Super God: Just became a member of the Pangu clan, and the chat group arrived.

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"Why is it like this? Has the Sui Dynasty really rotted to this extent?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhen laughed heartily and said:

"Hahaha, do you think their situation is because of the Sui Dynasty emperor?"

Ma Xiaoling: "Isn't that right? The tyrant Yang Guang was cruel, and the things he did were not good at all. He even forced the people to rebel."

If it wasn't his fault, then what was it?

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhen sneered and said...

"Hehe, no wonder everyone says you can't listen to one-sided opinions!"

Xiaoling, what you see is only the surface.

You think Yang Guang was incompetent, but if he really was, then why did Yang Jian, the founding emperor, choose him to succeed to the throne?

Before this, Crown Prince Yang Yong had been deposed, for whatever reason.

But the person who could make Yang Jian make such a decision must have some remarkable abilities!

The only possibility is that Yang Guang did something right in a certain way, which pleased Yang Jian greatly.

That's why this happened.

Yang Jian, as the founding emperor, was an emperor who ended a period of chaos.

Perhaps his achievements have been overshadowed, and he doesn't seem as good as those others.

But if you think about it carefully, what kind of era was before the Sui Dynasty?

It was an era of cannibalism. After the Five Barbarian Invasions, various dynasties emerged, including those with foreign bloodlines and those with Han Chinese bloodlines. There were more than ten or twenty dynasties.

Under such circumstances, Yang Jian was able to sweep everything away, regardless of whether his abilities could be compared with those of the First Emperor.

At the very least, he was by no means a weakling among the many famous emperors.

Moreover, he was the one who selected the Nine Elders of the Sui Dynasty, which is enough to demonstrate his discerning eye.

However, in the end he chose Yang Guang. Why?

Perhaps, this Yang Guang had many disadvantages.

However, Yang Guang was not as bad or cruel as depicted in novels and storybooks.

In fact, Yang Guang's actions were no less than those of Li Shimin.

However, Yang Guang took too big a step, which led to the downfall of the Sui Dynasty.

Moreover, history books are written by the victors, so what you see may not be the truth.

Take Yang Guang, for example. He mobilized a million people to dig the Grand Canal. What was his purpose in doing so?

Is it really just for personal gain?

Once the Grand Canal is opened, it will connect the north and south, saving an immeasurable amount of time for military campaigns.

What was the purpose of the three expeditions against Goguryeo?

It's all for the purpose of destroying those powerful families.

Look at Yang Guang's three campaigns against Goguryeo, who were the people he summoned and who were the main leaders?

These were not just the five prominent families and seven noble clans, but also the Shandong gentry and many other large clans.

Ultimately, Yang Guang did this for the sake of land.

Do you know how much territory and how many people aristocratic families control?

These powerful families could even be considered a mini-court.

However, there are a frightening number of such beings.

Look, during the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, those eighteen rebel kings who were able to succeed all had the support of powerful families behind them.

In your view, these disaster victims are the cause of Yang Guang's downfall, but ultimately, they were created by powerful families.

Look, why is it that during the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin ruthlessly suppressed those powerful families?

However, in the end, it did not succeed.

Even during Wu Zetian's reign, she recognized the problems with aristocratic families and continuously suppressed them.

Even after dying like that, they still failed. The saying "Behind the red gates, meat and wine go to waste, while on the road, frozen corpses lie" perfectly describes these wealthy and powerful families.

However, if it weren't for the fact that the powerful families insisted on causing trouble at the end, almost completely undermining the emperor's power.

This caused Huang Chao to fail the imperial examinations repeatedly, which angered him so much that he wrote a poem and returned to his hometown.

Immediately afterwards, Bian led the rebel army and stormed into Chang'an.

Upon entering Chang'an, the first thing Huang Chao did was to massacre members of aristocratic families.

They took their family trees and went door to door, one by one, until finally, they all killed them.

However, in my opinion, Huang Chao's actions were not clean enough!

The reason why the Sui Dynasty perished was attributed to powerful families, accounting for 60-70% of the reasons.

The remaining reason is that Yang Guang was ambitious and loved to make trouble, which led to the downfall of the Sui Dynasty.

However, these things are none of our business now.

All you need to do is gain some experience. Come on, there's something waiting for you ahead!

Chapter 810 Cast into the deepest hell, never to be reborn!

Ma Xiaoling nodded as she listened to Jiang Zhen's words, then looked away and gazed into the distance.

In Ma Xiaoling's eyes, a faint black mist was spreading in the distance.

"Brother Jiang, there seems to be something dirty up ahead!"

Jiang Zhen: "Why don't you go and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaoling nodded and then urged her horse forward.

Before long, the two arrived at that place, but when Ma Xiaoling arrived, she was stunned by what she saw.

Here, a group of people were kneeling and worshipping around a shrine, looking very devout.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaoling frowned and said:

"This is... an evil god?"

Immediately, Ma Xiaoling stepped forward and said:

"What are you doing? Get out of here right now! This thing is an evil god, it's no good!"

Upon hearing this, the elderly man at the head of the group suddenly stood up, turned to look at Ma Xiaoling, and said loudly:

"Where did this fiend come from, daring to slander the Spirit God here!"

The spirits provided us with food and even protected us during our escape.

The way you're dressed makes you look like a demon.

"Fellow villagers, let's join forces and drive this evil spirit away! Don't let her slander the divine being here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone else picked up their weapons, which were actually just hoes, sticks, and the like.

In fact, those sticks couldn't even be called sticks; they were just sticks that were casually broken off from trees.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaoling wanted to explain something, but just then, Jiang Zhen walked over and said:

"Xiaoling, in this situation, what's the point of explaining? Just take action!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaoling was taken aback and said:

"Make a move? But these are just ordinary people!"

Jiang Zhen pursed her lips and said:

"Look again, are they still ordinary people?"

After saying that, Jiang Zhen touched her forehead, and in an instant, Ma Xiaoling felt her eyes light up.

Immediately afterwards, a cool sensation swept over my eyes.

But when she opened her eyes, she was met with a scene that filled her with terror.

It was clear that many wronged souls were entwined around those people.

Moreover, most of them were children.

Furthermore, they no longer resembled ordinary people; their eyes were bloodshot, their teeth sparse, and their veins bulging, turning them black.

"What... what is this... Brother Jiang, how could they do this..."

Jiang Zhen: "Have you heard of cannibals? After they die, that's what they become."

And these people ate human flesh and drank human blood while they were alive, do you think they were any good people?

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaoling felt a wave of nausea and then looked at the hundred-plus people with disgust.

How could they do this? Aren't they afraid of retribution?

Jiang Zhen: "Ordinary people have never seen the world, nor have they ever seen a god. Even if they have heard of them, they only think of them as legends."

Don't assume that just because there is a God in the world, ordinary people will know about God.

That's impossible, so naturally, they do things without any burden.

Alright, it's your turn, Xiaoling. Kill these guys. If possible, just beat them to a pulp.

Leaving their true spirits behind is enough; let them be reincarnated.

As for that evil god, he was probably the source of all this. Destroy them completely, annihilate their souls, and condemn them to eternal damnation!

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaoling took a deep breath, and then her eyes emitted a faint flash of lightning.

Immediately afterwards, the dragon scale staff appeared in his hand.

As soon as the dragon scale staff appeared, it unleashed terrifying lightning power.

The crackling sound filled the air with a burnt smell.