At the same time, the Ji family saw that the Liu family was weakening and felt that the time had come to start the war again.
But the Liu family is indeed in constant internal strife. The new emperor fights against the powerful ministers, and against the hundreds of officials. The powerful ministers fight against the new emperor, and against the hundreds of officials.
The war was defeated again and again, and (in the 489th year of the Linghai calendar) the powerful official and pillar of the Liu Dynasty died, and the internal fighting became more intense.
When Liu's side wiped out the powerful minister's family, Ji's also recovered all the lost territory.
It's just that there are a lot fewer people. Except for the dead, they have all left their homeland, either returning to Buzhou Mountain, or spreading farther away.
In Xiniu Hezhou, go west and merge into the various countries that respect Buddhism in Xiniu Hezhou.
These countries are protected by Buddhism, and they are all believers of Buddha from top to bottom.
The country's throne inheritance is stable, its politics and laws are moderate, and its population is large. Most of its land is not fertile, but there is magic and the produce is enough for food.
The common people all worship Buddha, thinking that they can go to the Buddhist world after death. They do not have high material requirements, are at ease with suffering, and pay little attention to the outside world.
The people who come to these places are not locals and lack the land to cultivate, so they can only make use of their skills to make a living.
Those without skills often chose to engage in business, and their caravans spread local specialties, especially Buddhist scriptures, to various places.
The tribes in Beiju Luzhou merged into the tribes of Beiju Luzhou in the north.
The tribes are not short of land, they are short of people, and they are short of knowledge.
Originally suppressed by Ji's kingdoms, now with the help of these knowledgeable people, various tribes have developed rapidly.
Most of those in Dongsheng Shenzhou went to Linghai Country, where life was quiet.
The turmoil among the Southern Zhao, Nan Gao, Da Lin, and Wu peoples did not completely subside, and spread from Da Lin to the north, giving rise to many tribal states.
All in all, in the land of 90 million miles, there may not be ten thousand countries, but there should be more than ten thousand cities.
Southern Zhao was suppressed by Zhao Jin. Although hundreds of forces developed, they all still recognized themselves as Zhao people and superficially respected the king's order.
At the very least, wherever the king passes, he will be greeted with royal courtesy. However, the king usually does not dare to leave the royal city for fear of being killed secretly.
The Wu forces are still rebels in Southern Zhao, with two factions: orthodox and unorthodox.
The orthodox ones are the various kings of Wu, and there are now hundreds of them. The unorthodox ones form a loose alliance. The leader of the alliance is Lu Shangren, but he is only in name and has no control over it.
The Nangao Kingdom is still there, but it has evolved into more than ten Nangao Kingdoms, each of which considers itself to be orthodox and has many forces.
In particular, the influence of the Wu people was involved, which made the Nangao people very uncomfortable, but the situation was beyond their control and they could only ignore it for now.
Da Ling now exists in name only, but it has formed many tribal states, and they have formed alliances with each other, extending to the north.
All tribes can join, trade, fight, study, attack, it doesn’t matter what alliance they are doing.
Although the territory seems to have increased, many places do not belong to them and there are many forces, especially the Zhao people.
However, since Da Lian is not the unified Da Lian before, Zhao people cannot find a target if they want to take revenge. The overall situation is not bad.
Everyone has one or several cities, and they live a life of intensive farming.
Because of the meticulous care and the small territory and easy supervision, the people's lives are much better than before.
I have to say that a large part of this is indeed the work of Buddhism. It is Buddhism that makes people calm and peaceful.
Although it is said that it would be the same if we respected Taoism, the reality is that there is no such thing. Most of the people on Dongsheng Shenzhou now worship Buddhism, and most of the students also study Buddhism and Confucianism.
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Seeing that the Ji family had regained their lost territory, the Liu family used caravans to adopt the method of close attack and distant friendship, and persuaded many forces in Dongsheng Shenzhou, as well as many tribes in Beiju Luzhou, to jointly attack the Ji family.
In other words, it is cause and effect. It is the cause and effect of the Great Zhou and the Great Zhao, and it is the cause and effect of the Great Zhou and the Luzhou tribe in Beiju.
