Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Hearing Du He's modest words, everyone's faces lit up with bright smiles, and they were filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Twenty years ago, if someone had said that the Tang Dynasty would unify the world in the future, they would have thought that the person who said this was crazy. How could the Tang Dynasty, though strong, be an enemy of the world?

However, in the process of unifying the world, they discovered that battles were far simpler than they had imagined.

"You kid..."

Li Chengqian patted Du He on the shoulder, then turned and walked up to the imperial platform to ask, "Li Chunfeng, has the auspicious time for the Fengshan ceremony arrived yet?"

Li Chunfeng stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, the auspicious time is in half an hour."

Wearing a purple robe, Li Chunfeng is no longer a fifth-rank official, but a third-rank official, the Minister of Ceremonies, in charge of the Tang Dynasty's sacrificial rites and music.

"it is good!"

Li Chengqian nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Father, my beloved ministers, you shall all come with me to the square to participate in the Fengshan ceremony!"

The crowd left the main hall in an orderly fashion, according to their current official rank.

Half an hour later.

Under the watchful eyes of the officials, Li Chengqian and Du He slowly ascended into the air in a giant hot air balloon. Before long, the people gathered outside the imperial city also saw the hot air balloon rising.

"The hot air balloon is rising!"

"His Majesty and the King of Han are watching us from inside the basket under the hot air balloon?"

"Oh my God!"

"I...I saw His Majesty and the King of Han waving at us!"

"..."

As the hot air balloon rose higher and higher, the people knelt down and kowtowed.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Greetings, King Han!"

The roar of millions of Chang'an residents instantly resounded through the sky.

The weather was clear today, and the huge hot air balloon flew very high, visible to all the people of Chang'an.

Hundreds of feet in the air.

Li Chengqian's voice trembled as he said, "Du...Du He, why do I feel the basket shaking?"

"Is the hot air balloon flying too high?"

Du He glanced at Li Chengqian, whose legs were like sieves, and burst out laughing.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian was afraid of heights. In addition to his legs and body trembling, his face was also a little pale.

Du He chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, getting close to the edge of the bamboo basket will cause the hot air balloon to shift slightly. If you sit down now, the basket should stop shaking."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Chengqian had already sat down.

"Whoo~"

Li Chengqian let out a long breath, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said, "Du He, you're right, I stopped trembling so much after I sat down."

"The auspicious time has not yet arrived; let me take one more look at Chang'an."

As he spoke, he quickly stood up, staring wide-eyed at the city of Chang'an below, his legs trembling uncontrollably once again.

After three breaths.

Li Chengqian sat down again, and this time the shaking subsided.

Just then, Li Chunfeng, who was fiddling with the altar, glanced at the sky and then bowed to Li Chengqian and Du He.

"Your Majesty, King Han, the auspicious time has arrived. We may burn incense and offer sacrifices to Heaven."

Two eunuchs lit a large bundle of incense and candles in the stove and then handed them to Li Chengqian and Du He.

The Fengshan sacrificial ceremony ended after more than a quarter of an hour.

Li Chengqian pointed to the sky and said, "Du He, I'm afraid I'll never have the chance to fly to the Ninth Heaven in this lifetime. Now you can tell me the truth, what's above the clouds?"

"Could there really be immortals and gods?"

He had previously believed that there were gods in this world, and since Du He had demonstrated various miraculous abilities since the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, he believed even more that there was a great power in this world.

Du He is the one who obtained divine power!

Du He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the clouds are still clouds, but if we can fly hundreds of miles into the sky, we can break free from the constraints of this planet and reach outer space."

"Outer space is pitch black, with no oxygen to breathe, but it contains tens of thousands of planets..."

Hearing that there were no immortals or gods above the clouds, Li Chengqian felt a little disappointed, but then he thought that the vast universe was boundless and there might be giants tens of millions of feet tall.

A moment of silence.

Li Chengqian asked expectantly, "Du He, in our lifetime, will we be able to go to outer space?"

"No."

"Hey! Du He, how many years do you think it will take?"

"At least 500 years."

"this..."

Li Chengqian's expression was slightly stunned.

He also thought that Du He could complete it within sixty or seventy years, and perhaps he could live to be a hundred years old like Sun Simiao.

Once these 500 years have passed, even elixirs won't allow you to live that long.

The two chatted for a while longer until the official operating the hot air balloon reminded them that they were about to descend. Only then did Li Chengqian muster up his courage, stand up, and peer over the edge of the basket to check.

