Da Tang: Father, can I resign?

Chapter 416 What is "King and Father"?
His Majesty suddenly slammed the table in anger, shocking everyone in the room and making all the ministers panic-stricken.

Li Daozon, Hou Junji, and other colleagues who knew Liu Li's little trick looked at him with some schadenfreude and some resentment.

You are so smart, but you caused such a disaster. It would be fine if you were punished, but if you cause trouble to innocent people and force everyone to eat chicken breast stewed with cod liver oil, let's see how you end up!

Liu Li's face turned pale and he was filled with remorse. He even secretly hid the overturned salt jar and oil bottle in his sleeve pockets.

In the tense atmosphere, the ministers were waiting for the young emperor to lose his temper.

His Majesty Li Ming remained silent, but after a moment, tears began to flow.

Now the ministers were really shocked and panicked:
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?!"

Why are you crying for no reason?

"His Majesty!"

As the emperor's teacher, a member of the royal family, and a distant uncle, Li Daozon was closer to Li Ming than any other minister, and was able to go straight forward and serve His Majesty.

At the same time, he did not forget to quietly turn around and glared fiercely at Mr. Liu in the audience:
You are smart, but you are troublesome!

The unfortunate brother Liu Li was so frightened that his face turned pale, his lips were extremely white, and his expression was a little dazed.

He regretted it so much, even more than when he had chosen the wrong side and stood on the side of Wei Wang Li Tai.

How could I be so naughty as to dare to do such a thing in front of His Majesty!
Now I'm in trouble! Not only will I be in trouble, but I might even be in trouble with my entire clan...

"Your Majesty, are you... feeling unwell?"

Li Daozon stepped forward worriedly.

Unexpectedly, Li Ming secretly stretched out his little hand from his dragon robe and hit the numb spot on Li Hukou's mouth hard.

A sour and painful feeling ran through Li Daozon's body, but he dared not cry out, nor did he dare to slap the little pig's hoof away.

I could only endure it silently, and suddenly burst into tears.

Yes, cry with me... Li Ming smiled with a look of success, then smoothed his lips and choked with infinite resentment:
"I am young, and you, my dear friends, are older. You were not yet born when I was born, and you were old when I was born.

"I hate that I was born late, so I want to stay with you for a while longer, like a family, and eat more meals together, one less meal...

"But, since you think it's troublesome to have dinner with me and that my food is unpalatable, then..."

Strategic pause, strategic inhale, strategic sob:

"I am being sentimental. If you don't want to have dinner with me, then go ahead..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell into dead silence, and you could hear a pin drop.

Then, like a sudden rainstorm, everyone burst into tears.

Not only was I scared, I was also moved.

Yes, Your Majesty is young, and the ministers are old. How long can they assist Your Majesty?

Your Majesty just wants to stay with everyone for a while longer. What's wrong with that?

It is a blessing for you as his subjects to have the honor to follow such a kind and righteous Majesty!

Why do you still dislike it?
And the reason for his dislike was so ridiculous, it was just because the food was not to his taste...

You really don't know how lucky you are!

Many people were angry at Liu Li who caused this trouble.

If they were more or less gloating just now.

Now, it's pure anger.

What the hell are you doing, Old Liu? How could you make our most virtuous and holy Emperor cry?
Amidst the cries, the voice of Li Daozon, who was leading the crying, was the loudest.

There was no way. If he spoke a little more quietly, His Majesty would give him an electric shock.

At the center of the storm, Liu Li was already crying bitterly, unable to control himself.

Decades later, when he was lying on the sickbed, Liu Li recalled this scene today and could not help but sit up in shock in his dying illness and slap himself twice.

Damn me!
Your Majesty has been very tolerant by not taking revenge on him just because he was Li Tai's close friend and repeatedly caused trouble.

Now he is treated as a guest of honor, which is an unimaginable favor.

But I, because of this foul mouth, have wasted His Majesty's heart...

Damn it, damn it!

"Your Majesty, I deserve to die..."

Liu Li walked to the hall tremblingly and kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Ming was possessed by Liu Huangshu at this time. He walked to the prince in person, helped Liu Li up with both hands, and cried:

"Minister Liu, I have caused you so much suffering..."

"If it were not for Your Majesty, I would not dare to whimper..." Liu Li burst into tears in front of the emperor, unable to say anything.

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Amidst all the crying, the working dinner continued.

Li Daozon finally escaped from the clutches of a certain majesty, and with swollen eyes and hands, he returned to his original position under Hou Junji's puzzled gaze.

