Your minister submits: The late emperor's enterprise was left unfinished at his untimely demise, now the realm is divided in two, and the eastern lands are exhausted. Truly this is a time of crisis for survival. Yet merchants toil unceasingly at home while servants and laborers sacrifice themselves abroad, all because they remember the late emperor's exceptional favor and wish to repay it to Your Majesty. It would be fitting to open wide the channels of imperial hearing to glorify the late emperor's virtuous legacy - establishing single-port trade to expand marketplaces, rather than boasting of one's own achievements. For when a single man acts like King Zhou, he blocks the path of loyal remonstrance. The court and the common world should operate as one whole - promotions, punishments, praises and blames should not differ between them. If there be those who commit crimes or perform loyal deeds, let the appropriate officials determine their rewards or punishments, to manifest Your Majesty's fair and enlightened governance. There should be no favoritism creating different laws for inner and outer circles...