If anyone commits crimes or performs meritorious deeds, they should be judged according to the law, so that Your Majesty’s just governance may be evident. There should be no favoritism, and the laws of the court and the military should not differ.
I was originally a commoner, farming in Nanyang. I merely sought to preserve my life in a time of chaos, with no desire for fame among the lords.
Permit me to observe: the late emperor was taken from us before he could finish his life's work, the restoration of the Han. Today, the empire is still divided in three, and our very survival is threatened.