WP 的 <步步惊心> (Scarlet Hammer)

[Ramseth]

The chronographical records and archaelogical facts are all pointing the other way against the urban legend of the 4th Prince urspurping the 14th Prince to succession. Let's look at it logically from unambiguous facts. The 2nd Prince leapfrogged over the 1st Prince to Crown Prince in line to succession by being the son of the Empress. The 1st Prince failed disastrously in an attempt to coup him and was cast totally out of line. The 3rd Prince was totally unambitious and disinterested. That left the next in line to the 4th Prince. Where in logic and precedent did a succession to coronation go all the way down to the 14th?

The 8th Prince started the 2nd attempt to coup the 2nd Prince forgiven and restored as Crown Prince. He failed disastrously too and dragging all princes and nobles into the fray. The 13th Prince had to bear every blame including blames on the 4th Prince so as to keep him safe since he supported him all along. Kangxi imprisoned him for some 10 years until his release on Yongzheng (4th Prince) coronation. The objective was clear. To keep him from causing any further trouble.

Kangxi also gave control of the imperial guards to Longkeduo (blood uncle of the 4th Prince) and national guards to Nian Gengyao (servant protege of the 4th Prince). The whole capital and domestic military was secured under the 4th Prince. He did that knowing that the 8th Prince would flame the 14th Prince to contest robustly for the throne out of for spite of the 2nd and 4th Princes. Then he sent the 14th Prince to lead the border army. Tell me, think, which sane emperor would send an intended and impending successor to border wars thousands of miles away? That's to facilitate and not to complicate succession, isn't it?

The 4th Prince altering imperial will and usurping succession supposed to be for the 14th Prince were concocted by remnant households of those of 8th, 9th, 10th and 14th Princes who were in defiance and punished by Yongzheng with execution, banishment or otherwise, aided by pro-Ming anti-Qing rebels happy to cook up dissent.

 

[skponggol]

<步步惊心> Australia's Edition


The Aussie <步步惊心> (Scarlet Labor) Episode 2012 : 皇阿妈先发制人 , 设计陷害太子爷.....


[video=youtube;qL_iIee5Hsg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL_iIee5Hsg[/video]


太子爷, also known as 前废帝as he was formerly the Austalia’s 皇阿玛, but was forced to abdicate after his 皇太女 launched a palace coup and became Australia’s First 皇阿妈.

To pacify him, 皇阿妈 appointed 前废帝 as her 太子爷 so as to preserve party unity.

Deeply unhappy and forever angered that he had to prematurely 禅位, 太子爷 schemed with his gang to get back to the throne. Carefully and meticulously, the 太子党 build up a formidable grassroot support as well as backstabbing 皇阿妈 to undermine her rule so as prepare for his ultimate Restoration.

In the meantime, 皇阿妈 became increasingly unpopular in part due to 太子党’s backstabbing but mainly due to her own incompetence, especially after she was almost assassinated by angry mobs but was fortunately saved after throwing her high-heel shoe to feed the mobs so that she can run faster. But it made 皇阿妈 looked unfit, unceremonial, un-stateswoman and simply un-皇阿妈.

Capitalising on her growing vulnerability, 太子爷 planned to launch a palace coup on the Ides of March together with outside forces promising them he would be their obedient 儿皇帝.

Sensing the coming coup, 皇阿妈 instructed her gang to frame 太子爷 by leaking out tapes that made him look equally unfit, unceremonial, un-statesmanlike and simply un-皇阿玛.

However, it openly plunge the party into outright civil war with key members of the 太子党 publicly calling for 皇阿妈's abdication. While 阿妈党's members calling for the 太子爷 to be sacked.

Meanwhile, other 阿哥s are sitting on the sideline quietly, patiently and waiting to be 渔人. Other 阿哥 like 大阿哥 who was formerly a 太子爷 himself threw himself in to support 皇阿妈 so as to win her favour and then be re-appointed back as 太子爷 again.


[video=youtube;2nUAQI8xn4g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nUAQI8xn4g&feature=relmfu[/video]


大阿哥 in 3 successive attacks : " 太子爷 is clearly mean, disloyal....He hasn't got the number, he cannot win the coup....This nonsense has to end....."

