Verse 86: Don't forget your original intention2
For their own bear children, when the parents are really a headache and angry, they can't kill this evil obstacle, but is this possible?
Even if Zhao Ji is the emperor, even if he doesn't bother to take care of the prince, he already knows the distress of being a father.
At the same time, he was also secretly happy: It turns out that the Cangzhao family, which is famous all over the world, is also a bastard.
"But,"
Zhao Gonglian said again: "My brother, cough is like that, but it is the heart of the elders, no matter how stubborn he is, the elders do not dislike him, but they love him very much." Don't say that my mother cherished my brother's life, for fear that there would be a mistake. Even my own grandmother, who has always been strict with her children and grandchildren, is also abnormal, she actually likes it, not disgusted, or pampered from the bottom of her heart, always saying that children are naughty, and our children will not really ignorant to scourge the outside, there are elders in the family, and where can you be a bastard? Isn't it just a fuss? The countryside is deserted, and making trouble is not a bad thing, but also a kind of fun in life. If you don't want to study, then don't force it, when you grow up, you can do something else, it's not the ability to live? People are different, each has its own characteristics, will also have their own strengths, forced can't be, as long as they don't grow crooked, they will make a difference when they grow up, the important thing is the heart. The children of the bankers do not have to be forced to read so many books. There is a student in the family who is an official, and it is not enough to worry about the family? “
"As for my father, it's just that when he gets angry, he scolds my brother casually and it's over. He has always managed his children in a sheep-herding style, and he is unwilling to restrain his children's natural happiness, he only cares that his children will not grow into bad eggs, and they can share their responsibilities when they grow up. ”
Zhao Ji was thoughtful about this.
He likes Zhao Gonglian's father's way of educating his children. He doesn't like to be held in person, and his temperament is not allowed to be this or that. Not allowed? Doesn't a person live a life to be happy? When he was a prince, he was fed up with all kinds of strict controls in the palace.
He also admired the tolerant and accessible attitude of the old lady Cangzhao.
When he was a child, he didn't have such an elder's tolerance and pampering. The elders in the palace always demanded that he must do this, must do that, must grow, must ...... He was already very well-behaved at that time, and he was not the eldest son, so he didn't have to work hard to become a prince and become a powerful emperor in the future, but what he got was still the dissatisfaction of his father and the harsh criticism of this elder and that elder.
He didn't work hard according to the requirements of his elders, he only studied according to his nature and expertise, didn't he also become a generation of amazing geniuses, and he had enough ability to be a powerful emperor?
"This mentality in the minister's family is related to the identity of the Zhuanghu people, and it is also related to the dangerous environment in which Cangzhou is a border area."
"The expectation of elders for children is first and foremost to grow up smoothly."
"As for Weichen, my parents and elders, including my grandmother, who loved me and taught me to bring me up, although they have been strict with me since I was a child, and they know that I can study, but they don't require me to study hard and be admitted to the sergeant and become an official."
"The elders attach importance to the responsibility of their children, and they must be brave, upright, and benevolent, especially when the Liao invaders can have the courage to resist bravely, protect their families and protect those villagers in need. What I want is this conscience, this original intention of human nature. And I tried my best to do it, but in my heart I was actually very envious that my younger brother could have a much richer and safer environment, a happy and relaxed life, messing around and growing up. Your Majesty also knows that in the past, although my family was a landlord, it was very poor, and life in the village was not an ordinary difficulty. ”
Zhao Ji was silent, but there was a look of understanding and sympathy in his eyes.
"The minister loves his brother very much."
"My brother caught up with the home environment that I didn't have when I was young, and I have a lot of credit for that. I hope that he can spend his childhood carefree and happy with this rare relaxed life, and not have to struggle to move upwards in fear of the possibility of breaking his family at any time, as I did at that time. To tell you the truth, for the sake of my brother, when necessary, I am willing to give my life to protect him and protect the good environment he can enjoy. I have the courage to do that. This is also my responsibility as an older brother. ”
"Fortunately, our Great Song Dynasty is getting richer and stronger under the governance of His Majesty, and the life of the people is getting better and better. The minister will be more confident to protect his younger brother. ”
"It's just that the minister is now in the capital, far away from his hometown, and he can't see his brother's naughty but cute, whenever he sees the princes of the same age, especially the prince who is always reprimanded for his bad performance, he often can't help but think of his younger brother. The ministers envy the princes to have such a superior environment as the palace, and they can live and grow up happily. The minister also hoped that the princes would be as happy and comfortable as my brother and spend their most precious carefree childhood, without the troubles or even dangers imposed on innocent children by various factors. For this reason, for the courtiers, I am willing to do what I can for the princes. He doesn't care what others say. It's a big deal, the minister still goes home to be a farmer and a farmer, and there are countless officialdom troubles and disputes, so that the family can worry about it, and it is also convenient to take care of the aging elders in the family, and protect the younger brothers and villagers, so that life is still happy and meaningful. ”
Zhao Gonglian did not carefully organize the words and the content of the emperor's favor to be expressed, but he thought of that and said that. However, the meaning is here.
