What does a strong country look like? Throughout ancient and modern times, history is always the same.

First of all, it is necessary to have a strong army, which can defend the enemy outside the country, and even fight thousands of miles to continuously expand the territory of the country. Second, it is necessary to have a strong economic force that can support the army to defend the country and ensure the stability of the people's lives.

To put it bluntly, there is actually just one thing, there are armies outside the world, and there are people in the country who develop people's livelihood, have a developed economy, and are prosperous.

Such a country has the rudiments of a powerful empire, like a dragon entrenched in the world, whose name alone can make its enemies tremble. The soldiers charged in the front and threw their blood, and the people weaved and farmed in the rear in the rich country, the two complemented each other, and no one could do without the other.

If a foreign enemy invades, a strong army will let the people know what it means to be safe.

The reverse is also true!

When the soldiers need food and grass, hundreds of people in the country create wealth with their hands, which will let the soldiers know what is called wealth.

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In 642 A.D., that is, the fifteenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty in history, on the autumn festival, the Chongyang has just passed, the summer heat in the Central Plains has subsided, and the Lingnan is still scorching, and the Tubo Plateau on the west side of the Han family territory suddenly rose with wolf smoke, and an earth-shattering war attracted the attention of countless surrounding countries.

This battle began nine months ago, when the Tubo Plateau was suddenly invaded, and the 20,000 Xifu Sanwei troops sitting on the plateau were annihilated, and the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty traveled thousands of miles to Lingnan.

With the voice of the imperial mother's 'fight back to Tibet', the Chinese Empire brazenly sent 100,000 troops to Tubo, when it was commanded by the imperial concubine You Shengnu, and the imperial concubine Luo Jing'er and the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty accompanied the army. 100,000 special forces marched into the plateau, showing the iron and blood of the Han family.

On the twelfth day of the campaign, the entire territory of Tibet was cleared, and a large territory that had fallen to the hands of foreign races for nine months was once again under the control of the Han people.

In this battle, 1,300 temples in Tibet did not survive.

In this battle, hundreds of thousands of great lamas with evil intentions were slaughtered.

In this battle, all the 200,000 invading Arab troops were wiped out.

In this battle, the Arabian prince, immersed in a sweet dream, became a prisoner.

The newly founded Chinese Empire has played a majestic role, and it has also played a role in the peace and stability of the Tibetan Plateau for hundreds of years.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Imperial Emperor has a holy decree to float in, all the generals who participated in the war, all the officers were promoted to one level, the soldiers were rewarded according to their merits, the food and salary were increased by three times, and the crown prince Li Jiyun Anxi was crowned as the governor of the Western Metropolis, and Luo Jia Luo Tong was given the title of Dingyuan Guogong.

"Warriors, go out of the country and fight in Central Asia, and as many territories you conquer, I will support you in building as many countries......"

With the emperor's order, Xifu Sanwei started the journey again, and 100,000 special forces crossed the mountains all the way to the west, just in time to collide with the Arab Imperial army coming from an expedition.

This battle is the first battle in which the two great powers collide head-on.

The three guards of Xifu are invincible in the world, and the other side is also an extremely strong warrior, and the two sides fought a shocking battle on the border of the Western Regions, with 8,000 special forces killed and 300,000 Arab troops annihilated.

It's a pity that when the whole army was counted after the war, everyone found a big loss, it turned out that although the battle was a complete victory, but the princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty died in the battlefield.

The bad news spread all over the world, and the special forces were grief-stricken, and at that time, there happened to be a young man who was rescued from a private prison in Tibet, and after hearing the news, he just let out a long sigh silently.

"Changle, bless you ......"

When the young man sighed, someone clearly saw that his face was full of tears, as if he was remembering a lost relationship, and seemed to be finally freed from some kind of suffering.

Since that day, the people of the Chinese Empire have never seen Changsun Chong again, that young man has sat on the Tibetan Plateau all his life, and has never returned to the land where he was born and raised.

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The Chinese Empire, the vast land of Lingnan.

The scorching sun was shining, and it was as hot as a poisonous snake, but no matter how hot the weather was, it couldn't suppress the excitement of the people, and everyone's faces were bright with satisfied smiles.

