"Your Majesty..." Hu Yin also remained calm. "I was fooled by your Majesty for many reasons... First of all, Prime Minister Zhao was almost shot dead in a ditch by the King of Qin's subordinates, and I was whipped dozens of times by Qu Duan's subordinates. King Lu also had a history of protecting the Vegetable Eating Demon Cult. These things are still fresh in my mind and cannot be faked. In addition, your Majesty said that day that he could no longer tolerate what he had tolerated in the past ten years. I once thought that the stories you wanted to write were not only for warning the future, but also for punishing the past... In other words, I once thought that these deeds were really pointed out and had already happened, and your Majesty just kept it to himself."

Zhao Jiu was slightly startled, but finally admitted: "I did have the intention to punish the past, but it was mainly to prevent the future... The story is not that true."

"That's the problem." Hu Yin couldn't help but sigh. "If this article is written to punish the past, it is naturally a teaching. But if it is written to warn the future, is it a teaching or a punishment...even if it is written privately?"

Zhao Jiu shifted his body in his seat to hide the irritation hidden in his heart. Of course, he also knew that it was useless to pretend in front of Hu Mingzhong: "I thought that with Han Liangchen's open-mindedness and the friendship between him and me as a monarch and subject, it wouldn't have come to this... After all, it's just a story."

"Han Liangchen is indeed more than that. Even if he gets angry in private, thinking of the official's article, he may not dare to look for servants anymore." Hu Yin nodded in agreement. "What about Wang Yan? Can he really bear it? What about the King of Jin? The King of Wei..."

"Isn't it that the King of Wei dislikes that his son-in-law has been beaten with too many military sticks?" Zhao Jiu was completely helpless. "It's true that I didn't think it through, but didn't you laugh at the King of Wei?"

"That's because I came from the King of Wei's army and knew that the prince consort was beaten with military sticks every day, so I informed him on the spot. How would outsiders know if they heard that?" Hu Yin was unable to ask.

Zhao Jiu said nothing for a long time before he asked Hu Mingzhong, who was calm and composed, "After all, it was just a sentence. Why did you insist that I was punishing the past and preventing the future, but you are mocking me like this today?"

"That brings us to the remaining two reasons." Hu Yin was not at all flustered. "Your Majesty, how could a minister not be grateful for the privilege of privately advising you? I had already felt that something was wrong that day, but you just gave me another punch and I was stunned."

"I'm really good. I knocked out the famous minister Hu Mingzhong with two punches." Zhao Jiu didn't know whether to mock himself or be sarcastic. "Comparable to Lu Zhishen."

"It's not just two punches, the main reason is that I have internal injuries." Hu Yin stepped forward with a stern face and pressed forward. "Your Majesty... the reason why I was confused by you for a while was secondary. What really made me willing to believe that your method was feasible and willing to do it was that I knew what you were thinking from the beginning."

Zhao Jiu's heart finally moved, and he looked at the other party seriously, waiting for the answer.

"Your Majesty," Hu Yin sighed, and said with emotion. "When I read that story, I immediately thought of something that the emperor had to do since the second year of Jianyan, including the third year, even when the country was in danger... I also remember the words the emperor used at that time, 'release people'!"

Emperor Zhao's expression finally eased.

"What about the Qin Wang Jade Guanyin, what about Zhang Jun's greed for money, the government had already made it very clear at the time, that is, to tell the story that these people had no ill intentions, no bad intentions, but once their nature was revealed or even a negligence caused the people below to be ruined." Hu Yin paused slightly. "When I was dealing with military supplies around the New Year this year, I thought about it... Why did we devote so much national strength to the war? It was to restore peace. But what happens after restoring peace?"

"When the Jin Kingdom is in existence, it is the internal and external that are overwhelming. When the Jin Kingdom is defeated, it is the upper and lower that are the most touching." Zhao Jiu took over the conversation, took the initiative to summarize for the other party, and took the opportunity to dismount. "I originally wanted to remind the world that after the internal and external, it is the upper and lower, but it was still too hasty and used the wrong method... We should wait until the Yellow River is well managed and the original knowledge is stable, and then slowly do this."

"That's what I meant." Hu Yin admitted frankly. "However, it is precisely because I know the emperor's compassion and concern that I am self-confident. But this matter is more than that..."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Jiu's tone became much kinder as his mood improved.

"I have no other intention." Hu Yin stood there with his hands behind his back and added softly, "I just want to say that while the emperor boasts of his compassion, I'm afraid he has forgotten that in terms of superiority and inferiority, the emperor himself is the most superior person."

Zhao Jiu looked up in surprise.

But Hu Mingzhong pretended not to see it, and continued to speak clearly and calmly in the spring breeze:

“So, if your Majesty is careless, the families of the princes and below will be destroyed, and if you make a mistake, the whole world will fall apart… Your Majesty, in terms of superiors and subordinates, the princes are all below you, and in terms of the whole world, the princes are also part of the whole world… Just as knowing that your majesty’s original intention was good was the root of my confusion that day, your majesty was so infatuated with this matter after the great victory that he repeatedly forgot about it, which was also the root of my fear of not offending your majesty… Your Majesty, governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, so please be cautious, and please protect yourself.

After saying this, Hu Mingzhong bowed and left, leaving behind only "Records of Fan Tongzhi's Return to Taihang Mountain" and Emperor Zhao, who had sat there for a long time and was speechless.

On this day, Emperor Zhao had just gone out in the afternoon, but he did not go fishing, nor did he update his novel. He just enjoyed the spring breeze on the river for half a day.

PS: Thanks to the official for still remembering Chu (Long) (I remember, but you and I are all old), and the cold bird boss for the cuteness. These are the 221st and 222nd cuteness in this book.