Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 57: Chu Gui Huan Sui! Record card of the moment of Fenglangjuxu!
Huan Yi doesn't want to be in charge of anything at all.

People are more valuable in having self-knowledge.

Huan Yi has never forgotten her original intention in this regard, because her two brothers are not honest people.

Neither of these two people led the Huan family to prosperity and revival.

One is that he thinks that by carrying out reforms and strengthening the country, he can bring honor to his family and make himself famous for all time. He even thinks that as the emperor's lone minister, he has to work so hard to be a knife for others and kill those who do not obey the emperor.

The Chu royal family would never stab him in the back.

As a result, when Huan Sheng carried out the reform, he offended both the people he should have offended and the people he shouldn't have offended. Chu Shixu, the eldest son of the Zhou emperor and the nominal legitimate heir, directly sent Huan Sheng out as a scapegoat and killed him in order to apologize and curry favor with the interest groups that had been harmed by the reform.

Killing Huan Sheng alone was not enough. Chu Shixu directly exterminated the entire Huan family.

It's okay for his elder brother to do this.

The problem is that Huan Yi has always held out hope for his second brother, who he considers to be his important "life-saving" amulet.

There's something wrong with his brain.

When Huan Jie entered the capital, Huan Yi felt that he was in a stable position. With Huan Jie's military power to control the central government, and with Chu Shizhao's outstanding ability, the Great Zhou Dynasty was able to reflect from the center to the local areas and realize the center from the inside out.

The results of it?
Huan Yi misjudged the situation, or the gap between the power held by Huan Jie and the power possessed by Chu Shizhao was too large. Given the absolute gap, his second brother had no reason to unconditionally support Chu Shizhao.

He was willing to support Chu Shizhao, but Huanjie wanted to share the ruling power and influence the world situation according to his ideas.

Which emperor can tolerate this?
Huan Yi didn't understand. She wanted to cultivate her relationship with Chu Shizhao and then have a baby. Her second brother would support Chu Shizhao to become emperor, and her and Chu Shizhao's baby would be the crown prince.

In other words, the descendants of Huan also own half of the country.

You have to get your hands on that power.

That little power will bring misfortune to people!
So... The second brother Huan Jie, who had his own ideas and always wanted to fight a big battle with the Guanzhong gentry and work very hard, was brave enough to forge ahead. He just liked to bite the bullet and do what he called big things, and then he also gave himself up.

Later, the powerful central government sent an army to punish Huan Sheng and Huan Yi. If Chu Shizhao had not protected Huan Sheng and Huan Yi, they would now be imprisoned next to each other.

Faced with these two brothers, Huan Yi has become honest and submissive. She has no desire for power or not.

Do you really have no idea whether you have this ability?
She followed the example of her two brothers, who just felt that they were not dying fast enough, so Huan Yi was very cautious in every simulation choice.

She tried her best to avoid dangerous options and not bring unnecessary risks to Chu Shizhao. Just doing her own thing quietly was better than anything else.

But now Huan Yi has no choice.

She can only push up.

First, Chu Jiyue's son is still young, and the court is full of powerful ministers, so it is not easy to control them. If the relatives by marriage do not play a role at this time, the result will be that power will be divided up and hollowed out step by step by Chu Shizhao's former subordinates.

Second, if you can't hold on, there is a person in the south who claims to be the "True Dragon Emperor" and is eyeing you covetously.

Thirdly, the north is the foundation that Chu Shizhao had worked so hard to build, and Huan Yi cannot just watch this foundation disappear.

The foundation laid by her husband should be protected with all her life, and then passed on to Chu Jiyue when he grows up. Then, when Huan Yi sees Chu Shizhao in the afterlife, she will be able to do her duty to him.

In fact, Huan Yi also wanted to win without any effort like Li Fengning, but the situation this time, due to the interweaving and influence of individual events, led to many more unnecessary changes than the previous simulation.

This is what is called a change in the course of history caused by a single thought.

However, Huan Yi is afraid of death, but that doesn't mean she knows less.

The Huan family she belonged to could actually be considered a famous family in Liangzhou, but the people in Guanzhong did not recognize the Huan family as a famous family and thought that they were just a well-known local tyrant.

The reason for this is that there has never been a great scholar in the Huan family who specializes in Confucian classics. Most of them were local prefects and governors of local areas.

People like Huan Sheng who actively served as officials in the court and wanted to seek fame and fortune wanted to transform their family from a local tyrant into a real famous family.

The background of the Huan family is actually similar to that of ordinary famous families. Unfortunately, those so-called aristocratic families do not recognize this.

I only recognize whether your ancestors have produced any great scholars or famous officials.

Huan Yi received a relatively good family education.

So she carefully reviewed Chu Shizhao's previous actions and actually had a thorough understanding of the situation. Her idea now was to continue to follow Chu Shizhao's established ideas and implement his policies.

It does not change Chu Shizhao's original intention of reform.

