When Li Ke asked people to take things out, these ministers looked at the constantly swinging pendulum, as well as the twelve numbers on the dial, and the five points between each number, while a pointer swings with the pendulum below. Once, I walked through exactly one square.
"So, I'm here to tell you the time today! Although we have always had watchmen and hourglasses, hourglasses are not that accurate after all, and we have no way to accurately determine the time every day. Now these clocks represent time , which allows everyone to use their time more accurately, and naturally the work efficiency of the Tang Dynasty will also be greatly improved."
"You can see that there are twelve scales on it. Each scale represents an hour, and a whole day is exactly twenty-four hours, which means that the shortest hour hand makes two revolutions."
"In this way, our daily work can be very accurate, and some work will not be delayed. And everyone's daily commuting time can also be very accurate. In addition, for the health of the court officials, I decided to use the Imperial Palace of the Tang Dynasty As a trust, everyone’s meals will be changed to two meals, that is, on non-meeting days, when everyone comes to the Yamen to work, breakfast and lunch will be provided.”
"According to Sun Zhenren, all the ministers are quite young. It is better for your health to have a little breakfast in the morning, but working hungry is not a good choice." Li Ke said seriously.
"Thank you, Your Highness." All the ministers immediately saluted one after another. Although they were all experienced people, they would not shed tears of gratitude for this small favor, but they must have done enough on the surface, and Li Ke's behavior was indeed disappointing. They felt a touch of warmth, and His Highness really cared about them.
"You're welcome, I prepared one of these pendulum clocks for each yamen. For my father's Liangyi Hall and Taiji Hall, I specially prepared better materials." Li Ke said with a smile, "Other than that , I also wrote a pair of couplet plaques for each of your yamen, and I decided to arrange them for you all."
couplet? Everyone was a little confused. The yamen had posted couplets during the Chinese New Year, but what kind of couplets were arranged at this time?
But since His Highness said it, they definitely couldn't say no. They could only want to see what Li Ke wrote.
Soon, Li Ke asked someone to bring a wooden couplet, then nailed the two sides of the Zhongshu Province gate, and then hung the plaque.
After the plaque was hung, Li Ke personally took off the two pieces of red silk cloth on the plaque.
When the two pieces of red silk were taken off, everyone was shocked to see what was on them.
This...why does it look so familiar? Wen Yanbo was completely stunned.
There are two lines of words written on it, the first couplet: The spring night is short and the sun is rising. Second line: From now on, the king will not go to court early.
This... this... this... wasn't this what His Highness posted directly on Tai Chi Hall during the Chinese New Year last year? What does this mean? It was posted directly to them.
Wen Yanbo's people were dumbfounded, and the other ministers were almost the same, but Wei Zheng over there just couldn't bear it anymore.
Your Highness, although I, Old Wei, do support you, and you are indeed great at many things, I, Old Wei, really can't stand it anymore. Aren't you mocking me? What do you mean? ! You think I, the servant, can’t hold a knife, right? Or is it that I, the servant, dote on you too much? Is it too much for you, Your Highness?
"Your Highness!" Wei Zheng stood up and said loudly.
As soon as Wei Zheng stood up, the surrounding ministers immediately breathed a sigh of relief. I said you should have come out a long time ago. Look, look, is His Highness doing more and more outrageous things?
Why is His Highness getting more and more outrageous?
This is not what you Wei Zheng raised... Oh, this is not what you Wei Zheng was accustomed to? !
It's time for you to stand up and spray His Highness.
Why did you spray His Majesty before? Why are you so patient with His Highness? Where is your confidence?
Everyone had different expressions, especially Wen Yanbo who looked at Wei Zheng expectantly.
Then before Wei Zheng could say anything else, Li Ke smiled and said, "Zheng Guogong, you also agree with me, right?"
ah? Wei Zheng was dumbfounded. He looked at Li Ke in disbelief. Your Highness, are you provoking me? You are already like this. Tell me, I agree with you? Don’t you take Wei Zheng seriously? Or do you think the servants in our province are all a bunch of losers? Don't you complain about this kind of thing?
Seeing Wei Zheng's unbelievable expression, Li Ke smiled and said: "Zheng Guogong, do you think I guessed your thoughts correctly? In fact, I can understand your mood, but there is no need to praise, it seems that you have seen through it. What I really think."
Wei Zheng: "???"
Real thoughts? He originally wanted to complain, but after hearing these four words, Wei Zheng didn't know why he thought of Li Tai who was supervising the country more than a year ago. He said that His Highness the King of Qin built an extremely outrageous Qin Wangzhuang, and then he came to the door. situation.
At that time, he really didn't see through His Highness King Qin's true thoughts. He thought His Highness King Qin was just for enjoyment. As it turned out, it turned out that His Highness King Qin had the people in his heart. Now His Highness said this again...could it be...something? Didn't I figure it out?
"Um...your highness, tell me?" Wei Zheng asked tentatively.
All the ministers: "????"
No, Wei Zheng, you have left Dapu, do you know? That's it. Do you still want His Highness to say something? what are you thinking? ! You are too outrageous! Wei Zheng, you have changed!
"Actually, it's nothing, this is what I expect from you!" Li Ke said with emotion.
Everyone: "?"
Expectations? Are you right?
"This is a spur, an encouragement, and an expectation for you! Why do I say this? It seems to make the king not do his job properly, but have you ever thought about why the king doesn't go to court early, and if the king doesn't go to court early, the country will not Chaos, what’s the reason?”
"Of course it's because of you, the unprecedentedly outstanding ministers! I hope that one day in the Tang Dynasty, even if my father doesn't go to court for a year, you will be able to handle state affairs perfectly, and the entire country will be able to operate only Well, this is the greatest responsibility to the country! Isn't this the highest encouragement to you?!" Li Ke said with a "sentimental" look on his face.
Everyone was stunned.
Wei Zheng was also stunned.
There seems to be nothing wrong with this? ! Three provinces and six ministries can handle the political affairs of a country without even using a king. Isn't this the greatest encouragement and expectation for ministers like them? ! This... many people have thought of the statement that was circulated before, saying... His Highness seems to be interested in asking His Majesty to give them more rights? !
Is it true? ! Everyone's mood changed suddenly when they saw this couplet.
It turns out that this is the greatest expectation and encouragement from His Highness and His Majesty to them!
