"Do you know the meaning of the king's existence?" Wang Guorui asked.

"The meaning of the king's existence?"

The topic is so big that everyone doesn't know how to answer it, because everyone doesn't know how to answer it. Because they couldn't figure out what Wang Guorui was thinking, because Wang Guorui had hundreds of thousands of troops behind him to rely on, he naturally said whatever he wanted. But ordinary people can't do it, ordinary people don't have hundreds of thousands of troops to rely on, so they naturally don't dare to talk nonsense. They are afraid that if they say the wrong thing, their future will be ruined, and then they will be hated by Wang Guorui, and then they will secretly do you. As a king, even if he doesn't clean you up on the spot, he will always seize the opportunity to clean you up when the time comes. So everyone didn't dare to say anything casually.

"Your Majesty, the meaning of the king's existence is to rule the people and be the parents of the people!" Someone answered.

"Is the king indispensable?" Wang Guorui asked.

Immediately someone said, "Of course it's indispensable!" ”

"Then why doesn't America have a king? They are presidential, and the president is elected! Wang Guorui asked.

"They are fatherless and kingless barbarians, how can we compare?"

Wang Guorui asked rhetorically: "The barbarians can have no king, then their country has not collapsed, but is getting stronger and stronger." Then we have a king, so why is the Manchu Qing more and more declining, and even the Ming court is also declining. So it doesn't matter whether the king and the state are at their peak or not. In this earth, whoever is missing will still turn around, and if there is no king, all the people can choose another person and another family to be the king, so don't take yourself seriously. Don't even think that if you sit on this throne with your ass, you can do whatever you want. Think of yourself as a sacrosanct person. ”

"In the past, it was important to pay attention to what imperial power was granted by the mandate of heaven, and the West also has a similar word, which is called the divine right of kings. But what was the final result, didn't the Great Revolution in the West also overthrow so many dynasties? So in the end, the monarchy is divinely bestowed, and the imperial power is mandated by heaven. It's just self-deception! And the purpose of the king's existence is for the benefit of all peoples. If you can't do it for the benefit of all peoples, how can you be a good king? And the king should be a servant of all the people of the world. At that time, the king of Prussia, that is, Frederick the Great of Germany, once famously said, that is, "I am the first public servant of the country". Therefore, the king should be the first servant, not the one who rides on the head of the people and is a blessing. If a king does not benefit the people, but betrays the interests of his master. So how can you become a public servant? ”

"What did you do to the slaves who betrayed their masters? is to send him to the court, and even in the past feudal times, if the slave dared to do so, then it was okay to be executed directly. And since the king is the first public servant of the state, if the king not only does not think about how to rebel for the people, but oppresses the people and acts as a blessing to the people. Isn't that a slave a bully? So, can't it be overturned? ”

Wang Guorui's words really surprised everyone. Isn't Wang Guorui encouraging others to overthrow himself? You must know that other kings also propagated all kinds of feudal superstitions, making the people think that they were sacrosanct and inviolable, and no one could overthrow them, otherwise it would be a great rebellion. And the king is sacred, and no one can overthrow it for any reason. No matter how dull and brutal this emperor is, he can't overthrow it. Otherwise, it's all a great rebellion. But Wang Guorui's words are encouraging others to overthrow themselves, isn't this one asking for trouble?

"Now, I declare that if any of my descendants will be a prestige over the people, or even sell the interests of the country and the nation for the sake of power. Everybody gets it. ”

Hearing this, many feudal Confucians, and even ordinary people, also jumped. This is really ruining the three views, because Wang Guorui's words are too ruthless, and he is simply rationalizing other people's rebellions. In the past, the feudal kings all hoped to block all kinds of reasons for rebellion, and absolutely no one would say that rebellion was justified. This Wang Guorui actually directly provided a reason for those rebels, so isn't this rebelling for everyone and creating a loophole for the rule of their descendants?

Wang Guorui continued: "I want to be the emperor when I choose a day to hold the enthronement ceremony, and I don't need the so-called mandate of heaven or the so-called Zen concession. I want to be the emperor, can that ethereal heaven still be able to stop me? ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Everyone quickly knelt down.

Wang Guorui did not accept the Manchu Qing's Zen concession, but directly said that he wanted to be the emperor, who can stop him? Wang Guorui doesn't believe in this so-called God, because God can't influence him. What's more, this heaven can't be any broken stuff at all, so Wang Guorui won't believe this at all.