Because of a very simple reason. After Chu Shizhao's reform, the system had already been stabilized. If you overturn it and use the old system again, you are denying Chu Shizhao's achievements.

Huan Yi would definitely not be able to do such a thing.

Therefore, despite the pressure from the ministers of the big clans who counterattacked, Huan Yi gritted her teeth and refused to give in. She believed that Chu Shizhao's decision was correct.

Believe!

What's more, Chu Shizhao also gave him a set of methods for employing powerful ministers. If Huan Yi can make full use of the key people who hold military power, the counterattacks of these aristocratic families will be nothing but scratching the surface.

[In May of the fifth year of Zhenping, after Chu Shizhao was posthumously named the new emperor, Chu Shiju was demoted to an ordinary prince. After Chu Jiyue ascended the throne, Huan Yi deliberately showed weakness in front of his elder brother Huan Sheng and the generals that Chu Shizhao once trusted.]

[“The mother is widowed and the son is weak, the royal family is strong, and the border defense is not stable. What can we do?”]

[Those former important officials of Chu Shizhao stepped forward to show their determination and attitude to support Chu Jiyue. They all swore a solemn oath and kowtowed in response: "Trust us, what is there to worry about!"]

【Huan Yi thought her son was too young to handle the heavy responsibility, so she took charge of the government. In order to avoid internal strife in the royal family and covet Chu Jiyue's throne, she immediately issued an order to the princes in the royal family - "All princes return to the capital and are not allowed to have private banquets", so that they lost their military power in the local area. At the same time, she summoned the relatives of the royal family to the palace as hostages. Under the pressure of Chu Shizhao's former followers, most of the royal family dared not disobey, which directly solved a major hidden worry of internal seizure of the throne.】

[Before Chu Jiyue ascended the throne, after the death of Emperor Yongjin, several people successively inherited the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was the hidden danger caused by internal seizure of the throne. ] [Huan Yi's approach can be said to be a once-and-for-all solution, which stabilized the throne on Chu Jiyue's head. ]

[In June of the fifth year of Zhenping, Huan Yi firmly affirmed Chu Shizhao's previous decrees. He did not remove the Kaocheng system under the persuasion of his ministers, but continued to use a series of reforms made by Chu Shizhao before. This move was also known as "Chu's rules and Huan's adherence."]

[In July of the fifth year of Zhenping, Huan Yi strictly required Chu Jiyue to study and invited many famous scholars to teach the emperor.]

【All state affairs are decided by Huan Yi.】

【The great punishments and expeditions were all discussed by the former ministers of Shi Zhao and the public, and the Empress Dowager made the decision and reported it to the late Emperor.】

[In August of the fifth year of Zhenping, Huan Yi cultivated and nurtured the people, emphasized moral governance, promoted etiquette, worked hard to govern, was lenient and frugal, loved the people and valued agriculture, which led to the revival of agriculture after years of war.]

[The military settlement system brought a lot of food to the Zhou Dynasty. However, when there was no war for a long time, a large number of soldiers went to settle and farm, which also led to a gap in the system. Many people began to profit from it, which led to the tendency of the military settlement to be destroyed.]

【Huan Yi sent Huan Sheng to legislate here. Under the heavy punishment, the military garrison system was able to continue.】

[In September of the eighth year of Zhenping, after three years of recuperation, Huan Yi worked day and night and did not dare to neglect any government affairs, which brought peace and prosperity to the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty.]

[Historical books refer to this period of the Zhou Dynasty's economic collapse and then its turnaround as the "Zhenping Restoration", and most people believe that this was a period of peace and prosperity that occurred when Chu Shizhao changed his political system and Huan Yi resolutely implemented it. This almost caused the population in the north to surge in a short period of time. ]

[In March of the ninth year of Zhenping, society was stable, production was gradually restored and developed rapidly, which made the Great Zhou Dynasty appear stable and prosperous for many years, and the material life of the people was greatly improved. Therefore, Huan Yi ordered a southern expedition to fulfill the will of the previous emperor.]

[Historical books refer to this as the "Zhenping Expedition."]

[In order to ensure the stability of the war on the front line, Huan Yi asked the sixteen-year-old emperor Chu Jiyue to supervise the country and maintain peace, while he himself led the army to avoid regrets in fulfilling the old wish of the previous emperor.]

[In April of the ninth year of Zhenping, Huan Yi appointed Dou Li, a former general of the rebel army, as the chief commander, and Li Jin, who was also familiar with military tactics, as the assistant commander. Huan Sheng then supervised the two and made overall decisions to ensure the success of the war.]

[In May of the ninth year of Zhenping, Huan Yi used the Great Zhou cavalry that swept across the grasslands in the past to defeat the Song army in several battles on the front battlefield. Unfortunately, only one in ten of the elite cavalry that used to be the Black Armor Cavalry remained, and most of them were old and their combat effectiveness was no longer as strong as before.]

