The independence of the executive and the judiciary, this is already the limit of what Li Su can do, as for the legislative power, it is still temporarily in the hands of Li Su, but sooner or later the legislative power will also be independent, after all, Li Su from later generations has already known the trend of history, blindly concentrating power in the hands of the emperor, will only cause dictatorship, and dictatorship may bring ruin to his descendants, so from now on, he has deliberately begun to dilute the emperor's power.

However, no matter how diluted Li Su is, in this era, the emperor is still the master of the entire empire, especially Li Su is still the founder of the entire Great Qi Dynasty, whether it is prestige or ability, it has been recognized by all subjects, so although Li Su handed over most of the administrative power in his hands, in fact, as long as he said a word, he could take back these powers at any time.

The administrative structure of Qi is upgraded on the basis of the original, and most of them have not changed much, and only some modifications have been made in some details, but even so, it is still not something that can be completed in a short time, so after the completion of the founding ceremony, Wang An, as the prime minister, and the ministers of those cabinet members, are almost busy to death.

However, none of the above has anything to do with Li Su, because he is only responsible for formulating big plans, and the specific operations must naturally be completed by the courtiers, otherwise wouldn't he be the emperor in vain? What's more, Li Su also delegated most of the administrative powers, and taking advantage of the opportunity of this administrative upgrade was also a test for the cabinet he had chosen, and only by passing this test could Li Su have reason to believe that they would be under his own leadership. Lead Daqi to a higher glory.

Half a month after Li Su ascended the throne, Li Zhen and Li Yun also ascended the throne as emperors in Zhongjing in Tianzhu. However, their political system is more peculiar, and there are two emperors in the country. is in charge of government affairs and military affairs, and their country name is also more troublesome, whether it is Li Yun's "Jiang" or Li Zhen's "Yue", it is not suitable, so in the end, they simply use "Tianzhu" as their country name.

Moreover, because of the particularity of Tianzhu's integration of politics and religion, Tianzhu's political system is completely different from that of the Tang Dynasty and Daqi, but it also absorbs some characteristics of the political systems of the two countries. In addition, the industrial and commercial development of Tianzhu is far inferior to that of Datang and Daqi, so Li Yun put forward the development idea of attaching equal importance to agriculture and industry, which also leads to the political system of Tianzhu becoming more distinctive.

However, when Li Su, Li Yun and Li Zhen established the country one after another and became emperors. Li Ke finally crossed the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean, then from south to north, crossing the Aegean Sea, and finally reached the Black Sea strait a month later, where Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Rome, was located.

Constantinople was originally an ancient Greek city called Byzantium, but later Greece was conquered by the Romans, and it naturally became a Roman territory, and later Constantine the Great built a large city here and named it New Rome. Still, people like to call it Constantinople.

However, among the people of the Eastern Romans, it was simply called a city, probably in the minds of the Eastern Romans, except that Constantinople could be called a city. The rest of the place is all rural, which is a bit like a certain city in China in later generations. Haha, just kidding.

Constantinople is located at the northeastern end of the Black Sea Straits. The Black Sea Straits connect the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea and are geographically important. The Black Sea Strait is divided into three parts. At the southwest end is the Dardanelles, with the world's smallest sea in the middle. It is called the Sea of Marmara, and the northeastern end is also a strait, and Constantinople is also located on this strait.

The Greeks called this strait the Bosphorus, translated into Chinese as Oxford, Greek myths and legends, the old lewd Zeus and the princess of the world cheated on him, but was discovered by his wife, so he turned the princess into a cow, and finally the princess swam across the strait and escaped, so there is this name.

When Li Ke and his fleet passed through the Dardanelles Strait at the southwestern end, they found that many fortresses had been built on both sides of the strait, which was only two or three miles wide, and soldiers could be seen shuttling through the fortresses from time to time, and in the strait, there was also a navy of the Eastern Roman Empire patrolling.

Before entering the Dardanelles, Li Ke's fleet had already converged with the envoy fleet of the rear Wang Fangyi, and this time Li Ke no longer intended to hide his identity, and when he met the Eastern Roman officials who managed the strait, he directly revealed his identity, which made the other party very shocked, while sending someone to inform Constantinople, while receiving him very courteously, and now in front of their fleet, there are two Roman warships leading the way, and there is a Roman fleet in the rear to protect it, for fear that this noble prince of the Tang Dynasty will have an accident.

"What a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack!" Li Ke stood on the bow of the warship, looking at the military layout on both sides while marching, although he did not study in the military academy, but when he was a prince, he also learned the art of war with several veterans, and naturally he could see the strategic importance of the Dardanelles Strait at a glance.

