In the faint candlelight, a pair of eyes slowly opened.
He was covered in sweat and his mouth was dry. He endured the pain in his forehead and lifted the quilt and stood up.
Everything around is luxurious and antique.
Rubbing his eyebrows, he remembered that it had been more than ten years since he had traveled through time.
The owner of this body has the same name as himself, named Xu Mochen, and is now the emperor of Daqian Kingdom.
When the original owner was eight years old, he contracted smallpox and died, so he traveled through time.
At that time, Daqian State was only the weakest among the separatist regimes.
I thought that Gou Yigu would be a happy king in this life, but by some mistake, the late emperor died young and handed the throne to him.
Now that you have become an emperor and are in troubled times, it is tantamount to being roasted on the stove.
If you don’t want to be the king of a subjugated country, you’ll have to get angry every night!
As a time traveler from the 21st century, he certainly has a higher political and military vision.
After all, he had carefully read the Historical Records, Zizhi Tongjian, Twenty-Four Histories, etc.
He is also familiar with various policy and technological means.
Although the world here is different from the Blue Star he knows, the changes in ancient dynasties have come and gone.
So he had no intention of having a harem, and worked hard to govern and enrich the country and strengthen the army.
Introducing the policy of separating soldiers and peasants, establishing special forces, and making full use of gunpowder, the Daqian army became invincible.
In just a few years, he unified the country, cut off the chaos, and brought peace to the world.
There are millions of words of detailed documentation of this process.
You can conquer the world immediately, but you cannot rule the world immediately.
After the troubled times ended, he thought about starting the civil war and creating the glory of an emperor for eternity, leaving his name in the annals of history to be admired by all generations, so he prepared to establish special zones in the country and try to strengthen the central government's control over the local areas.
In the special social structure of ancient times, although the imperial power was supreme, drastic reforms might end up with the same fate as Wang Mang.
Therefore, with the wisdom of sages, he decided to establish a special economic zone first.
Little did he know that as soon as he proposed the new policy at the court meeting, he was opposed by the ministers.
Among them, Liu Yi, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, even pointed out that he "violated the ancestral system and acted in reverse."
As the emperor who unified the troubled times, Xu Mochen certainly had his own confidence, and immediately asked the elite guards of the embroiderer in the palace to pull Liu Yi down.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yi, who usually looked at the weak scholar, with a wave of his sleeves, dozens of guards were defeated.
"Your Majesty," Liu Yi said with just a slight bow, "Your Majesty rules the country, and everything in the world should follow the example of previous emperors and follow the ancestral system to avoid damaging the fate of the country."
Many ministers said yes, and Xu Mochen was so angry that he had a splitting headache and withdrew from the court on the spot.
Now that I think about it, there is something weird about it.
"Tang Derun, come in." Xu Mochen put on his clothes and ordered.
A voice sounded outside the door, and a person walked in quickly. It was Tang Derun, his embroidery envoy manager, who had followed him for many years and was an absolutely trustworthy person.
"Tang Derun," Xu Mochen sighed, "Why are these people so bold to obstruct the New Deal during the morning meeting? Are they really not afraid that I will kill them with my sword?"
"Your Majesty," Tang Derun saluted, "you must not do it. This censor Liu Yi is an outer disciple of the Wuji Sect. Although he is an official in the court, he is actually a cultivator of the immortal world and cannot be killed."
In fact, what he wanted to say was that even if they wanted to kill, the soldiers could not kill their opponents.
"What did you say?" Xu Mochen was shocked. He had been busy making trouble. He didn't ask about the background of this era, and no one had ever told him, "The world of immortals?"
"Yes, the world of Xianxia is one of the worlds in the ten directions," Donald warned bitterly, "Your Majesty has become the emperor and is the pinnacle of the human race. Now that the world is peaceful, I kindly ask your Majesty not to worry about that. After all, they are different. .”
