Lin Xuan of the Red Chamber

For the emperor's two inexplicable decrees, most of the ministers in the court were inconceivable, but some shrewd people quickly discovered the hidden intentions.

In fact, being able to guess this point is also due to the long-standing tradition of the old Li family.In other dynasties, most of the successors were selected based on whether their sons were outstanding. Only those emperors who were more shrewd would examine their grandchildren.But the Great Zhou Dynasty was different. The first emperor had clearly stipulated that all descendants of future generations must examine their heirs when selecting their successors. Only those with outstanding heirs are eligible to compete for the throne. If the son is that kind Playboys, at that time were not qualified to participate in the battle for the throne.

It is not known what the Lord considered when this decree was first issued, but it is undeniable that this decree definitely had an extremely important impact on the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.Basically, every generation of emperors, even if they are not the kind of emperors who are talented in the sky, but everyone who can inherit the throne has fulfilled their duty as emperors. At least there has never been a Ming dynasty. Like the emperor, he could not even go to the early dynasty for decades.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has been passed down from the founding of the country to the present, and there has never been any major turmoil. This has to be said to be the wise decision of the emperor back then.Of course, there are also reasons why future generations have always acted in accordance with that imperial decree.

The rules of the old Li family have been practiced for so many years, and the ministers in the court are basically familiar with them.Those princes are even more clear, so they dare not neglect the cultivation of their sons in the slightest, and their emphasis has reached a very high level.

Therefore, even if you didn't understand the two imperial decrees of the Holy Majesty at the beginning, you should understand after thinking about it.Emperor Longqing has been in power for so many years, what kind of princes under him are they, how capable are they, and who can succeed him? In fact, the emperor has already seen clearly and figured it out.

On the contrary, it was the emperor's grandsons, because he had too little contact with them, the emperor's understanding of them was almost zero, in fact, it was not much different.In addition, the power of the second prince and the third prince in the court is basically evenly matched. After all, no one can do anything to the other.

So it can be seen that the abilities of the second prince and the third prince are really similar. Maybe someone will say at this time, isn't the second prince behind him more than the third prince, and there is an old man supporting him? An advantage, how could it not work?

Speaking of this, I have to talk about the emperor's so-called balanced policy. He just married the second prince's daughter, Princess Fuya, and the fourth prince and third prince were not left behind.

Later, Lin Xuan also guessed why the emperor did this, and why he insisted on dragging down all the important officials in the court, and all the princes were not left behind.You know, all along, although the emperors of all dynasties sometimes took the initiative to win over important officials for their princes, it was basically because they had already chosen their heirs in their hearts, but never once. It's because of the marriage of so many princes.There are so many important officials in the court standing on different sides. If this is not good, it may cause huge turmoil in the court.

Regarding this matter, Lin Xuan has never understood what the current emperor thinks. In the end, Lin Xuan can only think that the emperor is getting old, his health is not good, and he is a little confused in doing things.

Of course, Lin Xuan would not have guessed that these were all intentional by the current Emperor Longqing. He deliberately pushed several high officials towards several princes, which was definitely the result of careful consideration.As far as the current elders are concerned, except for Lin Ruhai who just took office, none of them is not greedy for money and power under the connivance of the current emperor.

A large part of this is because Emperor Longqing can guide and condone. Speaking of this, some people may ask, why did the emperor do this? The whole country belongs to him. Is there any benefit for him to do so? ?

It can be said with certainty that there will definitely be benefits at that time, and you can see it when you look at the fate of the elders before they took office.As long as it is the kind of greedy for money, there are only two words for the end, that is, ransacking the house. Those elders have accumulated half of their lives and dedicated it to the emperor's treasury.

It may sound insidious to say that the intentional connivance and guidance is for the money, but the current emperor is actually forced to do nothing.As mentioned earlier, Emperor Longqing’s father was very similar to Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. They both had the attitude of eradicating evil and doing everything they could to corrupt officials. Low, if you don't earn some extra money, you are too poor to survive.

Therefore, since the current emperor came to power, he has changed the style of the previous emperor and turned a blind eye to those corrupt officials.There is no way, if you want the country to be stable, it is impossible for the court to be pure and clear, it must be complemented by clear and turbid.

But after turning a blind eye to those corrupt officials, a new problem came up again, that is, without the income from those house raids, coupled with the corruption of those officials, the revenue of the national treasury suddenly decreased a lot.So what should we do? During the period of the first emperor, eliminating all evil and doing everything, everyone was in danger, and the court was in turmoil. It would definitely not work to restore that kind of practice now.

Emperor Longqing thought about it, not to mention, he really came up with an easy solution for him. Since corrupt officials are inexhaustible, and there is a need for corrupt officials in the imperial court, then he will cultivate the biggest corrupt official. Ok.

Dealing with only one person will definitely not cause too much turmoil, and if the wealth is concentrated on one person, the profits that can be brought in the future are absolutely beyond imagination.

Therefore, Emperor Longqing started his insidious plan from then on. When he did it for the first time, the extremely huge profits it brought made the Emperor Longqing's eyes red immediately.

A total of more than 1000 million taels of silver, which is already equivalent to the income of the treasury for seven years. Since then, the current Emperor Longqing has started his very valuable sport.

Of course, the object of his actions must also be divided into people, such as those who are not particularly greedy, or those who are only greedy for power but not money, he generally will not move.

One is because these people do not have much profit themselves, and if they move, the profit will not be that great.Secondly, it was also because none of the ministers in the DPRK were fools. If he did it too obviously and was seen by others, it would be somewhat impossible to play this kind of trick again.

Therefore, some important ministers in the court now belong to the kind of people who were kept in captivity by Emperor Longqing.Emperor Longqing was probably also afraid of these big fat sheep that he had kept in captivity for a long time, and escaped by luck because of the succession of the throne.They were simply divided into the camps of several princes. In this way, Emperor Longqing would no longer worry about this matter. No matter which prince wins, only one can escape. Bit, hum, it must be the fate of entering the treasury.

Naturally, Emperor Longqing couldn't tell others about this little thought, not even the princes.That's why it happened that the ministers in the court were all confused by his edicts.Of course, apart from this reason, Emperor Longqing also had other intentions.

It should be said that the current court officials, including those elders, have become somewhat unscrupulous under the connivance of Emperor Longqing.Regarding this situation, Emperor Longqing wanted to deal with it, but he was also worried that he would leave some bad comments for himself in the history books.

Therefore, Emperor Longqing wanted to push those ministers who could no longer tolerate it into the muddy water of taking the throne one by one.In this way, even if some people can escape by luck, and even get promoted and get rich because of it, most of them will not end well. From the perspective of the overall situation, it is still the most suitable.

Anyway, the position of the emperor is not something ordinary people can do. If you don't understand these twists and turns, then wait to be fooled by the ministers.