Chapter 195 - The Great Era
At this moment, a high platform had been erected at the entrance of the Imperial Palace!
Zhao Chen, Li Gang, Wang Shu, Li Ruoshui and the rest were all at the top of the stage! There were no seats here, they were all standing there!
The sun was shining red, Zhao Chen was feeling excited! This was a large-scale operation that was planned by the Advocacy Division, with 1.5 million youths from all over the country coming to pay their respects to him! This was an important step towards his own national militarization!
Li Gang stood at the side with a complicated feeling in his heart! With regards to the mission that the Advocacy Division was planning, he was not very much in favor of it! He also felt that the country's military strength was somewhat small. Right now, they needed to increase their military strength. However, they should not create a situation of national resistance! All of them wanted to join the so-called "Daring Army". All of them wanted to fight with the Nvzhen and make themselves proud of it, since this was completely different from the state that the Great Song Dynasty had been using ever since they were founded! As an orthodox scholar, Li Gang would never agree to do such a thing!
Li Ruoshui and Li Gang who were at the side had the same thoughts, he did not agree with this idea either!
However, the current Great Song Dynasty's Court was completely different from the old Great Song Dynasty's Court. As the Prime Minister, his authority in the past was extremely great. But now that the Military Intelligence Division had been established, Zhao Chen had truly realized his independent decision. Even if it was the Prime Minister, he still wouldn't be able to contend against Zhao Chen! With regards to the military command, Li Gang could only carry it out, he had no choice!
Li Gang's current mood was completely different from Zhao Chen's. He was very worried in his heart, wondering what kind of direction the country would move in after this youth gathering!
And at this moment, the 1.5 million youths were all extremely excited!
At this time, the first group of youths from Southern Zheng had already arrived at the stage, and all of the youths' hearts were beating faster! As they walked forward, their gazes unconsciously fell upon the stage!
In the center of the high platform stood a young man. This young man had a resolute expression, and his eyes were like lightning. He wore a dragon robe, a crown, and a great sword at his waist. After seeing the youth on the platform, the youths below felt like they had been struck by lightning. Their footsteps almost stopped! At this moment, a shout came from the front, causing the young men to rush forward!
There was someone holding a red flag in front of them! Ever since Zhao Chen brought the red flag to the Imperial Guards, the red flag had started spreading to the people! The red flag represented blood and sacrifice. It had already become a symbol of the youth gathering!
At this moment, the red flag swayed, and thousands of young men shouted in unison, "Long live Your Majesty! "We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"
Because time was of the essence, according to Wang Shu's plan, these youths did not have to kneel and kowtow, they only had to shout out these words while walking!
Zhao Chen laughed, and waved to the youths!
These youths were extremely excited! They wanted to kneel down, but they were afraid of delaying the millions of youths from visiting Zhao Chen. They wanted to kneel down, but they were afraid of delaying the millions of youths visiting Zhao Chen.
However, very quickly, a voice came from the young man's side: "Your Majesty lives forever! "Long live!"
Just as the group of youths left, a thousand-man squad from behind came forward! This young man from the thousand man team was also abnormally excited! They also wanted to kneel down and kowtow, even a few people in front had already knelt down. However, they were soon ordered to stand up and walk forward, and the 'never ending' sounds they let out were still constantly being heard!
Next, the third thousand man team passed by the high platform!
One after another, the thousand man team passed by, all the youths looked at Zhao Chen with abnormal craziness! Zhao Chen continued to wave his hands!
If he wanted to see 1.5 million youths in one day, this was the only way! Even so, he might not be able to see all the young men before nightfall!
It was already noon. Although it was already mid-autumn and the weather was cool, everyone was still sweating under the blazing sun!
Zhao Chen did not mind, he had already entered the Upper Sky Realm and was invulnerable to cold and summer! As for Wang Shu, he was at the prime of his life, and had been in the army for many years. Back then, even if he had followed the Curved End, he had trained in martial arts before, and his physique was not bad either. More importantly, this grand event was personally organized by him. He was extremely excited, so naturally, he could not feel tired! On the other hand, Li Gang was a little old, and was sweating profusely, his face pale white!
"Teacher, you should go rest!" Zhao Chen said.
"No need!" Li Gang shook his head.
He wanted to keep watching. He wanted to see what these million youths could do! He wanted to know the future of the country! He was extremely worried!
"Men, get some water for the lords!" Bring out the chairs! " Zhao Chen said.
Immediately, the soldiers of the Managed went to fetch water and chairs. After everyone finished drinking water, they felt much more comfortable! Zhao Chen knew that if he did not sit down, the ministers would not have sat down, and he sat down immediately, then Li Gang, Wang Shu and the rest sat down!
