I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Originally, when news of gold and silver mines in Japan was received, some court officials wanted to nationalize them.

However, the dynasty rejected it.

Although gold and silver are precious metals, they are not indispensable to the government of the Celestial Empire.

Moreover, that place is outside the Celestial Empire and does not belong to the Celestial Empire, so the Celestial Empire has no reason to nationalize it.

As for whether it will impact the monetary system...
Ha, how could that be?

Although the currency of the Celestial Empire consisted of gold, silver, and copper coins, it seems that a large influx of gold and silver into the market would affect the value of gold and silver coins.

The truth is, it's not true at all.

The essence of gold, silver, and copper coins has never been the gold, silver, or copper themselves, but rather the national fortune they represent; at most, it's just a matter of the price of gold and silver declining.

However, it will not have much impact on gold, silver, and copper coins.

Since currency is fundamentally tied to the fate of the nation, after discussions, the Ministry of Revenue Bank was already preparing for the issuance of paper money. However, due to some minor matters that needed to be handled, the issuance was not announced at the moment.

Since those gold and silver would not affect the Celestial Empire's financial system, the dynasty simply used them as bait to stimulate the Celestial Empire's people's desire to explore the outside world.

In fact, the dynasty's plan succeeded.

Because countless people acquired large amounts of gold and silver, a restless atmosphere gradually filled the entire Celestial Empire, and a thought arose in his mind.

If they can, why can't I?
This situation has both advantages and disadvantages for the vast majority of countries.

When people have a pioneering spirit, they are naturally more likely to expand their territory.

However, the departure of too many people will also lead to a large outflow of personnel and talent.

If most of the people in a country are scattered abroad, can it still be considered a unified country?
Population has always been an important part of a country.

How did the Americas come about? Large numbers of people from countries like Britain and France migrated to the Americas, and over time, they became isolated from their home countries, eventually leading to their independence.

However, the situation is different in China. Firstly, the people of China have a deep-rooted attachment to their homeland.

Even if they leave the mainland, they will always long to return to their hometown.

Even if they were to die, they would prefer to die in their hometown, at home.

In addition, China today has extremely advanced transportation and communication. Even if someone is thousands of miles away, it is no big deal. Naturally, it is even more difficult to isolate oneself from China.

Moreover, even if the people of the Celestial Empire are abroad, they will still be affected by the national fortune.

When a large number of people from the Celestial Empire gather, it may even form a small domain of the Celestial Empire's national destiny, where the power of the dynasty, the Celestial Empire's gods, and the army can all be projected.

Therefore, Wang Chao was naturally not worried about a large number of Chinese citizens being stranded abroad and then establishing independent countries.

Given the population of the Celestial Empire, the dynasty would love for everyone to leave.

At that time, their population will surpass that of other countries in the world, and they will invisibly take over the entire world.

However, since the Celestial Empire has only been established for a little over twenty years, many of the people's ideas have not yet changed.

Even with Japan's natural advantages, the appearance of gold and silver mines did attract most people.

However, those who actually take action remain limited.

This situation was only completely changed and reversed after a certain event occurred, which shattered the ingrained ideas of the people of the Celestial Empire.

In the 4354th year of the Yellow Emperor's calendar, the 21st year of the Heavenly Dynasty, the dynasty issued an edict appointing the Crown Prince as the military supervisor of the Northern Xuanwu Army, leading three hundred guards to accompany the army on an expedition to attack the Northern Qing Kingdom.

As for the reason, the Qing Dynasty had conquered countless territories of the Ming Dynasty and massacred countless Ming people.

The Celestial Empire, having inherited the Ming Dynasty, has the obligation to avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty and bring the criminals to justice. This obligation cannot be abandoned simply because the criminals have escaped.

The Qing court is now under the rule of Dorgon, and after more than a decade of development, it has become extremely powerful.

They advanced as far north as the Arctic ice plains, and the Rakshasa Kingdom in the north was nearly destroyed by them, almost losing all its territory.

Today, only the original territory around Moscow, dating back to before 1533, remains.

Li Zicheng and his forces, who had originally occupied Eastern Siberia, retreated again and again in the face of the fierce attacks of the Qing army. In the end, they had no choice but to lead their army out to sea again, heading east and eventually entering the Americas.

The Americas were still colonies of countries like Britain, France, and the Netherlands, and there was no unified government.

