Chapter 50

"Pays respects to Your Majesty!"

The surrounding guards also hurriedly put away their weapons and saluted.

"What!?"

"What did you call him?"

Li Li Xueyan widened her eyes, her pupils trembling constantly.

She was completely bewildered.

What was going on?

Your Majesty?

In the end, we are the ones who failed him! (Seeking flowers, seeking votes)

He is your monarch?

Then who was the Tubo youth who traveled with us before?

Is he not your monarch?

"Go, this has nothing to do with you."

Qin Mu waved his hand with great authority.

"This servant obeys!"

Wei Wei Zhongxian agreed and hurriedly led all the guards out of the Princess’s bedchamber, thoughtfully closing the door tightly.

Li Li Xueyan stood in place, lost and soul-broken, shaking her head repeatedly.

Only at this very moment.

She could not accept this truth.

"What is going on?"

"What is going on?"

"Who are you? Who exactly are you!"

"Ah ah ah!"

Li Li Xueyan screamed madly, her eyes filled with tears.

Ever since she became a princess for marriage, it seemed everything in this world had changed.

Used!

Deceived!

Living in this world Wu Li Ke a chess piece!

I hate it!

Li Li Xueyan bit her red lips, her face pale.

She no longer believed what was true and what was false in this world.

Qin Mu looked at the venting Li Li Xueyan and waited quietly.

I don't know how much time passed.

The bedchamber finally became calm again.

The wind howled outside the window.

The night in Tubo was bone-chillingly cold.

But inside this Princess’s bedchamber, it was as warm as spring.

"That’s right, I deceived you."

"I am the number one traitor of Great Tang, Qin Mu; I am the only King of this land; I am the Tubo envoy who fought you on the city wall of Changancheng; and I am also the man you, Princess Wencheng, married."

"I was the one who disguised myself, mixed into the delegation, and entered Changancheng."

Qin Mu truthfully confessed everything to Li Li Xueyan.

Li Li Xueyan listened, tears rolling down her cheeks continuously.

Disguised?

Yes!

No wonder!

He was the number one traitor of Great Tang!

If he hadn't disguised himself, let alone entering Changancheng, he would have been recognized if he appeared anywhere in Great Tang.

"You! Who exactly are you?"

"Why is the Tubo monarch you? What crime did you commit in Great Tang?"

"Who are you?"

Li Li Xueyan had a belly full of questions she wanted to ask Qin Mu.

"You will know who I am very soon."

Qin Mu did not answer her question, simply turning slowly and leaving the empty bedchamber. He knew.

This woman needed time to accept all of this!

And in another bedchamber of the Budalagong.

"Wow! Mother, this place is so beautiful!"

In the empty palace, Princess Changle looked around Wu Li Ke a curious little cat.

Truly a child’s nature!

"Alright, you girl, you haven't stopped since entering the Budalagong."

"You have to understand, we are currently captives."

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou looked at Princess Changle with doting eyes, shaking her head helplessly.

"Pfft!"

"I’m not afraid!"

"That big brother definitely won't do anything to us."

Princess Changle sat on a soft woolen rug, leaning against the nearby stove, feeling the warmth.

"Hmm?"

"Why do you say that?"

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou became interested, sitting next to her daughter and asking curiously.

"Mother, I always feel that big brother doesn't seem Wu Li Ke a bad person, and..."

"And what?"

"And there is a special feeling of intimacy about him."

Princess Changle touched her red lips with her fingertips, recalling every scene of her time with Qin Mu.

There was not a single thing that made her uncomfortable.

Full of a sense of security!

Even if Qin Mu always kept a straight face, Princess Changle was not afraid.

"You have this feeling too?"

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou raised her eyebrows.

It seems.

I am not the only one who has this feeling.

"Mother, do you have it too?"

Princess Changle looked at Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou in surprise.

I thought this was a tacit understanding between me and big brother!

Hmph!

I didn't expect Mother to have it too!

"Yes, I had this feeling the first time I saw him."

"Although he was disguised, that feeling was still strong."

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou nodded thoughtfully.

Back then.

When Qin Mu kidnapped her, she didn't know Qin Mu’s identity.

But during the flight.

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou inadvertently learned that Qin Mu’s true identity was the number one traitor of Great Tang.

Besides being shocked.

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou also tried her best to mediate the conflict between Qin Mu and Great Tang.

But after contact.

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou found that everything she did was futile.

Qin Mu seemed to have an incomprehensible hatred for Great Tang, for the Emperor, and especially for the Empress Zhangsun family.

Was it because of the Top Graduate position?

That should be it!

So many years of studying, so much hard work and effort, all taken away by a single word.

No one could accept that.

Especially with a personality Wu Li Ke Qin Mu’s, how could he endure such humiliation?

"Sigh!"

"In the end, we are the ones who failed him."

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou sighed.

"Mother, what are you talking about?"

The innocent and romantic Princess Changle blinked her dark, bright eyes, tilting her head and asking.

The innocent and romantic Princess Princess Changle blinked her dark, bright eyes, tilted her head, and asked.

"Nothing."

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou put on a kind smile.

"By the way, Empress Mother. Tomorrow, we must have a good stroll. I have never been to such a fun place before."

