Just what he knew, Nangong Hong and Luo Jie were secretly involved in the hype of this matter. The voices in the army that wanted Tang Mo to become His Majesty the Emperor were so loud that no one could suppress them.
Many generals even discussed this matter in public, and everyone had a tacit agreement to only call Tang Mo your Majesty, never mentioning the word "King".
Today's army no longer allows soldiers to shout "Long live His Majesty the King" when charging. Everyone has a unified voice and only shouts "Long live His Majesty" or "Long live the Tang Dynasty"...
With the encouragement of almost everyone, the senior officials of the Tang Dynasty gradually began to think about the better life after becoming the XX official of the Kingdom and becoming the XX official of the Empire.
Sometimes just a change of title can make people excited immediately. For example, one day a woman suddenly called her husband in bed...
In fact, at a macro level, the Tang Kingdom was already the kingdom with the largest land area, the strongest economic strength, and the largest population in the world.
Measured in terms of overall strength, the Tang State already had the size of an empire, but it had never pursued the goal that many monarchs wanted to pursue throughout their lives.
To be fair, after the Tang State occupied the State of Zheng, devoured the State of Qi, captured the northern part of the State of Chu, and poached a large piece of the territory of the Great China Empire, the entire land area was already a behemoth comparable to the Great China Empire.
At the same time, with the support of Datang Group, the economy and industry of the entire empire have achieved amazing achievements, which to put it modestly are leading the world.
In such an environment, who doesn't want their country to become a newly rising empire, and who doesn't want the wise and brave King to become a true emperor?
Of course, after the king becomes the emperor, wouldn't it be even more satisfying if he, the prime minister, could become the imperial prime minister, and if he, the minister, could become the imperial minister?
"I don't care. If because I become the emperor, three thousand tons more food can be sent to the front line every month, I can immediately ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor." Tang Mo said helplessly as he looked at his men.
"But the problem is, no matter the title or the throne, it is actually a false name. It cannot bring us any substantial benefits, so I don't think it is a good thing to rush to become emperor." He said, While spreading his hands, he explained to his ministers.
"Your Majesty, everything will come when it comes. It is important to follow the trend." Nangong Hong cautiously admonished: "Your ascension to the throne will also support and encourage the work of the subsequent ministers."
"Indeed, if we don't show our tough attitude, then the enemy will not take us seriously." Prime Minister Roger also agreed.
In fact, it is not that they are really obsessed with officialdom and spend so much time just for a name. The main reason is that being emperor is indeed beneficial in some aspects.
For example, when the Tang Dynasty faced the Great China Empire, it was nominally smaller than the Great China Empire. This is etiquette, a "rule" that everyone adheres to in international interactions.
Although at certain times, the kingdom ignored etiquette because of its strength, and things that broke the rules did happen, but rules are rules and etiquette is etiquette.
The Kingdom of Laite is determined to become the Empire of Lains, but it actually values similar interests: internationally, the weight of the Empire's voice is incomparable to the weight of the Kingdom's voice.
Although the Tang Kingdom can rely on its strength to show a tough attitude comparable to that of the Empire, in all respects, the name of the Empire sounds much better than that of the Kingdom.
The most crucial question is...why not?
Just like Nangong Hong said, things will come naturally, and there is actually no benefit in insisting on not proclaiming himself emperor. No matter how low-key Tang Mo is, it can't change the fact that he is not liked by others.
This other person specifically refers to the old aristocrats, merchants and landowners... in short, they are the beneficiaries of the old world order.
These people didn't like him, hated him, and even wanted to kill him. Even if Tang Mo abdicates and becomes no longer king, it is unlikely that he will change these people's views on him.
So, why not proclaim yourself emperor?
"Okay, since you have brought the matter to this point, let's do what you want." Tang Mo followed suit.
Although everyone is anxious, fixed procedures still have to be followed. The first thing is to ask everyone to make three requests and three concessions, to show that Tang Mo, the emperor, is expected by everyone.
The emperor of this world is not like the emperor on earth, who needs to be given power by some god and needs to call himself the emperor. To put it bluntly, everyone's emperor's throne is created by playing, and they don't need anything from others.
But on the other hand, since the emperor here was created by fighting, he needs recognition from external countries: if you don't conquer all your neighbors, no one will recognize you even if you become emperor.
This is why the Laens Empire needs Tang Mo's support to proclaim itself emperor, so that the surrounding countries affected by the Datang Group can nod in recognition.
