Wei Yong looked at Mr. Liu calmly as he sat there in a state of wandering mind, sighed silently and drank the tea quietly.
Wei Yong also understood in his heart that the reason why Mr. Liu was like this was because his words just had too much impact on him.
But Wei Yong had no choice.
The truth of the matter is this. I originally wanted to bring some old grudges from the past into the coffin and bury them underground forever.
However, Liu Mingzhi kept asking, so he had no choice but to reveal some things that happened back then.
There was silence for a long time, and the room fell into temporary silence.
The two of them were sipping tea quietly, while the other took a sip of wine from time to time, remaining speechless.
After an unknown amount of time, Liu Mingzhi instinctively lifted the jar of wine to his lips, but when he didn't drink anything, he realized that he had finished the jar of wine without even realizing it.
Silently putting down the wine jar, Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong opposite with a strange expression.
"Thank you, Prime Minister Wei, for your advice. The fog in my heart for many years has been completely cleared and the sky is clear."
Wei Yong looked at Liu Mingzhi with strange eyes and smiled playfully.
"The prince is not afraid that the old man will randomly fabricate a story to deceive the prince? After all, your majesty has already achieved great success, and no one can prove whether the content of the old man's words is true. Is the prince so sure that the old man is not just for survival, and he talks nonsense about the past events?"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head silently: "You can't do that. A person who can even face death calmly will not bother to lie. This depends on the humble behavior of people."
Wei Yong nodded understandingly: "Your Majesty is so kind!"
"However, what I just said still counts. If my death can eliminate the hatred in the prince's heart and resolve the old grudges, I can still die.
It's just that this death was not because I felt guilty towards Ling Governor's family. What I felt guilty about was the loyal ministers who were killed by His Majesty as a knife. "
The matter has passed, and His Majesty has been in power for several years. Frankly speaking, the officials who were killed by Your Majesty as a murderer when I and Prince Duan were killed, there were many loyal and righteous people among them.
But they can only blame themselves for being on the wrong team.
It was understandable that they were on the wrong team, but what they made so wrong was that they should not have wanted to restore the old master.
Du Chenghao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Miao Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites... all of them were standing behind King Duan. However, after His Majesty ascended the throne, they immediately woke up and supported His Majesty in ascending the throne. For the emperor. He has vigorously assisted His Majesty in governing with benevolence and virtue. In recent years, he has been very prosperous in the court and has become a distinguished person.
Those who died were just some stubborn and rotten scholars who didn't know how to adapt.
No matter how talented or virtuous you are, as long as you don't know how to adapt, you will die.
It's clear that the situation has become a success, but you still have to go one way to the end, and no one can save you.
The general trend of the world is like this. How can three or five people change it?
How could some ministers be able to turn things around?
But the old man also feels guilty, not for those rotten scholars who don't know how to adapt, but for the family members who have been harmed because they don't know how to adapt.
To put it bluntly, the fate of your third uncle's family is good. At least the children are preserved and the family's family can continue.
The families of some officials have even cut off their incense.
The past events of the past are still vivid in his mind, and the old man occasionally wakes up from nightmares.
The youngest girl is only four years old.
well......
Since the old man was able to save the palace maid, how could he be a completely unconscionable person?
However, their family head went against fate.
I can't bear it and there is nothing I can do.
If they don't die, the whole family will die.
However, I still feel guilty.
Maybe it would be good to die. At least the old man no longer has to suffer the condemnation of his conscience. "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong's sad and depressed expression, smiled bitterly and nodded.
"It is true that the Tian family is ruthless. Although I also feel sorry for those officials, from a rational point of view, I do not feel that my father has done anything wrong."
"Don't think that my words are cruel. They insist on going one way to the end. If my father doesn't use more ruthless methods, once their restoration is successful and your uncles rebel, the number of people who will die will be ten times or a hundred times. , or even a thousand times.
Not to mention the distant story, isn't the matter between the late Emperor and the King of Shu and their brothers the best example?
