That question got Chu Ci. People like him already had their future decided when they were born, right? Why ask why? But Xiaowu and Xiaowu were born differently from those offspring of the noble families. Until now, the imperial family still had no idea of their existence. Plus, they had such a daddy who also didn’t play by rules, their future was still intricate.
“I want to become an official. I will earn daddy a big official. But I also like Uncle Chu and don't want anyone else to be my tutor.”
Understanding the dialogue between them, Ling Wen stood out to speak out his goal loudly, with his little face looking so firm, others would earn phoenix coronet and robes of rank for their mom and wife, while he wanted to earn his daddy an official position. So him being an official was all for his daddy?
“I also want to, adoptive daddy, I also want to be an official like Xiaowen, to make my father and daddy happy, and make you happy.”
Tiewa who was sitting over Ling Jingxuan’s lap also hurriedly echoed, blushing. He knew he was not as smart as Ling Wen and Ling Wu, so he would keep reciting what Uncle Chu taught them, only wishing that one day he could become an official together with Ling Wen and earn some face for their dads.
pαndα`noνɐ1--сoМ Pouting, Ling Wu looked back and forth at them for a long while, and finally said, “I don't want to be an official. I want to be a general.”
Three children's ambitions were all great, a few adults all could not help but laugh, including the precocious Chu Yan, and the few footboys looked even more excited. Their little masters would either be an official or a general. Would their future be bad? At this moment, Song Xiaohu, Zhou Changsheng and Long Dashan swore in their heart that they would also study hard to catch up with their little masters.
“A general? That’s my boy!”
Hearing his small son’s ambition, Yan Shengrui instantly held him up. Chu Ci and Ling Jingxuan laughed. So is that also inherited?
“All right. Whatever you are going to be in the future, daddy will fully support you. But, be it an official or a general, it’s not that easy. In the official circles, bragging, sucking up, coaxing and paying tribute, four rules you need to stick to, and for yourselves, heartless, precise, calm and enduring, you got keep those things in your heart. Only by knowing how to wield those eight things in your career can you be a good official. Remember, when the water is too clear, there are no fish. And if you too observable, you’d have no partners. When you really achieve your goal some day, you must remember what I said today.”
Whenever he saw an opportunity, whether it was appropriate or not, Ling Jingxuan would pass on his wisdom to them. He didn't expect them to understand it right away, but only wanted them to remember it and apply it to real life skillfully in the future.
“Yes, daddy (adoptive daddy).”
Three little buns stood before him in a straight line, and then bent over reverently. Although they didn’t understand at all, they had kept every word he said in their mind.
“Hehe…Good. Anyway, you are young. Don’t give yourselves too much pressure. Studying is your job, and having fun is your nature. Remember. Alternate your study with rest. The true meaning of life could never been comprehended through books.”
Touching their heads respectively, Ling Jingxuan said those words while throwing a meaningful glance at Chu Yan standing beside, who was only a nine years old child, but abided by the moral codes everywhere, looking just like a little old man, who had already lost his purity as a child, if possible, he hoped he can be a little bit naughtier, at least not so constrained.
“Hmm, daddy, we know.”
Three little buns nodded obediently, with their little faces permeated with an innocent smile.
Since he said those doctrines of being an official, Chu Ci went silent, sizing him up and down with a suspicious look. If not seeing it with his own eyes, he really couldn’t believe that he was just a common farmer.
“Uncle Chu, what is the doctrines of being an emperor? If an emperor wants to govern his whole kingdom, should he hold a benevolent heart or a cold heart?”
Chu Yan suddenly opened his mouth to ask. He still couldn’t understand why that person had always been so indifferent to them, only watched them aside coldly at the time. In his heart, he was a total fatuous ruler. But his father told him that he couldn’t be taken as a fatuous ruler, or a moderatamente one. What is a moderatamente ruler, a tyrant ruler or a wise ruler?
Maybe because he came from the imperial family, so he only asked about the doctrines of being a ruler, but not officials.
“You can’t put them together. Someone who is cold and decisive would be prone to adopting the high-handed approach of using force, and the civilians would be bound to live miserably, while someone who holds a benevolent heart couldn’t hold a high potions, sooner or later, he’d get dragged off his high position. So you could imagine his fate. A ruler is people-oriented. As the saying goes, the time isn't as important as the terrain; but the terrain isn't as important as unity with the people. The way of running a kingdom should depend on whether one could gain his people’s support. A wise ruler needs to hold the whole world in his heart, but also needs to be cold and decisive sometimes. To his people, he has to show his kind side, and improve the whole nation’s moral cultivation. Advocate both formality and laws, then a ruler could confirm what he wanted, and unite all the people. To the outside, to defend the national dignity and territorial integrality, though wars and bloods were inevitable, a ruler had to conquer the nomads and show his kingdom’s strength. To those invaders, only one word, kill! A ruler has to stick one thing in the mind, the people are the foundation of a kingdom, people always come before a kingdom.”
Only if the ruler holds the right attitude could he govern his kingdom in long peace. Ling Jingxuan didn’t know whether he who was still young could understand it, or whether he would have the heart to fight over that supreme position. But which road he could take in the future, he hoped that he could keep those words in his heart.
No one expected that he would give such a sharp but precise answer for a random question of Chu Yan. Let alone Chu Ci and Chu Yan, even Yan Shengrui couldn’t help taking a whole new look at him. Something even they who were from the imperial family couldn’t thoroughly understand came out of his mouth so easily. If someday he could be a ruler, wouldn’t his big name go down in history? Any ruler who could make it as what he said would all leave his name down in history.
No one noticed that Ling Jinghan and Zhang Qing who happened to consult something from Chu Ci happened to hear their conversation. So, while benefiting a lot, Ling Jinghan also felt bitter in his heart. He had always known that his big brother should be the smartest one. If it hadn’t been that thing, he should have had a title in the court now. But…
Suddenly Ling Jinghan turned to look firm, and held the book in his hand tighter. He swore he would have a space in the court on his big brother’s behalf and show everyone who ever laughed at them and bullied them and people of the old Ling family that them three brothers were definitely some kind of shame. Someday, he’d let them regret it!
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