[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-can-control-my-ancestors":3,"chapter-i-can-control-my-ancestors-i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-508":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Can Control My Ancestors",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1035306,1347,"Chapter 508 - 42: Gu Yan Passes Away, Upheaval in Liaodong","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-508",508,"\u003Cp>This is an era filled with melancholy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one can resist time; eventually, they will gradually fade away with the wheels of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 18th year of the Zhenguan era, Wei Zheng passed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This minister, who was highly valued by Li Shimin and had a legendary career in the court, also succumbed to the passage of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Wei Zheng, he had no regrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After surviving so many events, he later joined Li Shimin in forging this great era and was selected for the Lingyan Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was enough for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he did have a last wish—he wanted to be buried in Julu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might be the greatest aspiration of every scholar from Hebei in their lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being buried in Julu not only brings them supreme honor but also makes their entire family more beloved by the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu Clan did not refuse this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire court was filled with bleakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the same year, Gu Yan passed away in the Western Regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This event had an impact on the Great Tang far beyond that of Gu Zi and Wei Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This was a Grand Tutor in plain sight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether in the entire Kyushu or in deterring the surrounding barbarians, Gu Yan was extremely vital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world mourned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this generation of the Gu Clan’s offspring seemed to be away compared to the ancestors like Gu Kang and Gu Xi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they still influenced the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yan’s last wish was also simple—to be buried in the Western Regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he did not want Li Shimin to bestow a posthumous name on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Gu Yan, he did not deserve such a title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already inherited too many benefits in life and should not continue this after death; this was his only request to Li Shimin in his lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yan’s action made Li Shimin even more grief-stricken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was truly because he had aged; the relationship between Gu Quan and Gu Yan made him inexplicably melancholic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he also had to admit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the world knew he was an emperor good at recruiting talents and treating his ministers exceedingly well,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the descendants of the Gu Clan were ultimately different from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To an emperor, the Gu Clan’s descendants inherently provided more reassurance; this was the most important legacy they left behind through generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Court ministers passed away one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the setting sun over Chang’an seemed to narrate the inevitable fate of a splendid era’s end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as time continues to flow, a new era will surely come once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yan’s death indeed had a significant impact on the Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention other places, just taking the Western Regions as an example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—When Gu Yan, the sharp blade hanging over their heads, fell, the implementation of various policies in the Western Regions indeed encountered difficulties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, there were rebellions once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although many members of the Gu Clan remained in the Western Regions, no one believed that everyone in the Gu Clan was as formidable as dragons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Gu Yan’s death,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were always those who chose to step forward at such times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either for profit or for the beliefs in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although such a level of rebellion will not cause tremendous harm to the current Great Tang,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forces from all sides were testing the waters with the Great Tang, probing whether this Eastern dragon had truly aged to the point where it could no longer rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Li Shimin did not pay attention to these matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the current Great Tang, these were ultimately minor disturbances, not enough to draw his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as forces from all sides were testing the boundaries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they still did not dare to directly declare war with the Great Tang, whose current national power remained beyond their reach and continued to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to a dynasty,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what can break the peace comes not only from within the dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 19th year of the Zhenguan era, in April,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the Taiji Hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the court ministers were gathered, and the atmosphere was incredibly tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The envoy from Silla knelt in the hall, crying out to Li Shimin: \"Honorable Emperor of the Great Tang, the unmatched Celestial Khan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I come on behalf of our King of Silla to seek assistance from the Great Tang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goguryeo has joined forces with Baekje to attack my Silla. If the Celestial Mandate of the Great Tang does not aid us, my Silla faces the danger of national destruction!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our Silla has never had any ulterior motives concerning the Great Tang, and we’ve never been lacking in tribute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I implore the Emperor of the Great Tang to consider Silla’s loyalty and send troops to aid us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of his cries echoed throughout the entire hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silla envoy’s emotions became increasingly agitated, and before Li Shimin could speak, he began discussing the situation in Liaodong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the Liaodong Peninsula was indeed not peaceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forces of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje stood like a tripod, maintaining a fragile balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three also paid tribute to the Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Gu Yan’s death, the entire Liaodong Peninsula was relatively balanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because such matters were ultimately political understandings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shimin would never tolerate uncertain threats on the four sides of the Great Tang; the tripartite situation in the Liaodong Peninsula was also the means the three had for self-preservation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though minor skirmishes were frequent over the years, none dared to unify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King of Goguryeo had a deep fear of the Gu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the 16th year of the Zhenguan era, a coup occurred in Goguryeo. The powerful courtier Yeon Gaesomun murdered King Rongliu and over a hundred nobles, establishing Gao Cang as a puppet king, and appointed himself as Mo Lizhi, controlling military and political powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Li Shimin even condemned Yeon Gaesomun, who also showed great humility in admitting his mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Gu Yan’s death,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he eventually took this step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he did not entirely disregard the Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed Li Shimin had aged and did not believe he would wage another massive war over a foreign vassal.\u003C\u002Fp>",1036,"2026-06-03T09:29:44.104Z","2026-06-03T09:29:56.234Z",1,"novelbin.me","752a8d4a7760510dfcf2a10ddef6bda4e10dbaf7baa5944bcf8d4ba05b90a76c","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-509","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-507",517,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-can-control-my-ancestors-cover.jpg"]