Chapter Twenty-Three: Life is Like Chess
The emperor is stupid, and there is a powerful civil and military general to assist him, but he may not be able to rule the world, but Emperor Huai of Jin has a cruel and vicious Empress Yang who has a strong desire for power by his side.
As the saying goes, marrying a wife is not virtuous and ruining three generations, and this Queen Yang really proved this sentence with her practical actions.
Her poor stupid husband Emperor Jin Huai was a puppet in her hands all his life, and then her son Emperor Xiaocheng ascended the throne and inherited the same fate as his father.
When Xiao Qingyan analyzed the political fate of the Great Jin Dynasty, he thought more than once that if his grandfather did not assist Emperor Huai of the Jin Dynasty and did not help Empress Yang stabilize the situation of the dynasty, but chose another heir to the throne with normal intelligence, would the fate of the Great Jin Dynasty be rewritten in the next few decades? Will there be no political darkness caused by the dictatorship of Empress Dowager Yang today?
She looked intently at her grandfather, wondering if he would show any regret for the time.
However, no.
Xiao Pei shook the pu fan lightly and smiled lightly: "You said that the first emperor is not suitable to sit in that seat, then let me ask you, what is suitable?" Eloquent, wise and wise? Or, at least, the brain has to be normal? ”
This kind of dialogue between the platoon and ridicule of His Majesty in the current dynasty, if it is spread to the surface, I am afraid that the entire Xiao family will suffer the disaster of extermination.
Xiao Qingyan didn't answer, being born stupid is a kind of misfortune that can't help himself, and there is no need to make fun of other people's misfortunes.
Xiao Pei said: "In my opinion, the first emperor was the most suitable candidate at that time, if it is said that there are more princes and grandsons who are more normal than him, and even smart and witty, there were too many at that time, they all have their own camps behind them, they all have strength, and they are all eyeing the big position, but no matter which of them sits on the supreme position, they can't make the other competitors happy and submit, the kings compete with each other, and they are in their own camps, what will happen to the Great Jin Dynasty?" ”
He looked at Xiao Qingyan with a smile.
Xiao Qingyan said in a deep voice: "Rebel and divide, divided. ”
Her eyebrows moved slightly, and her eyes suddenly flowed like a clear spring, and she was clear.
Xiao Pei: "The first emperor is indeed reckless in thinking and is weak in words, but he has one thing that no one else can match. ”
Xiao Qingyan said: "He is the eldest son. ”
"Yes, the succession to the throne, the establishment of the long, since ancient times, the first emperor is not only the grandson, but also the long, he is the prince of Emperor Gaozong, he inherited the throne in the name of the right, no matter how unfair others are, they can only bow down to the ministers."
Xiao Qingyan understands that the four words "justifiable" are a kind of default iron law in the world.
Even if those chaotic ministers and thieves are plotting to usurp the throne, they must design a set of reasonable arguments on the table, so that their actions conform to this iron law that everyone defaults to, otherwise they will always be unjustifiable and always give the enemy an excuse to attack and crusade.
Just like the history after Emperor Huai succeeded to the throne, many of the princes and grandsons who coveted the throne were unwilling to bow down to a fool, but in the end, without exception, they were all charged with rebellion, and they were defeated because of their bad names and bad words.
Xiao Pei smiled proudly: "Life is like chess, there are no regrets, I, Xiao Pei, have never regretted my decision, I didn't regret it at the beginning, and I still do it now." ”
Xiao Qingyan seemed to see his grandfather's high spirits when he was young, this old man with amazing talent was indeed qualified to be arrogant, and he delayed the tragedy of the fragmentation of the Great Jin Dynasty for decades.
"Regret, I'm not without it," Xiao Pei suddenly looked at her with a smile, and asked meaningfully, "Xihe, do you know what grandfather regrets?" ”
Xiao Qingyan looked into his grandfather's eyes, two pairs of identical phoenix eyes, noble and cold, the same bottomless, the same dark tide surging.
She smiled, confident, and looked like jade, but the words she said were full of killing: "What you regret is that you didn't kill the Yang family for the first emperor and set up a new queen." ”
"Hahahaha......" Xiao Pei laughed, as if he was happy and relieved.
But he later put a fan on his face, covering his eyes full of sadness and loneliness.
Grandfather dominated the court, turning the clouds and rain, he counted every civil and military general in the palm of his hand, but he only missed one person, a woman.
Xiao Qingyan lowered her head and played with the ink jade wrench in her hand, and her face was vaguely reflected on the shiny jade face.
Therefore, women should not be despised at any time.
"Grandfather, do you think that the so-called orthodoxy is really that important? At the beginning, you thought that the first emperor was the most suitable to ascend the throne, but what about now? Is the crown prince also suitable today? ”
What if it's not the crown prince? What if it's not the Jin royal family?
Xiao Qingyan knew that there was a fluke in her words, and she wanted to know what her grandfather was thinking in the face of today's situation.
Once again, however, the grandfather did not answer her positively. Well, that's to be expected.
"Today's princes, like the previous emperors, are congenitally deficient, benevolent and simple, and can be easily manipulated by others, but the monarch who can be easily manipulated by one person can also be manipulated by others."
Xiao Pei said, and the conversation changed.
"But if the lord is majestic and resolute, he will inevitably have an absolutely inviolable desire to control the imperial power in his hands, so that the contradiction between the monarch and the minister will be inevitable."
Xiao Pei glanced at Xiao Qingyan meaningfully, with a smile in his eyes.
"If you meet such a lord, you have to be the king of the king, and if you want to make a contribution to the dragon, you can't escape the fate of the bird hiding the bow and the rabbit dead and the dog cooking."
Xiao Pei smiled, and the pu fan in his hand slapped on the top of Xiao Qingyan's head.
Xiao Qingyan sighed helplessly, and said in a negative and prodigal tone: "Therefore, if you can't choose a lord who is too stupid, and you can't serve a lord who is too wise and capable, then there is no way out, it seems that I can only learn to be a hermit, love the landscape, eat and wait for death." ”
She pinched a piece of lotus cake and threw it into her mouth, looking up at the sky, and a faint light crossed her eyes.
Grandfather's thoughts, she finally dug out.
It can't be too weak, it can't be too strong, that is, it has to be selected in the middle, but is there such a candidate in the Jin royal family?
Grandfather's choice for the new emperor...... Who is it?
If the people chosen by their ancestors and grandchildren are different, then it will be troublesome!
Xiao Pei looked at her with a smile, stroked his long beard, and said: "Self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, you have been self-cultivation for twelve years, and it is time to come in handy." ”
Xiao Qingyan said lazily: "Grandfather, it's not time yet!" ”
"What I'm talking about is not governing the country, it's the Qi family, in a few days it will be your fifteenth birthday, your cousin was at your age, his sons were born, and now his sons are ten years old, and I still call you Uncle Jiu, you, Uncle Jiu, should you also consider marrying a wife and starting a family, and continuing the incense for our Xiao family?"
Xiao Qingyan sat upright, bowed his head obediently, and responded: "Yes, my grandson will remember my grandfather's teachings, and spread the branches and leaves for our descendants as soon as possible, and continue the incense." ”