Wei Ziren was pressed by his parents about the girl he liked, and in a fit of anger, he ran away from home. Six months later, he actually brought a girl back and said he wanted to marry her.
Looking at the alluring woman, Wei's father felt a headache coming on. Noble families valued "marrying a virtuous wife and taking a beautiful concubine." It wasn't that he was prejudiced, but this girl's manners were too frivolous. However, she was indeed from a respectable family.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Xiu summoned the woman to the palace and said without looking up, "The eldest son of the Prince of Jin will be adopted by me."
The woman was just a fisherwoman and had no connection with Wei Ziren in terms of saving her life. She was simply attracted to him at first sight, and they developed feelings for each other after spending time together. Wei Ziren brought her back to the capital, which was partly due to his resentment.
She was taken to the unfamiliar city of Chang'an, where she faced strange looks from all sides, and then she was brought into the palace.
This time, without anyone by her side, she felt uneasy, but after hearing what he said, her mind raced, and she quickly made up her mind.
"It is the child's good fortune to be raised by His Majesty."
Di Xiu then looked up at her, nodded slightly, and turned his head to say, "Come out."
Fu'an, now a lady-in-waiting in the palace, walked out gracefully with two matrons, curtsying in greeting. One of the matrons behind her reached out and took the woman's pulse, then nodded to Emperor Xiu.
“Madam Qin, the Princess Consort of Jin should have the demeanor of a Princess Consort of Jin. Fu’an is from the former royal family, and the two matrons are specially trained in etiquette. You should follow them carefully to learn the rules and how to manage a household. Fu’an, don’t make her too rigid.”
Fu'an's eyebrows drooped slightly, indicating that it must be so.
Emperor Xiu simply wanted to determine if the woman's temperament could be saved; at first glance, she was at least not stupid.
In the autumn of the second year of Yongxing, the Prince of Jin got married. When everyone saw that the fisherwoman had indeed become the princess, their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
With the emperor's younger brother already married, the ministers began to worry about the emperor's harem, but this was forcefully suppressed by the founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, who had rebelled.
In the spring of the fifth year of Yongxing, the emperor adopted the eldest son of the Prince of Jin as his heir and made him crown prince, and carefully educated and raised him.
courtier:……
It's not impossible, it's reasonable, but... usually people adopt children because they can't have a son. Your Majesty doesn't even have a concubine, yet you're adopting one directly. Does that mean Your Majesty was injured during the war and is now unable to have children?
Mr. Wei was very worried and asked the imperial physician. The physician said no, of course, but once the seed of doubt was planted, Mr. Wei felt that the physician dared not say.
The courtiers realized they had discovered some terrible secret and were greatly alarmed. After that, they dared not mention the matter of selecting concubines to fill the harem again.
Yanling also heard about this absurd speculation and sent a letter to express his "concern," only to be told to "get lost" by the emperor in reply.
On the other side, 001 looked at the toddler who had just learned to walk and said worriedly, "Is one enough? What if he grows up to be mentally challenged like his father?"
Emperor Xiu: "..."
Di Xiu's gaze gradually turned dangerous, and the little brat sneezed loudly.
...
General Yue led his troops to besiege the Mechanized City, using a delaying tactic to finally overcome this formidable obstacle that had existed for hundreds of years.
The art of mechanical engineering naturally fell into the hands of Emperor Xiu, who then distributed the technology to the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War, allowing them to use it to improve people's livelihoods and develop weapons. He also drew up the blueprints for the curved plow, improved the existing iron smelting furnaces, and optimized seawater salt production...
There were no conditions to drive the Industrial Revolution. Emperor Xiu simply tried his best to make the people of this world live a better life. After all, if the people lived better lives, he could also have an easier time.
With no internal fighting, the resettlement of the soldiers became a problem. Emperor Xiu dismissed 80% of the soldiers and sent them home, allocating them one acre of land and reducing their taxes.
The national treasury is not short of money now. When the head of the Wu family resigned from his official post, he donated money to the national treasury under the pretext of sharing the burden of the country's financial ruin. The Wei family followed suit and supported the first emperor produced by the Wei family. Seeing this, the other families could only follow suit and cut their own losses, and for a time the national treasury was overflowing with wealth.
Emperor Xiu ordered General Yue to select 30,000 soldiers to begin training the navy. This was not something that could be done in a short time, but it also coincided with the need to improve the ships, as shipbuilding was a huge undertaking.
To the west of the current Great Xia territory lies the desert, and the Imperial Cult has no intention of conquering there; instead, it plans to turn its attention overseas.
In the ninth year of Yongxing, the Ministry of Works finally completed the ship that the emperor had ordered, and took the emperor and several ministers out to sea to test its capabilities.
In the same year, the young prince began his formal education.
At least for now, Wei Chengyan seems to be a fairly intelligent child. He is doing better in his studies than his father was at that age, and his lively and mischievous nature is normal for his age.
In the thirteenth year of Yongxing, 230 ocean-going ships were completed, loaded with local specialties, and 30,000 sailors set sail.
Yanling, who was traveling around with his wife and daughter, became curious when he heard that Emperor Xiu had sent people out to sea. He returned to find him, wanting to go along for the ride. Emperor Xiu left him at sea for two days, and he fell silent, looking pale and exhausted.
No matter how strong he is, he can't resist seasickness.
Two years later, General Yue returned with dozens of men and women with unusual eye and hair colors. The ship was loaded with colorful gems, various spices, animals not found on the continent, and various crop seeds that Emperor Xiu had specifically instructed him to bring back.
The seeds brought back were studied and tested by the Ministry of Revenue, and then promoted. Among them, sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes greatly alleviated the people's food problem.
After opening up overseas trade, the Great Xia Dynasty ushered in its most prosperous period. Under the despairing gaze of General Yue, Emperor Xiu remembered that his grandson was already thirty-one years old but still unmarried. He examined his conscience and decided not to let the young General Yue take charge of the voyages anymore.
Emperor Xiu lived to the ripe old age of seventy-six in this world, but at the age of forty, he handed over the throne to the crown prince and finally had time to go out and see the world.
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