Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Your Majesty, please don't demonize us. We are just ordinary people. To some extent, you are our ancestors.

Thousands of years later, many cultural traditions and concepts still exist. Literary history is still the focus of our study. Some handicrafts have become intangible cultural heritage and are protected in order to be passed on. ”

Ye Qingzhi smiled and explained to the King of Chu,

"In our country, we have only just overthrown the feudal monarchy for more than a hundred years, established a new regime, and quickly completed the transformation of industry and information technology, allowing the lower-class people to escape poverty and hunger.

There will no longer be a situation where large numbers of people will starve to death due to natural disasters and the land will stop producing food.

In addition, there are many technologies that you cannot understand now, such as transportation, cars, trains, and airplanes that can shorten travel time.

Among them, the speed of the plane is very fast, and it only takes more than an hour to get from the capital to Shangjing.

For example, mobile phone networks that allow for real-time communication, etc., even if you are in Shanghai and I am in Beijing, we can still communicate normally like we do now, without waiting, and we can also see what each other looks like.

The biggest difference in social and cultural systems is that although classes still exist and the wealth gap is still huge, we value human rights.

It emphasizes that the people are the masters of the country, officials serve the people, everyone is equal before the law, advocates equal rights for men and women, monogamy in marriage, etc...."

As the King of Chu listened to this, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his excitement was beyond words.

He has no interest in who is the boss, whether it is monogamy or polygamy, he just wants to know how to build an airplane! !

He wants to fly in the sky and reach different places within a day, instead of riding a horse for a month and being exhausted!

"How can we achieve that industrial revolution you mentioned? Can we rely on the machines invented by Xiaoliu? Do you two know how to do it?"

Xie Wenyuan asked excitedly.

Ye Qingzhi and Feng Yuxi both shook their heads, "We don't know."

Xie Wenyuan immediately gave them a look of disgust.

It’s almost like telling you clearly what use I have for you!

Ye Qingzhi,...

Feng Yuxi,...

"Cousin, besides delivering babies and treating illnesses, what else can you do?" Xie Wenyuan asked expectantly, not giving up.

"No." Feng Yuxi shook his head.

"May I ask, Master Ye, what are you best at?" Xie Wenyuan turned his head and asked Ye Qingzhi.

"You're fooling people and painting cakes for them." Ye Qingzhi smiled at him and lied to him, "I'll encourage others to work, and I'll take a rest."

Xie Wenyuan,...

I feel like I've been clicked!

However, looking at the prince next to him, Xie Wenyuan felt that he was nothing. The prince was the most loyal ox and horse around Master Ye.

"Without Master Ye's persuasion and advice, I would not have tolerated you in the first place, and I would have boldly let you go to the State of Chu. You wouldn't be who you are now. You should thank her."

The prince, like a slave, was very self-conscious and willing, and he did not forget to give Ye Qingzhi some benefits.

Xie Wenyuan immediately stood up, bowed to Ye Qingzhi, and offered her a cup of tea to thank her for saving his life.

Ye Qingzhi did not refuse. She accepted his greeting calmly and drank the tea he offered her.

"Can you still go back?" Xie Wenyuan asked again.

"I have a system, so maybe I can do it, but it's only a theoretical possibility, not necessarily a reality."

Feng Yuxi thought about it and spoke calmly.

The prince and Xie Wenyuan looked at Ye Qingzhi again.

"I don't have a system, so I definitely can't do it." Ye Qingzhi said.

The prince relaxed his tense body slightly, but Xie Wenyuan immediately showed a look of disappointment.

"Do you think there are more time travelers here? If there are, I have to find them and ask them to help build the plane and the cell phone."

Xie Wenyuan spoke.

Ye Qingzhi immediately responded to his idea and gave him some advice.

"The world is so big, you can go around and look for it. Even if you can't find a time traveler, you can go west and capture some scientists who study mechanics, thermodynamics, and metallurgy, and bring them back. That can also help speed up the time it takes for the steam engine to be invented."

"West? How far is it?" Xie Wenyuan asked with interest.

"Going by boat, even if the route is correct, it will probably take several months." Ye Qingzhi said.

“Let’s not rush to do this. Let’s learn some English first so that we can communicate with each other and accumulate more merits.

When you set out, let Xiaokang bless you and ensure that you have smooth sailing and don’t encounter a storm and capsize halfway. "

"So, this accumulation of merits and blessings is true?" Xie Wenyuan asked in surprise, "Is it really because of my bad behavior that I broke my leg? Is the young marquis also a time traveler?"

"He is not, he has a special physique." Feng Yuxi shook his head and said to him.

Xie Wenyuan,...

You guys are hiding too deeply!

He used to think he was abnormal, but now he thinks he is the most normal!

Afterwards, Xie Wenyuan asked a lot of modern things, and the prince said to him,

"I have the information. I'll show it to you later and you'll know. Don't ask so many questions. Let's eat."

Xie Wenyuan put his curiosity aside for the time being. He was always very patient when it came to things that really interested him.

-

The day after Xie Wenyuan had dinner at the East Palace, he went on a long journey to catch corrupt officials in Jianghuai.

Because of this, the emperor complained to the prince, "It's only been less than half a month since he came back from Shangjing, why did you send him out again? How can you order people around like that?"

"Father, he drinks every day in the capital, and he is drunk and dreaming. It is better to let him go out. He likes to run out and make trouble. If you let him stay in the capital, he will be uncomfortable."

