Dealing with elite interests requires ingenuity. Lucrative business opportunities can be allocated to soothe the successor’s political adversaries, while renegades can be targeted to discourage others – for example, by being stripped of property or dismissed from positions of influence.
处理上层利益需要具备聪明才智。可以借助利润丰厚的商业机会来安抚继承者的政治对手，也可以打击背叛者以儆效尤 —— 比方说没收财产，或者剥夺高官厚禄。