Although they did begin to establish some fixed settlements, thus gaining a foothold.

However, faced with Li Zicheng's massive army, which was practically carrying the entire nation, their scattered settlements were utterly vulnerable and several were quickly defeated by Li Zicheng.

Thus, Li Zicheng quickly gained a foothold.

There is another important reason for this.

That is, the colonizers of countries such as Britain and France did not treat the local natives as human beings. What they brought to the locals was only enslavement, exploitation, disease, killing, death and so on.

Li Zicheng, on the other hand, did not discriminate against the local indigenous people.

The Chinese nation is an inclusive nation. Although the local indigenous people are different from Li Zicheng and his people, they are not drastically different.

Since Li Zicheng wanted to establish a country here, he naturally couldn't rely solely on the people he brought with him.

Thus, when Li Zicheng and his followers began to absorb a large number of local indigenous people and provided them with advanced farming techniques and excellent living conditions, they quickly gained recognition.

Naturally, Li Zicheng and his men gained a firm foothold and began to develop rapidly.

Furthermore, at that time, North America did not have a unified government.

Therefore, Li Zicheng and his followers expanded at a speed that was in no way inferior to that of the Qing Dynasty led by Dorgon, and was even faster.

The mighty national destiny spread rapidly from north to south, and the dragon energy expanded again and again, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall divine dragon overlooking all directions.

By this time, the colonists from Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other countries were no match for them.

Helpless, the colonists from Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries began to unite and form an allied army to fight against Li Zicheng's army.

However, although it is better than before, it is still a series of defeats overall.

Because Li Zicheng would often personally lead his troops into battle, his domineering dragon aura suppressing all directions.

Even if the allied forces of Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other countries formed a military formation, they could not make much of a splash in the face of the suppression of the dragon's aura of national destiny, and could only retreat again and again in frustration.

Faced with the relentless advance of Li Zicheng's army, the allied forces of Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other countries finally could not resist and convened a joint conference in the eighteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tianqi to discuss the reasons for their successive defeats.

Everyone agreed that the reason why the allied forces suffered repeated defeats and heavy losses was mainly because the emperor of the Great Shun Kingdom lacked martial virtue. Even though it was a battle between two armies, he insisted on using his imperial aura to intimidate the enemy.

If they also had the blessing of national fortune and dragon energy, they would surely be able to withstand the attack of the Great Shun Kingdom.

Ultimately, based on the interests and compromises of all parties, the coalition forces led by George decided to temporarily establish an independent nation in the distant Americas to counter the Great Shun Kingdom and maintain their interests in the Americas.

Yes, that's what they and their own country say.

As for blocking the attack of the Great Shun Kingdom, and even defeating the Great Shun Kingdom...
Heh, having tasted the sweetness of power, who would be willing to lose it again? Otherwise, Li Zicheng wouldn't have fled from China to Korea, then from Korea to Eastern Siberia, and finally from Eastern Siberia to the Americas, where he re-established the Great Shun Kingdom.

Isn't all this just because they're unwilling to give up the rights they hold?

Similarly, George and his group are no exception.

Finally, in the nineteenth year of the Tianchao reign, facing Li Zicheng's powerful offensive, Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other countries compromised on their own soil.

Otherwise, their interests in the Americas would be completely lost.

In June of the nineteenth year of the Celestial Empire, they established the United States in Georgetown, with George becoming its first king.

With the establishment of the nation, the national fortune belonging to the United States of America expanded instantly, covering a vast area, which was not much smaller than that of the Great Shun Kingdom.

Of course, this refers to the land they invaded and occupied.

The nation's fortunes, however, are much weaker, with a vast expanse of gloomy and resentful public discontent soaring to the heavens.

After all, they never treated the natives as human beings, and the number of invaders from countries like Britain and France was naturally not that many.

In this way, how strong can the fate of this newly formed United States be?
However, it was, after all, an independent country, and under the influence of its national destiny, it could still slow down the advance of Li Zicheng's army.

At the same time, as the nation's destiny converged, a noble and domineering divine beast of national destiny emerged in the sky above Georgetown—a white-headed divine eagle soaring through the heavens.

His sharp gaze was fixed directly on the golden dragon of national destiny in the northwest direction.

Because it was established specifically to deal with the Great Shun Kingdom.

