Guiyi Fei Tang

Chapter 557 Extra
"Besides being an emperor, Liu Jilong, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was also a great thinker, mathematician, educator, reformer, strategist, theorist, scientist, and poet of our dynasty."

"The Han Dynasty he founded has lasted for 389 years to date."

"Although the Han Dynasty was briefly interrupted for seven years by reactionary forces 120 years ago, Emperor Chengzu was able to overthrow the reactionary forces with the support of many people of goodwill, and returned civil rights to the general public, thus fulfilling the idea of ​​'the world belongs to all' of Emperor Zhongzu."

According to the famous historian Su Zhonghe, among those who were accomplished in both civil and military affairs after the Three Dynasties, who reformed the people and treated them like their own children, only the Zhongzu Zhaowu Sage was truly a master.

In the midsummer air, amidst the chirping of cicadas, a forty-year-old teacher in a round-necked robe stands on a platform in a high-rise building with Han and Tang Dynasty architectural style, introducing the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty from nearly four hundred years ago to more than thirty students below.

A copper electric fan overhead was blowing out waves of air, dispelling the summer heat, while two colorful realistic portraits hung on the blackboard above the podium, with the four characters "天下为公" (meaning "the world belongs to all") written on either side.

In the 389th year of the Han Dynasty, the era had already successfully entered a new phase driven by the ideas of official schools and the people.

Many students, dressed in round-necked robes and wearing turbans, listened attentively to the lecture, except for one young man who glanced out the window.

Because the classroom is four stories high, one can see the ships sailing on the sea in the distance, constantly emitting smoke.

"Liu Ying!"

Suddenly, a slightly stern voice rang out, and Liu Ying subconsciously stood up, turning her gaze from the window to the podium.

The students in the classroom all looked at him with mischievous smiles, while he respectfully bowed to the teacher on the podium: "Teacher, your student is here."

"You answer this question about the political system of my great Han Dynasty."

The instructor asked him a question with a slightly stern tone, and Liu Ying answered without hesitation: "The political system of our Great Han is mainly divided into the monarchical autocracy and centralized system during the reign of Emperor Zhongzu, and the system of a nominal monarchy and republic established by the reactionary forces who usurped the throne, Emperor Chengzu who rectified the chaos and accepted the will of the people."

"Then tell me, why is there a constitutional monarchy?" The instructor's attitude softened slightly when he saw that he had answered, and he continued to ask questions.

Liu Ying paused for a moment before replying, “Starting with Emperor Xiaozong, four generations of young emperors ascended the throne in the Han Dynasty, which led to a weakening of imperial power, political corruption and loss of control. The common people also realized that it was extremely dangerous to entrust the fate of the country to one person.”

"In addition, as literacy rates among the people gradually increased, the urban class rose, and the private commodity economy flourished like never before, giving rise to many powerful handicraft workshop owners and merchant classes."

"Their economic interests require stable policies and legal protection, so they instinctively oppose the arbitrary and tyrannical taxation and privilege-grabbing of the imperial power, and begin to fund various doctrines and schools of thought to publish related articles."

"Among them, the Linzhou ideology affirmed people's subjective initiative and judgment, which to a certain extent dismantled the people's blind worship of the absolute authority of the emperor and liberated the people's minds."

"If it weren't for the reactionary forces exploiting the masses' tendency to follow the crowd, the Han Dynasty could have entered into a constitutional monarchy much earlier, and there wouldn't have been a civil war 120 years ago."

After Liu Ying finished speaking, the instructor nodded in satisfaction, then gestured for him to sit down, and said to everyone:
"Liu Ying is right, but more importantly, there's the rise of a wave of popular thought, and..."

The instructor then explained a lot of knowledge, but Liu Ying's mind had already wandered far away.

As for what he just said, it was just what was written in the textbook, not what he himself had come up with.

"Jingle Bell……"

Fifteen minutes later, as the classroom bell rang, the teacher chose to end the get out of class without extending the time, and the more than thirty students got up and left the classroom after the teacher left.

After Emperor Chengzu's restoration, the Han Dynasty implemented a fifteen-year education system, consisting of five years of primary school, five years of middle school, and five years of university. Compared to the system established by Emperor Zhongzu, Emperor Chengzu added a five-year transitional middle school period.

Students study six lessons a day, totaling three hours, with half an hour including breaks between lessons.

