After finishing his dinner, Ye Jingchen didn't dare linger and quickly left with the little ones.
Ye Jingshu took Ye Jingyan to Chaoyang Palace, and the others returned to their respective palaces.
"What you said today, was it to anger Father Emperor? Or was it your true feeling?" After they were left alone, Ye Jingchen asked Ye Jinghe gently.
"Yes, they are!" Ye Jinghe tugged at Ye Jingchen's sleeve, following closely behind, and answered in a very good mood.
That was indeed what he thought, and the main reason he wrote down and spoke his thoughts was to anger the emperor.
Why did the emperor have to ask him to write policy essays? Doesn't he know that's what he hates writing the most?!
"Why do you want to kill the aristocratic families?" Ye Jingchen continued to ask gently.
“The powerful families are wealthy and of no benefit to Dayuan. Killing them can both save the people they exploit and increase the national treasury’s revenue. Why not do it?” Ye Jinghe replied earnestly.
Ye Jingchen breathed a sigh of relief.
He was right. The aristocratic families had never provoked Ye Jinghe in their lives, so why would Ye Jinghe have the idea of killing the aristocratic families?
However, he forgot that although the aristocratic families had never directly provoked Ye Jinghe, this little prince who was unloved by his father and mother, and had no support, they had attempted to assassinate Ye Jingchen.
So, Ye Jinghe had actually conceived the idea of killing the powerful families a long time ago.
However, he knew that if his brother found out about these thoughts, his brother would definitely be unhappy, so he used a high-sounding reason to disguise himself.
"Brother, is there something wrong with my thinking?" Ye Jinghe stared at Ye Jingchen with his big eyes, looking completely innocent.
Ye Jingchen: ......
He was at a loss for words.
Because he sometimes has similar thoughts.
These powerful families are deeply entrenched, with a foundation even stronger than that of royalty, making it extremely difficult to completely eliminate them using ordinary methods.
Five thousand years of Chinese history have proven that only by doing what the person who wrote "The fragrance of incense fills Chang'an, and the whole city is adorned with golden armor" could the aristocratic families be completely eradicated and the differences in social status be eliminated.
However, such an approach would be contrary to the natural order.
While many members of powerful families certainly deserved to die, many others were innocent, and the generalization cannot be made.
Moreover, regardless of the circumstances, murder is not something to be encouraged.
Even those corrupt officials who oppress the people and exploit the local community deserve to die, but the right thing to do is to investigate their crimes thoroughly and punish them with the law.
Instead of taking advantage of their superior status to kill them because they believe they are guilty.
Such actions also disregard the law.
If we want to ensure the authority of the law and make it deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, then we must let the people see that even princes, nobles, and imperial descendants must abide by the law!
They also need to know that the law can provide protection for their lives and livelihoods.
Only in this way can everyone uphold the law and consciously abide by it!
Only in this way can we build a harmonious social atmosphere!
"It's good that you can see the harm that aristocratic families pose to Dayuan! Killing is indeed the fastest way to solve problems, but it is definitely not the best way to solve problems."
"If everyone thought like you, using murder to solve problems, disregarding the law, having no reverence for life, and killing at the slightest disagreement, wouldn't the Great Abyss become very chaotic?"
"In fact, everyone has a wild beast inside them. If the beast is allowed to be released, people will become cruel and bloodthirsty. Excessive killing will make people lose their minds. Once people lose their minds, they are easily controlled by their emotions and do something irreversible."
Ye Jinghe tightened his grip on his sleeve.
He heard what his brother said earlier, but he didn't take it to heart.
He didn't care whether Dayuan was in chaos or not; no matter how chaotic it was, he was confident he could protect his brother.
But what his brother said next made his heart feel as if it were being gripped by an invisible hand.
No one understands better than him what people become when they lose their minds!
A wild beast dwells within him. Just as the emperor said, that beast is still very ferocious.
The emperor said that his resentment would one day backfire on his brother, but he dismissed the idea at the time.
But what if he loses his mind one day?
When he was four years old, he went berserk after being provoked, and bit his older brother.
Even now, my brother still has a faint tooth mark on his arm!
This indelible tooth mark is evidence of his crime!
Even ordinary people can lose their minds, let alone someone who is not an ordinary person; there is always a hidden danger in his mind.
"Brother, how can we keep the wild beast in our hearts from running away?" Ye Jinghe asked nervously.
Ye Jingchen sensed his subtle emotional fluctuations and secretly thought that at least one or two words had touched a nerve.
He patted Ye Jinghe's head and said softly, "If you can't control that beast, then confine it in a cage! Etiquette and morality can be cages, laws can be cages, but the most unbreakable cage in this world is protection. As long as you have something you want to protect, for that thing, you won't let the beast in your heart break free of its cage!"
Ye Jinghe felt that he lacked etiquette and morality.
He never took the laws of Da Yuan seriously!
but--
He has someone he wants to protect for the rest of his life!
Does this mean he can keep the beast in his heart under control forever?
“But people’s hearts are fickle. If you only want to protect one person, your heart can be unbreakable or it can be easily broken.” Ye Jingchen added, as if he knew what he was thinking.
"Others' hearts may change, but mine will never change!" Ye Jinghe said with particular confidence.
His brother is his everything, so how could he possibly change his mind?
"Is that so? What if one day I hope you can leave the Eastern Palace and live your own life?" Ye Jingchen's tone changed, and he asked in a deep voice.
The hand that was pulling his sleeve suddenly tightened, causing him to stumble and fall right into Ye Jinghe's arms.
Ye Jinghe reached out and supported him, but his hand gripped his arm so tightly that it felt like he was going to crush it.
"I was just using an analogy. Are you going to crush my arm, Xiao Jing?" Ye Jingchen endured the pain and made a joke, trying to sound relaxed.
Ye Jinghe was stunned for a moment, then quickly let go of his hand. "Brother, I didn't mean to! I was just too scared!" he hurriedly explained.
"Brother, please don't make jokes like that anymore, okay?" He lowered his head, his voice trembling.
The hands tucked into the sleeves were trembling slightly.
Ye Jingchen sighed and said, "Lift your head up and look at me."
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