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.
This kind of power of life and death is in your hands. How does it feel to write a pen to decide life and death?
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 to 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 looking at Liu Mingzhi sitting there and tasting the tea slowly, 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 empty. 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 the pen down, 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 I'er raising 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 in the Ten Kings Palace in the coming year.
Let's go sit in the royal study and I have something to tell you."
Reason? Why did you give 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 said softly to his nephew.
"Just listen to uncle and 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: "Lao Si, 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 and 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 look on his face.
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 the old place of my childhood, 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 case. Li Yunping glanced at Liu Mingzhi who was bending over the dragon case 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 child, 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 Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Clan Government. There is nothing more needed.
My younger brother stays at home most of the time, accompanying his wife and children to the Imperial Manor outside the city, where he works at sunrise and rests at sunset. The days are leisurely and unrestrained, and he does not have to worry about anything.
Compared to the past, it is many times better.
Compared to the imperial court, it feels like a fairy in the world.
Today, what I dreamed of back then has finally come true, so what else do you want?"
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 matters involving eldest brother, third brother, Ye'er, Tao'er, and brother Wei have given you a big blow!"
"Brother, 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 has passed, let it 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 back then that you helped him realize an 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. It is certain that I will not deny it.
But I sincerely admire you.
Sincerely admire.
Believe me, if you and I are lucky enough to meet our 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 my son-in-law, are more like him than any of our brothers and sisters.
It's becoming more and more similar.
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 your father in this regard.
No one can make mistakes without being a sage, but if you know your mistakes, you can improve a lot.
What is in the past, let it be.
Besides, it only adds to the sadness and does not bring any benefit at all.”
Liu Mingzhi looked at the calm-looking Li Yunping with sour eyes, slowly stood up and raised the teacup in his hand with a chuckle.
“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 out of respect."
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 house. 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, it is better for you to compile a unique book, a cultural treasure, and pass it on to future generations at the same time.
Fourth son, if you compile this "Great Dragon Ceremony", its achievements will be no less than the great achievements of unifying the world and opening up new territories!"
"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 according to the truth."
Li Yunping looked at Liu Mingzhi's serious expression and still hesitated while stroking the document in his hand.
"Can you please allow me some time to think about it?"
"Of course, you can think about it for as long as you want."