When Mel came to his senses, he was at a small stream. The soft sunlight slanted down, the sound of running water in my ears, the direction of grass and earth mixed in the air, and the slight smell of humus.

There was no one around, but Maier could feel that there was still a presence around him. He couldn't see it, but he could feel it clearly. But he could only feel that existence, but not the location of that existence. Even if that being was making a voice to him, he didn't know where it came from.

I am the God of your father Gray, the King whom you admire, the beginning of all things, and the end of all things. If you sincerely want to see me, I will let you see me. Mel, I know why you are in pain, but I still have to ask you, why are you in pain? Because you don't know, that's why I asked you. If you knew, I wouldn't have asked you. You often think you're smart, but if you're really smart, you should know why I'm saying that. If you knew why I said this, you wouldn't be in pain. 】

[I used to see your father often, and he was in pain at that time. When he is not in pain, he does not think of me, I have never given him pain, but he always wants to see me. If this pain does not come from me, but from whether? Where does your pain come from, Mel? And thou sayest in thy heart, I do not know, because thou hast not known. Because you don't know, that's why you're suffering, and that's where this suffering comes from ignorance. 】

[The affairs of the world are only known and unknown. If you know, you will understand, if you don't know, you won't understand, if you don't understand, you will suffer, if you suffer, you will seek liberation, and you want to find the root of suffering, this is the world's quest for knowledge. If it's still painful to know, it means you still don't know. You just think you know, but you don't. People either fail to understand, think they understand, or find the wrong direction, think they are in the right direction. So the world's quest for knowledge is not really for knowledge, because they don't want to know, they just want to be free from suffering. 】

[You ask in your heart, why is it painful if you don't understand?] Some people say, I don't understand this and live well, that's because they don't need it. If a person does not understand what is needed, he will suffer. What are the needs of man? Whatever a man wants, he needs. The more you want, the more you need, the more you need to understand. The less you want, the less you need, the less you need to understand. 】

[The wise men of the world often say, Be content, and this is what they are saying. What they mean is that if one wants less suffering, one has to reduce one's desires. This idea is logically true, but they miss the other half. People who want more don't necessarily suffer, as long as they know what they need, they won't suffer. 】

For your ancestors were omniscient, and they knew what they needed. They weren't supposed to suffer, and they weren't supposed to let future generations suffer, but they didn't. So they are not responsible, and the more people who suffer, the heavier their guilt becomes, because all suffering is started by them. 】

Since you want to know about your ancestors, if you will believe it, listen to me. We gave the world to your fathers, and I did not ask them anything, but warned them not to do certain things, for they would make them die. Death in the time of your fathers was not the present death, because your ancestors did not die. This death speaks of the end of the good life and the coming of suffering. But your fathers did those things, so that they died, and they caused you to die with them. 】

"Say to me in your heart, 'God loves the world, why don't you hinder them?' I give the world to them, and the world is theirs. Don't they know that they are responsible for future generations? They knew because they were omniscient, but they did it anyway. It was their choice, and the world became what it is. You want me to interfere in the world, but you don't know that the people in this world hate me. They call me God with their mouths, but in their hearts they think I'm in the way, and they hate me. People who don't hate me only see me as a tool, and they only want me to fulfill their desires, so they worship me. They worship me only because they get benefits from me, and they love their desires, not me. 】

[Therefore, I easily do not satisfy people's wishes, because people's desires are always harmful.] Or hurt others, or hurt themselves, but they don't know it. I reach out to help people, not because they are doing well, but because I have compassion on them. People always think that sacrifices can please me, singing can make me happy, and money can make me happy, but they do not know that in my eyes these things are no different from dust, because I love only sincere hearts. They consider themselves noble, and claim to be the Son of God, but their hearts are only thinking of lust and vanity, and they have never considered me their father. 】

"I put my example beside them, but they treat them as monsters, enslave them, and hunt them. They think they are wise, and they deceive me. What do I have to do with the world? What good is punishment? Moreover, they deceived not only me, but also their kindred, their aliens, and even themselves. What has this offspring of liars to do with me? What does this confessing father have to do with me? If it weren't for the fact that there were still people in this world who would recognize me as a Father, I would never have reached out to the world again. 】

[If you hold the pottery and fall it hard, the pottery will break, and things in the world are so simple. When people do things, they have consequences, but people often avoid the consequences, so that they make others suffer. Since I have given the world to man, the world has nothing to do with me. How people do it, how they act, what the world has become is none of my business. Unless those who confess me as a father wept and prayed, the world would not have seen what I did. 】

[You wonder in your heart, Is the Byron family my child?] Most assuredly, I tell you, my home is different from yours. Whoever confesses me as a father is my child, and is in my house. Whoever does not recognize me as a father, or who calls me a father with his lips, but does not consider me a father, is not my child, and I do not know them. 】

[Your initial question is that you don't know what you've done, and that's true.] But your heart is sincere and kind, and you have never thought of harming others. You just can't see through the future, you don't know what the future holds, that's why you panic and are afraid that you have done something wrong. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Thy kingdom is secure, and thy house is secure. If you ask me if you have done something wrong, I will not answer you. Because it's up to you, not me. Since your fathers have decided to distinguish between good and evil, you must also distinguish between good and evil, between right and wrong, and I will not interfere with you. 】

[I will not promise you anything, I just want you to know that as long as you and your family stick to my way and do not deviate from the left and right, your kingdom will not leave your home, and your home will live with the world. As for what worries you, I've already explained it just now. If you fall down with a pottery in your hand, it will shatter, and that's how simple things are in the world. When people do things, there are consequences, and you and your companions have to bear the consequences. Since I have given the world to man, the world has nothing to do with me. How people do it, how they act, what the world has become is none of my business. But I will think of my children and listen to their prayers. I will meet their needs, for they are my children. 】

[I know you still have doubts, I'm afraid this is a dream. I will give you things that will increase your faith, so that you will know that I really exist. This thing has never been seen in the world, it has not been in the past, it is not in the present, and it is the only thing in the future. Leave it in your house and make a covenant between us, so that you may not be troubled because of the future. 】

As Mel wondered what it was, he was awakened by the heat in his palms. He opened his eyes and found himself still in the office. It was still dawn, and he didn't know how long it had been, so he could only call Tal in and wonder what time it was.

