Zhao Xiang fell into thought at his words.
Zhao Cheng had said all he needed to say and did not continue dwelling on the subject. Instead, he left Zhao Xiang ample room to think for herself.
Ability was not something that could be honed in a day or two. Even a sudden epiphany required prior accumulation; otherwise, one would only come away realizing nothing at all.
And there were two kinds of accumulation: one was taught by people, the other by events.
Take Liu Guangzheng. In his first cycle, he lacked the relevant experience, and with the late emperor dying early, there was no one to teach him such things. As a result, after a series of baffling maneuvers, he ultimately ended up having his state stolen from him.
But by the second cycle, he understood. As for his accumulation, it had naturally come from what he had seen and heard during the first cycle.
Thus was the so-called art of an emperor's mind formed.
This was what they called being taught by events—one lesson, and you learned it.
It was only that ordinary people had no chance to start over.
Thus, when it came to the inheritance of imperial power, it was more often people teaching people.
The art of an emperor's mind was passed from father to son.
Once a crown prince had been established, even if the emperor later entertained thoughts of removing him, he still had to let the crown prince come into contact with the central court, familiarize himself with every process, and even spend several hours each day handling all manner of memorials.
With verbal instruction and lessons from experience alike, if the crown prince could smoothly inherit the throne, then so long as his character did not have any grave flaws, his future