Li Tao stared blankly at his uncle Liu Mingzhi's unusually calm eyes staring at him, and for a moment he didn't realize what his uncle meant by this sentence.
How does it feel to have the power of life and death in your hands, to decide life and death with a pen?
This sentence doesn't seem to have much to do with me, okay?
The rights you gave to the Ten Kings Palace are only the right to approve memorials, not the right to act expediently.
The person who makes the final decision is you, the current emperor!
To say that the power of life and death is in your hands, and you can decide life and death with a pen, who else has this right except you, the current emperor?
You know what it feels like better than anyone, so there’s no need to ask me.
At first, Li Tao was a little confused by his uncle's questions and didn't understand why.
But seeing Liu Mingzhi sitting there and tasting the tea leisurely, Li Tao gradually calmed down and thought over and over about the meaning of his uncle's words.
After a while, the tea in Liu Mingzhi's hand was almost bottomed out. Li Tao's brows raised Yingwu, and his eyes revealed a look of sudden enlightenment.
"I was a little excited at first, but when I put down the ink pen, I felt a little uncomfortable. I always felt depressed and panicked.
It seems that these twenty-odd prisoners were not punished to death because they committed the Dalong Law, but because of the one stroke of the child that made them wait to be beheaded to death by Qiu Houwen.
This feels like...like...like..."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Li Tao hesitantly and put down the teacup in his hand.
"Like what? Say it boldly."
Li Tao clenched his fists tightly and trembled: "It's just like how I felt when I watched the soldiers who followed Ha'er raise troops in Zhaodi die one by one.
Congested, a kind of chest tightness feeling like someone who didn't deserve to die but died because of it. "
Liu Mingzhi's eyes flashed with relief inadvertently, and he stood up and walked out of the hall.
Li Yunping's uncle and nephew didn't know what was going on, so they had no choice but to get up and follow him.
"Tao'er, if you have this kind of consciousness, you finally gave me a reason for my uncle!
After your rest, please do your best to be on duty at the Ten Kings Palace in the coming year.
Let's go sit in the royal study and I have something to tell you. "
reason? What gives yourself a reason?
Li Tao looked at Liu Mingzhi's back and was confused, so he had to look at his fourth uncle Li Yunping with questioning eyes.
Li Yunping glanced at Liu Mingzhi's back with a complicated expression, shook his head silently and whispered to his nephew.
"Listen to uncle and just be on duty!"
"Oh, I understand, Fourth Uncle."
In the Imperial Study Room, Liu Mingzhi walked towards Long An and pointed to a few chairs beside him: "Fourth, Tao'er, take a seat."
"Thank you...brother-in-law."
"Thank you, uncle!"
Xiao Chengzi, who had already brought the documents to the imperial study room, hurriedly welcomed him as a gift.
"See Your Majesty."
"See King Jing, King Zhao."
"No gifts, let's watch tea."
"yes."
Li Yunping looked at Liu Mingzhi's accustomed behavior and silently looked at the imperial study room, which he had not set foot in for more than three years, with a sighing expression.
When my father was in power, he liked to call some of his brothers to come here to study the teachings after approving the memorials.
The vivid scene seemed like it happened yesterday.
Several years have passed in a hurry, and now I have returned to my childhood place, but things have changed.
Unknowingly, it has been almost seven years since my father passed away.
There is only one autumn in the life, and there are only seven years in a person's life to live!
His eyes finally settled on the portrait of his father above the incense table. Li Yunping glanced at Liu Mingzhi who was bending over the dragon table to search for something, then stood up and walked towards the incense case.
He knew Liu Mingzhi fairly well and knew that he wouldn't mind offering incense to his father without asking.
When Li Tao saw his fourth uncle's actions, he immediately reacted and got up and followed him.
The uncle and nephew each picked up three sticks of high-quality incense, lit it against the candle, lit the incense in order of elder and younger, and paid homage to Li Zheng's portrait.
After they got up, they saw Liu Mingzhi holding a document in his hand and looking at Li Zheng's portrait in a daze.
"Brother-in-law, I see you are busy, so I didn't bother you."
"It doesn't matter. My son is worshiping his father. What can my brother-in-law say? Just keep sitting."
"good."
Liu Mingzhi put down the paperwork in his hand and picked up the tea that Xiao Chengzi had already sent.
"Fourth, since my brother-in-law became emperor, you have only been in court a handful of times. How are you spending your time in the palace? Is there anything else you need?"
