Chapter 56 – 56. Prince Canin’s as Expected My Old Teacher Is Wrong (1)
– One –
In the study of the lion’s cradle, the royal palace inside the imperial palace, education for Crown Prince Kanin was in progress.
“…Yes. Therefore, if you want to set the national foundation right as an emperor, you must have strict standards for punishment and punishment.”
“I see. Rasputin’s father-in-law, but if a servant I don’t want to punish commits a crime, should I be punished the same? Also, should I reward the same thing if a servant I don’t want to reward is doing something wrong?”
“Yes, it should be.”
“Hmm… I think the reason why I don’t reward the hateful servant for his achievements is because of my pettiness.
Canin’s chubby face contorted.
For just the thought of punishing the nanny for the sake of example made Canin terribly sad.
He was still a young Jericho, a child who hadn’t even become a boy.
“But I want to forgive the nanny if she commits a minor mistake, saying, ‘It’s okay. You don’t have to do that next time.’ There are times when I get upset by the wind, but in the end, isn’t that just giving advice to my heart that I want to be healthy?”
Rasputin, the prince’s father, watches Canin’s objection with calm eyes.
The father-in-law insists that he is simply wrong, and does not force the crown prince’s mouth shut.
He listens to the prince’s objections to the end and refutes them with correct logic.
Through him, he verifies the prince’s thinking ability, and at the same time discusses and persuades him to have the right value.
That was the educational system between the crown prince and father-in-law that had been passed down without fail since the founding of the empire.
“If I severely punished even the trivial faults of loyal subjects who did not spare my advice and endured my hatred, what kind of subject would be loyal to me? Knowing how to cover up and forgive even minor faults is the Isn’t that the quality of a saint?”
Canin’s comments are over.
Rasputin opens his mouth.
“Your Highness’ premise is wrong. An emperor cannot be a sage and cannot be a sage.”
“Why?”
“The scope of the Empire’s rule is the entire world. The emperor is the one who reigns at the pinnacle of 50 million commoners, 1 million citizens, 10,000 nobles, and 100 imperial families. It is a position that defines life and death and is responsible for it.”
“Ah…”
“Thus, since the emperor cannot be an individual, as soon as he ascends the throne, he abandons the name that defines his identity as an individual. So an emperor is just an emperor. Have you understood this far?”
“Huh.”
“The daily life of such an emperor, from coughing to sleeping, from eating to excretion, all the daily activities enjoyed as an individual are only auxiliary means to concentrate on running the empire and setting the national foundation right as the emperor.”
Canin’s expression is awe-inspiring.
It was because the position of emperor described by the father-in-law was a more difficult position than the young man had vaguely imagined.
“Why do the subjects provide the best living environment to the emperor? Why do countless trials and tribulations carry out the emperor’s daily life? They are not given for free to enjoy the best pleasure as an individual. Maintain the best health in a pleasant environment, It is to make it so that you can focus on your responsibilities.”
“I see…”
Since the emperor reigns above all people, Kanin thought it was a position that everyone should respect.
But those benefits weren’t free.
Doing the right thing has to pay the price.
That was the nature of the transaction between emperor and subject.
“Let me change the subject for a moment. Do the feelings of like and dislike, or favor and hatred, originate from the individual or the empire?”
“… It comes from the individual.”
“Can the emperor, the final arbiter responsible for the beginning and end of all things, be an individual, or not?”
Canin’s eyes tremble mercilessly.
“Emperor… The emperor cannot be an individual…”
“Then, Your Highness, please draw a conclusion.”
Canin closes her eyes.
It was a ruling philosophy that was too harsh for a child to handle.
However, that was the imperial education for the Crown Prince.
Because all the successive emperors received the same education and grew up as crown princes, the empire was able to remain the same.
