Wanli 1592

Chapter 1371 You Come To Be The Emperor
At the beginning of the 26th year of Longwu, on March [-]th, Xiao Ruxun called Xiao Zhenbang to his own study in the side hall of Qianqing Palace.

"In recent days, your government affairs have been handled very well. Father is very satisfied in many places. You have learned the way father handles government affairs. You have lived up to father's expectations of you. You are already a very qualified The crown prince is now, and Daqin will be handed over to you, so I am very relieved as a father."

Xiao Zhenbang has passed his thirties, he is already very mature, his political methods are very sophisticated, he has played a lot of roles in dealing with administrative and military issues, and initially established his own reputation.

This kind of prestige can't be compared with Xiao Ruxun's, but it is enough to be a successful king and inherit Xiao Ruxun's position.

Xiao Zhenbang didn't know what his father meant by calling him into the study, and before he had time to respond, Xiao Ruxun pointed to a box on the table and asked Xiao Zhenbang to open the box.

Xiao Zhenbang opened the box and saw that it was Chuan Guo Yuxi.

The small Jade Seal of the Nation that Xiao Ruxun often wears on his body.

"Father, this is..."

"Chuan Guo Yuxi, I don't know if it's real or not. It's probably a fake, but it doesn't matter. If I wear it on my father, if my father says it's true, it's true."

Xiao Ruxun narrowed his eyes: "At the beginning, in the third year of Longwu, Bu Yan, the leader of the Chahar tribe, dedicated this jade seal to his father, saying that it was a jade seal passed down from his ancestors, which has always been He kept it, and he wanted to use this jade seal in exchange for the union between his father and him.

He feels that a jade seal has great magical power. Only the existence of this jade seal can be recognized as an orthodox emperor or an orthodox dynasty. In order to let Buyan relax his vigilance and buy time, in the seventh year of Longwu, he was killed for his father. "

Xiao Ruxun paused, took a sip of tea, and then said: "A jade seal doesn't mean anything. A small one, which is not as big as a jade pendant, can be considered orthodox? This jade seal can't prove that You are orthodox, otherwise, Qin would not have died in the second generation, Zhenbang, what do you think?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at Xiao Zhenbang.

Xiao Zhenbang pursed his lips, and said slowly: "Yuxi is not enough to be orthodox, orthodox, in the hearts of the people of the world, people in the world are happy and rich, so it is orthodox, and people in the world are chaotic and suffering from famine, even if there are ten seals passed down to the country Yuxi will also perish."

Xiao Ruxun felt relieved.

"Yes, the people of the world are the real meaning of orthodox or not. If people in the world think you are orthodox, you are naturally orthodox. If people in the world think that you are not orthodox, then even if you have ten or one hundred imperial seals, That too deserves to perish.

Why did Buyan dedicate it to me in the first place?If it can really prove that Buyan is orthodox and can rule the entire Mongolia, then why would Buyan dedicate it to his father?There's only one reason, and it's a thing that doesn't matter, a thing that makes no difference between having and not having it. "

Xiao Ruxun stood up, picked up the Chuan Guo Yuxi, put it in his hand, then took Zhenbang's hand, and handed it to Zhenbang.

"Orthodoxy is not in Yuxi, but in the people of the world. If you care about the people of the world, you have never slackened in your work, and the people of the world will naturally regard you as orthodox."

Xiao Zhenbang blinked his eyes, looked down at the jade seal in Xiao Ruxun's hand, quite at a loss.

"Father, this is..."

"It will be handed over to you. When you get to be a father, you are tired, tired, and can no longer cheer up. Don't be attached to this position. Give it to your chosen heir. Let the young people Do something, and you will live your life in peace and stability, which is better than anything else."

Xiao Ruxun looked at Xiao Zhenbang with a smile on her face: "Zhenbang, I'm tired of my father, I don't want to be the emperor anymore, I can't do it anymore, you can be the emperor."

Xiao Zhenbang was stunned for a while, then his eyes suddenly widened.

"Father! This... child... this..."

He didn't say anything, Xiao Ruxun directly put his hand on the top of his head.

"Don't panic when you are in danger, don't panic when dealing with things, why have you forgotten the principles that your father taught you since childhood?"

