Four years into the Great Unification.

Eastern Front.

Yue Fei was building a warship, preparing to destroy Yang Yi's army in one fell swoop.

But

Because the warships have not yet been built at this stage, the Eastern Front is currently in a truce.

West.

The remnants of the Song army, led by Tang Chong, were still stubbornly resisting on Kuizhou Road.

But

Shimen Pass, Immortal Pass, and Bao Chuan Road and other dangerous checkpoints have all been captured by Wu.

Therefore, the end of Tang Zhong and other diehards should not be far away.

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This year is the year of great unification, Dazhong has made very brilliant achievements on the battlefield, basically completing the initial unification, making Dazhong a great empire that can barely be compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties.

In addition to the good results achieved on the battlefield, Dazhong has also made great achievements in people's livelihood.

The food problem that people were most concerned about in the past has basically been solved by high-yield crops such as rice, corn, and sweet potatoes in Champong, as well as the advanced agricultural tools brought about by the industrial revolution.

The industrial revolution forcibly launched by Li Yan has brought earth-shaking changes to the lives of the people in Dazhong, not only in food.

In this short period of more than a year, trains, steamships powered by steam engines, spinning machines, bicycles, flush toilets, lithography, screw cutting machine tools, boilers and other scientific products have entered people's lives, and many people's lives have changed.

With these new things comes a great increase in productivity.

Taking the textile industry as an example, because Li Yan forcibly promoted the cultivation of cotton and the birth of the textile machine, people's clothing problems have been greatly improved.

It can be said that although Dazhong has only been established for three years, it has made great achievements in terms of people's livelihood.

Therefore, although there are still some local wars, today's New Year, laughter can be heard everywhere, and everyone's face is full of smiles.

however

Li Yan was not complacent because of his achievements.

On the contrary, Li Yan was still worried in his heart!

This is not Li Yan's hypocrisy, but Li Yan actually feels that the industrial revolution he released seems to be a little out of his control.

When he was in school, Li Yan learned that the outbreak of the industrial revolution would inevitably cause profound changes in class relations, and the most important political consequence was the emergence of the industrial bourgeoisie and the industrial proletariat, and that after the industrial revolution developed to a certain extent, it would also bring about poverty, unemployment, and periodic crises among the broad industrial classes.

And this contradiction, once it erupts, may be like the explosion of a nuclear bomb, infinite fusion, no one can control it, and then the poor working and peasant class may overthrow its own rule.

In this way, Li Yan thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind that once this kind of sign appeared, he must not block it, because, if it is blocked, he may also be killed, and the best way should be to open the floodgates and release the water, and lead the water to the east, in other words, to get these workers and peasants who have exploded to toss somewhere else.

To put it in layman's terms, once this kind of sign appears, Li Yan is ready to learn from Britain in later generations, let these people out, let them go to other places to toss, and go to other places to cause sabotage.

But then again, if this kind of thing wants to break out, it will be very early, maybe it will take a hundred years, even if it is not to say, it will take decades, then at that time, whether Li Yan is still alive or not is not certain.

And compared with those distant worries, it is still more tempting to have real political achievements in front of them.

Therefore, knowing that there would be hidden dangers in vigorously developing industry, Li Yan still chose to release the industrial revolution, a beast that he could not control, out of the cage.

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On the Shangyuan Festival, Zhao Gou gave Li Yan a congratulatory watch.

The rhetoric used in this congratulatory table is quite gorgeous, and all the prosperity and prosperity, the prosperity of the four seas, the peace of the country, the peace of the people, the political communication and the harmony of the world, and the great rule of the world are all used.

From this congratulatory sheet, it is not obvious that Zhao Gou was an emperor at all, and he is more like an emperor who flatters himself by a courtier.

In addition, Wei and Wu find opportunities to say good things for Zhao Gou from time to time.

Li Yan decided to meet Zhao Gou.

So, Li Yan asked the chamberlain to bring Zhao Gou to Shengping Building, and he wanted to have a family banquet with him.

Zhao Gou, who was notified, was overjoyed, he thought that he could finally end his house arrest and no longer have to live this kind of fearful life!

Zhao Gou carefully cleaned up, and then came to the palace with the guards and chamberlains.

Coming to this familiar and unfamiliar palace again, Zhao Gou's heart was extremely complicated, the past flashed in his mind, and at the same time, a poem also appeared in his heart: When is the spring flower and autumn moon, and how much do you know about the past? Xiaolou had another east wind last night, so the country can't afford to look back at the moonlight! The carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but the face has changed. How sad can you be? It is like a river flowing eastward.

Thinking of this "Poppy Beauty", Zhao Gou couldn't help but think of his ancestor Zhao Kuangyi and the queen of Xiao Zhou.

Thinking of Zhao Kuangyi's strong luck with Xiao Zhou, how could Zhao Gou not remember that Li Yan forcibly occupied his concubines and forcibly occupied their daughters of the Zhao family?

Zhao Gou couldn't help but secretly say: "Could it be that this is retribution?" ”

Jiying Hall and Shengping Building are banquet halls, the former has always been a place to feast many people, like a banquet of thousands of people, will be in Jiying Palace, and the latter is a place with fewer banquet people, a few to dozens, will be feasted in this Shengping Building.

Zhao Gou followed the guards and chamberlains around and came to Shengping Tower.

At this time, a female guard took over Zhao Gou, and then led Zhao Gou to the second floor.

At this time, a round table has been set up on the second floor, on which there are ten dried fruits: fried chestnuts, rubber dates, Hebei goose pear, Heshuo pomegranate, longan, lychee, olive, warm orange, kumquat, hazelnut.

Seeing these ten dried fruits, Zhao Gou was very happy, which means that the banquet is of a very high standard, and it can also show that Li Yan attaches great importance to him.

The female guard pointed to the round table and said to Zhao Gou: "The official family still has some important matters to deal with now, and you will not go downstairs until a while, you can sit there and wait for the official family." ”

When Zhao Gou heard this, he hurriedly said: "I'm tired of the general!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Gou followed what the female guard said and walked towards the table.

Walking, walking, Zhao Gou suddenly heard some strange sounds.

It was clear that the strange noise was coming from upstairs, and possibly even from above his head.

This strange sound was very depressing at first, which was also the reason why Zhao Gou hadn't heard it before.

Slowly, the strange sound could not be suppressed, and then it became louder and louder

As a person who had come over, Zhao Gou quickly judged what kind of sound it was, and because he was too familiar with the owner of this voice, Zhao Gou could easily hear that this voice was from the Wu family.

Zhao Gou was furious and wanted to rush upstairs immediately and kill Li Yan who humiliated him!

But at the moment when Zhao Gou's feet were about to step out, Zhao Gou suddenly thought that this was the palace, Li Yan's palace, not to mention, could he see Li Yan when he rushed up, and whether he could kill Li Yan after seeing Li Yan, even if he killed Li Yan by luck, he would definitely accompany Li Yan to the funeral.

And Zhao Gou ...... Don't want to die!

Therefore, despite the anger, as if this anger was about to burn Zhao Gou to ashes, Zhao Gou finally forcibly suppressed this anger, and then slowly walked to the table and sat down......

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