The general's wife is too naughty, she starts to flirt with him

Chapter 513 Underestimating the Divine Right of Kings

Li Jianguo, oh no, it should be said that he was the original teacher of Emperor Chengtian and the former chief academic officer of the Imperial College.

Emperor Chengtian has been his teacher since he was very young.

In recent years, due to various reasons and his age, or perhaps to avoid some danger, he retired four or five years ago.

After retiring, he often lived in his own mansion, and occasionally went to the palace to play chess with Emperor Chengtian.

After Li Jianguo came here, he was also deeply benefited by this teacher.

He himself can feel that he is a person who truly wants his own good.

So, at this Qianqiu Banquet, Li Jianguo did not arrange for the teacher to attend the banquet in the palace even though he knew there was danger.

So Kang Zhengdao only found out what happened at the banquet afterwards.

Now that things have come to this, many things have already happened. Although I am not very satisfied with the details of some of the things that were handled, it is useless to say more at this time.

He never expected that the disciple he had been teaching would actually issue a confession of guilt.

He absolutely could not agree to this.

"Master, this matter is a foregone conclusion. There is no possibility of changing it." Li Jianguo's mouth was dry from his persuasion.

"Your Majesty, you are confused!" Kang Zhengdao pounded his cane hard a few times. "Once you issue an edict of repentance, it is set in stone and cannot be changed! As an emperor, how can you have such a stain on yourself? How will the historians write about this? Your Majesty, do you want to be infamous forever?"

"Master! This matter has already been discussed at the Qianqiu Banquet. If we don't do it, we will still be branded as someone who goes back on his word! Besides, I don't think this is something that will be infamous for eternity."

"I am also a human being, and I make mistakes. As a human being, I am not afraid of making mistakes, but I am afraid of not knowing my mistakes. The edict of repentance is my own attitude." Although Li Jianguo has traveled through time and space for several years.

But deep down, he has lived in China for decades and has been educated in China. It is a great honor to know one's mistakes and then improve. This is ingrained in him.

Moreover, he identified much less with his identity as an emperor than with his identity as a small clerk in his previous life.

Therefore, when Song Qingci proposed the edict of confession of guilt, he agreed without hesitation.

In his subconscious, this matter was not a big deal at all.

He did not underestimate himself, but he underestimated the idea of ​​divine right of kings in the feudal dynasties.

"No! Your Majesty, you are wrong. Your Majesty is the emperor, the Son of Heaven, not an ordinary person!" Kang Zhengdao insisted on his point of view, "How could the Son of Heaven make a mistake? If the Son of Heaven made a mistake, then the people of the world would have made a bigger mistake!"

"Everything else can be done according to your wishes, Your Majesty, except this edict of guilt, which must not be issued!"

"Your Majesty, please issue an edict of apology. How will your subjects view their emperor? Will they think that if your Majesty, to whom they are loyal, is wrong, then is their loyalty also a mistake?!"

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of chaos in the world?" Kang Zhengdao had read countless history books, and every one of them told him that the people's hearts must not be disturbed and the emperor must not make mistakes. Otherwise, it would bring disaster to the people of the world.

"Teacher, you are too kind." Li Jianguo's studies in the past few years were not in vain. "How the people of the world think depends mainly on how the people above guide them. Even if I issued an edict of repentance, the situation you mentioned would not happen. They will only think that the king they are loyal to is a responsible king. I don't want to be a high and cold emperor. I want to be an emperor who can truly make the people of Dachen have enough food and clothing. As for the right and wrong, the merits and demerits, let future generations judge."

Li Jianguo's tone was calm, which was rare even for Kang Zhengdao, and he even changed his self-proclaimed name.