mengluo Galaxy and the Shangyu Galaxy. Among them, hundreds of star fields in the Monro Galaxy are all owned by the Federation, and more than 150 star fields in the Shangyu Galaxy are the result of expansion in recent hundreds of years. Due to superior innate conditions, they have developed rapidly and have now become important to the Federation. source of mineral raw materials!

Nearly 50% of the Federation's metal smelting, warship manufacturing, and high-precision instrument processing industries are located in this galaxy. If all of them are acquired by the Empire, the blow to the Federation will be extremely heavy! As long as there is a chance, the Federation will not be willing to sign such an agreement that is humiliating and humiliating the country!

There are more than 300 various star fields in the Shangyu Galaxy. Before the war, nearly half of them belonged to the Federation, and the Empire only occupied less than thirty of them. The rest were all the territories of small and medium-sized countries.

According to the deployment of the empire's high-level officials, they only need to capture these star regions of the Federation and wipe out all the small, grassroots countries in the Shangyu Galaxy! Then the empire will obtain a third complete galaxy besides the two major galaxies of Tianhua and Yunmeng! As long as it is digested, the economic and military combat effectiveness will be greatly increased, and Zhaoshuyuan.com Zhulu Xinghai will have stronger capital! This is a truly huge increase in capital, and it is simply not comparable to those petty efforts in the past!

The armistice negotiations lasted for a week. Due to the Empire's tough attitude and the Federation's unwillingness to make such big concessions, the peace talks reached a deadlock. At this time, the emperor ordered the imperial regiments on the front line to launch another large-scale offensive. Put pressure on the federation!

"Since they are reluctant to give it to me, I'll just go and get it myself! The result is the same anyway!" Fang Moxing said.

As a result, under the turbulent offensive of the imperial army, in less than ten days, the federal army was once again defeated, retreating all the way, and losing more than ten star fields!

During this battle, Pedroel and Zhu Yin led a partial division to make a detour and sneak attack, successfully attacking the federal fleet's logistics supply channel and destroying more than a dozen large material reserve bases! Seriously weakening the sustained combat capabilities of a large number of federal fleets!

In desperation, the federal mission had to request an armistice again and reluctantly returned to the negotiating table.

But this time, the conditions offered by the empire were increased again. In addition to the original territorial requirements, the war compensation was nearly doubled! (To be continued.)