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Chapter 1005 The End
Speaking of the turmoil in the world, Ji Zhao kept moving forward along the long river of history, and he felt that he was about to reach the end.

What is the end of history?

It is something that cannot be described in words and is beyond imagination.

Ji Zhao never looked back. He kept moving forward. The further he moved forward, the more a call lingered in his ears.

As he continued to move forward, the voice of calling became louder and higher, and even overlapping voices appeared. Countless people were calling him, calling him from the bottom of their hearts.

He felt an endless warmth.

When he reached the end, he turned around and saw behind him huge waves and a long river like the ocean. The wind came from nowhere and then drowned him, but there was no sense of silence at all.

There was shock in his eyes. The river that was completely clear and transparent when he had just entered had now turned into a scarlet red color, but without the slightest bit of evil. It was a red color like the rising sun, with a faint golden glow shining through the red.

The extraordinary power he absorbed along the way spread throughout his body, allowing him to stand tall in the river.

But this was not the reason why he was shocked. The real reason was that in those endless waves, there was a human figure in every wave, and there were endless human figures in the waves.

They all looked at Ji Zhao and smiled in unison: "You succeeded."

Who are they?

Ji Zhao knew who they were.

He stretched out his hands and remained silent. Is this the truth of my birth?
……

Many people were puzzled by the actions of the emperor and King Luo. They wrote to the emperor asking him to suppress those rebellious people, but the emperor always kept it to himself and did not issue any action. He also favored those people in various policies. Except for some bottom lines, the emperor almost let it go.

In politics, this is a typical surrender, which caused dissatisfaction among many hardliners. They were determined not to follow the emperor's edict anymore and they were determined to seize power from the emperor.

They wanted to defend the existence of the Tang Empire, which sparked a fierce confrontation within the Tang Dynasty. This confrontation made people feel extremely uneasy. When the emperor's authority had not been completely lost, many things would eventually have to be submitted to the emperor.

So the emperor was caught in a dilemma. There were two trends within the Tang Empire.

One of them is the reformists. In practice, they believe that the obstacle to development now is the emperor who is behind the scenes. They have no opinion on the emperor himself, but in actual operations.

For example, when facing the emperor's brothers, nephews, and the queen's family, it is impossible for the government to be biased and impartial. Although the emperor holds great power, the reality of this world is that most things cannot reach the emperor.

When local officials deal with some things, they mainly look at the background. As for the Tang Dynasty Law, it is a joke. Only two equal people will look at the Tang Dynasty Law. Most of the time, they look at the background.

Many things are not what the emperor wants to do, but because the imperial system exists, it is destined to be so. Equality for all is impossible under the imperial system.

Because there is one person in this world who is born to inherit the throne, while the rest of the people are born to be kings. There are a large number of people who are able to occupy high positions because of their blood relationship. Under this system, no matter how hard others work, it doesn't matter.

What if Luo became the emperor?
There has been a trend of thought among the people, which is to let the Luo family become the emperor and let the Li family abdicate. The emergence of this trend of thought was so rapid, but no one dared to raise it in the central government, not only because of the emperor, but also because of the existence of King Luo.

For most people, it is considered a terrible thing to bring this matter before King Luo. The Luo family does not want to be king. This is the ancient family instruction. Since ancient times, it has never been heard that the Luo family violated this instruction. It can be said that unless King Su personally orders, it would be a dream to let the Luo family become king.

In the process of spreading, various thoughts ultimately pointed to the imperial system.

"In the Bang Zhou era a thousand years ago, not only was the emperor hereditary, but all other official positions were hereditary. That era was called hereditary nobles and hereditary officials. Later, hereditary nobles and hereditary officials were abolished, and only the emperor's throne was hereditary. In this case, is the emperor also a kind of title?

In ancient times, sages had already said that the Son of Heaven was actually a kind of title. In Rome, the emperor himself was the first-ranked citizen and an official position. It seems that the Son of Heaven was not actually appointed by heaven.

