The eldest prince Su Shu put on an exquisite dress with gold threads showing off a lifelike python.
This is an important occasion for the princes of the Great China Empire, such as worshiping their ancestors, accompanying their father, queen and mother to the ancestral temple to worship the ancestors and martyrs.
This all requires wearing a specially customized dress.
When officials of the empire went to court, they were not required to wear formal clothes; they were only required to wear ordinary clothes.
The dress is gorgeous and exquisite, looks solemn and beautiful. Its only drawback is that it is inconvenient to wear daily.
The uniforms worn by the emperors and officials of the Great China Empire were very solemnly designed, removing useless accessories and making them convenient for daily wear.
Su Shu had no choice. He had no position in the empire and had no ordinary clothes to wear. He could only wear formal clothes on solemn occasions.
He was in your service, struggling to wear evening clothes.
This kind of clothes cannot be worn by just one person.
A maid stood on the stool and tied Su Shu's hair into a bun.
Su Shu walked to the mirror and saw a noble prince appearing in the mirror.
He clenched his fists and encouraged himself in his mind.
"Don't be nervous, I can definitely do better."
Su Shu put on a new outfit and waited in the palace for a while.
The sound of the guards' shoes hitting the stone road reached Su Shu's ears.
Then a sharp voice came from outside.
"Your Majesty, under His Majesty's order, I will lead His Majesty to the Emperor's Palace to attend court."
The lady opened the door and Su Shu walked out of the room.
He nodded to the eunuch who was leading the way and said, "Eunuch Huang, please lead the way."
Eunuch Huang bowed and said: "Your Majesty, you are too small.
Please leave immediately, His Majesty. Your Majesty cannot be kept waiting. "
Su Shu nodded and boarded the car in front of the team.
The steam engine rotated at high speed, and the car spewed black and white smoke as it drove on the road to the palace.
Su Shu soon heard the sound of rubber tires rubbing against the ground.
He saw the Qilin Guards in front of him, guarding a mighty and domineering car. This was the car in which his father Su He was riding.
Emperor Su He saw the car driven by the eldest prince Su Shu following him, and he calmly ordered: "Let's go!"
He didn't teach Shu Su Shu what to do? He did not encourage Su Shu to behave better.
If Su Shu could not even pass the test of going to court, he would not be suitable to become a prince.
The motorcade soon arrived at the Huangji Palace. Emperor Su He walked in front, and Su Shu followed his father's footsteps into the Huangji Palace.
The imperial civil and military ministers came earlier, and they had already taken their positions according to the civil and military ranks.
Emperor Su He sat on the dragon chair in the highest position. He looked at the eldest prince Su Shu who came into the palace and was observing the civil and military officials, covering up his embarrassment and not knowing where he should go.
He was observing Su Shu's adaptability. If he showed panic when entering the palace, it was definitely unqualified.
Su Shu can calm down and find a position by himself. No matter where he finds it, he performs well.
Emperor Su He reacted quickly when he saw Su Shu. He glanced repeatedly at the ranks of civil servants and generals with his peripheral vision.
Su Shu knew that this was a test from his father, and it was also his most important decision.
Standing still is the last resort.
The central strategy is to choose civil servants or military generals. Once chosen, it will show an obvious tendency.
The chosen side will strongly support him in seizing the heir, while the neglected side will most likely join his brothers.
Su Shu made up his mind and chose what he thought was the best strategy.
He walked to his father's throne and stood respectfully.
The purpose of Su Shu's doing this was to show his ambition to his father and the civil and military officials.
If he doesn't even dare to express his ambition, how can anyone believe that he has the confidence to compete for the crown prince position.
Cabinet Prime Minister Qian Mingyi glanced at his student, and his behavior was unexpected.
Cabinet Minister Lin Wenjing is keeping a close eye on the eldest prince Su Shu. He will be more cautious about the performance of the eldest prince Su Shu.
Yu Wenhe, who was offering wine at the Imperial Academy, was extremely happy when he saw the performance of the eldest prince Su Shu.
The eldest prince Su Shu has grown a lot after his experience.
His choice was really surprising. He did not position himself as a special minister, but as the prince of Emperor Su He.
Emperor Su He did not say anything, he just signaled Eunuch Zhou Fangzhi with his eyes.
Eunuch Zhou Fangzhi immediately understood the idea, and he announced loudly: "The grand meeting has officially begun, and all the officials will pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor."
Everyone, including Su Shu, bowed ninety degrees to where Emperor Su He was.
They shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Emperor Su He said in a calm tone: "Everyone, I love you."
When he saw all the civil and military officials getting up, he turned his attention to the eldest prince Su Shu.
"My son Su Shu traveled around the world with the naval fleet and returned after two years.
His understanding of overseas and the West exceeds that of my father, and far surpasses yours.
We must not rest on our laurels and open our eyes to see what the world has to offer.
It is the unknown that makes people fearful, intimidated, and stay away from.
Understand the situation outside clearly, know who are friends and who are enemies, and what are their specific situations?
This way you won't be arrogant. "
The true situation of this world was previously understood by only a few high-level officials of the Great China Empire.
The people immigrated to the vassal country, but they didn’t even know where the vassal country was? How is the situation in this place?
Immigrate just for money and a better future.
Accurate world maps were very precious strategic materials in the past.
Once this map is leaked, Western countries will know the situation in certain places.
They can find new colonies by searching for wings according to the map.
Now the Imperial Navy is powerful, and the overseas vassal states are even stronger.
The country of Fujian could withstand the two-front attack of the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire on its own.
Due to a moment of carelessness, the local natives almost overturned the situation, but the true strength of the vassal country was also shown.
Emperor Su He was not afraid of the leakage of the world map at this time.
Instead, he wanted to let the people of the empire know how vast the world was.
Promote that there is gold and silver everywhere overseas, so that more people will become adventurers and explore overseas.
The empire ate the fat, and these people drank some soup, allowing the Han people to populate all parts of the world during this important period of opportunity.
When the eldest prince Su Shu heard this mission, he immediately bowed to his father and said: "My son, I accept the order."
Emperor Su He waved his hand and ordered: "Qilin Guards, carry the big globe into the palace."
Su Shu and the civil and military officials soon saw a soldier walking into the Huangji Palace carrying a wooden ball with a diameter of one meter.
The surface of this wooden ball is somewhat uneven, and it is painted colorfully with paint.
Emperor Su He looked at the globe in front of him. This was a globe made by collecting data from the military and private businessmen many times.
He used a globe to introduce overseas situations because the globe was more accurate.
The earth is a curved surface, it cannot be flattened on a straight surface and must be stretched.
The map formed in this way, the closer it is to the equator, the more distorted the area is, and the map area is much smaller than the actual area.
Near the North and South Pole, the area is also distorted, and the map area is much larger than the actual area.
The size of the area north of the Great Wall of the Great China Empire on the map is slightly larger than Africa.
But the real situation, the real area of Africa, is larger than the area north of the Great Wall of the Empire.
Use a globe for display, because a globe can display a curved surface and there will be no distortion.
Many civil and military officials are learning about the outside situation for the first time, and it is necessary to let them know the most accurate news.
If they truly understood it later, they would not think that the empire was lying to them.
The globe was quickly placed, and most of the generals were not very interested.
Many military generals have graduated from military academies or have received advanced training, and they have long seen the globe.
Now this globe is just more accurate.
There are some high mountains and large rivers above, which can also be visually displayed through a globe.
Many civil servants, they were very curious about the globe.
Except for the six ministers of the cabinet and other court officials, and among the civil servants, except for the Ministry of Rites and the Lifan Division, few people pay attention to other countries besides the empire?
The eldest prince Su Shu walked to the side of the globe and coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention.
He spoke slowly and calmly: "You are all pillars of the country and should have some understanding of the situation overseas.
Now I will briefly introduce to you the situation in overseas countries. "
The eldest prince, Su Shu, briefly introduced the local situation, customs and customs to the civil and military officials of the empire based on the route of the fleet's ocean voyage.
His mouth went dry as he spoke, and time passed slowly.
Su Shu finally finished what he should say when his lips felt dry and cracked.
After the Prime Minister Qian Mingyi heard this, he immediately applauded.
He then looked at Emperor Su He and praised: "The eldest prince's introduction just now was a bit dull, but this journey is extremely difficult.
The fleet circled the earth and returned to the port.
This situation is extremely difficult to think about.
The eldest prince will definitely become a talented person after this experience.
I congratulate Your Majesty on the harvest of a Kirin son. "
Cabinet Prime Minister Qian Mingyi was the first to express his congratulations. The officials at the court meeting, they are all good people, knew that they should express their stance at this time.
All civil and military officials spoke one after another to congratulate Emperor Su He on the birth of a talented prince, the eldest prince Su Shu.
When Su Shu heard the congratulations from the civil and military officials, he pursed his lips and was overjoyed.