Lingnan is like summer in all seasons, there is no spring, summer, autumn and winter, when 100,000 Xifu Sanwei Yuan fought bravely in Tubo, the Chinese Empire ushered in the first harvest moment.

There was a wind coming slowly, blowing out a wave of rice, looking around, but seeing the golden fields for thousands of miles, Han Yue stood on the edge of the rice field with his hands in his hands, with the same satisfaction and joy on his face.

At this time, an official of the Ministry of Rites stepped forward with a sad face, and his tone was obviously melancholy and helpless, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the ministers beg you, it is coming in time, please change your dress, millions of people are waiting for you to open the sickle and harvest, Your Majesty must not come with your own temperament......"

It turned out that Han Yue was asked to change his dress, and then held a ceremony to open the sickle for a good harvest, this kind of etiquette has been passed down in the Central Plains for thousands of years, and the emperors have to do it before the harvest festival.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty......"

Seeing that Han Yue was silent, the officials of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but whisper again, this thing was already sweating profusely, and he was constantly scolding someone's wife in his heart.

He didn't dare to scold Han Yue, he scolded his colleagues in the Ministry of Rites who pushed him out, everyone knew that His Majesty didn't like redundancy and clichés, so forcing His Majesty to change his dress was definitely not a good errand.

But no matter how difficult the errand is, someone has to do it, and their officials of the Ministry of Rites eat this bowl of rice.

Han Yue was still standing on the edge of the rice field with his hands in his hands, his eyes were looking at the golden sea in front of him, he was now more and more powerful, even if he was silent, he could overwhelm people, the official of the Ministry of Rites was sweating down, and kept waving his sleeves to wipe his forehead.

The auspicious time is coming soon, but His Majesty has never planned to change his dress, and if he delays the etiquette of opening the sickle and harvesting, he is afraid that he will be the first official of the Ministry of Rites to be taken down because of this ceremony.

It was also at this time that Han Yue finally turned to look at him, and then smiled faintly: "I don't know something, what does the harvest have to do with the heavens?" The so-called abundant grain production is the result of the people's hard work, why do I have to change into a fancy dress to thank God? How can I thank God for never intervening to help my people? ”

The Ministry of Rites officials were speechless, not knowing how to answer for a while.

He couldn't tell Han Yue that the harvest was the result of the wind and rain in the sky. He was also an official who experienced the founding of the Chinese Empire, and followed Han Yue all the way from the Tang Dynasty to Lingnan, and the things that happened when he first came here a year ago are still vivid, when everyone was worried about eating and drinking.

When immigrating, in order to ensure that the people would not starve to death, Concubine You You robbed all the way and robbed all the grain from the official warehouses of various prefectures and counties along the way.

At the time of the land reclamation, millions of people almost exchanged their bodies for land, because the ploughing cattle purchased from the grassland had not yet been transported, so the common people used their own pears to pull pears.

It was really the whole family of all ages going into battle, both the people and the officials had to work, even His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Mother personally cultivated twenty acres of land, and the Emperor and Empress Taishang also had their own cultivated fields.

From the hazy sky to the sunset, from the morning birds to the night of the beasts, the Chinese Empire did not starve to death when immigrating, but exhausted tens of thousands of people when developing the land.

It's not that the government doesn't stop it, but the people do it secretly, as long as none of the officials on the patrol are careful, there will immediately be people who secretly run to the fields in the middle of the night to clear the wasteland.

You know, they worked all day during the day, and how could they hold on to their work at night, so many people fell into the wasteland, and by the time they were found, they could not be saved.

The tens of millions of acres of fertile land in Lingnan were bought little by little with human lives. Tens of millions of acres, it took less than a year, and at the same time, we had to take into account the construction of the city, so you can imagine how tired everyone is.

Then His Majesty sent people to a place called Champa, and from there brought back a grain called Champa rice, which was sown all over the land of Lingnan, and in only four months it was time to assemble for the harvest.

I still remember that at the beginning of the cultivation, His Majesty personally went down to the paddy fields with bare feet, and hundreds of people squatted on the edge of the rice fields day and night, patrolling back and forth during the day, and at night they had to use lanterns to attract mosquitoes, mosquito bites were miserable, but every one of them had a smile on their faces.

As long as you don't bite the crops, what do you count if you bite yourself? Although His Majesty has repeatedly ordered the people not to take care of the rice fields at night, no matter how strong the decree is, it cannot stop the people from longing for a good harvest.