“Because the emperor cannot be an individual, he must neither favor nor hate a particular subject. Because the emperor is the final decision maker in charge of all things. It is possible to turn a blind eye to the misfortune of many other than them. That is the way to become a dark soldier who abandons the responsibility entrusted to the emperor by his servants. Therefore, personal punishment is the same strict and equal standard regardless of position, gender, property, or friendship. It has to be done with.”
“You’re really smart. That was an ideal answer.”
A smile is engraved on Rasputin’s wrinkled face, which was expressionless.
He quietly looked down at Canin’s tear-stained expression.
“Your Highness. However, your response is only ideal. The emperor is also a human being. He has personal feelings, and he makes mistakes based on his emotions.”
“Yeah… To be honest, I don’t have the confidence not to make that mistake when I become emperor…”
Canin was still too young to accept such a cruel ruler’s world with his heart, even if he understood it with his head.
“That’s why a well-balanced advisor or advisory body is important to the emperor.”
“Advisory agency…? Advisory agency?”
“Yes. People who can confront and check each other and even the emperor while holding various positions are essential.”
Canin’s face was puzzled since he had first heard of the men who consulted the Emperor.
Rasputin tried desperately not to pet Canin’s head and body as he tilted his head.
No matter how much he likes beauties and beautiful children, he must not lay a hand on the crown prince.
That was the constraint that Regal placed upon Rasputin as the crown prince.
“They are the people who advise the emperor? But why do we have to confront and check them? Wouldn’t it be possible to speed up state affairs and increase efficiency if we all unite together?”
“Hmm. Your Highness. Do you know why the Emperor Shi Huang decided to establish this empire, and why?”
Canin replied with a smile.
Canin liked the story of the founding festival the most.
This is because Shi Huangdi, as recorded in the book he was reading, was a strong and ideal hero himself, like the hero in a fairy tale.
“Of course! Shih Huangdi rose up because he was indignant at the tyranny of the incompetent king and aristocrats. The incompetent king did not work hard on water control and epidemic prevention to prevent natural disasters, but tyranny like human sacrifice in the name of placating the goddess. You were very angry that I was doing it.”
“That’s right. Do you know why King Duvel, who was incompetent and punished by the Emperor of the time, had such a mad policy as human sacrifice?”
Canin is silent.
He immediately shakes his head.
“I just thought he was because Duvel was a mad tyrant.”
“Your Highness. Even a local lord does not run a territory solely on the lord’s discretion. Even if there is such a lord, usually such a lord’s territory cannot withstand a crisis and perishes in an instant. Policies are discussed with the vassals and governed.”
“Yeah, I know that too.”
“Then, no matter how small a country is, can a king who is not a lord run it alone?”
Canin shook his head.
“Isn’t that impossible?”
“Yes. Then, wouldn’t King Dubel lead the country through the cabinet meeting with his servants?”
“Yeah. I think so.”
“Even so, by order of King Dubel, a terrible policy such as human sacrifice was implemented. What do you think was the cause behind that?”
“Hmm… I think the possibility that even the servants have all gone mad… Ah! Maybe it’s because King Duvel purged all his loyal subjects, and the ability of his servants to act as correct advisors and keep the king and each other in check was broken. Is it?”
Canin’s facial expressions are varied.
Confident in his answer, his expression was so bright.
Rasputin was delighted.
“That’s correct, Your Highness. Do you now understand why confrontation and containment are so important?”
“Yes! If you pursue only the efficiency of decision-making, and then implement the wrong policy, there is no way to put a brake on it. That’s why Taebu said that the role of advisors and advisory bodies is important in the emperor’s decision-making, right?”
“That’s right. In reality, at the Imperial Palace Council, the highest decision-making body of the empire, decisions are not made by the emperor alone. As the chairman of the Imperial Palace Council, the Emperor gathers the opinions of his subjects by rank and goes through a discussion process to make a correct decision. “If the difference of opinion cannot be narrowed down, as a last resort, the opinions of all subjects will be heard through a majority vote. Only then will the emperor, the presiding officer, make the final decision.”
