First Secret Agent in History

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When Yun Zhonghe was playing with his two babies at home, someone came to report that people from the Royal Family Association and the Senate had arrived.

His instinct was to carry the baby out, but it was too cold outside, so he put the two babies in the cradle and walked out.

Outside the courtyard, hundreds of people gathered neatly, bowed to Yun Zhonghe and said: "Your Majesty, please follow us into the palace and ascend to the throne."

Although he knew this day would come, when it actually arrived, Yun Zhonghe still felt his body trembling slightly.

Extremely excited and extremely proud.

Not only proud of himself, but also proud of this new Great Yan Empire.

In the Great Zhou Empire and the Great Victory Empire, Yun Zhonghe was always fighting and plotting, and he was really tired.

However, when he came to the New Dayan Empire, he could fully display his talents, blossoming again and again, and finally ascended to the throne.

Although there are conspiracies in the process, it is never mainstream.

"Your Majesty, please get on the carriage." Ji Sheng said tremblingly.

Yun Zhonghe took a deep breath and then boarded the gorgeous carriage.

"Your Majesty, are you going to the Consul Palace or the Dayan Palace?" Hua Bi asked.

Yun Zhonghe said: "The Executive Palace."

Hearing this answer, everyone present secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the Dayan Palace was built for the emperor and has now become a museum, the symbolic significance is greater than the practical significance.

If Yun Zhonghe wants to go to Dayan Palace, it means that he can't wait to become the emperor, and he is ready to control the world by himself.

If he goes to the Consul Palace, it proves that he is still willing to share the power of the empire with the adults present.

Then, supported by a hundred officials, Yun Zhonghe rode a carriage to the ruling palace.

Suddenly, the entire imperial capital seemed to be celebrating the New Year. Countless citizens came out, stood on both sides of the street, and cheered loudly.

"Long live Dayan, long live!"

"Long live the Empire!"

Yun Zhonghe once again stretched out the window and waved to the countless crowds.

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The next day, Yun Zhonghe officially ascended the throne in the ruling palace.

Compared with the enthronement ceremony of the Eastern Empire, the New Dayan Empire is much simpler, and the entire ceremony ends in one day.

And it doesn’t cost people or money at all.

Moreover, this royal robe is not as majestic as the Eastern Empire, nor is it the golden one, but is low-key and luxurious.

Moreover, the main hall of the palace is not like those in the Eastern Empire. The throne is high above, and the ministers stand in several rows below.

This was more like a luxurious conference room. The throne was slightly higher, allowing him to overlook the ministers.

And many of the courtiers below also have their own seats.

Basically, there is no kneeling, except in rare cases where there is kneeling.

There is no need to sacrifice to heaven or ancestors, but to come to the gate of the Consul Palace, meet one hundred thousand citizens of the empire, and then deliver a king's speech.

At this point, the one-day enthronement ceremony ended.

The New Dayan Empire had a king for the first time.

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In the following time, the empire's reform was in full swing, but it was carried out quietly in the night.

Reform the Senate and establish the Cabinet and Privy Council.

The Cabinet is in charge of political affairs and the Privy Council is in charge of military affairs.

Fifteen additional ministries were established, nine more than the six ministries in the Eastern Empire.

Because the new Dayan Empire is different, compared with the traditional six ministries, there are more science and education, industry, construction, transportation, colonization, Yi nationality, interior, army, navy, and health. Ministry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc.

The Ministry of Punishment was changed to the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Rites was abolished, the Ministry of War was split, the Ministry of Personnel was retained, and the Ministry of Revenue was changed to the Ministry of Finance.

And these may not be enough, and more will be added in the future.

Most of the ministries here are managed by the cabinet, and those related to military affairs are managed by the Privy Council.

Some are jointly managed by the Cabinet and the Privy Council, such as the Colonial Department, the Home Office, and the Department of Foreign Affairs.

