[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl":3,"chapter-controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-140":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Controlling My Ancestors: Building an Immortal Clan Starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2285809,4471,"Chapter 140: Blood and Tears of the Nine Provinces, Moving Mountains","controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-140",140,"\u003Cp>How could Gu Yu not understand Xue San’s thoughts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as he was concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment Gu Zhe died, revenge became the sole purpose of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not the case for Xue San alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost every youth from Julu selected to be a guard for the Gu family held such thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To let a Young Master of the Gu family lose his life while they were still alive—if such a thing were to spread, it would be a disgrace to their ancestors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the product of the purest loyalty and faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to avenge Gu Zhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could not, then he would meet his death; it was as simple as that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the core strength of the Gu family, and if one day the Gu family truly faced the danger of annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention all the commoners of Julu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast majority of the people would absolutely be willing to take up blades for the Gu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the fortress that Gu Yi had sought to build back then!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yu did not choose to act immediately; this was not a good time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great chaos—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the common people are driven to a dead end can they shake a rising dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, a rising one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Gu Yu’s judgment of the Great Sui after traveling the world and before Yang Guang ascended the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this so-called rise could not yet dispel all the gloom, on the whole, the common people had not yet fallen into a desperate situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yu had read every book in the family collection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a clear judgment regarding the theory of dynasties left behind by Gu Yi when he controlled Gu Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Sui at that time was indeed on the rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the reigning monarch were a powerless ruler like Emperor Hui of Han, it would not be enough to throw the world into chaos, or even if a monarch who only knew how to indulge in play like Huhai were placed on the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the court’s policies tended toward stability, chaos would not emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Gu Yu could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hearts of the people under heaven yearned for unification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this generation had not experienced the prosperous age of the glorious Han, they all yearned for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the greatest reliance of the Sui Dynasty to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While it might seem that the common people were currently wailing and complaining, in reality, the anger in their hearts had not yet been fully ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Releasing news at such a time would only harm the Gu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current anger of the people was not enough to topple the foundations of the Sui Dynasty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this day on, Gu Yu settled down in Julu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gradually took over the heavy burden from Gu Can and began to handle the affairs of Julu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Gu family seemed to have found its backbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Gu Can could also command respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was old after all, and ever since Gu Yu was born, he had borne far too many expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had returned, the entire family seemed to have been injected with fresh blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu family indeed needed a leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Gu Yu was the best candidate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, beyond this, Gu Yu was also making a series of preparations; the world’s great chaos only lacked a catalyst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu family’s current situation was extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they wanted to continue to be glorious, he had to make complete preparations for the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang’s restless pace did not stop there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire court had already been purged by him; there were no longer any voices of opposition, and everything revolved around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had successively bestowed rewards upon the Turkic Khan several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footsteps of history always march forward, and that is how barbarian tribes have always been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when the Central Plains were in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Turks, a small tribe that no one had paid attention to, had also risen to become overlords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be to proclaim his own majesty, as Yang Guang’s rewards to the Turkic Khan were astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The total amount of silk bestowed over several times reached tens of millions of bolts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was not all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi had actually observed Yang Guang for some time and was surprised to find that Yang Guang was only at his most honest when he was engaging in illicit affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other than that, he would have other thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Great Sui was indeed incomparably prosperous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not see the blood and tears of the people, nor could he hear their cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those small-scale rebel armies could not threaten the foundation of the dynasty, and everything in the court revolved around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could control everything; if this wasn't a prosperous age, what was?