Xiao Zhenbang looked at Xiao Ruxun in disbelief, until he was sure that Xiao Ruxun was really not joking, not testing him, but really wanted to hand over the throne to him.

Because he saw that the white hair on Xiao Ruxun's head seemed to suddenly increase.

"Father……"

"Since ancient times, the succession of the emperor has always waited for the death of the old emperor before the new emperor can take the throne. It is not for other reasons, but because he has mastered power. Don't worry, you don't care about anything, you only care about power.

At the beginning, my father thought that I would do the same, and I would never let go of my power until I died, because for this power, when you were young, my father killed too many people, stepped on their corpses, Got this power for the father.

But after your mother passed away, you often quietly thought about your gains and losses over the years, about the future, about the present, and about the past. In the end, you suddenly discovered that you no longer have the energy to continue leading Daqin. go forward. "

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the white hair on her head: "I'm old, useless, and I can't bear to continue to be the emperor. If I don't do it, I will end up in Daqin's great situation and endorsing my father. It's not worth it." , Zhenbang, you are full of energy, the emperor, it's time for you to do it."

Xiao Ruxun held Zhenbang's hand and held it tightly.

"It's not easy for Daqin to have today, it's really not easy. My father is not willing to let go of the great situation he created by himself. Instead, his father will ruin it. My father does not allow me to become Tang Minghuang in his later years, and I do not allow myself to become Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years, so this emperor, it's up to you."

Xiao Ruxun clenched Zhenbang's hand into a fist, and asked him to hold the little Jade Seal of Chuanguo tightly.

"The jade seal is really nothing to us, but to outsiders, it is a symbol of imperial power. From today on, wear it, go out, and declare to the world that you, Xiao Zhenbang, will be the emperor."

Zhenbang's mind was still in a daze, and he really couldn't react to such a large amount of information for a while, Xiao Ruxun shook his head and smiled, stretched out his hands and pinched both sides of his cheeks.

"Being a father for more than 20 years has been trying his best to maintain family harmony and prevent the family from becoming as impersonal as other heavenly families. Why do you not believe in being a father now?"

Xiao Zhenbang reacted suddenly, the circles of his eyes were red, and the eyes were filled with tears, which couldn't be stopped and flowed down.

"Father...you...you really..."

"After being an emperor, as a father, I want to guard your mother, give your mother glory and wealth, and give her the best. Now that your mother is gone, what's the point of the emperor doing it?
I have done everything that should be done, and I have done everything that should not be done. After doing so much, I don’t know what the future will look like, but even if things go wrong in the future, I can’t do better than before. "

Saying this, Xiao Ruxun took Zhenbang's hand.

"The Daqin left to you by your father is an unprecedentedly large empire. It is a very glorious thing to be its emperor. You can control the supreme power, but at the same time, it is also a very dangerous thing to be its emperor. , The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest, and you don't know when, the root of the empire will be eaten away."

"Father's teachings, the child will remember in his heart, and the lessons of the previous Ming, the child will not forget."

Xiao Zhenbang studied government affairs by Xiao Ruxun's side for seven years. Xiao Ruxun taught him everything that should be taught to him, but how to use it depends on himself.

Before that, Xiao Ruxun wanted to make a final confirmation.

"Then test you as a father. For a father, the way of governing is to control. A father is the founding emperor. His prestige is unparalleled. No one in the whole country can compete. As a father, he can be arbitrary and not afraid of anything. But you Without the prestige and military merits of being a father, then what is your way of governing?"

Xiao Zhenbang looked at Xiao Ruxun.

"Won't the father blame the child?"

"What are you blaming? You are the son of my father, and you will soon be the new emperor. My father only raised you since childhood. Are you still worried that my father will abolish your crown prince? Honestly, tell my father everything."

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhenbang gritted his teeth, and said: "A child's way of governing is first to follow Xiao Guicao to stabilize people's hearts, cultivate power secretly, train new people, win people's hearts, everything is just like when his father was in power.

Pay attention to observe what is usable and what is not. After a few years, people will settle down, and then catch the disobedient ones in the name of corruption, and replace them with your own people, so as to establish your own prestige. cleaning. "

Xiao Ruxun nodded slowly, and said something that reassured Zhenbang.

