167 167 Show your cards

◎Come on! I won't pretend today!◎

Lin Ruhai's second question was indeed more pointed, because he actually asked directly about deposing the crown prince:

"If the Lord says that he wants to depose the crown prince, what do you think, Brother Mo?"

Good guy, he is really preparing to depose the crown prince.

Master Kang is not going to pretend anymore, and he is going to show his cards directly, right?

Mo Yu felt very speechless, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that he could understand Master Kang's thoughts.

He must be very dissatisfied with the crown prince.

But he didn't have the courage to depose the crown prince. After all, he was not satisfied with any of his sons now. Even if he deposed the crown prince, he couldn't find a more suitable son to be the crown prince.

Master Kang's feeling that all the princes present were losers was really obvious.

However, it was true that his dissatisfaction with Crown Prince Yinreng had been gradually accumulating and gradually reached its peak. Just

based on Master Kang's attitude towards the Crown Prince during his several southern tours, anyone with eyes could see that the old man was very dissatisfied with the Crown Prince.

In the past, when he liked to pamper him, he called him "a good son", "a filial son to his father", and "caring for him in every possible way".

Now when he dislikes him, he calls him "having ulterior motives", "spying on the emperor's body", and "his heart should be punished".

When it comes to double standards, no one can beat Master Kang.

So when Lin Ruhai asked this question, Mo Yu understood it immediately.

Well, it seems that the old man doesn't want to pretend anymore and has already thought about deposing the prince, right?

Calculating the time, it doesn't seem too abrupt.

It is now the 44th year of Kangxi. Although it is still three years away from the time when Yinreng, the prince, was deposed for the first time, it is not too far away.

Besides, I don't know if it is because of Mo Yu's arrival, in this imaginary world of Red Mansions and Qing Dynasty, some things are different from the real history.

For example, Master Kang's third brother, Prince Yu Fuquan, and fifth brother, Prince Gong Changning, who should have passed away long ago, are still alive.

Although the two old princes are not very healthy and often have to ask imperial doctors to come to their homes for maintenance, they are still alive after all.

If we just calculate, it will be almost three years since the two of them were saved.

This is already a miracle of life.

Even old Prince Fuquan sighed with Master Kang with a smile that his life was entirely saved by the "Medical School", and it would not be a loss even if he lived one more day.

Although Prince Gong Changning's personality is not as likable as Fuquan, he has also expressed his gratitude to Master Kang in other ways.

Overall, the two princes are quite satisfied with the current situation - it is better to live a miserable life than to die, and it is difficult for any human being to resist the temptation of living.

Therefore, in this imaginary world, the history that Mo Yu is familiar with in the real world can probably really be changed.

In this case, why can't this "Nine Sons Seizing the Heir" matter be...

But before that, it is obvious that some details must be clarified.

Thinking of this, Mo Yu pondered and said, "Why did the old man ask this question? It was also the Lord who asked the old man to come back and ask me?"

Mo Yu originally thought that Lin Ruhai would nod and admit it. After all, the question just now was originally asked by Master Kang to come back and ask - Master Kang also has a sense of humor.

Only he can do such a thing as letting his father-in-law act as a mouthpiece to pass on messages to his own son.

The key issue is that whether it is Lin Ruhai or Mo Yu, they are actually people who serve him closely.

Lin Ruhai has long been a popular figure in the imperial court. He now serves as the Left Vice-Minister of the Metropolitan Censorate, which can be said to be second only to the Left Vice-Minister of the Metropolitan Censorate.

The next step is definitely to be promoted to the Left

Vice-Minister of the Metropolitan Censorate. And the Left Vice-Minister of the Metropolitan Censorate is one of the easiest positions to be promoted.

There are generally two ways to get promoted. One is to be sent out to serve as the Governor-General of the River or the Governor-General of Zhili.

This kind of frontier official, similar to the local marquis, is actually very powerful and it is very easy to achieve political achievements.

Especially in the rich provinces such as Jiangnan, Zhili, and Shandong, either the natural conditions are unique, or the population dividend is large, or both.

In short, going out to these places to serve as foreign officials, it must be basically a free job.

As long as you are not so dumb that you have no ideas, or you do not want to be promoted at all and just want to muddle through, you will definitely be promoted sooner or later.

Another way is to be promoted to the six ministries.

Go to the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Rites to be a minister, and then after a few years, you will be promoted to the Grand Scholar of a certain pavilion, enter the inner cabinet, be appointed as the first rank official, and become the prime minister of the dynasty.

Looking at the resumes of officials in the Qing Dynasty, in fact, many people were promoted from the Zuodu Yushi, such as Zhang Penghe and Ashan.

But now Ashan does not have to think about it, he is directly stuck at the step of Governor-General of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, and has no chance to be a minister in the Ministry of Justice.

Well, it is still very gratifying.

Thanks to his cheap father Lin Ruhai, who helped solve this "big borer".