Memories kept telling Liu Ying the answer, and at this moment he also walked down the stairs, following the crowd from the fourth floor to the first floor.

On the east wall of the lobby on the first floor outside the teaching building, there is a porcelain map that is nearly seven feet long and wide, which is also the world map of this world.

On the map, the red area represents the territory directly administered by the Han Dynasty. Except for the area south of the Ganges River in India and Honshu Island in Japan, the rest of the territory was directly governed by the Han Dynasty, including the Southern Continent of the Seven Continents.

In addition, the red and black sections represent Japan, India, Dongzhou, Jinzhou, and other places that were subjects of the Han Dynasty under the tributary system.

"Where did I get this for...?"

Looking at the map of the Han Dynasty's territory in front of him, Liu Ying was still shocked, even though he already had a general understanding of it in his mind.

The original text was supposed to be about the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, but now it's become "Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, and the Great Han Dynasty".

The seven continents and four oceans still exist, but North America has become the Eastern Continent, South America the Golden Continent, Australia the Southern Continent, Asia the Central Continent, Europe the Western Continent, and Africa the Savage Continent.

The four oceans were also simply depicted as the four seas of the east, west, south and north. More importantly, under this exaggeratedly large Han Dynasty tributary system, what exactly did Xizhou and Manzhou rely on to fight against the Han Dynasty for 240 years?
Thinking of this, he took out his history book and looked at the territory of the Han Dynasty in history, and couldn't help but swallow.

Emperor Zhongzu, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Renzong, Emperor Daizong, Emperor Xianzong, Emperor Muzong, Emperor Shenzong, Emperor Wuzong, Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Xiaozong, Emperor Zhezong, Emperor Zhongzong, Emperor Huaizong, Emperor Sizong, Emperor Chengzu...

Looking at this long list of temple names, Liu Ying recalled the things these emperors had done.

After the death of Emperor Zhongzu, Emperor Taizong Liu Lie ascended the throne. He launched three northern expeditions to control the Mongolian steppe, drove the Shatuo westward to drive the Karakhanids to Eastern Europe, occupied the Transoxiana region, and carried out large-scale population migrations. He reigned for 22 years and lived to the age of 71. During his reign, the population increased from 60 million to 74 million.

After Emperor Taizong's death, Emperor Renzong Liu Hao ascended the throne. He exempted taxes and vigorously encouraged the economy. During his nineteen-year reign, he did not launch any major wars, but he acquired more than 40 million taels of silver from Japan through trade. While promoting the monetization of silver, he also established early banks.

The eruption of the Changbai Mountain volcano in Liaodong severely impacted agriculture in Northeast China, and the Bohai region was in turmoil, with Liaodong also descending into chaos.

Against this backdrop, Emperor Renzong died at the age of sixty-three, and Emperor Daizong Liu Han ascended the throne.

Although it was only twelve years, he seized the opportunity to bring Balhae and Silla, whose populations had dwindled to less than half, under his control. He also redeveloped the northeastern region, which was covered by volcanic ash, by cultivating crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. The population grew from 88 million during the reign of Emperor Renzong to 95 million.

Moreover, he distributed food and farming tools to the starving people of Bohai and Silla, encouraging them to go to Southeast Asia to cultivate the land. He took the opportunity to consolidate the Han Dynasty's rule in Southeast Asia and relaxed the standards for merchant ships at sea, which further boosted maritime trade.

Emperor Daizong reigned for sixteen years before passing away at the age of fifty-nine. He was succeeded by Emperor Xianzong Liu Ke, who ascended the throne at a young age.

Liu Ke first launched a combined land and sea campaign, destroying the Shatuo tribes that occupied Transoxiana and Persia, forcing Emperor Li Jiji of the Later Tang Dynasty to commit suicide by burning himself. After occupying Persia and Transoxiana, he launched another campaign to conquer Japan, which was dissatisfied with the Han Dynasty's long-term trade with Japan for gold and silver, and incorporated Japan into the direct territory of the Han Dynasty.

When Yelü Jing, the governor of Songmo, rebelled, Liu Ke decisively sent troops to annihilate Yelü Jing, expanding the territory of the Han Dynasty to its maximum controllable extent at that time.

However, in terms of civil administration, Emperor Xianzong's later years were marked by excessive military campaigns, leading to widespread hardship and misery among the people.

Emperor Xianzong reigned for thirty-seven years and lived to the age of fifty-seven, during which time the population reached 98 million.

