Chapter 1055 Cui Zheng is anxious
"Yuanxiang, Yuanjie, Yuancheng... why do the names of these three brothers sound so familiar?"

Su Mingzhe searched his memory for a while, and slowly the image of Chow Yun-fat, Gong Huang, and Jay Chou wearing golden battle robes emerged in his mind:
"Could it be "Curse of the Golden Flower"?"

"It should be."

The plot of "Curse of the Golden Flower" borrows from the historical background of Li Cunxu and the plot of the drama "Thunderstorm".

Let’s not talk about the film reviews.

After watching the movie, Su Mingzhe remembered the two tones of the entire movie - 'yellow' and 'white'.

"I don't know if Emperor Gong is that big and white in this plane."

After finishing reading Tang Guo's information, Su Mingzhe stretched and there was an unprecedented sense of relaxation in his eyes.

In the movie, Emperor Tang Li Cunxu is a scheming hero who schemed against everyone and survived to the end.

In historical time and space, Li Cunxu was also a brave and warlike emperor of the overlord level.

Logically speaking, Su Mingzhe should take such an opponent seriously.

But this world is a comprehensive film and television plane.

The present Tang Dynasty is nothing more than the Shanxi Province in later generations.

The population barely exceeded one million households, and among the 300,000 soldiers and horses, only a few hundred thousand were elite troops.

In addition, the most important point is that Li Cunxu had become extremely incompetent at this time and began to favor actors.

Two years ago, Li Cunxu forced Cui Yingying's father to resign from his position as prime minister and die of illness because of the slander of an actor.

This year, Li Cunxu actually promoted General Baima Du Que in name only and demoted him in reality, transferring him to the capital Taiyuan to be a general in name only.

The 100,000-strong army stationed in Hezhong Prefecture is currently under the command of the second prince Li Yuanjie.

"Next year I will invade the Tang Kingdom, and the first person I will face is the Second Prince Yuan Jie... Not bad! Not bad!"

Thinking of Yuan Jie's strength in the movie, Su Mingzhe didn't even want to look at the information.

After putting down the information, Su Mingzhe ordered the eunuchs to call in a group of beauties he brought back from the Western Regions.

Most of the beauties in the Western Regions are good at singing and dancing, and their beauty is not much inferior to that of Cui Yingying and Chuntao.

A night of fun.

Day two.

Su Mingzhe had a simple breakfast, and while instructing the eunuchs to send the beauties back to the harem, he also ordered people to collect information on the governors of other vassal states.

He suddenly remembered last night that the historical background of the movie "The Banquet" is also the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

I just want to take a look at the information and see if I can meet more acquaintances.

Su Mingzhe was sitting in the imperial study, busy with work, and from time to time he could hear bursts of horns coming from outside the window.

This is the sound of laborers building the palace.

The original Tang Dynasty Imperial Palace was burned down successively by Huang Chao, Li Maozhen, and Zhu Wen.

After these three fires, the city of Chang'an was reduced to a scorched earth.

Chang'an, the capital of the gods, once had a population of over a million, but only one in ten remains.

Last year, Su Mingzhe came to Chang'an City, and seeing how dilapidated it was, he used the method of "work-for-relief" to gather refugees and rebuild Chang'an City during the slack season.

A year has passed.

The palace was repaired on and off, and only about half of it has been restored.

Although Chang'an City has not yet restored its original appearance, it has brought new life to Chang'an City.

A dozen or so beauties from the Western Regions dressed up and followed the eunuchs toward the harem.

After turning a corner, we ran into a group of people head-on.

The eunuch who led the way was so frightened when he saw the other party that he immediately knelt on the ground and greeted him:
"This servant greets the Empress Mingfei and pays respects to her!"

"What's wrong with these women?"

Before Su Mingzhe established the country, Chuntao assisted men in managing the Yi Nu Army.

After Su Mingzhe founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, he conferred the title of "Ming Fei" on Chuntao.

Now, Cui Yingying still has to complete a few months of mourning before she can enter the harem and become the mother of the country.

Hongniang had to stay in Cui Mansion to accompany Cui Yingying, so it was inconvenient for her to go to the palace to accompany a man.

Chuntao, the former housekeeper of the prime minister's mansion, became the only concubine in the Han imperial palace.

