Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 24 There can only be one God in this Great Zhou!
"Brother, how is it?"

When Huan Sheng returned to this somewhat shabby house, a graceful woman stood up to greet him. Her long hair was tied up with a jade hairpin inserted diagonally, making her look noble and elegant.

There was a hint of sharpness in her slender eyebrows, a high nose, distinct eyebrows and eyes, and an upright posture that set off her proud figure.

She was Huan Sheng's biological sister, Huan Yi. Compared with Huan Sheng's unmistakable Liangzhou style, Huan Yi looked like a Guanzhong noble, with elegant manners.

Huan Sheng looked at his sister, walked towards the inner courtyard, shook his head and said, "I can't tell."

"What did you say?" Huan Yi pondered for a moment and asked again.

"I want to see what His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin is capable of, but no matter how I try, he only talks about romantic matters or some interesting things he has heard of." Huan Sheng frowned slightly.

"Sister Yi, why are you so obsessed with him?" Huan Sheng said simply, "In my opinion, the eldest prince is the one who is most likely to inherit the throne."

"Even if the King of Jin has some ability, it is difficult for him to get the throne because of his family background." Huan Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Even if my Huan family helps us with all our strength, it will still be difficult for the King of Jin."

"And if he hadn't ascended the throne, it would have been difficult for us to gain any benefits from him."

Huan Yi didn't say much.

Because now there are many things that even if she tells him, his conceited elder brother will never believe her.

The mere information that Emperor Yongjin would die within three years was enough to shock the entire court.

After all, the current Emperor Yongjin did not seem to be in the least bit unwell. Others could never have imagined that such an active monarch would die within three years, and die violently at that.

This included the news that three months later, an uprising army in the south would break out of the siege and occupy important areas in the south. This was extremely important news, but it was also the most fantastic news that no one would believe.

And she was the only one who knew this news.

It originated from a strange thing called [Emperor Growth Plan] that suddenly appeared in my mind.

Moreover, Huan Yi, who had gone through four simulations, integrated the memories and had a very clear judgment of the situation.

The reason why Huan Yi now thinks that Prince Jin can surrender is the simplest one, because he is kind.

Yes, it is honest.

In addition, King Jin has good abilities.

The biggest beneficiary of the Yongjin Emperor's death is actually their Huan family. In the first three simulations, their eldest brother Huan Sheng had the capital to rise rapidly and gained enough power because of his support for the prince.

The first simulation was that the Huns destroyed the Zhou Dynasty.

In fact, after the Huns moved south and occupied Chang'an, the Great Zhou Dynasty had not yet perished.

They moved south to Kaifeng Prefecture and established a new capital in Kaifeng.

Although his elder brother Huan Sheng was a powerful official, he helped Crown Prince Chu Shixu quell the uprising in the south and implemented a series of reform policies to help the Zhou Dynasty recover its national strength.

He completely held on to the south. Later, after his elder brother, who had been in power for more than 20 years, died of illness, a large number of political enemies who opposed his elder brother stood up, and all the policies and orders he had issued in the past were politically liquidated by Chu Shixu in one go.

The Huan family worked diligently to pave the way for Chu Shixu, but ended up with the annihilation of their clan.

This is the fate of being a loyal minister!!!
After the second simulation, Huan Yi was no longer willing to work for the damned Great Zhou Dynasty.

It was she who proposed to dethrone Crown Prince Chu Shixu, and it was also she who advocated to play with two emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The eldest brother's ambition was also instigated by Huan Yi.

Because Huan Yi realized what capriciousness meant and what it meant that power was only power when it was in one's own hands.

During the fourth simulation, Huan Yi followed the previous strategy as usual, but unexpectedly a new variable emerged.

Chu Shizhao died three times in a row while defending the capital.

The fourth time, Chu Shizhao left the capital and became the biggest variable of the whole game, and he staged a comeback that amazed the whole audience.

From being a powerless prince with nothing and living under the roof of others, he rode into Jinyang alone and recaptured Jinyang, forming the strongest monarch and minister together with Jinyang Jiedushi Li Jin. He first pacified the rebels in the south, then counterattacked the central court headed by their Huan family, and then pacified the Huns, who were the most threatening to the Great Zhou Dynasty at that time, and finally eliminated the Jiedushi system.

