Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

The atmosphere in the court suddenly changed.

Zhou Zheng did not speak. He sat quietly on the dragon throne, his body slightly leaning forward. His eyes, with a powerful and intimidating look, swept over all the officials.

Over the years, Zhou Zheng is no longer the young boy who only knew how to fight and kill.

Mu Yun is Zhou Zheng's teacher, so it is impossible for him to do anything bad to Zhou Zheng.

As for other officials, there were almost no old ministers from the previous dynasty. Almost all of them were brought up by Mu Yun, Gong Tan and Zhou Zheng. When Kyoto was almost broken, they did not surrender, so naturally they would not easily betray Zhou Zheng.

But, what on earth could make all the ministers in the court dare not speak easily? !

Finally, Zhou Zheng set his sights on Zhong Zhishen.

He wanted to know what Zhong Zhishen would say.

"His Majesty!"

"If it weren't for Your Majesty, this old minister would have died in prison long ago."

"I have survived until now. Even if I die, I will have done enough."

However, what Zhou Zheng never expected was that the first thing Zhong Zhishen said when he looked up was to express his determination to die!

"Say!"

He clenched his fists slightly. What else in the world could make a courtier standing in front of him ready to die? !

"The other adults all know the problem, but they are afraid to speak out."

"It's not that they have ulterior motives, nor that they are disloyal, but because the reasons behind this are so complicated that they can't be solved in a short time."

With a bitter smile, a little light flashed in Zhong Zhishen's turbid eyes.

"But I am not afraid!"

"I am an old minister, and I have been alone for a long time, with no worries."

"Today, I, the old minister, will tell the truth."

"When the time comes, I, the old minister, will certainly commit suicide in the court."

"If Your Majesty has mercy, please give me a piece of land so that my body can rest in peace."

The determination in Zhong Zhishen's eyes became more and more obvious.

All the ministers who heard these words looked at Zhong Zhishen with respect.

They didn't expect that this official, whom they once disapproved of, actually had such integrity.

"Since you said that everyone present here is a loyal minister and has no ulterior motives."

"Why would you tell the truth that even they dare not tell?!"

Zhou Zheng tapped the dragon throne with his fingers, leaned forward and asked slightly.

This question made Zhong Zhishen stunned, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"Because, I feel that the new dynasty is different, very different."

"I feel that Your Majesty is different, very different."

"I feel that this world will be different. It will be very different."

In just three short sentences, three different words were used.

But this time, a smile appeared on Zhong Zhishen's face.

This kind of smile, without any worldly interests, is like seeing the light, emanating a sense of purity from the depths of the heart.

Zhong Zhishen thought he was barely surviving because of the amnesty.

Even though he returned to the court as an official, and even though he had a great understanding of Mu Yun, he did not have much affection for this court.

In Zhong Zhishen's opinion, all courts ended up being the same, becoming collusive and filthy.

But he found that this time, it was not the case.

He saw Zhou Zheng heroically killing enemies and serving the people wholeheartedly.

He saw that everyone in the court was united in their determination to create a prosperous era.

He saw that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment and were full of hope.

He gradually discovered that this dynasty was different from the dynasties he had read in history books.

He gradually discovered that this emperor was different from any other emperor in history.

Zhou Zheng once outlined a blueprint, which was to ensure that all people in the world had clothes to wear, food to eat, and fields to farm.

At first, Zhong Zhishen scoffed.

Because this is just a common method used by emperors of all dynasties to deceive the people of the world.

But this time, he found that Zhou Zheng seemed to be really working towards this goal.

He reduced taxes, he cracked down on the nobles, and all his policies showed that Zhou Zheng was trying to build a completely new country.

This made Zhong Zhishen suddenly feel that the Kaiyuan Prosperity might really happen.

But he is old!

He didn't know how long his body, which had already been buried in the ground, could last, or whether he could wait until that day.

But he was scared!

Because he suddenly found that he could not make his own contribution to this prosperous era.

Until just now!

Zhong Zhishen found his own value!

Use your own life to tell Zhou Zheng the truth.

Use your own life to tell Zhou Zheng the biggest and most potential threat to the Great Zhou!

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