After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

"Let's set aside these pleasantries and get to today's main topic!"

"Please welcome our first victim! Yelü Jing, the Liao Emperor Muzong, also known as the Sleeping King!"

"Many people probably envy Yelü Jing. Why? Because being emperor is too comfortable for him!"

"While he was still sleeping soundly in his dreams, Yelü Chage and Yelü Ruan, who were in the next room, refused to accept that Emperor Shizong of Liao, Yelü Ruan, had become emperor. So they launched a coup and killed Yelü Ruan."

"The commotion was so loud that it woke up Yelü Jing. Yelü Jing led a reinforcement to attack Yelü Chage, and easily eliminated Yelü Chage, becoming emperor without lifting a finger. It was like taking advantage of someone's misfortune, like a pie falling from the sky."

"When he easily became emperor, he had loyal ministers and generals to help him manage the government, and Yelü Jing began to let himself go."

"Other emperors indulged in extravagance and indulged in women, but Yelü Jing only liked drinking, hunting, and sleeping. So he drank and made merry at night and slept during the day, and the palace servants secretly gave him the title of Sleeping King."

"And during his 18-year reign, he did only three things: drink, hunt, and sleep. But such a life was too boring, so he gradually became a bloodthirsty villain."

"And he listened to a witch and killed people to extract their gallbladders as a catalyst for making medicine in order to prolong his life, which caused everyone to complain. One night he was hungry and told the cooks to hurry up and cook, or he would kill them. The group of people thought that they were going to die anyway, so they might as well kill him now."

"So Yelü Jing was hacked to death with a flurry of blows."

"Now he can sleep all the time."

[This is a truly hellish joke; I can sleep forever now, hahaha.]

[Didn't you get enough sleep while you were alive? Then you can just keep sleeping after you die, haha.]

[This script feels somewhat familiar!]

[Isn't this just like Emperor Jiajing? He used the menstrual blood of palace maids to make elixirs, while the maids could only eat fresh flowers and dew, causing them immense suffering. In the end, they almost strangled Jiajing to death.]

[Politeness: Are you Emperor Jiajing?]

Could Emperor Jiajing be the reincarnation of Yelü Jing?

Jiajing: Are you being polite?

Under the cloak of the sky, Emperor Jiajing could hardly conceal the peace on his face, especially since this matter was now being widely publicized to the entire world!

This was a complete shock to the face-conscious Jiajing Emperor!

But when the ghost was caught in later generations, Jiajing couldn't ignore it. Compared to the Taoist priest's ascension to immortality, his face was nothing.

The eunuch sensed that Jiajing's anger was being suppressed, but it quickly dissipated. He cautiously asked, "Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune and divine protection. How could you possibly be compared to Emperor Muzong of Liao?"

These words improved Jiajing's mood somewhat, but his expression remained unreadable, making it difficult for anyone to guess what he meant. "Since Tianmu has said so, I imagine that future generations will have many objections to it. From now on, we will use medicines made from metals and minerals."

Jiajing was eager to know more about later generations, but that didn't stop him from seeing the contempt people had for using human parts in medicine.

There must be a better way.

The eunuch responded, understanding that the current emperor mostly followed Tianmu's wishes; as long as he went with Tianmu, nothing would go wrong.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the sky and snorted coldly, "What immortality? We can see now that very few people can achieve it."

The ministers below remained silent, trembling with fear.

Some ministers who were taking elixirs lowered their heads even more, especially when Zhu Yuanzhang's cold gaze swept over them.

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Even those around him are afraid of him and want him dead. It seems that Yelü Jing is too cruel and unpopular. His death here is also fate." Li Shimin shook his head slightly.

As for the emperor being called a sleeping god and being envied by many, Li Shimin didn't feel there was anything to envy. He believed that it was most practical to take back everything he had little by little.

Otherwise, there is a high chance of encountering a backlash.

……

The Sleeping King was just an appetizer, and Zhu Qinggu quickly continued his story.

"Next, let's welcome our second victim!"

"Grandma's Noodles!"

The words "Grandma's Noodles" made Li Shimin suddenly raise his head and look at the location of the palace, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Grandma's Noodles" is the nickname of Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan. Many people habitually think that Li Shimin was the founding emperor, but in fact, Li Yuan was the founding emperor. Moreover, the Li family and the royal family of the Sui Dynasty were related.

"This brings us to the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty also ended after only two generations. However, if we compare the worst of Emperor Yang of Sui to Emperor Er Shi of Qin, Emperor Yang of Sui still has some merit, though not much. Emperor Er Shi of Qin was already in a 'human-like' state, while Emperor Yang of Sui did accomplish some things."

"Getting back to the main point, in fact, Emperor Yang of Sui and Li Yuan were cousins, but of course, it wasn't just that one kinship; there were other entanglements as well."

"After Li Yuan became a subject of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui gave Li Yuan a somewhat insulting nickname because Li Yuan was ugly and had many wrinkles on his face, like an old woman."

"But Li Yuan's wife, Lady Dou, thought differently."

"Dou thought the nickname was very auspicious. At that time, 'Grandma's Noodles' referred to 'Hall Master'. Also, due to the nursery rhymes and prophecies at the time, it meant that Li Yuan would become 'Hall Master' in the future, implying that he would take over. Later, Li Yuan did indeed become 'Emperor of Tang'. It has to be said that sometimes it is just such a coincidence."

[After the host said that, every time I think of Li Yuan, I probably picture him as an old woman.]

[Why not mention that Li Yuan also had a nickname: Da Ye Yuan.]

[I initially thought this name belonged to someone from a well-off island nation.]

Zhu Qinggu saw this mentioned in the comments section and decided to say a few words: "This is not the name of some island nation, but because Li Yuan's family originally served the Northern Zhou. We all know that the Northern Zhou was established by the Xianbei people, so their surnames are more or less different from the traditional surnames of the Central Plains."

"Daye was given the surname 'Daye' by the emperor of Northern Zhou because the Li family made contributions. So Li Yuan also used the name 'Daye Yuan' before. However, Li Yuan did not accept it. After Northern Zhou was overthrown, he immediately changed it back."

"Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, who overthrew the Northern Zhou dynasty, also had a similar experience and a former name, 'Puluru Jian'."

"During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the islanders began to absorb Chinese culture, and many surnames were influenced by Chinese compound surnames. Later, when everyone took names, surnames were based on place names and occupations, and they were no longer single-character surnames. For example, Hashimoto, Watanabe, Inoue, and Inoue."

"So, Ōnobuchi sounds a lot like an island nation's name," Zhu Qinggu added. "But everyone needs to understand the grandfather-grandson relationship!"