More than thirty years later (in the 521st year of the Linghai calendar), after two generations of Emperor Liu, Ji's kingdom was completely pacified.
The country that mainly used Taoist strategies to govern its country was completely defeated by the country that mainly used Confucian strategies to govern its country.
Wuwei was defeated by utilitarianism.
In the eyes of the world, this is the failure of Taoist strategies in governing the country, while Confucian strategies have advantages in governing the country.
Utilitarianism can take advantage of the weaknesses of people's hearts to better rule the country.
The Liu family's empire extends from the south of Beiju Luzhou in the north to the west of Dongshengshenzhou in the east.
From the west to the east of Xiniuhezhou, some Ji clan members fled there. They chased them and captured some territory, but were blocked by Buddhist monks.
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The Liu family had no foreign troubles for a while, and Emperor Liu was also lazy in politics, allowing the eunuchs to take advantage of the loophole and join forces with his relatives to control the government.
Although the shadow of war has dissipated, the people's lives have not been easy.
When he died, a new emperor succeeded to the throne. It happened that the new emperor was a fatuous and cowardly king. He could be forced by his concubine to kill his son. The eunuchs and relatives were even more lawless, and the people were miserable.
After his death, the powerful ministers discussed and selected a new emperor, similar to him, so that the powerful ministers could continue to cause harm without worries.
After the death of the new emperor, he chose a child to succeed him. As a result, he died of illness at the age of 14 and hid in the underworld early.
A two-year-old child succeeded to the throne, and the powerful officials took charge of the emperor.
Two years later (565 years of the Linghai calendar), the powerful ministers deposed the emperor and established himself.
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The whole world was in an uproar, and the Liu family sent people to Buzhou Mountain City to look for the people in the mountains.
Naturally, Yamazaki didn't leave the mountain, he didn't want to get involved in the cause and effect.
Tell them that Liu's people's support is still there, the cause and effect is not over yet, and there will be a turn for the better.
Yamazaki is concerned about the problem of monsters. Recently, a monkey monster with no knowledge of the world has been causing trouble in the East China Sea.
He stole the Sea-Dinging Needle from the Dragon King of the East China Sea and made friends with monsters from all over the world.
There’s no need to be so blatant in creating trouble for Heaven, right?
I'm a little curious about what the Jade Emperor would do? The only monsters that can enter and exit the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea are those sent down by Heavenly Court, right?
Yamazaki was waiting to watch the show, but what he was waiting for was Taibai Venus descending to earth to recruit people.
Okay, what is the Jade Emperor playing at?
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In the human world, it is the year 580 of the Linghai calendar.
After fifteen years of fighting, the Liu family relied on the support of the people, the joint efforts of the family members, and the old foundation of the Liu family princes to regain the throne and establish the Eastern Capital.
However, the territories of Dongsheng Shenzhou, Beiju Luzhou, and Xiniuhezhou are gone, and there are also many forces and grass bandits on Nanfanbuzhou.
If we look into it further, it is the loss of public support.
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The newly ascended Emperor Liu spent twelve years reunifying Nanfangbuzhou, and then implemented a benevolent government, but it only lasted for three generations and more than sixty years.
Then there was still the same old problem, and the situation of exclusive power by relatives reappeared.
In the following thirty years, the emperors were all short-lived and became the entertainment of their relatives and powerful ministers.
There is also the tragedy of a baby being held in his arms for a hundred days and enthroned, and then eight months later, he died before he was one year old.
(Linghai Calendar Year 676) With great difficulty, Emperor Liu waited until the Queen Mother who controlled him died, and finally took charge of the throne and wiped out the Queen Mother's entire family.
In order to fight against the foreign relatives, the power of the eunuch was raised, but he died early and could not hold on, and the government fell back into the hands of the foreign relatives and powerful ministers.
Twenty-two years later, (in the year 698 of the Linghai calendar) another emperor came to the throne at the age of 2 and died at the age of 3.
Then there was a 9-year-old emperor who was killed by powerful ministers shortly after he ascended the throne, and then another emperor was replaced.
The emperor has become a decoration, just for fun.
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Outside Buzhoushan City.
The special envoy sent by Yamazaki to report could not help but shake his head with emotion.
These days, the emperor has turned into an extremely dangerous job.