Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Convergence of Prosperity and Hell

  Du Qing thought that if Li Yuanba knew, he would shake his head bitterly and say: "Actually, in this world, there is no such thing as who owes whom. Humans are originally social animals, and everything a person does is just for themselves or a small group of people to have a better environment!"

  What Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms said, "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me," is a wrong statement in itself! At that time, the historical environment was that the lords were against him for their own interests, but what did this have to do with the common people of the world? In short, these were just things that touched his thoughts and hindered his expectations. If he wanted to betray the world, weren't his subordinates and those who helped him also members of the world? It sounds very powerful, but it's just a manifestation of ignorance...

  I treat someone with sincerity, but they don't appreciate it and instead target me in every way, even wanting to put me to death. This is just because I'm a stumbling block for them. You say they owe you, but that's just your one-sided wishful thinking. Who owes whom can only be measured by worldly rules, but isn't this also you owing them? It's like the pointless and tedious debate about which came first, the chicken or the egg - everything is still an unsolved mystery!

  Li Yuanba's massacre caused the population of Huaxia to be reduced by almost half. Those hundreds of millions of soldiers, who can they reason with? For the sake of so-called imperial power, those common people who suffered from war have grievances that cannot be spoken, who do they blame?! Their self-created wealth was exploited by the upper class who did not produce it, and was used to maintain their own interests, launching wars in turn. What qualifications do all these powers have to cause the people to become homeless and miserable, suffering unbearable hardships!

  What happened to the troops after they returned was spread by word of mouth, and it's said that only those with a certain status were stirred up, while the common people just heard about it with a chill in their hearts and as a topic of conversation before and after meals.

  Due to Li Yuanba's special status, this matter was spontaneously covered up by people all over the world, and it was no longer discussed in front of or behind people, and slowly forgotten!

  In the year 662, the constitutional monarchy of the Great Tang had already matured! The composition of the parliament has become increasingly robust over the years, with hundreds of members, including many representatives from ethnic minorities and former citizens of Russia! The current Great Tang has stabilized all internal contradictions, forming a country that almost covers the entire Asia and Europe! The people of the world think of peace, and with the new system, the Great Tang truly enters its heyday!

  The advent of ironclad ships and modern technology ushered the Tang people into the era of great navigation! In just seven years, the Tang Empire's footprint spanned the globe, bringing new species and rich mineral resources to the empire! As various ethnic groups followed in the footsteps of the Tang Empire, they came to recognize this behemoth of a nation! During this period, the Tang army mobilized over 10,000 times, conquering all known countries in the world! The only exceptions were the two coldest continents, North and South, which were not subject to large-scale attacks by the Tang army, as they were considered barren lands with no value to occupy.

  The maritime route connected the whole world, and it was only then that the Tang Dynasty truly became a place where all nations came to pay homage.

  In 670 AD, this was the first time that countries from all continents came to pay homage to the Great Tang Dynasty. When they entered the territory of the Great Tang, these primitive people were all stunned!

  Skyscrapers, all sorts of iron giants shuttling back and forth, even in the sky there are iron birds whizzing by from time to time! This is a visually unparalleled shock!

  Li Shimin was still the emperor, and at the age of 72, he showed no signs of aging! These foreign envoys saw this Tang Emperor who looked like a man in his thirties, and they couldn't help but think that their own emperors were not doing enough, the gap was too big!

  Tens of thousands of foreign envoys were arranged to queue up and enter the newly built Grand Council Hall of the Great Tang, a specially built hall for the Great Tang Council members on the edge of Chang'an City, which can accommodate 100,000 people at the same time! The imperial palace now only has close relatives of the royal family living in it, becoming a symbolic building of an era, where only close relatives of emperors of past dynasties can live! There is no sign of any renovation inside, all of which were insisted by Li Yuan to be preserved, just like his own General's Mansion! At that time, there were not many Chinese people, with a small population and vast land, in such a large territory, the population of China accounted for less than a quarter of the country's total population, which was less than 60 million! This made all the new buildings of the Great Tang built around the city walls, surrounding the city tightly at the center! These buildings are witnesses to history and should not be moved if possible.

  The attire of the Tang Dynasty has begun to modernize under Li Yuanba's influence, interestingly, the guards of the nobles are still wearing cold weapons, not a single hot weapon in sight!

  Li Yuanba is now in a semi-reclusive state. Although time has had no impact on his physical body, he has shown signs of aging psychologically and loves quietness!

  At this time, Li Yuanba's direct descendants had reached about 100 people, which was already considered over the limit in law, but who dared to say anything!