If that is the case, then since we were able to abolish the hereditary nobility, then now, isn’t it also very reasonable for us to abolish the series of noble titles such as the throne and dukedom that extend from the emperor?"

There are such examples in the traditions of the Chinese nation. The abolition of hereditary aristocracy meant the abolition of the control of official positions by blood relations. After the emergence of countries such as Rome, this theory was greatly supplemented.

Since talent and virtue could replace blood aristocracy in the Zhou Dynasty, is it also possible to use talent and virtue to replace the emperor now?

In fact, the Luo family has proved one thing, that is, it seems to make no difference whether there is an emperor or not. In many cases, it is enough to have a prime minister. If the first prime minister, that is, the current King Luo, is allowed to serve as the consul similar to the previous Roman consul, wouldn't it be possible to perfectly form a new political system?

This kind of political system can be without a king, but there must always be a centralized person.

It has to be said that all political systems in this world are generated from practice. In the Tang Empire, the Luo family held power for many years and was basically the second in command. Even at the worst time, the Luo family had never fallen out of the position of fourth in command.

This led to the Tang Empire having a dual center, one was the emperor, and the other was the head of the Luo family. Many times, such as now, does it matter whether the empire has an emperor or not?
unimportant.

As long as King Luo Changqing is here, it will be enough.

Under this reality, there are more and more ideas to let Luo become emperor, or to let Luo govern.

In the Roman Empire, Roman consuls were theoretically elected by the citizens of the empire, but even with the telegraph, it was impossible to achieve such universal suffrage in an empire as populous and vast as the Tang Empire.

What if a minority of representatives are involved in the election?

Some of the more radical New School members attempted to implement this method in the empire.

Of course they would choose the Luo family, because the Luo family was the reason for many people to overthrow the monarchy.

Even the Luo family doesn't want to be a royal family, so what qualifications do others have to be a royal family?

In terms of morality and talent, after eliminating the so-called destiny, what reason is there for anyone other than the Luo family to become the so-called royal family?
Even Luo Changqing was surprised by the emergence of this trend of thought. The emperor also smiled bitterly and sighed to Luo Changqing: "If the Luo family had not protected the Tang Dynasty royal family for hundreds of years, I would probably doubt the Luo family.

Times have really changed. It turns out that what you said, King Luo, is right. The empire will really collapse one day. Are they deliberately trying to sow discord between the Li and Luo families?

I'm afraid not. Once this idea spreads, it will spread quickly to all directions.

Ugh.

Fortunately, no one has asked me to abdicate the throne to Luo Shi yet, otherwise I really don’t know what to do.”

The emperor and Luo Changqing still don't know until now that this call has already appeared among the people, but no one has dared to say it in front of them.

But based on the current situation, people's pursuit of equality is extremely high and extremely inflammatory. Especially when the emperor and Luo Changqing did not stop it, the speed at which this idea spread was beyond everyone's expectations.

In the world of Ji Zhao's previous life, this trend of thought faced a very severe blow, and various reactionaries persecuted progressive elements. But in this world, Luo Changqing not only spread these progressive ideas in the Central Plains, but also unified other places in advance. As a result, the spread and collision of various thoughts were just like the era of a hundred schools of thought.

Even if the conservatives wanted to take action against the reformists, they could only use the decentralized power in their hands. Without an imperial decree from the central court, this kind of confrontation was completely acceptable to the reformists.

The emperor's actions were naturally useful. According to information obtained from various channels, even those progressive elements who wanted to end the monarchy had different outcomes for the treatment of the Li royal family.

Even the most radical ones simply wanted the Li royal family to carry their large amounts of property and become ordinary citizens, allowing them to even participate in politics, take the imperial examinations, and become officials.

There were also those who hoped to end the imperial system in the short term and even proposed more favorable conditions, which was to use a piece of land as a residence for the Li royal family. After all, the Li royal family had made great contributions and should be supported.

