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According to seniority, the current Jiliji Khan Li Jingtian should still call Li Ye Grandpa.

It's perfectly reasonable for a grandfather to help his grandson control his territory.

With Li Ye's full help, Gilijis quickly rallied and defeated the disobedient tribes.

Li Ye also helped Li Jingtian define the spheres of influence for the nobles under his command and reorganize the power structure.

These structures strengthened the actual control of the Tang Dynasty's central government, and Jilijisi effectively became the Tang Dynasty's representative on the grasslands.

The officers and staff sent by Li Ye completely transformed Jilijisi's army into a steppe army of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Ye's actions were not seen as taking advantage of someone in distress by Li Jingtian; rather, they were seen as a timely help. If Li Ye hadn't intervened, the widow and her orphan would have been devoured by the wolves of the grasslands sooner or later.

The Tang Dynasty and the Jilijisi became one family, which made things even more difficult for the Tang people caught in the middle.

Li Sijian, the leader of the Tangut people, petitioned to enter the court every year, but Li Ye insisted on refusing.

Not long after Li Keyong's death, Li Sijian also died with regrets.

His nephew, Li Yichang, succeeded him.

Li Yichang was killed by Gao Zongyi, the military governor of Xia Prefecture, less than half a year after he ascended the throne.

Then the direct descendants of the Li family began to fight against Gao Zongyi.

Fueled by the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Tuoba Li family was almost wiped out after a chaotic battle, and Gao Zongyi, who had rebelled, was also killed by the Tuoba family.

The Tangut people suffered a severe blow.

Li Ye then dispatched high-ranking officials to clean up the mess, and they quickly subdued the Tanguts and also recovered Shuofang, bringing the Hetao region back into his territory.

Having quelled the Tangut rebellion and subdued the Jilijisi, Li Ye's restoration of the Tang Dynasty entered an accelerated phase.

In the fifteenth year of Guanghua, Li Ye dispatched three armies: the northern army marched westward from the grasslands, crossed the Gobi Desert, and directly attacked the Uyghurs and the Karakhanid Khanate in the Western Regions; the southern army attacked the Tibetan tribes in Qinghai; and the central army attacked the Uyghurs in Ganzhou and persuaded the remnants of the Guiyi Army to surrender.

Aside from the Western Regions, the forces within close proximity, such as the Uyghurs of Ganzhou, the various Tibetan tribes, and the Guiyi Army, had already been thoroughly infiltrated by Li Ye.

In March of the seventeenth year of the Guanghua era, the Western Regions, Hexi Corridor, Qinghai, and Ganzhou returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty.

With the reopening of the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate, the Tang Dynasty's grassland armies once again crossed the Pamir Mountains, completely restoring the territory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

While Li Ye was pacifying the grasslands and the Western Regions, Zhu Quanzhong, who had spent his entire life causing trouble, finally passed away.

He was killed by his own son.

Zhu Quanzhong never became emperor before his death, but the succession to his position as Prince of Liang still caused his sons a lot of trouble.

This was undoubtedly due in no small part to the machinations of the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

As Zhu Quanzhong's sons fought each other, the Central Plains region descended into chaos.

At this time, Li Ye finally took action and quelled the chaos in the Central Plains.

After Li Ye dealt with Zhu Quanzhong's sons, Li Cunxu, who had only been the Prince of Jin for a few years, caused an internal strife among his brothers vying for power.

The adopted sons left behind by Li Keyong started fighting against Li Cunxu.

Of course, this involved the machinations of the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Then the same script played out: Li Ye's army entered the scene, and Li Keyong's sons were all annihilated.

Yang Xingmi died even earlier, and his son Yang Pu was essentially a puppet.

In addition, his territory was not as large as it had been in history, so pacifying it would be a piece of cake.

As for Liu Rengong of Youzhou, he had long been killed by the ambitious and talented Li Cunxu.

Li Ye waited until Li Cunxu had helped him eliminate several formidable enemies and started to lose his senses before making his move.

It took Li Ye less than three years to quell the rebellions in Guandong.

In September of the twentieth year of the Guanghua era, Li Ye completely quelled all the regional military governors and reunified the Tang Dynasty!

Chapter 551, Xiao Shan Prepares to Resign! (Please Subscribe!)

These reforms were naturally the result of Li Ye consulting with the chat group and then coming about through everyone's collective wisdom and effort.

Among them, Ying Zheng, Zhang Sanfeng, and Liu Bei contributed the most.