According to the previous agreement, except for a few people in the Senate, most of the others directly entered the Cabinet, Privy Council and various imperial ministries.

Ji Zhan led the Privy Council, the former Senate Consul retired, and Deputy Consul Hua Bi led the Cabinet.

Ji Sheng was too old. After doing all this, he still chose to retire.

The entire power transition was very smooth and caused almost no ripples.

After the reform of the imperial center was completed, the next step was to reform the local official system.

The New Dayan Empire was originally divided into four realms, but now that transportation is so developed, it is no longer needed.

The main officials of the four realms, as well as some of the top officials of the New Sect Party, just filled in directly and entered the empire center to serve as high-level officials of various ministries.

The empire was directly divided into fifteen provinces, and counties and counties remained unchanged.

The nine armies of the empire will not be changed for the time being, but they will change in the future.

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After the empire completed the reform from the center to the local areas, it immediately launched a new civilization movement.

Every city, every mine, and every manufacturing plant immediately carried out power transformation.

Immediately afterwards, several large arsenals rose from the ground.

Dayan Royal Military Academy was established, and more than a thousand soldiers previously trained were all admitted to serve in the military academy.

All officers of the nine major legions and above who are commanders of 100 or above must take turns to the Royal Military Academy to learn knowledge about firearms, artillery, and hot weapons combat.

After several arsenals are completed, all productivity will be activated immediately to produce guns, artillery and ammunition.

All three shipyards have started construction, building new ironclads and renovating existing warships.

Everything was in full swing, and the entire empire entered a frenzied construction frenzy.

Everyone seems to have entered a new era, and everyone is learning new knowledge.

Everyone joined the big building movement.

Everything is in service of the coming war.

The entire empire turned into a huge war machine, running crazily.

The nine armies of the empire only have a total of 600,000 troops. If a world-class war breaks out in the future, it will definitely not be enough.

But the total number of citizens in the empire is only over 10 million, so it will be difficult to recruit more troops.

Therefore, the expansion of the imperial servant army is imminent. There will be at least 1.5 million troops in the future.

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Although at this time, there was still some time before sending troops to the east.

But the entire empire has begun to debate how to conquer the east.

This place is more than 20,000 miles away from the Eastern Empire, and there is at least more than 10,000 miles of no-man's land in between, which is covered with ice and snow all year round.

Once troops are sent out to conquer the East, hundreds of thousands of people will walk to the Eastern world?

This is completely impossible, the supplies simply cannot keep up, and no matter how powerful the empire is, it cannot support such an expedition.

The latest airship built by Ji Qing's team has a maximum flight distance of more than 20,000 miles. This complete range is extremely amazing.

But this voyage is only theoretical, and the real practical voyage does not exceed three thousand miles.

And even if the empire tried its best to manufacture them, there wouldn't be many such giant airships. It would be great to be able to transport thousands of people. It would be a dream to transport hundreds of thousands of troops.

So the only way is to go by sea!

But sea route is not possible. Although the empire's navy is developed, it needs to develop a large number of colonies.

However, the Imperial Navy has always been an auxiliary to the army and has not become a real main force.

Secondly, the empire's large ships that can carry out long voyages are very limited.

All the long-distance ships combined can only transport about 200,000 troops.

There is another most critical issue. There is no sea route to the Eastern Empire from here. There are at least thousands of miles of permanently frozen sea in the middle, which is always frozen.

So once you take the sea route, you need to open up a new route, which will go around half of the world's oceans.

However, these oceans are all unexplored.

So now the Navy Department has dispatched warships and airships to explore new routes and draw new charts.

Fortunately, they didn't really start from scratch, because Yun Zhonghe handed them a relatively complete world map.

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There is another key thing, and that is Zhou Li.

He has been imprisoned for more than five years. Yun Zhonghe promised him four years ago that he would regain his freedom.

But at this time, Yun Zhonghe could no longer be too willful.