"That's right, the first point, to be an emperor, you have to be ruthless. No matter who it is, as long as it threatens your authority, disrespects you, or disobeys you, it is a scourge. To get rid of it, the stronger the ability, the more powerful you will be." It is a scourge, the more you have to get rid of it, without loyalty, talent is shit.

Regardless of whether he is a subject left by his father or not, no matter whether he is a general trusted by his father or not, as long as he is disobedient and unfaithful, he will be taken away. From now on, you are the emperor, and everyone in Daqin should listen to you. With you as the head and as the father, it is to help you see clearly some people with both ends of the head. "

"Yes, father."

Xiao Zhenbang nodded, and continued: "Afterwards, the boy will focus on making arrangements for the illegal acts of some high-level and grass-roots officials that he has witnessed over the years, and deal with them taking advantage of the loopholes in the court's rules and regulations for personal gain. Suffering from it, the child does not intend to sit idly by."

"For my father, there are three eyeliners of Heizhen, Heishui, and Huangzhuang in the local area, and three information channels. I basically know everything that happened in the local area, but you know why I have been my father since the 21st year of Longwu There is no large-scale clean-up of corrupt officials?"

Xiao Ruxun asked.

"Father wants to observe and see who is behind the scenes. There must be a chain of interests from the central government to the local government, otherwise it will not be able to develop. My father wants to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and it will be done in one pot."

Xiao Zhenbang guessed so.

Xiao Ruxun nodded, then shook his head again.

"That's right, but it's not just that, Zhenbang, keeping them for my father's sake is not only to observe who the cysticercus are behind the scenes instigating them for personal gain, but also to find out where the loopholes they exploited come from. Credentials to fill holes, and more critically, for you."

Xiao Ruxun took Xiao Zhenbang's hand and let him sit beside her.

"for me?"

Xiao Zhenbang didn't understand, but soon realized: "What does father mean, leave them to the children to deal with?"

"Yes, just to leave them to you to deal with."

Xiao Ruxun smiled slightly and said: "Corrupt officials can never be killed. Zhu Yuanzhang, the former emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the officials all over the world who killed corrupt officials were terrified. They had to bid farewell to their families at the last court meeting, and they had to prepare suicide notes and coffins, but the corrupt officials were killed. ?"

"No, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, corrupt officials became more rampant."

"Yes, corrupt officials can never be killed, because corrupt officials are also human beings. Corruption is human nature. If you want to kill corrupt officials, you have to kill all the people in the world. Is this possible? No, so, how to make the existence of corrupt officials not Letting the foundation of the country be destroyed is a very important way of governing.

In many cases, corrupt officials are easier to control than honest officials. You have a reason to kill corrupt officials, but you want to provoke criticism when you kill honest officials. Can kill him, because he has achieved the ultimate in morality.

This kind of person sounds good, but in fact he is not a good person, especially for the emperor. If there are such upright officials everywhere in the place, the emperor's situation will be very difficult. For the emperor, corruption and incorruptibility are not absolute problems. Loyalty or not is the most important thing.

A corrupt official is easy to control, he must listen to the emperor's orders, otherwise he will be killed, and it is difficult to resist, but a clean official is not the case, no one can beat him with righteousness, the emperor ordered him not to listen, how can this be done?Therefore, Zhenbang, killing corrupt officials, using corrupt officials, and protecting corrupt officials is the means of being an emperor. "

Xiao Ruxun slowly said: "For my father, the biggest purpose of keeping these corrupt officials is to build up prestige for you, and for my father to fight all the big battles that can be fought. After that, even if there are wars, they are just small ones. It is difficult for you to use military power to build prestige when you fight petty battles.

Then the fastest way to establish prestige and stabilize your position is to kill corrupt officials, those who have done a lot of evil in the local area and have been blacklisted by their father's eyeliner. These people, death is not a pity. Make a big publicity in the local area, so that the common people will know you are good, and the common people will support you.

