[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er":3,"chapter-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-58":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Tang: Starting Off by Vindicating Li Er",{"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},2351189,4596,"Chapter 58: Shocking the Emperor and Slaughtering the Soga","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-58",58,"\u003Cp>As the words fell, Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Er with a pitiful, aggrieved expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Su Liang was thinking that after the unification of China, retiring to Zhantang Island would be a fine choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhantang Island is not only suitable for living, but its strategic position is also excellent; in the future, his descendants could live and work there in peace, multiply, and from there look toward the Great Tang and protect China.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For three consecutive days, Li Er, Su Liang, and the others joyfully harvested sweet potatoes and potatoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, thanks to the Zhenguan’s speed of 60 kilometers per hour, the Divine Machine Battalion led by Li Ke spent three full days continuously bombarding the Wa people of Tamna, constantly patrolling outside Tamna’s 256-kilometer coastline and sinking every ship remaining along the shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha... The Prince of Chu’s cannons are truly useful!\" Li Ke laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... The Prince of Qi may call for them as he pleases; there are plenty of shells in the hold!!\" Li Junxian also chuckled at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Liang had made full preparations for this; currently, aside from the soldiers' rations, the Zhenguan was filled with nothing but diesel and cannon shells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... Telescopes are truly wonderful; the ones made by the Prince of Chu can see as far as 3 kilometers away!\" Li Ke said with emotion, holding a Type 95 military telescope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prince of Qi, can we go ashore now?\" Li Junxian asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem...\" Hearing this, Li Ke coughed twice and immediately corrected him: \"General Li, this is not a boat, it is a warship!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Li Ke and Li Junxian had disembarked from the warship and sent a guard to Tamna to deliver a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour later, the King of Tamna, Fu Dajia, led the \"civil and military officials\" of Tamna to arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a simple surrender ceremony in Tamna, Li Ke clearly understood the specific population of Tamna: over 12,000 households and nearly 80,000 subjects, which was not much different from the 10,000 households Su Liang had predicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, Li Ke and the others learned of the miserable state of the Tamna Kingdom: their customs were simple and crude, they favored raising cattle and pigs, ate meat and wore skins, lived in leather tents in summer, and in caves in winter. The land produced grains, but they did not know how to use oxen for plowing, instead using iron-toothed rakes to till the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In history, it was not until the 11th century that Tamna adopted Tang-style clothing and customs, planted various grains, and used Chinese characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having thoroughly understood the situation in Tamna, Li Ke looked at Li Junxian triumphantly and said: \"General Li, the Prince of Chu said that when Liu Azhi crossed east to the Wa nation, he improved the development of the Wa nation by at least three hundred years. Wouldn't our Great Tang's immigration this time accelerate the development of Tamna by a millennium?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words fell, Li Junxian laughed heartily: \"Haha... The area of Zhantang Island is only about half the size of the Capital Region. I expect that in less than a year, the Prince of Chu will have developed Zhantang Island into something like Taoyuan County.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is indeed the case. With our 100,000 Tang immigrants, 20,000 garrison troops, and the 80,000 Tamna people, it is enough to build up Zhantang Island!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the 20,000 or so Brave Guards drafted from Henan and Hebei Circuits arrive, we can return to report our mission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Ke finished speaking, he immediately dealt with the matter of the Wa people. After several days of pursuit, of the 200,000 Wa troops, only 20,000 remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the 20,000 or so Brave Guards arrived on a dozen warships, Li Ke generously gave the 20,000 Wa people one warship and told them to get back to the Wa nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether they could all fit on it, that was none of his concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Li Ke watched the pathetic sight of the 20,000 Wa people departing and, still feeling unsatisfied, said: \"Sigh... It is just a pity that there are still many Han people in the Wa nation, otherwise I would have brought the smallpox virus back to the Wa nation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why did the Prince of Chu let some of the Wa people go instead of slaughtering them all?\" Li Junxian could not help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Ke chuckled and continued: \"General Li, think carefully: who do these 20,000 Wa people hate the most right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words fell, Li Junxian suddenly realized!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Wa people were the ones who invaded the Great Tang first. Although they have been miserably defeated, the ones they hate most in their hearts right now must be the Soga clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ke heard this and continued: \"Hehe... After the Wa people return to their country, they will inevitably spread word of the Great Tang's cannons, which will be beneficial for our Great Tang to conquer the Wa nation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not only that, among the dead Wa people were many children of Wa noble families; the Soga clan will not have an easy time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the reason why Su Liang did not exterminate them all; although they could be conquered by force, winning the hearts of the people later would be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, the Great Tang could be said to be using both kindness and might! The Wa people who luckily survived would surely be grateful for the Great Tang's mercy in sparing their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first year of Zhenguan, May 30th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er, Su Liang, and the others had returned to Changancheng. On the way back, they planted the harvested sweet potatoes and potatoes along the route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon returning to Furong Garden, Su Liang immediately announced the matter of the 100,000 immigrants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did the notice briefly explain the pleasant climate of Zhantang Island, but it also promised the people willing to immigrate that within half a year, a fleet of large steamships would be built for them to return home to visit their families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the people of the Capital Region signed up enthusiastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the Capital Region only had a population of over two million, but the final number of applicants reached nearly 200,000, doubling the expectation, which was something Su Liang had not anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, Su Liang had even worried that the number of people would not be enough and had once thought about using money to pave the way, but after careful consideration, he abandoned that idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even without doing so, he had still underestimated the longing of the Great Tang people for a good living environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days later, Su Liang immediately led the 200,000 Great Tang people in a grand procession toward Wendeng in Shandong, from where they would use the Zhenguan to head to Zhantang Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Su Liang also kept his previous promise and brought along the young ladies from Furong Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, but Li Er also set aside his burdens and brought Empress Zhangsun along with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the 20,000 Wa people also relied on the warship gifted by Li Ke and fragments of ships collected along the way to cross the ocean and reach the Wa nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the news that 200,000 Wa troops had been miserably defeated by 3,000 soldiers of the Great Tang’s Divine Machine Battalion reached the capital of the Wa nation, the whole country was in an uproar! At this very moment, the first female Emperor in the history of the Wa nation, the last of the first imperial line, Empress Suiko, who was 74 years old and had reigned for 35 years, died of shock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the Harada clan of Kyushu Island had already united with other Liu clan relatives, intending to crusade against the Soga clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driven by the Liu family, the other noble families of the Wa nation demanded an explanation from the Soga clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soga family had not yet had time to elect a new Emperor before facing such a predicament; at this moment, the Soga clan had no usable troops left and remained behind closed doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the 3,000 soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion led by the Six Young Masters of Changan, with the help of the Liu family and the Emishi people, took a full half-month to slaughter the entire Soga family and the Wa imperial house!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, the Six Young Masters of Changan privately conferred and renamed Honshu Island as Nanhai Dao, Kyushu Island as Xihai Dao, and Shikoku Island as Donghai Dao, and had the Liu clansmen and Emishi people help manage them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1460,"2026-06-21T02:53:01.560Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8b475d78beb5cf662b0ef269e711e5361d564f7ffe2cc1f6c8b7cd01018f7284","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-59","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-57",63,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-cover.jpg"]