Luoyang Li

August 694 AD. Wu Zetian put an end to the Tubo, Turks, Shiwei and other wars, and all the barbarians were subjugated. In order to highlight the prosperous atmosphere of "all nations coming to court", envoys from various countries (led by the great chief of Persia, Aluo Chan) raised tens of billions of dollars to request the construction of a Tianshu outside the Duanmen (Yingtianmen) of the Imperial City of Luoyang and on the central axis of Tianjie, in order to "inscribe the merits and dethrone the Tang Dynasty and praise the Zhou Dynasty". However, there were many corruption and quality problems during the construction of the Tianshu Project. It coincides with the historical turning point of the Shenlong coup and the return of power from Wu Zhou to Li Tang. The coup triggered the pursuit of engineering accountability, and Pei Mingyuan, the craftsman supervisor of the Ministry of Industry, became the scapegoat candidate, presenting a story of the collision of technology and humanities, and the confrontation between tradition and modernity. The fate of ancient families shows the dilemma of modern people: the conflict between technological progress and traditional values, the confrontation between efficiency and the warmth of human nature, the choice between utilitarianism and love and justice. The answer that the story ultimately points to is: the real cornerstone is not the height of the Tower of Babel, but the depth of human emotions.