Not only did he save the people in Liangjiang area who had been poisoned by Ashan for many years, but he also made a small fortune for the national treasury.

As for adding another highlight to Lin Ruhai's work performance, that would have to be put in the back row.

After all, Lin Ruhai has had too many outstanding achievements in the past few years, and this one is not a big deal.

So if nothing unexpected happens, Lin Ruhai is estimated to take the second route.

He was born in the imperial examination, and after graduating from the Hanlin Academy, he went to the local area for experience. Now he has been an official for more than ten years, and he has almost experienced all the experience he should have, so naturally he is waiting for "accumulation and release".

Therefore, Lin Ruhai is now a loyal minister among loyal ministers to Master Kang, and he can be completely confidant.

That is why he asked Lin Ruhai to come to Mo Yu to sound out the situation.

Strangely enough, Master Kang was the type who spoke directly to Mo Yu - Master Kang was a very important person, if he wanted to know something, why didn't he just ask directly? Was there any need to go through so much trouble?

As long as he opens his mouth, he can say whatever he wants and criticize whomever he wants. Why should he consider whether the other party can accept it?

This is why Mo Yu is confused.

Master Kang handled this matter so awkwardly this time. It doesn't seem like he would do it at all. Something

must be wrong when things are abnormal. Is this old man going to do something big?

Mo Yu felt a little uneasy for the first time in a long time, but fortunately Lin Ruhai answered his doubts quickly.

It turns out that Master Kang has been dreaming in recent years. Sometimes he dreams of his grandmother, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and sometimes he dreams of his late wife, Empress Hesheli.

As the saying goes, you dream at night if you think about something during the day. He must be thinking about the deposed prince.

The old man is old, and he always has trouble sleeping, which is actually quite annoying.

He made up his mind to talk about this matter.

As for who to talk to, Master Kang has a good strategy.

Of course, it is to talk to Mo Yu, the "little fairy" who is famous in the country.

However, as the saying goes, "people are afraid of fame, pigs are afraid of fatness." Whether it is for no reason or for a reason, anyway, Mo Yu, a child from a foreign minister's family, has such deep trust from Master Kang. Who wouldn't be jealous?

Especially the prince. He was originally one of the parties involved. When he heard that Master Kang was going to find the kid from the Lin family again, he must have exploded on the spot.

This led to the incident when the prince tore Mo Yu apart in the street on the way to the southern tour and Master Kang was furious and left him neglected in the palace.

It can be said that from the beginning, this prince who was destined to be deposed has always regarded Mo Yu as a thorn in his side.

Mo Yu was speechless about this. After all, the troubles of this prince were never given by them as ministers, but by his own father, Master Kang.

Mo Yu has always disliked people who can't figure things out and can only get angry, but seeing this eldest brother being toyed with by Master Kang, and being in a state of panic all day long, but not knowing what he did wrong, this feeling must be quite miserable.

Not to mention that the prince originally grew up in a single-parent family (?), so he has to take care of his fragile little heart. Even a mentally sound adult would be completely confused after being controlled by a company boss of Master Kang's level, let alone the young and sensitive prince.

So, as the conversation went on, the prince really rebelled.

There was a kind of ruthlessness of "if the problem can't be solved, then solve the person who raised the problem."

Putting this aside, just talking about this time, although Lin Ruhai came with a question, even if he didn't admit that it was Master Kang who asked him to ask, it didn't matter.

Because even if he asked, Mo Yu didn't necessarily have to give him an answer.

Giving a false answer would definitely not work. The dethronement of the prince was something that was destined to happen in history, and there was no butterfly effect like the "Medical School" that could help one or two dying people prolong their lives.

If you give a fake one without caring about it, you will basically be charged with deceiving the emperor, and then Master Kang will naturally kill the entire Lin family silently.

But if you give the real one, I am really afraid that the history of this world will change, and the real one will become a fake in the end.

Because of the repeated entanglements, Mo Yu did not answer Lin Ruhai's question immediately.

However, after he carefully thought about the two options, he felt that he could talk about it - Master Kang had already told Lin Ruhai that he wanted to depose the prince, so he must have asked them if there was any good way to minimize the adverse effects of this matter.

After all, after deposing the old one, the new one must be established. If one is not done well, it will cause chaos in the world. That would be bad.

So Mo Yu directly stated: "If the prince wants to depose him, then His Majesty has to make the decision himself."

It's better not to get involved in this kind of thing.

Lin Ruhai also knew that it was serious, but he had no choice. After all, this was a task assigned to him by His Majesty. Even if he felt it was strange, he had to do it.

Seeing Mo Yu say this, Lin Ruhai knew that his son always had his own ideas, so he stopped hiding it and directly asked the ultimate question:

"His Majesty is asking, if there really is such a day, what should we do next."

Sure enough, it turned out to be waiting for him here.

Mo Yu was speechless about Master Kang's roundabout way, but he also knew that since he had said it so clearly, it would be difficult to end without an answer.

