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

[With mountains and rivers, with poems and songs, with blood and tears, with the faith of our ancestors! With the brilliance of our generation!]

[A dream passed down through thousands of generations.]

[It's been thousands of years, and all the old friends who could play chess at the same table are gone. Only the Chinese people, and only Chinese civilization, have remained steadfast at this chessboard!]

[For thousands of years, our adversaries have changed one after another: the Xiongnu? The Turks? The Liao people? The Western Xia? Where are they now?]

[The Age of Awakening!]

[I am fortunate to have been born into the Chinese family; I hope to be Chinese again in my next life!]

Long live China!

Why do my eyes often fill with tears? Because I love this land so deeply.

……

It's just a short video, yet it explains what China is. Chinese civilization is made up of these things, which form its bones and flesh, and permeate the lives of every Chinese person.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, a man known for his iron will, now had his eyes unusually moist.

Back then, didn't he also have the same grand ambition: to expel the Tartars and restore China? Later on, this grand ambition was further clouded by a layer of self-interest.

Because slogans are just slogans. Only interests can unite everyone. But now the emperor wants to become the biggest beneficiary. The brothers who fought alongside him back then will think, why can you do it but I can't?

Conquering the world is difficult, but maintaining it is even more difficult.

However, it cannot be denied that Zhu Yuanzhang was moved by the video for a moment.

"The new China?" he whispered.

Is this new China the successor to the Qing Dynasty?

Republic...

The term 'republic' first appeared during the Zhou Dynasty. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Li of Zhou was incompetent, appointed treacherous officials, and persecuted loyal and virtuous people, which led to a national uprising and his eventual flight abroad.

Duke Shao hid the crown prince in his own home and exchanged his own son for him so that the crown prince could escape. Later, Duke Shao and Duke Zhou assisted the crown prince and jointly ruled the state. This period was called "Republican Administration".

After King Li of Zhou died, his son ascended the throne as King Xuan of Zhou.

King Xuan later continued to have the two ministers assist him in reforming the government, and the feudal lords once again submitted to the Zhou king.

Many people who know the meaning of 'republic' and see those unwavering faces, as well as the words on the screen—'From today onwards, the Chinese people have stood up', and the comments—'The time has come for the people to be masters of their own destiny'—can't help but have a guess in their hearts.

Did later generations not have emperors?

Otherwise, why call it a 'republic'?

"How...how can the country be governed without an emperor?" Zhao Zhen asked, puzzled.

As for concerns, that's still a long way off. The fact that it hasn't transformed into what it is today means that some conditions are not yet met.

"..." Zhu Di felt a pang of heartache when he recalled Tiananmen Square. "This is my palace, this is my Chengtian Gate!"

The thought that the Qing Dynasty's Tartars might also use his palace made him even more heartbroken.

At least it was passed down to later generations.

Qianlong looked at the sky and didn't say anything for some reason. He was still thinking about his pen pal Louis XVI being arrested and beheaded by those people who called themselves 'revolutionaries'. He thought that things would turn out the same way in later generations, and that later generations were not too far from now. He felt a sense of unease.

No! We must go into seclusion. We can't let those people infect the people of the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, what would happen if these people rebelled and always wanted to cut off the emperor's head?

Emperor Qianlong began to worry about his southern, western, and eastern tours.

"It seems that the country has become a prosperous nation in later generations, and the Qing Dynasty is ultimately gone..." Emperor Guangxu murmured.

……

Little did Zhu Qinggu know that what he originally wanted to do was use a tissue to wipe his mouth, but it ended up being used to wipe his tears and snot.

And that's not enough...

“This video is so moving,” she said to Wang Minghua next to her.

“Because our motherland has become strong, we have regained our cultural confidence and started to explore our roots. The more we explore, the more we will find that these things are like an old mother. Although she doesn’t say anything, she is trying her best to give you the best…” Wang Minghua sighed, then clicked his tongue, “Not everything is so perfect, but it’s almost perfect!”

"You're being so philosophical today!" Zhu Qinggu never expected Wang Minghua to say something like that.

"I saw it on a video, hahaha," Wang Minghua laughed. "By the way, are you going to take a shower later or wait until you get back?"

"I'll watch a few more videos, then I'll take a quick shower, and then go to the classroom." Zhu Qinggu had actually planned this all along.

Wang Minghua saw that she had started watching videos again and knew that she had been under a lot of pressure lately, so he didn't bother her.

The video I just watched was too tearful, so Zhu Qinggu quickly found a funny video and started laughing, completely oblivious to his earlier sadness.

This funny video was quickly projected onto the sky.

[The Gods' Hardcore Morning Workout.]

God? Jiajing's eyes lit up immediately.

Ying Zheng pursued immortality, but after the appearance of the Heavenly Curtain, he seemed less obsessed with whether or not he could achieve immortality... but it wasn't something he could completely change in a short time.

Upon hearing the word 'gods', my attention immediately went to him.

Emperor Wu of Han was also inevitably interested in these things, especially in his old age when he felt his energy waning and feared the approach of death.

His favoritism towards alchemists was well-known.

Emperor Wanli, who, like his grandfather, hid in the inner palace to cultivate and seek the Dao, also looked at the sky with great interest.

Emperor Huizong of Song was also a seeker of Taoism, wondering, "Could there truly be a method for achieving immortality in the heavens?"

Unfortunately, what appears is not a true god.

[An elderly man wearing only his underwear rolled over and did a split on the ground. Next to him, another elderly man with a cane and a pot-bellied man plunged into the water to swim.]

A woman was practicing her morning exercises, carrying a large knife and wielding it with great force, claiming it was the "Wing Chun Eight-Cut Knife."

[A ninety-year-old white-haired woman wielded two battle ropes as thick as a baby's arm, swinging them back and forth with immense strength and great enthusiasm.]

An elderly man in his sixties or seventies lifted a roadside bench to strengthen his arms.

The elderly man was doing a pendulum-style workout on the training equipment, looking more energetic and youthful than the young man next to him.

The elderly woman pedaled the training equipment as if she were riding on wheels of fire.

[The over-seventy-year-old man, with a full head of white hair, still doesn't forget to strike his hand against the iron pillar with a hammer to strengthen his muscles and bones; the "bang, bang, bang" sound is as if he has skin of copper and bones of iron.]

An elderly man in casual clothes banged his head against a wooden pillar, seemingly practicing iron head kung fu.

[An elderly man who has lost all his teeth can do pull-ups and even handstands using only four fingers.]