When it was the turn of the Tang Kingdom, things basically followed the procedure: Tang's destruction of Zheng was recognized by Zheng's overlord, the Dahua Empire, do you remember? At that time, Tang Mo paid some "price" for this.
Later, the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Qi Dynasty and defeated the Mirage Kingdom. In fact, it already had the capital to become an empire. It's just that Tang Mo gave up the opportunity to directly proclaim himself emperor in order to keep a low profile.
To this day, the Tang State has become the most powerful country on the east coast of the Western Continent. The elephant can no longer hide behind the mouse by keeping a low profile.
Therefore, preparations for the king's proclaimed emperor ceremony should begin. At least a preparatory department should be set up, and everyone should start studying the details...
At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must also begin to prepare how to send diplomats to make countries surrender and recognize the existence of the Tang Empire after the war is decided, or after the Tang Dynasty is victorious.
On the other hand, we must try our best to win over people's hearts, include the newly occupied areas into the territory, and try every means to make the people in these places support their new king to become the emperor.
In short, whether the matter is big or small, the work may be large or small, it all requires planning and preparation. There is no rush, and there is no rush. Because the signs of becoming emperor in a hurry are not very good. This is true for the world on earth, and it is true for this world as well.
"Your Majesty, I understand!" Roger smiled when he heard that Tang Mo agreed to this matter. His biggest wish can finally be put on the agenda.
Back then, he had a good relationship with Tang Mo's father, Tang Qi, and always regarded himself as half of Tang Mo's elder: His biggest wish after the founding of the Tang Kingdom was to one day personally push Tang Mo to the throne of God and achieve immortality!
Although all of this is the result of Tang Mo's own efforts, it is indeed his dream to be able to play his role and help the son of his old friend become an emperor that he never dared to think about before.
Nangong Hong was also relieved: he was really worried that Tang Mo would veto the proposal to become emperor again. You must know that his dream has always been to assist Zuo Mingjun to achieve an immortal and prosperous age. Now that he can push Mingjun further, his dream will definitely be one step closer.
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Next to the winding road, there are endless railway tracks as far as the eye can see. Trucks are traveling on the road. Next to these trucks is a train that is moving slowly.
The soldiers on the truck looked curiously at the train passing by them and at the flatbed carriage covered with canvas.
Everyone can guess from the outline that these canvas-covered weapons and equipment are tanks. Because it was taller than the assault guns they had seen, and it also had a long barrel that looked very powerful.
Judging from some details, these are some new tanks that they have never seen before, because the exposed parts are completely different from the No. 4 tanks they often see.
The new tank had staggered road wheels, wider and stronger tracks, and an interesting-looking sloping front armor plate.
This is the so-called No. 5 tank that was sent to the front line with the armored forces, and of course it is the mass-produced Panther tank.
The trucks that followed the train to the front line all had towed howitzers pulled behind them. These 105mm howitzers were packed with artillerymen and bumped along the smoke-filled roads.
This is not a comfortable thing, because there are so many troops advancing, and the dust raised is simply covering the sky.
Today, people can’t help but put a handkerchief around their mouth and nose.
But compared to the infantry who walk on the roadbed, the artillerymen who have a seat and don't have to walk on their own are already very lucky.
Those infantrymen who were not even worthy of walking not only had to endure the dust kicked up by the trucks, but they also had to endure the long journey that wreaked havoc on their legs.
The two divisions of the Tang Army met each other during the transportation. They looked at each other, forming such a spectacular scene.
In the sky, dozens of Stuka dive bombers that had just completed their bombing mission from the front were returning. They could clearly see the friendly troops marching on the ground.
Even without losing altitude, one can easily judge that there are more than 10,000 troops marching just by looking at the conspicuous smoke and dust on the ground.
Behind the No. 4 assault gun attached to the infantry were various armored vehicles, some of which were armored vehicles carrying infantry, some of which were self-propelled artillery, and some of which were towed Bofors anti-aircraft guns responsible for air defense.
The command vehicle, which is much larger than ordinary vehicles, is very easy to identify even in the air. This special vehicle is converted from an oversized truck.
It is larger than a truck, has a more complete cabin, specially designed steering mechanisms, can carry four radios, and has its own independent generator supporting facilities.
What's even more exaggerated is that it has an independent lounge specifically for the commander to rest: although it is not big, it does have a camp bed.
This kind of command vehicle became very popular after it was mass-produced, and has been popularized to division-level combat units. While driving, those thick radio antennas swayed back and forth with the bumps of the vehicle, which could be seen from a distance.
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