Economically, he worked with the people to recuperate and improve their livelihood, and changed the bad policies of the previous dynasty.

In terms of military, he used the southern uprising army and northern vassal troops to build an important defense line for the Great Zhou. In terms of politics, he did not purge anyone, and did not execute any ministers who made suggestions during his reign.

Even if they were descendants of the surrendered Song and Wu regimes in the south, Chu Shizhao had promised that he would not kill them as long as they surrendered and brought the people with them.

Then he really didn't kill him.

When Li Jin passed away, Chu Shizhao, as a king, should not have lowered himself to wear a white scarf for Li Jin, a man who was just his father-in-law.

However, Emperor Chu Shizhao demoted himself and gave Li Jin the highest level of respect. Not only that, the status of Crown Prince Chu Jimin, born to him and Li Jin's daughter Li Fengning, remained unshakable.

Because there was only Li Fengning in Chu Shizhao's harem, there was no problem of confusion in the succession.

What Huan Yi couldn't understand the most was that their Huan family was at the most critical moment for Chu Shizhao.

They almost destroyed the newly rising prince of the fourth week of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, Chu Shizhao did not settle accounts with them.

It seems that as long as you are willing to reform yourself, he will forgive you for your past mistakes.

Having been fooled once, Huan Yi would of course not believe such talk again. She just wanted to see when this hypocrite would reveal his true side.

It is possible that Chu Shizhao will give them such a blow in his later years.

As a result, Chu Shizhao not only did not settle accounts with the Huan family, but instead appointed Huan Sheng and Huan Jie as ministers. Even after his death, he did not start a massacre.

Huan Yi suddenly understood.

Now I understand why the Jinyang Li family, who were warlords in the previous two simulations, were willing to follow Chu Shizhao in this simulation.

A person with good abilities, who can listen to and accept advice from ministers, who can stand up at important moments and who treats his subordinates with respect, has personal charm.

Later, Huan Yi checked Chu Shizhao's monarch card.

I saw the entry called [Emperor Gaozu's Legacy].

Now it seems that Chu Shizhao really has inherited the legacy of Emperor Gaozu of Zhou. The fact that he is a kind person and does not let his subordinates take the blame makes him far ahead of others.

Therefore, Huan Yi now has two choices.

One option is to not choose a lord, but to work alone, waiting for Emperor Yongjin to die as usual, and then letting his eldest brother sideline Crown Prince Chu Shixu, so that power will be in the hands of the Huan family and wait for a change of dynasty.

This path is risky. If you take a wrong step, your entire family will be executed.

There is also a low-risk route that is loyal to the Zhou Dynasty, which is to choose Chu Shizhao.

Believe in Chu Shizhao.

In the fourth simulation, Chu Shizhao proved his morality and bottom line as a king, so making him the emperor of Zhou was a very reliable approach.

Looking at his elder brother who still wants to stick to Crown Prince Chu Shixu, Huan Yi really doesn't want to send his entire family to an end of being executed.

So I considered letting my eldest brother get in touch with the Fourth Prince Chu Shizhao.

Unexpectedly, Chu Shizhao was too low-key.

It is difficult for the elder brother to tell the depth of the other party.

In this situation, either the other party has no ability at all, or the other party's ability is too high.

Is there anything else that needs to be said about Huan Yi, who has learned about the [Emperor Growth Plan]?

Obviously, the Fourth Prince never thought of becoming the emperor. As the situation changed so much later, he was eventually pushed onto the throne.

Therefore, Huan Yi felt that doing both was the safest approach. On the one hand, he tried to find a way to let the Huan family take control of power, and on the other hand, he tried to win over the Prince of Jin. In this way, it would be easier to either defect to Zhong or defect to the inner court.

In contrast, there are those ugly and ugly royal nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty who don’t look like human beings at all.

You really have to choose who to pledge allegiance to.

Then there can only be one God in this Great Zhou!
(End of this chapter)