Chapter 598: Chapter 77: Manipulating Again, Gu Yi Makes His Move
[Do you want to immediately control the character?]
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Seeing the prompt flash before him, Gu Yi hesitated not for a moment and immediately made a decision in his heart.
The next moment—
The scene before his eyes shattered instantly. When darkness fell, the perspective after merging with the character finally reappeared.
He must stand up now.
Although Gu Xuan’s attributes would reach an astonishing ninety points after acquiring the Luoshu Harmonizing Device, this was only in terms of internal affairs.
His other attributes were quite ordinary.
With such attributes, it was clearly impossible to survive the upcoming great calamity.
—The An Lushan Rebellion.
This was a critical juncture in the history of the Great Tang that could not be avoided.
It was like a sword that cleaved the entire Tang Dynasty apart.
Before it was the glorious era of the Tang;
After it, the splendor of the Tang was never to be seen again.
Of course, Gu Yi was not controlling this for the sake of the Great Tang.
As a modern person, while he, like many others, once deeply admired the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty,
but after experiencing so much.
But after experiencing so much, he had long since become indifferent to it all.
No dynasty is unchangeable forever, and all kinds of chaos are also proof of the historical progression, representing the advancement of Kyushu’s culture.
But at the very least, he must do something for the Gu Clan.
The An Lushan Rebellion was too devastating.
According to historical records, the blow dealt to Kyushu’s population by the An Lushan Rebellion was more than half of Kyushu’s population.
In the fourteenth year of Emperor Xuanzong’s Tianbao era, the Great Tang had a population of 54 million.
Yet, just a few years later, by the third year of Emperor Su’s Qianyuan era, the population of the Great Tang had dropped to less than 17 million.
Admittedly, this figure might not be entirely accurate—after all, population statistics in the feudal era inevitably had hidden numbers.
But the degree of hiding should have been roughly comparable during the times of Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Su.
This shocking drop in registered numbers is solid evidence of the grim damage caused by the An Lushan Rebellion in original history.
And if placed in the present context.
All of this would surely be even more harrowing.
Nowadays, after absorbing the forces from all directions, the population of the Great Tang was nearing the hundred million mark.
The Gu Clan had already linked its fate with the rise and fall of Kyushu.
Whether purely for the Gu Clan or for the entirety of Kyushu, Gu Yi had to take action at this moment.
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Luoyang.
As the sun climbed high in the sky, beams of sunlight penetrated the room through the cracks in the window.
Gu Yi remained the same as when he last controlled Gu Ye.
It took him a moment to slowly adjust to this perspective that was completely different from usual.
He did not rush into action.
At least from Gu Yi’s perspective, An Lushan would certainly not rebel now, simply because he was still in Hebei.
—The Gu Clan’s roots ran too deep in Hebei.
Not to mention the vast network of relationships formed by various families with the Gu Clan in Hebei, which in the eyes of the world, attested to the Gu Clan’s extraordinary nature, making those families flock to it.
But Gu Yi understood very well that the true strength of the Gu Clan lay in its foundational support in the hearts of the common people.
For instance, those death warriors accompanying the younger generation of the Gu Clan.
If one day, someone indeed attacked Julu, the entire Julu and even all of Hebei would become like these people, the legacy the Gu Clan had cultivated over centuries.
Judging from the various details in memory.
At least from Gu Yi’s perspective, An Lushan was indeed much more astute than he was in original history.
This time, paying respects to the Gu Clan ancestors at Julu was probably one of his tests.
A person like him would definitely see that Hebei was not a place he could act on easily, unless he secured the Gu Clan’s support. If not, he would surely meet a tragic end.
Since he was still in Hebei now,
Gu Yi could at least be sure that An Lushan would not make any other moves in the short term.
The Gu Clan’s appearance had already altered history.
Gu Yi would not fully trust the original history.
Of course, Gu Yi would not think of changing Li Longji’s view of the Gu Clan at this time and then abandon An Lushan to help the Gu Clan.
This was equally impossible.
Li Longji was now like a gambler deeply caught up.
The gambler believed he could recover his losses; Li Longji believed he could always have control over everything.
Such people would not turn around unless they hit a wall and felt the pain.
He certainly would not waste time.
What Gu Yi needed to do now was to accumulate chips for the future, and at least in terms of military generals, he needed to be fully prepared.
There was no other way, Gu Xuan’s martial force was truly too weak.
Even the current generation of the Gu Clan’s younger members had attributes difficult to bear important responsibilities.
Although Gu Yi could feel he had made considerable progress in overall coordination, the battlefield itself was ever-changing, and concerning war formation matters, he needed to be prepared.
Fortunately, the Gu Clan had been glorious for several generations.
Moreover, during these generations, no matter which emperor it was, they always gave the Gu Clan absolute trust, which initially gave him a great advantage.
This allowed Gu Yi to draw in many people.
And the first targets Gu Yi thought of now—were Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, who were still in Luoyang City.
That’s right, the two of them were now in Luoyang and had countless ties with the Gu Clan.
Although they were still recommended by Fumeng Lingcha.
But Fumeng Lingcha had once followed the younger members of the Gu Clan, and even after Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing demonstrated their talents, the Gu Clan had provided them with considerable support.
