Chapter 142: The Holy Great Yuan Empire and the Demonic Qing

Zhang Jiao, as well as group members like Yue Buqun, were all extremely curious.

Diligent Administrator: "Your Majesty the First Emperor, I have already compiled detailed information regarding the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, including their historical backgrounds, political systems, cultural characteristics, and military strength. Your Majesty may use this for reference."

Diligent Administrator: "Your Majesty may also personally descend into my world to conduct some archaeological research."

Ying Zheng immediately took these materials concerning the Yuan Dynasty and began to examine them.

Between the vast grasslands and the endless deserts, the Yuan Dynasty shone brightly like a brilliant star.

This nation, established by the nomadic Mongols, was not only the first empire in history to unify the world under a minority ethnic group, but it also shocked the entire world with its unique charm and formidable strength.

Across this vast and boundless land, the Yuan Dynasty implemented the province system, governing the local regions in an orderly manner.

Since ancient times, ancient Chinese society has been like a complex chessboard, the most eye-catching aspects of which are two eternal contradictions—the contradiction between imperial power and prime ministerial power, and the contradiction between the central government and local governments.

These two pairs of contradictions are like two intertwined rivers, rising and falling throughout the long river of history, constantly stirring up the waves of the era.

The contradiction between imperial power and prime ministerial power is an eternal theme of power distribution and checks and balances.

In the long feudal society, the emperor, as the supreme ruler of the country, possessed supreme power, while the Prime Minister was the emperor's important assistant, responsible for assisting the emperor in handling state affairs.

However, this distribution and check of power was not immutable; it changed constantly with the development of history.

When the Prime Minister's power was too great, it would threaten the stability of imperial power; yet when imperial power was too concentrated, it easily led to the weakening of the Prime Minister's power, leaving the emperor to act arbitrarily, which easily brought about decision-making errors and affected the long-term peace and stability of a country.

This contradiction was reflected in every dynasty and generation, becoming an important factor affecting national political stability.

The contradiction between the central government and local governments is another important pair of contradictions in national governance.

In ancient China, the central government needed to maintain national unity and stability, while local governments needed to manage local affairs under the leadership of the central government.

However, due to factors such as vast territories, numerous ethnic groups, and cultural differences, the contradiction between the central government and local governments always existed.

When local power was too great, it was easy for situations of regional separatism and self-proclaimed kings to emerge, such as the separatism of provincial governors in the late Eastern Han Dynasty or the regional military governor separatism in the mid-to-late Tang Dynasty;

Conversely, when central power was too concentrated, it easily led to local governments losing vitality and being unable to effectively respond to local problems, such as the Song Dynasty's excessive suppression of local regions, which led to weak local combat effectiveness and repeated defeats.

Yet, when governing the country, the Yuan Dynasty cleverly handled the contradiction between the central government and local governments.

The Yuan Dynasty implemented the province system, dividing the whole country into several provinces, with each province establishing a provincial official responsible for local affairs.

At the same time, the Yuan Dynasty established the Secretariat as the highest administrative organ of the central government to supervise and guide the provinces.

This system made the power of the provinces both great and not exclusive, allowing it to fully exert the enthusiasm of local governments while ensuring the central government's effective control over the localities.

This province system not only played an important role at the time but also had a profound influence on later generations, becoming a major innovation in national governance.

Various signs indicate that the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were definitely not barbarians, but possessed their own unique ruling wisdom.

As for ethnic policy, the Yuan Dynasty implemented the four-class system; although it triggered intense ethnic conflicts, it also united the interests of everyone within the ruling group.

The Yuan Dynasty ruled the majority with a minority; they had no choice but to do so.

However, these were not the most eye-catching aspects of the Yuan Dynasty.

The most striking thing was that cavalry of Mongols galloping between the grasslands and the plains.

They wore iron armor and held long sabers, as swift as lightning and as fierce as a storm.

They were invincible on the battlefield, leaving their footprints from the ancient Imperial Capital in the East to the frontier towns in the West.

They were hailed as the "Whip of God," sweeping across the entire world, with no one able to resist them.

Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, these leaders who were Heavenly Pride of their generation, made the Yuan Dynasty's prestige spread far and wide.

The Mongol generals led the Mongol iron cavalry, galloping all the way from the East to the West, traversing the world with no one able to block them.

His heroism and wisdom shocked the entire world.

In the eyes of Ying Zheng, the Great Yuan Empire was undoubtedly a powerful opponent.

He could not help but sigh that this empire established by the Mongols indeed had some merits.

If not for a special opportunity, he might never have understood the vastness and diversity of this world.

