It was the fourth year of Datong.

Eastern Front.

Yue Fei was building warships and was preparing to destroy Yang Yaoyi's army in one fell swoop.

but

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

Western Front.

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

but

The Shimen Pass, Xianren Pass and Baoxi Road have all been captured by Wu.

Therefore, the end of the stubborn elements such as Tang Chong should not be far away.

...

This year is the year of great unification. Dazhong has achieved very brilliant results 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 achievements made on the battlefield, Dazhong has also achieved considerable achievements in people's livelihood.

The food issues that people were most concerned about before were basically solved by high-yield crops such as rice, corn, and sweet potatoes in the occupancy city and advanced agricultural tools brought about by the industrial revolution. Nowadays, unless it is a year of great wasteland or major policy mistakes occur in Dazhong, the people should not be hungry again.

The industrial revolution that Li Yan forced to launch has brought about earth-shaking changes to the lives of the people of China and China, which are not only reflected in food.

In just over a year, trains, steamers, spinning machines, bicycles, toilets, lithography, screw cutting machines, boilers and other scientific products have entered people's lives one after another, causing many people's lives to change.

What comes with these new things is a great improvement in productivity.

Taking the textile industry as an example, because Li Yan forced the cultivation of cotton and the birth of textile machines, 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 people's livelihood.

Therefore, although there are still some local wars, today's New Year, laughter can be heard everywhere, and everyone's faces are filled with smiles.

However

However, Li Yan was not complacent about his achievements.

On the contrary, Li Yan was still worried!

This is not Li Yan's pretentiousness, but Li Yan's real sense that the industrial revolution he released seemed to be somewhat out of his control.

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

Once this contradiction breaks out, it may be like a nuclear bomb explosion, with infinite fusion and no one can control it. By then, the poor working-peasant class may overthrow its rule.

As a result, Li Yan thought for a long time and finally made up his mind that once this sign appeared, he would never block it, because if it was blocked, he might be killed. The best way was to open the gate and release the water, causing trouble to the east. In other words, it would be to bring these explosive workers and peasants to another place to make trouble.

To put it simply, once this sign appears, Li Yan will prepare to study like the British in later generations, let these people go out and let them go to other places to make trouble and destroy other places.

But then again, it would be too early to break out of such a thing, maybe it would take a hundred years, or even if it was less, it would take decades. Then, it would not be necessary whether Li Yan was still alive at that time.

Compared with those distant worries, the real political achievements in front of you are still more tempting.

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

...

During the Lantern Festival, Zhao Gou gave Li Yan a congratulatory form.

The words used in this congratulations are quite gorgeous, such as prosperity, peace and prosperity in the world, peace in the country, peace in the people, harmony in politics and governance in the world, all of which are used.

From this congratulatory statement, it is impossible to tell that Zhao Gou was once an emperor, but more like an emperor who flattered himself.

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

Li Yan decided to meet Zhao Gou.

So Li Yan asked the eunuch to take Zhao Gou to Shengpinglou and wanted to have a family dinner with him.

Zhao Gou was overjoyed when he received the notice. He thought that he could finally end his house arrest and no longer had to live such a worried life!

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

When he came to this familiar and unfamiliar palace again, Zhao Gou's heart was extremely complicated. The past flashed in his mind, and a poem also appeared in his heart: When will the spring flowers and autumn moon come, how much did he know about the past? The small building was east wind again last night, and the homeland was unbearable to look back at the moonlight! The carved railings and jade bricks should still be there, but the red face changed. I ask how much sorrow can you have? It is like a river of spring water flowing eastward.

Thinking of this song "Yu Meiren", Zhao Gou couldn't help but think of his ancestor Zhao Kuangyi's strong gratitude to the young Zhou Empress.

Thinking of Zhao Kuangyi’s favor for the young Zhou queen, how could Zhao Gou not remember that Li Yan had his concubines and their daughter of Zhao?

Zhao Gou couldn't help but say intimately: "Can this be retribution?"

Jiying Hall and Shengping Tower are both banquet halls. The former has always been a place where many people are banqueting. For example, when thousands of people are banqueting, they will be in Jiying Hall, while the latter is a place where there are fewer banquets. A few to dozens of people will be banqueted in this Shengping Tower.

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

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

At this time, a round table had been set up on the second floor, with ten dried fruits: fried chestnuts, gum dates, Hebei goose pears, Heshuo pomegranates, longans, lychees, olives, warm tangerines, kumquats, and hazelnuts.

Zhao Gou was very happy to see these ten dried fruits. This means that the banquet was very high in specifications, which also shows 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 things to deal with now. You have to wait for the official house to go downstairs after a while. You can sit there and wait for the official house."

When Zhao Gou heard the words, he quickly said, "I'm sorry, General!"

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

As he walked, Zhao Gou suddenly heard some strange sounds.

It was obvious that the strange sound came from the upper floor, and it might even be transmitted back from the top of his head.

This strange sound was very depressing at first, which was 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 experienced person, Zhao Gou quickly determined what sound it was, and because he was too familiar with the owner of the sound, Zhao Gou could easily hear that the sound was made by Wu.

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

But just as Zhao Gou was about to step out, Zhao Gou suddenly thought that this was the palace, Li Yan's palace. Not to mention whether he could see Li Yan when he rushed up and whether he could kill Li Yan after seeing Li Yan. Even if he was lucky enough to kill Li Yan, he would definitely be buried with Li Yan.

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

So, despite the anger, as if the anger was about to burn Zhao Gou to ashes, Zhao Gou finally forced the anger down and then walked slowly to the table and sat upright...
Chapter completed!