Chapter 8 - A Long Way Ahead

Sitting in the carriage to Jinzhou, Zhao Fan felt the bumps in the road, and was accustomed to the transportation of the 21st century.

"I'm going to Golden State, and I don't know when I'll be able to come back." Joey sat beside Zhao Fan obediently, his head snuggled on Zhao Fan's shoulder, and he felt a little sad in his heart.

"Fool, when we settle down in Golden State City, we will take the time to come back and have a look."

"Well, that's all there is to it."

Zhao Fan felt Joey's temperature, but his heart couldn't calm down, in this troubled world, how could he live well?

Looking back at the small village that was gradually moving away, the smoke of the cooking stove reached into the sky, Zhao Fan couldn't help but fall into contemplation, and seriously examined the era he lived in.

Tang Xizong, what do you say? In fact, Zhao Fan was not too impressed with him, relatively speaking, he would be more familiar with Tang Taizong and Tang Xuanzong.

But there is still a minimum impression, after all, in order to study the game, Zhao Fan held the history book and gnawed wildly.

Tang Emperor Li Yi, reigned from 873 to 888 AD, first named Li Yan, the fifth son of Tang Yizong, and the eighteenth emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Before the age of 12, he ascended the throne with the support of eunuchs and became emperor, and his life was also very tortuous.

At the beginning of Tang Xizong's succession to the throne, he was too young and lacked the ability to govern, and almost everything was done by the eunuchs, especially relying on the eunuch Tian Lingzi, and calling him "Father", and almost all major decisions were in his hands.

Soon after succeeding to the throne, the famous Wang Xianzhi uprising broke out in history, and the people were not able to live in the dark, and finally Wang Xianzhi died, and a Huangchao uprising emerged, which led to a great decline in national strength, and the achievements of the rule of Dazhong were completely destroyed.

Tang Xizong can be said to be unlucky, the era in which he lived was an era of unprecedented intensification of various contradictions, and the Tang Empire was inevitably on the road to extinction, so in fact, whether he was virtuous or not, it was difficult to reverse the unfavorable situation.

However, in reality, compared with his unreliable father, not only did he not reduce the degree of corruption, but on the contrary, he intensified it, and at that time, disasters were continuous, the people's lives were difficult, and the officials intensified their exploitation, which directly led to the occurrence of civil uprisings.

In this way, this Tang Xizong seems to be a big sinner, but in fact, he can't be blamed entirely, in fact, when these things happened, he was just a child.

In fact, after the Huangchao Uprising, the Tang Dynasty was already difficult to return, terminally ill, the general trend of the world was chaotic, and the warlord power was formed.

Although Tang Xizong is not a stupid person, from the perspective of an emperor, he is not qualified. In the later period of Tang Xizong's reign, although he also planned to make great efforts to get rid of eunuchs and reorganize the rivers and mountains, it was too late, and the Tang Empire had already been shattered and no longer had its former glory.

In Zhao Fan's image, the most profound thing about Tang Xizong is to bet on Sanchuan and use polo to determine the appointment of officials, which is simply child's play.

But considering that he was only 18 years old at the time and lived in a deep palace, everything was understandable.

From the succession of Tang Xizong to Zhu Wen's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty, there was only a gap of 31 years, and this time was also the 31st year of the suffering of the Chinese nation.

It was during this period of time that too much national strength of the Chinese nation was consumed, which led to the weakness of the later Song Dynasty and its inability to resist the invasion of foreign races in the north, resulting in the first demise of the Chinese Empire.

Zhao Fan suddenly felt that he might be thinking a little far, he didn't have such a big picture view, and he didn't have the ability to save the world, he just wanted to be able to be alone in this troubled world, and he could provide shelter for his beloved, so he was satisfied.

As for the rest, he didn't want to worry about it, and he didn't have the ability to do it.

is different from the novel, Zhao Fan does not have the smart mind of a speculator, nor does he have the so-called aura of the protagonist, he will throw in all directions when the tiger's body is shocked, and he does not carry any game system, which can be strengthened by attributes.

At best, he is just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who knows history well, and it can also be described as this, he is an ordinary person from the Tang Empire, and then had a relatively long dream, which lasted intermittently for more than a thousand years, and now he has woken up.

But this doesn't change anything, it's impossible for him to run to tell Tang Xizong that in a few years, he will die of illness, and it's impossible to run to tell Tang Zhaozong that Zhu Wen will cut off his and his son's heads, which is too unreliable and unrealistic.

All he can do is work hard to make himself worthwhile, so that at least when someone wants to harm him, he has to weigh whether it is worth it.

It may sound like a bit silly, after all, pinning your hopes on someone else is always not so reliable. But what about Zhao Fan? As an ordinary person in the 21st century, he is not familiar with political struggles, and he even has very few friends in his life.

If you don't come to this point, you will never know what it means to be difficult, Zhao Fan remembered the online texts and dramas he watched in his previous life, and he couldn't help but scold in his heart, it's so simple, why don't you go through it and try it!

Zhao Fan felt panicked now, he really didn't have any direction for the future, he was completely confused, or he had also thought about doing a good job. The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, and he now has to admit that he really does not have the ability to influence the direction of this era.

Thinking about it, Zhao Fan felt a little annoyed, he didn't know where the future was, this feeling was very bad and unsteady.

"Hmm..."

The sudden voice interrupted Zhao Fan's thoughts, and he saw Joey muttering comfortably and changing to a more comfortable posture.

"What a little wildcat." Looking at Joey, who didn't know when he shrunk into his arms, Zhao Fan's irritable heart gradually calmed down, no matter what the future holds, at least, there is Joey with him, isn't it?

Gently brushing the ends of Joey's hair, Zhao Fan silently made up his mind that no matter what the future holds, he must protect this girl and protect their little family.

It's all here, and the living can still be suffocated by urine, and there is no way, so they take a way out by themselves. Since this world is destined to become a troubled world, then let me Zhao Fan also become the king of this troubled world, if you want to protect something, then the only way is to make yourself stronger, and keep becoming stronger!

Life always has to move forward, as the saying goes, there must be a road before people go to the mountain, the boat is naturally straight to the bridge, how to love it.

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