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Chapter 980 Reincarnation
Yang Zheng went all the way from Guanzhong to Chengdu. He lived in Chengdu for half a year, visited famous mountains, visited Wuhou Temple and Guanyu Temple, entered Jingxiang, and finally went down the river to Jianye.

Originally, I planned to visit Guangzhou and Jiaozhou.

But Lingnan in this era is a terrible place, and it is not fun to be infected with miasma. In addition to Wang Jun's kind invitation, he simply lived in Jianye for a year.

If we say that the happiest days in this life are still in Jianye, Wu Nong's soft words in Jiangnan are soft and lingering, which makes people linger and forget to return, dispelling Yang Zheng's golden spirit for most of his life.

There was an endless stream of people from Jiangdong, who came to pay their respects.

Every half a month, there will be a grand meeting in Jianye City to talk about the world's anecdotes and overseas anecdotes.

During the banquet, all the poets became very popular and wrote many masterpieces.

They were all transcribed for future generations to look up to.

Yang Zheng had been painstakingly suppressing the tyrants of the gentry back then, but in a few years, the new generation of tyrants in Jiangdong was rising again.

On the bright side, they are deeply influenced by the atmosphere of the Great Qin Dynasty, studying and practicing martial arts, and their children either take the imperial examination or join the army to contribute to the country.

However, the common faults of all gentry tyrants also reappeared in them.

Has an unusually distorted obsession with land and population.

After living in such a leisurely way for a year, I took a big boat to enter Huainan, wandered around Qingxu, returned to Xuchang and lived for a few months, and then went north to Yecheng to meet my old brother Zhang Te.

At this time, Zhang Te was already graying, with wrinkles on his face, but his bearing remained the same as before.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Te bowed down in front of him as before.

Yang Zheng quickly helped him up, "Today you are not a general, nor am I the emperor, it's just a reunion of old friends."

Zhang Te was moved, and called his son, grandson, and son-in-law to see him.

Seeing his children and grandchildren in the house, Yang Zheng was naturally happy.

But Zhang Te looked downcast, "Hey, life is better now, and none of the descendants has become a success, and everything can be achieved, and all day long, they are all useless..."

He is not alone in this phenomenon.

Of Liu Heng's dozens of sons, only one passed the imperial examination, and two of them joined the army with a small success.

However, although none of the dozens of sons inherited his bravery, many of them inherited his reproductive ability...

Coupled with Daqin's encouragement of childbearing, the Liu family's population has expanded greatly in the past ten years.

The fields at home are subdivided according to the Tweeting Order, which is almost the same as that of ordinary people.

Even for a fierce man like Wen Yang, there is only one Wen Ji who has a little bit of talent, but he abandons martial arts and follows literature.

"This is a good thing. Our generation fights and kills, isn't it just to make life better for the next generation? Besides, your descendants are too accomplished. Will the children of ordinary people be gone soon?" Yang Zheng laughed.

Even Zhang Te's son did not enter the army through the back door, which shows that Daqin's review system is still strict.

At least for now it's pretty strict.

Zhang Te was thoughtful, then cupped his hands, "Your Majesty's words are true."

After drinking a few more cups, Zhang Te let out a long sigh, "The minister has already submitted his petition and asked to be resigned. After so many years of fighting and killing, the minister is also tired."

Yang Zheng's voluntary abdication set a positive example for the world.

After reversing the political pattern of immortality since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, everyone can retire with dignity.

"It doesn't matter if you retire, the world belongs to young people. When the time comes, you go back to Daxing and go hunting and fishing with me, isn't that right?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Te looked honored. He was probably the only one who could receive this kind of treatment.

After living in Yecheng for two or three months, Yang Zheng set off again, passing through Monan and entering Henan.

After so many years of afforestation, Henan has long been green.

Bison, wild sheep and wild horses are in groups, wild wolves are chasing hares and running around, beside the Wuding River, densely packed egrets are standing in the water plants, occasionally slamming down quickly, picking up a white fish and swallowing it...

The sky is as blue as a jewel.

The wind is also very warm. When it blows, the grass leaves rustle.

Every day, more than a hundred cavalry can be seen riding through a green ocean, routinely patrolling this fertile land.

In fact, in the Warring States Period, the Loess Plateau was not full of loess, and the forest coverage rate was as high as 50.00%. That's why it is related to the "Land of Abundance".

In the Western Han Dynasty, it once became the back garden of the Huns.

Looking at the vast green ocean, Yang Zheng suddenly felt that he had found his home.

This is a feeling I have never felt in years of traveling around the world.

Although Daxing is good, it is too noisy and there are many disputes. It is far less unrestrained than here.

"Right here." Yang Zheng said calmly.

The surrounding followers didn't seem to understand.

"Close the camp, I will live here from now on."

Protecting the Loess Plateau is actually protecting the basic plate of Daqin and even China.

As long as the climate and environment here are not bad, then Guanzhong will always be the land of abundance.

When Yang Xu heard that Yang Zheng had returned to the Wuding River, he came to pick him up in person, "I still have a lot to ask... How can my father abandon my son?"

Yang Zheng laughed loudly, living here, people have a broad mind, "Okay, this world is governed well, I saw the right person, let my old bone stand on the last post for Huaxia .”

Yang Xu had no choice but to order the construction of the palace.

Ji Kang, who has always been proud, came to supervise the work in person, planning to build the mausoleum together.

A few years ago, Yang Zheng refused to build the mausoleum, so he didn't have any preparations, but after thinking about it these years, the mausoleum still needs to be built, after all, he wants to give future generations a place to worship.

There is no need for any precious funeral objects, mostly weapons, stone tablets, various bamboo slips, gold and silver are not allowed to be buried, so as not to be remembered by the gold-touching captains in the future.

"Your Majesty's accomplishments far surpass those of the Han Dynasty, and the Great Qin Dynasty lasted at least 800 years!" Ji Kang opened his mouth and came.

There are indeed 800-year dynasties in history.

This was the case in the Zhou Dynasty, but that kind of half-dead state is not worth mentioning.

After the system of prefectures and counties was established, it was impossible for a dynasty to last more than 500 years.

Ji Kang's art is not bad, it's a layman to talk about these things, but Yang Zheng is quite relieved to be affirmed by this famous person.

"Heroes create prosperity, prosperity produces mediocre officials, mediocre officials produce troubled times, and troubled times produce heroes. It's just a cycle like this!" Yang Zheng took out a sentence from later generations.

Of course, there are multiple reasons for the demise of a dynasty, and mediocrity is only a superficial phenomenon, and there are many deep-seated things.

Many things are simply unsolvable with the productivity of this era.

This is the reincarnation of history and the reincarnation of human hearts.

Ji Kang fell into deep thought, and after a long time sighed, "Your Majesty knows the past and the present, and my ministers can't do it!"

Yang Zheng said with a smile: "At least we can experience a prosperous age now, so that China can get a respite. The dynasty may decline, but our Chinese civilization will not!"

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