His legs and body trembled until he landed on the ground, at which point he felt better.

Climb up to the nine-story tower.

Under Li Chunfeng's guidance, Li Chengqian once again offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, which took him more than a quarter of an hour.

After the ceremony.

Du He addressed the officials below in a loud voice: "From this day forward, His Majesty shall be honored as the Great Emperor Hongmeng, the first Great Emperor to unify the world!"

Below the platform, apart from Li Shimin, all the other princes and officials knelt down to pay their respects.

"Greetings, Great Emperor Hongmeng!"

Immediately afterwards, the imperial guards around him also knelt down and roared, and the sound waves immediately spread throughout the entire palace.

The people waiting outside the main hall also knelt down and bowed, shouting along with the voices coming from inside the palace.

The first emperor of the human race has been born!

With Li Chengqian becoming emperor and bestowing titles upon hundreds of princes, the Tang Dynasty was plunged into a two-week period of celebration.

After the revelry came a massive population migration.

The official roads leading to the Western Regions, Southern Xinjiang, and Northern Xinjiang were teeming with people and caravans, stretching as far as the eye could see.

To facilitate the large-scale population migration, the Gewuyuan (National Geological Museum of China) also built 100 steam trains. With the addition of the trains, the migration procession was greatly relieved of its burden.

Five years later, this massive migration involving tens of millions of people finally came to an end.

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Outside Chang'an City.

Hundreds of miles.

Li Chengqian, Li Shimin, a group of princes and officials bid a reluctant farewell to Du He, Li Lizhi, Ma Zhou, Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai, Di Renjie and their families.

Everyone's face was filled with reluctance.

Li Shimin patted Du He on the shoulder and said, "You rascal, after you go to the Kingdom of Han to take up your fief, you must not forget the promise you made many years ago."

"I have not yet traveled the world by train, nor have I taken a hot air balloon to see the magnificent landscape of the Tang Dynasty."

"I am already 68 years old this year, so don't keep me waiting too long."

In order to enable Duhe to quickly build a train that could carry people and a stable and reliable hot air balloon, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian, after some discussion, sent all the people from these two departments to work in the Kingdom of Han.

Only under Du He's guidance can it be achieved as soon as possible.

Du He smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the manned train and hot air balloon will definitely be made within five years."

"I just attended the full moon celebration for your 99th son yesterday, and you are still in very good health."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately covered their mouths and snickered.

Li Shimin blushed, patted Du He's shoulder heavily, and then went to talk to Li Lizhi and Li Yi.

Chang'an is thousands of miles away from Qizhou, so we won't be able to see each other often in the future.

"Hey~"

Thinking that Du He was about to depart, Li Chengqian sighed inwardly.

He hesitated for a long time before finally saying softly, "Du He, is it alright if we don't leave?"

Well...

Du He's expression froze.

a long time.

Du He then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you get tired of staying in Chang'an, let Crown Prince Li Jue oversee the country, and then we will go to the Liaodong frontier to hunt tigers."

Before I depart, I present you with a book.

As she spoke, Du He handed a book with gold lettering to Li Chengqian.

The two chatted for a few more minutes, and then Du He waved to Du Ping'an, who had spoken to Li Jue.

"gone."

After another reluctant farewell, Du He, Ma Zhou, Xue Rengui, and their entourage bowed respectfully to Li Chengqian and Li Shimin before boarding their carriages and departing.

After watching the grand convoy drive away into the distance.

Li Chengqian glanced down at the book in his hand and saw four large, gold-embossed characters on the cover.

"The Legend of the Great Emperor Hongmeng".

Turning to the first page, one sees a line of poetry written by Du He.

"I am a stranger from beyond the heavens, who by chance landed in the Tang Dynasty."

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"The Complete Book"

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The story of Du He assisting Li Chengqian has now come to a complete end. With 600 consecutive days of updates, without a single day off or absence, the author has certainly been diligent.

Actually, this book reached its climax when Li Chengqian ascended the throne, but I felt there was still a lot left to write, so I wrote about the process of unifying the world.

Unexpectedly, the data dropped drastically as I wrote, so the author had to speed up the end of the battle.

As for the future Tang Dynasty, and the lives of Du He, Cui Shenji, and others as feudal lords, I will depict them in the side stories and fill in some plot holes.

Finally, thank you all for your continued support.

See you in the next book.