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The perspective of the "Great Wu Dynasty" is not limited to power struggles because Wu Yu was not an emperor who only knew how to fight for power. In history, this emperor implemented many policies of reducing taxes and levies and resting with the people.

Historians have studied that the reason why he became the emperor who valued the people the most in the entire Great Wu Dynasty was due to his experience when he first went on a tour with his father, Emperor Wu Zhao.

At this time, Wu Yu had just turned 20 years old, and his younger brothers had begun to grow up one by one. Emperor Wu Zhao's favor for him had long been transferred to his younger sons.

After experiencing panic, struggle, and anger, Wu Yu's psychology achieved a second metamorphosis. After awakening his desire for power, he was ready to fight for it.

In order to seize the throne and the power, he will do whatever it takes.

He knew that the purpose of Emperor Wu Zhao taking him on a tour was just to appease the people's hearts—having a healthy, grown, and excellent heir would naturally make people feel at ease. In addition, there might also be some expectations and love from the emperor for his son.

But more importantly, Wu Yu no longer had extravagant or delusional wishes. In just one or two months, he had completely lost his illusions.

So at the beginning of the tour, he wanted to use this tour to win over the ministers and win the hearts of the people.

An excellent prince should have the support of the people.

If there had not been the heavy rain that caused the flood, perhaps his thoughts would not have changed until the end of the southern tour.

Su Xinghe put down the script and looked at Gao Xinhong, who was standing in the center of the camera.

Gao Xinhong was filming a scene in which 35-year-old Wu Yu was worried about the flood.

Having been an emperor for several years, it was difficult for Wu Yu to show such a worried look on his face.

However, the heavy rain thousands of miles away made it impossible for this mature emperor to sleep peacefully.

Su Xinghe's brows also wrinkled.

The director of Group B next to him said, "Xinghe, the scene over there is ready, let's go over there."

In Group B, Su Xinghe's role was also related to the flood.

He doesn’t know if the crew arranged it this way on purpose or if it was just a coincidence.

In short, on this day, in both groups A and B, the young princes first awakened to their love and compassion for the people, and the middle-aged emperors a few hundred meters away never forgot their anxious feelings for the people when they were young.

Before Su Xinghe left, he looked at Wu Yu again with a worried look on his face.

At this moment, he could fully understand Gao Xinhong’s worries and concerns.

Because in this crew, they are all the emperors who care about the people.

“Action!” The director of group B looked at Su Xinghe, who was ready in the camera and said loudly.

It was a rainy night.

Wu Yu was reading in a warm room.

He particularly liked rainy nights because the sound of rain made him feel peaceful.

The heavy rain blocked out all sounds and created an exceptionally quiet world.

Wu Yu, who was worried about the throne, also had the rare leisure to read poetry.

At the same moment.

In the pouring rain, the horse galloped to the gate of the Royal Courtyard, and a ferocious figure almost fell off the horse.

But despite the fall, he did not dare to waste time tidying up his clothes because he had to tell the emperor in court what he was holding as soon as possible.

A shout of "800 miles urgent" completely broke the quiet night.

The Yellow River burst its dam.

The roaring Yellow River directly submerged the villages outside the dikes.

Many people drowned in the turbid water of the Yellow River, and many people who escaped by chance had no hometown.

Emperor Wu Zhao was furious and ordered to block the breach and provide relief to the victims.

Wu Yu stood next to Emperor Wu Zhao, looking at the eight-hundred-mile urgent letter in Emperor Zhao's hand.

But in just two or three pages, it was the miserable world that he could not imagine.

But at this moment, Wu Yu had no sense of reality about all this, whether it was the people who died in the Yellow River or the people who were on the way to escape.

He didn't know how cold, hungry, and tired they were now, he just felt that this might be his chance.

He wanted to go to disaster relief.

Emperor Wu Zhao looked deeply at him kneeling on the ground and finally agreed to his request.

So the 20-year-old prince finally had his first job—supervising river affairs and providing relief to disaster victims.

It was also from this day that he walked out of the peaceful age of his fantasy and entered the real world.

After changing clothes, Su Xinghe continued filming the next scene almost without stopping.

In the pouring rain, Wu Yu completely lost his princely demeanor. Even though someone around him held an umbrella for him, he was still soaked in the rain.

This is the first time since he became sensible that he has been so embarrassed.

There was mud under his feet, his shoes were soaked, his clothes were all stuck to his body, his hair was a mess, and rain was dripping down his hair at any time.

The strong wind blew away the remaining warmth in his body.

Wu Yu shivered with cold, but this was his first job, and he absolutely could not mess it up, so he rejected the good intentions of other officials and did not go back to rest.

He wanted to go and see the situation. If he didn't even know the current situation outside the dike, how could he supervise the river affairs?

Along the way, Wu Yu saw many people.

In the dark night, if there were no lanterns, he would not even know that there were so many people hiding on the roadside.

They huddled together in the corner, like a shadow.

Wu Yu could not help but stop.

In the dim light, he saw them.

These people were different from those he had seen before.

They were wearing tattered clothes, skinny, barefoot, their feet were covered with black mud, they closed their eyes, and they breathed hard in the rain.

There were children of several years old, young men of about his age, and old men whose chests seemed to have stopped moving.

Wu Yu suddenly thought of the memorial in Emperor Wu Zhao's hand.

There were tens of thousands of people like this.

Those who escaped here were the luckiest.

There were countless people on the road. In such heavy rain, they could only watch their relatives and friends die and then wait in despair for death to come.

Wu Yu suddenly couldn't walk.

In the camera, his face showed a confusion he had never seen before.

Is this his father's world?

A world that could be easily destroyed by a few heavy rains?

In such a moment, the thoughts of fighting for power that had been lingering in his mind were completely gone.

In his eyes, there were only these people who were still struggling to survive.

They were all his father's subjects, but they didn't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

This was completely different from the world he saw in the palace and imagined.

This is the real human world.

After a few seconds, Wu Yu left.

After this night, the prince of the Great Wu Dynasty could no longer sleep peacefully on rainy nights.

Gao Xinhong's scenes had been filmed by then, and he rushed to Group B without any delay.

Looking at Su Xinghe on the monitor, he couldn't help but smile.

The prince, who was extremely ferocious in the camera, was struggling to swim upstream.

Not only this road, not only the road ahead but also throughout his life, this emperor has been swimming upstream.

In the past, it was for power, but tonight there was another reason.

The prince, who was still confused just now, became firm again.

This time, it was still for himself, but not only for himself.

The words "world" and "subjects" jumped out of the book for the first time.

They jumped in front of the Great Emperor Wu, who was praised by later generations for his contribution to the creation of the world.

From then on, they never left.