Chapter 1153 The Secret Changes of the Empire

The doom of the Daji Dynasty came early because of one person's illness. Scouts were out in all directions, and all forces began to plot secretly. At present, the election system has not yet ended, and the emperor fell ill. Who will dominate the political power? If it is this person who dominates the political power. How to deal with being partial to a certain prince.

The election system was specially created by the fourth emperor of the Daji Dynasty, the Empress Ming, in order to gain the support of the royal family. In order to divert conflicts, it was also to imitate the ancient method of popular election. Relying on this election system, Emperor Ming successfully elected herself. heir.

It's just that the special conflicts during Emperor Ming's reign no longer existed. Several emperors after Emperor Ming all had their own biological sons and were unwilling to share the power of selecting successors with ordinary people. Therefore, they did not continue Emperor Ming's method and had to make it clear at first. In the past, the election system was maintained as an empty shell. Later, the election system was directly abandoned.

Emperor Ming was the only emperor of the Daji Dynasty who unified the continent with his military strategy, talents, and brilliant methods. The following emperors did not have the means of Emperor Ming. War broke out in the border areas, internal uprisings continued, and the unified country was torn apart. This is Daji. The second catastrophe since the founding of the dynasty.

The person who once again held high the banner of the election system was the fifth emperor - Emperor Rui. This emperor, who was born in southern Xinjiang, re-established Xuanhuang, revitalized the great empire, deposed the vassal king, perfected the election system, and selected his successor through the election system. , that is, the sixth emperor - Emperor Xuan.

Emperor Xuan was the first person to truly start with the election system. The outline of the election system currently implemented was established during Emperor Xuan's reign.

The electoral system made Emperor Xuan successful, but Emperor Xuan also saw the loopholes in the electoral system. Among them, the biggest loophole was that the political situation was stable during the electoral system. As the highest decision-maker, the emperor must not be biased in the slightest. In addition, it was inconvenient to conquer. Along with the expedition, tens of thousands of taels of gold would be required, and migrant workers would also be recruited, which would inevitably affect the handling of government affairs by several princes.

Emperor Xuan also anticipated the situation where the reigning emperor fell ill and was unable to handle government affairs. After rigorous argumentation and discussion, he legislated to establish a meeting composed of prime ministers and ministers to negotiate and handle national affairs.

In essence, it is to change the emperor's exclusive system into an elder oligarchy system.

According to Emperor Xuan's vision, in this meeting of important ministers, each prince needs to have his own spokesperson, and then add a few additional "neutral" people for coordination.

Among them, there are issues related to the loyalty of candidates and related people.

Therefore, after the emperor fell ill, as soon as the news spread, in the early morning of the next day, a censor with a low position in the court and a well-known name in both the government and the public used Emperor Xuan's method to propose the establishment of a meeting of important ministers to handle state affairs. .

The emperor was unconscious, and the answers given by the imperial doctors were not very optimistic. At this time, everyone understood that it was inevitable to implement a meeting of important ministers. In fact, the most important thing now was for the prime ministers to inform the queen of the decision, and the queen was regent. , sharing power with ministers.

However, this kind of matter, just like the matter of receiving Zen, needs to be vetoed many times and cannot be too direct. Especially those important ministers who are qualified to enter this meeting cannot reveal any thoughts, otherwise if fate favors the emperor, he will wake up. When I came back, I had a grudge in my heart, and I didn't want to "voluntarily" resign and return to my hometown.

Therefore, the suggestion put forward by this little censor was rejected by everyone, especially the queen in the harem, who scolded the censor severely, saying that this person was a man without a king and a father, because he had no father. Emperor Xuan set up this method to apply to situations where the emperor was unable to manage the government, including when the sky collapsed.

The imperial doctor was still rescuing the emperor and the emperor had not yet awakened, so he raised this point. Isn't this looking forward to the emperor's death? Therefore, the queen must scold.

But having said that, the people at the lowest level may still burn incense and worship Buddha in the hope that the emperor will recover, and the closer the people are to the emperor, the more they hope that the emperor will die.

Because as soon as the emperor dies, power will flow to their hands. Especially at this moment, if it works well, it will be the merit of Conglong. This is the merit of Po Tian!

Therefore, even though that very night, the censor who first proposed the implementation of the meeting of ministers was demoted from Zhongdu City, and the queen fiercely swore that this person had no father and no king, and would not be pardoned.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that after this incident, this person has already gained a reputation for serving the country and the people. When historians record this incident in the future, they will be able to add more to it. After a few years, when the new king takes the throne , even when it’s time to show off your grand ambitions, how many people are envious before it’s too late.

Although a bit cold-blooded, it must be said that there are not many high-ranking civil and military officials standing in the court who sincerely hope that the emperor will wake up.

On the second day, although there was no talk of setting up a meeting of important ministers in the court, there were already people working on this matter among the people. Even an eighty-year-old woman was talking about it in the streets.

The queen did not deliberately suppress these, and even tolerated them. If there was really a meeting of important ministers, then although she would not be able to enter, her current noble status would be no less than having a position.

On the third day, some people were already clamoring for the establishment of a meeting of important ministers, especially those students from Taiyuan College, who acted as the vanguard.

Imperial students study sage books every day and have no chance to participate in political affairs. Now that they finally have this opportunity, some people with evil intentions are instigating it. They are a group of stupid young people who foolishly believe that there are evil spirits in the court and monsters in the harem. For crying out loud.

The students were passionate and energetic, thinking that they were serving the country and the people, but they didn't know that they were just knives being used by others, and they didn't know that they were being sold out. If they did it well, it would be the May Fourth Movement, and if they didn't do it well, hum! They would just be a group of victims.

With the instigation of the students, the suppressed discussions in the court rose again. Some minor officials, those who had no hope of promotion in their lives, wanted to take this opportunity to gain a higher position. The snowflake-like memorials were sent to the queen's desk by the ministers.

The queen knew why the ministers sent these. If she really wanted to stop them, she couldn't send any of them. The queen was worried that she would be seen as the harem interfering in politics, so she chose to remain silent in this new round of changes.

In the eyes of the officials, the queen's silence was undoubtedly a major victory. Then, the letters became more and more frequent, sternly stating the necessity of setting up a meeting of ministers, saying that it was for the country and the people, to protect the country and the people of the ancestors, and for the welfare of the people, and so on. They said all the good things.

Some writers working in the Hanlin Academy had even polished and prepared the edict drafted on behalf of the emperor. All they needed was the queen's nod to make it public.

However, on the fourth day, the emperor, who had been sleeping for three days and three nights, woke up. Although the tiger was sick, it could still roar proudly in the mountains and forests, and all evil spirits retreated. The surface of the water, which still had some waves, once again fell into immersion.