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After experiencing the flood relief and rapid reconstruction work in Andorhal County.

Zhou Ming was in his third year as emperor.

His age is also over 15 years old, and there are only three years left before he reaches adulthood at 18 years old.

As long as he reaches adulthood and reaches the age of 18, after the coming-of-age ceremony is held, the ministers and nobles will, according to the agreement, transfer all the decision-making power of managing the empire to Zhou Ming and let him take charge.

However, just a few days after Zhou Ming's 15th birthday, the ministerial faction and the royal faction reached a consensus and collectively expressed their intention to ask His Majesty the Emperor to take charge of the empire in advance.

There were very few objections.

All over the court, there were voices begging His Majesty the Emperor to take charge of the government in advance and take care of the empire. The "Book of Advising His Majesty to Take Charge of the Emperor" fell on Zhou Ming's desk like snow flakes.

How is this going?

As the saying goes, if you talk a lot, you can't do things well. Zhou Ming is young and ignorant, he is at the age of playfulness, and he lacks experience. If he takes charge in advance, there will be great risks to the stability of the empire.

Zhou Ming also used this as a reason, saying that he was playful, restless, and had insufficient experience in handling government affairs. He still needed to learn from the ministers for a few more years before he could take on this important task, so to be on the safe side, It would be better to wait until he reaches adulthood before taking charge of the government... In fact, Zhou Ming plans to be lazy for a few more years and does not want to face the mountain of government affairs in advance.

The royal family and ministers did not agree with Zhou Ming's explanation, and there were more memorials to persuade him to take charge.

Above the court, the ministers were also making trouble for many days.

"Your Majesty, you'd better stop being modest. If you refuse again, my old minister will be unable to stand it any longer. He can only ask for resignation." Prime Minister Benedict's old face turned red, and he actually said such words as resignation.

"Your Majesty, have you not accomplished much in the three years since you took the throne? In the first year of your taking the throne, you solved the imperial financial shortage problem and achieved a reduction of 1.5 million troops, which greatly eased the pressure on the national treasury. In the second year of your taking the throne, you personally provided relief to those affected by the floods. Dohar County rescued 800,000 disaster victims and helped the victims rebuild their homes in just one year, turning Andohar County into an economically strong county and performing miracles in which manpower can defeat God.

Three years after taking office, Your Majesty has come up with another economic development plan called "The Takeoff of the Empire". To be honest, Your Majesty, who else but God can come up with such a plan? When I saw this plan, I felt excited and my body trembled. In this plan, I seemed to see: a powerful and great empire, like a sun, rising slowly.

I simply cannot believe that such a plan came from your Majesty, from a 15-year-old peerless genius.

no no! It is not appropriate to describe him as a genius, but as a god!

Your Majesty is the god given to the Orunya Empire by God!

Now that a god is leading this empire, what qualifications do we have to stand in front of the god and continue to show off the stupidity of mortals?

Why not give everything that originally belongs to God to God and see what kind of brilliance our God will lead us to create?

Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to take charge of the government in advance and lead your subjects to the place guided by God. "

A minister knelt on the ground and spoke extremely flattering words. Although the content made people feel numb and even nauseated, it was obvious that the minister was making an advance investment and wanted to leave a good impression on His Majesty the Emperor. , and then obtain substantial economic benefits from the well-planned, extremely feasible and extremely bright economic plan "Empire Takes Off".

"Ugh~!"

Zhou Ming, who was sitting on the throne, almost vomited. He quickly waved his hands and said: "Duke Tropulo, I'm over-praised, seriously over-praised. I am a mortal, a mortal body like everyone else, not a god. , I’m really not a god.”

"But the people of the empire don't think so, Your Majesty!"

