The Age of Giant Ships and Cannons Chapter 351

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

  Convinced orally, and dissatisfied orally 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 leaders.

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

  The reason why he was almost there was because he was too young.

   It's only been a few years, and they have such strength, which has kept these old antiques alive for hundreds of years, 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 point.

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

   Li Qing was going to destroy the Bruwan Union again, and 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.

  By that time, he brings up the matter again, and the objection to exclusion disappears.

  By that time, even if there are still those who are unwilling, he no longer needs to be scruples, and directly suppresses 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 Xinghai, 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:

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

  Li Qing glanced back at him, then glanced at the other Star Sea Lords who did not leave, they all looked at him solemnly, he knew it well, nodded and said:

"available."

  Xiao Bieli nodded:

   "Follow me, please."

  He opened a private meeting room in the Lingxiao Palace, and all the Star Sea Lords walked in.

  When the army leaders saw this scene, they all discussed in low voices.

   Fengyun Army Lord stood beside Lingji Army Lord and whispered:

   "It seems that the lords can't bear it anymore, and they have to have a frank and honest talk. I don't know how the talk 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, Feng Yun 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 the 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 on 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, but they were still speechless.

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

   "Actually, we had expected this matter a long time ago. When we suddenly discovered that His Highness Li Qing's strength had reached such a level, this matter 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 government 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 decided which centralized regime 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:

   "Actually, 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, and it was obvious that their faces had eased a lot.

  Li Qing understood their thoughts very well, he was 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 unified power systems must withdraw military power, and any centralized power system will not allow vassals with independent military power.

  But the main reason they oppose the imperial system is actually the inheritance method 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. They will definitely not be happy.

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

  A verbal agreement was reached, and the Star Sea Lords bid farewell one by one.

   This is just a verbal agreement. When he is ready to implement the grand unification plan and officially take over the power from the Star Sea Lords and Military Lords, he will still need to make a formal oath.

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

   It seems to be very talkative, but this 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.

  Personal strength One person can beat everyone.

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

  The 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 a reverse of civilization. He doesn't consider the imperial system mainly because he thinks it's unnecessary.

  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 doesn't think he can 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 very simple. With his current strength and the current state of his wives, it is very difficult for them to give birth to 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 who is pregnant with one of the wives, the other stomachs have not responded at all.

  He knew very well in his heart that according to the current life essence 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, it is meaningless to engage in an imperial system.

  He never thought that sitting in that position for eternity would make him tired.

  It is very cool to be the emperor for ten years.

  Being the emperor for thirty years will become a habit.

  Being emperor for more than 100 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, you would gradually lose interest in power.

   There are ready-made examples.

  Emperor Qianlong, who has been in power for the longest time, is not tired of it later, he voluntarily passed the throne to his son and became 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.

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

  It is also impossible to be left to die. In the future, the rulers of civilization must be immortal, and theoretically they can 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, etc.

  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.

  Besides, Li Qing, as the ruler of the Negative Stars, can supervise the power, and anyone who wants to make trouble can't 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 to reorganize the mixed fleet alone, 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 Bruwan would escape jointly.

  They can't escape.

  Human civilization now spans the Emperor Seat Star Field and the Zutar Star Field. 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.

   Wait for humans to prepare to sweep all the way north, no matter where they escape, they will be caught.

   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. The combined battle of annihilation.

  Building a sentry array has no major problems other than causing some shock among conventional civilizations.

  The 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 the higher civilizations.

  Of course, this may be on the surface, and perhaps the civilizations within each civilization mark human civilization as dangerous.

  In this battle, human civilization did not come out in full force, but reserved about one-third of the fleet 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 began 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.

  Have already completed the initial centralization of power, with so many subordinates working for him, how can he do everything by himself.

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

  But now Bruvan's joint ultimate killer is gone, and its strength is not comparable to that of humans, and there are 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 can also be regarded as an exchange of interests.

   Time flies, the sun and the moon fly by.

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

  Using the sentinel array to accurately capture the remaining main force of the Bruvan United, defeated 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, gradually forming an established fact.

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

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

   It looks like a temporary military government, but the smart and far-sighted know that this is only temporary, and when the time is right, it will be a formal government.

  Everyone who knows the inside story is 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 the annexation of Bruwan United. Today's Bruwan United may not be their opponent.

  In addition, they have already begun to transfer the elite of civilization, 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.

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