The dignitaries present were sobbing with gratitude and chewing something that seemed to be some kind of bird tissue with an extremely heavy heart.

It looks just like cows and horses chewing hay.

Boiled chicken breast is really unpalatable...

It is said that this meat is taken from the top-quality black-bone chicken presented by Baekje.

As a small country with a small population on the peninsula, black-bone chicken is one of the few flagship products that can be "exported to earn foreign exchange".

I didn’t expect that it’s so unpalatable despite its reputation.

This must be a conspiracy of Baekje!
While the ministers were expressing their gratitude, they were also denouncing a small foreign country in the Northeast.

His Majesty Li Ming was smiling smugly in his heart.

Oh, that's right.

Eat your nutritious lunch with gratitude!
In the feudal society with Ming Dynasty characteristics, China's fine traditional culture was also inherited.

For example, the ruler is the ruler, the minister is the minister, the father is the father, the son is the son.

As the "king and father" of the ministers, little Li Ming put a lot of thought into taking good care of these old children.

The biggest problem with old kids is that they are courting death, literally courting death——

The diet is high in oil, salt and flavors, and he doesn't exercise often. He sits all day long and occasionally stays up late to work overtime, rushing on the road to ruining his body.

For example, His Majesty Li Shimin who suffered a stroke, His Royal Highness Li Chengqian who suffered from diabetes, and His Royal Highness Li Zhi who would suffer a stroke in the future according to historical facts, and so on.

That's still good.

Some people who know a little about health preservation but not completely understand it even start to make elixirs and take drugs, for fear that they will get heavy metal poisoning and die fast enough.

This has led to many people dying early in their prime, before they reach retirement age.

The lack of scientific health preservation can be said to be one of the main reasons for the early death of many ancient celebrities.

As the emperor and father of all the people in the world, how could His Majesty Li Ming watch the cattle and horses under his command kill themselves?
Now that all the cattle and horses have died, who can pull the "Ming Dynasty" carriage forward?

Where else can he find another Zhenguan All-Star lineup?
This group of smart people who crawled out of the troubled times are the most precious wealth left to him by his father, Emperor Li Shimin.

Even if one dies, one will feel distressed for a long time.

Fang Xuanling's resignation sounded a wake-up call for him——

Although we can’t preserve the boy band like figures.

But at least we can extend their lives through the scientific health-preserving methods of the 21st century and allow them to work overtime for a few more years.

Healthy eating is only the first step, and the next step is to develop healthy work and rest habits. Objectively speaking, the emperor's control desire is so strong that he even interferes with the diet of officials, which is a bit scary.

But what bad intentions could His Majesty Li Ming have?

He just wants everyone to stay with him for a few more years.

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The next few days were uneventful.

State affairs are functioning normally and people are studying as usual.

Except for the continued heavy rain, everything seemed to be the same as usual.

The long and heavy rain brought by this typhoon seemed to have become the new "daily routine" of the Ming Dynasty, and the residents of Tangzhou who were looking forward to their careers gradually got used to it.

However, subtle changes were taking place in the officialdom, causing those involved to feel a little uncomfortable.

First, several strangers came to the State Council Office and the three provinces and six ministries.

These strangers have typical ordinary faces, with very ordinary facial features, the kind that would disappear if thrown into a crowd.

They were led by a young man who had a slightly hunched back, always giving people a timid feeling. He had the iconic dark circles under his eyes, and his hairline was also moving back, which was very characteristic of the "Fourteen Party".

Although this group of people are not good-looking, their whereabouts are erratic, wandering between the offices of various departments.

They cannot use facial recognition, but with a badge approved by His Majesty himself, they can enter anywhere without hindrance, and a lucky person will be randomly selected to enter a small dark room to "assist in the investigation."

Everyone who came out of the small dark room was sweating profusely and was so exhausted that they needed help.

Some unlucky guys even "won the prize" and were sent straight from the small dark room to the big dark room, and were taken away directly by the Censorate.

It was obvious that this group of people, led by the teenager, were investigating some case.

The officials they took away should have nothing to do with the case they were investigating.

He was just a corrupt official who was arrested during the investigation.

The officials had no idea which case this group of mysterious strangers were investigating.

But they knew that these were secret agents directly under His Majesty, the legendary "Anti-Counterrevolutionary Committee" that had great power in Chang'an.

As corrupt officials were constantly being purged, they gradually got to know the unremarkable spy leader - Di Renjie.

Di Renjie is terrible.