After his death, the thirty-year-old Emperor Muzong Liu Yan ascended the throne.

For Liu Yan, he faced a situation where, although the territory was vast, the national treasury was empty and the people were suffering.

After he ascended the throne, he exempted all the provinces from the taxes that had been owed in the past. At the same time, he re-registered the people, measured the land, and began to send criminals to the Southern Continent (Australia) to reclaim wasteland for the court. He also sent troops to take over the thirty-two cities that the merchants of the Eastern Continent had built on the west coast.

He also adopted a conciliatory attitude towards the ethnic minorities in the southwest, relocating them out of the mountains and sending them to the fertile Palembang Plain in the south to cultivate the land.

Those who were unwilling to migrate were given money and food, and people were sent to help them build terraced fields so that they could live self-sufficiently in the mountains. From then on, the Han Dynasty effectively controlled the southwest.

Militarily, he did not implement many reforms, but promoted the use of flintlock muskets in the army and subdivided the navy into the East China Sea and South China Sea (Indian Ocean) fleets.

His policies played a significant role in the recovery of the Han people's livelihood, and the population of the Han Dynasty exceeded 150 million during this period.

Emperor Muzong reigned for eighteen years and lived to the age of forty-eight.

After Emperor Muzong's death, his successor Emperor Shenzong began reforms based on his work, attempting to address the increasingly serious problem of redundant officials and bureaucrats.

Emperor Shenzong organized two reforms, but both failed due to external forces and his own lack of resolve. Although they alleviated some of the problems, the fundamental issues remained unresolved.

The Han Dynasty's national strength was being wasted, while the people were thriving. The common people were completely unaware of the changes in the Han Dynasty, and the population had unknowingly exceeded 200 million.

When Emperor Shenzong, who reigned for forty years, passed away at the age of sixty-seven, the population had reached over 240 million.

Since the crown prince had already passed away, Emperor Shenzong could only pass the throne to his 20-year-old eldest grandson, Liu Yin, who became Emperor Wuzong.

After Emperor Wuzong ascended the throne, the Abbasid Caliphate and other Western Asian countries followed the example of the Han Dynasty, and Han culture spread rapidly. Gunpowder was also learned by the Byzantine Empire during the daily conflicts and wars.

Because the expansion during Emperor Xianzong's reign was too rapid, the regions of Transoxiana and Persia were mainly inhabited by Persians, Turks, Shatuo, and Uyghurs. As a result, after Emperor Wuzong ascended the throne, local miners revolted continuously, and the Han army was exhausted due to logistical problems and a shortage of manpower.

Emperor Wuzong heavily relied on Wang Min, who was of Bohai Jurchen origin, and ordered Wang Min to lead the Six Armies of the Northern Army to provide support.

Wang Min led 30,000 Northern Army soldiers from Luoyang, arriving in Yili after half a year. He then continuously recruited criminals from within the country, armed them, and used them to transport grain for the Han army and suppress rebellious forces.

Under Wang Min's command, the rebellions in Transoxiana and Persia were suppressed. Wang Min suggested that people be relocated from the Central Plains to settle in the region. Emperor Wuzong accepted the proposal and forcibly relocated over a million people from the Central Plains to Transoxiana and Persia.

With a population of less than three million in the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court simply could not afford to relocate over a million people to Transoxiana and Persia in just a few years. Even with sea routes as an aid to the migration, a considerable number of people still died on the way.

A wave of Linzhou ideology began to rise among the people, while Emperor Wuzong favored eunuchs and used them to arrest people in the Central Plains who were spreading Linzhou ideology.

Amidst this farce, the plan to relocate people to the mainland had to be halted, and Emperor Wuzong began to indulge in women under these circumstances.

Emperor Wuzong died in Yaoguang Palace in Luoyang after reigning for nineteen years, at the age of thirty-nine. He was the shortest-lived emperor in the history of the Han Dynasty.

After Emperor Wuzong's death, the Grand Secretariat, the Five Military Commissions, and the Three Departments and Six Ministries, in accordance with his will, enthroned the fifteen-year-old Crown Prince Liu Xu, who later became Emperor Xuanzong.

After Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty began to cease hostilities and adopted a policy of appeasement in foreign affairs.

Emperor Xuanzong's appeasement policy in diplomacy led the Western Continent countries to gradually despise the Han Dynasty. Many countries began to send troops across the Western Sea to compete with the Han Dynasty for the territories of the Eastern Continent and the Golden Continent.

