Emperor Chengping is already fifty-eight years old this year, but he still looks like a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties. He looked at his appearance in the mirror and sighed.

The confidant general around him asked with concern: "Why did Your Majesty sigh?"

Emperor Chengping said: "When the Holy Emperor was over 500 years old, his appearance was like a twenty-year-old young man. Why did I grow old so quickly? Is it really a failure of my virtue?"

The confidant general manager comforted him: "Your Majesty is only 30 years old now. Even if you are not as good as the Holy Emperor, you are still a wise king. Just wait for Your Majesty to continue to seek welfare for the people, and you will definitely add merits and become immortals like the Holy Emperor."

This was said to Emperor Chengping's heart, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

Emperor Chengping recalled that he and ninety-nine other royal children were summoned into the palace by the Holy Emperor more than 20 years ago. He was uneasy and never thought that his son, a royal family member, would have great opportunities to be appointed as the crown prince by the Holy Emperor at that time.

The pie that fell from the sky fell into his mouth, and he remembered that he almost fainted when he was so happy that he almost fainted.

Later, when someone was jealous and jealous, he really believed it a little when the Holy Emperor was strong and strong back then. However, he knew that he was definitely not the opponent of the Holy Emperor who had ruled the world for more than 500 years, so fighting for power and profit was not advisable. Being at the most important thing was to be content with oneself. He was appointed as the crown prince by the Holy Emperor, and sooner or later he could touch power.

And everything was as expected. After the Holy Emperor inspected him for a period of time, he sent him into the six ministries to control the real power. After he gradually gained a foothold and held power tightly, he took the initiative to abdicate and give way to him.

The Holy Emperor, who became the Supreme Emperor, did not control him as he thought. Instead, he helped him sit in the palace and helped him deal with those royal elders who relied on his seniority and did not obey the emperor's orders. After he firmly sat on the throne, the Holy Emperor completely let go and ascend to the immortal.

Emperor Chengping now looked back on his once speculation that the Holy Emperor was greedy for power.

It is obvious that the Holy Emperor is such a selfless person!

I just regret that I had delayed the transfer of power due to those unnecessary guesses, which forced the Holy Emperor to postpone the time of becoming an immortal.

Emperor Chengping recalled the secret words he had with him the night before the Holy Emperor ascended, and his heart was filled with excitement.

He still remembers that night more than 20 years ago, when he was still excited about his control of all the imperial power in the imperial study room, the Holy Emperor who had already transitioned his power to him suddenly appeared in his imperial study room, and asked everyone to retreat and talk to him privately.

At that time, the Holy Emperor said, "Do you know the reason why I have lived for so many years?"

He replied, "I don't know."

Seeing that the Holy Emperor intended to tell him the secret of immortality that he could ascend to immortality, he was so excited that he couldn't control his emotions.

The Holy Emperor said: "That's because I have promoted reforms, allowing the people to live and work in peace and prosperity, and allowing the Great Qian to prosper and glorious. This is to make contributions to governing the world, and God rewards me with long life. When I don't want to be an emperor and have my merits fulfilled, I can go to heaven to be a god."

He was filled with emotion when he heard this, and he was immortal! What a great merit to be a god!

After the Daqian Reform, he only heard a few words about his life before the reform from older elders. It is said that before the Daqian Reform, there was no electric light, and he had to ride a horse, carriage, ox, and carriage to travel. This was only a matter of dignitaries and nobles. Ordinary people could only rely on their feet. Even in that era, people starved to death at the foot of the emperor in the capital. Unlike now, buses are popular and railways are spread all over the country. As long as they are willing to endure hardships, everyone can have enough food.

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Even if Emperor Chengping failed to see the situation of the Dakan Dynasty before the reform with his own eyes, the words of the elders and historical records can be seen how much credit the Holy Emperor who promoted the reform was.

He silently made up his mind that he must be a wise king. Even if he can't catch up with the Holy Emperor, he will have to extend his life for decades. In the future, he can be a little god in heaven. If he has a Holy Emperor, he will go to heaven to manage his team first, and he will have a ready-made backer when he goes!

Emperor Chengping was very happy.

But the Holy Emperor told him: "But prolonging life is to change your destiny against the will of heaven, and it must be a great contribution. Now that I have promoted reform, you will never be able to obtain too much contribution, so I will leave you a skill that can integrate the merits of your body into your body and prolong your life. Remember, this skill must not be passed on to the next emperor!"

He was excitedly crossing his ears, but saw the Holy Emperor pointing his finger to his eyebrows. Then there was an additional technique in his mind that could only be understood but not expressed in words, which also taught him how to pass it on to the next generation.