When the eunuchs and palace maids in the harem saw Chuntao, they all bowed respectfully and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

Hearing Chuntao's question, the eunuch did not dare to hide it:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, these are beauties who were tributed by various countries in the Western Regions. The Emperor summoned these beauties to sleep with him last night. Now he wants me to send them back to the harem to rest." Can your body bear having more than a dozen women sleep with you in one night?

Chuntao was angry and annoyed, and at the same time worried about the man's health.

Not long after.

Chuntao came to the imperial study and saw a man who was reviewing memorials.

"The concubine is here."

When Su Mingzhe saw Chuntao coming, he immediately smiled.

When she returned to the palace the day before yesterday, Chuntao was not feeling well and was unable to serve the emperor in bed.

In the past two days, Su Mingzhe did not go to her to cause trouble.

Judging from his complexion now, he should have recovered.

"Your Majesty, I just saw an eunuch bringing a dozen beauties back to the harem. Did you have a ridiculous night last night?"

Chuntao relied on her humble relationship with the man and did not hide some of her words.

Su Mingzhe listened, but did not blame him. He just smiled and nodded:

"Last night was a bit absurd, but it's because my beloved concubine is not around."

"Your Majesty shouldn't take care of your body like this."

Chuntao gave some advice, and Su Mingzhe agreed with a smile.

The two chatted and laughed and let the matter go.

After all, Su Mingzhe had never concealed his lustful nature since they first met.

Chuntao was born a maid, so she should be content if the emperor didn't blame her for her advice.

She couldn't really hope that the emperor would listen to her advice.

After a while.

Chuntao began to tell the true story:
"Your Majesty, yesterday the Madam sent someone to deliver a letter saying that after the New Year, the young lady's mourning period will be over. You can send an official from the Ministry of Rites to the Cui Mansion to discuss the young lady's entry into the palace."

"I will ask the Minister of Rites to do it at the next court meeting."

Su Mingzhe had no objection to enthroning Cui Yingying as queen.

Even though Mrs. Cui looked down on him at the beginning, Su Mingzhe never thought of canceling the marriage now that he has become rich.

After all, Cui Yingying came from the Boling Cui family, one of the five surnames and seven noble families.

In the eyes of the world, the legitimate daughter of the five surnames and seven noble families, even if she marries the emperor to become the empress, can be regarded as "well-matched".

After talking about the serious business, Chuntao did not leave, but sat beside the man and did the romantic things.

While Su Mingzhe was enjoying Chuntao's gentle service, he kept asking how many "interesting things" had happened in the Han Kingdom in the ten months since he left Chang'an.

The foundation of the Han Dynasty was too weak.

Wei Yi was the prime minister of a country. Although he was born into the Jingzhao Wei family, he was actually from a merchant family.

Most of the officials in the three provinces and six ministries, including the three dukes and nine ministers, came from humble backgrounds.

Without sufficient family knowledge, people seem unable to cope with state affairs and often make jokes.

For example, the Minister of Works Duan Lianshan.

Duan Lianshan is the middle-aged man with a short beard who was very sharp-eyed yesterday.

Duan Lianshan was born into the Wuwei Duan clan, one of the six Duan clans.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Uighur tribe occupied Ganzhou, and Wuwei County was also within the range of Uighur looting.

Most of the six clans of the Duan clan fled Ganzhou.

Duan Lianshan followed his father to become a merchant and settled down in Hezhong Prefecture.

Later, when Sun Feihu rebelled and captured able-bodied men, he captured Duan Lianshan and took him to the barracks, where he became a private.

When Su Mingzhe was recruiting soldiers, he found that Duan Lianshan had a strong will, so he promoted him to be his personal soldier. Later, when he saw that he understood business, he made him the manager of a trading company.

As he accumulated merits and was promoted, when Su Mingzhe founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, Duan Lianshan was actually valued by Su Mingzhe and was appointed as the Minister of Works.

Duan Lianshan, who came from such a humble background, was suddenly promoted to become the Minister of Works, and he appeared to be particularly "smart" in doing things.

The ministers in the court gave him the nickname "fence-sitter".

It means that he has no opinions of his own and only follows the opinions of his superiors.

(End of this chapter)