In the last years of the Cheng Kingdom, the last emperor of the Cheng Kingdom, Emperor Cheng Mo, abused the power of the state, was immoral and cruel, which led to boiling public resentment and the emergence of great heroes in the world. In the third year of the founding of the Kingdom, the great general of the Cheng Kingdom, Tian Yu Gianlong, repeatedly persuaded His remonstrance to the last emperor was fruitless and he was almost killed. With the help of his important minister Wen Ying, he escaped from the capital Gaoyang and returned to his fiefdom Kangzhou. He raised troops in Kangzhou and proclaimed himself emperor the following year and established the Tianyu Kingdom. Gaoyang was renamed Qianyang and made the capital of the country.
Yuan Long, the founder of the Tianyu Kingdom, learned from the lessons of the fall of the established country and paid attention to the lives of the people; he paid attention to the administration of officials, selected talents and appointed them, knew people and made good use of them, followed his advice, and reused ministers such as Wen Ying and Zong Shijie; he adopted a farming-oriented approach, practiced strict thrift, recuperated, and cultivated culture. A series of political policies such as the revival of religion and the improvement of the talent selection system brought about a stable situation in society; he also vigorously suppressed foreign aggression, respected the customs of border tribes, promoted ethnic integration, and stabilized the border. Yuanlong was revered as the "Great Emperor of Heaven" by small countries.
Our story also takes place in Tianyu Kingdom...
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