Chapter 66: In the Palace (Part II)
As the saying goes, the ass determines the thinking, and the chair under His Majesty's ass is unique, and his mind is naturally unique. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Compared with the princes and the queen mother, the direction of the problem, the things that His Majesty the Emperor thinks are completely different from them.
Today's Zhou Dynasty is also considered to be at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the world is peaceful. With Yecheng as the economic center, the economic development and agricultural production of the whole country are all good.
As he got older, gradually, the founding emperor who completed the martial arts and ruled the world began to think about what would happen in a hundred years.
These three princes, the queen concubine in the harem, and even the queen mother, all they thought about was the question of who would sit on this chair.
And the emperor is different.
As the only person who has been sitting on this chair, his vision of seeing things has long gone beyond the limitation of "which son will be the emperor" and came to the direction of "how to make his son's chair sit firmly".
In fact, to be honest, he doesn't really care which of these three boys can win this battle for succession in the end.
Let the children and grandchildren make trouble. As long as the trouble is not excessive, as long as the means are not ugly, the emperor is happy to suppress and fight among these sons.
Because of the position of the emperor, where can anyone sit well?
It's just that An An'an grew up a few years old, and then he sat in the position of emperor lightly and skillfully, and it is difficult for this kind of emperor to do anything.
To be a good emperor, you need to be decisive, ruthless, far-sighted and powerful, understand the emperor's mind, and understand human feelings and selfishness.
These things are so complex and profound, where can you see them in books and learn them in the classroom?
Only by practicing and knowing, and only in this naked struggle, can the princes understand why and how to do this.
Be decisive, because opportunities are fleeting; Be ruthless, and in this struggle you would rather kill others than let others kill yourself.
Especially this emperor's mental tricks and people's common selfishness, just like this time the third prince asked Mei Shangshu to be the vanguard, but he touched the little prince's moldy head and was completely calculated by the prince.
How he should adjust his mentality and strategy, how to be gentle with Lin Fu and the little prince, how to appease Mei Shangshu, etc., these are the things that the emperor wants him to learn in the struggle.
It's not that the successive emperors have a bad taste of watching their sons kill each other, but the people who sit in their positions know deeply that it is difficult to defend this world.
Everyone wants to pass on their inheritance from generation to generation, as the First Emperor dreamed of, to the second, third, and eternal generations.
And only the one who can resist the baptism of blood, be reborn in the conspiracy, and survive has the right to take over the foundation that he has worked hard all his life to do.
Of course, the emperor can't hope that his sons will make too much trouble, and it really comes to the point of life and death, so he also vaguely expressed his attitude, as long as he doesn't exceed this bottom line, he can make any trouble, and whoever wins in the end is the real prince and the next emperor.
It is the emperor's attitude of the law of the jungle, which makes the prince of a country so cautious and delicate, even a side student of an official family who has just entered Beijing will notice it.
I was afraid that I would make some mistake and fall from this position.
And the third prince and the seventh prince are not the crown princes, but they are a little fearless and bold.
Compared with the issue of the crown prince's position, the emperor's greater concern was that there were too few new forces in the court.
The founding heroes faction was already the most powerful, and in recent years, it has also controlled the newly restored imperial examination system, and for more than ten years, almost all the new officials who have entered the court have their own meritorious veterans.
Although His Majesty rules the world and can suppress these old people, but after a hundred years, will these sons be able to suppress these veteran soldiers and old ministers?
Behind this matter, most people are paying attention to the overt and secret struggle between the two faceless princes, thinking about what impact and changes Lin Fu's appearance has on the situation between the three princes.
His Majesty has taken advantage of this Chunfu case to weaken the factions of those heroes and magnates and cultivate the civil servants directly under him.
How can he use the muddy water of the struggle of his three sons to erase the power of the Shi clan faction little by little?
His Majesty is in his hands at the moment, a completely trustworthy force, the fourteen guards of the forbidden army, and two additional guards have been added to participate in the rule of officials, but the effect is not very obvious. Ouchi Imperial Forest Army, there is a spy branch, usually as a spy in the capital to find out the news, although the effect is acceptable, but to shake the strength of the warriors is still a lot worse.
After thinking about it, the fundamental reason is that there are not too many confidants and civil officials in the DPRK.
In the past, the siblings who fought the world together have now become powerful and noble, and they have become a big burden to his Li family, monopolizing the scientific field, and the heavenly family is gradually losing its absolute control over the court.
And most of the cronies of the past have gradually become the people they want to eradicate and suppress, and the emperor really has no one at hand for a while.
Although there are still a few officials, such as Lord Su of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they are actually secretly His Majesty's people.
However, most of His Majesty's absolute strength is still concentrated in the forbidden army and the Imperial Forest Army, which can be seen from the fact that he did not dare to use his court civilian forces when he thoroughly investigated the Chunqiu case, but took the path of these two armies, and His Majesty is really not at ease with the civilian officials under his command.
Fortunately, Mr. Jiang's thorough anti-water this time, His Majesty's action this time was a complete victory, the evidence is conclusive, and the Shi clan faction swallowed such bitter fruits in vain, but there is no reason to speak.
And the emperor, who has gained a lot and has been very happy in recent days, is thinking about the question at the moment, how to directly attract most of the talents to his command this time?
In the future, who will carry the banner for himself and be the vanguard to stab the knives of those scholars?
The battle between the princes is just a small fight, and it is pitiful that so many people are calculating and analyzing this matter, but His Majesty has not taken this level of struggle seriously at all.
The most important thing in today's plan is to pick out a trustworthy civil official and sing black faces in the court for himself to suppress those nobles.
And there is one person in this matter who is extremely suitable and very in line with His Majesty's wishes, that is, the handsome and handsome son of Kobayashi who shouted out earlier in the world.
Just looking at his performance and temperament today, he ran to Kyoto Mansion in such a hurry, and fought with the criminal department with a bayonet, His Majesty was slightly disappointed, feeling that his heart and methods were still a little tender.
Father-in-law Zhang has accompanied His Majesty since he was a child, and he is the best at figuring out His Majesty's thoughts, looking at His Majesty's expression, and making suggestions at the right time at this moment, "Your Majesty, in the palace examination, come up with a question about this Spring Disaster case, and test the understanding of Prince Xiaolin?" ”