When Xu Mingjin was released, she was still in a daze.

Bathed in the spring sunshine, he couldn't help stretching out his fingers to catch those golden rays of light, watching them jump like elves on his fingertips, with a dreamlike expression on his face.

So much so that he didn't listen to what the person next to him said.

There was only one thought circling in my mind: he was free!

——He has been imprisoned in that dark cell for too long, so long that even he himself does not know how long, so long that all the anger and resentment in his heart have been smoothed away.

When he was just imprisoned, he couldn't believe it and couldn't accept it. In the cold cell, he resented the ruthlessness of the Duke's Mansion, cursed the "Li Sanlang" who took everything away from him, and scolded the injustice of fate.Eyeless.

Every morning when he wakes up, he hopes that everything is just a nightmare last night. After waking up, he is still the high-profile son of Wei Guogong, with a high bed and soft pillow under the Duke's mansion, and a maidservant will come forward to serve him the next moment.He washes up.

But as far as he could see, there were only the dark and cold prison railings, the dark and damp walls, and the inmates next door snoring loudly.There are no high beds and soft pillows, no maids and servants, just a messy and smelly self-and this is the real reality.

At the beginning, he still had the strength to be angry, resentful, cursing, scolding, and even held a faint expectation.I hope that Wei Guogong and his wife just want to teach him a lesson and take him out after he has suffered enough.Looking forward to the day when they still have soft hearts, I suddenly remembered that I had raised my adopted son for more than ten years, even if it was just to make him live better in prison... But none of these, nothing at all.He was like an orphan without father and mother, completely forgotten.

As time goes by, the resentment and anger he once had gradually become numb, and he began to regret why he did so many petty actions. If he could do it all over again, he would have suppressed his unwillingness from the very beginning, and with "Li Sanlang" brotherYoudi Gong.

Xu Mingjin comforted himself that it was only one year, and he would be able to go out in a short time.At that time, he can go to the Duke's Mansion to sincerely admit his mistakes, move them with emotion, understand them with reason, and let them all know that he was just confused for a while.For so many years of father-son brotherhood, and the painstaking efforts that the Duke's Mansion has spent on him, they will not be forgotten by them.Even if they don't accept him anymore, reputation considerations shouldn't leave him alone.

Relying on these ideas that may be possible or unrealistic, and relying on the hope given to himself time and time again, he persevered in the dark cell, counting the days day by day, waiting for the day when he would be free.

But Xu Mingjin didn't wait for that day.

The one-year period has expired, and the prisoners who were arrested at the same time as him and sentenced to one-year imprisonment have all been released, but Xu Mingjin just moved from one cell to another, from the crowded Jingzhaoyin Prison toAnother cell that he doesn't even know about - there is no roommate next door who was once disgusted by him in every possible way.

The environment of the new cell is much cleaner and tidy than before. There are no cockroaches infesting everywhere, no inmates snoring loudly, and no jailers shouting and drinking... But such single room treatment did not make him happy, but made him feel happy.panic.

He tried to ask what happened, but no one answered his doubts, as if he was imprisoned on an isolated island.

The treatment is much better than before, but Xu Mingjin's heart is tortured.He felt like a piglet who was raised in a pigsty to be fattened and then slaughtered. Even though he ate and drank well every day, the fear in his heart grew day by day.

——All this is too abnormal, so abnormal that it frightens him.

When he was brought out just now, Xu Mingjin almost thought that he was going to be escorted out to the execution ground.

But now, the reality is quite different from his imagination.

Xu Mingjin looked at the servant in front of him who was announcing the decree in shock: "What did you just say? I am the son of the late emperor?!" Not only that, but also a fief granted by the current emperor?!

The servant could fully understand the shocked mood, but he didn't mean to explain too much. He just continued: "The imperial decree has been issued, and the King of Han is requested to take over immediately."

Xu Mingjin took the imperial decree in a daze, completely dumbfounded.

When he was still in a trance, the emperor's movements were quite neat. He had just been released from prison in the morning, and he packed up and sent him away in the afternoon, and even picked out a bunch of his subordinates.

Xu Mingjin, although he should be called Han Wanggao, but Xu Mingjin's familiar name seems to be more convenient to call - when Xu Mingjin finally woke up from the huge surprise, he was already sitting in the carriage heading to the fiefdom.

The freshly released Han Wang asked around, and finally understood what happened during the three years he was imprisoned.

On the day of the winter solstice three years ago, the eldest prince conspired to rebel and was imprisoned. Emperor Huiming abdicated and the third prince ascended the throne.

Six months after the new emperor ascended the throne, the Supreme Emperor died of illness.