His Majesty the Emperor, holding the sharp blade of "Di Renjie", is even more terrifying.

As a result, an atmosphere of panic prevailed in the newly reorganized Tangzhou officialdom.

In this atmosphere, even honest officials with no problems began to feel guilty.

Everyone worked as if they were going to the graves, working diligently, fearing that their door would be knocked open. Standing outside the door was the shy young man, smiling apologetically as he said:

"Hello, there is a case that we hope you can help us investigate."

Against this backdrop, a second subtle change was taking place in Tangzhou’s officialdom:

At a certain time every day, each government office would start beating drums and gongs, playing musical instruments and singing.

In this rhythmic rhythm, officials at all levels had to put down their work, leave their workstations, gather in the corridor, and perform movements similar to the "Five Animal Exercises" together.

This is an activity called by His Majesty Li Ming, called "exercise" or something, which is said to prevent lumbar disc herniation, lower limb venous thrombosis, hemorrhoids and the like caused by long-term sitting.

These are all strange diseases that even the imperial doctors have never heard of.

But even if we don't understand, your Majesty's "call" must be taken as an order and carried out.

Otherwise, if someone is doing something in your office, do you believe that Di Renjie will bring people to check your door?

Similarly, everyone gratefully ate the "nutritious breakfast" and "nutritious lunch" that His Majesty carefully prepared for everyone.

I am forced to exercise and forced to eat chicken breast, which I don’t like.

Officials could not help but feel a little melancholy.

However, compared with being "interviewed" by Di Renjie, this little trouble is nothing?
I don't know why, but after I followed your Majesty's "call" and engaged in regular exercise and a light diet.

The old ministers clearly felt that their bodies seemed to be much more flexible than before.

My breathing has become lighter, my joints are no longer stiff, my waist and legs no longer hurt. It is better than the effect of taking golden pills.

As their physical functions improve, they have more energy, and even their minds become clearer, allowing them to work more efficiently like slaves.

They don't know how this works.

However, this is obviously related to the diet and lifestyle advocated by Your Majesty.

After receiving positive feedback, they followed His Majesty's instructions more "devoutly".

Eat three nutritious meals a day and exercise after lunch.

It’s true, after getting used to it, they found that a light diet was not so unacceptable. Apart from fatty lamb, vegetables and seafood were also very delicious.

The exception is chicken breast.

And doing exercises was even more popular among the ministers.

Because unlike the subtle effects of diet, the effects of exercise are immediate.

Circle three times to the left, three times to the right, twist your neck and buttocks, and the elderly and middle-aged people who usually neglect exercise will immediately feel their muscles relax and their body and mind relax.

After having a good time, they no longer need to be urged and will take the initiative to do "exercises during breaks" during work, and their rusty joints will crackle from the exercises.

In this way, all officials in Tangzhou lived a healthy and rhythmic life.

The atmosphere in the court suddenly became lively and energetic, without any of the gloomy feeling of gerontocracy.

Some people even have eight-pack abs.

Everyone is delighted by the positive changes in their bodies.

And in this warm, nervous and extremely complicated atmosphere.

The third "small change" that quietly took place in the Tangzhou officialdom.

That is, the financial problem has been initially alleviated.

The treasury is not so short of money anymore.

Of course, in the vigorous campaign to rectify officialdom, this insignificant "little thing" did not cause much waves.

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"What? You actually made the ministers...what?"

One morning, in Empress Dowager Yang's bedroom.

Li Shimin listened to Li Ming chattering about this matter and was so surprised that he almost slammed the table and almost knocked over the bowl of porridge.

Li Ming glanced at the scumbag and said sarcastically:
"Grandpa, it's rare to see you and Mom having breakfast together."

Did I disturb your parents-in-law? No? Then please don't disturb us, mother and son.

In such situations, Queen Yang would usually smooth things over with a smile.

But today, Queen Yang had the same shock on her face as her husband:
"You actually... let those unruly old foxes...

"Let them eat whatever they want and do whatever they want?!"

What a terrifying control power!
It is simply a model of feudal monarchy... No, since the birth of the profession of "monarch", has any peer been able to achieve such a thorough limit of dominance?
The couple looked at each other, feeling ashamed of themselves.

It's not like they haven't dealt with this bunch of old foxes before.

Who is not a Tai Chi master? Who hasn't given them many setbacks?
As long as these old demons are asked to do something they don't want to do, they will find a thousand ways to refuse.

Why are these bastards acting like turtle sons in Li Ming's hands, doing whatever they are told to do?
(End of this chapter)