A few people died, but a military disaster was avoided, but every character knew how to choose. "
Wei Yong looked at Liu Mingzhi in amazement and exhaled heavily.
"The fact that Your Majesty is so appreciated by His Majesty Ruizong is not just a matter of chance, but that Your Majesty understands Ruizong's thoughts.
Ruizhong was a man of great talent and strategy, but at a time when his country was rising and the country was in decline, he was able to cut through the wind and waves and stand out from the crowd, so he naturally had his own merits.
We are ministers, but our eyesight can never be compared with that of the emperor, and our foresight is far from enough.
All we can do is fulfill our duty as ministers.
Maybe it was because the old man had killed too many sins that he ended up old and childless. This should be the cycle of retribution. "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong's sad expression in surprise: "Since the rumors are wrong and are just slanderous words because you are a traitor, it means that Prime Minister Wei, you are in good health and do not delay important human affairs. How can you not continue to be popular?"
"well!"
"I'm fine, but my wife..."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with understanding. It turned out that the root cause was Mrs. Wei Yong.
"I was also a poor scholar back then. I studied hard for ten years, and then I was lucky enough to meet...
It was that miscarriage that left the wife with the root cause of the disease and she could no longer have children. If it hadn't been for the wife's bowl of hot porridge, the old man would have turned into a withered bone. In order to avoid the pain in the wife's heart, the old man did not take any concubines or marry an equal wife.
Madam often arranged for young beauties for the old man, just hoping to leave a legacy for the old man, but later he was rejected by the old man for various reasons.
The second and third brothers of Lao Chan have a prosperous family and are full of descendants. As long as my Wei family can continue, it doesn't matter whether Lao Chan's family has any heirs.
People are always happy when they are content.
The old man has already looked away. "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong with respect. No matter how bad the person is...can Wei Yong be considered a bad person? You should count it!
"Mrs. Wei?"
"I have been gone for more than ten years. The root cause of my disease has not been cured for a long time. I have gone to enjoy my happiness first."
"Oh, I won't talk about these things anymore. It's been more than ten years, and nothing can be changed after talking about it."
"I didn't intend to mention Prime Minister Wei's sadness. I hope you can forgive me."
"No problem, no problem, the past will be the past."
"That's probably what happened in the past. Your Majesty already knows the truth, and I have nothing to say. It's up to you whether to kill or cut into pieces."
"In any case, what happened to Lingshi's family has always been caused by Lao Chan, and Lao Chan doesn't want to make any excuses."
"If the prince wants to take action, I hope he can give me a happy life."
"I have another merciless request. There is a will in the desk that I have already prepared. After I die, I hope that the prince can take over it and hand it over to my two brothers."
"Although I am a villager now, I would like to ask the prince to allow me to die in a dignified manner because of the friendship between me and the prince who have been officials in the same dynasty for many years."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong's open-minded and indifferent old eyes, his arms trembled, he wanted to touch the hilt of the sword but he couldn't.
"These are Prime Minister Wei's last words?"
Wei Yong pondered for a while and looked at Liu Mingzhi calmly: "When a bird is about to die, its song is sad; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind!"
"I don't know whether I should say something or not, but I'm going to take the liberty to say it."
"My lord, it's time for you to find yourself a rival."
"One cannot be a loyal minister."
"If there are no treacherous ministers in the court, the prince will not be a loyal and good man."
"If there are no bad guys, the prince cannot be a good guy."
"If the prince wants to be a good person, he naturally needs a bad person to set him off. The prince's power is too great now. Without someone to weigh in, he is destined to not last long."
"If the prince has no opponent, your loyalty will only harm others and yourself in the end."
"It's easy to be a bad person, but it's very difficult to be a good person."
“Because a good man is not what he does, but what others say he is.”
"Only when others think you are a good person can you be a good person."
"And the most important part of this other person is His Majesty."
"This is what I have to say. Whether you listen or not is entirely up to the prince himself."