Hoping that 太子爷 would quickly challenge 皇阿妈 so that he can benefit from their clash, 大阿哥 intimidatingly taunts 太子爷 :

"If he can't be part of the team, then he should exit the team or CHALLENGE.....He either put up or shut up..."

大阿哥 even alleged that 太子爷 is collaborating with Independent foreign forces to attack the party.

太子爷 denies it as he tries to buy time so that he can assemble his forces : " I'm disappointed by 大阿哥's remark as they are based on untrue...."

Meanwhile, 皇阿妈 tries to raise the team morale : " I've the strong support of all the 八旗都统, 太监宫女, 六部官员, etc...I'm very thankful to them for their strong continued support."

According to reports, the number is heavily stacked against 太子爷: out of 100 太监, he has the support of less than 30. 太子爷 knows it and intends to back off and call off his untimely challenge : "I'm just the 太子爷, and we have the 皇阿妈...."

But it may be too late for 太子爷 as 皇阿妈 and other 阿哥s plan to use that leak to 废 him even though 太子爷 pleads that he has no intention of overthrowing 皇阿妈 :

[video=youtube;41WnRDM5_2g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41WnRDM5_2g[/video]

The party members are getting frustrated and fed up with this open civil war. Some are upset with 大阿哥 for constantly trashing 太子爷, forcing 大阿哥 to openly declare that he will not be a candidate for succession.

Will 太子爷 be sacked or will he be kept ???

In the next exciting episode of Aussie <步步惊心>: 图谋复辟 , 太子爷背水一战;

[video=youtube;OAT-UPlKkEQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAT-UPlKkEQ[/video]

Before 皇阿妈 can sack 太子爷, the latter escapes to the America and openly turn against 皇阿妈:

"The dice have been cast....We shall cross the Rubicon and march onto Rome triumphantly !" - 太子爷 declares to his cheering supporters....Meanwhile all the 阿哥s are sharpening their knives ready to backstab whoever is losing....


But who will win ? And who will lose ? Stay tuned to another heart-throbbling, tear-jerking wayang episode of Aussie <步步惊心>.


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[HedgeTrader]

LOL Skponggol you can link 步步惊心 from China to Australia LOL

I better finish off my work quick and rush home for tonite epidsode.

 

[callmebad]

Those MIW and their running dogs which attacked them in the media are a bunch of hypocrites. They talk as though only such things happen to opposition people. Actually, long time ago, one cabinet minister was involved extra-marital affairs. The media and MIW just kept every quiet about this until that minister left the cabinet. We shouldn't fall for such tricks believing that MIW are good and non-MIW are bad.

 

[HedgeTrader]

Wah lan eh really step step scare scare 步步惊心。Last week episode tear a body of a traitor noble body to five piece by horse 五马分尸。Today episode boil a suku court girl 蒸人。Yongzheng also grow moustache liao. Can I be Yongzheng LOL

 

[Clone]

Uncle Hedgy, I upz u! I like this persona of yours but tolong lah, please kill off Auntie Irene can?

Wah lan eh really step step scare scare 步步惊心。Last week episode tear a body of a traitor noble body to five piece by horse 五马分尸。Today episode boil a suku court girl 蒸人。Yongzheng also grow moustache liao. Can I be Yongzheng LOL

 

[HedgeTrader]

Uncle Hedgy, I upz u! I like this persona of yours but tolong lah, please kill off Auntie Irene can?

Thanks but for Auntie Irene, you have find Penetrator not my prob LOL

 

[skponggol]

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Last year, people quit the Party for failing to be selected as a Fake MP, then people quit as Real MP to join Multi-Party in overseas, now people quit the Party for failing to be picked as a Real MP.......It seems that there will be more drama at the Wayang Party prior to the BE and Party election....


Again, to understand this complicated tragic-cum-comical political drama, one does not need to be a rocket scientist nor a professor in anything....One just need to be a faithful follower of the ever popular TV drama <步步惊心> so as to predict, analyse and explain this Uniquely WP phenomenon in a very simple layman term....