When the local officials know that you can kill them with your own hands, they will fear you, obey you, and will not look down on you, and your control over the local area will be maintained. Remember, killing corrupt officials in the central government and The meaning of killing local corrupt officials is different. "

"My child knows that the purpose of killing corrupt central government officials is to stabilize the emperor's position, and killing local corrupt officials is to consolidate the authority of the central government and prevent local forces from rising to resist the central government."

Xiao Zhenbang understood this very well. After all, Xiao Ruxun had taught him this way many times since he was 15 years old, and even wrote to him especially when he was fighting outside.

He is now very able to figure out the contradictions and relationships between the local government and the central government, and he knows the necessity of suppressing the local government.

"Yes, there used to be a saying in the local area that the strong dragon does not suppress the top snake. Weifu has changed this saying. No matter where he is, if he dares to challenge the central government, Weifu will destroy his whole family. Therefore, everything in the locality can Being mobilized and commanded by his father, Daqin can do great things with the power of the whole country.

If the local power is too strong and hindered by the central government, local resources cannot be mobilized, and the national war will be difficult to carry out. Just like the old rule in the previous Ming Dynasty when a million soldiers were defeated by the father's [-] troops, he was overthrown by the father in more than half a year. You have to keep it in mind. "

"My son understands that my father's local policies will not be reduced, but will be strengthened. Those local people will never want to stand up."

Xiao Zhenbang's face was firm and resolute, obviously he had a plan in mind.

"Heizhen, Heishui, and Huangzhuang, these are the three poisoned daggers used by the father to control the world. Each dagger can kill people. As long as you can hold these three daggers, there is no enemy in the world. But you have to know, they are all poisoned, they can kill people, and they can also hurt themselves."

When Xiao Ruxun said this, Xiao Zhenbang frowned.

"Father, Heizhen is not difficult to control. After all, it still bears the official signature of the Central Investigation Department. The members have been cleansed, and their fortunes are all in the capital. They can be controlled in the normal way. Huangzhuang is not difficult to control. The people in power are all palace officials. The eunuch in the village, our domestic slave, lost power, can't turn the sky, but the black water..."

"Yes, Blackwater is the only organization that doesn't have this concern. At the beginning, Blackwater was established for my father to spy on military intelligence, but later it was needed. Blackwater has been expanded again and again, domestically, abroad, military, political, and commercial. involving.

That's why Weifu set up Heizhen and Huangzhuang successively to divide the power and scale of Heishui, put the picketing tasks of central officials into Heizhen, and send commercial spies into Huangzhuang, and only military intelligence spying and assassination When the task is handed over to Heishui, even so, the scale of Heishui is still the largest.

So my father also set up Heishui Jingshi Headquarters, Nanjing Headquarters, Myanmar Headquarters, Western Region Headquarters, and Dongying Headquarters, in order to divide the power in Zhang Wu's hands. Zhang Wu has become more and more confused in recent years. , if it wasn't for his father's repeated restrictions, he might want to be Ji Gang..."

Xiao Ruxun sneered all over his face: "It doesn't matter, there is a dark thread planted by Weifu beside him, and everything in the dark thread is under Weifu's control. After you ascend the throne, don't touch him rashly. Weifu is still there. Don't dare to move, let's see who dies first, he or the father.

After all, he has made great contributions to Daqin. If he dies honestly before his father, his father will not touch him. However, if he lives long, Zhenbang, his father will get rid of him for you. There are seven ways for him to go to the sky and go to the earth, so he really wants to be the second Ji Gang. "

Xiao Zhenbang pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.

"Having said that, the existence of Blackwater is very necessary. You can change your cronies to control it and get the job done. The intelligence collection and infiltration of Daqin's country, Daqin's foreign countries, and especially the Europa continent cannot be interrupted.

From my father's point of view, the ones who can compete with Daqin in the future are the red-haired barbarians in Europa. Remember, they are very cunning and treacherous, and they are good at learning things, even better than Daqin in some aspects.

It took more than ten years of hard work for my father to catch up with them and keep pace with them. However, I don’t know what will happen in the future, but they are enemies, not friends. You have to remember clearly that although Daqin is powerful, it is not without enemies . "

Xiao Zhenbang nodded repeatedly.

"The boy will not relax and send people to Europa, he will keep an eye on them."

