169 169 Responsibility
◎ Huge! Doesn't Ning have any responsibility at all?◎
With the experience of the eldest prince, the thirteenth prince and the fourteenth prince, it would be really funny if anyone said that Master Kang likes honest children who are straightforward.
Anyway, Mo Yu felt that Lin Ruhai should have noticed this.
But since he wanted to ask, I had to say everything I should say. Otherwise, if he really made a mistake, I could also remind him and avoid bringing the entire Lin family down with him.
Mo Yu thought so and did so. He thought he had told Lin Ruhai everything he knew, but with Lin Ruhai, it was a different story.
After all, Lin Ruhai could hear Mo Yu's inner voice, so no matter what Mo Yu said directly to him on the surface, or what Lin Ruhai heard from his inner voice, all the information entered Lin Ruhai's ears without exception.
In fact, Mo Yu's guess was not wrong at all. When Master Kang asked Lin Ruhai to come home to ask Mo Yu these questions, he really had the idea of deposing the prince in his heart.
On the surface, the prince really did not have any bad things. At most, he had some personal moral problems, and the pressure on Master Kang was a bit too much.
No one is perfect enough, especially in the heart of a person like Master Kang, no son is perfect. At least
no one can meet his requirements.
The prince looked good at first, but in recent years, he is really too unlikeable. In recent years, he has messed up several tasks one after another, which made Master Kang so angry that his blood pressure rose. Especially what happened during the last southern tour, Master Kang almost fainted.
It can be said that if Master Kang had not been a person who thought positively, he might have been lying down by now.
All of this is the fault of the prince, or the group of servants who are like flies surrounding the prince.
These damn servants are really uncomfortable. He let Yinreng, a good boy, be ruined by them.
Of course, these are the words that Master Kang complained to Lin Ruhai in private, but Lin Ruhai also knew that this matter cannot be blamed entirely on the prince.
Just like what Mo Yu complained in his heart, the prince has become like this, is it all his own fault?
Doesn't Master Kang, the emperor, have any responsibility at all?
Lin Ruhai's mind was naturally as clear as a mirror, but he was a smart man who deeply understood the principle of seeing through but not speaking out - when he was silent, Master Kang treated him as his own and freely confided his deepest troubles to him.
If he was really moved by this and really regarded Master Kang as his own, then things would be serious.
Whether he agreed or refuted, advised or remonstrated, he would end up in the same way.
After all, Master Kang was famous for being stingy and vindictive. There were many things he said were okay, but if you followed his words, it would definitely not be okay.
Even the prince, whom he personally raised and treasured, had been tricked, not to mention an outsider like him. In the end, he would definitely be the only one who would be hurt.
Lin Ruhai had a clear mind, so no matter what Master Kang said to him, he would just listen and resolutely not express his opinion.
Master Kang had no choice but to let him go home, but before leaving, Master Kang still gave him a problem.
That was to tell this matter to his son Lin Moyu when he got home.
Originally, this kind of thing didn't need to be so troublesome.
Mo Yu was originally on duty in the palace. If Master Kang had any ideas, he could just summon Mo Yu into the palace and ask him these questions again on the spot.
But Master Kang doesn't want to do this for some reason - you want to say that he cares about Mo Yu as a child and doesn't want him to be tired from traveling back and forth, right? But if there is any tour activity, Mo Yu will definitely not be able to do the task of accompanying the driver.
It can't be that he thinks it's too far to enter the palace, but doesn't mind going out on patrol, right?
That would be really hypocritical.
So, for some unknown reason, Lin Ruhai became the "megaphone" between Master Kang and Mo Yu.
And Mo Yu really did not disappoint Lin Ruhai. He was full of practical advice. Whether verbally or in his heart, Mo Yu had told Lin Ruhai all the information he wanted to know and didn't want to know.
These were of course the news that Master Kang wanted to know.
But Lin Ruhai certainly wouldn't report all the information - at least not the matter of the deposed prince.
The dethronement of the prince was something that was going to happen sooner or later.
No matter when this happened, it would be a big bombshell.
All those who were involved in this matter had no good ending.
Therefore, although this is the question that Master Kang wants to know the answer to the most, Lin Ruhai decided not to say it clearly. Whether
the prince is deposed or not is originally Master Kang's own business. He has the absolute initiative.
As long as Master Kang himself is determined to abolish the position of the prince, no one can stop him. Although
it is said that the current government affairs are also discussed by everyone, it is obvious that after most of his life, Master Kang is no longer the eight-year-old child who knew nothing and could only hide behind his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and tremble in fear.
Now he can completely ignore the opposition and do what he wants, and do whatever he wants.
After all, he is almost the strongest person in this world.
In fact, what happened in history is similar to what Master Kang is thinking now.
Master Kang deposed the prince by himself, and then re-established him and deposed him again... The whole thing was just a torment, and then see how the civil and military officials, especially the princes, react.