Half a year after the death of the Supreme Emperor, it was also the first winter solstice banquet after the new emperor ascended the throne. The new emperor pardoned many crimes of treason, including the eldest prince who had been demoted to common people and the second prince who had been exiled.Choose the best among the kings, and become the king of the vassal, and assist the emperor in governing the world.

At the second Winter Solstice Banquet, several vassal kings were conferred, and several county kings were granted official positions in the court even though they did not obtain fiefdoms, and got rid of their embarrassing positions.

In addition, a large number of clan children were examined and appreciated by His Majesty, and they were assigned to do practical things according to their talents.

Who would have thought that the second prince who had been demoted as a commoner by the first emperor and exiled to the frontiers by the new emperor, who was pardoned by the new emperor and even named king of Wei, was ungrateful and plotted against him, so he was punished.

What the second prince did did not implicate the other clans, making them no longer trusted by the emperor. On the contrary, they also gained more reliance from the new emperor.wings.

In short, since the new emperor came to the throne, he has abolished the rule that the clan should not be an official or hold power.Enjoy court support.

After more than three years, except for the young clan children who are still studying, there is almost no one who eats and drinks for free.Even the playboys who don't cooperate have to come out to do things after being severely educated by their parents.

And the freshly baked Han Wang is probably the last clan that has reached the age of work but is still raised for nothing.

——Although his situation is special and would not be recognized under normal circumstances, the new emperor has recognized his royal blood.

This made Xu Mingjin ecstatic.

He didn't want to think, since the new emperor was magnanimous, why he was imprisoned for two years in vain and was only released until now, and he didn't want to know the complicated reasons why the new emperor named him king.He only knows that he is the son of the first emperor, and he has a more noble bloodline than the current emperor!

Sure enough, sure enough, he was never a lowly person!

What Duke Wei's mansion!What Duke Wei's son!He is a prince!He didn't blame the Xu family for delaying him for nothing!Otherwise, it is not impossible for him to sit on the throne!

During the time spent in the cell, Xu Mingjin was trembling all day long. Now, once he learned the truth of his life experience and was crowned king, all his fears turned into ecstasy.If he hadn't been rushed on the road before he could react, he would definitely have stayed in Shangjing to take a good look at the expressions of Xu's father and son.

Thinking of this, Xu Mingjin was very annoyed.

But he is not in a hurry. With his current status, he can take revenge on the Xu family at any time. Considering that it is not good to take personal revenge just after becoming the king of Han, it may affect the new emperor's perception of him.Although deep in his heart he felt that the new emperor had just picked up on his fault, Xu Mingjin decided to secure the position of King Han for the time being, and then find a way to take revenge...

The servants and ministers around him also persuaded him in the same way. As soon as he arrived in the fief, he began to actively offer advice and suggestions to help King Han govern the place.

Is this all carefully selected by Xindi?

Xu Mingjin was shocked, and felt a little vigilant in his heart.

He felt that it was better to cultivate his own people as soon as possible, so after arriving at the place, he worked hard to gather local talents, and strived to have his own small team besides these people.

Historically, there are always treacherous ministers around monarchs, and they always like to use treacherous ministers, of course, because treacherous ministers speak nicely and are understanding.In Xu Mingjin's team, such nice-talking talents gradually appeared, and there were more than one or two... When the team members who followed him persuaded him to be close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains, Xu Mingjin always felt that this was the emperor's people who wanted to deal with him.his confidant.

He was displeased in his heart, and every time he dealt with it perfunctorily, he turned around and chatted with that confidant who was understanding and nice-sounding.

So unknowingly, several months have passed, and it is the winter solstice of the year again.King Han was called to Beijing ahead of schedule to attend a palace banquet.

After the high-spirited Xu Mingjin returned to Shangjing, she was still thinking about how to take revenge on the Xu family.

He only knew that the Duke of Wei has no real power now, and most of them are rejected by the emperor. There is still a legend in the world that the son of the Duke of Wei met an immortal. A few years ago, the "Secrets of Shangjing" wrote swearingly, and even said that the Supreme Emperor died of an early illness because of heaven., is outrageous!

Xu Mingjin, who heard these statements, didn't believe them one hundred times—it's like the story of "After the Fake Prince's Life Experience Exposure" in "Shangjing Secrets", which has dozens of possibilities and has been talked about, butAs the person involved, doesn't he know if it's true or not?Then Li Sanlang knew that he had been raised in the countryside for many years, so he used this method to elevate himself, and even deceived the people of the world, which is also ridiculous.

For a moment, Xu Mingjin felt that everyone was drunk and I was sober.

But this time when he comes back, he not only wants to pierce the aura of the other party, but also severely "repay" the prison disaster that year.

On the day of the winter solstice, Xu Mingjin, who knew nothing about what was about to happen, stepped into the palace city of Shangjing in high spirits.