Wang Min requested permission to send troops to repel them, but after careful consideration, Emperor Xuanzong chose to follow ancestral rules and select thirty-two princes and dukes to guard Dongzhou and Jinzhou. Each prince would contribute his own family wealth to recruit guards, and the court would only provide weapons and equipment.

This meager method of leaving the town made many members of the imperial clan unwilling to leave. However, under the coercion and enticement of Emperor Xuanzong, these members of the imperial clan still sold their property and went to Dongzhou and Jinzhou with hundreds to thousands of guards.

For more than twenty years afterward, as expected, these members of the imperial family failed to withstand the military forces of the Western Continent countries, which outnumbered them several times over. The front line was in grave danger, and it was only then that Emperor Xuanzong decided to send Wang Min to lead the expedition.

In the end, Wang Min could only lead an expeditionary force of 30,000 men to support Dongzhou and Jinzhou. Fortunately, he was still in his prime at nearly sixty years old.

Several years later, Wang Min defeated all the invading enemies and discovered four young generals: Han, Li, Yue, and Wu. He eventually died of illness on the way back to the Central Plains.

The year after Wang Min's death, Emperor Xuanzong Liu Xu, who had reigned for thirty-two years, died of illness at the age of forty-seven. During his reign, the population exceeded three hundred million.

After his death, the 28-year-old Crown Prince Liu Xian ascended the throne as Emperor Xiaozong.

Emperor Xiaozong was weak and incompetent, unable to control the Grand Secretariat, the Five Armies, the Southern Office, and the Six Ministries, so he entrusted military and political affairs to them.

In this context, many officials who had been promoted by maritime merchants and powerful clans began to advocate for the interests of their backers. Local governance deteriorated, and this worsened the people's perception of imperial power, leading to a growing wave of the idea of ​​a "figurehead emperor" that impacted the populace.

In the 250th year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xiaozong, who had reigned for twelve years, passed away at the age of forty.

After Emperor Xiaozong passed away, the court officials, in accordance with his will, supported the fourteen-year-old Crown Prince Liu Yi to ascend the throne as Emperor Zhezong.

Although Liu Yi was young and frail, he was very intelligent and attentive to government affairs. He also made good use of Zhao Yun, a famous minister in the eyes of many, and vigorously rectified official corruption.

However, since the Han Dynasty did not enter the steam age, the Little Ice Age arrived as scheduled, and natural disasters occurred in various places, resulting in a situation of drought in the north and floods in the south.

Under these circumstances, Liu Yi governed the country by lamplight for twelve years, and finally died at the age of twenty-six due to overwork and poor health. His temple name was Zhezong.

Since Liu Yi had already given birth to three sons at that time, Zhao Jing, the regent entrusted with the care of the young emperor, supported the less than five-year-old Crown Prince Liu Qi to ascend the throne as Emperor Zhongzong.

What followed was a history where four generations of the Han Dynasty were ruled by young emperors who died after only a few years on the throne. Finally, Zhao Jing used the popular idea of ​​a "figurehead emperor" as a pretext to launch a feigned reform.

Emperor Chengzu Liu Zhao, who was then the King of Song, took this opportunity to transfer to Longyou. In the end, Zhao Jing used the reform of the nominal monarch to eliminate his political enemies. In the end, he regretted his decision and refused the "nominal monarch" system. Instead, he chose to change the name of the country to Great Yan, creating a nominal monarch, but in reality, it was still a false system of monarchical autocracy.

Because Zhao Jing was merely a figurehead emperor, and in reality still the emperor wielded absolute power, his various new policies were not implemented well, causing chaos among the people.

Officials and common people who had originally agreed with the "figurehead emperor" began to reflect and even reminisce about the period when the Liu family emperors were in power.

In this situation, members of the imperial clan, such as Liu Zhao, took the lead in raising the banner of rebellion and spent seven years pacifying the various warlords and restoring the Han Dynasty.

While restoring the Han Dynasty's tributary system, he sent troops to occupy the plains north of the Ganges River in India. At the same time, he used political means to bring all the Zhenla and Nanzhao kingdoms in the Indochina Peninsula under his control, and suppressed the rebellion of the former Japanese in Japan.

"Isn't this also a time-travel story, Wang Mang's script for Liu Xiu?"

