I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 976
Hearing Wang Cheng's words, Cao Ran showed a sarcastic smile on his face.

"Wang Cheng, thanks to the fact that you have been working under my father-in-law for so many years, don't you also naively think that I can really command the other people under my father-in-law!"

Wang Cheng didn't quite understand. In his imagination, Cao Ran was one of Ma Dazhong's most trusted subordinates. Apart from his own thinking, only Cao Ran should have the right to mobilize others.

"Eunuch Cao, what do you mean by that? Could it be that even you can't influence them!"

At this time, Cao Ran has nothing to hide.

He sighed slightly,

"People in the world think that the father-in-law is unparalleled in power and boundless in glory.

But in fact, it is only superficial scenery.

After all, we are eunuchs, no matter what position we occupy or how high honor we have, we are always looked down upon by others.

Those flatterers are super obedient to the father-in-law on the surface.

But in private, I don't know how to arrange the father-in-law.

Among so many people, except for us who were also born in the palace and dozens of sons who were adopted by the father-in-law since childhood, no one is sincere and willing to submit to the father-in-law. "

After speaking, Cao Ran shifted his gaze to Wang Cheng, and said with a bit of sarcasm,

"Aren't you the best proof.

On the surface, he is very respectful and loyal to his father-in-law, once he encounters a life-and-death matter, he can turn around and sell us..."

Hearing this, Wang Cheng was embarrassed.

But he also understood that what Cao Ran said was actually the truth.

Except for a few people, the others are indeed against Ma Da Zhongyang, one way on the surface, but another way behind the scenes.

When it is beneficial to oneself, even if you call the other party your own father, so what.

Once it is useless to oneself, there is no benefit, it is also a common thing to turn your face and deny people.

Wang Cheng didn't think he was such a person, at least not in his heart.

His feelings towards Ma Dazhong's death were also very complicated, which could not be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

But since Cao Ran has made a conclusion, it is meaningless to argue with him about these insignificant things.

So Wang Cheng tentatively said,

"Could it be that once the father-in-law dies, there will be no one behind his back to avenge the father-in-law, or anything else."

Cao Ran took another sip of the wine, as if he was tasting a rare fine wine in the world, very intoxicated.

Then he said slowly,

"That's not necessarily the case. Although the father-in-law has offended many people in order to get money these years, the father-in-law has always done things fairly, and those who are truly loyal to him have never been stingy with rewards.

Among those who have been favored by the father-in-law, whether there is one who will be indignant because of the death of the father-in-law is hard to say, this is a bad thing. "

Now Wang Cheng was even more confused,

"What do you mean by this? You say that no one really trusts you, and then you say that maybe some people are grateful for Ende.

This is simply a contradiction! "

But in fact, this is just a different perspective on things.

Indeed, as long as someone who has read the books of sages and has been influenced by Confucian classics to some extent, he will not think highly of eunuchs, a group of people who tend to be in power and are pampered and flattered.

But it is this kind of people who are most likely to gain the trust of the royal family.

But anything that can be related to the royal family is not a trivial matter.

What's more, eunuchs are just people who are slightly different from different people, not fools.

Since they no longer have the right to breed offspring, they can enjoy it when they are alive.

Therefore, among all eunuchs with some power, there is no one who is not greedy for power and wealth.

And those people who follow others, on the one hand, despise people like them from the bottom of their hearts, on the other hand, in order to get more benefits from them, they bow their eyebrows against their conscience.

Most of the people around powerful eunuchs are like this.

Therefore, Cao Ran was right when he said that no one really surrendered.

But from another point of view, not all eunuchs are unscrupulous in order to get money.

They are also human, and they are human, and sometimes they will inevitably show their sincerity to treat certain things or certain people.

Take Ma Dazhong as an example.

Regardless of his unintentional small favor back then, Cao Ran was saved, and Cao Ran's heart was set on him ever since.

Or those charitable halls he built for the purpose of collecting money.

Even though they went there to solicit money, those philanthropic halls indeed supported many homeless orphans.

These people grew up eating Ma Dazhong's food, and people with a little bit of conscience would still feel grateful for Ma Dazhong's kindness in nurturing them.

There are actually many more things like this.

Maybe it was all unintentional, and even Ma Dazhong didn't know if there would be any results.

But who can guarantee that these unintentional actions of his will not really create a person who is grateful to him and has deep feelings for him.

So what Cao Ran said later is actually correct.

It's just that Wang Cheng only saw one side of the matter, but didn't see it through thoroughly, so he couldn't understand Cao Ran's two contradictory words for a while.

However, since Cao Ran said that there might be someone who would use all means to seek revenge for Ma Dazhong's death, Wang Cheng's purpose for this trip can be regarded as having a goal.

He put aside the messy things in his mind and persuaded Cao Randao,

"Elder-in-law is dead now, death is like a lamp being extinguished, and all the sins he committed before have been paid for.

But people are already dead, if more chaos is created because of a person who has already redeemed his sins, doesn't that mean that the father-in-law can't be at peace under the nine springs? "

"Eunuch Cao, you are a loyal person, and I, Wang Cheng, cannot compare with you in this respect.

Could it be that you are going to watch with your own eyes, those guys will add more crimes to your father-in-law after his death! "

Wang Cheng's words caused quite a shock to Cao Ran.

"Yeah, what he said is right. Everyone is dead, and everything is empty. Is it true that you really want a father-in-law, and even death is uneasy!"

But immediately, he smiled wryly and said,

"Hehe, even if I want to help, so what, I rarely interact with people on weekdays, and I don't really know who really wants to be loyal to my father-in-law.

You have the wrong person. "

For this, Wang Cheng is also dubious.

But he can also tell now that it's not that Cao Ran doesn't want to meddle in these nosy matters, but that he really seems powerless.

After all, Ma Dazhong has been operating in Nanjing City for so many years, and has done both good and bad things. Who can really tell who is really loyal to him during all these years.

(End of this chapter)