Deposed? I couldn't be happier! I wouldn't even be a dog to the crown prince.

The wind in Taiji Palace Square seemed to have completely stopped at this moment.

The entire court held its breath.

All eyes were fixed on the round globe.

And then there's His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, who is at a major turning point in his life.

Li Shimin's hand was still tightly gripping the hilt of the Heavenly Strategy Sword.

Due to excessive force, his knuckles turned a strange bluish-white color.

His breathing was heavy, like a steam engine just filled with coal, and his eyes were fixed on the two fat pieces of meat, "America" ​​and "Australia".

What abdication?

What do you mean by taking care of grandchildren?

What does "enjoying one's old age in peace and comfort" mean?

Before "Shimin Continent" and "the monster that can punch", they were all shattered into dust.

"Ahem...that."

Li Shimin broke the silence.

He cleared his throat awkwardly, his voice carrying a stiff transition.

The emperor, who had just been threatening to strike, suddenly reached out his hand.

With natural and swift movements, he took the heavy twelve-tassel crown back from Li Chengqian's arms.

The movements were so smooth that even Li Chengqian didn't have time to react.

"I've thought about it carefully just now."

Li Shimin slowly and deliberately put his crown back on, and said solemnly.

"Although giving birth in Chang Le's palace is a major life event, I am, after all, a grown man."

"If she goes to Luoyang, I will neither be able to deliver her baby nor take care of her during her postpartum period."

"My presence there only adds to the burden on the imperial physicians and midwives; it doesn't really help much."

Fang Xuanling's eye twitched.

You didn't say that just now; you were practically washing the diapers yourself.

Li Shimin seemed oblivious to the strange looks from his ministers as he dusted off his dragon robe.

A long-lost arrogance, characteristic of the Heavenly Strategy General, burst forth from him once more.

"Chengqian is right."

"As the ruler of the Great Tang Dynasty, how can I only look at a small patch of sky like the opening of a well?"

"Since there are still so many uncivilized lands in this world, and so much gold buried underground and rusting."

Li Shimin suddenly drew his Tian Ce sword, the blade flashing a blindingly cold light in the sunlight.

He pointed to the boundless blue sea on the globe.

"As the Heavenly Khan, I have a responsibility to bring back those lost 'gold' and those 'fighting monsters'."

"Bring them all back to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty!"

"For the sake of world peace, I must endure a few more years of hardship."

This is a shameless and self-righteous attempt to add drama to the show.

This completely stunned the entire court.

So, you, the Li family father and son, have taken all the credit in the world?

When I don't want to work, it's because I'm old and frail; when I want to work, it's because I have a great responsibility.

"Father is wise!"

Li Chengqian quickly shouted loudly.

His handsome face was now filled with sincere admiration.

But he was secretly overjoyed and breathed a long sigh of relief.

call……

Steady!

This most powerful working machine in the Tang Dynasty was finally tricked into starting up again by him using the two carrots, "gold" and "kangaroo".

To become emperor?

nonexistent.

As long as Dad is still alive, as long as Dad still has ambition.

Let this Heavenly Khan, who yearns for a place in history, review and revise these tens of thousands of catties of memorials from the Tang Dynasty.

He, Li Chengqian, remains the most carefree and leisurely Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

"Old Mo! Where's Mo Ju?!"

Li Shimin sheathed his sword, his voice booming like a resounding bell.

"Your subject is here!"

Mo Ju scrambled out of the line, covered in sweat.

"Increase production! Increase production regardless of cost!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, exuding domineering power.

"Double the number of Ming Dynasty treasure ships for me! No, triple it!"

"Load as many of those shipborne red-coated cannons as possible!"

"I want the Tang Dynasty's fleet to stretch from Dengzhou all the way to the very edge of the Pacific Ocean!"

"I will make the roar of the Tang Dynasty's steam engines resound in every corner of the world!"

Li Shimin's eyes burned with a desire for conquest more frantically than ever before.

That was the door to a new world that Li Chengqian had forcefully pried open.

It is the ultimate fantasy of the "Tang Dynasty on which the sun never sets".

Dai Zhou, listening nearby, was terrified.

He shakily picked up the abacus, wanting to calculate how much silver it would cost.

But seeing Li Shimin's posture, as if he would chop up anyone who dared to stop him.

The old man shrank his neck and silently stuffed the abacus into his sleeve.

Well, anyway, the silver mines in Japan are still gushing money day and night, so let His Majesty build as much as he wants.

On this day, the court assembly was held at Taiji Palace.

What was originally a crisis of abdication that could shake the very foundations of the nation.

But in front of Li Chengqian's globe, it turned into a frenzied global expansion mobilization meeting.

The bureaucracy of the Tang Dynasty began to operate at an unprecedented speed.

All the factories are emitting black smoke.

All the blacksmiths were making rivets.

All the people were discussing how far away the legendary "America," a land of gold, really was.

A month later.

At the mouth of the sea in Tianjin, the waves are towering.

Before the morning mist had even dissipated, a long, high-pitched whistle rang out from the sea.

"Ugh—!!!"

Thirty reinforced expedition flagships, equipped with the latest deep-sea navigation compasses, are slowly sailing out of the harbor.

These ships have a very deep draft.

It was filled with the most elite sailors of the Tang Dynasty, as well as enough canned meat to last a year.

There was also a package of mysterious seeds that Li Chengqian personally handed to Zheng He, along with a stack of detailed nautical charts.

On the shore, the crowd cheered.

Li Chengqian stood on the high cement embankment.

He held a freshly opened bottle of grape wine in his hand, gazing at the sails that were gradually disappearing on the horizon.

"It's finally starting."

Li Chengqian let out a long yawn, his tone languid.

"During the Age of Exploration, no one could stop the iron hooves of industrial civilization."

Wu Meiniang stood obediently behind him, holding a thick ledger in her hands.

"Your Highness, what do you think they will encounter at their first stop?"

Li Chengqian smiled slightly, a wicked glint of mischief flashing in his eyes.

"Perhaps they were the first group of indigenous people in the world to be stunned by the red cannons?"

"Or perhaps, it's an entire continent waiting for us to rename it."

He turned around and looked at the endless black smoke and lights in the direction of Chang'an City in the distance.

A new journey has begun.

The will of the Tang Dynasty is surging forward with the monsoon towards a distant place that has never been touched before.

"Let's go, Meiniang."

"The old man is out there working himself to the bone, so I should go back and take a nap."

Li Chengqian walked down the embankment with light steps.

And in the depths of the turbulent Pacific Ocean.

An unknown fate awaits this arrogant and unreasonable invincible fleet.

On that distant eastern shore.

The first wisp of smoke came from the Tang Dynasty.

It is about to ignite the entire world.

"Your Highness, you still haven't told us, what was the name of the first stop in 'America'?"

"That place... I intend to call it, the Eastern Victory Prefecture of the Great Tang Dynasty."