His Majesty has said many times that mosquitoes will not eat crops, and the students of the research institute have even written a special manual of farming techniques to explain this, but unfortunately the people still can't put their minds at ease, and they keep lanterns on all night to attract mosquitoes.

The harvest in Lingnan really has nothing to do with the heavens, just like His Majesty said, do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, live without looking at the sky, and manpower can win the sky......

"It's almost time, let's get ready to open the sickle!" Just as the officials of the Ministry of Rites were there to reminisce about the past, suddenly Han Yue's gentle voice sounded in his ears, and the officials were slightly startled, and the sweat on their heads suddenly became even more turbulent.

The time is coming, and then His Majesty still insists on not changing the dress, although the grain harvest has nothing to do with God, but the etiquette of opening the sickle to comfort God is inherited by the ancestors.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I beg you, I beg you, I beg you......" The official of the Ministry of Rites almost cried, and he could already feel the eyes of the group of colleagues not far away slashing at him like sharp blades.

He cautiously turned his head to take a look, and saw a sea of people everywhere, hundreds of people were already waiting quietly at the edge of the rice field with sickles in hand, waiting for His Majesty to personally open the first sickle harvested in Lingnan.

Such an extremely solemn moment can be called the most important event since the founding of the empire, even if the etiquette is not too solemn, but His Majesty is dressed in plain clothes and is ready to open the sickle.

The official of the Ministry of Rites sighed, at this moment he really felt that he was going to die of shame.

As an official of the Ministry of Rites, he was unable to bring ceremonial solemnity to the empire, which was his greatest dereliction of duty, and he was afraid that he would be ridiculed for hundreds of years if he died.

At this moment, someone finally saved him, only to hear a slight sound of footsteps behind him, a woman wearing a phoenix crown and a xia veil walked over, the official of the Ministry of Rites was overjoyed, and couldn't help but shout excitedly.

He hurriedly bowed his hand, but his eyes quietly observed, and when he found that the other imperial concubines were also slowly coming over in full dresses, the official suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The person who came was Tian Doudou, wearing a phoenix robe and a Xia crown, the little girl who was born as a child daughter-in-law back then now has a graceful and luxurious bearing, she slowly walked to Han Yue's side, and then smiled at Han Yue, and persuaded softly: "Xianggong refuses to change his clothes for a long time, do you dislike the dress sewn by Doudou is not good enough?" ”

This voice was a little naughty, and it vaguely had the appearance of the gentle girl back then, Han Yue's heart suddenly fluttered, and he turned to the official of the Ministry of Rites and said, "Take it, put on a ...... for me."

Not far away, a group of officials of the Ministry of Rites were overjoyed, and almost rushed over directly, more than a dozen people surrounded Han Yue and waited for him, and in a blink of an eye, they put on a complicated dress.

At this time, it happened that the rising sun in the east was slowly rising, and a golden light suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, and the official of the Ministry of Rites at first even trembled when he spoke, and said in surprise: "The hour is just right, it is the time to open the sickle......

This guy didn't care to wipe the sweat on his face, and suddenly turned his head and yelled into the distance, infinitely happy and infinitely nervous, and roared: "Sound the salute, Your Majesty will fire the sickle!" ”

Boom, boom, boom –

Between heaven and earth, the sound of cannons rumbled, and not far away, twenty-four cannons spewed their anger into the sky, sending out an earth-shattering roar of twenty salutes.

The use of cannons as the sound of the sickle, this is Han Yue's personal order, in terms of agriculture, the salute represents the twenty-four solar terms in a year, and in military terms, the sound of cannons also indicates the strong soldiers of the Chinese Empire.

At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette brought two sickles, which were exquisitely made of one gold and one silver, and the officials sent the gold sickle and silver sickle to Han Yue and Doudou respectively, and then respectfully stepped back and stood aside.

Han Yue was a little helpless, let out a sigh in his mouth, and said with emotion: "The golden knife and silver knife are used to cut rice, I didn't expect that I would have such a day to put on a score, I can't even think of pushing forward for fifteen years, this kind of etiquette always feels a little fake......"

Fifteen years ago, he came alone through the Tang Dynasty, I still remember that night when the stars were like water, he took Doudou to cut wormwood in the wasteland, the little couple was really poor at that time, and the whole family only had a broken kitchen knife.