Because as the dictatorial king of the empire, there are some rules that cannot be broken directly.

It was an indisputable fact that Zhou Li had the blood of the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom. Yun Zhonghe could not directly issue an order to release Zhou Li, release all people with the blood of the Great Salty Demon Kingdom, and make Zhou Li an imperial official.

He needs to complete the friendship with Zhou Li, but he also needs to be responsible for the New Dayan Empire.

So, he switched to a completely new approach.

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Still in a mysterious underground prison, Zhou Li was going crazy.

It has been almost four years since Yun Zhonghe left. After reading all the books, the only thing he can do every day is to play chess with himself.

But having done it a thousand times, I was already tired of it, and even going to have a schizophrenia.

However, he is a very determined person and still insists on counting every day. Every time the time passes, he writes a line on the wall.

He was in an underground prison and couldn't see outside. He didn't know whether it was day or night, and there was no clock. How could he know the time of day?

Just look at the frequency of meal delivery, two meals a day, very punctual.

Now, 2018 lines have been drawn on the wall of his room, more than five years have passed.

I have been locked up here for five and a half years.

He now relies on one belief to support him, and that is Yun Zhonghe.

Yun Zhonghe promised him that he would definitely rescue him.

He believed that Yun Zhonghe would definitely do what he said.

On this day, he once again read the book countless times, and suddenly the sound of the door rang.

He couldn't help but be surprised. Today's meal delivery time was a quarter of an hour early.

And the footsteps are not right either.

The next minute, Yun Zhonghe appeared in front of him.

"Brother Yun!"

Immediately, Zhou Li rushed over, hugged Yun Zhonghe, and burst into tears.

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Zhou Li finally left the underground prison and came to a picturesque pasture.

The two men galloped on their horses, galloping on the endless grass.

Hahahahaha.

Zhou Li laughed wildly and cheered freely, with his white hair flying.

An elite cavalry guard is always on the side.

In the evening, Yun Zhonghe and Zhou Li ate meat and drank wine.

"Brother Zhou Li, I promised you four years ago that I would give you freedom." Yun Zhonghe said: "But I am very sorry, I can only give you limited freedom, and I cannot break the laws of the empire. But don't worry, the empire We are already discussing a new law on how to treat people with blood from the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom differently. However, there are currently too few people in this category, so it may take some time for this new law to come out."

Zhou Li looked at Yun Zhonghe for a while and said, "Brother Yun, you are now..."

Yun Zhonghe said: "This is the New Dayan Empire, and I am currently the dictatorial king of the empire, the only monarch."

Zhou Li grinned and said after a long moment: "Awesome."

His words were really full of admiration. It was difficult for him to lie in the underground prison every day, but Yun Zhonghe went from a prisoner to the king of this empire in just four years. This road is probably even more difficult. .

Yun Zhonghe said: "Brother Zhou Li, you can't leave the range of this ranch for the next time. I'm very sorry."

Zhou Lidao: "Does a dictatorial king also need to be bound by the laws of the empire?"

Yun Zhonghe said: "Of course, I am responsible for the empire."

Zhou Li looked at Yun Zhonghe and sighed: "Brother Yun, I am very pleased. I am very happy to see this change in you. In fact, in the Great Zhou Empire, although you supported me to become the crown prince of the Great Zhou Empire, even though we are of the same party. , but I actually have a problem with you in my heart. You are too lawless. In order to achieve your goal, you completely ignore any rules, treat the law as papyrus, and use all kinds of intrigues. So I was thinking at the time, once I become How can the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty correct your moral values? And now... you have really become great."

Yun Zhonghe said: "Don't you blame me?"

Zhou Lidao: "Brother Yun, your wife Jing Zhongyue has more blood from the Salty Demon Kingdom than I do, as well as your twin children, so I know very well how difficult it is for you to be a king. Although I have never been an emperor, and I have only been a prince for less than a day, I know that all willful and selfish kings will bring great harm to the empire. As a king, you must first respect the rules and be able to restrain your desire for power. My father, Emperor Wan Yun, was too selfish, which led to the destruction of the country."