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magnificent palaces blocked everything, and as those officials who cared for the world and still possessed a shred of conscience died, Yang Guang found it harder and harder to hear of things outside the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seventh year of Daye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the various construction projects across the land gradually concluded, Yang Guang seemed to have finally satisfied his ambitions regarding \"domestic affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he turned his gaze outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to conquer Goguryeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current power of Goguryeo was not weak; it could even be called an overlord of one region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Chen had swept away the Wuhuan and Xianbei back then, but he could do nothing about the fleeing Goguryeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the generation of Gu Ye, it was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although some in Goguryeo had surrendered back then, and even killed their king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for the people of this tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were never short of a king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the internal chaos in the Central Plains and the gradual loss of control over the surrounding barbarians, the current Goguryeo had long since fought its way back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had they retaken Liucheng, but they had also become the overlords of this generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang scanned the people present with a look of smugness and said with great enthusiasm: \"My dear ministers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The crusade against Goguryeo is the most important step in my eternal cause.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thinking back to when I was young, I heard that the Marquis of Zhaolie once intimidated the four wildernesses alone, and at that time I vowed that in this life I would surely be like the Marquis of Zhaolie, letting the majesty of my Great Sui shine upon the world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can conquer Goguryeo, I will have fulfilled the grand wish I made when I ascended the throne.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In terms of civil and martial achievements, I will become an emperor without peer in the long annals of history!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore an arrogant expression, a smile always on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty is wise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one spoke to refuse; even though they knew that a distant expedition to Goguryeo was a highly damaging thing for the current Great Sui, they would not choose to offer remonstrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the way of survival that the ministers had realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To remonstrate with Yang Guang was to choose death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, someone still brought up another matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, the people of the world are currently singing praises of Your Majesty’s grace; Your Majesty’s prestige is so high that it can look down upon both ancient and modern times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no need to worry about the Gu family anymore; why not take this opportunity to wipe out the Gu family before sending out the troops?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Yuwen Huaji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had now become one of the ministers most favored by Yang Guang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Gu family had no grievances with him, and one could even say the Gu family had shown kindness to their ancestors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yuwen Huaji was still very wary of the Gu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after Gu Zhe’s blood splashed the palace walls years ago, this feeling had intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This matter had even become a mental illness for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once these words were spoken, someone among the ministers immediately echoed them; the attitude of this group toward the Gu family was surprisingly unified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps people are just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhe’s blood splashing the palace walls this time made them all feel insulted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Yang Guang’s face did not diminish in the slightest; this time he did not refuse, but instead nodded and agreed directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he still set the date for when he would return in great victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu family still had influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only his return in great victory could completely overshadow everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, he would not let the Gu family go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as he was concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is only one sun in the sky, and there can only be one family in the human world that is respected by all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This matter was completely settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang began his path of military conscription across the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighth year of the Great Achievement era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang personally led an army of over one million, dividing his forces into twenty-four routes to crusade against Goguryeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main force moved from Zhuojun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Land and water routes advanced together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army went straight for Liaodong City, while the navy headed straight for Wangjian City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army stretched as far as the eye could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army besieged Liaodong City, but their momentum was affected by Goguryeo’s feigned surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most crucially, Yang Guang demanded that his officers and soldiers not act without authorization, keeping all power firmly in his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This, in turn, caused the morale of the Sui Army to become increasingly unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expeditions have always been like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Gu Ye, even Gu Chen back then would not have dared to lead so many troops on an expedition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not because Gu Chen lacked the ability, but because the manpower and resources consumed by an expedition are unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment the Sui Army came to a halt, this battle had actually already come to a complete end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Central Plains was littered with the starving and the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a million laborers transporting grain, truly too many people fell along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Yang Guang still did not notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arrogance made him firmly believe until the end that he could win this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these very circumstances, he actually tacitly allowed Yuwen the Strategist to underestimate the enemy and advance recklessly to the Sa River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full three-hundred-thousand-strong army was completely wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fresh blood stained the Sa River red, completely signaling Yang Guang’s failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighth month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The naval commander was defeated again at Wangjian City, and the situation was completely reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang was forced to choose to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An expedition that had affected the entire Nine Provinces had failed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly five hundred thousand people were left in the land of the barbarians, and the number of laborers who died on the road because of this was countless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A catastrophe