Doudou next to him smiled softly and said softly: "Xianggong, the time has come, although you don't like false extravagance, but the people need strong worship, the emperor cuts rice with a golden sickle, and the people will feel satisfied." The concubine is also stained, and I have dreamed of using a valuable knife since I was a child......"

Saying that, he raised the silver sickle in his hand mischievously, and smiled at Han Yue and stuck out his little tongue, although he was married to a wife, there was still a cuteness between his eyebrows.

Han Yue laughed, suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Doudou into the field, and the two of them brandished their sickles and bent down to cut the grain harvested for the first time in the Chinese Empire.

The group of officials of the Ministry of Rites in the back were so excited that some people shouted loudly to the sky with a loud voice, and said with an excited expression: "In the Chinese Imperial calendar, in the first year of Emperor Zhaowu, His Majesty personally cut rice to comfort the heaven......s."

This shout was shouted, and dozens of surrounding officials of the Ministry of Rites repeated in unison, and then some people mustered up their greatest strength to roar around, shouting: "People, harvest the crops! ”

Boom Boom –

It was like a thousand troops and horses, and it was like a surging tide, but when I saw countless people who were already impatient rushing into the fields, the thousands of miles of fertile fields suddenly turned into a bumper harvest scene in full swing.

On this day, the three million Han people of the Chinese Empire, plus the nine million indigenous people of Lingnan, and a full 12 million people went into the fields to harvest, and tens of millions of acres of land were busy everywhere.

In the harvest season, everyone is united, and some people say that there will be auspiciousness in the land of the holy king, and Han Yue of the Chinese Empire is this auspicious.

Tens of millions of people fought for three days and nights, tens of millions of acres of rice fields were harvested, during which the government continued to organize people to dry the grain field, and then raise the chaff, and then put it into the warehouse, the golden rice was constantly cut down, and the white rice was constantly beaten, and after just a few days, the Chinese Empire had filled hundreds of large granaries.

With food in their hands and no panic in their hearts, the faces of the people were filled with satisfaction, and the officials of the empire were also confident.

So the civil officials were more enthusiastic about internal affairs, organizing the people to continue to cultivate the second season of Zhancheng rice, but the military generals of the empire were itching all over, and every day the court meeting had to beg Han Yue to send troops to expand the territory.

The excuse of the generals is very simple, Your Majesty, didn't you say that the land pointed by the Han soldiers is all the territory of China? Now that the country has enough food, it is suitable to show its fangs to the unsatisfied country.

And Han Yue's heart also has such a dream!

But before starting this dream, you have to give the courtiers a chicken-blood stimulus.

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In 642 A.D., the history is the fifteenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, the calendar of the Chinese Empire, the first year of Emperor Zhaowu, Han Yue ascended the palace that was opened for the first time, and held an incomparably huge founding ceremony.

There are twelve beautiful women, and they finally become the imperial princesses.

There are twenty-four old ministers, and they have to be crowned the lord of the founding of the country.

The three guards of Xifu were divided into five, and the army was expanded by 500,000, two of which were the military guards around Gyeonggi, named Zhaowu Tianzi's army, and two were elite expeditionary armies, which went to the Western Regions to support the special forces that were there.

The last one died down, and no one knew what Han Yue wanted to do with this strong army, but the people in charge of fishing had seen these soldiers on a certain island, and it seemed that they were practicing the tactics of combining naval and land warfare that had never been practiced before.

In 642 A.D., the history is the fifteenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, the calendar of the Chinese Empire, the first year of Emperor Zhaowu, Han Yue ascended the palace that was opened for the first time, and held an incomparably huge founding ceremony.

There are twelve beautiful women, and they finally become the imperial princesses.

There are twenty-four old ministers, and they have to be crowned the lord of the founding of the country.

The three guards of Xifu were divided into five, and the army was expanded by 500,000, two of which were the military guards around Gyeonggi, named Zhaowu Tianzi's army, and two were elite expeditionary armies, which went to the Western Regions to support the special forces that were there.

The last one died down, and no one knew what Han Yue wanted to do with this strong army, but the people in charge of fishing had seen these soldiers on a certain island, and it seemed that they were practicing the tactics of combining naval and land warfare that had never been practiced before.