Chapter 82: Conflict between System and Development
The weather has been so abnormal lately! It's hot and cold all of a sudden, I'm reminding everyone that if you have family members with high blood pressure at home, be careful at all times! Oh no, another stroke in my family, fortunately not too serious!
Li Yuanba thought of many things, but he really couldn't understand how to rob! How did those capitalists rob in history? They conquered those backward countries with guns and cannons. If the current situation is copied, it will be absolutely dead!
Going on an expedition is a different matter from fighting at home, this obviously has no mass base!
Li Yuanba thought for a while but still couldn't get the hang of it, so he decided to act alone and see how things go, after all, now there's only him left!
The Byzantine Empire was the longest-lasting monarchical regime in ancient and medieval Europe. Throughout its thousand-year existence it was generally referred to simply as "the Roman Empire". Li Yuanba stirred up trouble alone in the empire, finally arriving at the capital of the Byzantine Empire - Constantinople!
Seeing the building complex that was more majestic and solemn than the surrounding buildings, Li Yuanba knew that this was the capital of this country!
Li Yuanba's arrival caused a commotion among everyone here, and they were all shocked and at a loss! However, Li Yuanba didn't do anything, he just came to the emperor's capital, casually threw the emperor off the throne and sat down himself! After witnessing Li Yuanba's terror, they knew that this devil was not something their military strength could handle, and they didn't dare to make any rash moves, they just stared blankly at the silent figure sitting there thinking about something!
In July 656, Wang Ting and others brought seven million horses and finally set foot on the African continent again! The scientific and technological development of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be changing with each passing day. The ships that went out were equipped with modern equipment, but their volume and displacement were much larger than those warships that sailed across the ocean! This time, there are also ordinary people from the Tang Dynasty who have come to supplement their wealth...
Among them, Qin Qiong also came, and several battle generals who couldn't stand still, such as Cheng Yaojin, those bloodthirsty guys! There are 40,000 legendary masters in the army, which is the backbone of the Tang Dynasty. When Li Shimin knew that Li Yuanbiao was leading the team to fight, he knew that this would eventually lead to trouble! Once the opponent adopts a pincer movement tactic, an expeditionary force without high-end combat power may be annihilated, which is also the weakness of a commander who cannot preside over the war.
When I arrived at the place where we parted ways, it was filled with tombstones of soldiers who had been left behind! There were over 5,000 people, and most of them didn't have names, only blank tombstones as if waiting for someone to carve their names on them.
At the moment when Wang Ting and others were watching Qin Qiong, the deputy general, make decisions, several envoys from the Byzantine Empire arrived, bowing their heads and speaking in a humble tone, allowing Qin Qiong to guess that Li Yuanba was likely in their capital! Leaving behind a team of soldiers to engrave tombstones for the martyrs who would remain on this land forever, the seemingly unguarded Tang army followed the envoys to their capital. Although they didn't share a language, Qin Qiong still saw fear in their eyes, as if they had seen a demonic army, and he forced a smile to greet them, not daring to show any disrespect! This was Qin Qiong's years of battle experience and also his confidence in his own judgment! However, just in case, he still ordered them to be vigilant in secret...
The people of Tang Dynasty were already used to Li Yuanba's various unbelievable things!
When the Great Tang army arrived at the capital of Byzantium, the people here also had eyes that saw demons, shrinking in fear as if they were afraid of being eaten by them!
Arriving at the imperial palace of this strange empire, the hall is filled with corpses and the stench is overwhelming! These are all Byzantines who refused to surrender the grand hall to Li Yuanba's occupation, using assassination and ambush, but were all killed by Li Yuanba! Of course, there were also those who came to challenge him with their own strength, every single one of them entered upright but ended up lying horizontally in a pile of corpses.
Li Yuanba did not kill the Byzantine high-ranking officials, now he wants to achieve his looting purpose by conquering the high-ranking officials.
The stench-filled corpse was Li Yuanba's way of intimidating those who still held out hope. On this sweltering day, no one dared to come near! When he saw his wife and several Tang Dynasty visitors using their internal energy to expel the plague and stench from their bodies, Li Yuanba rose from his throne and waved his hand, unleashing a torrent of flame-like true energy that permeated the entire palace, incinerating the bacteria and corpses into ashes in an instant! A sudden gust of flame-filled wind swept away the suffocating stench, this was one of Li Yuanba's small tricks created through trial and error over the past year, under his terrifying spiritual power, this trick was executed with incredible precision and finesse.