The prince said,

"If you don't let him go, those officials who are loyal to him will have second thoughts. The reputation of the King of Chu is very high now."

Upon hearing this, the emperor immediately fell silent.

Although he felt sorry for Xie Wenyuan, he also knew his character and did not want to see the stable court in turmoil because of the King of Chu.

Thinking of this, the emperor became worried again, "Can you really control the King of Chu? When you ascend the throne, what position do you plan to put him in?"

"Let him go to the grassland and explore the way there. After destroying Dayan, mobilize the army to deal with the grassland affairs together. Use machinery to open up a large amount of wasteland and solve the survival problem there."

The prince said that this had already been in his ten-year plan.

The emperor sighed again when he heard this. He was really old. He would be satisfied if he could destroy the State of Chu.

But the prince has already set his sights on the world.

"What about the Gulan Kingdom in the Western Regions?" the emperor asked again, "Are you planning to take it over as well?"

"After we have dealt with Dayan, we will symbolically force them to become a vassal state. Although they will belong to Zhao, they will retain the name of Gulan and most of their autonomy." The prince said.

"In fact, my mother wrote to me a few days ago and said that she wanted to offer the Western Regions to the Great Zhao as a gift for my coronation. I refused."

"...your mother is quite generous." The emperor thought to himself that she was not greedy for power. Did she want to retire early?

They can make an appointment to travel around the world together.

Xie Jin smiled. He was truly touched by his mother's kindness.

But he also couldn't let his mother become an empress who voluntarily offered her country to the emperor. That would give her a bad reputation.

His mother should be the empress who unified the Western Regions, and her achievements can be regarded as the greatest in history.

In another two years, my mother will abdicate and hand the throne to Yuchi Yongning, and then we can conquer the Gulan Kingdom.

In this way, history books would only record that Gulan became a vassal state of Da Zhao during the reign of Yuchi Yongning.

Yuchi Yongning,...

A sneeze, a sneeze!

Why is it suddenly a bit cold? It must be the cold weather. Could it be that someone is trying to trick me behind my back?

-

Another half month passed.

The envoys from Gulan Kingdom have also arrived, still led by Su Ting. In fact, when the Fifth Prince set out from Gulan Kingdom, he also wanted to visit Da Zhao.

However, he is the Pope now and cannot travel far away at will. His followers will not allow him to do so.

Now that the Fifth Prince is gone, doesn’t that mean their messenger of God is gone? Will they no longer be able to hear the oracle of the God of Fire?

The Western Region has just been unified and the new system has just been established. Many conflicts and contradictions need to be coordinated by the Fifth Prince, the Pope.

Neither subjective conditions nor objective conditions allowed him to abandon the situation in the Western Regions.

After Su Ting arrived in the capital, he immediately went to see the prince, kowtowed respectfully and greeted him.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

"Master Su, please don't be polite." The prince smiled and asked him to stand up. He asked him, "Is the Queen Mother well? Are the state affairs too heavy?"

"Your Majesty is well." Su Ting said with a smile.

“Since the unification of the Western Regions, state affairs have indeed become much more arduous. However, His Majesty has also followed the example of the Great Zhao and established a cabinet for this purpose, selecting some capable civil officials to help manage government affairs.

In addition, His Majesty insists on resting on time every day and exercising appropriately, so His Majesty is in good health and Your Highness can rest assured."

"That's good." The prince nodded with a smile.

Although he reminded his mother to have a good rest in every communication, the prince also knew that she was very career-oriented and was afraid that she would overwork herself. After all, she was old and had less energy.

"The emperor said that when His Highness ascends the throne, he will let me take the third prince back." Su Ting said again.

The prince had no objection and asked Yuchi Yongning to go back and learn more from his mother so that he could take over in two or three years.

-

The envoys from Dayan are also old acquaintances. It was the Seventh Prince and General Wei who brought the delegation.

The Seventh Prince did not even have to fight for the opportunity to be an envoy, as the Emperor of Yan sent it to him. After all, he was familiar with the Great Zhao, and the Ninth Princess was his biological sister.

The seventh prince also came with a mission from Emperor Yan.

The Emperor of Yan wanted to expand the trade volume between the two countries and import more sugar, liquor, refined salt and other things from Zhao. They were even willing to do so if Zhao raised the price.

There is no other reason. The white sugar, liquor, refined salt and other products from the Great Zhao are very popular in the Great Yan. Not only the royal family likes them, but also the nobles.

Because everyone was scrambling for them and hoarding them, they seemed very scarce and precious. Even the Emperor of Yan didn't have many.

Take sugar for example. Emperor Yan found himself having to be very stingy with it. It was so frustrating!

If he can't even feel happy with a little sugar, what's the point of being the emperor!

The Seventh Prince was of course happy to be able to go on a diplomatic mission to Great Zhao, but he did not dare to let his guard down along the way, for fear that the Crown Prince would use a fatal move.

Indeed, he encountered three assassination attempts before he set out from Dayan and entered Dayan.

After entering the border of Da Zhao, the seventh prince also experienced an assassination attempt.

But this time it was easily resolved because the army of Da Zhao took action and easily killed all the men of Prince Yan.

Afterwards, an army from the Great Zhao escorted the Seventh Prince all the way back to the capital. The Seventh Prince was so moved that he wanted to cry. He hadn't felt this safe for a long time.

Oh, oh, oh, Da Zhao, here I come again!