This old emperor, who has been in charge of the Sun and Moon Empire for decades now, was just a prince back then.
He has his own ambitions and ideals, and he needs to ascend to a higher position to realize his ambitions, but the legal heir to the empire is not him, but his eldest brother.
He tried various means to compete with his eldest brother for the throne, and even tried his best to be better than his eldest brother in every aspect, but in the end, his father still passed the position of crown prince to his eldest brother.
In the original work, He Caitou's statement is that the emperor's grandfather believed that his uncle had a vicious nature and believed that it was not a good thing to hand the entire country into his hands, so he passed the throne to his father.
If the old emperor heard what his eldest nephew said at this moment, he would probably laugh out loud - because his nephew and his eldest brother were equally naive, they were really a good father and son.
The truth at that time was actually: the old emperor's father, He Caitou's imperial grandfather, was also not a good person. The reason why he gave the position of crown prince to his brother was not because of his ruthless methods as advertised on the surface. It is not entirely due to the inheritance system of the empire. The fundamental reason is to consolidate the rule of the empire and balance the power within the royal family!
He Caitou's imperial grandfather gave his eldest son some power to govern the country. His function was equivalent to the imperial prime minister, and he firmly held the administrative power of the empire in his own hands. In order to ensure the royal family's control over the army, the second son became a member of the military generals. In this way, there were two forces in the army that were completely subordinate to the royal family - the Emperor Dragon Soul Instructor Group and the second son's newly formed army. The royal family's rule could be said to be as stable as rock during that period!
Although his father passed the throne to his eldest brother according to the inheritance system of the Sun and Moon Empire, his father also secretly encouraged himself to compete with his eldest brother in order to maintain a balance, and the two sides could fight without breaking up!
This method of using his son to manipulate power and then playing with the balance of power between his sons actually existed in the history of Dai Huabin's previous life - yes, it was the good father named Li Yuan.
The old emperor's father died due to an accident, so that year, the old emperor's brother ascended the throne, and he himself became the prince.
What can I say about his eldest brother? He is also very idealistic and indeed very capable in some aspects, but he is too naive! It's okay to be an imperial prime minister, but you can't control the entire empire!
After his eldest brother succeeded to the throne, he managed politics diligently and conscientiously, and managed the entire empire in an orderly and prosperous manner, winning praise from officials and people. He also loved peace, reduced military expenditures, and devoted himself to people's livelihood, hoping to bring the Sun and Moon Empire with him. Get out of the obsession of the past and move towards a new future!
The above are not problems. The bad thing lies in the words "love peace and commit to people's livelihood."
It was a turbulent era. They bordered the Star Luo Empire and the Tianhun Empire. Although there was no large-scale war, the border friction between the two sides always existed, and it tended to gradually intensify. Even the president of the Star Luo Empire's army, the White Tiger Duke, He also personally led the army on several expeditions and flattened several of their border cities.
At this time, you still want to reduce military spending?
The politics of the Sun and Moon Empire are actually very complicated, far from being comparable to the three countries in the east. Various forces are intertwined and fighting with each other, and the king cannot act as he pleases!
Launching a coup and seizing the throne is not that simple. It cannot be accomplished by just having a prince harbor evil intentions, nor can it be accomplished by a simple palace assassination.
At that time, there were many forces to protect the emperor - the palace guards, the army directly under the imperial family, the senior officials of Mingdetang who were close to the imperial family, and even the imperial palace enshrinement hall would not allow anyone to mess around!
The current old emperor's coup was successful mainly because his brother's actions offended almost all the forces in Sun and Moon that could affect the stability of the imperial power!
The people loved him and most officials were willing to work with him, but it was of no use!
First of all, his elder brother's ideals are wrong.
Although thousands of years have passed since that war, the hatred is still passed down from generation to generation and has not disappeared. It is always engraved in the bones of most of the upper echelons of the Sun and Moon Empire! There are too many people who want to develop their soul guides to the extreme, and then avenge their grievances and end the grudges that have existed for thousands of years.
The empire has been striving towards this goal for thousands of years. When it is about to succeed, how can it be tolerated that the efforts of all previous monarchs will be turned into ashes just because one emperor walked alone?
Second, his brother has inadvertently violated the interests of too many people during his time in office.
For the sake of peace and stability and to improve people's livelihood, his good brother reduced military expenditures, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the military. At this moment, the Sun and Moon Empire was in a tense confrontation with the two bordering countries.
For the sake of his ideal, his brother even gave instructions on Mingdetang's research, persuading them to give up research on those lethal soul guidance devices and instead devote themselves to the research of civilian soul guidance devices, and even hinted at threatening to cut research funding several times. This annoyed many senior soul engineers.
What's even more fatal is that his eldest brother was too soft-hearted and for some very childish reasons, let him go, a prince who was still a threat to the throne.
Political conflicts gradually accumulate in invisible places, and there are undercurrents behind the empire's prosperity.
Finally, everything exploded.
The current old emperor, who was the prince back then, launched a palace coup with the support of some people and the acquiescence of most people.
Those who supported the coup included some military personnel and some high-level officials of Mingdetang, while the rest of the army, senior soul masters, and even the royal family chose to watch with a bias, or it could be said that they were friendly to him. Neutral, including the Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Group that directly takes orders from the Emperor!
The old emperor, who was still a prince at that time, poisoned his brother, his brother's wife and three daughters through a secret agent arranged in the palace. Then, just to be safe, he sent people to kill them in the palace. The next day, he, who was still a prince at the time, entered the capital with troops supporting him, and announced that the previous emperor's family had all died of food poisoning. He used this as an opportunity to clean up the old palace forces while supporting his confidants.
After everything was prepared, he, the prince, as the sole heir to the royal family, ascended to the throne of the Sun and Moon Empire with an iron fist, with the support and acquiescence of all forces.
His elder brother was killed by his younger brother. There is nothing wrong with that.
But it would be more accurate to say that his brother died at the will of the entire empire.
The first thing to explain is that the will of a country is not always in the hands of its people, and it does not mean whoever has the most people represents the country.
Since the birth of the political form of the state, the will of the state has been the aggregation of the will of its ruling class!
The so-called emperor is nothing more than a representative of the interests of the ruling class.
Only by grasping the essence and essence of imperial power can one survive in this cruel and bloody court.
The old emperor succeeded, but his brother failed.
His Majesty the Emperor, who successfully usurped the throne, reciprocated the favor by revising his brother's various whimsical policies, strongly supporting military construction, and encouraging Mingdetang to establish several military soul guidance device research projects.
His policies were timely and had the support and support of all forces. Most of the empire's top officials were willing to obey the royal family's orders. Therefore, his throne could be stable and the empire could reach what it is today under his leadership.
In a sense, he was also pushed away by an invisible force.
In the empty pavilion, the old emperor came back to his senses in his memories, sighed softly, and walked out.
His only regret was that his eldest brother's eldest son, Xu He, was missed in the massacre.
I don't know if his nephew is still alive. If he died, nothing would happen; if he was still alive, the old emperor would not hesitate to kill his relatives again to bring an end to all the events of the year.
