Chapter 73: The Nine-Year War and Hidden Dangers

  Gao Yang had not yet left a bad rebellious personality in history, but was given death by Li Shimin. This cannot be said to be the tragedy of being born into a royal family! Li Shimin's heart is painful, even if Li Yuanba can see the future, but this may be an excuse! If he could foresee the future, how would his two wives' deaths be explained? Is it because they were destined to die later? But why was it Gao Yang...

  Li Yuanba saw his own children, and unconsciously thought of a sentence: Children cry when they are born, knowing that they have come to this world to suffer! Do they have a previous life? Who is the reincarnation of whom?...

  In his heart, Li Yuanba thought of himself. What was he doing when he came to this world? In his previous life, as an ugly and short otaku, he didn't do anything that harmed others or broke the law, so why did he experience so many joys and sorrows, life and death struggles!

  Li Yilin and Li Xing ran over together wanting to follow their father to play later, best is to go to the ocean.

  "Si Yuena, isn't this causing trouble for me!" Li Yuanba glared at the little person in the distance who was observing his reaction, and for a moment he couldn't help but laugh and cry. In the end, he had no choice but to let Hong Diao and the others coax the children away, only then could he finally have some peace.

  "When are you going to war, my lord? You haven't spent quality time with us for years, and the children have become a bit estranged from you!" Du Qing came up behind Li Yuanba with a hint of resentment, her hands gently massaging his shoulders.

  Li Yuanba patted Su's hand on his shoulder lightly and replied softly, "Let's put it off for a few years. The territory of Russia is vast, they have their own things to attend to. I'm feeling quite tired now, let me spend some quality time with you all."

  "Hmm! But after a few years, you'll still have to go out, I really hope time can stop at this moment! However, that child, didn't you overdo it? Just because she talked back to you a few times, why did you have to kill her?" Wang Ting also came to Li Yuanba's side and asked in puzzlement.

  "You don't know what's going on here, but maybe I was too extreme with Gao Yang. But now I won't leave any troubles for our children. What can be done by leaving her behind? This world will never lack people like that. Maybe I'm wrong... Wrong or not! Who let her be Princess Gao Yang!" Li Yuanba's tone rose and fell, the last sentence revealing his tyrannical nature, which is what he knows of the later generations of Gao Yang. If some disasters he can think of appear, he will still kill them!

  Several women who came to his side one after another also stopped talking and just quietly stayed by Li Yuanba's side, as if they wanted to stay like this forever!

  That night, several people who stayed together for a night did nothing but sit like this until dawn.

  The children got up one after another, breaking the tranquility of this piece of land. Li Yuanba led his whole family out of the house, he wanted to take a stroll around his territory with his family!

  Li Shimin was heartbroken for several days over Gao Yang's death, but afterwards he gradually forgot that there had been a Princess Gao Yang. Such is the way of emperors!

  In the year 645, Rouran was completely conquered by the Tang Dynasty! Such a large territory even made Li Shimin feel that the managed territory was too big, so he decided to divide all his brothers to manage a piece of territory! However, these territories only had one common treasury, requiring faster and better transportation tools to transport goods, so many ingenious ideas began to gather on land tools again! When the first four-wheeled automatic car appeared, physical knowledge began to be valued! The repair of roads also started in earnest, making the most primitive official roads almost traverse vast regions!

  The emphasis on artisans forced the Tang Dynasty to open classrooms for training technical personnel! The gradual categorization made the proportion of ancient texts smaller and smaller. Li Shimin was worried that such development would be detrimental to the court's rule, and asked for opinions from all parties. Finally, Li Yuanba learned about this matter and agreed.

  A large influx of labor poured into the Tang Dynasty, causing it to gradually begin developing towards capitalism at this time. With Li Yuanba's existence, this transformation process was very natural, after all, people had already become accustomed to the convenience brought by this development! However, Li Yuanba would not abandon his roots and pursue superficial things, he also insisted on incorporating martial arts training into the curriculum, personally collecting martial arts from all over the world and prescribing a course of study for Tang scholars in order from simple to difficult. But Li Yuanba and others were not afraid that martial arts would be leaked out, without the inheritance of Huaxia civilization's bloodline, one could not learn the martial arts inside! Just like children in Russia have been taught martial arts knowledge since childhood, but it is impossible for them to even feel the true energy, this is indeed a miracle!

  Nine years of time, the culture of Datang is in a period of explosion! However, the progress of martial arts is even more astonishing. Those armies that conquered the south and north all became mythical high-level masters. The legends that followed were countless. This was because Li Yuanba concentrated all the martial arts together, allowing them to learn from each other, making their martial arts theories proven, and their martial arts naturally advanced by leaps and bounds!