“I see. Even though such a decision-making body is complex and inefficient, it was a means to make the right decision.”
Kanin’s expression becomes serious.
Rasputin continued his explanation.
“You saw it correctly. Through him, the possibility of the emperor making a mistake due to emotions or rationality can be minimized.”
“Aha! If I make a mistake, the servants can correct it!”
“That’s right. As the final decision maker responsible for all life and all things, the emperor should be a great monarch rather than a holy military, that is, a great emperor.”
“Okay! I’ll try to make it happen!”
Canin smiles.
Rasputin smiled too.
“Then, after lunch, let’s take a break and study the next thing.”
“Yeah! Rasputin’s father also enjoys lunch!”
“Yes, I will.”
That’s how their morning training ended.
After Canin left first, Rasputin was left alone in the study.
He organized the educational materials with his hands, and his eyes scanned the surroundings sharply.
Before long, a different color appears in his eyes as he brushes around the framed portrait in the corner of the room.
Soon, he bursts out laughing and walks out of the room with his data in his hands.
In the empty room, only a sense of desolation remained.
– 2 –
A man was sitting with his eyes closed in a dark secret room barely lit by a single candle.
Even though it was lunchtime, it was dark with no windows.
Squeak.
Thud.
At the sound of someone entering, his eyes widened.
A robed man appeared in front of him, opening a heavy soundproof door.
The robed man bows his head and prostrates himself.
“Didn’t the inspiration that was crazy about that color do useless things to Your Highness?”
“Yes, Your Excellency. I didn’t say a single word that wasn’t related to cesarean studies throughout the entire training session.”
“Haa… Whether or not to say this is fortunate… I don’t know what kind of plot it is, so there’s no way to come up with countermeasures.”
The straight, thick eyebrows of the man called Excellency trembled.
The prostrate man bowed his back even more deeply.
Because it wasn’t his job to judge.
“Look, Sir Rampage Uweboll.”
The man who was sitting in the corner of the secret room, as if not there, raised his head and answered.
“Yes, Your Excellency, Marquis Baptiste Camus. Please speak.”
“I need your wisdom.”
Viscount Uwevol let out a low laugh.
“Are you laughing at this situation?”
“Excuse me. It’s just that, in my opinion, Duke Whiskey’s inner thoughts are absurdly low and childish, so I started laughing without realizing it.”
“What do you mean?”
The viscount replied with a smile.
“The reason for attaching Rasputin as the father is clear. It must be an intention to appoint a lewd and low-quality person as the teacher and raise His Highness to become a sexually promiscuous idiot.”
“… I’ll put aside the rudeness of the language for now. Isn’t that what you expected?”
“Perhaps the old man would never do something rude to the Crown Prince, never directly.”
The Marquis is silent for a moment.
“Then, Rasputin, do you think that madman will indirectly disrespect Your Highness?”
“Isn’t it natural? Even if Your Highness perversely directs you, the Duke will never admit that he has ruined Your Highness by direct influence. So he will act indirectly.”
“For example?”
The Viscount told the Marquis what he predicted.
The Marquis’ expression became serious.
“What should I do if it goes beyond the expected level? If I do something unexpected, there will be no problem, but if I do something worse than that, how should I respond!”
The Marquis’ voice was full of resentment.
Viscount Uwebol, who claimed to be the cunning Jinang of the imperial faction, voluntarily went to Seoul, putting off work in the territory, to deliver advice on the current situation to the imperial faction’s leadership.
Even the Marquis of Caymus knew that it was not right to vent his anger on him.
However, if I didn’t do this, I couldn’t hold back my anger, and I was so heartbroken that I wanted to kill myself by banging my head against a wall.
“Quench your excitement, sir. Are you asking me because you really don’t know how to respond?”
“…”
The Marquis chose silence.
The wrinkles at the corners of his mouth deepened.
Blood flowed along the corners of his mouth, as if he had bitten his lip and tore his flesh.