Therefore, the newly formed national destiny totem naturally rushes straight towards the golden dragon of the Great Shun Kingdom's national destiny, ready to launch a fierce attack at any time.

After the founding of the nation, George led the United States in several major battles against Li Zicheng's Shun Dynasty.

Sure enough, with the blessing of the national fortune totem, they were no longer suffering one-sided defeats, and even occasionally won a couple of matches.

Although they still lost more than they won, with the support of Western countries such as Britain, France, and the Netherlands, they managed to maintain the situation.

When the Celestial Empire launched its northern expedition against the Qing Dynasty, both sides still occupied half of North America and remained locked in a stalemate.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Dorgon's expression changed drastically upon receiving news of the Celestial Empire's military intervention, and he slammed his fist on the table in anger.

"boom!"

"crash"

In an instant, the extremely sturdy table in front of him, which was reinforced with some runes, shattered with a bang after emitting only a faint light.

As the Celestial Empire grew stronger, various rune-inscribed artifacts became widely used, and the surrounding countries naturally could not remain indifferent.

While filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, they were all trying to steal the rune formations of the Celestial Empire.

Because China has a large-scale popular education system, even primary schools have rune cultivation courses.

Some simple magical runes naturally and inevitably spread out.

Therefore, in recent years, neighboring countries have also developed some simple applications of runes.

Simple defensive attacks and other similar tasks can now be accomplished using runes.

In particular, they extensively used magical runes that enhanced the strength and durability of materials, such as those that made things tough and solid.

For example, the table in front of Dorgon, and some other items, etc.

Most importantly, it should be used in weapons.

Having suffered overwhelming gunfire from the Celestial Empire, neighboring countries have devoted tremendous effort to the research of firearms.

With the existing template of the Celestial Empire, coupled with the blessing of supernatural runes, their firearms and cannons were also greatly improved by several eras.

Especially the Qing Dynasty, when it retreated, it also took a large number of craftsmen with it.

They successfully developed advanced firearms and artillery one by one, and even machine tools powered by steam engines were successfully developed.

As a result, various advanced guns and cannons began to be rapidly deployed to the army.

If it weren't for the fact that the Russian Kingdom had also made some research achievements, it would have been destroyed by Dorgon's army long ago.

It can be said that, due to the super butterfly effect of dynasties, wars in this world are shifting towards a modern warfare model, but whether this shift can be completed is another matter.

"This is outrageous! This Celestial Empire is truly going too far!"

Dorgon paced back and forth, his face alternating between pale and flushed.

He hadn't expected that even though they had already gone far beyond the territory of the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Emperor would still refuse to give up.

Do we really have to drive them to their deaths?

However, regardless of what Dorgon and his men thought, the attack by the Celestial Empire's army was already a foregone conclusion.

Looking at the group of civil and military officials below, all of whom were filled with fear and remained silent with their heads bowed, Dorgon became furious.

What a bunch of useless fools! The Heavenly Dynasty army hasn't even attacked yet, and they're already so terrified.

When the Celestial Empire's army actually attacks, will they be completely defeated, or even surrender on their knees?

"My lords, what do you think we should do next?"

Taking a deep breath to suppress the fear he didn't want to admit, Dorgon asked in a low voice.

The assembled civil and military officials looked at each other, none of them willing to speak first.

"Mr. Fan, please speak!"

Seeing that no one spoke up, Dorgon began to call out names directly.

"This"

Fan Wencheng's face stiffened. He looked at Dorgon with difficulty, then at his other colleagues.

However, everyone either kept their eyes straight ahead or looked down at their toes, and no one cast a single glance at him; some even showed a mocking expression.

Meeting Dorgon's burning gaze, Fan Wencheng's lips twitched, but he finally managed to speak with difficulty:
"This servant believes that after these years of development, although our firearms and artillery are not as good as those of the Celestial Empire, they should not be much different."

Now that the Celestial Empire is launching a full-scale attack, we may not be without the ability to fight back.”

Before Fan Wencheng could finish speaking, Dorgon had already clapped and cheered.

"Good! Mr. Fan is right. After all these years of development, is our Great Qing Dynasty any less than that of the previous dynasty?"

Even if there is some gap, with my fearless and brave Eight Banners soldiers, we may still have a fighting chance.

"As long as we can withstand one attack from the Celestial Empire, we will be able to negotiate peace with them." (End of Chapter)