By August, the territory of the Ming Dynasty extended to Wujian Desert in the east, Tianhuang River in the north, Eshui in the west, and Fanshan Mountain in the south.

If you look at the map of the Western Region, you can see that the Ming Dynasty has occupied half of the Western Region, including all the seven states in the Western Region east of Eshui.

The large territory around Jiangshui was all taken over by the Ming Dynasty. As a descendant of the Jiang family, Jiang Yao not only completely recovered the Jiangshui area, but also carried it forward.

The martial arts forces in the Western Regions only have half of the territory west of Eshui, and they have lost all their elites and are in constant panic.

On the other hand, the Ming Army captured a large number of elite coalition forces and selected them to replenish the Ming Army, resulting in an unprecedented expansion of the Ming Army's military strength.

In Xunzhou City, Jiang Yao was holding a meeting to listen to reports from his subordinates.

Zhongshu ordered Qin Yu to say: "... After careful selection, the soldiers who will be included in our army will be more than 320,000 Wuzun soldiers, more than 36,000 Wuzong soldiers, 2,400 Wuzhen soldiers, and one Wushen general.

One hundred and eighty-two…”

"Today, our army plus the ghost army and the beast army has a total of 700,000 troops. They are all elite soldiers and strong generals, and they are eyeing the Western Region..."

"...780,000 top-grade horses, 450,000 pieces of intact armor, and 670,000 sets of marching caves were seized..."

All the generals were very excited when they heard this.

The selection of the Ming army always strives for excellence, and once selected, the treatment is better than that of the military lord coalition. This 700,000-strong army is not comparable to the 700,000 military lords.

After successive great victories, the Ming army's strength has greatly increased, and it has become a strong army, and its military power is growing day by day.

Even the most powerful countries in the world dare not underestimate him.

Qin Yu continued: "...the resources of the Wu family in the four states were seized, and the spirit jade amounted to 234.7 billion...the total value was more than 700 billion. All of them have been registered and handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs..."

When Jiang Yao heard that the various resources were worth more than 700 billion, and all of them had been collected into the national treasury, she felt much more at ease.

There are enough resources to reform the law and strengthen the army.

In recent years, especially after Qin Yu captured Zuozhou and Fuzhou, the Ming Dynasty's finances had greatly improved and began to have a surplus.

In other words, there is no need for large-scale subsidies for ginger medicine. Not only did the Ming Dynasty have a strong military, but its people were also getting richer and richer.

The average cultivation level of the monks in the Ming Dynasty was much higher than that of the martial arts clan. There were no monks who could not afford to live in a cave or eat spiritual rice.

As the reform policy took root in the hearts of the people, the Ming Dynasty completely consolidated the political structure of poor families from the central government to local counties.

Although the Ming Dynasty was still a small country, it had become the only centralized country in the world with a system of laws and orders.

In layman's terms: small but strong!

After Qin Yu finished talking about military affairs and seizures, he suddenly said:

"My lord, now that I have the seven states of the Ming Dynasty, I have occupied half of the Western Region, and I have also taken back the entire Jiangshui. I think that in order to inspire people, my lord should proclaim himself emperor."

Zhi Cheng, who also followed the army, also said: "Zhongshu Ling is right. My lord has such great achievements. The people of the Western Regions depend on me for their survival. My lord is so popular among the people, why can't he be the emperor?"

Feng Ke, the Minister of War, immediately agreed: "If my lord does not proclaim himself emperor, where will the prestige of the Ming Dynasty be? How can the people feel at ease? How can the soldiers feel at ease?"

The accompanying ministers came out one after another, requesting Jiang Yao to return to Leshui Tiancheng immediately, follow the example of the kings of other countries, and ascend the throne as emperor.

Even Duanmu Hongdao and other divine martial sages suggested that Jiang Yao should be crowned emperor.

Although they are members of the divine religion, several saints in recent years have suddenly declared that the Holy Son is the leader of the religion, and all major matters of the divine religion are entrusted to the Holy Son.

Of course they can only be loyal to the Son.

Jiang Yao had long expected that the ministers would persuade him to move in. But he had ruled the world twice in his previous life, and now he only occupied seven counties, so he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor?

To him, it was just child's play.

He dared to proclaim himself emperor after taking half of the Western Region. Jiang Yao wondered if he was so thick-skinned.

"No." Jiang Yao shook his head, "Nowadays, among the countries that claim the title of emperor, even Yang Sui only has more than a dozen counties in his hands. Do you know that Liang, Zhou and Qi have dozens of states and a territory of more than tens of millions of miles?"

"We, the Ming Dynasty, have only newly conquered seven states, and are not half as big as the Sui Kingdom. How can I dare to claim the title of emperor? Even if I conquer the Western Regions, it is not suitable for me to claim the title of emperor."

"The day the divine continent is not unified, the day when I will not be able to claim the title of emperor."

Jiang Yao waved his hand and said, "The discussion of proclaiming the emperor ends here, and the ministers are not allowed to mention it again."

Qin Yu smiled slightly, of course he knew what Jiang Yao was thinking, and he didn't expect Jiang Yao to agree. His purpose was not to make Jiang Yao the emperor.