“Then I’m going to say it out loud. There’s absolutely no need to actively respond. No, you just have to partially cooperate with them. I’ve already reviewed it several times, but now I conclude that there is no other way. Did you drop it?”
“But,”
“Not to mention that he clumsily rebelled against the Duke of Whiskey and was annihilated, how many times have I told you that His Majesty is dethroned and the Imperial family is in danger of perishing?!”
Even Viscount Uwebol slammed the table in a fit of rage.
Even though the opinions of the two imperial aristocrats differed and quarreled, the color of loyalty to the imperial family nestled in their hearts was the same.
“Kuh, keuheu uh…! Your Majesty, for the sin of not properly assisting the crown prince, I will definitely ask for atonement by sacrificing my own life…! Keuheugh…!”
Bursting with suppressed tears, the Marquis of Caymus made a promise.
Even Viscount Uweboll could not hide his sorrowful expression.
The viscount’s voice subsided slightly.
“Your Excellency, Marquis. The Duke of Whiskey will be sure that we will surely struggle to raise Your Highness into a sage. I can’t even imagine that those who have devoted their utmost loyalty to the Imperial Family throughout the generations will dare to agree to ruin His Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, they will also intensively monitor the education of the Crown Prince, which we have put forward.”
“… I guess so.”
“Even so, if Sobu didn’t get in the way of Tae-bu’s educational policy with hostility, would that cunning fellow really stand still?”
“Absolutely not. I’ll dig with all my might and try to find out if there are any other schemes behind it. Maybe they’ll try to abuse the Crown Prince more harshly.”
The viscount nodded heavily.
“Therefore, you must resist timidly. You must never actively resist or be consistent in not responding. We, no, Your Highness can survive.”
“… I feel like a clown walking on a single rope without a safety device on a cliff of a thousand roads… Should I balance, balance…”
Viscount Uweboll opens his mouth in a gloomy voice.
“And we must die with all the stigma on us. We must die miserably and uselessly, betraying the Crown Prince and coveting even the dregs that Regal will throw at us. When he fully believes that His Excellency has yielded to him, Lie down on it until.”
“…”
“If you’re crawling like a dog, crawl, dance naked in Red Square, and when I order you to poop, poop, then take another bite and eat it. Then you die as a rare vassal who ruined His Majesty the Crown Prince. Just give it to me. Leave the rest to this cunning piece of trash, Lampage Uwevol, and die miserably.”
“Will that be okay? No matter what happens, Regal will surely catch any pod, accuse him of treason, and destroy the Gujok. Even so, he has to die with only a stigma on him…”
Haha!
Haha.
Haha.
Viscount Uwevol’s voice echoed as it hit the wall of the secret room.
“Family? You mean family? Don’t you know that I’m single? All of my relatives and vassals have been prepared to die. Those who could betray me have already been beaten and killed long ago. It’s been a long time since I swallowed a poison that would lead to death if I didn’t take the antidote regularly, fearing that a traitor would come out of my family or vassals! Wasn’t His Excellency the Marquis prepared for that much?”
“Lord Lampage…”
The eyes of the Marquis of Caymus are stained with tears.
Haha! It looks like His Excellency has aged too. I never imagined that he would become an old man with so many tears.”
“Kuh, keuh… But, I don’t know why I put such a harsh burden on you… Please don’t forgive me.”
“Stop selling your emotions. Sooner or later, even that will be a luxury.”
“… I understand. I will hold my heart firmly.”
Viscount Uwebol no longer lashed out at the Marquis of Caymus and changed the subject.
He instructed the hooded man.
“You go ahead and spy on the afternoon class and prepare to report.”
“Johnny.”
The hooded man has disappeared.
The Viscount looks at the Marquis.
A mischievous smile crept across the viscount’s lips.
“Your Excellency, Marquis. When are you planning to unite with the new sub-species concubine?”
“Kuh, keuh! Heh, man. What kind of nonsense are you talking about in an atmosphere like this?”