So back to the the WP 的 <步步惊心> (Scarlet Hammer), where the infighting among the 阿哥s to inherit the 后港储君之位 escalated to another greater height….


WP 的 <步步惊心> (Scarlet Hammer) Episode 22

后港争霸战 : 为抢做后港龙头老大 , 诸阿哥明争暗斗


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[skponggol]

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若曦, as observant and wise as ever, : " 二废太子的风波 , 表面上平静下来 , 但其实真正的斗争 , 现在才正式开始...."


Ever since 太子爷 was prematurely sacked for the second time and hopefully the last time, 皇阿玛 became physically and emotionally exhausted.

Besides spending most of his time chasing and catching the endless swarm of mosquitoes in Bedok Reservoir, he also had to make constant and regular visit back to his 后港娘家 to pacify, cajole, sayang-sayang and A$$-kissing his angry and disappointed constituents who were becoming increasingly disillusioned to the crumbling façade of “后港盛世”.

“ ......
一代甜娇 ,
程强思汗 ,
只识弯躬慑飞虫

俱往矣，数风流人物，还看欣龙。”


“Is this how you treat your 娘家 or is this how you treat your 情妇 ?! Are you coming back to your 后港娘家 or you are simply visiting your 二奶村 ?! ” – the 后港 residents shouted furiously at 皇阿玛.

“ How can you leave us at the mercy of a worthless scoundrel ?! How can you let a 无赖 to represent us ?! How can you bring us to so much shame and riducule ?! ….. You guarantee us that he’d be good, reliable and trustworthy, yet….where is your guarantee now? How can we ever trust you again ?.@#$%....We have been giving you our support whole-heartedly, unconditionally for over 20 years, yet this is how you repay our kindness ???!!!! HOW DARE YOU !!!.....@#$%....” - the betrayed 后港 supporters continued to use the Hammers to hantam the hapless 皇阿玛 relentlessly wherever he went.



“朕 am just only a Co-Driver, not a Private Investigator ! ….. 朕 don’t even bother to investigate the MX9 Salary Scale, all other parliament debates as well as every other public matters although 朕 have both the means and rights to do so. How can 朕 even bother to investigate other peoples’ private lives when 朕 have neither the means nor the rights ? 朕 can’t even qualify as a Public Investigator, how can 朕 be a Private Investigator ? This is above 朕’s paygrade ! ” - begged 皇阿玛 pitifully for public mercy and forgiveness.


“Besides, 朕 and him are JUST COLLEAGUES, NOT FRIENDS !” , pleaded 皇阿玛, who is also a great Fan of Fann Wong.


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[skponggol]

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To stop his plummeting approval rating from falling even further, 皇阿玛 had mimicked 崇祯皇帝 and gave a short “罪己诏” during his equally short and rare press conference when he finally dared to crawl out and faced the reporters. But it was as unconvincing, wayang and futile as his favourite Ming Emperor’s. Hoping that he won’t be suffering the same fate as that insincere 明朝亡国之君 and later also “wayang” at the Bedok Reservoir’s 煤山, 皇阿玛 was contemplating to issue a series of more “罪己诏” , just like 朱由检 did.

Nevertheless 皇阿玛’s credibility and prestige continued to plunge steeply, deeply and irreversibly due to his misplaced, stubborn and prolonged trust on 太子爷 even though there were persistent, consistent rumours as well as proofs against 太子爷's obvious incompetence and unsuitability. 皇阿玛’s long-term, unquestioned backing and grooming for 太子爷 had cost him considerable support among the public and Party base.

Worse, after 太子爷 was sacked, whenever people asked him anything about 太子爷 , 皇阿玛 always feigned a very lame bochup ignorance even though he had personally tutored 太子爷 for decades and was very well-known for having a very firm iron-grip on the so-called Party discipline:

“ 朕 don’t know anything about 太子爷 ….. and 朕 also don’t want to know anything about 太子爷 ….”

