Xiao Lotian looked at Jin Changsen and still didn't understand it, so he could only sigh and make his words more clear, "For example, I am about to add a new tax to the people of the Ryukyus next year, the name is the scientific research tax, and the money accumulated is used for the research and development of new warships, and this tax should be very heavy......"

"If you overcharge taxes, you will naturally grab money from the pockets of the people, and the people's happiness will naturally decrease, which is actually in conflict with the interests of the people, and no one in the world is willing to take out the benefits from their pockets......"

"But what a country should do still has to do, and it costs money to do things, and at this time you can see the benefits of autocracy, and my Xiao Letian's prestige, including the prestige of King Shangtai, will naturally suppress the unwillingness and resentment in the hearts of the people, so that they can accept this new tax......"

Xiao Letian looked at the confused Jin Changsen and said softly: "Isn't this a manifestation of national cohesion?"

Since he was a child, Jin Changsen has studied the Confucian classics, that is, the same set in the Middle Ages, and he has no knowledge of the great changes in the world at all, and he completely and thoroughly ignores the modern state system.

"Decentralization, decentralization...... Divide and divide, and in the end, don't you want to divide the emperor and the nobles? If there is no emperor's world, is it still called a world?"

"And you Xiao Lotian also said that the country's major politics are oscillating between the two points of autocracy and separation of powers, what exactly is the monarch of this 'constitutional monarchy' you are talking about? What is the constitution for? I am about to die, don't frame me with big words, but tell the truth......

Xiao Lotian scratched his scalp and said that this is really difficult for me, when I first learned politics, I also memorized the noun to explain, and it was very simple to say the cliché, but if you summarize the concise vernacular, it is really a difficult task to explain this kind of political noun.

"Well, since you asked, I'll try to explain it to you...... The monarch is the authority of a country, he symbolizes power, his existence tends to be centralized, you should understand this, when war is about to break out, when the invaders step into our land, when our country needs to collectively dedicate its interests to do some great work......"

"At this time, this centralized representative monarch can become a cohesive force to suppress the selfishness of the people, and we can make the people eat pickles every day and take away most of their surplus value, without making them complain or rebel......"

"Do you understand?" Xiao Letian asked patiently, and at this time, Jin Changsen just nodded blankly, as if he was a little enlightened.

"I'm really tired, then I'm talking about the constitution, this constitution is the meaning of establishing a constitution, the constitution of the West is above the imperial power, not the kind of law under the imperial power, do you know this?"

"It's good to know, there is only one purpose of constitutionalism, that is, to use the constitution to tie up the imperial power...... I just said that imperial power naturally has a desire to develop towards centralization, and centralization is not a bad thing, but that it must be used in a specific environment, and if centralization appears in the period of peace and stability, it will not be a blessing for the people of the country......"

"Only with a constitution can the rights of the people be locked away from the hands of the monarchy and aristocracy, and only the people who have the rights are called citizens in the West, and the citizen class is now an important force in the development of Europe......"

"Now you will always understand what a constitutional monarchy is, right? This thing was not invented by that clever man at all, it is actually a natural product of hundreds of years of confrontation and compromise between the people and the imperial power, fighting each other for power......

"I dare not say what the world will become in the next few hundred years, but I can tell you for sure now that the constitutional monarchy is the most advanced political system in the world at present...... Just like the French Glory on the sea, a battleship with three firing decks is the most formidable weapon..."

"Why did I, Xiao Letian, go against the grain? What did I rely on to rise in East Asia? Isn't it because I have always been the first to lead the people? It is precisely because I have given everyone the most advanced in the world that I have come to this point..."

"Do I, Xiao Letian, want to give up the foundation of my foothold and go backwards? Knowing that the system of the family world is no longer viable, I still want to continue to follow the old path? Jin Changsen, I finally tell you, how many rights did Prime Minister Xiao Cheng of the Ryukyus take from Shuri Castle, and these rights will be distributed to all the people sooner or later..."

"I, Xiao Letian, will not take these rights forever, nor will I leave children and grandchildren, let alone return them to King Shangtai... The constitutional monarchy is the national policy I have set for the Ryukyus, and no one can change it..."

"Now, you should believe that I won't usurp the country, right?" Xiao Letian stared at Jin Changsen with a sinking face, and an invisible pressure made him breathless.

"Haha...... So it is, so it is...... If it is really as the prime minister said, then I am really a villain. But that's fine, King Chantai has become the nominal monarch, and most of the rights are gone, and there is no guarantee that the throne will last forever......"

At this time, Jin Changsen suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... The general trend of the world has changed, you will be the king of peace in the future, don't think too much, don't ...... it" King Shangtai, who was eavesdropping in the dark corner, was already crying silently at this time, Jin Changsen, the old minister, used the last moment of his life to tell the truth in Xiao Letian's stomach, of course, his life is coming to an end.

Jin Changsen drank the last glass of wine, got up and straightened his clothes, "Prime Minister... I don't have any regrets, you can arrange to go on the road, whether it is beheading Ling Chi or burning, as long as you can give the people of Ryukyu a breath, please ask the prime minister to do it..."

