When Shu Mei woke up, she was the only one left in the bed.
She stretched, and the pain in her waist made her wake up suddenly. Then her face turned red, as if she had been stained with rouge, and her lips felt a little burning.
Fortunately, it doesn’t hurt there and it feels very comfortable.
Shu Mei stood up with a red face. The palace maid had been waiting outside the door for a long time. Seeing Shu Mei got up, she quickly prepared hot water. After Shu Mei went to the back to take a bath and wash up, her wet long hair was casually draped over her shoulders.
The maid gently dried her long hair. Shu Mei played with the horn comb in her hand, hesitated for a long time, and then pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "When did the emperor leave?"
The maid replied, "At five o'clock in the morning, the emperor went to court."
Shu Mei felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this. It was already morning when she woke up, but Yun Chuxia got up very early. Although she didn't know what time she went to bed last night, her rest time would not be very long.
Shu Mei sighed and said, "Go down and bring the eldest prince over."
The palace maid said "yes" and stepped back.
Shu Mei leaned back in his chair. The kitchen brought in some easily digestible food. Shu Mei squinted at the simple meal on the table, took a few bites with his chopsticks, and put them down.
Her mind was full of mixed thoughts, and after what happened last night, she was still a little dazed.
Fortunately, the eldest prince was quickly brought over. He jumped up and down in the wet nurse's arms and tried to jump into Shu Mei's arms, which scared the wet nurse to death.
Shu Mei took him with a smile. A newborn baby grows quickly when exposed to the wind.
Every time Shu Mei looked at him, he would notice obvious changes.
The originally red and wrinkled skin has now turned into a soft and fair appearance. The little hands and feet are swinging restlessly, and he is giggling, but no one knows what he is laughing at.
A young child does not know the feeling of sorrow. This child has a good life and is born with a noble status. Even though his father has passed away, he has become the next heir with the blessing of the Empress of the Tang Dynasty.
Shu Mei raised her hand and poked the dimple on his mouth. The child thought she was playing with him and clapped his hands happily. His soft little hands felt as soft as cotton when they touched his body.
The baby cried out and was full of energy. Every time this happened, Shu Mei would feel strange. This child looked no different from other babies. At the beginning, Shu Mei sometimes even thought that she would give birth to an alien.
Fortunately, he is very ordinary, but unique in her heart.
Shu Mei couldn't help but kiss his cheek, and he giggled even more happily.
Shu Mei just looked at him and felt happy.
The child grew up day by day, and there was a new emperor in the palace, a female emperor, so the situation soon settled down and no one dared to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.
Although Shu Mei was in the palace every day, she had many informants from Yun Chuxia who would tell her about some national affairs.
She inexplicably thought of Yueru, the woman who died together with the King of Xinqi, and couldn't help feeling guilty. Yun Chuxia once talked about this matter during a meal, saying that she had settled Yueru's family and let them return home safely to enjoy wealth.
Shu Mei immediately looked at Yun Chuxia seriously and asked, "Xin Qi has already submitted to the Tang Dynasty. What will you do with Chu and Han?"
Yun Chuxia wiped her mouth and said calmly: "Chu must perish, and so must Han. Although you are a hidden princess of Han, you are not the real Liu Shumei. Don't worry, I will not harm the common people."
Upon hearing this, Shu Mei pursed his lips and didn't ask any more questions.
The next day, a palace maid who looked about 70% similar to Yue Ru was sent to her by Yun Chu Xia. Shu Mei stared at her for a long time before asking, "Who is Yue Ru to you?"
The maid bowed with her skirt on, and said with a faint smile: "I am Yue Xin, Yue Ru's biological sister. Your Majesty, I have worked in the palace with Yue Ru since I was a child. People in the palace don't treat people like us as human beings. Sister Yue Ru was favored by Your Majesty and was able to leave the Korean palace. Today, my family can be prosperous now, thanks to Your Majesty's great blessing."
She looked at Shu Mei with admiration and said, "My lady, as a servant, I will take your joys and sorrows as my own. You don't have to blame yourself."
Shu Mei looked at her, and the guilt in his heart faded a little. He did not arrange for her to work for him, but directly told her to go home, get married and have children, and added a large dowry.
Upon seeing this, Yun Chuxia hugged Shu Mei and kissed him, thinking: Yue Ru has left a mark in your heart, so now you don't have to blame yourself or feel guilty.
You just need to remember me.
Life in the palace was peaceful. On the little prince's first birthday, the Chu and Han states, which had been fighting for more than a year, could no longer bear the consequences and surrendered to the Tang royal family.
However, Yun Chuxia had already decided to make an example of someone, so she captured the royal families of the two countries and executed them in the street. From then on, the name of the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, Yun Chuxia, was thoroughly rooted in the hearts of the people, and her orders were strictly enforced and everyone obeyed them.
As an emperor, Yun Chuxia naturally has a lot of things to do. She cannot be compared to a favorite concubine like Shu Mei who has nothing to do but occasionally serves Yun Chuxia and at other times only needs to take care of the baby.