"If 皇阿玛 doesn't even know anything about 太子爷 as well as all other Party matters, what else does he actually know and what else does he actually do, besides Co-Driving ??? Where is his so-called famous Party Discipline ? How can we still support and trust 皇阿玛 ever again ? " - people began to question and realise.

By shoving all the blame and responsibility to 太子爷, who had since mysteriously disappeared from the public and thus unable to speak up and defend himself perhaps forever, it merely made 皇阿玛’s “罪己诏” more fake and slicky than ever.

Very soon, people, both within and outside the Party, were beginning to question 皇阿玛’s political judgment and acumen as well as his sincerity and honesty. It was only a matter of time before some 阿哥s decided to rise up, gang up and challenge his Party leadership.


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[Toronto]

[video=youtube;vZ4ENszFSsQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ4ENszFSsQ&feature=player_embedded[/video]

叶叔讲古-- 后港盛世 vs 当今皇阿玛

 

[skponggol]

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若曦, as observant and as wise as ever : - " 太子的德行虽不出众 , 却是皇上亲自带大 , 极为宠爱 …... 最爱的徒弟却不争气 , 最痛苦的还是皇上 ….. ”


To make thing worse, 皇阿玛 had also become psychologically and emotionally paranoid as well as drained.

After wasting more than 10 years of his precious time to personally train, groom, guide and mentor his doting but doomed 阿斗, it had all come to nothing. He felt totally defeated, absolutely demoralized, utterly betrayed and his dream entirely shattered. He had completely lost his self-confidence, composure , self-assurance and most importantly his trust on others.

He dared not pin any more faith and hope on other 阿哥s ever again for fear of repeating this comical-cum-tragic political drama. Hence he decided not to appoint another 后港储君 so soon, so hurried and so rash as before.

However, things are gradually slipping away from his control……

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[Ramseth]

If I'm not mistaken, 爱新觉罗允礽 was the last Crown Prince in Qing Dynasty, also the last dynasty in Chinese history. After the fiasco, all emperors used sealed last edicts to name their successors. There're traditional several ranks between Qing princes:

摄政王 Prince Regent (usually a Prince Uncle when a young Emperor ascended the throne, the last Regent was actually the father of the young Emperor)
太子 Crown Prince (usually the first son of the Empress, but if the Empress was without son, the first son of the favorite Concubine took the place)
亲王 Imperial Prince (usually attainable only by contributing even more; rights to personal army, imperial palace access and imperial executive power)
铁帽子王 Prince Emeritus (usually an imperial uncle who guarded Manchuria beyond the Great Wall with own army instead of coming south to enjoy life)
藩王 Regional Prince (not related to imperial family or even Manchurian race but contributed to Qing cause; rights to own fiefdom and personal army)
郡王 District Prince (usually attainable by contributing in military or politics, instead of just idling all day long, rights to more lands and servants)
贝勒 Prince (birthright title just by being born son of the Emperor, could be idling and enjoying life all day long, rights to allocated land and servants)

康熙 （爱新觉罗玄烨） himself was born a 太子. 雍正 （爱新觉罗胤禛） was born just a 贝勒 and had to rise through the ranks all the way to the top to become Emperor. Whatever ranks and rights given to princes, the Emperor had the final say. He could strip off ranks and rights, even confiscate properties and banished them at a snap. 吴三桂 was the last 藩王，云南王。After his attempt at rebellion with a couple of other 藩王，康熙 abolished the 藩王 system.

雍正 also refused 年羹尧 the conferment of that title though by past measures, he should have warranted it, citing 异姓封王没有好下场。He was obviously disappointed and even pissed enough to start demonstrating his contribution and powers to such an extent that 雍正 was also pissed enough to execute him.

 

[skponggol]

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皇阿玛回忆多年前在后港登基称帝的辉煌时刻……


As 皇阿玛 prepared his desperate fight for political survival, his memory began to flash back years ago when he brutally, bloodily but boldly crushed his old mentor, JBJ Magnus (The Great), like a cockroach and seized control of the Party in that infamous “Night Of The Long Knives”…..

