The Age of Military Officials, Preparing for War

After Long Ye left, Ye Chen stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the world map behind him, his eyes as deep as an abyss.

"Alas, I was still too impatient. But whenever I think of the changes the universe will undergo hundreds of years from now, I want to lead the empire in defending against enemies beyond the stars. I also want to lead the Yanhuang Civilization to the pinnacle of the universe. I want too much, and the pressure is immense."

Thinking of this, Ye Chen could not help smiling bitterly, cursing himself for being greedy.

When he thought of the original plot, where the Huaxia Civilization was like a transparent nobody before the De Nuo Civilization, the Nether River Civilization, the Liesun Civilization, and the other civilizations, without even a voice in matters, Ye Chen felt deeply uncomfortable.

Of course, it was not that he had any feelings for the Huaxia of this world. After all, he was not from this world, so what feelings could he possibly have for the Huaxia here?

But he was now on Blue Star, and he had even become an emperor. In the future, Huaxia would also come under the Yanhuang Empire, so this matter would be related to him.

That was because he now regarded Blue Star as his own territory. In the future, he would be the one facing all of this.

With his temperament, how could he tolerate a group of aliens fighting on his turf while he did not even have a voice in the matter?

He would absolutely not allow such a situation to occur.

Time passed bit by bit.

An hour later.

Yuan Lan came in to report that the civil and military officials had all arrived.

Hearing this, Ye Chen changed into his court attire and strode toward the Star Palace.

Star Palace.

"Greetings, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years."

"All of you may rise, my esteemed officials!"

Looking at the civil and military officials below, who were all drowsy, Ye Chen smiled and said, "I imagine all of you are quite curious as to why I suddenly summoned you here.

"Seeing how exhausted everyone is, and considering that some of the old officials cannot withstand this kind of exertion, I will get straight to the point."

Hearing this, the last few drowsy officials were startled awake. In an instant, all traces of sleepiness vanished, and they became wide awake.

Seeing this, Ye Chen could not help laughing inwardly.

If there was anything entertaining about attending court, aside from watching his officials sometimes argue fiercely over certain matters and even break into a full-blown brawl when they lost their tempers, it was probably occasionally frightening some of them.

"I imagine some of you already know that the Kunpeng Project, overseen by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, was completed not long ago. The aircraft developed through the Kunpeng Project will be put into use next.

"These aircraft will first be assigned to the military. Therefore, I intend to establish the Imperial Air Force to defend the Yanhuang airspace.

"Besides that, I also intend to establish a navy to defend the Yanhuang territorial waters.

"Thirty years from now, the empire's three great military forces—the Imperial Army, Navy, and Air Force—will point their swords at the entire world and begin the empire's path toward unification."

Ye Chen's words exploded like a thunderclap, making the heads of the civil and military officials buzz.

The fact that there were many countries beyond the empire was no secret. It had been taught in their primary school textbooks, so they were honestly quite familiar with the situation among the various countries around the world.

They had previously predicted that Ye Chen would eventually go to war with the other countries, but they had not expected it to happen so soon, or so suddenly.

However, after their shock, they became intensely excited.

Because once war began, it would be time to establish merit and accomplish great deeds.

For the past two hundred years, the Yanhuang Empire had been developing quietly and had never come into conflict with other countries.

If one had to name any conflicts, they had probably only been the clashes with the natives when the empire expanded its territory and opened up wasteland in the surrounding regions.

Therefore, the other countries probably did not even know that the Yanhuang Empire existed.

Looking at the intensely excited officials below, Ye Chen could not help nodding inwardly. It is good that they are excited. I am not afraid of you getting excited; I am only afraid that you will not be excited enough.

The empire had been too peaceful for too many years, causing the military officers below to feel terribly stifled. Their battle blades were almost rusted through.

If they had not still been able to fight the surrounding natives from time to time, they probably would have gone mad.

Now that they had heard a world war was about to begin, they were the most excited of all.

After that, Ye Chen did not beat around the bush. He directly assigned the tasks the empire would need to prepare for the coming war.

There was also a series of appointments.

Over the next thirty years, the empire would devote all its efforts to building up its foundations for war. Otherwise, once the war began, it would be a disaster if the logistics could not keep up.

By the time the court session ended, it was already daylight outside.

After the civil and military officials walked out of the Star Palace, every one of them was spirited, without the slightest trace of sleepiness.

They walked together in groups of two or three, discussing what had happened at court that day.

"Congratulations to General Xiao and General Qin. His Majesty has entrusted you with such important responsibilities this time. In the future—"

Looking at the officials gathering around them, Xiao Feng and Qin Yu exchanged glances, their eyes filled with amusement.

Among the officials who had gathered, several old fellows had once looked down on martial men like them. In the past, whenever they had tried to speak with these people, they had been ignored.

Now, however, every one of them was currying favor with them. It was truly amusing.

Although Ye Chen had never favored civil officials over military ones—in fact, he leaned toward the military side—the empire had been at peace for too long. Over time, the status of military officials had become somewhat awkward.

After all, there had been too few wars, leaving military officials with little chance to distinguish themselves. Even when they fought the surrounding natives, it was like beating chicks, with no sense of accomplishment at all.

Now that a world war was about to begin, anyone who was not a fool knew that the military officials would soar in status in the future.

For a long time to come, it would be the age of military officials.

Therefore, these old foxes were all preparing to build relationships with the military officials and ride the rising tide.

If they could arrange a marriage alliance, that would be even better. Their relationship would become much closer that way.

"General Xiao, this old man has a granddaughter who is sixteen this year. She has admired you since she was young. Why don't the two of you meet in a few days? Perhaps in the future, our two families could—"

Xiao Feng: "..."

Good grief. What an utterly shameless old bastard. We are the same generation, yet you want to become my grandfather.

Seeing this, the several officials nearby immediately brightened.

They began racking their brains to think of whether their own families had any suitable girls, eager to recommend them to these military officials.

For a time, the military officials who had once been as inconspicuous as transparent nobodies became highly sought-after.

Faced with the enthusiasm of these old foxes, they found it difficult to cope.

In the end, after being pestered beyond endurance, they could only turn and run.

Inside the Star Palace, Ye Chen heard the commotion outside and could not help shaking his head with a laugh.

"These old foxes. Every one of them truly has thick skin."

Afterward, Ye Chen turned and left the main hall.

He would be busy over the next several decades. After all, starting a world war was no simple matter.

In particular, Blue Star still had the remnants of the De Nuo Civilization, as well as the threat of the Heavenly Scum Su Ma Li. Although he had angels to act as a deterrent, he still needed trump cards of his own and could not rely entirely on external forces.

Therefore, he had to find a way to exchange for a powerful weapon from the system. That way, if anything unexpected happened, he would at least be prepared.