130 130 Old Grudge
◎Boy! I suspect you are targeting me on purpose!◎
Master Kang, the Thirteenth Prince, and of course the Crown Prince are all very familiar with Mo Yu’s tendency to “let out his inner voice” at any time.
However, even so, they are often shocked by Mo Yu’s overly bold and shocking remarks.
After all, no matter who is happily sitting on a boat heading south of the Yangtze River, enjoying the breeze and the scenery on both sides of the river, they will feel uncomfortable when they suddenly hear such unpleasant topics as “Who will inherit the throne?”
Master Kang and others are no exception.
However, Master Kang and the Thirteenth Prince are fine. After all, one is the one who makes the decision, and the other is someone who has nothing to do with the matter... Although I don't know why, neither Master Kang nor the Thirteenth Prince himself seems to have thought about the possibility of the Thirteenth Prince inheriting the throne.
Well, it's not that the Thirteenth Prince is not good enough, but he is not suitable.
The Thirteenth Prince is good at both literature and martial arts, has good character and personality, and is good in every way.
But he is not suitable to be an emperor.
As for the reason, it is precisely because he is too good.
People who are good at everything cannot sit on the throne. To be a king, you have to learn the art of imperial power. Simply put, you have to be a bad person at the right time.
People as pure and kind as the Thirteenth Prince are good as friends, brothers, sons, and fathers, but they cannot be emperors.
Just think about how he confronted Master Kang and tried to protect the Crown Prince and the Four Great Masters out of loyalty.
If this kid gets stubborn, he won't even give Master Kang face.
He is really a man who sticks to one path to the end. No wonder he was "banished to the cold palace" by Master Kang and was directly imprisoned in the beehive for more than ten years.
How to put it.
It's probably "the deeper the love, the more severe the blame". Anyway, the more you love now, the more you will hate in the future. In this way, our Master Kang is also a person who clearly distinguishes between love and hate.
Mo Yu looked at the backs of Master Kang and the Thirteenth Prince. For some reason, he remembered that period of history again. After sighing, he felt sorry for the Thirteenth Prince.
[Oh! If only I could tell the Thirteenth Prince directly not to be so eager to reveal his heart to others in the future. 】
【It's not a good thing to be so open with your heart, right? You have to see who you are with. 】
【For someone like your fourth brother who is insecure, it's good for you to do so. In fact, after he ascends the throne, you will finally have a happy ending. 】
【But Master Thirteen, can you be more careful? Don't be so open with your heart to your father, okay? 】
【Your father is not a simple one. He is not as easy to be moved as your fourth brother. You are so open with your heart to him, but he is still wondering if you are going to be disrespectful to him. What's so tricky about it...】
【It's really not worth it. Your father doesn't deserve you to treat him like this...】
Mo Yu was thinking happily, but unexpectedly, Master Kang suddenly coughed violently.
Seeing this, the Thirteenth Prince hurriedly comforted him and took off his own cloak to put on Master Kang, which was a warm picture of a loving father and a filial son.
But Mo Yu just felt sad.
The Thirteenth Prince was a very good man, but it was a pity that Master Kang was not worthy of him.
He locked his son up in such a dark and damp place just because of a disagreement, causing him to suffer from illness and die early. It’s better not to love such a father.
Mo Yu complained silently for a while, and suddenly felt that the air was very quiet.
He looked up with some doubt, but saw Master Kang holding the Thirteenth Prince's hand tightly. Although the father and son were a little awkward, they stood very intimately at the bow. I don't know what they were doing...
It seems that they didn't talk, just standing there awkwardly. I really don't know what tricks they were playing.
Looking at the prince again, he was standing beside them at a distance, with a constipated expression.
I really don't know what these fathers and sons are doing every day.
To be honest, this situation of "father is not a father, son is not a son" is completely caused by this feudal monarchy system.
Long ago, in the era of Huangdi, Yao and Shun, there was no hereditary system.
You became an emperor, oh, at that time you were not an emperor, but a tribal leader, and that was your business alone.
Your son may not be the successor.
Because, at that time, everyone emphasized "the competent person gets the job". Only the most capable person can be the leader of the tribe. If not, the final result of the entire tribe can only be destruction.
What "noble bloodline" and "divine right of kings" are all bullshit when beasts and enemies attack...
Can bloodline prevent tigers from eating people?
Can the myths that are blown out make the enemy bow down?
Anyway, it is impossible in ancient society.
Everything depends on fists.
Hard power is definitely the only indicator to determine who is the boss, so that the entire tribe can survive. Only
by being alive can you have everything.
If you can't survive, then everything is out of the question.
This situation also existed in the grassland tribe period. But after entering the Shanhai Pass, the situation changed.
However, some residual traces were probably retained.
That is, only the heir recognized by everyone can ascend the throne and become the emperor. Specifically, the eight beile jointly recommend the successor. Then cooperate with the system of assistant ministers, which is equivalent to the co-governance of the Eight Banners.
