333 The Fate of the Emperor of Ming Kingdom (1/2)
Yan personally interrogated the Emperor. However, the Emperor didn't have any intention to say that what he did as wrong. In his eyes, he was the ruler, and everyone should follow him unconditionally.
A person status was determined since birth, so the emperor fully believed that he was the rightful ruler. This kind of view was common among the nobles, especially the leaders since they believed that they were the ruler chosen by the Heaven.
However, in the war era, the number of people claiming that they were the one chosen as the ruler was more than one, making the land being separated into several kingdoms. This was the one that gave birth to the endless fighting and war throughout the years.
”Even the massacre is something you had to do?” Soujin's eyes were calm, but there was a murderous glint in them. After all, he did lose his father in the massacre.
The emperor laughed, ”Every person in my kingdom life is inside my hand. It's up to me whether they could live or not!”
'He's insane,' Ming Hui thought to himself. Although the emperor is his father, he rarely met with the former because he was cross dressing in the past and the emperor never inquired about her except to arrange marriage. Because of that, he only knew a little bit of the emperor rashness.
However, his view about him has already worsened terribly since a long time ago. After all, seeing his own mother, the only person who close to him, died in a terrible scheme and him being almost poisoned to death were not good experiences.
”But it's the massacre that leads you to your downfall, don't you think so?” Yan said in a hard tone.
”That's true, if only I didn't leave anyone behind, there will be no threat for me,” the emperor said in a rueful tone. He was the emperor and ever since young he believed that everyone has to serve him. They belonged to him, so he could do anything to them. If they didn't do as he wanted, he could punish them however he liked.
Ming Hui felt his blood boiled at the Emperor's remark. He already almost massacred everyone, and left only the weak to survive. Still, the emperor hadn't realized the true reason his father could lead the kingdom even while leaving those powerful retainers around.
On the side, Yan couldn't contain his feeling as he punched forward. Clasping his fist, he stared at the Emperor, ”Even though you're my uncle, I can't stand you anymore.”
The Emperor's eyes widened as he looked towards Yan. He was sure that he never told him that Yan was not his son, which made him unable to become the crown prince when he was still the emperor, but Yan already knew about it.
Meanwhile, Soujin was far calmer than Yan, but his eyes contained a murderous gaze. Looking towards the Emperor, he instead agreed with him, ”You're right. You should have killed all of use in the massacre years ago.”
Yan exclaimed, ”Soujin!”
”If you were to kill all of us years ago, you would already die years ago. Don't you think so?”
The question thrown from Soujin was the fact. When the emperor suppressed the Jun Family to concede fully to him, there were already many revolts happening. Should he really kill even the young Jun Hua and the others, the number of people rebelling against him would increase several folds because they saw their emperor as someone violent and heartless.
Many people would be afraid of the emperor, but the example from the Jun Family would only drive them to move. After all, if today the Jun Family fell, would the emperor choose my family for the next example?
That was the move from his own father, so Soujin knew very well that the people in the Ming Kingdom would not lie down when their lives were threatened. After all, the emperor was not a skillful one, and they could clearly see that the emperor was freaked out by the power from the big families. Otherwise, why would he choose to massacre them so openly?
”As the emperor, it's only right for me to suppress the powerful one, so I can control them!” the emperor said again despite his heart rejected his reasoning.
He was not entirely stupid. Strategist Wu had told him in the past that he was not allowed to kill the weak or the people would go against him. In the first place, he didn't have that good of image and his skill in court and others were severely lacking.