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Chapter 557: Holy Martial Emperor
"It's fine for this kid to want to kill me, but why did you get involved in this matter? Haven't I been good enough to the Mo family?"

Li Qingyuan looked at the Six-Fingered Black Knight with some confusion, thinking that this old man was a little unreasonable.

Master Ban was the first to be granted a title of nobility. In particular, he decided to compile the various ideas of Mohism into a book, which he intended to use to develop the physics industry in the Tang Dynasty.

Taoism and Confucianism are almost like language and politics, which sound like they are of no use, because the development of science and technology mainly relies on mathematics, physics and chemistry, and literary knowledge seems to have no effect at all on the advancement of science and technology.

But in fact, these two are the foundation of human thought. If one does not even have the three most basic views, then the more knowledge one has, the more reactionary one is!
"King Tang, you are too cruel. No one in the world will have a good life under your rule!"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight said that the idea of Mohism is to love all and not to attack, that is, to help the weak to resist the strong. The Tang Kingdom has now annexed the six kingdoms in one go, which is pure bullying.

So as the leader of the Mohist school, the Six-Fingered Black Knight called on all Mohists in the world to come and attack the King of Tang, but it was obvious that many people ignored him!
Master Ban also sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Qingyuan. Although he did not say it explicitly, he also implied that the Mohist leader might have some big moves recently, and asked King Tang to be careful.

After all, there is still a big gap between ideals and reality. Although everyone joined the Mohist School with great enthusiasm and believed that they were doing an ideal cause of resisting tyranny, what they saw and heard in Tang State over the past year made a group of people start to reflect.

Although it seemed like the Tang Dynasty was bullying the weak by attacking other countries, the lives of the people in the Tang Dynasty were getting better and better. Even the Tang army did not take any action against the Wei and Chu States. It was completely the people and the original soldiers who took spontaneous actions to defeat the two countries.

This caused many Mohists to doubt their previous ideas. Are the principles passed down by their ancestors really correct?

There's no way around it, this is what happens when you study science purely without studying liberal arts!
"Brutal asshole!"

As for the Six-Fingered Black Knight, Li Qingyuan felt that keeping this guy would be a nuisance. After all, this old guy's thoughts had become rigid and there was no need to save him at all.

The reason why the Mohist School was eventually destroyed was that there were too many people like the Six-Fingered Black Knight. You can't say that he is a bad person, but sometimes the bad things done in the name of doing good for you can really make people collapse.

There is no point in talking if there is no agreement. It would be unjust if the Mohist School didn't perish when it had these two idiots as leaders!
The Six-Fingered Black Knight is much stronger than Yan Fei, but there is still a certain gap compared to Donghuang Taiyi. His strength is about half of Li Qingyuan.

The leader of the Mohist school only has this much ability, which is really disappointing!
Look at Bei Mingzi and then look at Xunzi. Although they didn't fight directly, Li Qingyuan had secretly tested them when he was chatting with them. The two old guys acted calmly without any effort at all.

No matter whether they are pretending or not, at least they have the style!
As for Prince Dan, the number one master of Yan State?
After studying the Yin-Yang School's fire secrets for a year, Yan Lingji was able to fight on equal terms with her opponent.

The fighting was fierce in Feixue Pavilion, and the soldiers who had just entered Jicheng were naturally not idle either. They were going door to door and searching the houses.

When the nobles of the six kingdoms fled to Yan State, they brought mountains of treasures and their own loyal soldiers into the city. Now is a good time to train their troops!
"After this battle, the world is at peace, and we should retire!"

Wang Jian looked at the burning Jicheng and felt that his life was worth it. Although he did not unify the world as a Qin general, as a Tang general he destroyed Zhao and Yan, and this achievement was enough for the Wang family to continue to be a member of the nobility.

"How can it be so fast? I heard from the king that we still want to destroy the Xiongnu, the Donghu, and the Yelang. General Wang, you still have a lot to do!"

Liu Ji immediately began to flatter him. He was just about to become Wang Jian's disciple and learn the art of war from him!

Liu Ji's official rank is now major, which can be considered a glory to the family.

But Liu Ji felt that he could go further, especially as the king's long-time attendant. He knew that the king's vision was for the whole world, and if he wanted to make progress, he would have to work harder!
Wang Jian also had a good impression of Liu Ji, a young man with a quick learning ability and thick skin. He could see that this kid was no ordinary person. Now that they had established a good relationship, he could help his family in the future. This was a natural thing to happen.

While the two of them were counting the rebels' property and launching devastating attacks on the remnants of various countries, the battle in Feixue Pavilion was almost over.

Li Qingyuan's side directly achieved an overwhelming victory. With several top masters in the world working together, they could withstand even thousands of troops, let alone a group of stray dogs?
Suddenly, there were crowds of people in Feixue Pavilion, and it turned directly into Feixue Pavilion!
Gai Nie, Wei Zhuang, Prince Dan, Six-Fingered Black Knight and others were all killed. Li Qingyuan did not have any preferential treatment as the protagonist. Anyone who went against him would be killed to ashes.

Including the scattered soldiers and retainers who participated from the outside, a total of more than 20,000 people were killed this time, almost wiping out the remaining resistance forces!

So when spring came and flowers bloomed, Li Qingyuan ascended the throne in the newly built Wuji Palace in Luoyang and proclaimed himself the First Emperor, with the reign title of Shengwu!

Because nobles from all over the country were basically looted, the people in the Tang Dynasty lived a very comfortable life. After all, although it seems that having to hand over half of their income as taxes is a lot, to be honest, even the exploited cattle and horses in later generations paid more taxes!
The simpler something is, the harder it is to play with it. Generally speaking, if you pay taxes, you will never starve to death as long as you are not lazy. If you are a little more diligent, you can even let your family live a good life with no shortage of food and clothing!

Of course, it is impossible to get rich by farming even if you work yourself to death. Hard work can only help you get out of poverty at most, but wanting to get rich is completely a dream!

If one wanted to stand out, one could either join the army and fight in battles, or study and try to take the imperial examinations to get an official position.

The Tang Empire is now in its ascendant period, and the north, west, and south are all frantically expanding their territories. So in a short period of time, there is an urgent need for manpower, whether it is to be a soldier or an official.

During the rise of the empire, all contradictions will be covered up, because at this time all contradictions will become the driving force for expansion!
As for the various problems that may arise later?
Li Qingyuan felt that as an emperor, he should be able to solve those messy problems.

Besides, the world is so big, there are so many colonies out there waiting to be developed!

All I need to do is let the whole world give blood transfusions to the Central Plains, and I think the people will definitely be happy to let me be the Millennium Divine Emperor!
(The Qin Dynasty has come to an end for now, there is nothing much to write about later. After all, other places in this era are all barbarians, and many characters have not yet been born, such as Gao Yue and Yu Ji!)

(End of this chapter)