Of course, this was limited to the emperor and a very small number of formal royal family members, such as the empress and the crown prince, and in the future, eunuchs, palace maids and other slave-like occupations would no longer be allowed.

To be honest, the emperor was very tempted by this preferential treatment. You know, even in the era of two kings and three officials, except for the Zhou Dynasty, the treatment of others was just like that, and they were basically isolated from politics.

Now, not only can he exist as an emperor (not the Son of Heaven), but his descendants can also participate in politics normally. This is definitely the best ending among the royal families and monarchs of a fallen country.

If the Tang Dynasty must perish, then this is really a good thing.

In the entire empire, probably not many people would have thought that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is now preparing to escape.

……

"Grandfather, this is the book that Qingyun published in Qin's newspapers."

Luo Qingyi handed a book to Luo Changqing with a serious expression on his face. He had read the book and found it very insightful.

Luo Changqing took the book and read it carefully. After reading only the first few tens of thousands of words, he looked up at Luo Qingyi and said, "Qingyun is a person who can become a saint. You should learn more from him."

Luo Qingyi knew that his grandfather would have a very high opinion of Luo Qingyun, and now it is indeed true. This level of evaluation is the first time since Luo Qingyi was born.

Sanctification.

What a high evaluation this is! Among those people in the Zhuxia Temple, every one of them is a famous figure whose words have shaken the world for eternity.

But Luo Qingyi, who had read this book before, knew that what his grandfather said was absolutely true. He was able to analyze the current economic form of mainstream society so thoroughly, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

Because the emergence of a theory is never just there in vain, but can guide the operation of a country. Before the steam age, the country and society for more than a thousand years were established based on the Hundred Schools of Thought in the Warring States Period. No matter what variants came later, they were inseparable from the theories of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

The same was true after the Steam Age. Every new theory that emerged would guide the operation of the empire, and many previous theories would become obsolete because they did not match the development of society.

In the field of natural sciences, there is absolute truth, but in the field of social sciences there is no absolute truth, only relatively correct theories.

If we can find a suitable theory, the speed of social development will be very fast. For example, after the reform, the empire has introduced a new system, so the economic development within the empire is very fast. If we still insist on the previous feudal autocracy, it will definitely not develop as fast as it is now. The theory proposed by Luo Qingyun now is a criticism of the various ills of today's society. This is not something that everyone can see. When these ills are proposed, naturally, there is a clue on how to solve these problems.

At least in Luo Changqing's eyes, he did have a clue, "Qingyun's book is not only about the present, but also about the past. He includes the entire recorded history in it, which is really eye-opening.

This is a theory that is much better than the new ones. Starting from the grassroots people, it deeply reveals who has the most powerful power.

Ugh.

I just don’t know how many hardships this theory will have to go through. This is somewhat different from what most people think. Just like the hardships that the new theory experienced when it first appeared, this theory may have to go through them all over again.

Qingyi, what do you think after reading this? "

Luo Qingyi thought for a moment and then said slowly and solemnly: "Change the world!"

Yes.

Anyone who has read it will feel that the world has been completely changed. In Luo Qingyun's theory, the current economic system has been completely refuted.

In his article, the root of all current evils is the current economic system and all the people and things that are attached to this economic system.

This naturally includes the Luo family itself. Of course, the Luo family is basically balanced, that is, under this system, the contribution made by the Luo family can offset the benefits gained by the Luo family, and even have an overflow.

Therefore, the Luo family is not simply an exploiter and oppressor, and they can still switch between these identities at will.

The emergence of the word "exploitation" is also quite unprecedented. In Luo Qingyun's theory, the current new scholars and the new elites as well as the old imperial aristocracy should be abandoned.

This is what Luo Qingyi said. It will change the world. Once this book spreads, the current contradiction between the new learning and the imperial system will be nothing. It is no surprise that everyone will unite to destroy this new theory.