for all living things, the blood and tears of the Nine Provinces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact of this on the entire Great Sui imperial court was even more unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could Yang Guang give up so easily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even put the matter of the Gu family aside, immediately wanting to continue conscripting troops to attack Goguryeo again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared to stop him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a furious Yang Guang who viewed this as a humiliation, absolutely no one in the entire imperial court dared to stop him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang conscripted troops again to restart the Liaodong battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the ninth year of the Great Achievement era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led his army to attack Liaodong City once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time he personally supervised the battle, and even used all the siege equipment of the Central Plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was still difficult to take Liaodong City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most critical point was that the Duke of Chu, Yang Xuangan, fearing Yang Guang’s suspicion of him, finally took that step while seizing this opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rebelled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This actually could not be blamed on Yang Xuangan; as the son of Yang Su, it was difficult for him not to consider the methods Yang Guang might use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———The situation changed in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not just Yang Xuangan who was uneasy; many nobles also had these same concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They joined forces to station troops at Liyang, threatening to cross the river east to Luoyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guang was forced to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Goguryeo turned from defense to offense, killing the Sui Army until they threw away their armor and fled, with countless casualties!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Yuwen the Strategist, who was eventually restored to his original position, quelled Yang Xuangan and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Liaodong battlefield was still a crushing defeat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———The Nine Provinces were shaken!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two consecutive major defeats in expeditions had an unimaginable impact on the entire Nine Provinces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not just the consumption in various aspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the people’s confidence in the imperial court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this generation had not experienced the era created by Gu Chen and Gu Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had heard of it from their ancestors at home!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, when had the Nine Provinces ever suffered such a crushing defeat while campaigning against barbarians?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was in complete chaos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere in the world, uprisings rose up from all four directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhangqiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Fuwei and Fu Gongtuo rose in rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They led their army to first throw Shangqiu into chaos, then turned to fight in the Jianghuai region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yuanjin rose in rebellion, gathering a crowd of one hundred thousand, claiming they would oppose the Sui and restore the Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various heroes such as Zhu Can of Chengfu, Xu Yuanlang of Lu Commandery, and Meng Haigong of Zhouqiao appeared one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even though it had reached this point, Yang Guang still had not forgotten Liaodong, where he had met his downfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to conscript troops once again to continue attacking Goguryeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure from the imperial court was like a high mountain, looming over the entire Nine Provinces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, under the reminder of Yuwen Huaji, Yang Guang remembered the Gu family once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even blamed the Gu family for the failure of the two expeditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Gu Yu, what Yang Guang was thinking was already useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timing he had been waiting for had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Yang Guang as Emperor nor the entire Great Sui imperial court was enough to suppress the anger in the hearts of the people of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two crushing defeats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had completely shattered the dignity of the imperial court!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The starlight was brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julu, Gu Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time Gu Yu had summoned all the members of the family on a large scale since taking on the burden of the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were currently no small number of clansmen within the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And compared to before, their hearts had now come together once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was waiting, waiting for Gu Yu to lead them to overturn everything currently in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, their expressions were all filled with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Gu Yu summoning them so seriously had already made many guess something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from beginning to end, Gu Yu did not say much, only leading them to offer sacrifices to their ancestors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was entirely an internal ancestral sacrifice for the Gu family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yu’s expression was extremely serious, and as the group of descendants stepped into the most important ancestral hall of the Gu family, their expressions also became increasingly serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sacrifice began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Candle flames rose one after another, and the stone statues in the hall suddenly opened their eyes amidst the flickering firelight—those were the most prominent monuments in the Gu family ancestral hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the sword-like brows of the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor, Gu Xiao, to the long beard of the Marquis of Scenery and Fragrance, Gu Ye, all were plated with a gold-like sharpness by the tongues of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of descendants knelt down almost instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the most glorious people of the Gu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from Gu Xiao, and ending with Gu Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yu did not leave anyone out, but it was not just these few people; there were also those ancestors who had not been able to leave their names behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements were not fast, but no one felt impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything Gu Yu was to do today might concern the life and death of the entire family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi was also watching all of this, his thoughts constantly churning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of time passing reached its peak at this moment; before he knew it, so many generations of the Gu family had already passed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, his heart was also surging at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yu was finally going to take action!