Another minister seized the opportunity and flattered him:

"Countless people around the imperial capital call you the 'God of Mercy' and 'The Lord of Ten Thousand Years'. The people of Anhador County privately call you the 'God of Salvation' and 'The Most Merciful Lord of Thousand Years.'" "Jun', Your Majesty, these people's names from the bottom of their hearts are not created by me out of thin air, but heard by me personally. Many people even kneel on the ground and face the imperial capital when they talk about Your Majesty." After three prostrations, every citizen burst into tears, Your Majesty!"

"Enough~enough!"

Zhou Ming waved his hands repeatedly: "Stop talking, don't talk any more! I'm still young, don't give me so much praise and flattery."

"As for the pro-government issue, let's postpone it for a few more years. I am indeed inexperienced. In addition, I am playful and active, and it is difficult to calm down. I cannot face boring memorials and official documents every day. In terms of government affairs, it is still left to Prime Minister Benedikt and Patriarch Ruber. Ste and Lord Lucis, the three of them will continue to take care of it, and when the time is fully mature, I will personally take charge of it."

Zhou Ming made several excuses and planned to delay it for a few more years.

"When is the time right?"

At this time, a voice came, but Prince Lucis, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, please don't make such jokes with the ministers and nobles in this palace again."

"Measuring whether a monarch is mature and able to shoulder heavy responsibilities has nothing to do with age, but is related to his character, knowledge, wisdom, skill, courage and courage."

"Your Majesty, although you are young, you are calm, resourceful, and skillful. Your courage is far above that of ordinary monarchs, and your courage is unparalleled."

"Should Your Majesty take office in advance? In fact, in the first year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, after solving the financial problem of the empire, I know that Your Majesty is far from ordinary kings. In fact, His Majesty should have taken office in advance in the first year of His accession to the throne." You should be in charge of the government, instead of letting us foolish old ministers hold your Majesty's hand behind you."

"Now that His Majesty has been on the throne for three years, the whole country is praising him and everyone is looking forward to it. If he doesn't take charge of the government, how long will it take?"

To everyone's surprise: Prince Lucis, the representative of the "aristocratic faction" who had always had reservations about the emperor's pro-government and never expressed clear support (within the Orunian Empire, there was a natural opposition between imperial power and the aristocracy). relations, the imperial power will grow, and the power of the nobles will undoubtedly be oppressed and reduced, and even more compromises will be made), but at today's court meeting, he suddenly expressed his position and asked His Majesty the Emperor to take charge in advance.

Zhou Ming's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

I muttered to myself: It's over, it's over now.

One of the three major factions at the top of the empire, the representative of the aristocratic faction, Prince Lucis, actually asked Zhou Ming to take charge of the government in advance. What does this mean?

This means that the entire empire has completely reached a consensus, and the only person who does not want Zhou Ming to take charge early is himself.

When he heard the chorus of "Your Majesty, please take charge in advance" in his ears, Zhou Ming helplessly smiled bitterly.

"Think about how good the emperor is. If you want to rule personally, you have to battle wits with an old witch in the harem, hoping that she will die soon and let the power return to you."

"Or he could set up an ambush and lead the powerful ministers into a trap, using the sign of throwing a cup, and order sword and ax hands to rush out and chop the powerful ministers into pieces. Only then will the imperial power be returned to his own hands, and then he can keep his word."

"What's going on with me? Before I even exerted much force, all the potential opponents turned into supporters. All the factions surrendered, crying and shouting that they wanted to give power back."

"Obviously, the few things I did before probably stimulated these noble ministers to death, and they were so stimulated that they were convinced and fell into submission."

Of course, if Zhou Ming had stopped in time after solving the financial problem of the empire and not used those big tricks later, Zhou Ming could still be a relaxed and comfortable little emperor without having to take on that difficult job and become a degenerate person. Child labor for a vast empire.

But there is no way. Faced with some things, Zhou Ming will still obey his own heart and make the choice he will definitely make... even if he has to bear certain consequences.

Therefore, facing the requests of all the noble ministers, he had no choice but to nod and agree to take charge of the government in advance.

"Long live!"

"Long live your Majesty!"

The ministers and people immediately cheered and celebrated all night long.