Zhao Ji also understood......
He told the courtiers about Zhao Gonglian's dangerous growth environment and this kind of courageous and responsible mind and benevolent "big brother" feelings, which made the courtiers feel ashamed......
Zhao Gonglian's words and the "good big brother" to the princes actually invisibly reduced the pressure on the princes, and also indirectly protected the helpless prince Zhao Huan.
Because from the Cangzhao family, which lives at the dangerous border, the second child is not in tune but still has to be loved and protected by the elders as much as possible, Zhao Ji's sensitive artist nerve was touched, and he was moved by compassion, and he had more tolerance and consideration for the lonely and poor prince who was born almost without his mother's love and care......
For the villager who was not an ordinary favorite and extremely favored by his father, Emperor Zhao Huan's feelings were mainly hateful, and at the same time, he also hoped to be driven by him.
When he was young, he once strongly felt the degree of suspicion that Zhao Gonglian was actually the illegitimate son of his father, because his father simply took Zhao Gonglian as his eldest son and pampered and maintained, and he was vigorously cultivating him in all aspects, either openly or secretly. And Zhao Ji has his father's kindness to them, who must be princes who are their own sons...... But it's rare that there will be more care, and more reprimand under the disappointed eyes.
The father cares about which prince he cares about, not because he cares about the prince himself, but because he dotes on the prince's mother.
Zhao Huan didn't have his own mother to be favored, he didn't have his own mother to take care of him, and he didn't have a stepmother to absolutely trust and ask him what he didn't understand.
He could only hide his suspicions in his heart and ponder them.
At one point, he was almost sick with worries.
Because of suspicion and extreme fear, his father actually secretly cultivated Zhao Gonglian, an illegitimate son, as a prince, and he, the prince, was just foolish on the surface. He was just the saddest target in front of the palace and the government and the opposition who would inevitably concentrate their firepower.
He has not had the strong protection of the living Supreme Queen's mother since he was a child, and he is not smart and capable, if he no longer has the security brought by the position of the crown prince and the attention of his father, then, even if he is still young, he still does not understand the sinister and terrible palace fight, and he instinctively ignores that the misery of his fate will be unimaginable.
"It would be nice if I had a brother who loves my brother like this and protects my brother."
This is Zhao Huan's heartfelt desire and sigh when he was young.
He didn't want to be such a scumbag, too stressful and dangerous prince.
If possible, he would prefer to be the younger brother of the eldest brother like Zhao Gonglian.
For this reason, he was naïve and suspicious at that time, and he was euphemistic, but in fact, he was immature and clumsy to test whether Zhao Gonglian had this possibility. He is really willing to give up the crown prince and only be the younger brother who is happy and safe and can relax and mess around happily.
Zhao Gonglian was too young at that time, but he was so intelligent that he still keenly felt the implicit meaning of the prince's words.
Zhao Huan's "bold" guess that his father was messing around outside, and he actually suspected that he Zhao Gonglian was the emperor's illegitimate son, and he was very worried about this but was willing to give up the crown prince, just wanting to have a big brother like him to protect the strange and healthy life of the noble prince who enjoyed the carefree and noble prince's small life, but it was also a normal thought, Zhao Gonglian was stunned and couldn't help but laugh, and couldn't help but sympathize and feel sad.
The most ruthless imperial family. Don't be an emperor prince in the next life......
This kind of conclusion that the younger brother Zhao Yue said when he was about two years old echoed in Zhao Gonglian's ears.
Sure enough, that's true.
Look at the poor little prince in front of him.......
At that time, although Zhao Gonglian heard his younger brother predict that the tragic end of the Song dynasty would be fulfilled in this dynasty, Zhao Huan's generation, but he was not so convinced. The family is struggling to develop, and in fact, it has secretly accumulated strength to prepare for rebellion, or it is actively preparing to face the chaotic and bloody day when the Song Dynasty collapsed, but everything is just holding the positive survival attitude of Ning Zhong believing in what he has and not believing in his nothing.......
To put it bluntly, in order to survive, I crossed the river by feeling the stones in the established direction.
At that time, in the face of an honest and stupid child like Zhao Huan, such a prince's poor living conditions, and such a prince's mentality, what could he say?
He could only ask Zhao Huan: "Do you look like your father?" Do you see where I look like your father? Not at all. In this way, he tactfully reminded the young, ignorant and helpless prince: What you suspect is too ridiculous, and it is pure speculation that should not be made.
After thinking about it, he solemnly told Zhao Huan: "You are the eldest son of the emperor, your mother is the queen, although now your father has a queen, but you will always be the most noble eldest son of the emperor." ”
You were born to be a crown prince, that is, you came to the world as the prince of the mandate of heaven to prepare to be the emperor, this kind of thing must not be said.
Otherwise, they will be hated by those ambitious girls and use various means to frame and plot revenge.......
Those women in the palace, especially those who have given birth to sons who have scheming or high-grade women, how do they deliberately bully Zhao Huan neither have the love and protection of his mother, nor his qualifications are unbearable, and he is not worthy of being a prince.