皇阿玛’s speech to the Party Conference after winning the First Civil War…..
[video=youtube;oQEdME1NtBg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQEdME1NtBg[/video]


As 皇阿玛’s 大内侍卫 removed the old Throne of JBJ Magnus, 鹿鼎公韦爵爷 tabled a motion to the Party members:

“ On this eve of His most glorious triumph, i move that our Most Great Leader be made Imperator, and granted absolute power over the Hammer for a period of 10 years.”

Seeing that the motion was received coldly, indifferently and wearily by Party members, 步军统领隆科多, who was the commander of the widely-feared Hammer Troopers, rose up and spoke :

“As some of you know, our Most Great Leader and i have had our disagreements…..How will that may be….He had shown Himself to be as wise and merciful in victory as He was invincible in battles. Let this be an end to division and civil strife….i willingly pledge my loyalty to Him, and i urge you all to do the same….i heartily commit the motion proposed by 鹿鼎公韦爵爷.”

With the wary Hammer Troopers surrounding the Party, the motion was carried “unanimously”.

The victorious 皇阿玛 rose to speak :

“Many of you here today fought against 朕 . Many of you wish 朕 dead. Many of you perhaps still do. But 朕 hold no grudges and seek no revenge.

朕 demand only this : That you join with 朕 in building a new Hammer. A Hammer that offers cadreship, NCMPs and Real MPs to all its members, not just to a privileged few.

Support 朕 in this task and old division will be forgotten.

Oppose 朕 and the Hammer will not forgive you a second time.

Comrades !....The war is over. ”

And thence, all the Party members rose up and gave 皇阿玛 his hard-fought standing ovation, as they “unanimously” made him an absolute Dictator over the Hammer for a period of 10 years…..

But, it was almost 10 years already and 皇阿玛’s time and luck was running out….And the clock is ticking slowly but surely towards the next Party election that must be held in just few months away when his increasingly weak leadership might be challenged, just like he had challenged JBJ Magnus almost 10 years ago….


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[skponggol]

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As 皇阿玛 had lost his faiths and trust on all the other 阿哥s, he intended to keep the 后港储君之位 vacant for as long as possible until he could take his time to rebuild his broken image and recover his lost confidence as well as carefully examining the qualifications and suitability of the 阿哥 candidates.

However, as long as 皇阿玛 kept that 后港储君之位 vacant as well as seemingly available , all the 阿哥s would be focused on competing and fighting for that position fiercely and viciously, hoping to win that envious post while dragging all the Party’s resources down the drain.

This potential fratricide may eventually cause a messy split in the Party. Other 阿哥s, sensing the ultimate inevitability of a bloody civil war, chose to leave the Party instead.

But, it had also created a public perception that rats were jumping off a sinking ship.

When finally caught by reporters while still trying to hide from them, 皇阿玛, as usual, answered evasively, unassuredly and diffidently :

“ There was some speculation as to whether there was a problem in the Party… Some have asked if others will also leave the party. 朕 said, ‘朕 don’t know, go and ask them’. Anyway, 朕’m just a mere Co-Driver and朕 only know how to Co-Drive and know nothing else…...There is no split in the Party. That’s what 朕’m very sure of…”

Just barely a month ago, 皇阿玛 was even more very sure of the ex-太子爷’s competence, character, honesty and integrity and that he would never leave the Party and abandon his Most Beloved 皇阿玛 without personally saying “selamat tinggal” to him but instead had enigmatically disappeared into the thin air, leaving without any trace just like Mas Selamat.

It was also very shockingly revealing that 皇阿玛, who was previously renowned for having a strong grip on the Party “discipline”, was openly admitting that he was losing that grip and did not know his 阿哥s intention anymore.

If 皇阿玛 did not know anything about his 阿哥s anymore, how can he be very sure that there would not be a split in the Party ?

皇阿玛 knew that he had to stop this potential spilt in the Party which had been demoralizing and distracting to all the Party members, driving some of them to leave the Party into wilderness. Failing to do so, the Party would also suffer the same tragic fate of the Heavenly Kingdom of Absolute Peace when that Protector Prince (翼王石达开) and others also chose to leave their Party and exiled into wilderness to avoid internal strife, which ultimately condemning all to their doomed fate.

