"For a full sixteen years, my father and elder brother were captured, and nearly the entire Imperial Family was annihilated."
"I have endured long enough, do you all expect me to wait endlessly?"
"I have waited for sixteen years for this day!"
"I am not seeking your opinions now; I am telling you—I will wage war against Da Jin!"
The Emperor's words were sonorous and decisive.
No one dared to speak in the Golden Throne Hall for a moment.
When the ruler is weak, the ministers are strong; when the ruler is strong, the ministers are weak.
Once the monarch becomes authoritative, the ministers have no option but to acquiesce obediently.
The Emperor continued, "Let the Hanlin Academy immediately draft a manifesto against Da Jin, to be urgently delivered nationwide at eight hundred li."
"One month from today, the government offices across the nation will uniformly post the manifesto against Da Jin!"