When he was thinking about how to obtain more merits, the Holy Emperor said again: "It is easy to obtain this merit. You just need to be calm and be a wise ruler, so that the officials in the world can be clear and the people live and work in peace. This merit of governing the world is enough to prolong your life. But if you do not govern the world properly, you will lose the merits and will definitely lead to a short life and suffer in the 18th level of hell in the future."

Emperor Cheng'an became even more determined to be a wise ruler.

So whenever he encountered a case of corrupt officials, when he was concerned about other factors and wanted to take it lightly, he would always think of the secret words of the Holy Emperor before he ascended to become an immortal, and then he would make up his mind to deal with all the big borers regardless of other people's pleas.

After dealing with those borers, I wonder if it was his illusion, but he always felt that his image was taller and the light of merit was more dazzling.

No matter how he is, he is still a human being, and he does not have the terrible means of the Holy Emperor to know everything, so there are also unjust, false and wrong cases.

When he loved face and wanted to make a final conclusion for his own face, he couldn't help but remember what the Holy Emperor said before ascension.

If he does not help these innocent people rehabilitate, will he have to deduct merit? That is to take his life!

After thinking about it, Emperor Chengping still felt that life and peace after death were more important than face. So after finding out the truth, he decisively issued an edict to guilt, admitting that he had caused unjust, false and wrong cases, and made every effort to make up for the victim's losses.

What surprised him was that his self-criticism not only did not lose his face but reduced his prestige, but instead made his reputation among the people a higher level.

Originally, Emperor Chengping, as the successor of the Holy Emperor, has always lived under the reputation of the Holy Emperor. When others mentioned him, they would always say "It's far worse than the Holy Emperor" and then end with a sentence "It would be great if the Holy Emperor was still there."

Now that he admitted his mistakes frankly, his reputation among the people has improved a lot, becoming "although it is far inferior to the Holy Emperor, it is far superior to others."

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Emperor Chengping also respected the Holy Emperor, so the people still thought that he was not as good as the Holy Emperor. He was not angry at all, but instead felt that it was natural. However, the people praised him far beyond others, which was a great praise, proving that his reputation among the people was second only to the Holy Emperor.

As time passed slowly, he had been carefully following the reform pace left by the Holy Emperor, vigorously developing the level of science and technology, improving people's living conditions, ensuring the rights that vulnerable groups such as disabled and young people deserved, and working diligently to be a wise ruler every day.

He did not relax in cultivating the next generation of heirs.

Because he could not obtain the supreme merits like the Holy Emperor and live for a long time, being able to live for more than a hundred years means being able to make contributions to governing the world.

He then selected the heirs among his young sons and grandsons.

Seeing that Emperor Chengping was expected to live a long life, the older princes learned the lessons of the two princes of the Holy Emperor and began to cultivate their descendants, hoping to let their descendants take the throne.

Emperor Chengping's eldest son was an extremely outstanding prince. If Emperor Chengping had not seen his long lifespan, he would not have survived his father, so the position of crown prince would definitely be his.

The eldest son of Emperor Chengping also knew that he had no hope, so he wanted to give birth to a grandson and train him to become a talented person. In the future, he could be the emperor.

Emperor Chengping's eldest son and his concubine worked hard for many years before giving birth to a legitimate grandson. At this time, Emperor Chengping was already seventy years old and was still strong. He looked no different from a man in his forties.

The eldest son, who was in his fifties, felt that he was just right when he came. He taught his abilities to the legitimate son with great care and hired countless top-ranked teachers as legitimate sons. After much effort, he finally successfully brought him into the eyes of Emperor Chengping when he was in his teens.

From the perspective of etiquette, this child is the only legitimate son of the eldest son of Emperor Chengping. The other legitimate princes and the princess have no legitimate sons. The princess who have legitimate sons with the legitimate concubine are not legitimate sons of the empress of the central palace, so the legitimate son of Emperor Chengping is really the only legitimate grandson of Emperor Chengping.

In terms of etiquette, this child took advantage of the inheritance right. In terms of ability, he did not disappoint his father's expectations. He was extremely smart and favored by Emperor Chengping. Later, he surpassed his father and was made the crown prince.

Emperor Chengping died at the age of 110, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne at the age of 40. He was in his prime. Unfortunately, his father, who wanted to be the emperor, could not survive than Emperor Chengping, and was just posthumously.

Before Emperor Chengping died, he met the crown prince alone, and no one knew what the grandfather said.

However, historical records show that starting from the Holy Emperor, every emperor after that was a conscientious and wise ruler. It was not until the seventeenth emperor after the Holy Emperor that he was assassinated and died suddenly that the Daqian Dynasty became in chaos. There were many mediocre and incompetent emperors among the emperors.
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