Chapter 1,152 The Choice of Successor Emperor
The old emperor's light words were like a pebble that stirred up thousands of waves!
Who was the fourteenth son of Emperor Armin Kazalnia? It was the demon prince Azad who made the nobles of the empire frightened, a prince who was deprived of his inheritance rights and surname.
Now the old emperor actually said that as long as the crown prince violated the red line he had drawn, even if only Azad was left as a natural disaster, he would hand over the crown prince's position to him and depose the current eldest son. This attitude of treating the order of royal succession as nothing is simply challenging the nerves of all nobles.
Rather than trying their best to prevent the 'natural disaster' from ascending to power, the ministers were more excited about the crown prince who was threatened to be replaced. Even if Nawaf didn't break down emotionally, he still looked like he wanted to yell but didn't dare, and said: "Father, Azad, why should he replace me? He has been deprived of the right to inherit. You said it yourself." ah."
"Even if he is deprived of the right to inherit, the Fourteenth wants to sit on this seat," Emperor Armin patted the armrest of his throne with a proud look on his face, "-Does any of you have any way to stop it?" The old emperor not only looked at it, Looking at the crown prince, he also glanced at the ministers below.
A minister groaned and said, "Can a person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, be able to be an emperor?"
"Distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil?" The old emperor's temperament suddenly changed. He was no longer gentle and harmless, but had the majesty of Ni Cangsheng. Said: "Sitting in this position, do you need those things? In a high position like ours, can there be any right and wrong, good and evil? My dear minister, I rely on you, how did you climb to your current position? Really Have you forgotten? Don’t try to constrain the behavior of an emperor with that naivety that you don’t believe and can’t do. Because I am at the top of power, I can see more clearly than you."
Although his words were slow and his voice was deep, there was invisible pressure that made all the powerful nobles lower their heads. The emperor of one of the five great empires of Lost Land, a member of the pinnacle of power in the world, reveals his true face at this moment.
Emperor Armin looked at the Crown Prince who was shocked to the point of losing his composure with the same eyes, and said: "My dear Yu, do you think it is this throne and this crown that gave me the title of Emperor and allowed me to stand on the throne?" The pinnacle of power? If you really think so, it is Yu Zhi's fault. Remember! It is because Yu is at the pinnacle of power that many foolish men and women offered this throne and crown to The honorable title of the emperor. You have this strength and value, and you are worthy of enjoying all this. It is not just a pig or a monkey sitting on this throne with a crown on your head, and all the people will call you honorable."
Speaking of this, the old emperor's momentum suddenly disappeared, allowing everyone to be relieved from the pressure. He showed a lonely expression and said helplessly: "Speaking of which, your dear brother, the fourteenth son, is the most suitable successor. It's a pity that even I can't force him to do it." What's the matter? So I can only settle for the second best and choose you to be the crown prince. Do you understand the cause and effect relationship between this? So, you must cherish the status I have given you now."
The old emperor didn't even notice that in his own emotion, he even changed his words. It can be seen that his resentment is so deep that even as an emperor, he cannot calm down.
But he finally remembered to return his attention to the son in front of him and said: "But you don't need to belittle yourself, Nawaf. Not everyone can take the path of the fourteenth. But you should understand that when you have power, Controlling power and being controlled by concentrated power are two completely different things. You should try your best to be the former, rather than being the latter and being deceived into thinking that you have control over everything, but in fact you are not. This is what I The path of waiting for mortals is different from that of Old Fourteen."
"Father." Crown Prince Nawaf asked bitterly: "In your mind, can my fourteenth brother succeed to the throne and do better than me?"
"If we really let him inherit the throne, it will probably make the empire a mess." The old emperor said with a smile.
"Then why do you like him?"
"He is not good at running a country, but he is good at shutting up people. If it is just like this, it will really not help in running a country. But after all, it is not a matter of one person, but must be done by many people working together. So it is very difficult. Here comes the interesting point. Old Fourteen has absolutely no patience to take care of the chores of a country, big or small, even if he just participates in discussions, so the actual responsibilities will fall in the hands of ministers. And with his unpredictable personality, he is sometimes flattering Will please him, sometimes flattery will only be exchanged for a sword, and this change cycle may only be an afternoon, or it may be several days. In short, no one knows what the old fourteen will do next moment, so those who cherish life , people who are greedy for life and afraid of death will naturally seek good luck and avoid bad luck, and dare not appear where he can see."
Having said this, the old emperor glanced at the ministers below. They all shrank their heads like quails, fearing that they would be thrown to the side of the fourteenth prince by the emperor to assist him in government affairs. That's not the level of accompanying a king like a tiger. It's basically putting your head on the guillotine, just waiting for that person to be in a good or bad mood, and give him a casual blow!
"In this way, a very interesting strange circle appears. The ministers who will stay in the court are likely to be the only ones who understand that things must be done and dare to make a decisive decision and come forward. And these stubborn people Some elements will die, and perhaps some will be ignored by the Fourteenth and survive to push the empire's political affairs forward. Such people may not necessarily be talented, but at least they will be bad even if they mess up. But those greedy villains who only think about their own interests, regardless of the interests of the empire, and even harm them in return. So it is surprising that in the possible future situations I speculated, the less the Fourteenth wants to care about this country, the more people in this country have It may get better. There will be no intrigues and partisanship among the ministers, because just dealing with the unpredictable emperor may exhaust their enthusiasm for fighting."
After talking about his vision for the future, the old emperor looked back at his eldest son and said, "If the person sitting in this position were you, you might be able to surpass my achievements, but that's it. However, as an emperor, , if you make one wrong step, it is very likely that your life-long efforts will be wasted. Take this as a lesson, you cannot control two domestic vicious dogs and make them bite each other. It is conceivable that one of the two dogs will die. This can be said to be It will be a stain on the rest of my life." After saying that, he sighed softly.
Seeing that his eldest son still looked depressed, the old emperor recovered his mood first, smiled and said: "My dear Yu, don't forget what I just said, there is a very important premise. That means you have violated Yu's request. As long as you do not involve the empire in the dispute between the two grand dukes, and at the same time do not let the people below to do their own thing, causing the possibility of the country falling into a storm, then those things you are afraid of , will not happen. Neither the position of the Crown Prince nor the responsibility of you to succeed the Emperor in the future can be escaped. So, do your best, gentlemen."