This kind of behavior is a standard "obedience test" in the modern world.
Through this seemingly crazy behavior, the obedience of these target groups is determined - those who will only cheer long live the emperor no matter what he does, and think that whatever their long live emperor does is right, are definitely the most obedient.
Those who don't say anything and just watch him go crazy are masters. Generally speaking, it is impossible for them to do this unless they are thousand-year-old foxes.
What? You mean those who are truly indifferent to fame and fortune or have already taken sides? Who can say that this kind of character setting is not a deliberate design?
Of course, there are still some people who hold opposing views.
This group seemed to be the most violent and the most vehement in their opposition. Some of the stubborn old ministers even tried to persuade the emperor by "banging their heads against the pillars".
This type of people was actually the focus of Master Kang's attention.
After all, everyone was afraid that the people below would rebel. If there were too many "rebels", their hearts would shift and they would definitely turn against each other. The
reason why Master Kang had to go through so much trouble was ultimately because of fear - he was afraid that the prince and the brothers would really rebel and replace him when they grew up.
Although he is over fifty years old now, he is obviously not old at heart.
Not to mention borrowing another five hundred years from God, even fifty years would be fine.
Therefore, the position of the prince can be given to you, but I have to give it to you.
What you have snatched by yourself does not count.
In short, Master Kang started to do things in such a twisted mood. First, he sent more elites from the Sticky Rod Office to sneak into the homes of the prince, the princes, and some important court officials to spy, for fear of missing any movement.
Then he began to torture the princes in various ways.
In the current timeline, after the eldest prince was imprisoned in advance, the prince's problems became more and more exposed. Coupled with some corruption, corruption, and factionalism, His Royal Highness the Prince was the first to bear the brunt.
Master Kang had already reprimanded the prince on the way to the south this time, but this brother would not give up until he saw the Yellow River, and he had to continue to gather a group of people to prepare for "forcing the palace."
This is really poking a hornet's nest.
The crown prince also had no chance of becoming emperor.
The eighth and fourteenth princes were also involved in the process. One of them showed his ambition openly - the master is the strongest, and the master must be the emperor, and the other was low-key and introverted - "Ah? What emperor? You want me to be the emperor? I can't do that."
Anyway, when the final accounts were settled, the first few princes all fell.
This should be a sad story, but at least there was someone among them who made Master Kang a little more satisfied.
This person was of course the fourth master.
In fact, although Mo Yu had not revealed the matter of the four great masters to Master Kang before, he had silently mentioned it many times in his heart.
Poor Master Kang and the Fourth Master, almost every meeting with Mo Yu was a public execution.
Later, the Fourth Prince began to find excuses not to participate in the Nanshufang report. This was not a good sign. It felt that his future was very bad.
Then Master Kang also felt that something was wrong, so he "picked up heavily" and "put down lightly", reprimanded the Fourth Prince, put him under house arrest in the Fourth Beile Mansion for a period of time, and then found an excuse to let him out.
Then only the Third Prince was left.
In fact, in Master Kang's heart now, the Third Prince and the Fourth Master are similar.
Although the Fourth Prince is the "chosen" next emperor, the Third Prince's gentle and elegant type is actually a plus.
Master Kang also thought that the Third Prince was good, and even often went to the Third Prince's mansion to listen to him explain the Four Books and Five Classics, and also told Master Kang various interesting stories about book editing, and then began to talk about some interesting rural stories.
These rural stories were collected from all over by the retainers raised by the Third Prince.
Many of them were very novel ideas, and Master Kang listened with relish. It was really a perfect family happiness.
The Third Prince won Master Kang's temporary favor by creating a cultural persona, but it didn't take long for the Third Prince to overturn.
This time it was mainly about the disaster relief grain funds, and the Third Prince was unable to escape the temptation of corruption.
I heard that except for those who are truly loyal to the emperor, corruption has long been commonplace. Originally, it should be "the law does not punish the masses", but for Master Kang, this is the original sin, which is completely unforgivable.
With the help of Lin Ruhai, Master Kang is even more energetic, so he has been fighting every day in the past two years, but recently this trend has changed.
It is mainly Master Kang's fault. When the action is a little bigger, he starts to soften his heart again and start to implement benevolent policies again. As a result, the corrupt officials are still unable to be eradicated no matter how they are "killed", and they can revive at any time and place.
After the third prince passed away, the evidence of corruption was gradually reported to Master Kang by people with ulterior motives.
Now this matter is very embarrassing.
As expected, Master Kang was furious again and severely punished the Third Prince.
I heard that he had been imprisoned in Wuying Palace to continue compiling books.
The Third Prince had lost his position, and according to the order of succession, it was the Fourth Prince's turn. But it just so happened that the Qintianjian came to report at this time, saying that "it is not appropriate to make big moves in the near future", and used such a ridiculous reason to suppress Master Kang's move to depose the prince.
[Author's words]
The old rules are so strict, and there are still two days of vacation.