If you were an emperor and were going to die soon and needed an heir, what steps would you take to help further assure you that the heir you were about to choose took things in the intended direction?
If you were an emperor and were going to die soon and needed an heir, what steps would you take to help further assure you that the heir you were about to choose took things in the intended direction?
This was always an issue in Rome. People were afraid their heirs would turn out to secretly be wannabe dictators, and you couldn't do anything about it since you were dead. How would you go about making sure your heir was as close to your vision as possible, both outwardly and in their desires should they be emperor?
In ancient Rome, the sitting emperor often would choose a successor from, well anybody really, often not even a relation. They then adopted that person. If one has to have hereditary rulers, this seems a fairly sensible way to go about it.
I'd pick someone who is nice to animals and service staff
So, how did Murdoch, Musk and the other "heirs" get their gig?
clone yourself, always keep a kid, adult and old geezer clone at the same time
infuse your memory on them ofc
the adult they/you decides. the young and old are helping with decisions or replacement if you have an accident
that seems to be a solid foundation for a lasting empire. nobody can possibly predict this to go wrong in any way.
You implement a system in which the new emperor is elected instead of just crowning whoever happens to be the old one's son.
Temüjin? Is that you?
Yes, I have come back for my kingdom. Muahahahahaha!
Choose someone who doesn't go by the name "JD" as an adult and expects to be taken seriously.
Genetically engineer like 20 of them and hope one turns out good after being stolen by Tzeentch and half betray you because you were a bad dad
I would probably keep my nephew in my summer palace after murdering his dad for being too popular and then killing the rest of our family around him. Caligula turned out well, although to be fair I only read up to his first year as Emperor...
Have a lot of kids possibly with different people for strategic purposes. Also develop relationships with my nieces and nephews. Hopefully they don’t kill each other for the power. This would raise the odds I’ll nurture at least one or two who would make decent decisions.