When Tal entered, he froze when he saw that Mair was holding an oval gem the size of a goose egg. It was monochromatic and transparent, apparently colored, but Tal couldn't tell the color of the gem. It's red, it's orange, it's yellow, it's green, it's blue, it's blue, it's purple, it's black, it's white, but it's not these colors.

Is there really such a color in the world?

Tal couldn't help but shake his head. He thought he was dazzled, so he begged Mel to let him examine the gem closely, and Mel found the gem in his right hand. He placed the gem on the table and looked at it carefully with Tal. Maier felt that this should be the covenant that God had given him, so he told Tal about what he had just experienced.

When Tal heard of God's covenant with the house of Byrons, he rejoiced so much that he no longer listened to Mary. When Mary saw that he was not concerned with anything other than the things of the covenant, he sighed heavily.

After that day, Mel prayed every day, but God did not answer him. He meditated on what God had said to him all day long, so much so that he did not ask about politics. He asked Hart to handle state affairs on his behalf, and Hamel to assist Hart.

On July 15, 188 of the new calendar, Yu Changnian, the head of the administration department, announced his retirement. Prince Chengxian succeeded him as Minister of Administration, and Dai Yong served as Deputy Minister of Administration. Yu Changnian did not have a son, and one of his young cousins passed on his newborn son to him, so that Yu Changnian had a queen. Yu Changnian named his son Yu Mingde, Yu Mingde married Hart's daughter as his wife, served as the mayor of Byrons, deputy prime minister, and later fell off his horse during a safari and died at the age of 65, having a son and a daughter before his death. Dai Yong's eldest grandson, Dai Gao, married the daughter of He Yan Zhiheng and Yan Meng, the official was a general, and he received the rank of marshal when he retired.

On January 15, 192 New Calendar, the Minister of Defense, Salin, announced his retirement. Prince Chengzhi succeeded him as Minister of National Defense, and Wei Fang served as Deputy Minister of National Defense. In fact, Salin is in good health and can work for at least twenty years. Salin, however, felt that he was old and no longer fit for the times. He wanted to leave the Ministry of Defense to young people to develop, so he decided to retire.

Cheng Zhi and Wei Fang lived up to Salin's expectations, and after the two took office, they carried out a series of reforms in the Ministry of Defense. They gradually abolished the city defense army, banned the entire city defense army system, set up security forces in various localities, and established a public security army system. Unlike the part-time city defense force, the security force is a full-time security force. Their professionalism and combat effectiveness are stronger, and they can effectively curb the development of underworld and evil forces and lawless forces.

In March 855 of the new calendar, the General Administration of the Public Security Army merged with the General Directorate of Police to form the "Police and Public Security Department", which was later renamed the "Public Security Department". The Security Forces are the predecessors of the Anti-Terrorist Police Force, the Special Service Police Force and the Armed Police Force.

On June 2, 193 New Calendar, Daisy was appointed vice president of the Supervisory Board by Leah. Previously, Daisy's identity was known only to the high-ranking members of the Watchboard, and even Maier did not know that she was a member of the Overseer. Hine was very surprised when he learned the news, and he was embarrassed because his wife was hiding something from him, but he was quickly coaxed.

In the fifteenth year of Crown Prince Hart's ascension to the Emperor's reign, Emperor Meyer convened a cabinet meeting. Over the years, Maier has not been thinking in retreat, he has quietly left the Bluestone Palace, visited the world in private affairs, and experienced many things, and the imperial concubines sometimes follow. As soon as he returned to the Bluestone Palace, he immediately convened a cabinet meeting.

The faces of the entire cabinet, except for Prime Minister Nam Yi, have almost changed, which makes Maier feel a lot of strangeness. He couldn't help but recall the first time he held a leadership meeting in Byronsburg, and thought of the people who had worked hard with him. Some of them are alive, some are dead, some look young, some have gray temples.

Time...... Time...... Why can't you go slower?

Mel clutched his chest, and it took a long time to calm down. At the meeting, he pointed out various problems existing in the localities, and the problems of corruption and dereliction of duty among officials were emphatically emphasized. As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and now there are traitors in even the strict selection supervision committee, not to mention the local government where there are fish and dragons?

Maier believed that it was necessary for the empire to establish another watchdog. This institution must be loyal enough to the House of Byron and not corrupt from the head to the minutiae. In order to accomplish this, he needed the cooperation of a new shrine and a theological study society. He would select a group of people from the royal estates, modern shrines, and theological study societies and train them personally.

After talking about the Bureau, Maier gave everyone a certain amount of time to think. As the only imperial concubine in this cabinet meeting, Nam Yi's eyes were full of worry when she looked at Myer. She knew that Maier had something to announce next, and that it would certainly be opposed by the entire cabinet.