Chapter 78 No King, No Father
"You little brat, you are so alarmist and shameless!"
Emperor Zong Ming sneered, "You have no respect for your elders, no king; you change your name and surname, no father. You have no king and no father, you are a beast! You dare to imitate your father and come to me to preach? Each generation is worse than the previous one."
Gong Shangguo did not argue. He looked at the Dayue Emperor in front of him, and some compassion appeared in his eyes, as if he was pitying something.
You say he is stupid, but he is very good at imperial power politics; you say he is smart, but he has been obsessed with seeking immortality for more than twenty years.
At the beginning, he acted like a wise ruler, accepting advice and working hard to govern the country; later, he acted like a foolish ruler, disregarding the people and engaging in massive construction projects.
He was obsessed with cultivating immortals while at the same time he was greedy for power.
He neither accomplished anything great nor attained enlightenment, and all he left behind was autocratic rule in the government, which brought disaster to the country and the people.
To this day, I am still immersed in the dream of the past and unwilling to wake up, and unwilling to open my eyes to see what the world has become.
Such a person became the emperor Looking at Gong Shangguo's eyes, Emperor Zong Ming could not help but feel angry for some reason.
This bastard - seems to be pitying him?
Poor him, the Lord of Dayue, the Supreme Ruler? !
"Speak to me!"
Emperor Zong Ming was furious. "Come, come, let me listen. What difference can you make between what you said and what your father said? I won't stop you. Let me see what great truths my good grandson wants to tell me!"
He was not the type of person who would get angry easily, but that kind of compassionate look was like the look he gave a beggar on the street - he hadn't seen that in many years.
Even the most shameless Mo Qiu did not dare to ignore him like this, and even showed sympathy!
No matter how outstanding a person is, he is just a dog under his seat. How dare he look at his master with such eyes?
"Do you know what the Great Moon under your rule is like?"
Gong Shangguo did as he wished, and he even didn't bother to use honorifics. "For more than 20 years, he didn't attend court, and he called it ruling by inaction. He treated the cabinet as servants and the officials as enemies. He gave power to the eunuchs and used his servants to rule the country. Outside, the Jinyiwei were rampant and tyrannical, and inside, the eunuchs were cunning and flattering. He took and seized whatever he wanted, and the upper class was extravagant and the lower class was greedy. He built a lot of buildings and exhausted the people's money!
The country is not governed, and people are suffering. With the heart of one person, he has taken away the hearts of the people, and has not done anything to give the people a rest and recuperation. The millions of people under Dayue’s rule, although they have a king but no father, although they have officials, they are like thieves! Under the emperor’s feet, on New Year’s Day, the people who died of hunger and cold were filled with heavy snow. It was still like this under the imperial city. How many more lives are there in the world?
You have been seeking immortality for more than 20 years, but it is nothing but a pipe dream! On your 60th birthday, you will go to the Wanshou Palace. Hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes and are forced to provide their own money and food. They cannot plant crops in the spring, all for their own selfish reasons. Natural disasters continue, and there are countless refugees. The four countries are conquering, and a war is about to start. The disaster of national destruction and extinction is imminent. What great truth do you ask me?"
Once the conversation started, it was like a torrent of water flowing eastward. Gong Shangguo kept on complaining without any embellishment or piling up of words.
The truth does not need to be piled up. The truth is hidden at the foot of the imperial city and among the millions of Dayue’s people.
If you still had a pair of eyes and a pair of ears, you would have discovered all of this long ago.
But, some people stand at the highest position.
His eyes were in the sky.
For more than twenty years, he refused to lower his head and take a look at the common people.
I can't count the lowly lives of all living beings, and I look back with mixed feelings. What can I do? The face of Emperor Zong Ming turned from pale to blue, and then from blue to red. He stood up suddenly and shouted angrily, "You bastard! Just because you have read some high-sounding sermons and learned some benevolence and righteousness from Mo Qiu, you dare to talk about world affairs and point fingers at the country? You keep talking about the difficulties of the world and the hardships of the people, and you blame me for everything! Since I ascended the throne, I have respected heaven and cultivated myself. I can't sleep on one bed, eat more than five kinds of food, and take no more than eight sets of clothes. Although natural disasters are frequent, they can be saved; when have we not won the wars on the border? The stars fell from the sky at night, and the immortals gave me a face. These are all my merits. Even the heavens have mercy on me. How can I allow you, a child full of nonsense, to speak nonsense? The four countries fought against each other, and they were blinded by greed, just because they wanted to seek the mysterious and wonderful immortals. How can I be guilty of this? I am the emperor of a country, and I should be supported by the people. The Wanshou Palace has only been around for ten years, with only a few hundred thousand people. Where did it come from to build a large-scale building? There are tens of millions of people in Dayue, and I can't enjoy it? ! "
Gong Shangguo looked at Emperor Zongming in disbelief, the emperor of Dayue.
So that's what he thought.
Dayue's people number in the tens of thousands, so what if they give him a few hundred thousand to build a palace? Natural disasters continue, and the people suffer. That is the calamity of the cycle of justice, and it must not be blamed on him.
But when stars fell from the sky at night and the immortal fate arrived, it was a manifestation of his merits.
The division is really clear!
Gong Shangguo was somewhat thankful that he had not eaten anything when he came here, otherwise he was afraid he would vomit it out.
"Respect heaven and cultivate oneself, so that the alchemists have brought disaster to the country for more than 20 years; sleep on one bed, but on the altar; eat five kinds of food, but on the best utensils; wear eight sets of clothes, but on the blood and tears of the people. Natural disasters continue, and the official orders must be delivered; the four directions suffer, and corvée labor is frequent; the immortals descend at night, and the four countries come to fight"
As he was talking, Gong Shangguo stopped talking, staring at Emperor Zong Ming with a mocking look, shook his head and said, "Blame me. Blame me for mistaking your family empire for a country, and even wanting to let you know about things outside the palace."
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This is the most thorough denial.
Emperor Zong Ming - no, he cannot even be evaluated as an emperor.
If we only talk about political strategies, perhaps he can be considered outstanding among all the dynasties. Even if he has not attended court for more than 20 years, he can still control the country. This skill is definitely not something that ordinary people can achieve.
But although he held power, he had no room for the country and the people in his heart. He had long hidden his heart in heaven, and his mind was full of his own selfish desires.
The situation is already precarious, but the country is still talking about its own merits and enjoyment and making excuses. How can such a country not decline?
No one in the world who is selfish can surpass him! The Mohists who traveled around might be able to save thousands or tens of thousands of people, but how could they achieve anything under such an emperor? No matter how lofty the ideals, beliefs and wills are, they still need a situation in which they can be brought into play! Gong Shangguo completely gave up.
Emperor Zong Ming was so angry that his body was shaking. He said angrily, "If you are not an emperor, what do you know? You open your mouth to talk about the world, but you keep silent about the people. Are you teaching me how to do things? As my grandson, you think Dayue is not good, but you don't change it. Instead, you run to me to list my merits and demerits. How can you talk about these freely? Do you want me to pass the throne to you and let you be the emperor?"
Gong Shangguo looked at him coldly without saying a word, his heart as dead as death.
"Someone, throw him into the prison!"
As his sleeves fluttered, his unquestionable voice echoed in the Yangxin Palace.
(End of this chapter)