Yun Zhonghe raised his wine glass and said, "Long live understanding."

Zhou Lidao: "By the way, are Jing Zhongyue, two children, and your other family members missing?"

Yes, Jing Zhongyue left Roulan Kingdom with 10,000 people, and also took away her mother Liu, her sisters Ao Ningning, Ning Qing, and Miss Xu Anling.

The group headed west and then disappeared.

At that time, the Black Zhoutai of the Great Xia Empire sent countless spies, but none of them found out their whereabouts.

And now Yun Zhonghe has become the dictatorial king of the New Dayan Empire, and of course he has the highest authority.

Jing Zhongyue and his party are not within the New Dayan Empire, nor are they in the empire's colonies.

With these more than 10,000 people, the New Dayan Empire has archived reports of tens of thousands of words.

First of all, Jing Zhongyue and his party left together with the people from Rosemary Valley, and headed north with the goal of Order Society.

Because Rosemary Valley was once a member of the Order Society, they also had their special meeting place, and this meeting place was different from the one given by the Emperor of Great Xia.

The group went through many difficulties and dangers and traveled nearly 20,000 miles to arrive at the specially agreed place between Rosemary Valley and the Society of Order.

The New Dayan Empire has been secretly monitoring this group of people.

At this agreed upon location, some people in Rosemary Valley accepted guidance and received protection from the New Great Yan Empire.

But Jing Zhongyue and his party were not accepted by the New Great Yan Empire because they had blood from the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom.

The New Dayan Empire was even discussing whether to eliminate Jing Zhongyue and his party. Of course, they didn't end up doing that.

Because the empire is only on guard against the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom and is not in an absolutely hostile relationship.

So in the ice and snow, the envoy of the New Great Yan Empire left a letter.

They could accept Rosemary Valley because they were members of the Society of Order and were barely part of the New Great Yan Empire.

However, they did not accept Jing Zhongyue and his party.

So, Jing Zhongyue led a group of people and left with grief, anger and despair, continuing westward towards a completely unknown goal.

When he became the king of the empire and read this report, tears welled up in his eyes.

He couldn't imagine how desperate and angry Jing Zhongyue was at that time.

Although she has the blood of the Great Salty Demonic Kingdom, in order to escape from the dark rule of the Great Salty Demonic Kingdom, she left the Eastern world with more than 10,000 people and came to this completely unknown place.

As a result, the New Dayan Empire refused her entry.

Of course, she didn't know that this was the New Great Yan Empire, and thought it was just the Order Society.

For the sake of her children, her family, and the more than 10,000 people who followed him, she had to embark on an unknown journey again, all the way west.

What's further west?

It is completely unknown, covered in ice and snow, and a large area of ​​no man's land.

Are they... still alive?

No, they must still be alive.

But how difficult will this journey be? What pain?

The world is so big that there is no place for them. In these ten years of life, Jing Zhongyue has been wandering and wandering.

There were also his two children, who were only eleven years old at the time.

Moreover, Rosemary Valley was also divided into two factions at that time. Some of them accepted the asylum of the New Dayan Empire, while others chose to leave with Jing Zhongyue.

Among them, Master Rosemary Valley, whom Yun Zhonghe was familiar with, all followed Jing Zhongyue to the west.

"Brother Yun, Jing Zhongyue is so powerful, she and the child must be fine." Zhou Li patted Yun Zhonghe on the shoulder.

Yun Zhonghe said: "Yes, it must be okay. I have sent thousands of people to find their whereabouts. They will definitely be found."

Then, he said: "Brother Zhou Li, please bear with me a little longer. When I open the sea route to the Eastern World and form a powerful new army, I will take you home immediately."