Twlight of a Party : When the 阿哥s chose to abandon their Hammer Dream (天国梦) and leave the Party...
[video=youtube;0WAjnHOFmT4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WAjnHOFmT4[/video]


Finally, 皇阿玛 decided to stop the split in the Party by finding a “common enemy”……


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[Ramseth]

Ram : 皇上吉祥，万岁万岁万万岁。

LTK : 免礼，平身。

Ram : 皇上六百里加急从关外召回，不知有何事故？

LTK : 皇太子再度被废，永不超生。你身为女大将军王帳前带刀侍卫， 你听令于女将军王。

Sylvia : Don't worry, just carry on your duty as usual.

Ram :Yes ma'am. 喳。

 

[skponggol]

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“No Hammerland Without You” : The Workers’ Party propaganda against a “Common Enemy” to stop a split in the Party

[video=youtube;rLGKqwRB4Ik]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLGKqwRB4Ik[/video]


Like his comrades from the Workers’ Party in Korea, 皇阿玛 needed to stop a split in the Party by diverting the members’ attention towards a common enemy, ie the Other Party.

The most effective way to unite the Party members was to thrust an immediate threat or crisis upon the Party. This could be achieved by forcing the Other Party to come out and fight a By-Election Battle.

Hence, 皇阿玛 tried to taunt the Other Party to come out and fight.

But, the Other Party was taking cover and tried to avoid a direct confrontation with 皇阿玛. They wanted to prolong a By-Election Battle as long as possible hoping that the internal squabble among the 阿哥s for the 后港储君之位 would explode into the open, leading the Party into a bloody civil war, just like another Party of SDP, SDA and recently SPP.

If the Other Party were to declare war and go into By-Election Battle now, it would most certainly allow 皇阿玛 to use taxpayers’ money to unite the 阿哥s to fight against a common enemy. Hence, the Other Party simply had to hold their fire and keep their powder dry, while waiting for the 阿哥s to implode from within.



" It is a wrong perception… to say whether or not there should be a by-election. Actually, that is not a question, ” 皇阿玛 challenged the Other Party.

Unfortunately, the question being asked by the people was not whether there should be a by-election, but whether 皇阿玛 was able to appoint another suitable 太子爷 in so short a time. After the recent 太子爷 farcical Incident, people were wondering would 皇阿玛 appoint other 草包阿哥 like 大阿哥 or 十阿哥 inherit the throne.

In fact, the general perception among the public was that 皇阿玛 should spend more time, money and resources screening, testing, examining and vetting the 阿哥s to assess their candidacy, and less time and resources on by-election campaigning. If 皇阿玛 were to keep appointing jokers with the same type of quality like the former 太子爷 to the throne, then there would always be by-election every months, wasting everybody time and money.

皇阿玛 would be wise if he had spent more analyzing and fixing his extremely flawed vetting system which had produced such a extremely flawed 太子爷, and then explain fully to the people as well as sincerely apologise and seek their forgiveness, instead of shoving the problem under the carpet, pretending that nothing had ever happened.



But 皇阿玛 argued :

“The Constitution is very clear that you need to hold a by-election for an SMC.”

If that would be the case, then the same Constitution is also very clear that there need to hold a by-election for a GRC as well, regardless of whether 皇阿玛 was for or against the GRC system as the GRC system is already well-enshrined in the Constitution.

However, 皇阿玛 had also previously opposed holding by-elections for GRC.

Why was 皇阿玛 holding up the Constitution on one hand, while trashing the same Constitution with the other hand ?

Looking at the current high turnover rate of his 阿哥s, who were fleeing the Party almost quarterly if not monthly, one could only understand and perhaps sympathise with 皇阿玛’s pitiful, derisive predicament.

If 皇阿玛 had won more GRCs, then there would be more by-elections every month as his 阿哥s keep running away. The other 4 or 5 non-quitting 阿哥s in the GRC would also suffer innocently as they risked losing in a by-election. Hence, instead of losing just only 1 seat in a SMC either when the 阿哥 abscond or losing in a by-election, 皇阿玛 risked losing 5 or 6 阿哥s in a GRC by-election.

