Chapter 1851
Liu Zhou
Three months later, the emperor died, and Liu Xinya's son became the new emperor, while she became the empress dowager.
But before the new emperor could even settle into his throne, he turned against his own mother and his maternal grandfather, Liu Tong.
He was wary of the power held by Liu Xinya.
He and Liu Xinya used to share a common enemy: the old emperor.
Now that there is no common enemy, internal contradictions have become prominent.
As an emperor, one is unwilling to have anyone or any power domineering over one's head.
Liu Xinya personally deposed the emperor. Just when everyone thought she would follow Wu Zetian's example and become empress, Liu Xinya abolished the imperial system, established a parliament, and became the first president.
When the news reached Yinzhen's residence, Lady Tongjia was stunned for a long time before bursting into tears.
After that, she left the mansion and found a job.
Because of her outstanding work ability, she rose through the ranks and was received by President Liu Xinya.
Liu Xinya said to her, "Now you finally look like a modern urban woman."
Tongjia smiled and said, "Thank you!"
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Liu Tong didn't stay in this world for very long. She left when she was fifty years old, taking with her Liu Xinya's personal jade pendant, which was the tool that allowed Liu Xinya to travel through time.
Liu Dong enters the next world.
There are many small worlds in this area, and almost every world contains a small fragment of Mount Buzhou.
Collecting these fragments will give you one-thousandth of the entire Buzhou Mountain.
This time, Liu Dong is not reincarnating, but possessing another body.
The original owner's name was Liu Yizhou, yes, the former fiancé of Fang Yi, Wei Xiaobao's wife!
In the story of The Deer and the Cauldron, Liu Yizhou is a clown.
He was a coward who betrayed his colleagues and even his fiancée; he was a complete scoundrel.
When Liu Dong possessed the body, Liu Yizhou had already been kicked out of the Mu Prince's Mansion.
In pursuit of wealth and status, he decided to pledge allegiance to Wu Sangui.
However, he was unlucky and ran into Lu Gaoxuan.
Lu Gaoxuan knew about Wei Xiaobao and Fang Yi's relationship, and also knew that Liu Yizhou had once been Fang Yi's fiancé.
In an attempt to curry favor with Wei Xiaobao, Lu Gaoxuan made a move against Liu Yizhou.
How can Liu Yizhou be a match for Lu Gaoxuan?
He was severely injured and that's how he died.
After Liu Tong entered this world, she landed right next to Liu Yizhou's corpse.
Liu Tong saw Liu Yizhou's soul being taken away by the Soul Reaper, and then she entered his body.
Liu Tong turned and left Yunnan.
Although it's a lively place, with Wu Sangui, Wei Xiaobao, Princess Jianning, and Abbess Jiunan...
People from all factions gathered here, and one exciting scene after another unfolded.
But Liu Dong already knew how things were going to develop, so she decided not to stay and watch the show.
Liu Tong knew that there were no fragments of Mount Buzhou in this world when she entered it, but since she was already here, why was she in such a hurry to leave?
Liu Dong's current identity is that of a rebel who opposes the Qing Dynasty and seeks to restore the Ming Dynasty. He is determined to fully embrace this identity and overthrow the Qing Dynasty!
There's a saying online, isn't there?
If you don't rebel while wearing a Qing dynasty costume, you'll be like a chrysanthemum covered in an electric drill.
Liu Tong didn't want "chrysanthemums to wither and wounds to cover the ground."
As for restoring sight, forget about it.
He thought Liu Xinya's approach in the last century was quite good.
Liu Tong did not want to act with the people from the Mu Prince's Mansion.
The original owner had already offended everyone in the Mu family. If she went back to join them in a rebellion, no one in the Mu family would follow her.
As for the Heaven and Earth Society, forget about it.
They're all a bunch of brainless idiots. The only two with any brains are Chen Jinnan, who's too blindly loyal to the Zheng family, and Wei Xiaobao, who harbors a grudge against the original owner of the body for stealing his wife.
And then there are other forces... The Divine Dragon Cult will eventually be wiped out by the imperial court, and it even has a mad leader...
Forget it, let's just rely on ourselves!
Liu Tong arrived in the south and entered Shang Kexi's territory.
The Revolt of the Three Feudatories will soon break out.
Liu Dong wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to develop his own power and then profit from it.
Shang Kexi had already colluded with Wu Sangui and was just waiting for news from Wu Sangui before he joined the anti-Qing movement.
Unbeknownst to him, a force had quietly infiltrated his army, albeit only among mid- to low-ranking officers.
But the total number of people is not small.
These officers were naturally subordinates of Liu Dong.
Liu Dong knew that the most important factor in developing power was people.
He then went to sea, made a fortune through maritime trade, and then bribed one of Shang Kexi's confidants to buy the position of county magistrate.
He chose a remote small town by the sea as his location.
This place is extremely poor, and the people have no other income except for fishing.
Other officials are unwilling to come to such a small town.
But it was exactly what Liu Tong wanted.
Liu Dong's voyage this time was not just for overseas trade, but also to deal with the pirates at sea.
Those who committed numerous murders and were extremely heinous were all killed by Liu Tong, and the rest were taken under his command.
The small town became one of the pirates' strongholds.
Professor Liu taught the people how to make seafood sauce, how to make salt—of course, this had to be done secretly—and how to cultivate pearl oysters, and so on…
While teaching people how to become wealthy, Liu Dong also imparted the ideas of equality and freedom to them.
Many ambitious individuals emerged from among them.
Liu Tong sent these people out to spread his ideas to other rural towns.
The Revolt of the Three Feudatories had finally begun.
Shang Kexi sent troops to confront the Qing army, but unfortunately he was unprepared and suffered repeated defeats.
Some soldiers didn't want to die, so they all deserted.
These deserters are a scourge to the people, like locusts.
Deserters dared not flee to big cities, but only to remote places.
And just like that, they ended up on Liu Dong's territory.
Liu Dong is in dire need of manpower, and these are the laborers they have brought in.
Liu Dong accepted the offer with a smile and sent the man to work in the mines and dig canals.
The deserters were tearful. Although the work was hard, requiring them to work seven hours a day, their lives were not in danger, and they were able to eat three full meals a day...
The deserters were grateful to their current masters.
They decided that even after the punishment was over, they would not leave, but stay in the small town to serve the county magistrate.
While the Qing court was locked in a fierce battle with the Three Feudatories, Liu Dong quietly amassed a fortune, his power doubling in size.
Base areas have been established in other parts of the country, and many people who have suffered from the ravages of war have joined these base areas.
In the eyes of the common people, the base area was a paradise in this chaotic world, and they needed to protect it with all their might.
As a result, many young people joined the army formed by the base area.
Liu Tong's power expanded rapidly. If you calculate carefully, he already had over a million people under his command and an army of over one hundred thousand.
This number is truly terrifying.
But none of those important figures paid attention.
The major powers continued to fight each other.
Ultimately, the imperial court prevailed and quelled the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories.
At this time, Wei Xiaobao also returned to the capital from overseas! (End of this chapter)