"it is good."

Xiao Ruxun continued: "In addition, you should also pay attention to the fact that the army cannot be chaotic. For the father, he designed a set of more appropriate strategies for the army. Those generals at the top have limited influence on the soldiers at the bottom. Their controls are stricter.

And once the father abdicates or even dies, will they try to break free from the restrictions of the father? You have to be cautious. The military system designed for the father can ensure that the top generals have little influence on the bottom soldiers. As for military academies, military school graduates are also reliable.

Therefore, if you want to make a difference in the army, you can clean the upper and middle-level generals, but not the lower-level soldiers and officers. The lower-level soldiers and officers are still very reliable, and they have no ability to fight against the emperor. They are your cornerstone. "

Xiao Zhenbang continued to nod.

"Boy knows that if those generals are honest, it's fine. If they're dishonest, Boy won't let them go."

"Don't be soft just because you have a good relationship with them, Zhenbang, remember, you are alone."

Xiao Ruxun lowered his throat: "As an emperor, you are a loner. You should not have friends, and you can't have friends. You have to be cruel to anyone. Friendship is superfluous to you."

Xiao Zhenbang frowned, as if he realized something.

"That's right, what my father said was Zhao Jingcheng, Zhenbang, it's not a good thing that Zhao Jingcheng's prestige in the army is too high, don't let him be your sister's husband so you can't do it, in order to prevent more dangerous things from happening, you should do it When the time comes, we must act, and don’t let the worst thing happen.”

Xiao Ruxun pinched Zhenbang's palm and found that Zhenbang's palm was sweating.

"The emperor can't be soft!"

Xiao Ruxun squeezed Xiao Zhenbang's hand, Xiao Zhenbang gritted his teeth and nodded.

"My son knows, if such signs really appear, my son will not be merciful."

"Well, remember, Daqin has military academies, and there are reasonable channels for advancement. You can't let too many generals occupy this channel. If it should be suppressed, it should be suppressed, and if it should be eliminated, it should be eliminated. Such things as generals for generations , nothing is better than having!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhenbang said he already understood.

Although there are still many things that he wants to say to Zhenbang, Xiao Ruxun thought about it carefully. No matter how much he said, he was not able to really do it. Less doesn't really mean much.

When it was time for dinner, Xiao Ruxun personally helped Zhenbang wear the Jade Seal of Chuanguo on Zhenbang's waist, and wore it together with the jade pendant he had given him.

"Go, the prince of Daqin will be the emperor one day, and he has to face the people of the world and bear the expectations of the people of the world. As a father, he can't always accompany you, and he can't always overcome obstacles for you. He wants to leave you a safe place. You have done everything you can for your father, and the future depends on you.”

Xiao Zhenbang was silent for a while, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to Xiao Ruxun.

"The father's kindness of nurturing and teaching the succession, the child will never forget it."

"Don't talk about these things between father and son. If you don't do this emperor, who will do it?"

Xiao Ruxun helped Zhenbang up: "Go ahead, let the world know the news first, and after a few days, I will move to the Longevity Palace for my father. From now on, you will be the owner of this place, so you can take care of yourself."

"Father……"

"Go."

Xiao Ruxun stretched out his hand and pushed Zhenbang out, not letting him stay, urging him to leave here, pushing him out of Qianqing Palace, away from her side, and in front of the world.

From then on, Zhenbang was no longer just his own son.

He is the emperor of Great Qin, who needs to face ups and downs alone.

From the second day onwards, an explosive news spread throughout the entire palace and began to spread outward at a speed beyond people's imagination.

Xiao Zhenbang, the crown prince of Jianguo, wears the imperial seal worn by Emperor Longwu of the Great Qin Dynasty for more than 20 years.

PS: It’s been so long since I’ve been writing a book. It’s the first time I have a leader. When I woke up in the morning, I thought I had read it wrong. Thanks to “Not a Lamb”, it gave me great encouragement, and I feel that I can work harder for the next book.

PPS: The more I write the ending, the more things I want to write, and the content of the ending is almost the same. Let’s give Xiao Ruxun a more satisfactory ending in my opinion in the past few days.

(End of this chapter)