After all, this is the theory that will really turn the table over. Luo Changqing weighed the book in his hand again, "Qingyi, I am very old. I don't know if I can still see the future of the world, and I don't know if there will be better theories. But from Qingyun's theory, the society that can be constructed is better than that constructed by the new school."

Of course it is better. After all, this new theory emerged from the criticism of the new learning society. It is naturally well aware of the various defects of the new learning and can solve these problems.

Another point that Luo Changqing was concerned about was that in Luo Qingyun's theory, he predicted a crisis, that is, the crisis of overproduction. He predicted that this crisis would sweep the entire empire. In the face of this crisis, the empire would collapse. In order to resolve this crisis, it was necessary to form a new regime according to his theory and abolish the current financial and economic policies.

In fact, Luo Changqing had gradually realized that something was amiss, but that was only due to his keenness as a person who had ruled an empire for decades. After all, with so many illegal operations, how could nothing go wrong?

However, from Luo Qingyun's theory, we can clearly see how the inherent defects of this new education system have gradually led to the economic crisis, and Luo Qingyun also clearly stated that this crisis cannot be solved with the current system.

Especially now that the world is unified, even plundering outside is impossible. At the moment when the economic crisis breaks out, the now unified empire will immediately split, because at that time, it can only let others die and use other people's corpses to make up for its own losses and survive this round of crisis.

After carefully studying these theories, Luo Changqing agreed with Luo Qingyun's judgment. In addition, as the ruler of the empire, he knew the empire's data better than Luo Qingyun, and he felt even more clearly the urgency of the impending crisis.

Then he thought about how to solve these problems, and then found out in despair that it was really just as Luo Qingyun had judged, there was no way to solve them.

He couldn't use Luo's Bank to support the other banks. He had no idea how big the mines those banks had buried. Although Luo's Bank was powerful, it was impossible for it to support the bottom line of the entire empire. Moreover, if he supported them now, they would only have one choice, which was to create bigger mines again.

As for overproduction, if you don't produce, you will die, and if you produce, you will also die. If you keep using Rockefeller's money to back it up, the end result will be that all the problems will be transferred to Rockefeller.

Luo Changqing naturally couldn't do that. After all, since ancient times, what the Luo family has been doing is to prevent the world from collapsing and to maintain a bottom line. If even the Luo family collapsed completely, then the world would really be doomed.

"Grandfather, I think someone will soon form a new political party based on the theory above. By that time, the wave will be even bigger. If we suppress it at that time, we will be truly enemies with the world. We in the Luo family cannot go against those poor people. Their lives are already miserable."

Luo Changqing certainly would not suppress the common people. After all, he did not suppress many members of the New School Party who were not considered common people.

"I already have a plan in mind. I will wait and see how this trend develops, and then I will withdraw decisively."

Luo Changqing whispered something in Luo Qingyi's ear. Luo Qingyi listened and asked in shock, "Grandfather, is it okay to do this? Do you really want to hand over the power in your hands?"

Luo Qingyi was really shocked. The Luo family had been in power for most of the time. It was only during the time of Winter City that they lost power for a period of time. That was the most difficult time for the Luo family, but everything was fine afterwards.

Luo Qingyi couldn't believe what the Luo family would be like after losing power.

Luo Changqing said expressionlessly: “Do you think that if the New School Party really took control of the government, they would let the Luo family take control of the real power?
The most they do is to put us, the Luo family, on a high pedestal, and then be on guard against us in every way, using various systems to restrict our power.

Just a bunch of insects.

I have persisted until now because I do not want to hand over power to them.”

Luo Changqing did not like the new learning. He always believed that the new learning was a low-end imperial system. The so-called citizen rights did not actually exist, because the foundation of the new learning was not the farmers and laborers who made up the majority, but the merchants and people who had been officials for generations. These people united to form a country, which could be seen from the composition of the personnel in the Roman Senate.