"Brother-in-law Youlao is worried. All expenses of the palace are allocated by the Internal Affairs Office and the Clan Government. There is nothing more needed.
The younger brother stays at the house most of the time, accompanying his wife and children to the Imperial Manor outside the city. He works at sunrise and rests at sunset. The days are leisurely and unrestrained, and he does not have to worry about anything.
Compared with the past, it is far better than many times.
Compared with the imperial court, it feels like a fairy in the world.
In today's day, what I dreamed of back then has finally come true. What more can I ask for! "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Li Yunping's unpretentious and carefree posture, nodded with a wry smile, and gently moved the tea lid.
"It seems that the eldest brother, third brother, Ye'er, Tao'er, and brother's affairs have given you a big blow!"
“Brother Chen, to be honest, all the things that happened between you really gave me a big blow. At the beginning, I was so confused that I felt hesitant.
But time is a good thing! It can erase all unpleasant and unhappy things.
After so many years, I have already let go.
Maybe some things are really destined by God! Now that it's over, let him disappear.
If my father is still alive in heaven, he will definitely be very happy to see that the goal he has been working hard for his whole life has finally been achieved.
Maybe he will curse you for some of your subsequent actions, but if he sees my dragon prospering to such an extent, he will definitely smile.
Because although the big dragon is no longer the big dragon, it is still the same big dragon.
My father often lamented in those days that you helped him realize his unattainable dream that he might not be able to realize in his lifetime.
Not only did he realize his dream of unifying the world, but he also weaved a sweeter dream for Dalong.
Open up the territory and expand the territory, and reach all over the world.
Brother-in-law, what you have done makes me feel a little bit unhappy with you for sure, and I will not deny it.
But I sincerely admire you.
Sincerely admire.
Believe me, if you and I are lucky enough to meet my father a hundred years from now.
He will definitely kick you a few times and scold you, but he will not really blame you in his heart.
Because you, as a son-in-law, are more like him than any of our brothers and sisters.
It looks more and more like it.
I think you already know a lot about why my father obtained the throne.
He devoted his life to covering up his mistakes.
Be diligent and love the people.
I hope you can be like my father in this regard.
No one can make mistakes without being a sage, but if you know your mistakes, you can improve a lot.
Let the past happen.
Again, it does nothing but add to the sadness. "
Liu Mingzhi looked at the calm-looking Li Yunping with sour eyes, stood up slowly, chuckled and raised the tea cup in his hand.
“One word like this is worth a thousand words.
I'll give you a cup of tea instead of wine, brother. "
"My dear brother, please do it first as a courtesy."
The two of them exhaled with relief and threw the teacups in their hands heavily on the table.
Liu Mingzhi picked up the document he had just found and handed it to Li Yunping.
"You are idle in the mansion. How about I find something for you to do? Let's take a look at the contents of the document first!"
Li Yunping took the document handed over by Liu Mingzhi with a confused expression and silently looked through it.
After a long time, Li Yunping closed the documents and looked at Young Master Liu in surprise: "You want me to lead someone to compile the "Grand Dragon Ceremony"?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, sat on the dragon chair and took a breath.
"Brother, I hope you can lead the waiting officials of the Hanlin Academy and compile a unique classic. The cultural treasures will be passed down to future generations. The name will be called "The Great Dragon Ceremony""
Li Yunping opened the document and looked at it a few times, then looked at Liu Mingzhi hesitantly.
“Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present day, hundreds of classics on astronomy and geography, Qi Men Dun Jia, celebrity biographies, medicine and pharmacology, farming and water conservancy, and weapons atlases... have been compiled into books.
This is no small article. "
"You are also idle when you are idle, and the candidate officials of the Hanlin Academy are also repairing books.
In this case, why not edit your books while compiling a unique book, a cultural treasure, to be passed down to future generations.
Fourth son, if you compile this "Great Dragon Ceremony", your achievements will be no less than the great achievement of unifying the world and the great cause of opening up and expanding the territory! "
"Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"
"reality.
All content must be compiled based on historical facts.
There are historical facts that can be tested and documented. "
"Real? Then if you, the emperor, are compiled..."
"Isn't it just an insult for rebellion? I made it up based on the truth."
Li Yunping looked at Liu Mingzhi's serious expression and still hesitated while stroking the document in his hand.
"Can you allow Brother Chen to think about it for a while?"
"Of course, you can think about it for as long as you want."
