The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

How big can this world be?

There must be an end to everything!

As long as there is an end, he, the dignified General of Heavenly Strategy, the Heavenly Khan!

We can definitely break through!

"Once you conquer the surrounding small countries, you will naturally discover a much wider world. Although the Han and Tang dynasties were large, the Mongol Yuan dynasty at its peak was much larger than your Han and Tang dynasties."

"Moreover, they only attack and do not defend, they only plunder and do not govern."

Even under these circumstances, the Mongol Yuan dynasty was unable to truly conquer the entire country.

Moreover, what Li Er wanted was clearly more than just conquering it.

He wanted to bring the entire world under his control.

To this, Lao Zhu could only say that the difference in perspectives stemmed from the different times.

"The Mongol Yuan dynasty? They couldn't do it, but I might be able to as well."

Li Er stated that he knew nothing about the Mongol Yuan dynasty.

He only believes in his own fists and his own abilities!

Just then, as the island in the last scene was reduced to charcoal, the sky gradually darkened.

[The interlude ends, the review continues.]

There are many unresolved issues in history.

When something happens, many people simply feel a sense of satisfaction.

But soon after, when the newcomers reveal their true colors, they will begin to regret and miss them.

The real source of regret is not always how regrettable the event itself is.

Perhaps it is the contrast with those who came later that makes the former seem so precious.

That year, the Ming Dynasty completely lost the hearts and minds of the people.

Li Zicheng failed countless times, but succeeded only once, completely overthrowing the corrupt Ming Dynasty.

Just as Sun Chuanting said, Li Zicheng could fail countless times, and as long as he didn't die, he could still have a chance to start over.

Ultimately, the Ming Dynasty was rotten to the core by then. Looking across the country, apart from Emperor Chongzhen and a very few truly loyal officials, no one still hoped for the continuation of the Ming Dynasty.

A dynasty that has completely lost the hearts of the people deserves whatever fate it may have.

The Ming Dynasty, utterly corrupt and rotten, was destined to perish.

But not long after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, even that corrupt dynasty became a source of regret for countless people.

The Ming Dynasty was not the last dynasty of the Xia Dynasty.

The army that overthrew the Ming Dynasty was the Shun Dynasty, led by Li Zicheng, the rebel leader.

The dynasty that seized power from Li Zicheng was the Manchu Qing dynasty, founded by the Jurchen people from beyond the Great Wall!

Beyond the pass...

Jurchen?

Upon seeing this term, during the Chenghua era of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jianshen looked at the eunuch beside him with some confusion.

"The Jurchens? Didn't you tell me you had wiped them off the face of the earth?"

"Wasn't my original decree to thoroughly eliminate the enemy and wipe out their entire regime?"

"Who can explain to me why it's the Jurchen?"

He hadn't paid much attention to the previous list of tyrannical rulers.

Although I knew that the Ming Dynasty would eventually fall, I also saw the inscriptions of the Qing army entering the pass.

But he couldn't believe it no matter what. The Qing army that entered the pass, as seen in the writing on the sky, was actually Jurchen!

Zhu Jianshen could accept the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but he could not accept the Jurchens entering the pass!

He knew perfectly well how cruel those people were when they plundered the people on the border of the Ming Dynasty.

In many cases, the people of the Central Plains were not even considered human beings in the eyes of those people, but rather food or grain reserves!

If such a Manchu were to enter the pass, then...

He didn't even dare to think about that kind of outcome!

"Jurchen?"

"I seem to recall hearing about them before, but they don't even have the right to pay homage to me. How can such a barbarian state be capable of ruling the Central Plains?"

The last paragraph left Li Er completely bewildered.

In his understanding, the strength of the Central Plains had been weakened to the extreme during the Wei, Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Even under those circumstances, the Five Barbarian Invasions did not truly allow them to conquer the Central Plains!

What kind of chaos could allow a foreign state beyond the Great Wall to control the entire Central Plains?

"Literally speaking, it should be that the so-called rebel king Li Zicheng overthrew the Ming Dynasty."

"The people should support this rebel leader."

"But in the end, he overthrew the Ming Dynasty, but failed to secure his rule."

"Old Zhu, you've already sparred with Li Zicheng in the previous challenge. What do you think of him?"

Liu Bang thought for a moment and asked.

Old Zhu: "?"

"What you call a battle? It was just that those damned gentry contributed too much money, so we just crushed them with cannons. What can you learn from that?"

Old Zhu said irritably.

At that time, he was solely focused on completing his mission and venting his anger by killing those corrupt officials.

Compared to these people, Li Zicheng became a minor, dispensable figure in his eyes.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang himself came from a rebel army, and Li Zicheng's skills were nothing new to him, so there was no need for him to care.

"But to let someone else snatch away the empire he had already gained, he's truly a useless piece of trash!"

"Either don't do it at all, or it's turned out like this, which is truly disheartening!"

If the Ming Dynasty truly made it impossible for the people to survive, then the fate of being destroyed by rebel armies would be something Old Zhu could accept.

But after gaining control of the country, he then gave it to the Jurchens outside the Great Wall.

If he had another chance, he would have loved to go back into that challenge and wring Li Zicheng's head off!

No, Chongzhen's head also needs to be twisted!

He was too lenient back then. Diligence is one thing, but when mistakes are made, they should be severely punished!

"I suddenly have a bad feeling."

"You say that the change of dynasties is a very common thing, so why does the immortal specifically bring up the demise of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Why is it that the world where ordinary people are living in misery has become a source of deep resentment for so many?"

Zhao Kuangyin had a bad feeling.

Logically speaking, the founding of a nation should be the time when that dynasty is most wise and the people live the best life!

For most dynasties, the founding of the dynasty was almost always the time when the people were most virtuous, and the people were able to recuperate and live in peace and prosperity.

But what did the Manchus do at that time?

Some have said that the Manchu Qing dynasty was not a feudal dynasty in the conventional sense, but rather a slave-owning dynasty.

The Manchu Qing dynasty's system was almost entirely flawed; it was less a system and more a means of enslaving the Central Plains.

They may never have considered this land as their own.

They will not cherish this world if they do not consider it their own.

In the late Ming Dynasty, in order to fight against Li Zicheng and the Qing army that was rampaging in the area outside the Great Wall, the tax rate was increased.

After the Qing Dynasty conquered the Central Plains, the tax rate it collected was no lower than that of the Ming Dynasty during the war.

Furthermore, with the imperial court allowing the Eight Banners' descendants to freely seize land, countless people discovered that after the change of dynasty, they had even less way to survive.

Thus, the rebel army, which had originally fought tooth and nail to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, almost simultaneously raised the slogan of "Overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming" the moment the Qing Dynasty was established.