Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 1 I really just want to run!
March of the 29th year of Yongjin.

In the palace of Prince Jin.

Chu Shizhao is now feeling numb all over.

Good news - he has traveled through time for eighteen years and has a good basic knowledge of the 'local area'. In addition, he is of royal birth, has outstanding appearance and good calligraphy.

In order to prevent himself from being easily soluble in water and dying suddenly from catching a cold, Chu Shizhao spared no effort in physical training and maintained a good physical condition.

Bad news - he ranks fourth in the royal family. Chu Shizhao's father, Emperor Yongjin, is a great believer in alchemists. For many years, he has been unwilling to attend court to discuss state affairs, claiming that this is the way to rule by inaction, which has led to long-standing resentment among the people.

The only golden finger he has is a strategic sandbox simulation strategy simulator called [Emperor Growth Plan].

The next situation can be deduced in real time.

It is very humorous that the seemingly powerful and unbreakable Great Zhou Dynasty will completely collapse within four years, and he, the fourth prince who has no real power at all, can only wait for death in the end.

Chu Shizhao wanted to save himself, but the problem was that he had no access to military power, and his father, the emperor, was unwilling to send him to a remote fiefdom, and forced him to stay in the capital, so that he was completely helpless now.

If he had three thousand assassins, there would be countless solutions to this situation.

Unfortunately, Chu Shizhao had no one to rely on, no power, and no money, which meant that he was imprisoned in the capital by his father, the emperor.

His only solution now is to keep trying and making mistakes in the [Emperor Growth Plan] to find a theoretical solution to the problem.

[Victory and defeat are common in the military, please try again, lord! ]

Looking at the images in his mind, Chu Shizhao clicked restart.

The time on the screen returned to the present timeline again.

[In March of the 29th year of Yongjin, you were idle in the Prince of Jin's mansion.]

【Please proceed with your character operation. 】

Immediately, a [Give Orders] button appeared, and Chu Shizhao could arrange some people to do things according to his current reputation, authority, and ability.

However, Chu Shizhao, who had no real power, had neither his own faction nor close ministers who could be appointed to do things.

A pure white board.

The most important thing is that Chu Shizhao can clearly see a line of words below his character.

[You are under surveillance], [Your activities are controlled within and outside Chang'an].

[You cannot have your own army], [You cannot have your own close ministers], [You cannot have your own party].

No matter who does this, there is no room for maneuver, okay?

I can fight if I have no money or food.

If you are not given space to fight, how will you deal with it?

Or why not just rebel?

A dangerous idea popped up in Chu Shizhao's mind.

However, it soon calmed down.

He was not the humanoid Gundam Zhao Zilong of Changshan at Changbanpo. He could not defeat his father's army with his head alone. Now he had to think about how to get rid of his state of house arrest and surveillance.

[Your father, Emperor Yongjin, has been on the throne for 29 years. He ascended the throne at a young age, and the ministers were dissatisfied. However, with his strong political sense, he quickly used his great power to eliminate dissidents, suppressed the political parties that opposed him with thundering force, and won over some ministers who were eager to take the throne.]

[With the help of these lonely ministers with awkward identities, Emperor Yongjin gradually gained power. ]

[In the early days of his reign, in order to ease the increasingly deepening social contradictions in the Great Zhou, Emperor Yongjin adopted reform measures such as eliminating old malpractices and revitalizing discipline. He ordered the return of some occupied land and eliminated more than 10 military school craftsmen, which was known in history as the "Yongjin New Deal."]

【Yingguo's arbitrary personality soon won the support of the government and the people. 】

[For a while, the Great Zhou seemed to be on the verge of revival.]

[However, in the 16th year of Yongjin, the Emperor of Yongjin became increasingly ill, and therefore became suspicious. He gradually became superstitious about alchemists, wasted people's energy on repairing palaces and building Taoist temples, and the "Yongjin New Deal" that had just started to improve could not be fully implemented. Instead, the country's power declined day by day, and a deep crisis appeared in both politics and economy.]

[In the 19th year of Yongjin, rebel armies rose up in various places in the south and formed groups with Japanese pirates in the southeast.]

[Local problems are becoming increasingly serious. Among the four northern towns, two local vassal states are secretly dissatisfied with the imperial court, and public sentiment is continuing to decline.]

[In the 20th year of Yongjin, the Great Zhou Dynasty encountered a year of great disaster. Many places had no harvest. The court was forced to provide disaster relief, resulting in a fiscal deficit and a weak economy. The Xiongnu in the north took advantage of the situation.]

[The four northern towns defeated the Xiongnu who were heading south and repelled them, but the imperial court's control over the four towns declined again. The original local Jiedushi only had certain jurisdiction. By the middle of the Yongjin period, the Jiedushi above the four towns had begun to have the three political powers of military, civil affairs, and finance.]

[In the 21st year of Yongjin, the ministers submitted a petition requesting that the Prince of Qin be made the Crown Prince. The Emperor of Yongjin was furious and stopped attending court. Therefore, as a prince, your daily travel was restricted.]

[Your treatment has been uncertain since the 21st year. When Emperor Yongjin is in a good mood, you will receive more rewards, but when he is irritable, you will even be stripped of your daily salary.]

[You are the fourth son of Emperor Yongjin. Emperor Yongjin has always only cared about his own interests and had no good feelings towards most of his sons. You have been smart since childhood, have great foresight and are cautious in handling matters. However, due to your humble origins, you have not received the favor and care of the ministers.]

[Based on your current internal affairs and intelligence scores, after much thought, you think that the only way to survive is to go to a local place and become a vassal.]

[Yes/No, do you choose to go to the palace to meet the emperor? ]

Is this still a choice?
If he doesn't become a vassal, he can just stay in the capital and wait for the rebels to attack and destroy him.

Only the power in your own hands is the real power!
At least being a vassal would allow one to have influence in the local area and would not be controlled by the emperor.

No matter what we say, we have to run!
[Before entering the palace, you were very perceptive and remembered that your father liked Taoism and had given you a scented leaf crown last year. So you entered the palace with the scented leaf crown given by your father on your head.]

[On March 7, the 29th year of the Yongjin reign, your father, the Yongjin Emperor, discussed the matter of establishing a legitimate heir with the Minister of Rites Wang Ruizhen in the Qianqing Palace.]

[Inside the Qianqing Palace, a tall and slender figure, wearing a green Taoist robe, paced in the hall. The wide Taoist robe casually covered his figure, exuding an aura of transcendence.]

[“The house is full of heavenly fragrance, a zither, a sword, and a cup of tea.”]

[“The feathered garment is always tinged with the color of smoke and haze, and is not stained by the peach and plum blossoms of the world.”]

On the screen, an independent card of Emperor Yongjin appeared in front of Chu Shizhao.

This is the card of my father.

The gold-rimmed pattern and purple base make it look elegant and luxurious, unlike any other ordinary item.

In [The Emperor's Growth Plan], each character has his own card face and his own character interface, whether it is the emperor card, the minister card, or the general card.

And his father, the Emperor, is a purple-quality monarch card.

(End of this chapter)