What a bad old man, he is so bad...

Mo Yu complained silently in his heart and scolded Master Kang. At the same time, he thought seriously. After a moment of hesitation, he decided to admit his mistake and say what he wanted to say.

He spoke slowly, and this time he didn't talk about other things, but went straight to the point:

"This is easy. Just do a 'Mifeng' procedure and hide the imperial edict of succession."

The word "Mifeng" was originally used in the imperial examination. It is borrowed here to take its meaning of "anonymity".

In essence, it is to let Master Kang change the old calendar of the crown prince and change it to a secret Mifeng, and put the envelope with the edict of succession in front of the ancestors of all generations.

In fact, this was a move thought up by the Four Great Masters. Mo Yu thought this method was pretty good, so he told Lin Ruhai about it and said that it was "making the best use of it".

Lin Ruhai felt a little uneasy when he heard Mo Yu's rebellious voice.

But soon, Lin Ruhai came to his senses. Yes, this is his own son. What else can you expect from him?

Doesn't he always boast that he is a salted fish who doesn't care about anything and just wants to lie down and wait for death?

Then just don't mess around too much and make a crime of deceiving the emperor and kill everyone, and then we'll be thankful.

That's what he said, but Lin Ruhai actually had some doubts in his heart.

Master Kang, ah, no, it's their Long Live Master, what exactly do you want to do this time?

He actually chose to repeat the story himself instead of telling the child directly. This was very different from his usual self.

Lin Ruhai was puzzled, but Mo Yu didn't care much about it.

Master Kang had been doing a lot of things recently, and he was used to it.

And he had already given his cheap father Lin Ruhai a very reliable answer, which was enough to deal with the old man, so why did he need a bicycle ().

If there are too many adult princes and brothers, then we must focus on the ability to check and balance.

[Otherwise, if we don't care about anything and just keep raising pigs, we may lose many sons.]

Mo Yu only said this in his heart and didn't dare to say it out loud. After all, even

Mo Yu himself felt that it would be too treasonous if he said such words. If so, he might really be dragged out and his whole family would be beheaded.

Telling the truth will definitely not end well.

Moreover, this is not just telling the truth, it has risen to the level of exposing Master Kang's past. Isn't this what

happened in history? In his later years, Master Kang was keen on raising pigs, which made his dozen or so adult brothers very excited and chased each other. In the end, they even went to war. It

can be said that if Master Kang had not lived so long and stayed in this position for so long, this "Nine Sons Fighting for the Heir" would not have been possible.

Facts have proved that this game is not very good. It is recommended to withdraw as soon as possible and not get involved.

At this moment, Mo Yu thought of many possibilities, but in the end he did not adopt

any of them. It's still the old saying that Mo Yu can't take any advantage of his cheap father Lin Ruhai.

Whatever Mo Yu has in mind, Lin Ruhai will definitely guess it.

Well, sometimes, it's quite helpless to travel alone through a book.

Since Mo Yu has already told the truth, there is no need for Lin Ruhai to hide it anymore.

He told Mo Yu everything about how Master Kang had a private chat with him yesterday, and how he wanted him to go home and ask Mo Yu on his behalf what the issue of the successor to the throne of the Qing Dynasty would be like.

It must be said that this old man Master Kang is really interesting.

Mo Yu's heart was full of ups and downs while listening.

Lin Ruhai saw the changes in his expression, and his heart was clear.

Mo Yu was the only one who had a messy mind.

In the end, Mo Yu made up his mind and told it.

So Mo Yu directly told Lin Ruhai about the situation in the court - Lin Ruhai already had a score to settle on this matter, so once Mo Yu said it, he could understand his intention.

Sure enough, now is the time for the "Nine Sons to Fight for the Crown Prince".

It's a pity that he thought those princes were all good young men. It's true that "judging people by appearance" is not a good idea

. There is no need to talk about the eldest prince.

The deposed prince must have had some problem and stepped on Master Kang's minefield, which made Master Kang want to depose him from the position of prince and choose another son.

The scary thing is that once this idea is born, it is very difficult to go back.

Even if they want to be the same as before, there is no way - once the gap is formed, it will only gradually expand. I am afraid that the prince will be defeated this time.

And the time may be worse than the three years recorded in history.

According to the order of rank, after the eldest prince and the prince are out of the game, the next one is the third prince.

This third prince is also a wonderful person. He knows how to pretend.

In the early days, he did pretend very well, and even won the favor of Master Kang because of his indifferent and knowledgeable personality. After

experiencing several "hurts" and "betrayals" by the eldest prince, the prince, and the eighth prince, Master Kang likes a son who is more Buddhist, indifferent, and values ​​family affection more than the throne. This point is quite accurate for the third prince.

But he couldn't escape the bad nature of human beings.

That is, he didn't hold back when he was about to win, and he showed off in advance, and was discovered by Master Kang.

[Author's words]

I was too sleepy, so I revised both chapters at the same time.

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