"Didn't that Eunuch Wei say that we can freely enter and exit any part of this Potala Palace?"

"I also want to go for a walk outside the palace..."

Princess Changle was Wu Li Ke a chirping little sparrow, speaking excitedly without stop.

The night grew deep.

The Potala Palace, amidst the biting cold wind, finally fell into tranquility.

Over the next few days.

Qin Mu had been busy handling the state affairs of the Great Qin.

He distributed the 10 million people across various parts of Tubo.

Thanks to the help of the system, the problem of centralized population management was naturally a breeze.

Besides this.

Qin Mu appointed Shen Wansan as the Minister of Revenue.

At the same time, he established a commercial bureau within Lhasa City and placed Shen Wansan in charge.

Furthermore, he allocated all 10,000 commercial talents to him.

Shen Wansan was a world-renowned commercial genius!

The richest man in the world!

No matter what it was, he could turn it into gold and silver in his hands.

If such a talent were not put to good use.

Wouldn't it be a waste of heaven's gifts?

Qin Mu tasked Shen Wansan with exclusively managing all commercial dealings inside and outside the Great Qin.

Whether it was various agricultural crops, mineral resources, handmade textiles, or local specialty delicacies,

In short, one sentence!

The Great Qin's economy must surpass the Great Tang!

Besides this.

Even slaves could be traded!

Qin Mu established an educational official position within the imperial court, with Wang Wang Yangming serving in this role!

Wang Wang Yangming was an even greater figure than Shen Wansan.

The famous founder of the School of Mind, revered by later generations as a sage!

Having him educate the world was the most suitable choice.

Just Wu Li Ke Shen Wansan.

Wang Wang Yangming also had his own agency.

Qin Mu allocated all 10,000 teachers to Wang Wang Yangming and set up educational institutions in every location.

These educational institutions were not just for teaching people to read and write.

Many of Qin Mu's ideologies were also spread to the world through these institutions, further consolidating his rule.

In addition to these two departments, Qin Mu specifically set up a medical institution.

The person in charge was naturally the divine physician Li Li Shizhen from the Academy of Sciences.

All 10,000 physicians who healed the sick and saved lives were also allocated to him.

Professional people managing professional matters!

These three newly established departments were under the unified coordination and jurisdiction of Yan Song.

The resettlement of the 10 million people was coordinated and managed by Zhang Zhang Juzheng and Liu Liu Bowen.

All 10,000 craftsmen were also allocated to them.

For a time.

City after city began to rise from the ground on the Tubo plateau.

The population increased rapidly, and everywhere was a scene of vibrant vitality.

Coupled with the road construction and improvement methods previously rewarded by the system.

A network of roads extending in all directions spread rapidly to every corner of the Great Qin.

Vast stretches of saline-alkali land, through saline-alkali land improvement methods, had now become fertile fields stretching for thousands of miles.

Super wheat, super cotton, and super oil-wheat greens covered countless fertile fields.

Many farmers drove yaks, a specialty of Tubo, working diligently in the fields.

Groups of three or five farm women carried vegetable baskets and lunch boxes to deliver meals to their men.

There were also many children playing and frolicking in the fields, a scene of prosperity.

In the towns.

Merchants and travelers were in an endless stream.

Various merchants hawking goods and a dazzling array of commodities emerged on this land Wu Li Ke bamboo shoots after a spring rain, full of life.

Just as the internal affairs of the Great Qin were in full swing, a piece of news arrived at the Potala Palace from outside the borders.

Inside the main hall.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Great Tang is preparing to negotiate peace with our Great Qin, and has now dispatched envoys to enter the Tubo plateau."

Zhang Zhang Juzheng reported the news received earlier to Qin Mu, who sat high above.

"Negotiate peace?"

"I thought the Great Tang could hold out a bit longer!"

"I didn't expect them to be unable to hold on after just a few months?"

Qin Mu raised an eyebrow, his tone filled with disdain.

He had long seen through the drawbacks beneath the flourishing Great Tang.

The aristocratic families, clans, and the Five Surnames and Seven Clans had long since carved up all the benefits of the prosperous age!

They firmly grasped the power in their hands and were unwilling to contribute even a fraction to the people of the Great Tang.

Not to mention their Emperor, Li Er!

The current Great Tang was Wu Li Ke a bloated giant forcibly puffed up.

While developing crazily over these few years, it had also completely hollowed out its internal demand.

That eternal masterpiece once written by Qin Mu was merely a rough concept.

If one were to reform completely according to the methods above, the gains would indeed be great, but the side effects and backlash would also be not to be underestimated.

Clearly.

Li Er did not see those drawbacks, but instead blindly and desperately executed the strategies of that eternal masterpiece.

Coupled with the fueling of the flames by the Five Surnames and Seven Clans and the aristocratic families.

Everything had become irreversible!

"Yes, Your Majesty! I heard that the Great Tang is short of grain and fodder, and had no choice but to seek peace with us."

"Such a vast and mighty country, how could it be short of grain and fodder after only a few short months?"

"Who's to say it isn't!"

The officials in the hall discussed among themselves.

"Fine, I would Wu Li Ke to see what new tricks the envoys of the Great Tang can come up with."

Qin Mu revealed a look of anticipation.