Chapter 444 Mission 043

Emperor Taiping was already fifty-eight this year, but he still looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. He looked at his appearance in the mirror and sighed.

The confidant next to him asked with concern: "Why is Your Majesty sighing?"

Emperor Taiping said: "When the Holy Emperor was more than five hundred years old, he looked like a twenty-year-old boy. Why do I age so fast? Is it true that I have lost my moral character?"

The confidant said with relief: "Your Majesty is only thirty years old now. Even though he is not as good as the Holy Emperor, he is still a wise king. As long as Your Majesty continues to work for the welfare of the people, he will surely gain merit and become an immortal like the Holy Emperor." ”

These words reached the bottom of Emperor Taiping's heart, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

Emperor Taiping recalled that more than 20 years ago, he and ninety-nine other royal children were called into the palace by the Holy Emperor. He felt uneasy and uneasy. He never thought that he, a descendant of the royal family, would have a great opportunity to be captured by the Holy Emperor at that time. Established as Crown Prince.

The pie falling from the sky happened to fall into his mouth, and he remembered that he was so happy that he almost fainted.

Later, when someone jealously said how the Holy Emperor would be willing to delegate power to him when he was so strong, he actually believed it, but at that time he knew that he was no match for the Holy Emperor who had ruled the world for more than five hundred years. , so it is not advisable to fight for power and gain, and the most important thing is to keep oneself in peace. He was appointed as the prince by the Holy Emperor, and he will be able to touch power sooner or later.

And everything was as he expected. After the Holy Emperor inspected him for a period of time, he sent him to join the Six Ministries to control the actual power. After he gradually gained a foothold and grasped the power, he took the initiative to abdicate in favor of him.

And the Holy Emperor who became the Supreme Emperor did not control him as he thought. Instead, he helped him sit in the palace and help him deal with the royal family elders who relied on their elders and disobeyed the emperor's orders. After he firmly took the throne, the Holy Emperor completely Let go and ascend to immortality.

Emperor Taiping now felt ashamed when he recalled his speculation about the Holy Emperor's greed for power.

Obviously the Holy Emperor is such a selfless person!

I only regret that I was restrained by those unnecessary speculations and delayed the transfer of power, so that the Holy Emperor had to postpone the time of becoming an immortal.

Emperor Taiping was filled with emotion as he recalled the private words he had with the Holy Emperor that night before his ascension.

He still remembered that night more than twenty years ago, when he was still excited in the imperial study room that he had mastered all the imperial power, the Holy Emperor, who had transferred the power to him, suddenly appeared in his imperial study room and asked everyone Everyone withdrew to talk to him privately.

At that time, the Holy Emperor said: "Do you know the reason why I have lived for so many years?"

He replied: "I don't know."

Seeing that the Holy Emperor wanted to tell him the secret of immortality and immortality, he was so excited that he couldn't control his emotions.

The Holy Emperor said: "That's because I promoted reforms, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and made Daqian prosperous and glorious. This is a meritorious service in governing the world, and God will reward me with a long life. When I no longer want to be an emperor, and my merits are complete, I can Go to heaven and become a god.”

His heart surged when he heard it, he was immortal! Be a god! What a merit that would be!

He was born after the reform in Daqian, and he had only heard a few words about life before the reform from older elders. It is said that before the reform in Daqian there were no electric lights, and you had to travel by horse-drawn carriage and ox-cart, which was only reserved for high-ranking officials. Yes, ordinary people could only walk on foot. Even at that time, people starved to death under the feet of the emperor in the capital. Unlike now, buses are common and railways are spread all over the country. As long as they are willing to endure hardship, everyone can have enough to eat.

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Even if Emperor Taiping could not see with his own eyes the situation of the Daqian Dynasty before the reform, it can be seen from the word of mouth of the elders and historical records how much credit the Holy Emperor played in promoting the reform.

He silently made up his mind to be a wise king. Even if he couldn't catch up with the Holy Emperor, he would still live for decades. In the future, he could go to heaven and become a little god. If the Holy Emperor went to heaven to run his team first, he would have the chance to go there again. A ready-made backer!

Emperor Taiping was delighted.

But the Holy Emperor told him: "However, extending one's life is changing one's destiny against the will of heaven, and one must have great merit. Now that I have promoted reforms, you will not get much credit no matter what you do, so I leave you a This technique can integrate your merits into your body and extend your life. Remember, this technique must not be passed on to anyone except the next emperor!"

He reached over excitedly, only to see the Holy Emperor tap his forehead with a finger, and then there was an article in his mind that could only be understood but not explained, and it also told him how to pass it on to the next generation.