Recalling the bloody suppression methods of Emperor Chengzu in Japan, Liu Ying couldn't help but swallow hard, then turned his gaze back to the global map in front of him.

"Liu Bang established the first Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu established the second Han Dynasty, Liu Jilong established the third Han Dynasty, and then Liu Zhao established the fourth Han Dynasty. This Han Dynasty really never ends."

“However…” Liu Ying looked at the vast “Han Dynasty’s vassal system territory” that occupied 70% of the land area and couldn’t help but look at the so-called Western Continent and Barbarian Continent.

He already understood the technological background of this era, which was roughly the same as the technological level of his previous life before World War II.

The world's population today is around one billion, with the Han Dynasty alone accounting for 500 million, the tributary system having about 200 million people, and the remaining 300 million people living mainly in the Western Continent and the Barbarian Continent.

With the strength of the Han Dynasty, it was entirely capable of launching a world war and becoming the world's hegemon, but the Han Dynasty did not do so.

Liu Ying believed that this was most likely a tactic by the Han Dynasty to create external pressure in order to distract from internal problems. After all, although the current "Fourth Han Empire" had only been established for less than 120 years, various contradictions had already intensified to the point of being difficult to resolve.

If the entire world were the territory of the Han Dynasty, then without external conflicts, internal conflicts could not be suppressed.

The existence of Xizhou and Manzhou was meant to make the people of the Han Dynasty feel external pressure. If the Han Dynasty were to recover Xizhou and Manzhou, the next conflict to erupt would be between the Han Dynasty's tributary system and the Han Dynasty's Central Plains and all its directly governed territories overseas...

"History really does come full circle."

With that thought in mind, he carried the books out of the now empty teaching building, where a group of concrete buildings in the style of the Han and Tang dynasties stood.

After passing through the empty campus, Liu Lie soon saw the school gate and the bustling scene outside.

Countless teenagers dressed in round-necked robes and wearing turbans were sitting in groups of three or five in the tavern across the street. On the wide, four-lane road, cars resembling Volkswagen Beetles and Jeeps could be seen slowly driving by from time to time.

This is a car that was invented and put on the market by the Han Dynasty 35 years ago. Today, it has become the means of transportation for most of the elite class, while ordinary people still use bicycles or trams.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying turned around and looked behind her, but not at the school gate, but at the landscape stones placed in front of the school gate.

Luzon First University

"Luzon." As Liu Ying thought this, she couldn't help but look at the Han Chinese faces, clothing, and architecture all over the streets, and clicked her tongue in amazement.

Lost in thought, he wandered along the street and soon entered a food street near the university.

Before even entering the street, you could already smell the complex and alluring aroma in the air.

This is the aroma of oil fumes, spices, and the heat of the crowd, all mixed together, making it incredibly appetizing.

Liu Ying walked to the street corner and saw that the street was lined with food stalls and vendors, and crowded with people.

Those shops with more money set up storefronts with antique-style signs or gleaming glass cases; the majority were mobile vendors.

"Two baskets of steamed buns, please!"

"Come on!"

Diners were calling out, and the waiters, with white towels draped over their shoulders, responded in loud voices.

All Liu Ying could hear were the sounds of bicycle bells and the laughter of diners. Many shops also had cabinet-style phonographs, from which sung songs emanated.

"Gan..."

Liu Ying couldn't help but curse inwardly, as she glanced around, her mind flooded with relevant knowledge.

In the Han Dynasty today, although social classes are not completely solidified, it is very difficult for ordinary people to rise above their station.

University graduates earn around 20,000 Han coins a year, while ordinary people earn around 15,000 Han coins a year.

The income of hereditary nobles, industrialists, and financiers is unknown, but the annual income of lawyers, doctors, engineers, and managers is around 50,000 coins.

In Luzon, the price of rice and flour ranges from three to five coins per pound, while the price of poultry, eggs, and milk ranges from fifteen to fifty coins. A bicycle costs around two to three thousand coins, and a car costs around one hundred thousand coins.

In Luzon, a single room of less than 30 square meters costs around 1,000 coins per year; a courtyard costs between 2,000 and 5,000 coins.

For ordinary people to maintain basic living standards, they need to spend about 60% of their annual income. If they want to buy their own courtyard, even the most basic one, they would need 150,000 yuan.

For an average person, it would take at least a decade to save up this amount of money, and this is just a very ordinary yard, so small that even a dog can't run around freely.