Emperor Su He suppressed the civil and military officials who kept flattering him.
He raised his tone and said: "I see that all of you, dear friends, look a little confused, and many of you still don't understand the specific situation overseas.
The eldest prince took this opportunity to answer questions for all his beloved ministers. "
As soon as Emperor Su He finished speaking, Cabinet Minister Lin Wenjing stood up.
He cupped his hands towards the eldest prince Su Shu and asked: "Your Highness the eldest prince, in the introduction you just made, when you talked about the specialties of overseas countries, did you see this with your own eyes?
Is there no shortage of gold and silver overseas? "
When Su Shu heard an official questioning him, he answered carefully: "Everything I heard from hearsay, I will add a rumor.
I will only tell you what I have personally experienced.
In the two countries of Zhao and Liao, there are really mountains of gold.
These two countries are rich in gold, which has long been famous around the world.
In both countries, I met gold diggers from the empire.
Xiang and Wei are rich in silver. Because there are too many white people there, silver coins are used to calculate the value of goods, and supplies will soon experience a surge.
In order to solve the problem of high prices and low silver coins, these two vassal states had a lot of silver.
They used a lot of gold in their transactions, and silver coins were no longer the local currency of choice. "
As soon as the eldest prince Su Shu said these words, many officials took a breath.
They had heard rumors before that the overseas vassal countries were extremely wealthy, especially the local gold and silver, which was not lacking at all.
Now that everyone has learned this information from the mouths of the royal family, everyone is excited.
They also want to go overseas to hunt for gold. If they really find a gold mine, the family will benefit for hundreds of years.
Tian Yunfeng, the staff officer of the General Staff Department, stood up and asked: "His Royal Highness, you just did not elaborate on whether these countries are hostile to us when we encounter them."
When Su Shu answered this question, his face tightened and his tone became sharp.
“When any force sees the arrival of a huge and unfamiliar fleet, they will become nervous and frightened into taking up arms.
This is a normal stress reaction, to build more indigenous tribes that have not even formed the concept of a country, as well as some countries with small territories in Europe.
The vassal states only admired and envied the Empire. They did not dare and were unable to become hostile to the Empire.
The only countries that are truly hostile to the empire are those European countries, especially those close to the Atlantic Ocean, which have extremely strong fighting capabilities.
But the Imperial Navy has developed too fast, and these people are far from being opponents of the Empire.
As long as the Imperial Navy can continue to innovate and create stronger warships.
I believe that in the future, no navy will have the courage to face the Imperial Royal Navy. "
After the eldest prince Su Shu answered the two questions, his mentality had been adjusted.
He answered questions from civil and military officials with a smile.
Even if some of the questions are tricky, some of them are very childish.
The eldest prince Su Shu still kept smiling and answered the questions raised perfectly.
His lips were dry as he spoke, and his tongue was a little numb.
The eldest prince Su Shu saw that there were still many people who wanted to ask questions, so he could only grit his teeth and persist.
Emperor Su He and the eldest prince Su Shu performed very well in fortune telling.
If you want to be a qualified emperor, you must be able to withstand pressure.
It is necessary to be able to achieve the goal of Mount Tai collapsing in front but the color remains unchanged, and the elk rising to the left but not blinking.
Emperor Su He passed this test to observe the ability of the eldest prince Su Shu.
This kind of test will continue to appear in all aspects of things in the days to come.
It's not just the eldest prince Su Shu, it may appear in any prince.
In the end, Emperor Su He selected the next emperor of the empire.
Emperor Su He is now in good health, and he has enough time to select and train his successor.
“My dear friends, you already have some understanding of the situation overseas.
The empire must not rest on its laurels. It must open its eyes to see the world and understand the situation in various countries around the world.
"Yanhuang Daily" will use a large space to introduce the situation in overseas countries in detail. "
Emperor Su He said this to tell the officials in the court not to disturb the eldest prince Su Shu anymore.
Eunuch Zhou Fangzhi heard Emperor Su He's signal, and he said in a slightly shrill voice: "Ministers, do you have anything else to report?
If there is nothing to report, today's court meeting will end here. "
Many officials were ready to protest, but after learning about the situation overseas, they were a little shaken and did not want to protest for the time being.
Cabinet Minister Lin Wenjing hesitated for a moment. He looked at the eldest prince Su Shu who was standing respectfully beside the dragon chair.
Lin Wenjing gritted her teeth, walked sideways from the front line of civil servants, and stood in the center of the hall.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you, Lin Wenjing." (End of Chapter)