  Wang Ting and others followed Li Yuanba for decades, but now in their 70s, they are worried about their appearance and have begun to worry about resisting the erosion of time. They even had the idea of having children again for Li Yuanba!

  Not again, another kid...

  All five women gave birth to a child for Li Yuanba, and as soon as they were born, they had several direct grandchildren, which is too powerful!

  Li Yuanba can now be considered to have a new child in his old age, he is so happy that he can't close his mouth every day. As for having children at this time, Li Yuanba doesn't care about other people's thoughts!

  However, when there were many people, the words became chaotic. Li Xing and his siblings didn't dare to say anything, but their children couldn't help but speak out! There was even a young one who relied on Li Yuanba's former favoritism, counting off Grandpa's mistakes in front of Li Yuanba, with several others echoing him.

  Li Yuanba is a man, a ruthless and unparalleled killing god! I'm not yet at the point where I'm too old to move, so it's you bunch of grandsons who are talking nonsense?

  They say that the pain of being separated by generations is limited! The love and pampering of a late-born child should exceed that of these grandchildren who are separated by generation! Li Yuanba kicked out all these disobedient grandsons from the General's Mansion with one foot, ordering them never to set foot in this mansion again or else he would not recognize them. He was so angry that he became dizzy and confused, and even the generations were mixed up!

  Now the Great Tang can be said to have prospered in all industries, and Li Yuanba's family affairs finally had someone who couldn't see the situation clearly, putting Li Yuanba's family affairs in front of everyone! Just at this time when all countries came to pay their respects, they thought that Li Yuanba would have scruples and didn't dare to cut them off at this time, so they jumped out one after another to speak up for wealth!

  Everyone is discussing this, and such a thing is rarely seen. Although the legendary lifespan of over 100 years with an unchanged appearance is impressive, giving birth to children will still affect one's body and cultivation! Especially for women, even with the support of heaven's treasures, their realm will be unstable, causing damage to their own cultivation, leading to premature death! Moreover, those who have reached mythical levels of mastery do not exhibit this phenomenon of having children at an old age. Even Emperor Taizong of Tang has stopped allowing his wife to give birth to more children, as it is already too many!

  At this time, people have already been looking up to money, and the great progress of society has brought about a qualitative change in people's thinking!

  Wang Ting and the others had originally just wanted to leave behind their own flesh and blood for Li Yuanba, and hadn't thought so much about it. But when this news was deliberately placed in front of everyone by someone with ulterior motives, it still added a bit of resentment to her heart, and she felt indignant! However, at this moment when people from all nations were coming to pay their respects, she didn't want to lose face for the great nation, so she endured it silently.

  Li Yuanba didn't care about this nonsense at all, and at first, he didn't even know. On this day, when he saw his daughter come to visit with her younger siblings in tow, Li Siyue casually let out a complaint: "Hey, my little sister, why do people start gossiping as soon as you're born? Aren't they afraid of making Dad angry?"

  "What? What am I angry about? Those few grandsons, I kicked them out long ago. What are they talking about behind my back?" Li Yuanba, who came to hold the child every day, frowned upon hearing this. If it's like this, then he was still too kind. These grandsons dare to talk nonsense, do they want to die or not?!

  This is not to say that Li Yuanba's view of kinship is thin, if it were so, they would be the factor of their own family's chaos! Although it didn't kill them, beating them up was something Li Yuanba could do, just like Li Xing almost got beaten up earlier. Moreover, if Li Yuanba lost control in a fit of rage, killing someone was also possible! The overbearing him couldn't tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes, he had already experienced many betrayals and estrangements, and he didn't care about causing another incident with his subconscious aversion to this era!

  "It's not them! Father, it's like this......" Li Siyue didn't think that her complaint would lead to a bloody storm! Because any news in the upper class is interconnected, the restless Li Siyue had already figured out the inside story! This bloody storm directly led to Li Shimin being implicated and losing his throne. Even some ministers who were dissatisfied with Li Yuan's rule and Empress Longsun, who was blinded by hatred, were all dragged into the vortex of death by the enraged Li Yuan! Those foreign envoys who came to watch the excitement were all annihilated by Li Yuan, only realizing in hell that they had seen something they shouldn't have, utterly unlucky!

  "Good! Very good! Someone come! Pass down my order, have Xiong Kuo Hai lead the troops to follow me to Chang'an! Cut the grass and eliminate the roots, this time I will eradicate them once and for all!" Li Yuan Ba's roar announced that hell had descended upon the heart of the Tang Dynasty - Chang'an!