Su Wuya did not rush the two to give the answer, but first introduced the general situation of the world.
At the end of the Red Dynasty, China was in turmoil.
Within the imperial court, the three forces of relatives by marriage, eunuchs, and the gentry were constantly fighting.
Besides natural disasters, the land of China also faces the crises of peasant uprisings, cult rebellion, and foreign invasion.
One person finishes his performance and another comes on stage, it's a complete mess.
Since the emergence of the Three Emperors a year ago, the situation in the world has become slightly stable.
"Three emperors on the same throne? So exaggerated?" Lin Tongxi expressed shock. The separatism of the princes was nothing new in history, but it was rare to have three emperors on the throne at the same time, and they were from the same family!
"Heh... the world is so absurd." Su Wuya also sighed, and then introduced the many existing forces.
To sum up, there are the Three Emperors, the Ten Heroes, and the Five Great Academies.
The root cause of all this was the sudden death of Emperor Chishun, and the undecided successor to the dynasty.
At present, according to different political propositions, the forces in China can be divided into three factions.
The first is the royalist faction, the second is the new royal faction, and the third is the neutral faction.
The monarchists supported the traditional ritual and legal system and supported the eldest son of the previous emperor Chishun, Emperor Chihui, as the orthodox emperor. The monarchists' power was mainly concentrated in the Central Plains.
The New Emperor faction opposed the legitimacy of Emperor Chihui and supported the enthronement of the previous emperor's other two sons as emperors.
The northwestern warlords supported Emperor Chihuai as the orthodox because Emperor Chishun loved him the most during his lifetime, and Emperor Chihuai's mother was the empress of Emperor Chishun.
The northern and eastern warlords supported Emperor Chimu as emperor because when he fled, he took with him the late emperor's will, which stated that the youngest son, Emperor Chimu, would inherit the throne.
"Dad, actually Xue'er has never understood. Emperor Shun has clearly issued a will, designating Emperor Chimu to succeed him. But why is the world still in such chaos?" Su Ruoxue asked.
Su Wuya had a lonely look on his face. Didn't he want things to be so simple?
"Xue'er, you don't understand. How can the affairs of the world be as simple as pharmacology? One is not one, and two is not two. When one party gains power, the interests of the other party will be damaged.
"Even if this will is genuine, the other party can still say it is a forgery."
"The late emperor has passed away, and the imperial power is no longer there." Su Wuya finally summarized the reason with these eight words.
The emperor had already died, and because the incident happened suddenly, no one knew whether the edict was true or false.
For their own interests, each party supported different emperors.
Of course, there are also forces that do not clearly support any emperor, and these forces are classified as neutral.
The neutral faction is mainly distributed in the south, and the place where the four people are currently located is within the sphere of influence of Ding Nanjing, one of the neutral faction members.
As for the five academies, except for the Lingnan Academy in the southernmost part, which belongs to the neutral faction, the other four are all pro-monarchy.
After all, the Five Academies were established at the request of the founding emperor of the Red Dynasty. Since their establishment, they have been entrusted with the mission of promoting education and spreading the emperor's power.
The education Chen Yunxuan received since childhood was based on the ideas of the monarchists.
"How is it? Have you two thought of a cure to save this troubled world?" After Su Wuya finished his introduction, he looked at the two of them.
While at the academy, Chen Yunxuan often discussed the general situation of the world with his teachers and friends. He had already had some thoughts on this issue.
"Senior, I already have the answer."
"To correct troubled times, the first priority is to respect rituals and honor the emperor. Troubled times begin when people don't respect rituals and honor the emperor's authority. If people don't follow the ancestral rituals and the imperial decrees, and act recklessly, they will lead to rebellion and secession, and rituals, laws, and imperial decrees will become meaningless."
"Although the late emperor's will established the Chimu Emperor, according to ritual system the eldest son should be made emperor, namely the Chihui Emperor."
"At this moment, the royalists should work together to defeat the rebels, while at the same time promoting enlightenment and restoring the imperial authority."
"Only by first establishing the imperial authority and unifying the imperial court's policies can the people obey the ancestral laws, focus on production, and refrain from committing crimes, and only then can the country be safe."
Chen Yunxuan's point of view is very simple. Like the monarchists, he simply supports the Emperor Chihui and uses the Emperor to command the disobedient.
After listening to this, Su Wuya just quietly took a sip of tea and said "hmm" without any further reaction. Instead, he looked directly at him and said, "My friend, what about you? Is this another 'me too'?"
It seems that Su Wuya does not agree with the royalist views. If he repeats Chen Yunxuan's views again, he will miss this opportunity in vain!
Could it be that Su Wuya is a member of the New Emperor faction, or a neutral faction?
But the new emperor's faction was also divided into two groups, one supporting Emperor Chi Huai and the other supporting Emperor Chi Mu. The former was favored by the late emperor, while the latter had the late emperor's will.
If you support the new emperor faction, the final outcome will actually be to strengthen the imperial power, there is no difference.
As for the neutrals, Su Wuya didn't seem like one. Neutrals prioritized their own interests, and to put it bluntly, they were fence-sitters. If loyalty wasn't absolute, then it was definitely not.
It seems that the only way to achieve success is to come up with a surprise idea!
I'm not a worm in his stomach, so how can I guess what he's thinking?
It would be better to fool him first with a point of view he has never heard of!
Lin Tongxi received nine years of compulsory education, which was natural to him.
Let the ancients experience the charm of modern theories!
Lin Tongxi took a deep breath and then began to reason: "Then I'll be embarrassed. My opinion is different from Brother Chenxuan's. I think the first thing to do is to protect the people!"
Su Wuya's eyes lit up when he heard this. This was a fresh perspective; he had heard the royalist viewpoint so many times that his ears were callused.
"Oh? Baomin, this point of view is quite novel. Please explain it in detail."
Lin Chenxuan's views are nothing new. Just like the nerds in the five major academies, they recite from the textbooks, without any originality and unrealistic.
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