When the Regent Princess kneeled, all the children in Beijing broke their knees.

Emperor Ning laughed and looked at Prime Minister Zhang below, "Prime Minister, are you questioning me?"

When the king is angry, corpses will float for thousands of miles.

Not to mention Prime Minister Zhang, everyone in the court knelt down one after another, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Eunuch Xi also knelt tremblingly on the side. Looking at Prime Minister Zhang's eyes, he almost hated him to death. He had just been quiet for a few days, could he not do anything wrong?

The princess is not in Kyoto, and he can't suppress the emperor's anger.

"Your Majesty, even if I die in this court, I will still seek justice for the people. The people are displaced and unable to live and work in peace. Your Majesty, it is us, the ministers, who are wrong!"

Prime Minister Zhang had a few grey hairs in his hair and wrinkles on his face. He looked like he was crying with his head down, as if he was worried about the people.

"Yo!"

"Old Ghost Zhang, when did you become a crybaby?"

"I don't know, this is how the people are displaced and how they live and work in peace and contentment."

"Did I teach you this?"

A gentle voice came from outside the hall. The man was dressed in black, but what was eye-catching was his gray hair. He was very thin, but not the kind of thin that made people look weak, nor was he skinny.

"gentlemen."

When Prime Minister Zhang saw the person coming, he was startled and quickly bowed to him.

Kang Mengxian looked at him and said, "No, it should be me who bows and calls you Prime Minister Zhang!"

The word "Prime Minister" is not emphasized, but in other people's ears, these two words are emphasized.

You know, Kang Mengxian was the prime minister before, and he asked to leave the court.

The person who was pushed to the position of prime minister by many people was Prime Minister Zhang.

His former student, whom he had carefully cultivated, did not expect...

Things in the world are unpredictable and everyone in the world is a pawn!

"Your Majesty, I bow to you. Long live the emperor." Kang Mengxian knelt on the ground without any mistakes in etiquette.

Emperor Ning looked at the familiar figure, the old man who had lived an upright life, and quickly called out, "Xizi, show Mr. Kang a seat."

Not a commoner, but sir.

The gift that should be given to Mr.

"Yes." Eunuch Xi immediately arranged for someone to move a chair over and put it in the first position in the court.

When Prime Minister Zhang saw all this, a hint of greed and anger flashed in his eyes.

He has worked diligently for so many years, but the emperor has never given him a seat. Moreover, why should a prime minister who asked to leave the court sit in front of him?

Kang Mengxian waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I am in good health. There is no need for you to grant me a seat. It is not in accordance with etiquette."

He is just a commoner now. How can he sit at the head of all officials in the court?

This is against etiquette and His Majesty will be criticized.

Absolutely not!

Emperor Ning looked at his upright former prime minister, a stubborn old man who always kept his word in everything he said and did.

Even he, the emperor, often suffers setbacks.

but……

He even missed those days, when the prime minister and he could cooperate with each other and they could discuss state affairs together.

The prime minister is selfless, serves the country and the people, and has incorruptible integrity.

But now, he feels like he is alone in the entire court.

"I came here today and brought the Book of All Peoples to His Majesty." Kang Mengxian smiled, then pointed at his two sons, each holding one end, and slowly opened it in front of everyone.

The piece of paper was very long, with calligraphy on it, including everyone's name, and above the names were handprints.

Black and red became the main colors of this paper.

"Letter to All the People?" Emperor Ning suddenly stood up from the dragon throne, walked down the platform, and crossed the gap that his subjects could not cross.

"Yes, these are the ten cities on the western border. The people requested it, and the city lords helped them complete the Book of All Nations."

"In the whole article, there are 13,869 people in total."

"Except for children under five years old, all those who knew about war volunteered to write a book for all nations."

"Ten cities, total population, 15,074 people."

This is the feeling when Kang Mengxian spoke these numbers one by one, making all the neutral ministers burst into tears.

Prime Minister, he is back.

The royalists all had shocked looks in their eyes.

As for other factions that had concerns, they all showed panic expressions.

In one court, there are thousands of people with thousands of faces and different mental states.

"Good, good. It's worth it for my army to defend the city gates, and it's worth it for my people to pay taxes and buy food and fodder." Emperor Ning looked at the Book of the People, looked at each word, and looked at the bright red handprints.

"Prime Minister Zhang, this is you pleading for the people. This is why the people are displaced. This is why the people are homeless." At this time a man came out. Ever since Prime Minister Kang left the court, this man became a neutral party. They only care about the people.

They do not get involved in any disputes, but only do practical things for the people.

"Ten thousand people are petitioning, and you are trying to persuade them to surrender. Don't you feel guilty?"

The man looked directly at Prime Minister Zhang, looking at his somewhat blackened face, and then he looked at Emperor Ning, "Your Majesty, can you allow this old minister to read the Book of the People?"

"Yes." Emperor Ning shouted.

Then I returned to the dragon throne, feeling a surge of excitement that I had not felt in all these years.

The ministers surrounded the Book of All Peoples and walked past it one by one, carefully looking at each name and each handprint.

Today's morning court was exceptionally long.

"Prime Minister Zhang, don't you want to take a look?" At this time, Kang Lian was smiling, a warm smile. Although he was wearing court robes, one could feel his elegance.

"I am old now, so I won't join in the fun."

Prime Minister Zhang smiled, but his smile was a little stiff. But now he couldn't be unrestrained.

Even though he was the prime minister, second only to the emperor and above everyone else, Da Ning attached the most importance to the etiquette between teachers and students. Even though Kang Mengxian was just a commoner now, he was the prime minister of a country.

But at any time, Kang Mengxian is his husband.

Kang Mengxian could reject him as a student, but as a student, one could never reject his teacher, otherwise one would be despised by all scholars.

"Are you not going, or are you afraid?" Kang Yi asked with a smile, "The Prime Minister was not like this a few days ago. He was very emotional and petitioned for the people."

"Why don't you check the people's wishes today?"

These days, he has been fed up with the humiliation of others in order to delay time. His wife is still leading troops to fight in the West, and her life or death is still unknown.

This old guy kept on complaining in the court.

If it weren't for the Kang family, he would have given up long ago.

"What are you talking about? How could Lord Zhang not know the people's wishes? You just misunderstood." Kang Lian did not laugh, but that gentle knife was the most deadly.