When he was still thinking about how to obtain more merits, the Holy Emperor said again: "It is easy to obtain these merits. You only need to keep your integrity and be a wise king, so that the officials in the world can govern the world and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. The merits of governing the world will be enough for you to prolong your life." . But if you govern the world improperly, your merits will be reversed, and your life will be short-lived and you will suffer in the eighteenth level of hell."

Emperor Cheng'an became more determined to be a wise king.

So every time he encountered a case of corrupt officials later, when he was concerned about other factors and wanted to treat them lightly, he would always think of the private words the Holy Emperor had with him before he ascended to immortality, and then he would ruthlessly treat those big officials regardless of other people's pleas. All dry borers were dealt with.

After dealing with those moths, whether it was his illusion or not, he always felt that his image was taller and his merits were more dazzling.

No matter what, he is still a human being, and he does not have the terrible means of the Holy Emperor to know everything, so there are also cases of injustice and false cases.

He loves face, and when he wants to put an end to the injustice and false cases for his own face, he can't help but think of the words of the Holy Emperor before he ascended.

If he does not help these innocent people to redress, will his merits be deducted? That would be his life!

After thinking about it, Emperor Chengping still felt that his life and peace after death were more important than face, so after finding out the truth, he decisively issued a self-blame edict, admitting that he had caused the injustice and false cases, and tried his best to make up for the losses of the victims.

What surprised him was that his self-blame edict not only did not lose his face and reduce his prestige, but instead made his reputation among the people rise to a higher level.

Originally, as the successor of the Holy Emperor, Emperor Chengping had always lived under the prestige of the Holy Emperor. When others mentioned him, they would always say "It's far worse than the Holy Emperor" and then end with "It would be great if the Holy Emperor was still alive."

Now that he has frankly admitted his mistakes, his reputation among the people has improved a lot, and has become "although he is far inferior to the Holy Emperor, he is also far superior to others."

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Emperor Chengping also has respect for the Holy Emperor, so the people still think that he is not as good as the Holy Emperor. He is not angry at all, but feels that it is reasonable. Instead, the people praise him for being far superior to others. This is already a great compliment, proving that his reputation among the people is second only to the Holy Emperor.

As time passed slowly, he has been carefully following the pace of reform left by the Holy Emperor, vigorously developing the level of science and technology, improving people's living conditions, protecting the rights of vulnerable groups such as the disabled, the elderly and the young, and conscientiously doing a good job as a wise ruler every day.

And he did not relax the training of the next generation of heirs.

Because he could not obtain the supreme merits like the Holy Emperor and live a long life, so being able to live for more than a hundred years is a merit in governing the world.

He chose the person to select the heir from his young son and grandson.

Seeing that Emperor Chengping was also expected to live a long life, the older princes all learned from the lessons of the two princes of the Holy Emperor and began to train their own descendants, hoping that their descendants could sit on the throne.

Emperor Chengping's eldest son was an extremely outstanding prince. If Emperor Chengping had not seen that he had a long life and he would not have lived longer than his father, the position of crown prince would definitely be his.

Emperor Chengping's eldest son also knew that he had no hope, so he wanted to give birth to a legitimate grandson and train him well, so that he could be the emperor in the future.

Emperor Chengping's eldest son and his wife worked hard for many years before giving birth to a legitimate grandson. At this time, Emperor Chengping was already seventy years old, but he was still strong and looked no different from a man in his forties.

The eldest son, who was in his fifties, felt that his legitimate son came at the right time. He taught his skills to his legitimate son very attentively, and invited countless industry leaders to be his legitimate son's teachers. He worked hard and finally succeeded in getting him into the eyes of Emperor Chengping when he was in his teens.

From the perspective of etiquette, this child is the only legitimate son of Emperor Chengping's eldest son. Other legitimate princes and the queen have no legitimate sons, and the princes who have legitimate sons with the queen are not legitimate sons of the empress, so this legitimate son of Emperor Chengping's eldest son is really the only legitimate grandson of Emperor Chengping.

In terms of etiquette, this child has taken advantage of the inheritance rights. In terms of ability, he did not disappoint his father's expectations. He was extremely smart and was favored by Emperor Chengping. Later, he was appointed as the crown prince, surpassing his father.

Emperor Chengping died at the age of 110, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne at the age of 40, which was in his prime. Unfortunately, his father who wanted to be the emperor did not live longer than Emperor Chengping and was only posthumously named.

Emperor Chengping met the crown prince alone before his death, and no one knows what the grandfather and grandson said.

But according to historical records, starting from the Holy Emperor, every emperor after him was a diligent and wise ruler. It was not until the 17th emperor after the Holy Emperor was assassinated and died suddenly that the Dagan Dynasty fell into chaos. There were also many mediocre and incompetent emperors after him.

The last incompetent emperor angered the heavens and the people, and was overthrown by the people and replaced by a puppet emperor. Since then, the era of the emperor holding power alone ended, and the era of the cabinet ruling the country began...