【Wang Shouyi was no longer as brave as he used to be. He had been recuperating over the years, constantly accumulating strength. However, his lack of cavalry made it almost impossible for him to fight against the Great Zhou Dynasty, which owned the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the entire north, on the front battlefield.】

[“When the Song army arrived at the border, it was hot at the time so they did not dare to engage in battle. Instead, they camped in the rear, waiting for them to move and then attack, and then retreat.”]

[In a situation where the Song army was almost submissive and unable to fight, Huan Yi continued to drive the army forward. After so many years of training, the economy of the Great Zhou Dynasty was rich enough to support such a continuous war.]

[The continuous pressure of troops gradually overwhelmed the entire South. ]

[In June of the ninth year of Zhenping, Wang Shouyi, who had been separatist in the south for many years, had long lost his former vigor and chose to move the capital again and retreat to other places. Yingtian Prefecture returned to the Great Zhou Dynasty, while Huan Yi had no intention of retreating. Instead, he became more aggressive and took the initiative to seek war, hoping to gain greater results.]

[In September of the ninth year of Zhenping, Wang Shouyi was defeated and killed by Dou Li.]

[In December of the ninth year of Zhenping, Huan Yi completely conquered the entire south, and the Great Zhou Dynasty finally unified. The power accumulated over the years burst out at this moment, ushering in the most solid achievement.]

[In the fifteenth year of Zhenping, Huan Yi gradually stabilized the Great Zhou Dynasty. She once again adopted Chu Shizhao's policies and deployments, restrained the situation, and set the tone for governing the country and ensuring the people's well-being. Looking at her already older son Chu Jiyue, Huan Yi had no lingering feelings for power. Instead, she returned the imperial power to her son with a sense of weariness, and returned the government to Chu Jiyue, ending her ten-year rule in Zhenping.]

[After returning to power, Huan Yi set out for Lu County, deciding to spend his old age there. Looking at the willow tree planted by Chu Shizhao in the courtyard, which had grown tall and proud and shaded the children passing by, he couldn't help but burst into tears.]

[In the second year of Zhengwu, Chu Jiyue inherited the throne. In the second year of his reign, his mother, Huan Yi, became seriously ill.]

[Huan Yi asked her son, the current emperor Chu Jiyue, to fulfill her wish to be buried in the same grave with Chu Shizhao and die hugging the coffin.]

【Chu Jiyue was greatly moved when he heard this.】

[At the same time, Chu Jiyue announced a general amnesty to pray for his mother Huan Yi, in order to show his piety.]

[In the third year of Zhengwu, you died of illness.]

【The Zhenping period was the result of your and Chu Shizhao's joint efforts. Your Chu Gui Huan Sui's approach was the best continuation of the results of Chu Shizhao's reforms, which brought development to the economy, agriculture, and commerce of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This accumulated enough advantages for the southern expedition to the Song Dynasty. When you launched the attack on the Song Dynasty, the entire Great Zhou Dynasty had more than 500,000 troops, and most of them were full of martial virtues and had long wanted to make a name for themselves by making achievements. This dealt a great blow to the Song Dynasty, which had been constantly trying to stay in a corner and hold on to one side.】

[This simulation is over, and your score is excellent. ]

[Congratulations on getting an excellent score in your first simulation. In assisting the king and unifying the world, you have fulfilled your responsibilities and played your due role. Although your choices and judgments sometimes have certain deviations, there are no mistakes overall.]

[Therefore, you have obtained the special record card of the personal biography of King Jin in "Fenglangjuxu·Chu Shizhao" in this simulation, which records in detail how Chu Shizhao defeated the Xiongnu in the north and showed his bravery. (Record cards of such special moments require you to unlock the corresponding skin portraits to obtain them.)]

[You can only choose people who have a close blood relationship with you, but you cannot reveal other information. ]

Looking at the messages that kept popping up on the screen, Huan Yi first chose to merge his memories.

For a moment, she felt dizzy because too many memories appeared in her mind all at once. This time, Huan Yi could not be said to have made it through the entire simulation, but she could almost be said to have survived to the end.

When Huan Yi regained consciousness, her eyes immediately fixed on the card recording this special moment.

"You can only choose people who are closely related to you by blood?"

Then it seems that the only options left are her two brothers.

But
The appearance of this record card is definitely great news for Huan Yi.

At least she didn't know how to convince her brother to support Chu Shizhao before.

With the record card, even if Huan Yi didn't say it, as long as one of her brothers knew that Chu Shizhao had the ability to seal the wolf and occupy the Xu, he must be a smart person and would know what to do.

Otherwise, if Huan Yi just relied on her empty words and kept telling her brothers that Chu Shizhao would be very powerful in the future, her two brothers who had serious rebellious psychology would not believe it, otherwise her second brother Huan Jie would not have caused chaos in Chang'an.

This is so stable.

Just give the elder brother in Chang'an the time recording card of Chu Shizhao's conquest of the Wolf's Lair.

Then wouldn't he, as the eldest brother, be eager to serve as a lackey for His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin?
In this way, it will not be a problem for me, Huan Yi, to come and propose marriage!

(End of this chapter)