Jin Sanshun, who was outside the prison door, couldn't hold back anymore at this time, he rushed in and knelt in front of Xiao Letian, "Prime Minister, please be gracious, I am willing to exchange all my credit for my grandfather, and I am also willing to spend all my family wealth to beg my grandfather not to die...... Woo woo, the prime minister is gracious..."

The little fat man kowtows like pounding garlic, don't look at this kid who is usually lazy and greedy, but he is really filial. Xiao Lotian sighed and went to pick him up, but he couldn't pull it alive or dead.

"Jin Changsen, you and I have different ideas, in fact, we can't tell what is right or wrong. If it's still the Middle Ages, then you're making the right choice, but unfortunately it's the nineteenth century, and you're running out of ground......"

"There's nothing wrong with you and me, it's just that the environment has changed...... You are an old minister of the Ryukyus, not appointed by me Xiao Letian, your life and death are still decided by King Shangtai......" After speaking, Xiao Lotian slapped twice.

King Shangtai, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't escape anymore at this time, he and Cai Mao walked out with red eyes, Jin Changsen was really a loyal minister, and when he saw King Shangtai, he suddenly fell to the ground with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent......"

Jin Qing ...... Hurry up, please ...... Your Jin family has served our Shang family for hundreds of years, but we are too weak, and the sin is all mine......"

Junchen also knew that this was the last chance to meet, and the two hugged and cried across the fence. Xiao Letian really couldn't bear it, and waved his hand slightly, and a soldier walked over and opened the cell door.

When the crying finally stopped, King Sangtai finally had to give an explanation to the people of the Ryukyus, and he helped Kim Nagamori and said regretfully, "The statistics of military and civilian casualties after the war have come out...... The number of casualties in the Ryukyus has reached 70,000...... At least half of them are...... It's the ...... who died after the negotiations."

Having said this, the blood on Jin Changsen's face was drained at once, as if he was suddenly surrounded by 40,000 unjust souls.

"You can't live if you do your own evil... You can't live if you do your own evil..."Saying this, he kicked away Jin Sanshun who was kowtowing, "Don't cry, live like a man in the future, don't learn from me... Grandpa's life proves that the old road has been exhausted, and you have to use your life to take the prime minister's new path, study hard, work hard..."

Jin Changsen bowed his hand to King Shangtai and said, "One of the blames lies in the guilty, and the others are not guilty of major crimes, please kill them carefully...... It's just a matter of dismissal, dismissal..."

King Shangtai sneakily glanced at Xiao Letian, and when he saw the prime minister nodding slightly, he said with relief, "Naturally, this is natural, the rest of the old ministers are dismissed for the people, and I will not be guilty...... Someone..."As he spoke, a eunuch broke a wooden plate with white silk and poisonous wine on it.

At this time, Jin Changsen suddenly became energetic: "Your Majesty, this is not right, I have committed a great crime and killed tens of thousands of people, how can I be given a whole corpse? Escort me to the dock, just where the negotiations are located, ask and behead at three o'clock in the afternoon, let my death deter all those who come later, and let my death make all the people angry......

"Brother Jin... Why are you ......" Cai Mao's eyes were hot, and tears rolled down.

Only Xiao Letian understands Jin Changsen's calculations, he knows that Jin Changsen is avoiding trouble for his children and grandchildren, only if he dies miserably and in front of all the people, can the anger in people's hearts be poured out, so that his grandson will not stick to the bag with him.

Xiao Letian understood what Jin Changsen meant, nodded and sighed, "I will leave one for Jin Sanshun for the number of international students in Germany, let him go to Europa to exercise, don't eat the loss of not having a wide vision like you......"

Jin Changsen also understood Xiao Letian's promise, he knelt on the ground and bowed solemnly three times, "I don't thank you for my kindness, I can't reciprocate it, I can only send an intelligence...... Gong Cheng's residence in the Shanghai Concession, the residence of his favorite concubine, my housekeeper knows that with his assistance behind the scenes, it is not difficult to catch this old thing......"

Jin Changsen's fate has been irreversible here, that night the street was plastered with notices asking Jin Changsen, the next morning at the wharf surrounded by thousands of people, especially the people who lost their loved ones, and prepared stones, rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves and other weapons to humiliate this misguided minister.

After the sky was bright, the prison car appeared on the street, and the first rain of stones and rotten eggs and other sundries, Jin Changsen lost half his life in an instant, if it were not for the new army trying their best to maintain order, Jin Changsen estimated that he would have to be stoned to death along the way.

"Traitor...... It's that he betrayed the country...... Dog thieves who collude inside and outside ......" In the midst of angry scolding, Jin Changsen was sentenced by Ming Zheng at three o'clock in the afternoon.

The death of Kim Nagamori officially announced the complete destruction of the last opposition in the Ryukyus, and from this moment on, Xiao Lotian's rule could be regarded as a real decree.

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