He also knew that Emperor Zhao Ji would not be happy to hear him get involved in such a thing.
Interfere with the palace and the reserve. It has always been the emperor's most disgusting taboo.
He will not foolishly get involved in the danger of the palace fight because of benevolence and sympathy, and he does not have the mood and obligation to protect the rich and noble children of "other people's families".
What he can do is to be kind to every child of the emperor because of his awe, admiration and loyalty to the emperor, and indirectly harmonize the life of the inner palace to ensure that he is less dangerous.
It's already hard.
In the end, Zhao Gonglian said a cliché but it is also a wise saying: "Only the benevolent can win the world." “
"People, whether it is the prince or the people, you should keep your duty and conscience, and don't forget your original intention."
Zhao Gonglian was thinking about it at the time, but he just sighed casually, and was busy serving the emperor again.
But for Zhao Huan, the significance of his few words was extraordinary, which made the young Zhao Huan invisibly have more confidence and persistence in being a prince.
When others say 10,000 words, they can't compare to an idol saying a word.
The words of the Infinite Shadow Idol, however, are more shocking to fans in many cases.
Even if Emperor Zhao Ji personally promised: You are the crown prince and will not change. It is not as comforting as the words of Zhao Gonglian, a humble outsider.
As for Zhao Huan's teachers or loyal subordinates, they have long said repeatedly: You Zhao Huan should be the crown prince, and you will be the emperor in the future. It's not the best either.
With such an experience, how could Zhao Huan's feelings about Zhao Gonglian not be complicated.
Like his father, he believed in his heart that Zhao Gonglian was the most needed and the only ideal prime minister candidate in the Great Song Dynasty.
However, when he really became the emperor, his mentality will always change, and he is eager to take power and stabilize his fate, Zhao Gonglian showed his unruliness towards the imperial power and his distrust of the new emperor who has no leadership experience when he tested people's ability to govern and stabilize the world in the extremely dangerous country, coupled with the deliberate provocation of Geng Nanzhong, who trusted, his impression of Zhao Gonglian was very bad, and he believed in Geng Nanzhong's clever plan, and the idea was to eradicate Cangzhao as soon as possible, and use this prestige to establish the prestige of the monarchy and become the real emperor.
At this time, when he learned that Zhao Gonglian really meant that he wanted to rebel, Zhao Huan couldn't hold back, panicked, and immediately summoned Geng Nanzhong to meet urgently to blame or ask for ideas.
The shadow that has been hidden in his heart since he was a child, and the pressure on him is too great.
When he was the crown prince, Zhao Huan was afraid of not many people, but too many, inside and outside the palace...... The noble is the crown prince of the dynasty, but he often does not dare to face up to some eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, let alone dare to teach a lecture at will, and he can only be submissive to those lowly palace servants in the palace who come to the East Palace to pass on the edict to him.
This is due to the harsh environment, but the main thing is the character.
If it is Zhao Yue in the other place, the practitioner must have the taste of life if he lives for a day, at least he must be mentally strong and dignified and satisfied, he is the prince, even if the environment is a hundred times worse and a thousand times worse, then he will not hesitate to act when it is time to fight, and live a long time of grievance and boredom, it is better to fight hard. Not to mention the royal servants such as eunuchs and palace maids, even if the prime minister and others dare to scare him and calculate him, he will still find ways to resolutely fight back, instead of pretending to be dead and let others step on him, begging to ignore and let him go.
Zhao Yue's temperament is optimistic, cheerful and struggling in his past and present lives, he is peaceful and polite, and he never even verbally slanders the rights and wrongs of others...... This is a kind of cultivation, but on the other hand, it is also a bit of a donkey temper, generally does not have a seizure, but once it occurs, it will be violent and terrifying, cunning, insidious, decisive, all come, resolute to the end.
The girlfriend who has lived with him for a long time knows this too well, so although he sometimes changes his tricks and quarrels, he never violates that point.
And Zhang Yihui, Zhao's mother, who raised Zhao Yue almost with a good eyeball, is too clear about the invisible nature of her young son's donkey temper.
The young son has no intention of wasting time and energy on mind, but if anyone offends that point, the young son will become another person, narrow-minded, unapproachable, unreasonable, fiery like thunder, and even cruel and ruthless to the point of numbness.
Different personalities create different destinies.
If Zhao Yue is Zhao Huan, his personality means that he will most likely have no chance to grow up in the palace at all, and if he grows up, he will not be able to sit firmly on the crown prince and become the emperor.
The frivolous artist Emperor Zhao Ji categorically could not tolerate the prince with a strong personality. Meek and honest are at the mercy of him, and don't bother to be his prince's dish.
And Zhao Huan lived to grow up, and finally became the emperor with dignity in history, but he was humiliated as a prince for decades, but he was even more unlucky when he became an emperor, and he was forced to be a firefighter without being able to take responsibility......
Two diametrically opposed personalities, two but the same unfortunate ending, this thing....... It's hard to say.