Until 皇阿玛 was able to fix his screening system so that more worthy 阿哥s could be selected, he had no choice but to oppose any and all by-election in a GRC, even to the extent of betraying the Constitution.

皇阿玛’s opportunistic, unprincipled and shameless flip-flopping on such divine and venerable matter as the revered Constitution (as well as almost all other matters) further erode his trustworthiness among the people. His, bumbling, fumbling and stumbling on the By-Election debate earned him even greater mockery and contempt from the Other Party and the general public, as the Other Party further fortified even deeper in their trenches, avoiding any By-Election while sitting back waiting for 皇阿玛’s Party to split and self-destruct.

 

[skponggol]

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Flip-Flop 皇阿玛

[video=youtube;3oOkLvGuQrc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oOkLvGuQrc[/video]



.............Before Election................................................................After Election

朕 can guarantee on 太子爷’s integrity.........................朕 don’t know anything about 太子爷

朕 believe in strong party discipline.............................朕 don’t know anything about party affairs

朕 oppose million dollar salary for Ministers..................朕 support million dollar salary for Ministers

朕 support tightening inflow of foreign workers.............朕 oppose tightening inflow of foreign workers

朕 oppose a time limit on holding by-election...............朕 support a time limit on holding by-election



…..and we are sure there would be many more other flip-floppings to come sooner rather than later….



As 皇阿玛 was continuing to lose his support among the Party faithfuls, 八阿哥 was continuing to strengthen his support….


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[Ramseth]

Emp : 我们这边有多少人？

Ram : 九门提督隆科多掌管御林军，征远大将军年羹尧把守西北。怡亲王掌管刑部，兵部与锐剑营。

Emp : 好，传朕密旨给他们，牢牢把守。全国戒严。通缉八，九，十与十四爷。

Ram : 皇上，八爷怎么说也是个亲王，十四爷怎么说也是个郡王，还当过大将军王。

Emp : 没什么好说，就算东北铁帽子王反对，一样叫年羹尧往西把他们抓回来。

Ram : 喳。

 

[skponggol]

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八阿哥 : “我若成 , 我便为王 , 我若败 , 我愿碧落黄泉 , 以三尺黄土 , 葬我霸业雄心 . ”

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八爷的英雄悲剧 : 树大招风 ,功高震主…..


Ever since 八阿哥 entered the CEC as a 多罗贝勒, the least experienced and the most junior Party member ever to do so, his star had been rising exponentially and explosively. His magnetic charisma had earned him wide accolades among the party members and the well-deserved title “ 八贤王 ” among the admiring general public.

In fact, the former 太子爷, who felt very threatened by the 礼贤下士的“八贤王” ever since the latter’s meteoric rise in the CEC, started to behave weirdly, defensively as well as aggressively and foolishly so as to fend off against the “ 八爷党 ” threat.

The ex-太子爷’s paranoid over-reaction to the sudden emergence of 八阿哥 led to his eventual mental breakdown as he sought extra-marital comfort to soothe his psychological stress and thus his ultimate disgraceful sacking.

Worse, people within and outside the Party were hailing 八阿哥 as the people MP and a future PM whose qualifications, credentials and prestige far exceeded even that of 皇阿玛. Many people even credited 八阿哥 , rightly or wrongly, for winning the hard-fought victory at the historic Battle of Aljunied.

This antagonized and agitated 皇阿玛 who utterly believed that he was the key, and ONLY, architect of the Aljunied Triumph and should be acclaimed as the people MP as well as the next PM.


“If 八阿哥 is to be the PM, then who am 朕 ? What am 朕 suppose to be and do in a “ 八贤王 ” Court ? 太上皇 ? 泥菩萨 ? Or still a mere Co-Driver ? 朕要做一个真皇帝 ,而不是一个假皇帝 ! ”

– shuddered 皇阿玛 as he warily, jealously watched the increasing and seemingly unstoppable rise of 八阿哥 ……


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