As for those small single rooms, they are places where people from other places live when they go out to work. People with families would not live in such pigeon coops.

Such a standard of living was only possible because the Han Dynasty had mastered the technological level predating World War II and controlled 70% of the world's resources.

In those territories tributary of the Han Dynasty, and in the more distant Western and Barbarian states, their lives were even more tragically miserable than could be imagined.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but look at those shops. He saw that almost every shop had a portrait posted on it, and the person in the portrait was Liu Jilong, the founder of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Ying discovered that although Emperor Chengzu Liu Zhaocai, who lived 120 years ago, was the one who founded the Han Dynasty, the people still remembered Emperor Zhaowu, who lived hundreds of years ago.

He searched his memory and quickly found the answer.

Firstly, in terms of spirit, Liu Jilong pioneered the current education system, creating an upward path for ordinary people in an era dominated by powerful and wealthy families. Moreover, he was kind to the people and was always thinking about how to return the taxes collected to them in other ways.

To Liu Ying, this practice was nothing special, except that the latter resembled payment transfers in her own world. However, to the people of this era, it was a disguised form of robbing the rich to help the poor.

Although Luzon is considered a wealthy region among the six major islands of Southeast Asia, it is far less prosperous than China. That is why they yearn for an emperor similar to the Zhongzu Emperor.

After all, the Han Dynasty directly governs 42 provinces with 400 million people, but only a small number of people can live in the core 18 provinces.

More than three hundred years have passed, and even Lingnan Province, which was once sparsely populated, now has a population of more than 15 million. It is the most prosperous place after Jiangnan Province, Zhejiang Province, Henan Province, Hebei Province and the two capital regions. It is a place that ordinary people would do anything to return to.

It's easy to leave but hard to return. I've heard that the eighteen provinces of the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty have long since started using internal combustion tractors, unlike their places where they still use steam tractors that require four people to operate.

"I was born in the twentieth year of the Hongwu reign, when my parents were both twenty-three years old. It was a time of peace and prosperity, with peace and happiness everywhere. Emperor Zhaowu took pity on us and recruited laborers, paying them thirty coins a day. Everything was very cheap, and even the poor could live a stable life thanks to Emperor Zhaowu's care. There were no corvée labor or corvée, and people from all walks of life were happy and content..."

Suddenly, the phonograph's music woke Liu Ying, who couldn't help but be slightly moved: "It's been almost four hundred years, and the people of the Han Dynasty still remember this Zhongzu. Is it because the current emperor is incompetent, or because..."

"The world belongs to all! Return power to the people!!"

While Liu Ying was thinking, a large crowd suddenly appeared at the end of the food street, carrying banners. The leaders were carrying a frame with a portrait of Liu Jilong, the founder of the Han Dynasty.

Countless teenagers followed behind them, shouting, causing Liu Ying to instinctively step back. Watching the massive crowd pass in front of him, he couldn't help but gasp inwardly.

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. What's the use of just holding up portraits and shouting slogans every day?"

Liu Ying couldn't help but shake her head, and then walked in the opposite direction. Before long, she saw many ordinary people dressed in coarse cloth, and easily boarded a tram and sat down.

"Clang... clang... clang..."

The tram slowly moved away, and the clock tower's bell rang precisely at noon, startling countless birds and waking the other Luzon residents who were gazing up at the bronze statue in the square.

The sunlight shines on the bronze statue, adding luster to this statue of the Han Dynasty's ancestor and giving it more charm, as if he can see the great Han Dynasty of today and feel everything that is happening now.

"Holy Lord, please bless my child so they can pass the college entrance exam..."

"My sage, life is too hard. When will you return?"

"saint……"

Even though time has passed, nearly four hundred years later, people still flock to pay their respects to Liu Jilong every day.

When ordinary people suffer injustice, they will run to the bronze statue to cry and plead their case, which is more effective than reporting to the authorities. This is why people jokingly call it the "Crying Temple".

Liu Ying sat on the tram, watching the people and scenery outside the window rush past, recalling these fragmented memories in her mind, but remained unmoved.

He only regained some of his spirits after seeing the bronze statue and the hundreds of people in front of it, and after recalling many things about Emperor Zhaowu of the Central Dynasty.

"Perhaps I should do something, otherwise this kind of life of just eating and lying around seems a bit boring..."

(End of this chapter)