"Fang Yi, if you are asked to attack Constantinople, will you have any way to conquer this sea route?" Cen Changqian didn't know much about the art of war, but after hearing Li Ke's words, he turned his head to Wang Fangyi next to him and asked.

Wang Fangyi has been looking at the terrain here since just now, and as a military general, he is naturally thinking about the way to attack this place in his mind, so after hearing Cen Changqian's words, he immediately spoke: "This strait is connected to the Black Sea, not only the terrain is dangerous, but also there is naval support from Constantinople behind it, it is impossible to capture this place from the sea, so the only way is to attack from the land south of the strait and directly occupy all the land on the south shore of the strait. At that time, it was possible to attack Constantinople from any point in the strait, and there would be no military value here, and it did not matter whether to attack or not. ”

"Haha, Fang Yi is really a military wizard, and he can see the weakness here in such a short time, but the army of the big cannibals has not yet completely occupied the Asia Minor Peninsula, and it is a considerable distance from the Black Sea Strait, plus the Eastern Roman Empire has deployed a large number of troops in Asia Minor, so if the big food wants to attack here from land, it must defeat all the armies of Asia Minor." Li Ke also opened his mouth and smiled.

On Li Ke's way, he has already paid great attention to collecting information about the Eastern Roman Empire, especially the war between the other party and the Great Cannibals, as well as the relationship with the northern and eastern barbarians, which is the focus of his collection, so Li Ke also has some understanding of the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire.

"That's right, the Asia Minor Peninsula has become the last barrier between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Great Eclipse, so the Eastern Romans will definitely defend it at all costs, so if the Great Eclipse wants to destroy the Eastern Romans as quickly as possible, then the best way is to capture this strait from the sea, and then capture Constantinople in one fell swoop, when we came, didn't we hear that the Great Eclipse had already built a navy in Egypt, and it is estimated that the Great Eclipse is also preparing to fight the Romans to the death at sea!" Wang Fangyi said with a smile on his face.

Although under the strong pressure of the Three Kingdoms of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Food had to sign the Four-Power Alliance, but everyone knew very clearly that the Great Food as a new empire, and was born with the desire to expand outward, although it is now temporarily bowing to the Three Kingdoms of the Tang Dynasty, but it will definitely show its fangs again one day in the future, and after the road to the east is overshadowed, they can only turn their eyes to the Eastern Roman Empire in the north, after all, no matter how strong the Tang Dynasty is, it is too far away from here, even if it is supported, it will not have much strength.

The Dardanelles Strait is about 100 miles long, and at the speed of Li Ke's fleet, it took nearly half a day to enter the Sea of Marmara, a small sea in the middle of the Black Sea Strait, which was later called the smallest sea in the world.

However, although the sea is small, the scenery is very beautiful, and the Black Sea Strait connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, so fish often pass through this strait, so the fishing industry here is very prosperous. There are also two small islands in the sea, rich in marble, granite and slate, from which most of the stone used to build Constantinople was collected.

Li Ke and they are not the first batch of Han people to arrive here, in fact, as early as the beginning of the opening of the Suez Canal in Dashi, there have been sporadic Han merchant ships arrived in Eastern Rome, so the people here are no strangers to the Han merchant ships, but the arrival of Li Ke and their fleet has caused a sensation, and even many fishermen who are fishing are stunned to stand on the boat, looking at Li Ke and their fleet from afar.

Their eyes were all focused on the four warships in Li Ke's fleet, all of which were the main warships in Li Ke's navy, and the hull was divided into four layers, and on both sides of the ship's side on each floor, there were more than a dozen gun doors, revealing the black gun ports inside. However, these cannons are not the reason for surprise, after all, the Eastern Romans did not know the power of artillery at all, and the main reason why they were shocked was that the size of the battleship was too large.

Originally, the Eastern Romans had always been very proud of their navy, but later the arrival of the Han merchant ships made them find that the original Han ships were built a few points larger than their warships, but now the warships that appeared in front of them were about twice as large as ordinary Han merchant ships, which made the Eastern Roman warships leading the way in front of them look less than half of Li Ke's warships, and it can be said that it is the first time they have seen such a large ship.

In fact, it was not only these fishermen, when Li Ke and them entered the Darnells Strait before, the navy of Eastern Rome was also very shocked by the four warships, if it were not for the fear of disturbing the noble prince of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that there would have been Roman officers who couldn't help but board the ship to visit.

But even so, in the stern of the two Roman warships leading the way, several Roman officers were gathering to discuss the four warships, probably discussing how they could defeat each other if they encountered the enemy piloting such a warship.

After another two days of sailing, Li Ke's fleet finally crossed the Sea of Marmara, and then the Bosphorus Strait, and Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, was already in sight. (To be continued......)