Save the Bachelor of Heaven

After more than ten years, Lü Zhi died.

When she was alive, she did not remember Xiang Nan's instructions and spared others when she could.

Instead, she issued orders once she had power.

She conferred titles on the Lü clan, suppressed the Liu clan, and persecuted the ministers, causing great resentment among the people in the court.

Therefore, after her death, the Lü clan was exterminated by the Liu clan princes and the ministers in the court. Almost no Lü clan member was spared.

After that, Emperor Shao of Han was deposed, and the court officials welcomed Liu Bang's fourth son, King Dai Liu Heng, to succeed him. He was the famous Emperor Wen of Han in history books.

Emperor Wen of Han reigned for 24 years, and then passed the throne to his son Liu Qi, who was Emperor Jing of Han. These two emperors were relatively capable, benevolent and frugal, and valued agriculture and loved the people, so the national strength of the Han Dynasty continued to improve.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the national strength was exhausted, the people were poor, and even the court had no money. Emperor Gaozu of Han wanted to find four horses of the same color to drive the shaft, but he couldn't find them.

But in the later years of Emperor Jing of Han, the treasury was so full that the ropes used to string copper coins were rotten, and the grain in the granary was full to overflowing. The national strength of the Han Dynasty reached its peak.

After the death of Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne, and the national strength of the Han Dynasty reached its peak, especially the military strength, which was among the best in all dynasties.

However, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, he raised troops many times, fought against the Xiongnu, conquered Lingnan, pacified the Western Qiang, and took over the Western Regions... This also led to the fatigue of the people and the country's problems, which could not be afforded.

In the later years of Emperor Wu of Han, there were two million refugees in the Guandong area, and 400,000 people were not registered. The granaries in the city were empty, and many people were exiled. There were even records of "people eating each other".

After the death of Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Zhao of Han and Emperor Xuan of Han successively succeeded to the throne. Emperor Xuan of Han was Liu Bingyi. The once popular TV series "Oolong Chuangqingguan" told his story, of course, it was mostly a joke.

During the reigns of Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan of Han, politics was clear, society was harmonious, economy was prosperous, and national strength was revived, which was known as the "Zhaoxuan Zhongxing".

However, Emperor Yuan, Emperor Cheng, and Emperor Ai of Han did not do much, and the national strength and government of the Western Han Dynasty gradually declined, so that Wang Mang finally usurped the throne.

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Time flies, and history strides forward.

Although Xiang Nan experienced history, he was not in history. He did not care about these historical events.

For him, these events and characters that were enough to leave a strong mark in history books had nothing to do with him. He only cared about his own cultivation.

Over the years, he has absorbed the internal strength of hundreds of masters, an average of three or four per year, an average of fifty years of skill per person, and two hundred years of skill together. Even if it is halved, there is still a hundred years of skill.

Absorbing a hundred years of skill every year, after more than two hundred years of absorption, the depth of skill can be imagined. It can be said that Xiang Nan's current skill is absolutely worthy of being called "shocking".

He can lift a mountain weighing hundreds of tons with a wave of his hand, blow away an army of tens of thousands of people with a breath, and collapse the walls of Chang'an with a stomp of his foot...

It can be said that with this kind of strength, Xiang Nan can't help but admit that he is a god. He is too powerful. But Xiang Nan knows that this is just the beginning.

There are still two thousand years in the future, and he can still absorb it slowly.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, the fifteen emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, even Wang Mang, who usurped the throne, came to Mount Zhongnan to pay homage to Xiang Nan, hoping that he would show up.

On the one hand, it is already known that Xiang Nan is a god. If he can get his affirmation, it can be regarded as "the king's power is granted by God" and "received from heaven".

After all, at the succession ceremony of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang received the imperial seal sent by Xiang Nan, and also got Xiang Nan's personal testimony, saying that he was the "son of the Red Emperor" and should be the emperor.

Therefore, Xiang Nan has been tied to the "throne". Without his affirmation, it seems that the throne is not sitting properly. This is also like the "Taishan Fengshan" in ancient China.

On the one hand, everyone wants to live forever, especially the emperor. Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor Wu of Han and others are very keen on seeking immortality.

Emperor Wen of Han summoned Taifu Jia Yi to ask him about ghosts and gods, so he left a poem "It's a pity that the seat in front of me is empty in the middle of the night, and I don't ask about the common people but ghosts and gods."

Emperor Wu of Han was more superstitious than Qin Shihuang. He sent people to sea seven times to find the immortal mountain, and built a dew tray in the palace, hoping that the immortal would give him immortal dew to make him immortal.

So they came several times, either by themselves or by sending people, hoping to see Xiang Nan, but the result was naturally useless.

Xiang Nan was too lazy to pay attention to them and didn't even look at them.

However, he still took the Heshi Bi out of the palace after Wang Mang usurped the throne.

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After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he provoked a popular uprising. The two rebel armies of the Red Eyebrows and the Green Forest overthrew the Western Han Dynasty. In the end, Liu Xiu, the ninth-generation grandson of Liu Bang, won the throne and became Emperor Guangwu.

After Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu ascended the throne, Xiang Nan came again on a crane to deliver the seal and returned the Heshi Bi to Liu Xiu.

This move was once again shocking.

Because Xiang Nan appeared when Liu Bang ascended the throne, and it has been more than two hundred years since then. He has not appeared again during this period, so people speculated that he was probably dead.

But unexpectedly, he was not only still alive, but also so young, just like what was recorded in ancient books, which was really a bit exaggerated.

Liu Xiu was an emperor who had fought his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​fire. He had experienced hundreds of battles and experienced life and death. He originally did not believe in ghosts and gods.

But seeing Xiang Nan, who should have died of old age, was still so young, and actually came on a crane, he was inevitably a little shaken.

"Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, but his virtue was not worthy of his position. The artifact was alive and he fled again." Xiang Nan said to Liu Xiu, "Now that the blood of the Red Emperor is in power again, the artifact should be returned. I only hope that you will learn from the lessons of your predecessors, be benevolent, do good deeds, and take good care of yourself."

"I obey your command." Liu Xiu took the imperial seal and nodded in agreement.

Xiang Nan also rode a crane and left.

"Oh my God, there really are immortals, they are really not fake."

"It is said in ancient times that there are immortals in Zhongnan Mountain, and it is true."

"This person appeared during the reign of Qin Shihuang, and now it has been two hundred years. I didn't expect that he is still here!"

"After more than two hundred years, this person looks the same as before, and he has not aged at all. He is indeed an immortal who is immortal!"

For a time, all the civil and military officials in the court were amazed.

It was for this reason that Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu later sent people to pay homage to Zhongnan Mountain.

The upper class followed suit, and not only the nobles came to pay homage, but also the gentry, the wealthy merchants and even the common people came to Mount Zhongnan to burn incense and pray for blessings, hoping to worship the immortal as their teacher.

The Taoism that emerged in the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as the Taiping Dao and the Tianshi Dao, all respected Xiang Nan as a god, and his status was very high. They often held rituals for him and even went to the mountains to worship him, hoping that Xiang Nan could give them the golden elixir and the heavenly book of Taoism, so that they could become immortals.

Of course, it was basically in vain. Xiang Nan didn't care about their incense, gold, silver, jewelry, etc. He still practiced his own skills in the mountains, and occasionally went down the mountain to absorb the internal strength of a few people.