Immersive Fast Wear: The Anti-Strike Manual of the Heartthrob

After a long time, Yuan Jing calmed down and thought of an excuse to explain what was happening.

"That was in the past. Things are different now. As you know, my father's recent condition..."

Liu Yao's expression turned serious.

The emperor had never been a wise ruler before, and he has done even more ridiculous things since he woke up from a serious illness not long ago.

Immortality is an obsession and desire that many kings cannot escape.

The emperor is above everyone else and has everything, except his own life span. Naturally, it is difficult for him to be open-minded about this one exception.

Even a wise man like the founding emperor had a period of confusion.

He fought in the battlefields in his early years and had poor health. Before he reached old age, the years passed by quickly like quicksand. He was too unwilling to accept this and began to pursue the illusory lifespan.

Because of this, I did a lot of wrong things.

Fortunately, there were trusted court officials who advised him at that time, and he did not want to ruin his reputation, so he turned back.

This was specially recorded in the daily notes to warn future generations.

But whether the recorded deeds can serve as a warning depends on whether the object accepts them.

The current emperor is not a wise ruler. He feels that he has been restrained for too long in the past, and now that he is freed, he can do whatever he wants.

After being sick, I felt that I had not yet enjoyed myself, so I immediately started to pursue the way to immortality.

He did everything that the founding emperor wanted to do, did not have time to do, and was advised to cancel halfway through.

For example, increasing taxes to enrich the treasury to build the Star-Picking Tower is said to bring one closer to the immortals, and to be infused with immortal energy to increase lifespan;

For example, summoning Taoist priests to practice the elixir of immortality, and investing an unknown amount of money in it.

In order to fill the gap, a lot of the military pay for guarding the border was swallowed up, and I don’t know if I can get two taels of cotton for my winter clothes this year.

Money is fine, but what is even more terrifying is that some Taoist priests with evil intentions use crooked means and require all kinds of strange and bizarre medicinal ingredients.

Whether it was the blood of a virgin who had just come of age, or the flesh from the forehead of a boy born on a positive day of a positive month in a positive year, the emperor had to take care of each of them for his own life, causing panic in the city and unrest outside the capital.

All of these things are acts that damage the lifeline of the country, and many officials in the court can see it clearly.

But what’s the use of seeing clearly? Do they dare to persuade?

He persuaded him, and the result was better, but the emperor did not listen to the advice, and angrily scolded him and reluctantly accepted it;

The worst result was beating, demotion, removal of official hat, or even loss of life, but the key point was that the emperor still refused to accept advice.

There are too many bloody precedents, so the rest of the people dare not speak anymore.

Even if they dared to persuade again, what would be the use of ineffective persuasion, which would only lead to more casualties.

There is someone who can persuade and will not be punished, Tan Fu.

He has been active in the court for so many years and has a deep foundation, so the emperor has to give him some face.

No matter whether the emperor is happy to hear the advice or not, as long as he says it, the emperor's behavior will definitely be restrained.

But what the emperor did was exactly what Tan Fu wanted to see. He was too late to go along with him, let alone advise him.

Not only did he not try to persuade him, he also helped to make arrangements. He was the one who took the initiative to send over several Taoist priests that were most favored by the emperor recently.

Of course, Tan Fu was willing to do this because he gained a lot of benefits from it.

It's like a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, which has lived for a long time and looks very strong.

But the top branches and leaves began to only care about themselves, wanting more and more things, and what the roots could provide was not enough, and there were termites gnawing at them below.

It won't be long before this big tree collapses completely.