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Yun Zhonghe left, and Zhou Li stayed at the ranch.

After returning to the imperial palace, Yun Zhonghe was still looking at the report in a daze. He didn't know how many times he had read it.

It's the report about Jing Zhongyue.

Master Ji Zhan walked in and wanted to report to him. After seeing the report in Yun Zhonghe's hand, he paused.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty." Ji Zhan said, "We refused to accept Jing Zhongyue at that time."

Yun Zhonghe returned the report to its original place, took a deep breath, and said, "Lord Ji Zhan, what's the matter?"

Ji Zhan said: "Your Majesty, this is a report about the Society of Order. It has a history of hundreds of years."

Yun Zhonghe took it and read it in detail.

The Society of Order was established under the leadership of Emperor Gaozu of the Great Xia Empire. It was established at that time to fight against the Great Xian Demon Kingdom of Emperor Nu. Its members were the most powerful group of warriors in the Eastern world.

After the sudden death of Emperor Wrath, Emperor Gaozu of Great Xia did not really join the Society of Order.

Moreover, the great ancestor Xia Zhou wrote in his tomb: It is unknown whether Emperor Nu was male or female.

In the last tomb, he even wrote: My heart is in chaos.

Therefore, after the sudden death of the Wrathful Emperor, in order to prevent the Great Salt Demon Kingdom from coming back, the powerful men from the East retired to seclusion and established the Order Society. Moreover, according to the records of the Order Society, Xia Zhou was a traitor.

More than a thousand years ago, the Society of Order discovered the New Great Yan Empire, and after struggle and adjustment.

The order will split, some will go away, some will disband, and merge into the new Great Yan Empire.

So currently, in the New Dayan Empire, there is no Order Society anymore, and there is no clear list of people who are descendants of the Order Society. However, according to statistics, many people in the Imperial Legion are descendants of the Order Society because their martial arts talents are particularly high.

"Your Majesty, we have already sent out two fleets and several airships to search for Jing Zhongyue. We may have results soon," Ji Zhan said.

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In his rare free time, Yun Zhonghe spent time with his two babies.

Now they are more than half a year old, and they have become fat and plump. They have pink makeup and are extremely cute.

At Yun Zhonghe's insistence, Ji Qing breastfed them. But it was Dusha who took care of the children. She seemed to devote all her love to her daughter to the two babies.

After Yun Zhonghe became the dictatorial king of the empire, Queen Dusha also completely retired from the imperial political arena.

Looking at the two babies, Yun Zhonghe couldn't help but think of Jing Zhongyue, Ning Qing, Xu Anting, Yun Yao, adoptive father Ao Xin, mother Liu Shi, and another pair of twins.

Today, the twins are fifteen years old.

Because he was so focused on fighting for the throne before, he had no time to think about it, but now that he has ascended the throne, especially when he sees the two twin babies, he can't help but think about the other three children.

"Baby, my brothers and sisters will be fine, right?" Yun Zhonghe rubbed his forehead against the two babies.

"Gegege..." The two babies, who had very low laughter points, immediately let out extremely cute laughter.

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On this day, Yun Zhonghe witnessed the launch of the first new warship at the Imperial Shipyard.

This is of course not a newly built warship, but a reconstruction based on the original one.

This is a large warship with a displacement of 8,000 tons. This modification is mainly to install a new high-power steam engine, because the internal combustion engine is not very mature yet.

Another modification is to install artillery. There are a total of twenty artillery pieces. The only ones that can be mounted on the ship are cannons. The curves of the howitzers are too large and are not suitable for aiming in naval battles.

"Get into the water!"

"Sail!"

Following an order, the large warship left the shipyard and sailed toward the sea.

"Fire the cannon!"

Following the battleship commander's order, several naval guns fired at the same time.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

A moment later, a target ship on the sea exploded and was shattered into pieces.

"Long live the Empire!"

"Long live the Empire!"