"But, then why did they interfere with my new policy?" Xu Mochen was puzzled.
"Your Majesty, in the ancient times, there was not much connection between the immortal cultivators and the human race," Tang Derun explained, "but later on, there were more and more immortal cultivators, but the immortality was insufficient and the spiritual energy was thin.
On the other hand, the human race is becoming more and more prosperous, so the ancestors and powerful practitioners of immortality proposed reform and opening up.
This reform and opening up is to let some of the immortal skills of the immortal cultivators be integrated into the human race. On the one hand, the human race will be more prosperous. On the other hand, the human race is also a creature of heaven and earth. In this way, humans and immortals are destined to be born, and more people will be born among the human race. Immortality.
As for spiritual energy, they extracted it from the human race's food, incense, beliefs, etc., and refined it into energy. "
The more Xu Mochen listened, the more strange he became: "According to what you say, it is equivalent to saying that our human race is actually the low-level slaves of the immortal cultivators?"
A considerable part of the immortality and spiritual energy are provided by the human race.
"You can't say that," Tang Derun smiled, "They are relying on each other."
"Then how does this conflict with my new policy?" Xu Mochen patted his thigh.
"Yes, the sects of immortal cultivators are located in various places, including some aristocratic families, and they are involved in cultivating immortals to some extent," Tang Derun continued to explain, "They naturally want to take possession of many human resources in the local area for themselves."
To put it bluntly, the various sect forces did not want the imperial power to interfere with them.
You be your emperor, and we will cultivate our immortality.
"Presumptuous!" Xu Mochen was furious, "Then what's the point of not setting up a harem in the past few years, working hard on political affairs, and ending the troubled times to unify the world."
Where has my youth gone?
"Of course," Tang Derun Bingzou said, "Your Majesty has a destiny. In addition, Shifang World also hopes to end the troubled times as soon as possible, and the human race will prosper again, so that they can get more immortal fate and spiritual energy.
So in fact, His Majesty has many immortal cultivators helping him, and this is how he can unify the country so quickly. "
Xu Mochen almost vomited out his blood. As an emperor, he worked for immortal cultivators.
"Then I also want to become an immortal." Xu Mochen soothed the depression in his heart, "Wouldn't it be possible to become immortal if I become an immortal?"
"Your Majesty," Tang Derun shook his head, "there are rules in the way of heaven. The emperor cannot use immortal destiny. Without immortal destiny, he cannot refine spiritual energy, activate the nine orifices' magical powers, obtain the power of the source of the path, and achieve the result of attaining the path and ascending."
What a violation of the rules, Xu Mochen almost flipped the table: "Why is there such a rule?"
"Yes," Tang Derun shook his head like a rattle, "Just think about it, if the emperor could cultivate immortality and live longer, this throne..."
There is nothing wrong with you now.
It makes sense, Xu Mochen has to say, it still makes sense.
However, he held his breath in his heart. To put it bluntly, he was the leader of a group of slaves.
In the eyes of immortal cultivators, even if they are emperors, they probably have nothing worthy of respect.
Besides, most of the emperor himself was elected by immortal cultivators.
To put it simply, it is like being a working emperor.
"Then...what can I do?" Xu Mochen was extremely depressed.
"Your Majesty," Tang Derun pointed at the pile of memorials on the table, "I have heard that all the loyal and good ministers in the court have implored Your Majesty to choose a concubine as soon as possible, spread the branches in the harem, and continue the great destiny of the country."
I understand, I just have to be a stud by myself.
It's not impossible, but as a time traveler, Xu Mochen has pursuits. If he can cultivate immortality, why not cultivate immortality?
Is there any fragrance of cultivating immortals in this harem?
After thinking about it, Xu Mochen picked up the memorial on the table and asked casually: "It seems you know a lot about cultivating immortals."
"Yes," Tang Derun bowed, "because Wei Chen is also a cultivator of immortals, and he is from the world of monsters and beasts."