"My lord is upright and upright, neither arrogant nor impetuous. He really sets an example for all the princes in the world, which is enough to bring shame to those who claim to be emperor. However, I, the Ming Dynasty, will soon be able to conquer the Western Region and become a powerful country in Yunei."

"If my lord does not give me a title, it will really hinder the morale of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I believe that even if my lord does not want to take the throne, he should at least be called the king. Our Ming Dynasty cannot be too different from other countries in the country."

To become king, this is Qin Yu's true intention.

"That's right." Feng Ke, the Minister of War, said, "Even if my lord doesn't proclaim himself emperor for the time being, he still has to proclaim himself king! Otherwise, we won't be able to demonstrate the prestige of our Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, please call me king!"

"Be king!"

"If my lord doesn't want to be king, how can the soldiers not be heartbroken?"

"My lord, now all the countries have the title of Duke, how can my lord be ranked with them? The position of Duke of Ming Dynasty is no longer appropriate!"

"My lord, if you don't claim to be king, you will only make people in the world laugh at you! Those who don't know, may think that my lord has a way out and wants to surrender to Zhou!"

The ministers all tried to persuade him to come in, as if Jiang Yao would give up the throne if he didn't become the king.

Zhongshu ordered Qin Yu to strike while the iron was hot, "In the past few years, there have been prophecies in the Western Regions, saying: King Ming will come out of the world, and the saint will send ginger water. The Lord should be obedient to nature and obey people, and live up to the expectations of the poor people in the world."

Jiang Yao saw that the officials were resolute, so of course he listened to Ya's words and did not go against the public opinion.

"Okay, since you all think that I should be crowned king in order to boost the country's prestige and calm the hearts of the people." Jiang Yao showed a wry smile, "Then if I continue to insist on refusing, I will be selfish."

"Forget it, I just followed the wishes of the ministers and gave him the title of King Ming!"

Qin Yu solemnly raised his hands, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Qin Yu, pay homage to your Majesty!"

"Greetings to your Majesty!" All the ministers looked happy.

They knew that becoming king was not just a matter of changing the title, but that the Ming Dynasty officially became a kingdom, and their worth would naturally rise.

"Excuse me, sir." The freshly baked Ming Wang Jiang Yao said with a smile.

In the blink of an eye, there was a bright king in the world.

"Your Majesty." Qin Yu naturally changed his words and continued, "Since our Ming Dynasty has become a kingdom, it should have its own reign title."

"Before, my Ming Dynasty used the year of the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, all countries have era names. If my Ming Dynasty does not have one, it will not be conducive to uniting people's hearts."

"I would like to ask your Majesty to decide the reign name!"

Jiang Yao smiled slightly. If he thought he was Yang Xuanming or Li Sui, he would definitely use the reign names of the previous two lives. But since he didn't think he was the first two lives, of course he would take a brand new reign name.

Moreover, since he founded a country on behalf of a poor family and created the first law-based country in more than 200,000 years, of course he must have his own reign name and compete with the seven military powers in the world.

Although he knew what he was thinking, Jiang Yao still wanted to hear everyone's opinions.

"This year's title is of great importance. Do you have a good title?"

Duanmu Hongdao was domineering and said first: "Your Majesty, there are eight countries in the world now, not counting the barbarians. Since I, the Ming Dynasty, are determined to unify the Liuhe and conquer all the countries, we can call it: Conquer the countries!"

What? Take over the country?

Hearing this, Jiang Yao couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Isn't this the reign title of Jin Taizu Aguda? He is domineering enough, but...

"That's inappropriate." Qin Yu immediately objected, "Conquering the country may sound encouraging, but it can easily make other countries look at you, making it seem too arrogant and ambitious. Even our allies Chu and Sui will not be happy.

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All the ministers nodded and agreed with Qin Yu's opinion. Taking over a country is indeed too domineering and high-profile. If you want to take over other countries, how can others not be wary?

"I think that the great king's Taoism has spread throughout the world and his martial virtues are vast, so it is better to call him Dao Wu!"

Daowu!

The ministers' eyes lit up when they heard this. This reign name is indeed very good and in line with the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. It also sounds upright and upright.

Jiang Yao secretly sighed.

Is Daowu good?

To be honest, it's very good.

But the problem was that it reminded him of Tuoba Gui, Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. How did Emperor Daowu die? He was assassinated by his subordinates.

Tuoba Gui will not die well.

How can Jiang Yao use Daowu as the reign name?

Diaphragm response.

Jiang Yao no longer consulted the ministers for their opinions, and said directly: "Now that the world is in chaos, and the era of great strife has begun, our Ming Dynasty needs to spread military power across the world, and we must have great martial virtues."

"In the opinion of the few, my name for the next year will be Hongwu. Change this year to: the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty!"

Hongwu?

Everyone felt that it was very good, no worse than Daowu, and even more impressive.

"Hongwu is very beautiful." Qin Yu and others expressed their opinions.

Jiang Yao said: "The new spiritual jade produced this year can be printed with the four characters of Hongwu's real coin, so that the monks can know the meaning of Hongwu and condense the destiny of the Ming Dynasty."
To be continued...