The launch of this battleship means that the empire's navy has entered a new era.

Next, more and more new warships will be launched and become the backbone of the empire's new navy.

However, the newly built warships should not be able to keep up with the Eastern Expedition.

Even with the super productivity of the New Dayan Empire, it would take a long time to build a large warship, and all could only be modified and upgraded on the original warship.

At this moment, a person suddenly ran over and stood behind Yun Zhonghe.

This is a general from the Imperial Privy Council. Although he is smiling, his eyes are tense and he is very anxious.

Something must have happened, and something big.

Yun Zhonghe's heart trembled, but he still insisted on shaking hands with the officers and soldiers of this new warship and completed the entire ceremony without revealing any other expressions.

After the entire ceremony, Yun Zhonghe left the port and returned to the royal carriage.

The general of the Privy Council immediately boarded the carriage and said: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council and the Cabinet, please return to the imperial capital immediately."

Yun Zhonghe asked: "What happened?"

The major general handed Ji Zhan's secret notes to Yun Zhonghe, all written in cipher text.

After Yun Zhonghe read it, his eyes suddenly shrank.

This...how is this possible?

Sure enough, something happened, and it was something serious.

A year ago, Ji Yan led an army of 10,000 to the colony to quell the rebellion.

Although there were a million rebels in that colony, no one took it seriously. Ji Yan was the strongest general in the empire, and the 10,000 troops he brought were also very elite, which was more than enough to put down the rebellion.

And the same was true in the battle reports. Ji Yan had won many battles, each time with one against ten, killing and capturing hundreds of thousands of rebels.

It was only a matter of time before the rebellion in the entire colony subsided.

Later, in order to maintain order in the colonies, the empire sent another 10,000 legions to defend millions of square kilometers of colonies.

Therefore, in the hearts of everyone in the empire, Ji Yan could win with her eyes closed when she went to suppress the rebellion. After all, she was once going to become the next generation of military ruler.

But... this secret information read: Ji Yan was defeated and the Imperial Legion suffered heavy losses!

This...what exactly happened?

Even if there were millions of indigenous rebels in the colonies, they would not be able to defeat the elite army of the empire.

As the best and most powerful general in the empire and the future marshal of the empire, how could Ji Yan be defeated?

It’s so incredible! Totally impossible.

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Yun Zhonghe returned to the Imperial Palace as quickly as possible.

Ji Zhan met Yun Zhonghe immediately.

"How could Ji Yan lead 20,000 imperial elites to be defeated? What happened?" Yun Zhonghe asked a series of questions.

Ji Zhan said hoarsely: "Your Majesty, the imperial legion led by Ji Yan is not equipped with rifles and artillery. It is still a cold weapon legion."

Yun Zhonghe said: "Even so, the imperial army is so powerful and has no opponents except the warriors of the Great Salt Demon Kingdom. How can it be defeated? And the losses are heavy?"

He was right, the New Dayan Empire Legion was almost at the pinnacle of the cold weapon army, and it was impossible to defeat it.

Yun Zhonghe said: "Who is our enemy? Is it the army of the Great Xian Demon Kingdom?"

Ji Zhan said: "Your Majesty, this is not the army of the Great Xian Demon Kingdom, but another army of warriors with amazing martial arts."

After a moment of shock, Yun Zhonghe hissed: "The once-split samurai legion of the Society of Order? Where did they come from?"

The Order was formed by the top warriors from the East more than a thousand years ago, advocating the mysterious and powerful martial arts.

The New Dayan Empire advocates physical science, pure strength and speed, and does not place much emphasis on mysterious martial arts.

Therefore, the Order was split at that time, part of it disappeared, and part of it was integrated into the New Dayan Empire.

Ji Zhan said: "Your Majesty, I don't know whether it is good news or bad news. The person who led the powerful mysterious martial arts legion to defeat the elite of our empire is none other than... Jing Zhongyue!"

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