At this time, Zhang Cuishan had already overthrown the Mongol Yuan dynasty and established a new regime—the Great Chu.

The reason why the state was named Chu was naturally because the Wudang Sect was located within the territory of Chu.

As Zhang Cuishan's master, Zhang Sanfeng naturally had to help govern the country and maintain peace after Zhang Cuishan established his own state.

Li Ye: "Now that the court has entered a period of stability, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief!"

You Ruo: "Speaking of which, before the Tang Dynasty was reunified, you didn't seem that tired!"

Li Ye: "Hehe, at least I had a burden on my mind back then, but now I can finally unload that burden! Once I've properly trained my successor, I can devote myself wholeheartedly to cultivation!"

Liu Bei: "I'm envious! I also want to devote myself to cultivation after restoring the Han Dynasty!"

Huang Rong: "Indeed, compared to ruling the world, immortality is much more attractive!"

Qin Emperor: "If only I could have both ruling the world and living forever!"

Zhang Chulan: "Then I'd become the Jade Emperor!"

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The world of courtyard houses, the city of Beijing.

It was now the latter half of 1975.

Today happens to be the weekend, and Xiao Shan is sitting at home listening to the radio while watching people in the chat group discuss cultivation and immortality.

"Dad, what are you thinking about?" Xiao Shan's son, Xiao Jingyan, asked curiously, seeing Xiao Shan looking somewhat lost in thought while listening to the radio.

Xiao Jingyan is six years old this year and will be in the second grade soon.

"I was wondering why your mom took your sister to get her shot and hasn't come back yet!" Xiao Shan said to Xiao Jingyan with a smile.

Xiao Shan's daughter, Xiao Jingshu, is also three years old this year.

Today, Ding Qiunan took Xiao Jingshu to the factory's staff hospital to get vaccinated.

The steel rolling mill remained largely unchanged, but many people noticed that the winds of change were beginning to blow.

Li Huaide was starting to panic, because the wind seemed to be blowing against him.

Xiao Shan, on the other hand, has done a lot of practical work for the factory and the metallurgical system over the years, and he even won the championship of the Unlimited Fighting Tournament in Hong Kong back then, bringing glory to the Chinese people. So someone from above has spoken to Xiao Shan, and he won't be affected.

However, Xiao Shan has already made plans to resign.

Because his cultivation has reached a bottleneck, he plans to go outside and look for inspiration.

About half an hour later, Ding Qiunan returned from outside with Xiao Jingshu.

As soon as Xiao Jingshu entered the house, she ran towards Xiao Shan, shouting, "Dad!"

Xiao Shan picked up his daughter and asked with a smile, "Does the shot hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt at all." Xiao Jingshu sat in Xiao Shan's lap, looking at him with an expression that said, "You should praise me."

Seeing Xiao Jingshu's appearance, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Great job!"

Hearing Xiao Shan's praise, Xiao Jing Shu immediately beamed with joy.

Listening to the conversation between the father and daughter, Ding Qiunan said speechlessly, "You just spoil her! Jing Shu, stop letting your dad hold you, go wash your hands first!"

Hearing Ding Qiunan's words, Xiao Jingshu reluctantly got out of Xiao Shan's arms and followed Ding Qiunan to the kitchen to wash her hands.

Soon it was lunchtime, and the family of four sat around the table to eat.

As for Feng Chunlian, she went back to take care of her grandson because Ding Qiunan's younger brother had another baby, so she wasn't with them in Xiaoshan.

After finishing his meal, Xiao Shan looked at Ding Qiunan, who was clearing the table, and said, "I'm planning to resign! After resting at home for a while, I'll go to Hong Kong to take a look!"

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Ding Qiunan, who was tidying up the table, was taken aback.

Then, looking at Xiao Shan with some confusion, he asked, "Is it because the situation is tense right now?"

"Yes, that's part of the reason!" Xiao Shan nodded and said, "Besides, after working in the steel rolling mill for so many years, I also want to see the outside world!"

Ding Qiunan smiled and said, "If you think it's right, then do it. I support you!"

"Don't worry, even if I quit my job, I can still support you and the children!" Xiao Shan said to Ding Qiunan, looking at the two children. "And during this time of rest after quitting my job, I can stay at home and spend time with you and the children."

The next day, Xiao Shan wrote his resignation letter in his office and went directly to Li Huaide.

"Xiao Shan is here." Li Huaide smiled as he saw Xiao Shan who had come to see him.