Soon, everyone began to prepare for this enthronement ceremony, after all, Wang Guorui is going to ascend the throne, who dares to stop it? Regardless of whether Wang Guorui accepts the so-called Mandate of Heaven or Zen Concession, then he will be the emperor in the end. This enthronement ceremony is naturally indispensable, so he immediately began to prepare for this various ceremony, so this ceremony must be more solemn and must be done better. After all, an emperor's life is almost a throne ceremony, and it must be grand. Of course, some emperors had two enthronement ceremonies in their lifetimes. However, as long as he is a normal emperor, he doesn't want to experience the second enthronement ceremony in his life, because this is not only not a compliment, but a "sarcasm" of him!

Therefore, this kind of once-in-a-lifetime thing must be grand, otherwise Wang Guorui will definitely be dissatisfied next. If Wang Guorui is not satisfied, this once-in-a-lifetime thing must not be negligent, so everyone began to be busy. And this set, those guys in the Manchu Ministry are very clear, let them be responsible at this time. What about the edict about giving a promotion and salary increase or something, it also began to be drafted by Kang Tongwei's office in accordance with Wang Guorui's intentions. Some are canonized to promote officers to military ranks, some are to give civil officials a salary increase, and even the canonization of the concubines has begun to prepare.

"Husband, why do you say that? Aren't you digging a hole for your children and grandchildren by doing so? If you say so, then you, as the founding emperor, will naturally not dare to refute it easily for future generations. And you're giving the world a reason to rebel, isn't that not conducive to rule? Zheng Hong asked.

Wang Guorui asked rhetorically: "Do you also think that my approach is wrong?" ”

"Isn't it? How can anyone cheat their own descendants like this? Zheng Hong also inevitably said.

Although Zheng Hong also knew that his son's hope of inheriting the throne was very slim, because Wang Guorui was worried that the military forces would collude with his eldest son in the future, and then let the army control the country and form a warlord. But Zheng Hong also has to worry, because after all, she is the future first queen, and the son she gave birth to can obtain more than 40% of Wang Guorui's wealth. And the basis for guaranteeing these wealth, that is, the good thrones of these royal families. If the Wang family loses the throne, it will definitely lose its wealth in the end.

"Hong'er, don't you know an old saying? It's called being born in sorrow and dying in peace! Once a person has no scruples, it is natural that he will do whatever he wants, and in the end he will definitely lose the country. Since ancient times, how many emperors have no scruples in the peace of the world, or in a peaceful environment, and they can't see danger at all. It is precisely because they take themselves too seriously and think that they are sacrosanct too much that they also think that they should have power. But he didn't expect that the emperor was the biggest usurper in the world, usurping the power of all the people in the world. If he can't do a good job for the benefit of the people, but oppresses the people, and finally makes the people unbearable step by step, and then overthrows them? If people do not have a sense of sorrow, they will definitely die in peace. ”

"So instead of expecting him to be fearless in this position, and then he can enjoy himself in peace, then that will definitely make them indifferent. So what we have to do is not to eliminate difficulties for them, but to make them feel that they are doing this, and we have to make them feel that this position is not so easy to do, and we have to be cautious. If we want to do everything for them, then in the end they will definitely be fearless in the end, and then lose the world. Let them be cautious, let them feel like walking on thin ice, so that the world can be stable. If there is no threat, then in the end it will surely decay itself, and then decay day by day, and finally when the whole country has become hopeless, it will inevitably die in peace. Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui believes that only by letting his descendants be careful to be overthrown at all times can the real stability of the country. Otherwise, if there is no threat and no threat is felt, then it will definitely be overthrown in the end. Wang Guorui took the initiative to give those later "rebels" a reason, and as a founding emperor to give those rebels a reasonable reason to rebel, this is tantamount to hanging a sword over the heads of future emperors, so that they have to be really cautious.

As for whether those rebels can succeed in rebellion through this reason, Wang Guorui can only answer one sentence, that is, flies don't bite eggs. If you want your future emperors to do well and win the hearts of the people, then no matter how many rebel careerists there are, they will not succeed. If the rebellion can really succeed, it must be your own reason, after all, flies don't bite seamless eggs, and it has nothing to do with what reason others use.

Wang Guorui left this sentence "rebellion is justified", that is, he hopes that his descendants can feel threatened, let them truly feel that their country will never be stable, and let them truly face the rule of the country diligently. (To be continued.) )