But the Yuan Dynasty had achieved it.

The strength of the Yuan Dynasty did not make Ying Zheng feel afraid; instead, it ignited the desire in his heart.

He longed to cross swords with such an opponent; Great Qin longed for such an opponent.

After finishing the materials on the Yuan Dynasty, Ying Zheng began to view the materials on the Qing Dynasty.

While viewing the materials on the Qing Dynasty, he replied in the Chat Group.

Great Qin Ancestral Dragon Ying Zheng: "In my world, two worlds are approaching; these two worlds are ruled by the Great Yuan Empire and the Great Qing Empire respectively."

Great Qin Ancestral Dragon Ying Zheng: "I am viewing these materials now in order to prepare for war."

Of course, the Great Yuan Empire and the Great Qing Empire of these two worlds were different from the Yuan and Qing dynasties in Su Xiaoxiao's history, but Su Xiaoxiao's materials had some parts that could be used for reference.

After hearing Ying Zheng's account, the other members in the group all appeared somewhat unsettled.

The First Emperor had actually encountered the existence of other worlds; this news was like a bombshell, causing a huge uproar in the group.

These group members were all the best of their respective worlds; they had long since unified the world in their own worlds, achieving unprecedented great feats.

Now, they faced a common predicament: in their respective territories, they had reached the peak of development, as if bound by invisible shackles, making it difficult to easily advance further.

Therefore, like Ying Zheng, they all longed for the arrival of other worlds.

They looked forward to being able to cross the boundaries of Time and Space, to communicate and collide with the strong from other worlds, so as to break their own bottlenecks and find new directions for development.

However, they had not yet discovered the existence of other worlds.

This made them feel both anxious and full of expectation.

They knew that as long as they found other worlds, it meant they would have the opportunity to welcome new challenges and start new journeys.

But until now, they had not discovered other worlds, yet Ying Zheng had discovered other worlds first.

Huashan Shanshen Yue Buqun: "Your Majesty the First Emperor, if there is anything you need help with, just say the word at any time."

Great Worthy Teacher Zhang Jiao: "That's right, Your Majesty the First Emperor, if there is anything you need help with, we can descend at any time."

Great Qin Ancestral Dragon Ying Zheng: "Easily done."

Group members helping each other can all earn points.

Of course, if Ying Zheng did not need help, they would not say anything either.

Ying Zheng, meanwhile, continued to examine the information on the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty was likewise a unified Dynasty established by an ethnic minority.

The Qing Dynasty was established by the Jurchen people, who originated between the White Mountains and Black Waters.

The Jurchen people were originally sycophants of the Ming Dynasty; Nurhaci constantly groveled to the Ming Dynasty and could be called a great loyal subject of the Ming.

Nurhaci was supported by the Ming Dynasty to control the situation in Liaodong.

At that time, Nurhaci, as an outstanding leader of the Jurchen people, maintained awe and loyalty toward the Ming Dynasty, and could even be called a faithful lapdog of the Ming.

However, as the situation in Liaodong gradually spiraled out of control, Nurhaci's ambitions also gradually revealed themselves.

He was no longer satisfied with merely being a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, but began to seek greater power and territory.

Under the leadership of Nurhaci, the Jurchen people rose rapidly, unified the various Jurchen tribes of Liaodong, and their strength grew day by day.

And the decline of the Ming Dynasty and the sharpening of its internal contradictions provided even more of an opportunity for the Jurchen people.

Generation after generation of ambitious rulers, such as Nurhaci and Huang Taiji, appeared one after another, leading the Jurchen people step by step toward prosperity.

In the end, Huang Taiji established the Qing Dynasty and renamed the Jurchen people the Manchu, opening the glorious era of the Qing Dynasty.

Taking advantage of the rebellion of Li Zicheng, the Manchu of the Qing Dynasty knocked open the Shanhai Pass, thereby occupying the world.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the rulers still displayed a degree of enlightenment and enterprise.

They implemented a series of reform measures, strengthened centralized power, and promoted social stability and economic development.

But as time passed, the narrow-minded thinking of the Manchu rulers of the Qing Dynasty was gradually exposed.

They began to worry that the rise of the Han Ethnicity would threaten their own ruling status, so they adopted various means to suppress the development of the Han Ethnicity.

Among these, the most cruel and vile were the literary inquisitions and the policy of closing the country to the outside world.

These policies not only seriously hindered the cultural exchange and development of the Chinese nation, but also caused China's level of science and technology to lag far behind Western countries.

It was not that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty did not see the changes in the World.

Qianlong and Louis XVI were pen pals, and when the Qing Dynasty educated its princes, it would also teach them some Western scientific knowledge.