  The development of technology is not very useful for these masters, it can only serve as a novelty! Once they reach the Innate level, they can fly short distances at extremely high speeds; when they reach the Legendary level, they can continuously fly in the air for three hours, and even traveling thousands of kilometers instantly wouldn't be an exaggeration! Moreover, at that time, all roads were bumpy dirt roads or there weren't even any roads, so those cars didn't have the convenience one would imagine. However, such things are simple in a world with high martial arts, just carry the car and walk to the official road where it can be driven...

  Such unimaginable things appeared in the past, making people of the Great Tang wonder how big this world is! And so this matter became very provocative...

  What is now called Tianzhu was one of the ancient Chinese names for India. The earliest record of India in Chinese history is found in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) in the chapter on Dayuan, where it is referred to as Shentu (the sound of the Sanskrit word Sindhu). The Classic of Mountains and Seas records "In the west there is a country called Tianyu". The Hanshu records "From the southeast of Shentu, you can travel several thousand li and reach the market of the Shu merchants."

  People's curiosity, naturally want to explore the countries around the Tang Dynasty! The destruction of Russia, then the birthplace of Buddhism becomes their target! Like today's Tang Dynasty, naturally have pride in their great nation, this leads to disputes!

  This Tianzhu was made by the Buddhist monks of the Great Tang Dynasty into the Western Paradise, as mentioned earlier. After being introduced to China, Huaxia was called Hinayana Buddhism, which emphasized self-salvation; while the so-called Mahayana teachings in Tianzhu emphasized Buddha's salvation of all living beings.

  Due to the obstruction of the Himalayas, people were previously unwilling to cross mountains and ridges to explore. However, with the development of material life, people's exploration of the spiritual world has also been further demanded. Worshiping Buddha and seeking scriptures have become a hot topic, as martial arts also require spiritual skills, which can be very helpful in advancing to higher realms!

  So the Buddhists and the martial artists who urgently needed spiritual methods all hoped to get better Dharma in Tianzhu, and they went to Tianzhu in groups to find better Buddhist Kung Fu! All of this was caused by unsatisfied greed. What could Tianzhu have that's better? After entering Tianzhu, they found that it wasn't even as good as the Buddhist Dharma collected by Li Yuanba in the Tang Dynasty. Disappointed, they clashed with the Buddhists here! Moreover, compared to the environment of the Tang Dynasty, this place was even worse, a poor and remote village!

  But basically no one with high skills goes to Tianzhu, legendary and above are all browsing those concentrated techniques, and there are hardly a few who are willing to go to Tianzhu to find the so-called Mahayana techniques!

  However, this Tianzhu also has a set of exercises and training methods similar to Huaxia's muscle-locking bone technique. The body is almost as flexible as a snake, causing heavy casualties among the Tang people who went to Tianzhu! Moreover, those so-called Arhats in Buddhism here are even more impressive, their exercises have effects that the Tang people have never heard of before!

  A small number of clever people ran back when the dispute occurred, and only a dozen or so of the thousands who went to Tianzhu returned! This caused a great stir throughout the Tang Dynasty, with discussions in various places, and attention focused on the imperial court's reaction!

  This news reached the imperial court, and the hall was immediately divided into several factions. The hardliners who advocated for war and conquest, those who advocated for handing it over to Buddhism to handle peacefully, and even some absurd ones: Some advocated for sending troops to intimidate Tianzhu to show off our great dynasty's prestige, forcing them to apologize... Others advocated for sending envoys to negotiate with Tianzhu, hoping they would recognize the situation and voluntarily come to our court to surrender, letting bygones be bygones.

  These are all the foolish bookworms who have read themselves to death. The current Great Tang is vast in territory and unparalleled in power, and can be considered the true Celestial Empire of the world! Tianzhu compared to the present Great Tang can only be considered a tiny land!

  Finally, Li Shimin directly ordered that each of the aristocratic families mobilize half of their family's top experts, register and gather to wage a bloody war against Tianzhu, including those families who had already claimed to be in hiding. He was taking this opportunity to weaken those aristocratic families that were now almost becoming a scourge on the Tang Dynasty!

  This vast territory gave the aristocratic families, who were already able to control the situation, a great opportunity for development. Now, everywhere there are cases of aristocratic families running amok and disobeying imperial orders! Li Yuan had taken his family on a nine-year tour, during which he witnessed these events. He returned to Chang'an specifically to discuss them with Li Shimin.

  Such a decision made Li Shimin both surprised and relieved, such a major decision was just one sentence from Li Yuanba's mouth: "The Great Tang does not need aristocratic families, you find a way to deal with them, I hate the existence of such forces!"