The viscount widens his eyes.
“Useless words, Your Excellency said on a big day. The annexation is the core of the plan to buy time, so how can you dismiss it as trivial?”
“Kuhhm! Khhhhh! That, that’s what I mean… Actually, we did have a merger… But that’s because I feel like I’m doing something I wouldn’t be able to do to that, granddaughter-like child…”
The Marquis hesitates.
The Viscount brings his face closer to the Marquis.
“Your Excellency, by any chance, is your cock not standing?”
“Kheuheum! Kheuheum! That, to sleep vulgarly…”
The Marquis hesitated in answering, and cast doubt on the terms used by the Viscount.
From the Marquis’ desperate attempt to evade the essence of the problem, the Viscount had no choice but to notice the Marquis’s problem.
“It’s serious… It’s a big deal. The Marquis’s cock can’t stand up quickly, so he can’t even make plans right away… I’m very concerned about this cunning guy.”
“Eh, Eight! Didn’t I keep telling you to sleep, and not to sleep! And who doesn’t stand, who doesn’t? Think of spreading rumors like that somewhere, don’t ever do that!”
The viscount does not answer.
Instead, he brought his face closer to the Marquis.
“What, what are you doing?!”
“Dismissal.”
“Kuh, keuh! Joe, it would be nice if we could talk a little further…”
“Can I share some good medicine?”
The Marquis’ eyes widen.
“What, what kind of medicine are you discussing in such a secret way…?”
“Of course… It’s a drug that makes your cock stand upright.”
“Is there such a medicine?!”
The viscount’s expression changes to lewdness.
His philtrum lengthened.
“Why am I single? Is it because I don’t want to be tied down to one woman?”
“That-was it…!”
“Your Excellency. I usually do radiation with three lovers at the same time.”
“Three of them at the same time…!”
The Marquis of Caymus opened his mouth in amazement.
“Of course, it puts some strain on the heart, so you shouldn’t take it frequently. Considering your age and physical ability, at most one tablet per week would be an appropriate amount.”
“Then, if I eat that, will my penis be able to stand upright?!”
Viscount Uwevol smiles.
“You finally confessed.”
“Ah, ah…!”
The Marquis of Caymus looked devastated and trembled at the sense of betrayal.
“Are you saying that even at a moment like this, you have to play with me to get rid of your intuition?!”
Haha. I’m not kidding. It’s actually my favorite drug. Here it is.”
Island island island.
Took.
The Marquis accepted the small leather pouch the viscount was handing over.
“Don’t overuse it before buying time for Your Highness. Be sure to take it at least a week apart. We recommend two weeks between doses.”
“Keuheum! Thank you…!”
“If you get possessed by a sub-species concubine the size of your granddaughter and forget your true nature, or if you are recklessly acting like a fortune teller, I will definitely shit on your Excellency’s grave.”
“Kuh, keuh! I see. That, people. Don’t talk vulgarly!”
The pouch disappeared into the bosom of the Marquis.
The viscount smiled as he listened to the bruises.
“What would it have been like if it weren’t for me? Everything would have gone awry and ruined before the plan even started.”
“Kheuheum! Kheuheum! I know it well, so there’s no need to be shy.”
The Viscount didn’t respond any more, but got up first.
He was still smiling
“Your Excellency, please wake up after the report on your afternoon training. I have to return to the territory right now, so I’ll wake up first.”
“Okay.”
“Oh, and if something happens, please contact us right away without delay.
“Are you also concerned about eavesdropping? I see. Take a look.”
The hooded man and Viscount Uwevol disappeared through another door.
Only the Marquis of Caymus was left alone in the secret room.
“Kuh, keuh! This is that, that, and that kind of medicine, right?”
The Marquis groped his chest.
He remained alone and smiled contentedly.
That night, the 32nd participant was newly introduced.
Naturally, they were the Marquis of Baptiste Caymus and his granddaughter’s age-old subspecies concubines.