Xiao Shan placed his resignation letter on Li Huaide's desk and said to Li Huaide, "Factory Director, this is my resignation letter. I plan to resign from the steel rolling mill! I have two children at home now, and my mother-in-law doesn't have time to help take care of them anymore. I plan to go back and take care of the children and grow up with them!"

Li Huaide was stunned when he heard Xiao Shan's words.

He never expected that Xiao Shan would actually come to him to resign.

Given Xiao Shan's current position in the steel rolling mill, once I leave the position of factory director, it will definitely be his!

After a long while, Li Huaide finally came to his senses: "Xiaoshan, is your decision to resign due to the current situation? Do you think the situation might change?"

"Factory Director, this is for sure. Nothing stays the same forever!" Xiao Shan said with a smile. "Now that the remnants of feudalism have been mostly eradicated, and the lingering mindset of a century of imperialism has also been largely eliminated, how long do you think the current situation can last, Factory Director?"

Li Huaide looked at Xiao Shan with a shocked expression: "Xiao Shan, did you discover Qi Feng's true hidden purpose from the very beginning?"

Xiao Shan shook his head and said, "I'm just guessing! Factory director, I think you'd better make plans as soon as possible, otherwise it's hard to predict what will happen after the situation changes!"

Li Huaide remained silent for a long time before finally looking at Xiao Shan and sighing, "Ah, I had long expected this day, but I didn't expect it to come so soon! Okay, I will report your resignation to the higher-ups for approval."

"Okay, I'll organize my work now so we can hand it over later!" Xiao Shan said with a smile.

Now that most factories in the metallurgical system have switched to the latest machine tools from John Bull, the relationship between Xiaoshan and John Bull is no longer that important.

Otherwise, Li Huaide wouldn't have dared to ask Xiao Shan to resign.

Xiao Shan felt a sense of relief as he left Li Huaide's office.

Although Xiao Shan seemed to have a carefree life working at the steel rolling mill over the years, he also shouldered a lot of responsibilities.

Now that these responsibilities can be lifted off his shoulders, Xiao Shan is naturally relieved.

Chapter 552, An Older Woman Passes Away! (Please Subscribe!)

When I got home from get off work in the afternoon, Ding Qiunan had already prepared dinner.

Because Feng Chunlian went back to take care of her grandson, Ding Qiunan had already resigned and stayed home to take care of the child.

When Xiao Shan returned home, Ding Qiunan had already prepared dinner.

As soon as he entered the house, Xiao Shan said to Ding Qiunan, "I submitted my resignation this morning and am waiting for approval. I need to organize my work these next few days so that I can hand over my responsibilities smoothly!"

Although Ding Qiunan was a little worried about how the two of them would support their family now that they had both quit their jobs and stayed at home, she still smiled and said, "That's good!"

"Yes, after the handover of work in a few days, our family can take a good trip around Beijing!" Xiao Shan said with a smile as he sat down on the sofa.

As Ding Qiunan walked towards the kitchen, she nodded and said, "Okay! Let's go out and have some fun as a family!"

During the meal, Ding Qiunan said to Xiao Shan, "By the way, I've noticed that an older woman doesn't look well lately. I heard her condition has worsened. Should we buy something and go check on her?"

"Go ahead and take a look if you want. I just can't stand an old man, but I have no problem with an old woman," Xiao Shan said calmly.

Ding Qiunan nodded: "Okay, I'll go take a look tomorrow morning."

After dinner, Xiao Shan took Xiao Jingyan and her brother out for a stroll.

It's summer now, and Jia Zhangshi has started sewing shoe soles at the door again.

Seeing Jia Zhangshi sewing shoe soles, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Aunt Jia, sewing shoe soles again! You're not young anymore, it's time for you to enjoy your retirement. Banggeng should be back soon, right? It'll be good to have him find a job so he can take good care of you."

Jia Zhangshi rolled her eyes and said, "You think everyone's like you, a deputy factory director earning the salary of an eighth-grade worker? My Huairu only makes thirty yuan a month now. What kind of luxury is that? Just make do!"

"Don't say that, I quit my job today too!" Xiao Shan waved his hand and said, "My salary will be zero then, not even as good as Sister Qin's!"

"What?!" Jia Zhangshi screamed instantly. "You resigned? Don't joke with an old woman like me!"

Xiao Shan said without changing his expression, "I've been working in the steel rolling mill for too long, and I want to try a different environment!"

At that moment, Yi Zhonghai came out of his house.

Yi Zhonghai retired last year and now stays at home.

When he had nothing to do, he would play chess with Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui in the courtyard.