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This timing was chosen perfectly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, for the Gu family, if they truly wanted to risk everything, Gu Yu would not have needed to wait this long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he absolutely could not do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, even if the Gu family could regain prominence for a time, they would surely be slaughtered by the next Yang Guang of future generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something Gu Yu, as the family head, had to consider!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, all the rituals were completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the gaze of everyone, Gu Yu slowly walked to the position in front of the crowd and knelt toward the stone statues ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beginning with our ancestor, the Loyal Martial Marquis, Lord Xiao, the Gu family was able to rise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly spoke, his voice resonant:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marquis of Cultural Achievement, Lord Kang, governed the Great River and fertilized the fields of the world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marquis Huan, Lord Cheng, pacified the Western Regions and swept away the barbarians!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marquis of Cultural Brilliance, Lord Xi, managed the natural disasters of the Nine Provinces and propped up the dragon throne three times to stabilize the nation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marquis of Illustrious Might, Lord Chen, swept away the thieves of the world and killed until no barbarian in the four directions dared to claim supremacy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marquis of Scenery and Brilliance, Lord Ye, opened trade markets, translated foreign scriptures, and let the children of the Hundred Yue read the Analects!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recounted the achievements of his ancestors with a solemn expression, and everyone present was moved!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the pride of the Gu family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was even more so the existence they revered beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason the Gu family had been able to hold on until now before showing signs of division was precisely because of the glory of their ancestors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the very next moment, Gu Yu’s tone shifted drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfilial descendant Yu, weeping to the ancestors:\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, dragon boats block the Bian River, and the bones of those conscripted for Liaodong pile up at Hulao Pass!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Son of Heaven does not hear the cries of the people of the Nine Provinces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recounted the current situation, and then went on to speak of Gu Zhe and those brothers who had left the mountains only to ultimately choose death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventeen men!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full seventeen men!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere inside the entire ancestral hall changed completely at this moment, and the faces of the Gu family descendants were filled with indignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When had the Gu family ever suffered all this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, we offer sacrifices to our ancestors, not to seek protection, not to voice grievances!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yu slowly raised his head, looking at these stone statues as if taking an oath, \"Marquis of Illustrious Might, Lord Chen, left a teaching: 'Dare to be the first in the world; even in death, the fragrance of a hero's bones remains!'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Nine Provinces flourish, then the Gu family shall prosper!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, a foolish ruler presses down like Mount Tai, and the people live like ants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice suddenly turned low and hoarse, like the tremor of an old blade before entering its sheath, yet at the final note, it suddenly erupted with the sound of metal and stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gu Yu, though untalented, is willing to lead the descendants for the world and for our Gu family—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To move mountains!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this instant, it was as if something had exploded in the hearts of all the family descendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—————————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the eighth year of Daye, the first month of spring, the Emperor issued an edict for the world's troops to gather at Zhuojun. There were twenty-four armies in total; the ships stretched for a thousand miles, and the banners covered the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the seventh month, the various armies besieged Liaodong City. Goguryeo feigned surrender several times, but the generals, fearing the imperial edict, dared not seize the opportunity, and the city remained uncaptured for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lai Hu'er led the Jianghuai warships across the sea toward Pyongyang, but fell into an ambush and his army was routed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuwen the Strategist and others led nine armies, numbering three hundred thousand, across the Yalu River. Eulji Mundeok feigned surrender to exhaust the troops. By the time they reached the Salsu River, their provisions were exhausted. Goguryeo attacked from all sides, and only two thousand cavalrymen fled back; their supplies and equipment were piled up like mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the spring of the ninth year, the world's troops were again conscripted to meet at Liaodong. The Emperor arrived at White Stone Fortress to oversee the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They built flying towers and battering rams, working day and night without rest, and the parapets were about to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Yang Xuangan rebelled at Liyang, intercepted the grain transport, and threatened the Eastern Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Gengyin day of the sixth month, the Emperor secretly ordered a retreat at night, abandoning siege equipment piled up like hills. Goguryeo pursued them from behind, and the rearguard led by Wang Rengong lost tens of thousands of men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the autumn, news of the defeat in the Liaodong campaign reached the Central Plains, and rebels rose one after another in all directions; the world fell into great chaos.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———《Book of Sui: Annals of Emperor Yang》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3710,"2026-06-20T03:16:01.192Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4242b103404c34cf6e7eb35a3ea1b3a344e4b087308cb0588031933f059bc880","controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-141","controlling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-chapter-139",167,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontrolling-my-ancestors-building-an-immortal-cl-cover.jpg"]