After meeting with his wives, Li Yuan asked about the situation of his children and the current state of the Tang Dynasty. Upon learning that everything was fine and that he had also gained grandsons and great-grandchildren, he couldn't help but sigh in amazement! Time really is like a sharp knife, cutting through life swiftly, and several years seemed to have passed in an instant!
The Tang army did not fight the miserable empire again, but only emptied the national treasury when they left, under the name of war reparations.
At this time, few African countries were formed, but the Byzantine Empire was the most powerful country at that time, also known as the Roman Empire in later generations! However, this empire had already begun to decline, and the Western Gothic Kingdom had broken through the capital decades ago, looting and plundering.
It's interesting to talk about this tribe, which is a nation that was driven out of its original homeland by the Xiongnu people! However, the Xiongnu people were wiped out by the appearance of Li Yuanba, and now the remaining Xiongnu people have fled to the west to wreak havoc, it has to be said that this relationship is very complicated...
The strongest unit that the current Byzantine Empire relies on was killed by Li Yuanba, and the new Tianjun has not yet formed a combat force. If the Datang army, which is emptying their treasury, leaves, the day of destruction is at hand!
Strictly speaking, the Han Dynasty had contact with them. The terminal of the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty was the Roman Empire! At that time, some people also came to China, but this time passed too long, and the high-level Byzantine Empire also forgot about China!
Some people looked up the history books and found out that Li Yuanba was from a mysterious eastern country, so they kept looking for opportunities to pull strings! However, everyone who went was treated by Li Yuanba as having ulterior motives, and were killed without even getting a chance to speak!
This time, the national treasury was emptied, and they finally found an opportunity to find the descendants of Huaxia who had gone to the folk, using Chinese that was not as good as a three-year-old child's, asking for their help. This time, all the property was given away, and even wrote in their language to become a vassal state document of the Tang Dynasty. And asked the Tang army to write a similar content document with Chinese characters.
Li Yuanba was full of astonishment. This robbery had robbed out a vassal state, it was too dramatic!
The people below sorted out the relationship among them, and Li Yuanba also agreed. As a vassal state, they had only one condition: to help them resist the invasion of enemy states!
Li Yuanba wanted to go home and see his grandsons, but these warlike Cheng Yaojin were not willing to just take a stroll. Li Yuanba is also considered good-tempered now, leaving behind the war-loving crazies, bringing back a large amount of treasure and some plant minerals and the like! If they can use them, they will specially form a fleet to collect these plant minerals and the like!
When Li Yuanba returned to the Tang Dynasty, he felt very strange. Walking into the Tang Dynasty was like returning to modern times, and once you walked out of the Tang Dynasty, it was like walking into ancient times, what a wonderful scenery!
The current Tang Dynasty is like a world where mid-tech and ancient martial arts coexist, with neat little buildings and all sorts of motor vehicles filling the streets, making Li Yuanba's eyes dazzled!
Li Yuanba's return made Li Shimin breathe a sigh of relief. The reason was simple: someone wanted to rebel against him!
It's actually quite normal, the development of the Tang Dynasty is too fast, and its own system has clearly fallen behind the pace of society! Although Li Shimin and others have carried out many reforms, they are still based on the feudal system!
Due to people's affluence, land has become less important in people's eyes. Without money, they go abroad to grab it! The feudal system is basically built on land, how can this satisfy the needs of society?
This is not the main issue, Li Shimin is now a legendary master with a lifespan of 150 years! When he dies, it's uncertain which grandson will contend for the throne! The annual emperor's selection of concubines is also a fuse. At his current age, Li Shimin is just a young man in the eyes of legends, and his demand for beauty is huge! His sons, who inherited the Li family's tradition of being fond of beauties, are eager to get into the imperial harem, which is a concentration camp for beautiful women from all over the world. What's more, there are also women who have become their stepmothers after flirting with them. How can they be willing to give up?! The father snatches the son's woman, and the son covets the father's woman... In the end, it would be strange if they didn't harbor rebellious thoughts!
The ministers also began to have their own thoughts, and the current situation of the Tang Dynasty is really not suitable for a single word! Especially with the development of people's general wisdom and openness, under the wrong policies of the Tang Dynasty's high-level officials, some equal speeches appeared, and the world should not be monopolized by one family! If it weren't for Li Yuanba, this great god, holding down the fort, the beacon fires rising everywhere would be a joke!
Li Yuanba has arrived, and Li Shimin is also very tired of being the emperor! The territory is too large, and the power of the vassals under the feudal system is too great. These are all institutional defects! Li Shimin also recognizes this, but he cannot change this situation. After all, he was appointed as the emperor by Li Yuanba, so he has to solve this problem! Moreover, the Tang Dynasty cannot be defeated in his hands!
