"Two adults, do you understand what the emperor means?" Zhu Xiaochuan said.
"You two adults have been arguing for such a long time, but you still haven't come up with a winner. What does this mean?" Seeing Ma Wuming and Lu Jing's confused faces, Xiao Chen continued to remind them.
"It shows that both princes are equally excellent, but also have shortcomings. They can be said to be brothers in need." Zhu Xiaochuan said.
"But if the two adults continue to compete like this, when will it end?" Xiao Chen sighed.
The words of Xiao Chen and Zhu Xiaochuan became more and more obvious, and then Ma Wuming and Lu Jing slowly understood.
The emperor asked them to argue, but they argued and failed to convince each other. Just like the dispute between Li Shi and Li Feng, they argued and argued, but in the end it was difficult to decide the winner.
As Xiao Chen said, if this competition continues, when will it end?
When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured, and the same goes for the fight between two kings. No matter who wins, the other party will be very injured. Not only will he be injured, but Da Zhou will also be severely injured!
Just like Li Shi wins, will the court ministers who support Li Feng have a good ending in the future? Li Feng won, and it was the same.
The first thing they do when they ascend the throne must be to eliminate dissidents!
So no matter who wins or loses, half of the high officials in the court will be greatly unlucky. They are all the pillars of the Great Zhou. If they fall, it will not be the vitality of the Great Zhou that will be damaged.
Just like Lin Dongyang and Wang Ruhai, after they were imprisoned, people in Jiangdong and Minzhou immediately became panicked, and many local affairs came to a standstill or even chaos.
For example, this year's grain from Jiangdong Minzhou has not been shipped yet. During the autumn floods and rainy season, many granaries in both places were washed away by heavy rains, causing serious losses...
This is just a place. What would happen if half of the officials in the court were missing? It’s definitely not the worst, only worse!
What's even worse is that when the two princes fight to the end, some unspeakable things may even happen...
"My dear friends are all smart people. I ask you, if the way of governing a country could be summed up in one word, what would it be?" Li Wanjiang said slowly.
"Steady!" Several people said in unison.
"But it's not stable now..." Li Wanjiang said.
"Your Majesty!" Several people were shocked when they heard this.
"People's hearts are not stable, the country is not stable, and I am not safe either." Li Wanjiang said, "You guys are having trouble sitting at home today, how can I be safe in the palace?"
"I don't have a body with three heads and six arms, and a heart with seven orifices. In the final analysis, I am just a mortal. The reason why I can stabilize the country is because of the great help of all my dear friends. So you are the pillars of our great Zhou Dynasty. As long as you If it doesn’t fall, the state of the Zhou Dynasty will be stable, even if a child with a yellow mouth becomes the emperor, it will still be stable..."
These words were profound, and everyone listened attentively and tried their best to understand.
"Li Xianwu's son passed away at an early age. My heart aches so deeply! I am an emperor and a father. The pain of losing a son and the feeling of licking a calf are just like ordinary people..." Li Wanjiang suddenly became sad again, "Now I only have these three sons left, if any of them makes any mistakes, how can I cope with them!"
At this point, Li Wanjiang had made his words clear, and Ma Wuming and Lu Jing finally understood the emperor's painstaking efforts.
The battle between Li Shi and Li Feng would not only destabilize people's hearts and seriously damage their vitality, it might even kill one of them.
But the emperor only has these two sons, and only one of them can win, so this is an unsolvable dead end.
That's why the officials compete so fiercely.
Now suddenly another King Xuanping fell from the sky, and things took a turn for the better. The seemingly unsolvable dead end seemed to be able to revive the bird.
First of all, King Xuanping is young and has just arrived. He has no foundation in the court and has made no achievements. Although it is not suitable to be established as a prince now, after he has a foundation and achievements, how can he know that he will not be able to do it?
In addition, the emperor also said that the most important thing for an emperor is to have the support of his ministers. As for the emperor's own ability, it can be ignored...
And because King Xuanping had just arrived and didn’t know anyone, he didn’t have any likes, dislikes, or relationships with the big guys, and he didn’t have any partisan factions. As long as all the ministers supported him, he would treat the big guys when he became the prince or the emperor in the future. Treat everyone equally.
In other words, if everyone supports him as the crown prince, then Li Shi and Li Feng will not have to fight to the death, so that the emperor can avoid the worry of losing his son and the pain of licking his calf.
It feels like everyone is happy and it's perfect.
Of course, things will not be that simple, and Li Shi and Li Feng will not give up, but at least the current tense situation can be eased.
Because both insiders and outsiders need to wait and see for a while.
Weigh the pros and cons carefully.
Among the people here, Zhu Xiaochuan is actually a member of the emperor, and has never participated in the battle for the right to inherit the throne. However, facing the situation of having to choose between the two, he is still relatively optimistic about Li Shi.
So when Xiao Chen first arrived, he came to test Xiao Chen's intentions and revealed his thoughts.
Wang Anbang is a roly-poly who has always wavered. Although Li Shi was in charge of the staff department, the relationship between him and Li Shi has always been very good, neither far nor close, neither close nor combing.
Like Zhu Xiaochuan, if he had to choose one from two, he would certainly choose Li Shi. If he had to choose one from three, that would not necessarily be the case.
Ma Wuming has always been defined as Li Shi's person. His relationship with Li Shi is indeed very close, but he is by no means a so-called best friend.
Just like Lu Jing, who has always been defined as Li Feng's person, his relationship with Li Feng is indeed good. Because Li Feng is in charge of the Ministry of War, his relationship with Li Feng is naturally closer.
Over the years, Li Feng led troops to fight outside, and Lu Jing coordinated supplies in the DPRK. The two had always been happy to cooperate, so when it came to choosing one of the two, he sided with Li Feng without hesitation. It seemed that if he didn't do this, If so, it would be very uninteresting...
These two are both very down-to-earth people, both in life and in work. Although they each support the same prince and usually have a normal relationship with each other, they never hinder each other when it comes to handling national affairs, but cooperate sincerely.
This is also the reason why Li Wanjiang has always trusted and respected the two of them, so he said these heartfelt words to them.
As for Xiao Chen, he is a person with a clear distinction between love and hate. In fact, he does not have a harmonious relationship with Li Shi and Li Feng, but in comparison, he hates Li Feng more, so when choosing between the two, he chooses Li Shi.
If he had to choose one of the three, he would definitely choose King Xuanping. In fact, he did the same thing. Wasn't this guy the first one to jump out at the court meeting?
And King Xuanping's first impression of him must have been very deep and very good...
Damn, this kid is so clever that he has completely figured out the emperor's thoughts.
