Lin Wanwan always thought that as long as Su Jin disposed of the Yongwang who had a heavy army, she would be able to deter the government and the opposition, so that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not dare to disagree, and she could rest easy in this position, but after all, she thought too simply.

She didn't know how many turbulent undercurrents were buried under his calm words, and how much blood was quietly hidden by him, but from this old injury alone, she could infer how dangerous the situation was back then, if not nine deaths, I am afraid that he was in danger.

Lin Wanwan frowned, tried her best to keep her movements gentle, and replied while medicating him: "Boss Su is not moving, and if he moves, he will be uprooted, and the fate of those people is very predictable, I never doubt this." It's just that you have only been on the throne for a short time, and you are young, if you want to implement the new policy, it is inevitable that someone will get in the way, and those old ministers who stick to the rules will definitely not support you, you can do it slowly, and why rush to make political achievements and win the hearts of the people. ”

For her incomprehension, Su Jingqian gently hooked his lower lip, as if he saw through the worry hidden between her eyebrows, and raised his hand to rub it on the top of her head, as if to appease her, and then slowly explained it to her.

"If you want to seek change from the gap of the times and open up a new path, it is already difficult, and the establishment of a new system will always encounter the stubborn resistance of the old system, and bloodshed and sacrifice are inevitable. The old policy was promulgated after the armistice, which was in line with that era, but with the development of the times, loopholes and shortcomings were constantly exposed. Cutting down the roots and digging up the roots, pulling out the source of the plug, and trying to rectify the official system to achieve the purpose of separation of powers and checks and balances is equivalent to weakening the authority in the hands of these royal relatives and magnates, and it is not easy to operate, after all, there are too many problems to think about when it affects the whole body. ”

As he spoke, the gentleness on his face had gradually faded, replaced by a touch of solemnity, "I have been to some remote state capitals to secretly visit the people's livelihood, and what I have seen and heard is something that is difficult to hear. From this, it can be foreseen that many officials deceive their superiors and subordinates and use their power to cheat and engage in personal gain, so I dare not let these people's voices reach my ears. ”

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and the shadow of his long eyelashes falling made his eyes cold and heavy, "The embankment of a thousand zhang collapses with the nest of ants; A hundred-foot room, burned with the smoke of the crevice. It was only then that we realized that the loopholes in the old national policy and the accumulated shortcomings had reached the point where it could not be delayed, and if we did not eliminate the old diseases and implement the new policy, I was afraid that it would soon cause national turmoil. The so-called Jiangshan Sheji, Sheji, that is, the people, that is, the people of the world. If we cannot make the people of the world rich enough to live and work in peace and contentment, then the peaceful and prosperous era we are pursuing will never come. In order to improve people's livelihood, it is necessary to promote economic development, and at the same time, to ensure that the people can profit from it, and not let all the money flow into the hands of the powerful and rich, so it is necessary to improve the law. If the law is not good, there will be wealth and no reason, and this matter is imminent, and it must not be postponed again and again. ”

Lin Wanwan's action of taking medicine gradually slowed down in his word-by-word narration, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, as if something was brewing silently in her heart, and it seemed that something quietly melted into her pupils.

Just when she thought he would finish explaining the need for a new policy, he continued.

"After that, on the one hand, I dealt with my imperial uncle, who intended to usurp the throne, and on the other hand, I sent people to secretly go to various state capitals to investigate the people's livelihood and people's conditions, and it took nearly two years to constantly formulate and revise them, and finally formulate a new national policy."

At this point, he suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, his smile seemed to be stained with wind and snow, dyed with vicissitudes, cold and lonely.

"At that time, everyone in the world thought that it was my imperial uncle who was afraid that I would stand firm, so he was impatient to raise troops to rebel, and I, the new king, were able to defeat him in a desperate situation because of his courage and strategy. But they didn't know that as early as after I returned to the palace from Beiluoshimen, I had already started to lay out for him, and it was inevitable for him to raise troops, but failure was also inevitable, and what I needed to control was the timing of his troops. Timing is crucial to the smooth promulgation of a new policy, and when the new national policy is complete, it is also when the time is ripe. So I threw out the bait to lure my imperial uncle into rebellion, and when he was defeated, I could take this opportunity to deter the government and the opposition and smoothly implement the new policy. As soon as the new policy came out, it was bound to cause resentment and counterattack from some people, but under the pressure of the situation, they did not dare to openly resist, so they could only choose to draw their salaries from the bottom of the kettle, so after nearly half a year, even though I had taken precautions, I was still assassinated and assassinated by dozens of large and small assassinations, and most of the scars on my body fell at that time. ”

He narrated softly on the side, his voice was calm and low, but every word was like a beating drum, which crashed into Lin Wanwan's ears very clearly, setting off wave after wave in her heart.

Even though they had been prepared, they were still attacked so many times, and one can imagine how huge the scale of the assassination was and how dangerous the situation was. Even if he didn't mention it, Lin Wanwan knew very well in his heart that he had just experienced the assassination of King Yong Yu and his body was severely damaged, so he would let those people take advantage of it.

And until this moment, she didn't know that there were so many schemes and calculations hidden behind King Yong's army.

She raised her eyes to look at him, but saw that his gaze fell far away, and his eyebrows seemed to hide the sword light and sword shadow in the treacherous situation in the past, and those years of stepping on the dust and leaning on the dawn finally passed through his sword hand, one by one, calmed down, and fell into today's splendid mountains and rivers.

She finally understood what his previous sentence "bloodshed and sacrifice is inevitable" meant, and also understood the reason for the sadness, vicissitudes and loneliness hidden under his eyes.

King Yong raised troops, the beacon fires continued, tens of millions of floating corpses, how many innocent people and soldiers died in that game, but Su Jin had to step on their bones, and used the lives of these people to win a splendid future for Dongchen. But those who died will never see this peaceful and prosperous world that belongs to them.

The sourness in her heart gradually spread, and she suddenly felt distressed.

She could imagine how uncomfortable he felt when he made this choice. The feeling of pain and powerlessness is like a rusty knife that has been pierced in the heart for many years, but it is difficult to pull it out.

In order to implement the new policy, in order to break the old and establish the new, in order to enable the people to live a prosperous life, for the prosperous world they yearn for, he endured too much alone, and paid too much, and those sacrificed lives finally turned into a boulder on his shoulders, allowing him to carry endless responsibilities and missions in the long dark night. But he pressed all the bitterness, sorrow and joy into the depths of his eyes, like a light through adversity, shining on his subjects, never revealing half of the haze.