Chapter 827

"Arena? Father-in-law, do you think the emperor wants to encourage me to go to war with Murong family?"

"Maybe not before, but today I openly forced your majesty to swallow his anger for you. Your majesty has found out my attitude towards your son-in-law."

Laughing and shaking his head, Wang Biren paced and muttered: "I have eighty-one soldiers in my hand. More than half of the heads of the whole empire are my students. I also control half of the power of the court. In fact, your majesty had the intention to urge me to bite Murong family long ago, but I didn't fall for it. I tried my best to protect you this time, and your majesty will know that my everything is yours. If he can't command me, he'll try to get you involved in this mess. "

With a clear nod, Yang Feng followed Wang Biren and said with a smile, "my father-in-law thinks, how can the emperor let me fall into this mess?"

"Your Majesty has a deep mind and a lot of bad ideas. He has thousands of ways to make you become angry with Murong family, but you must not be fooled."

With a slight smile, Wang Biren said proudly: "I have been a relative for decades, and I still stand firm. I have to judge the situation and maintain a balance limit. The emperor trained you into a hound for you to hunt. But you should remember that when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks."

"If the Hound is not capable of hunting, the emperor will not hesitate to abandon the dog; if the Hound is capable of hunting, if it is too strong and kills the prey, it will be useless. The emperor will cook the hound; if the Hound is weak and killed by the prey, the emperor will just change the hound. The reason why I live now is that I only shout at the prey and don't kill it I don't really bite him. The prey knows that I can't really bite him, so it won't really fight with me. "

At this point, Wang Biren couldn't help laughing and smiled helplessly: "In the end, I'm just a dog beside the emperor, but I'm a smart dog. I've been confronting my prey, but there's no result, and the emperor can't help me. If he wants to kill me, the prey will come and kill him. But if he doesn't kill me or wants to change a dog, my old dog and the prey won't agree. Maybe they will kill him together Therefore, we have become a situation where we love each other and kill each other. We have always been in balance. "

"But..."

As he spoke, Wang Boren's face slowly dignified: "Now the situation is becoming more and more critical, and this balance will not last long. As more and more jackals, tigers and leopards surround the hunter, my old dog can't protect him for long. Maybe, in order to protect himself, my hound will have to return to nature and surround the emperor with those jackals, tigers and leopards. At that time, the wind and thunder will collapse , when the heroes compete for the deer. "

Nodded faintly, Yang Feng smiled deeply: "the general trend of the world is that when we get together for a long time, we will divide and divide for a long time. This is the law. It's no big deal. Besides, heroes emerge in troubled times. Maybe the collapse of wind and thunder is not necessarily a disaster. This empire is too corrupt. It's time to break down and establish a new one."

"Shout, you are very optimistic. You seem to be looking forward to the time of chaos. It seems that you are ready to compete."

As soon as he raised his eyebrows, Wang Biren looked at him in a strange place and said with a smile, "come on, what do you want to do with so much food?"

"You know?"

"Nonsense, as the prime minister, I take charge of the affairs of the whole country. Your Yang family wealth regiment took advantage of the flood in the south of the Yangtze River and stored grain at a high price in the whole empire. If I don't know, I, the prime minister, don't do it. Hum."

With a sneer, Wang Biren's eyes glittered with fine light and guessed, "you don't want to borrow food disaster to rebel?"

Shaking his head, Yang Feng smiled mysteriously: "if I took advantage of the food disaster to rebel, the warlords in Murong and the East will attack me with the crime of disorderly subjects and thieves. At that time, the wind and thunder will collapse, their families will benefit, and I will become a great demon king and be despised. I won't do such a foolish thing of making wedding clothes for others."

"Well, it's good that you know that. What are you... Raising the price of grain, waiting to sell high price grain and make a lot of money?"

"No, no, no, I'm not short of money. I don't need to do such things that damage Yin morality and earn money."

"Then you are..."

Wang Boren is a little confused.

Yang Feng grinned and said with a smile, "father-in-law, the Murong family has been preparing soldiers and horses for so many years, but they have not done it. Why? And why is the most important thing that the emperor is the emperor? Just because the emperor has this thing, the Murong family has been afraid to do it. The time comes only when the emperor loses this thing. Do you understand?"

"You mean... Fame?"

With a clear nod, Wang Biren knew everything at once.

The emperor did not personally take charge of the army or participate in the government affairs of national construction, but no one dared to oppose him, just because he had something that no one else had, that is, fame, which can also be said to be the legitimacy of rule.

This fame can be derived from the fighting feats of wearing gold and cutting thorns, just as the early emperors beat the world; it can also come from the inheritance of ancestors, such as the succession of the crown prince.

These two ways of obtaining fame are most recognized by the people.

In other words, the legitimate ruler recognized by everyone is the emperor, not if you are the emperor yourself.

In view of this, the emperor became famous one day, and those generals with military power did not dare to rebel. Otherwise, they will be traitors and thieves, who will be chased by the world.

Finally, no matter who owns the world, it has nothing to do with the one who took the lead in rebellion. This rebellion is tantamount to making wedding clothes for others.

Therefore, the Murong family had been rebellious for a long time, but they didn't dare to do it. They were afraid that Dongfang, Nangong and Dugu would work together to destroy the Murong family and finally divide the world.

And because of this fame, the emperor can maintain his throne by balancing his forces.

However, once the emperor lost his fame, it would be reasonable for everyone to rebel and have no scruples at the moral level.

For example, if the emperor is immoral, kills innocent people indiscriminately, poisons the world and makes the people miserable, he will become a tyrant or tyrant, lose his reputation and attract heroes to rise together.

Such as king Zhou of Shang Dynasty and Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you are a little fatuous in the prosperous age; But in troubled times, if the emperor's behavior is slightly wrong, it will attract criticism from others and become a reason for others to denounce.

Therefore, over the years, Fenglei emperor has been cautious and dare not take a step in the thunder pool, just to keep his reputation.

Unfortunately, with the decay of the Empire, the loss of fame is no longer a personal integrity, but a general trend.

The moment when Murong family and others were waiting finally came.

"Report!"

Half a month later, in the imperial study, a page of emergency military information was sent to the emperor's desk: "the flood in the south of the Yangtze River has spread and more than one million victims have been killed. The anti thieves have risen up and captured more than 20 houses!"