But those who greeted him were all the clan's children with nervous expressions, frowning, and even sighing.

Xu Mingjin's heart skipped a beat.

——Could this be the Hongmen Banquet set up by the emperor?

Before he could ask, the emperor himself had already appeared.

And this His Majesty actually had the same nervous expression on his face.Nervous yet full of anticipation, as if a candidate for the imperial examination is about to face the most rigorous examination in history, and this examination is related to his life's future.

The following Winter Solstice Banquet greatly opened Xu Mingjin's horizons. The first thing everyone did was to pray to gods and immortals.

And that immortal is the "Qiyun Lord" fabricated by Li Sanlang.

Xu Mingjin didn't want to cooperate, but had to follow the crowd.Just after he reluctantly bowed down and bowed down, large swaths of shadows descended from the sky, and his eyes suddenly became pitch black.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain seemed to spread from the bone marrow, burning his soul like a raging fire.

He rolled and screamed on the ground, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few clan disciples who were rolling like him, and more people just stood there, sweating profusely, their bodies trembling, and everyone was burning.Ominous black fire.Everything in front of me seemed to be burning in the flames.

— Even His Majesty the Emperor is no exception.

Xu Mingjin looked at this scene incomprehensibly.

Just like he couldn't understand where the flames on his body came from.

When he was delirious from being burned, Xu Mingjin finally remembered the "Secrets of Shangjing" that he had left behind-could there really be divine punishment in this world?

He desperately remembered the messy words in his mind.

...The Supreme Emperor was tortured by the heavens for half a year, and passed away...The new emperor was terrified, and devoted himself to governing the country...

But more content, he can't think of it.

When this special winter solstice banquet ended, everyone seemed to have experienced a torture, especially Xu Mingjin.

He finally asked the truth from the mouths of other clan children.

The flame formed by the world's resentment is the so-called "Heavenly Scourge", which was originally concentrated on the Supreme Emperor alone. On the day the new emperor ascended the throne, half of it was distributed to the new emperor.

After the former lost power, he was trapped in the palace, burned by flames every day, and heard the wailing voices of countless people in his ears, and finally died in torture.After the new emperor came to power, he worked hard every day to govern the country, and the symptoms were alleviated.

This divine punishment is firmly locked on the emperor like a curse. Once he indulges in fun and enjoyment, he will burn out his mind. Once he works hard and contributes to the governance of the country, it will be greatly relieved.

As the flames of divine punishment left by the Supreme Emperor gradually faded away, the new emperor thought that the sky was high, but with the arrival of the winter solstice in the first year of his enthronement, the resentment of the world boiled again, and this time it was aimed at the emperor himselfup!

Only then did the emperor learn from the ghost through Xu Mingjue that this day's dispatch has become a rule of once a year.

It is simply an audit of the emperor's governance of the country this year.

However, when the first emperor was in power, he only cared about himself and left a big mess.Corrupt officials are rampant, civil uprisings are endless, the people of the world are in dire straits, and public grievances are everywhere. No matter how hard the emperor himself works, it will take at least ten years to repair the corrupted country of the Supreme Emperor, right?

——This day's dispatch does not look at whether the emperor has worked hard to govern the world. It looks at the final result, not the process.

As long as the country corrupted by the Supreme Emperor is not repaired for a day, it means that the emperor has not done a good job for a day, and the scourge of heaven will not disappear for a day.

Is it necessary for him to be condemned by heaven for ten years in order to make up for the late emperor's mistakes?

The emperor had an idea and decided to find someone else to share the burden.

The first thing he focused on was the minister, and after the experiment, he found that it was not working, and then he focused on the clan, and found that it was actually feasible.

——If the world is a company, the ministers are just laborers who get their salaries from the emperor, and the children of the clan are the shareholders who pay dividends.The emperor is supported by the people of the world and holds supreme authority, so the emperor is responsible for the unrest in the world.The children of the clan are also supported, but they have no authority.

The emperor who had an idea began to think about letting the clan's children also come out to work, which is equivalent to distributing the power in his hands to them.Then he was surprised to find that they could help take the blame.

In this way, more and more children of the clan who were free to eat and drink were picked up by the emperor to help him share the responsibility.So on another winter solstice day, they also enjoyed the treatment of God's punishment, and couldn't help but crazily insulted the two successive Majesties in their hearts!

But they still dare not quit.

——The King Wei who was killed is a lesson from the past.

——Does anyone really think that King Wei was killed because of rebellion?Of course it was because he refused to take the blame for the emperor!

And under such circumstances, have they thought about simply uniting against the emperor and then ascending the throne themselves?

The idea of uniting against the emperor exists every day, and every night they dream of scolding the wronged emperor.

