I have already established my power and prestige, so how did Li Shimin come back to life?

In the Chang'an Imperial Palace, sunlight shone on Li Chengqian's imperial desk, where memorials were piled up like a mountain.

The news of the success of the steam engine was quickly conveyed by the Xianyang Industry Ministry, which sent the most elite Jinyiwei to Chang'an without stopping and delivered it directly to Li Chengqian's desk.

Li Chengqian was concentrating on the memorial, his brows sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed, and the red pen in his hand kept making annotations on the memorial.

When his eyes fell on the big red exclamation mark on the secret letter from Xianyang.

The good news about the successful operation of the steam engine came into view.

He was instantly so excited that he could hardly control himself.

Completely disregarding the emperor's dignity and demeanor, he suddenly stood up from the armchair and shouted excitedly: "Quick, Eunuch Zhang, call Master Qi to me, quickly!"

The voice was filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.

"Yes!" Zhang Ananda responded quickly. Looking at Li Chengqian's excited look, he knew in his heart that this matter must be related to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. He did not dare to slack off at all.

Li Chengqian paced back and forth excitedly, his hands trembling slightly and his breathing becoming rapid.

He tried hard to suppress the excitement in his heart that was like a surging wave. He took a deep breath, slowly sat back on the armchair, picked up the red pen again, and tried to calm himself down and continue reviewing the memorials.

At this moment, his thoughts had already run away like a wild horse, galloping into the distance. The image of the steam engine kept appearing in his mind, as well as the infinite glory and possibilities it might bring to the Tang Dynasty.

During this period, the Tang Dynasty was in an extremely critical and busy historical period.

Across the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, many thorny issues still remain at the local governance level.

Due to the long-term turmoil in the past, many places have not yet fully recovered from the ruins and are in a state of relative vacancy and disorder.

Under such a chaotic situation, the number of people committing crimes naturally increases.

Although the Jinyiwei were given the power to act at their own discretion, in reality that power was strictly restricted by many rules and regulations.

After all, all the civil and military officials in the court and even the people of the world could clearly see that Li Chengqian cherished and valued the people to an extraordinary extent.

Nowadays, most of the people who break the law are ordinary people. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, even if they have committed a capital crime, local officials cannot arbitrarily sentence them.

According to the strict laws and system of the Tang Dynasty, all death sentences must be reported to Chang'an, and His Majesty must personally review and decide each one based on the nature, size and severity of the matter.

This year, difficulties and problems from all over the country have been falling onto the cabinet like snowflakes.

The ministers of the cabinet often sat together with serious faces, racking their brains and carefully considering these difficult problems, striving to come up with practical countermeasures and appropriate solutions, and then respectfully presenting them to Li Chengqian for the final decision.

Since the establishment of the cabinet, the heavy pressure on Li Chengqian has indeed been alleviated to a certain extent. He no longer has to handle every detail of government affairs personally.

However, with the continuous development and changes of the Tang Dynasty, the pressure and challenges it faced became greater and more complex than ever before, making him feel a little breathless.

To be honest, when dealing with these complicated government affairs, Li Chengqian even had a flash of thought about bringing out and using the Grand Council, a unique system of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the Qing Dynasty was a dynasty ruled by a foreign race, it must be admitted that during the long hundreds of years of their rule, they did indeed take great pains to learn many valuable lessons from past dynasties.