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

The electronic document slowly unfolded before Li Shimin's retina.

There is no complicated classical Chinese, nor any pretentious official jargon.

There is only one straightforward and hardcore financial settlement statement.

Li Shimin picked up the reading glasses he had just put aside and put them on the bridge of his nose.

He leaned forward, almost touching the semi-transparent holographic screen.

At the very top of the light screen was a line of red numbers.

Following closely behind is a physical anti-counterfeiting dynamic watermark from the People's Bank of China.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands..."

Li Shimin extended his withered fingers.

Through the air, poke at the long string of zeros following this number, one by one.

"Ten thousand, one million, ten million..."

The old man's voice grew weaker and weaker, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

When his finger pointed to the last one.

He gasped sharply.

"Nine zeros... This is... five billion?!"

Li Shimin took off his reading glasses and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

I was afraid that my old eyesight was failing and I might misread the decimal point.

He put his glasses back on and carefully counted the number twice more.

Five billion.

It's not those worthless pieces of paper with virtual leverage that powerful families used to short the Tang Dynasty back then.

It's not a fake land deed that could be forcibly demolished at any time in that broken sandbox of the "Third Continent".

This is physical steel produced day and night by the ports of Rome, the mines of Persia, and the tens of thousands of blast furnaces of the Tang Dynasty.

It's backed by solid, hard evidence.

Datang National Treasury Supreme Grade Physical Credit Points.

"This...this is all a bonus for me?"

Li Shimin turned his head and looked at Wu Meiniang on the screen, his words even a little stammering.

"Last time...didn't Chengqian just confiscate the taxes from my private treasury and three provinces?"

Over in Hawaii.

Li Chengqian shifted to a more comfortable position and put his feet up on the beach table.

"That's the energy fee you owe for the system overloading."

"One thing at a time."

"This is now a global settlement."

"Having conquered such a vast territory, Datang has become the world's only computing power center."

"As the nominal chairman, you can keep this share of the profits."

This unfilial son rarely speaks a human word.

The last trace of heartache lingered in Li Shimin's eyes from the depletion of the national treasury.

In that instant, it vanished completely.

He stared at the string of golden numbers on the screen.

His eyes widened, and in a single second, all the wrinkles on his old face burst into laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Okay! Okay!"

The old man slapped his thigh, causing the small table on the couch to shake.

He was finally completely at ease.

Previously, he always felt that this cyber age was cold and impersonal.

They felt that imperial power was just a decoration in the face of this system with overwhelming computing power.

He feared technology and even considered smashing the power switch or turning himself into a bunch of code to maintain his rule.

But now.

Looking at this bill.

The chasm between imperial power and technology that Li Shimin felt in his heart was completely bridged by the 5 billion yuan in dividends from real assets.

Li Chengqian told him about the distribution of benefits in the most straightforward way.

The Tang Dynasty was built on the foundation laid by Li Shimin.

No matter how powerful the Tian Shu system is, it is still a building constructed on this foundation.

He, Li Shimin, is no longer a figurehead emperor.

Rather, it is the largest actual shareholder behind this vast technological empire, the Tian Shu system.

"Chengqian, you've grown up."

Li Shimin took off his reading glasses, and a few tears welled up in the corners of his eyes from his overwhelming joy.

He unusually refrained from calling his son a rebellious child.

His tone carried a fatherly kindness and comfort.

"I have complete confidence in entrusting this Tang Dynasty to you."

"Stop."

Li Chengqian shuddered on the other side of the screen and rubbed the goosebumps on his arms.

"Don't try to give me that feudalistic nonsense."

"Here's the money. Don't cause me any more trouble."

"Stop listening to those old fogies' nonsense about some kind of superhuman immortality dream."

"If this happens again, I'll unplug your network card too."

Li Shimin was not angry at all.

A few days ago, he would have jumped up and cursed, "How dare this unfilial son deceive the emperor!"

Now?

Just unplug the network card.

With a 5 billion yuan dividend from the real economy as a safety net, he could lie in the Taiji Hall every day drinking goji berry tea.

That was also the richest emperor in history.

"Don't worry, I won't do it again."

Li Shimin happily transferred the dividend document to his top-secret account.

I heard a "ding" sound indicating the funds had been credited to my account.

I felt like I had never heard such a pleasant sound in my life.

In addition to excitement.

The old man suddenly realized that his identity had changed, and his perspective needed to change as well.

Since he is now the supreme chairman and holds a huge sum of money,

They have to do something befitting their status.

He pulled over the holographic control panel in front of him.

It's no longer the sneaky, underhanded way they used to speculate on real estate.

Instead, he skillfully opened a special high-end procurement channel set up by the royal family.

This passage is directly connected to the most advanced military and civilian production lines of the Tang Dynasty.

"Wang De!"

Li Shimin shouted towards the outside of the palace.

The old eunuch pushed open the door and came in.

"This old servant is here."

"Go and inform the Ministry of Works and the Imperial Household Department."

Li Shimin waved his hand, displaying the arrogant and nouveau riche attitude of a wealthy man.

"I want to place an order for a batch of goods."

He slid across the control panel so quickly that he even accidentally pressed two extra zeros.

"Order five thousand of the latest agricultural mechs for me, and distribute them all to the disaster-stricken farmers in Guanzhong!"

"The money will be deducted from my private account!"

Wang De was stunned.

"Your Majesty, this...this must cost a lot of money. Wasn't your private treasury just...?"

"Just go when I tell you to! Stop with the nonsense!"

Li Shimin glared, but couldn't hide the smile on his lips.

"I am rich now!"

Not only that.

The old man tapped the screen a few more times.

A generous expedited procurement order was issued.