The young army continued to enter the city and pay respects to Zhao Chen!
When they passed by the entrance of the imperial palace, they were already arranged to rest in other parts of the Hanzhong City, to continue waiting here!
A trace of sunset had already appeared on the horizon, but there were still youths outside the Hanzhong City who had yet to enter! There was still about two hundred thousand more!
The sky had gradually darkened, and countless torches were lit at the entrance of the palace. Zhao Chen, Li Gang, Wang Shu and the rest were still seated on top!
There were still youths constantly entering this place!
Gradually, the entire Hanzhong City was filled with millions of youths! The Hanzhong City could not even hold so many youths, many of whom had already arrived at the city walls to look in the direction of the palace!
"We pay our respects to Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty! "
"Your Majesty lives forever! "Long live!"
Such voices were everywhere!
Finally, the last group of youths arrived at the gates of the imperial palace. This was their destination, and almost all of the youths knelt down to worship Zhao Chen! Afterwards, they arrived at the plaza at the entrance of the imperial palace and stood there!
"Let's go!" Let's go down and see these youths! " Zhao Chen looked at Li Gang, Wang Shu and the others, and laughed.
Li Gang, Wang Shu and the rest all nodded their heads, Zhao Chen had already walked down with big steps, and everyone followed him anxiously!
"His Majesty has come down!"
"His Majesty is in our midst!"
"Oh my god!" It's true! His Majesty had really come! Long live His Majesty! "Long live!"
The youths below erupted with excitement! It was not only them, the young people around the palace all boiled over when they saw Zhao Chen coming down!
"Long live! Long live! "Long live!" Such voices were everywhere! There were more than twenty thousand-man squads on the plaza and its surroundings. That was more than twenty thousand people. At this moment, the sounds of 'Viva' from more than twenty thousand people had joined together into a single voice!
Gradually, this "Long live" voice spread to other places, and in the end, all one million and five hundred thousand people in Hanzhong City shouted "Long live" together! All the youths were crazily shouting "Long live" with all of their strength!
At that moment, even Zhao Chen felt that his ears were buzzing, only hearing the sound of "Long live"! He wanted to speak, but no words would come out! When he was in such a state, the Li Gang, Wang Shu and the others behind him could be easily imagined!
Li Gang's face had already become incomparably pale. This was the first time he realized that this million strong youth actually possessed such a terrifying strength! Especially when there was only one person in the hearts of this million youths, and they only believed in one person. The voice they used with all their strength and passion was truly terrifying to the extreme!
Zhao Chen originally wanted to talk to these youths, but now he couldn't speak out! He could only come to the center of the group of youths and wave to them. Countless youths knelt down on the ground, and he began pulling them up one by one!
He walked forward from the entrance of the Imperial Palace with countless Royal soldiers guarding beside him. It was just that at this moment, the surroundings were filled with pious youths, so it was impossible for any of them to endanger Zhao Chen's life!
They kept walking forward, but before they reached a place, the sounds of "Long live" became even more intense! There were even voices crying out "Long live"!
Wang Shu's Advocacy Division had carried out an individual worship propaganda, and the effect was finally being shown! Other than Sichuan, the citizens of every region of the country practically worshipped Zhao Chen crazily! Especially these young people, they were the most radical of them all, and their worship of Zhao Chen was especially intense!
After a full hour, this crazy, long live voice gradually weakened!
Zhao Chen had already arrived at the southern part of the Hanzhong City, where countless youths were gathered.
"Your Majesty, we have finally met you! You are the reddest and reddest sun in our hearts! You are the greatest saint, great man, and divine man of our time! We've finally met you! At this very moment, even if my life ends at this very moment, I am willing! " A young man knelt in front of Zhao Chen and said with tears streaming down his face.
Zhao Chen helped the young man up, then took out his handkerchief and wiped the young man's tears! For a time, the youth's tears fell like rain; it was difficult to suppress them! Not only him, but the countless youths around him began to cry like the rain!
"Your Majesty, we have petitioned you to set up the death army. I wonder if you would agree to this request?" A young man choked with emotions as he asked.
"Of course I agree!" Zhao Chen said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Countless more people kneeled!
"Everyone get up! I want to talk to you! " Zhao Chen said.
The youths all stood up, wiping their tears away with their sleeves, and looked at Zhao Chen devoutly.
In their hearts, this was their god! This was a god that the Advocacy Division had spent countless men, materials and resources to raise up in the hearts of countless citizens! At this moment, the gods had arrived among them, and they were waiting for the gods to speak.