But I really don't have the idea of being in charge.

It's just that it's so miserable to share a part of the scourge. If you sit in the position of the emperor, isn't that taking the initiative to seek guilt?

They can't rebel or go on strike, they can only insult the emperor in their hearts every day, and then work honestly.

——I just hope that the late emperor's mess can be cleaned up as soon as possible, so that don't have to live a life of being condemned by God every year.

These people are so humbled to fantasize.

After learning the truth, Xu Mingjin finally realized.

Why did he, an illegitimate son of unknown origin, be recognized by the royal family, and even be crowned king, instead of being imprisoned for a lifetime, because the emperor is in urgent need of workers!

——The crimes he suffered today were all caused by the water in his head when he credulously believed in the emperor and treacherous ministers!

Xu Mingjin couldn't understand.

This country is the country of the Gao family, with the most noble blood in the whole world, shouldn't it be a matter of course to enjoy the support of the people in the world?

However, the cruel reality told him that the destiny of the children of the royal family is to work hard to govern the world, there is no room for pleasure, and if they fail to do so, they will be punished by heaven.

It's better to be a commoner!

This cruel fact almost made him depressed.

But he didn't even have time to be depressed, so he was driven back to the fief and continued to be a worker under the emperor.

A few years later, under the multiple spurs of the emperor and Tianzhu, Xu Mingjin, who had turned gray at a young age, took her last breath on the sickbed and died young.

Before dying, he was full of unwillingness, and left his last words: "...May I not be born in the emperor's house in the next life."

... This royal blood, don't worry about it!

The many cousins who surrounded him couldn't help but shed tears of empathy.Then, looking at Xu Mingjin who had lost his life on the sick bed, they beat their chests and sighed: "King Han never left behind a son and a half daughter!"

——This is the loss of a worker but no replacement!Doesn't that mean they have to share more?

——No, will have a few more children when go back, and the grown-ups at home should also be taken out to work!

work to earn a living!Go and work for the world!

Thousands of years later.

"... If we want to talk about the era with the most famous officials and the most virtuous monarchs in history, the first is the reign of Emperor Mingzong of the Great Qi."What reason?"

"I know I know!"

The students in the audience raised their hands actively one by one.

"...Because Mingzong crazily cleaned up corrupt officials, he excavated and promoted many famous and virtuous officials, including Chu Jizhou who later became the prime minister and presided over the reform."

"It won't work if we don't clean up the corrupt officials. They have squeezed the people hard. The emperor is the one who is condemned by heaven. Can the emperor not kill them? If the corrupt officials are cleared away, there will be more positions to be vacated. Of course, they must be handed over."For capable and upright officials, so capable ministers will emerge in large numbers at that time!"

"Not only are capable ministers coming out in large numbers, but they are also madly introverted."

"No way, whoever let the previous Emperor Ling left them a country riddled with holes, even if it was for themselves, they had to try their best to repair it. The emperor after them is much better, and there are not so many needsFor repairing, as long as it can be done conservatively, the difficulty will be greatly reduced."

Until the end of class, everyone was still discussing enthusiastically.

"Speaking of Emperor Ling, in fact, compared to many ruined kings in history, he is quite good, but he was given such a posthumous title and scolded by his descendants for nearly a thousand years. All dynasties have used him as a negative example to educate their descendants."

"After all, everyone felt that if he hadn't done a bad job, he wouldn't have provoked immortals to come down to punish the emperor. That's what the so-called "Heavenly punishment begins with the Spirit Emperor".Mingzong set such an evil plan for him, and no one in the court objected. This is a blatant vent of resentment!Don't explain Zong, I guess none of the clan's children at that time didn't hate him."

"Hahaha, it's like my father died and left a pile of debts. Not only the heirs have to pay the debts, but even the distant relatives have to pay the debts. Who can not complain?"

"...The design of the rules of this scourge is too ingenious. I don't know whether it was intentional by Mr. Qiyun, or it was formed by a coincidence. All in all, whether the people's life is good or not depends on whether the emperor will be condemned by the sky.Whether the officials are living a good life, and the officials can decide whether the people are living well, this is a perfect self-contained cycle."

"Yes, under such circumstances, capable officials will definitely be appreciated, and corrupt officials will not be able to get along at all!"

"Hey! Having said so much, in fact, it is a simple sentence. The life of the people in the world is closely related to the life of the emperor. No matter how incompetent the monarch can inspire his potential!"

"Not to mention, the emperors of the past dynasties were quite resourceful. In order to escape the scourge, they conducted countless trials, and all kinds of little clever ghosts took turns to fight. Talented netizens have already summed up "108 ways to escape the scourge".You can only govern the country honestly, it makes me laugh."

"In short, Qiyun-jun yyds!"