After the eldest prince’s birthday, Yun Chuxia ascended the throne as emperor for the first time in front of all the people in the world.
From then on, the Tang Dynasty began its prosperous dynasty that lasted for more than a thousand years.
The first thing Yun Chuxia did when he came to power was to move the capital to the new capital of Qi State. He renamed the place Wangcheng, and all the ministers came here to hold court and participate in government affairs.
Anyone who disobeyed was killed by Yun Chuxia with iron-blooded brutality.
She was a true tyrant, and the extent of her brutality was unprecedented in the entire history. No matter whether you were loyal or treacherous, anyone who did not obey her edict would be dead or dying.
She held all the military power in the world, and General Yun's family was not dead. He was even named the real general guarding the country by Yun Chuxia, ranking among the three highest officials, second only to the emperor.
Yun Chuxia's methods are shocking in this world, but the effects have been verified by real history and are appropriate and reliable.
She reformed the political system, the system of three dukes and nine ministers gradually faded away, and the system of three provinces and six ministries came onto the political stage.
Although the Tang Dynasty here is the Tang Dynasty, its actual political level is only at the level of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the Tang and Song political system, a thousand years after the Han Dynasty, is Yun Chuxia's choice.
After the political reform, the imperial examination system was implemented to replace the original system of recommendation. Confucius and Confucianism were the main content of the assessment, and batches of talents suitable for the new era were selected.
As for the military system, she established a military-agricultural system. When the army was fighting, the logistics department provided food and fodder, and when the army was recuperating, the generals of the army would farm in the rear, making full use of talents.
After this, the country's centralized power was completely in the hands of the empress Yun Chuxia, and all this took only three years.
While doing all this, she also abolished the system that prohibited merchants from taking the imperial examinations. The low status of merchants since ancient times was eliminated, the interests and rights of merchants were protected, and the economy developed rapidly for a time.
Yun Chuxia established a special economic agency to manage the country's commerce. Chambers of commerce were set up in the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. After the affairs of the chambers of commerce were unified, they were conveyed to the special agency, and after being sorted out, they were passed on to the emperor.
Yun Chuxia opened a customs office and issued an order that as long as the Tang Dynasty existed, the customs office would not be closed for a single day. He encouraged overseas trade and encouraged these merchants who went abroad to collect high-yield crops from all over the world, investigate their living habits, and bring them back to the country for planting as appropriate.
The most important thing is the agricultural reform. Yun Chuxia did not distribute the land to the farmers at the beginning, but maintained the inconvenience of this system. The status of the landlords did not change. She slowly reclaimed wasteland, bought and sold land, and forced the landlords to abdicate and voluntarily donate the land in exchange for other benefits from the country.
After the successful cultivation of high-yield crops introduced from foreign countries, the food problem that had plagued this continent for thousands of years was largely solved.
When disasters occasionally occurred, Yun Chuxia would allocate funds to build water conservancy projects and dig canals. A series of advanced and lasting measures were implemented to carry out drastic reforms throughout the Tang Dynasty.
Within five years, the Tang Dynasty was completely transformed.
For modern people, anyone who has studied history knows something about these things, but actually implementing them is fraught with difficulties. Only a cold-faced tyrant like Yun Chuxia can ignore the opposition of others and carry them out firmly. She is fearless and has no regrets. Such a person holds military and national power and is not afraid of even death and assassination. She has no weaknesses at all, so how can she not succeed?
Shu Mei lived in a corner of the harem and often heard the exclamations of palace maids. They all thought that Yun Chuxia's behavior was shocking, but for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, it didn't matter how shocking it was. This was a truly major event that benefited the country and the people and would be remembered forever.
More than half of the officials and people are proud to live in the Tang Dynasty. This is an era that produces many talented people and a world where people can live and work in peace and contentment. Even if Yun Chuxia is just doing the tasks according to the plot, she is bolder and more outstanding than the heroine in the plot.
In the harem, Concubine Liang Shu Mei looked at the eldest prince Tang Zhao, who was already running and jumping freely and agilely, with a gentle smile on her face.
Tang Zhao is now five years old and is almost ready for enlightenment. Shu Mei feels indescribable satisfaction as he watches him grow from a tiny baby to the energetic little boy he is today.
After Yun Chuxia left court, she went to Shu Mei's bedroom as usual.
Everyone in the harem and even in the entire Tang Dynasty knew that Concubine Liang Liu Shumei was favored by the empress. They speculated about the relationship between the two, but for Yun Chuxia and Shumei, it didn't matter what outsiders said.
When Tang Zhao saw Yun Chuxia, he immediately stood up and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
Yun Chuxia glanced at him, sat down next to Shu Mei, and said, "Zhao'er, get up."
She turned to look at Shu Mei and said with a smile, "The Mid-Autumn Festival will be here in a few days. The Queen will abdicate and let the empress take over. You will host the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet this time. By then..."
Her eyes fell on Tang Zhao and she said, "Appoint the eldest prince Tang Zhao as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty."
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