"We are doing the most glorious and great work that our predecessors have ever done! Our goal must be achieved! Our goal will definitely be achieved! " Zhao Chen said.
"Yes!" Your Majesty is right! "
"His Majesty's every word is an unprecedented truth! Every single word of yours is correct! "
"One word from His Majesty is equivalent to ten thousand words from us!"
The young men below were all shouting!
Zhao Chen raised his hand, and the voices of the young men slowly stopped!
"Do you know what I mean by an extremely glorious and great undertaking?" Zhao Chen said.
The youths below were all stunned, they then shook their heads, and looked at Zhao Chen, waiting for his answer.
"This extremely glorious and great cause is not only to eliminate the Female Genius and the Emperor Kang, they are not even worth mentioning, they are not our match at all! The extremely glorious and great cause that I speak of is the cause of changing the heavens and changing the earth and altering one's self! This is a grand era, in this era, what we need to do is not only defeat the Female Genius and the Emperor Kang, more importantly, defeat ourselves, defeat everything! We will fight against the heavens and the earth, and the heavens and the earth will surrender to our power! Not only do we need to train an army that has never been strong before, we also need to nurture a strong people that has never been strong before! We will surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties and create an unprecedented glorious era! We are not only in the Central Plains, we are also ten thousand miles away. Ten thousand miles, a hundred thousand miles away, any human ten thousand miles, a hundred thousand miles away will find that they are only barbarians. They must look up to us! They will look up to us from the economic, military, and civilizational sides, and we will rule the world! " Zhao Chen said.
The youths below simply did not know what kind of world was ten thousand kilometers and a hundred thousand kilometers away, but after hearing Zhao Chen's words, every single one of them felt their blood boil! They were following Zhao Chen and doing an "extremely glorious and grand cause that no one else had ever done before" with him. At this moment, all of them had hot tears in their eyes. They wished that Zhao Chen could point them in a specific direction immediately, and they would do as Zhao Chen said!
On the other hand, Li Gang, Wang Shu and the others were thinking about what Zhao Chen meant by these "businesses" and "brilliant civilizations". Even though they were all the wise men of this era, how could they be comparable to Zhao Chen's gaze?! Zhao Chen came from the future, and his eyes had long since surpassed this era. The great cause and glorious civilization that he was talking about were all existences that surpassed this era! He did not know if he could do what he wanted, but relying on the million youths, relying on the 30 million citizens of the army, if he could unite them all and make them fight for this "great cause", it was not impossible to achieve!
"Voyage, capital, democracy. All of these things far surpassed the grand undertaking of defeating the female true master and Emperor Kang. To let these things appear in this era was truly magnificent! "I alone am not strong enough, but the country has 30 million citizens and soldiers. In the future, when the world is unified, billions of people and soldiers will unite as one. They will be able to accomplish anything great!" Zhao Chen's blood was boiling in his heart as well!
In front of such a grand undertaking, what Lin Lingsu and Wu Qing were nothing but clowns, not even worth mentioning! Such a great cause and goal was enough to crush everything. Even the so-called 'destiny' would be crushed by it!
"Your Majesty, every single one of our youths is loyal to you! Infinite loyalty to your thoughts! Infinite loyalty to your way forward! If you point there, we'll go where you want us to go! "Rest assured, we will definitely do our best to achieve the great cause that you have mentioned!" A young man said in excitement.
"Good!" "Very good!" Zhao Chen patted his shoulder, and nodded.
The youth's eyes were once again brimming with tears!
"Pass down the order, Your Majesty, we shall sing praises everywhere! Your Majesty's great work, we will study it every day! We will follow your latest instructions, Your Majesty! We must follow Your Majesty's great strategic plan! " Wang Shu immediately gave the order to the people of Advocacy Division!
"Pass down the order. Thirty million citizens and soldiers must have boundless love, faith, and loyalty to His Majesty! He had to make these four go down in the heart of the people! All the citizens and the military in the country must publicize these four infinitesimal things, and the walls in all places must also have these four infinitesimal things painted on them! " Wang Shu thought about it and said. The Advocacy Division promoted the type of individual worship with all of his strength, and Wang Shu was the creator and decision maker.
"Yes sir!" The Advocacy Division officials below quickly recorded it down!
Zhao Chen moved forward once again. He went from one group to another, and wherever he went, the youths would all crazily shout and kneel. Many of them would even kowtow and bleed, but there was a maniacal joy on their faces!
"Your Majesty lives forever! "Long live!"
Then, the voice of the Hanzhong City rang out once again!
Gradually, the sound of "Eternal Rest" became one! One million and five hundred thousand people were shouting at the top of their lungs. Some of them even fainted because they had expended too much energy!