These people are the root cause of the current major events in the empire, and are also the most criticized group in Luo Qingyun's book. Luo Changqing simply doesn't dare to imagine what the future will be like if this group of people take control of the government.

At least there are still the Luo family and the emperor who can uphold justice. Once these people come to power, everything will be over.

Moreover, Luo's noble character of not going along with them and his political views of proposing such safeguards would not be recognized by them, and he was doomed to be excluded.

Therefore, Luo Changqing is insisting on ensuring that he still controls the country and is determined not to give the world to those people he hates.

The only thing that worries Luo Changqing now is how long he can live, and how long his obsession can support his body and keep burning like this.

and.

He was still thinking about meeting King Su. Perhaps it was because he felt that his life was too hard, so Ji Lingjun and Luo Su told Luo Changqing that King Su had woken up. This gave Luo Changqing a glimmer of hope, that is, he could see King Su before he died.

He wanted to know whether what he had done over the years was right.

He also wanted to know whether the choices the family had made over the years, even including allowing King Su's authority to gradually fade away, were correct.

If he didn't know these things, he would really feel like he couldn't rest in peace even after his death.

He may be one of the most obsessed Luo family members since the birth of the Luo family, because during the time when he was the head of the family, the Luo family gradually moved towards getting rid of its sanctification.

This is completely opposite to the path of the past thousand years. Luo Changqing was once confused, wondering whether his choice was right or not, but in the end he still chose to do so because he believed that King Su hoped that humans could become strong on their own, rather than relying on gods for everything.

In fact, King Su has never interfered with the development of the human world. At most, he gave some help to the Luo family, and then influenced some changes in the Xia Dynasty through the Luo family.

Especially after the destiny of the grassland was completely destroyed, there was no such thing as destiny in this world anymore. Since then, King Su disappeared for hundreds of years and never interfered in the human world again.

This series of events made Luo Changqing feel that what he did was not wrong, and he hoped to get the approval of King Su.

……

Regardless of what Ji Zhao saw at the end of the long river of history, or what changes he experienced, he walked back along the long river of history, then walked to the point where he was born, leaped forward, and entered the void heaven.

When he appeared in the void heaven, infinite light bloomed in the heaven without heaven and earth, without sun and moon, and without time. All the divine artifacts surrounded Ji Zhao, and every divine artifact cheered and jumped around him. There were also endless petals surrounding him, like a god.

The peach forest in the void heaven expanded tenfold, a hundredfold, or even innumerable times in an instant. The Hall of Heroes in the middle of the peach forest burst into endless light, and countless pillars of light shot up into the sky.

Ji Lingjun and Luo Su naturally jumped to Ji Zhao's side at the first opportunity, and their joy was beyond words.

"Ancestor!"

"Ancestor!"

Finally seeing the ancestor again made both of them feel as if they were in a different world. After waiting for so many years, they finally saw him again.

Ji Zhao smiled and touched Ji Lingjun's little head, then touched Luo Su. He and Ji Lingjun had been together for a long time, but Luo Su was his favorite junior and the only high-level descendant who used the Heroic Spirit Card. Even now, no one in the Luo family could compare with Luo Su.

In the future world, he still has arrangements for Luo Su. Such an outstanding young man will certainly not be trapped here forever.

"Look at Valhalla."

Ji Zhao pointed to the magnificent palace and said, “All the tribesmen will wake up and become important pillars of this world, but they will need some time.

The descendants of the human world seem a little confused."

Luo Su's happy face flashed a sigh and said: "The situation Changqing encountered is indeed unprecedented, and there are many things he doesn't know, so he is very confused now.

When you just woke up, we were able to communicate with you, but later we couldn't even communicate with you, so we stopped talking."

Ji Zhao knew that they couldn't communicate because he had taken away all the extraordinary people. His eyes sparkled and he laughed loudly, "I think he has done a good job, and the world now is already very good, better than I imagined.

Evergreen! "

(End of this chapter)