In this case, the one who sits on the throne is often not the most powerful prince, but the one who can bring the greatest benefits to the Eight Banners.
This is the intention of Huang Taiji, Shunzhi and even Master Kang himself.
Simply put, it is the result of the game between all parties.
But when it comes to Master Kang, he suddenly doesn't want to play it this way.
He wants to be like the previous dynasties of the Han people, especially the Ming Dynasty, and establish the crown prince according to bloodline to ensure that the throne falls on the son he wants to give it to.
So Yinreng, the only legitimate son of the late emperor, became the test subject.
However, this system of appointing the crown prince as the heir had an inherent fatal flaw.
That was the power struggle between the crown prince and the emperor.
As we all know, when a person gets old, his brain degenerates, his thinking slows down, and his temperament changes drastically. These are all natural laws that cannot be avoided.
No matter how wise and powerful an emperor was when he was young, when he got old, he was nothing more than a poor man who was insecure and was trapped by the fear of aging and death.
If it was an ordinary old man, he would most likely show a bad temper and be unable to communicate, but if this old man was an emperor, he would become suspicious, stubborn and self-willed... He
was right.
Even Master Kang, who was called "the greatest emperor of all time", would inevitably follow the same path in his later years.
Although he is only in his early fifties, he has gradually revealed this tendency.
Suspicion and insecurity are actually mainly due to the reduction in the ability to control his own body.
Not having that much energy to do things that were easy to do before is always frustrating.
Especially for someone like Master Kang, who has been a strong man since childhood, he can't tolerate his own "degeneration".
Therefore, the closer the person is, the more likely he is to be hurt by his psychological problems.
The prince is like this, and the thirteenth prince is the same.
The two of them are really brothers in distress, and no one needs to say anything about the other.
One was raised as a son instead of a prince since childhood, but was suddenly abandoned after adulthood, "two in power and two abandoned", and died in depression.
One has always been spoiled, and you want to take him with you wherever you go, but one day he suddenly turns against you, no longer loves you, and you don't even want to see him. He is directly exiled to a corner and imprisoned to serve...
So, Master Kang's love for his sons is really mysterious.
Love and hate are truly from the heart, as casual as the wind...
Anyway, strictly speaking, no one can be blamed for this matter.
It can only be said that fate is playing tricks on people, and it is all the fault of the throne (not). It is probably
because the boat is so wide and big, and the driving is so smooth, so that Mo Yu is very relaxed physically and mentally, and he will fall asleep soon.
In order not to be rude in front of the king, Mo Yu will spread the wings of imagination and let himself indulge in his imagination.
After all, at this time, he, the "guard in front of the king", does not need to do anything.
Well, what else can he do besides complaining and eating melons?
He can't really sleep all the way.
Mo Yu was very contented with his own amusement, and didn't care about the lives of the "audience" at all.
Master Kang felt a little bad after listening to Mo Yu's complaints.
But he didn't completely lose his mind after all, and finally came to his senses before ordering Mo Yu to be dragged down and chopped.
Oh, right, he can't be chopped, he can't be chopped, if he is chopped, no one will tell him the truth anymore - although the truth is quite hurtful, as long as he is not angry, then he is still a good emperor.
He can even do better.
Master Kang silently clenched his fists and forced a forced smile on his face.
Yes, that's it, smile, nothing matters... It would be not worth it if he was upset by this little thing.
What?
You said I would depose Yinreng in the future.
Humph, I just won’t depose him - he has many problems, but I taught him myself, and I like a prince like him! I will never change him!
As for the fourth son... It’s not that he’s bad, it’s just that he always looks shady, and I don’t know what he’s doing, so I still don’t like him very much.
Not sure, let’s wait and see...
Oh, at least there is one thing I can be sure of, I will never confine the thirteenth son - what’s a beehive, does this thing sound like a place where people can live?
I’m not so cruel as to confine my thirteenth son to such a place...
The Lin family kid was right about this, I really didn’t consider passing the throne to the thirteenth son.
He is indeed a kind person.
And a kind person is not suitable to be an emperor!
Damn it, this kid is really cunning, even this matter is so accurate...
So...
Master Kang looked at Mo Yu, angry and loving, and finally could only sigh, silently pinching Thirteen's hand on his arm, as a silent guarantee. Thirteenth Prince
also understood, and couldn't help but reddened his eyes, secretly sighing "The Emperor still understands me"...
The father and son are performing "Silence is better than words at this time", but the prince is a hot-tempered person.
He has been patient for a long time since the beginning.
This kid from the Lin family is there again, talking about the important matter of establishing a crown prince. The key is that, just like before, he doesn't say a single good word about him, the Crown Prince Yinreng, which is really infuriating.
The previous plans had let this kid escape by luck, but today he didn't believe it, and he couldn't punish this kid.
Thinking of this, the prince immediately lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down, and said to Master Kang: "Father, I have something to report."
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