All of this indicates that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were not entirely ignorant of the great changes in the World.

But for a long time, in the deep-rooted thinking of the Manchu rulers, guarding against the Han was more important than guarding against the barbarians.

The Qing Dynasty feared that the revolutionary ideas of the West would spread to the Chinese mainland and incite the resistance of the Han Ethnicity.

Therefore, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty insisted on sticking to their old ways.

When Western countries were undergoing the Industrial Revolution and the scientific revolution, the Qing Dynasty was still arguing endlessly over some trivial internal contradictions.

This ignorant and unenlightened way of ruling ultimately led to the decline and destruction of the Qing Dynasty.

In the final period of the Qing Dynasty, the rulers fell even further into extreme corruption and depravity.

Cixi and others, in order to maintain their ruling status, did not hesitate to betray the interests and dignity of the country.

"Exhaust the material resources of China to satisfy the hearts of the foreign powers."

It can be said that the Qing Dynasty directly created the most miserable period of history for the Chinese nation.

The ignorant and unenlightened rulers missed too many opportunities, causing the entire Chinese nation to step into a calamity of the longest-lasting Darkness.

Looking at this period of history, Ying Zheng felt extreme hatred for the Dynasty that was the Qing Dynasty.

This Qing Dynasty was timid and weak toward the outside, but struck with heavy fists toward the inside; it was shameful to the extreme.

Compared to the Yuan Dynasty, this Qing Dynasty was even more hateful.

Ying Zheng collected these materials, and on the other side, the Qin Dynasty had already taken action in various aspects.

As the Dayuan World and the Daqing World gradually drew closer, the Black Ice Terrace, relying on its unique intelligence-gathering methods, had already found a way to infiltrate these two mysterious worlds.

At the same time, the Imperial Observatory also captured more intelligence regarding these two worlds by relying on its unfathomable observation capabilities.

One must know that the current Great Qin Empire was a fantasy version of the Great Qin Empire.

The Director of the Imperial Observatory hurried to the main hall and respectfully reported to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, through our observations and deductions, the Great Yuan Empire in the Dayuan World is currently under the leadership of Genghis Khan; the Mongol cavalry is invincible, brave and skilled in battle, and possesses the mysterious and unfathomable Shengyu Zhili. The strength of its national power is breathtaking. As for the Great Qing Empire of the Daqing World, the intelligence we obtained shows that the current ruler is the Qianlong Emperor, but this country seems to be shrouded in a layer of evil aura, which is quite strange."

Although the information mentioned by the Director of the Imperial Observatory was only a superficial description, for Ying Zheng, it was enough for him to have a deeper understanding of these two empires.

He nodded slightly, and in his heart, he had a clearer judgment of the situation in these two worlds.

Currently, the ruler of the Great Yuan Empire was Genghis Khan, while the Great Qing Empire was ruled by the "Perfect Old Man," the Qianlong Emperor.

Regarding this news, Ying Zheng was not surprised.

Under normal circumstances, the one who established the Yuan Dynasty should have been Genghis Khan's grandson, Kublai Khan; Genghis Khan should have died long ago.

But this Dayuan World, the Great Yuan Empire, was not the simple Yuan Dynasty from history.

In this Dayuan World, Genghis Khan did not pass away early as he did in history, but continued to lead his empire to conquer all directions.

Under the leadership of Genghis Khan, the Great Yuan Empire of this world had long ago unified the entire world, becoming a true world empire.

And according to intelligence, this Great Yuan Empire was also not a simple mortal kingdom, but controlled incredible great power.

It is no wonder that the Dayuan World, under the manipulation of the Great Yuan Empire, was actually able to move toward the Great Qin World.

As for the Qing Dynasty, the ruler of the Qing Dynasty was the Qianlong Emperor, and this Qianlong Emperor himself claimed to be the "Perfect Emperor," boasting of his achievements.

The Qing Dynasty reached the peak of the Kang-Qian Golden Age, but it was also the turning point where the Qing Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline.

However, in this Daqing World, the country ruled by the Qianlong Emperor was shrouded in an evil aura.

The Director of the Imperial Observatory continued to report to Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, these are some images we obtained from the Great Yuan Empire and the Daqing Great Qin Empire."

The Director of the Imperial Observatory showed Ying Zheng some image fragments of the Great Yuan Empire and the Great Qing Empire.

Very quickly, Ying Zheng made a basic judgment based on these images.

The Holy Great Yuan Empire, and the Demon Qing.

These two empires were indeed not ordinary mortal empires.

(End of this chapter)