Chapter 405: The Succession System
Of course, these undivided princes can't treat them badly, and the royal family needs to set up an independent prince fund, from which these princes can receive a year's living expenses every year.
This living expenses are definitely not low, which can make the princes live very well, and it can also make them more 100% committed to the career they like, which is the happiest thing.
In ancient times, in order to prevent the royal family from fighting for power, it was absolutely undesirable to directly abolish the royal family, which would only cheapen the foreign surname.
The so-called screening mechanism is to exclude some unqualified candidates among the princes, and these people, like the princes who voluntarily gave up their fiefdoms, can receive a generous amount of living expenses from the prince's fund every year, which can provide them with a rich life and worry-free food and clothing for a lifetime.
After all, the fief is given to you, and you must be responsible for the people in the fief.
As the saying goes, one person counts the short, and the other counts the long, and Li Quan directly put forward his idea at the 15 September court meeting.
Hanyuan Hall.
"Ladies and gentlemen, at today's court meeting, we won't talk about other things, only about the future heirs of the empire and the placement methods of the princes, do you have any ideas?" Li Authority looked at the ministers below sternly.
"This. When the ministers heard this, they were all silent.
This kind of thing is not casually said, although it is the emperor's family matter, it is also related to the future national fortune of the empire.
The most important thing is that the emperor is now in his prime, because of genetic medicine, I don't know how long he will live in the future, and His Majesty now has two sons, and there will definitely be more in the future, and it will definitely be many years before the new emperor takes the throne.
At that time, the prince was basically an adult.
Since ancient times, there has been a debate about whether to establish a successor or a virtuous person, and both of them have their own advantages.
Li Quan glanced at the ministers below, and it seemed that if he didn't explain it out loud, everyone wouldn't dare to talk about it.
So Shen Sheng set a tone for today's topic, and it is also a principle:
"I know what you're afraid of? Let me say here first, I can live for at least a thousand years, but there has been no thousand-year-old prince since ancient times, and once a prince stays on the crown prince for a long time, it will inevitably happen that we don't want to see. ”
Li Quan's words shocked all the ministers, and at the same time, some people were also very hot-eyed.
Because His Majesty said that he can live for at least a thousand years, then it means that there must be more advanced genetic medicines, and since the most basic genetic drugs have been opened now, it is very likely that more advanced gene drugs will also be opened in the future.
If it is open, then everyone here has a greater chance.
In that case, I must stand firmly by His Majesty's side.
However, the question that His Majesty is worried about is not unreasonable, the thousand-year-old prince, there may be nothing at the beginning, and he has been pressed by one person for a long time, and if he is instigated by some villain, he will inevitably do some big rebellious things.
This kind of thing was in ancient times, and their old Li family had a tradition in this regard.
Li Quan didn't care what the ministers below thought, and directly said his thoughts:
"Therefore, I have decided to change the New Tang Empire, and also change the inheritance method of our Chinese people since ancient times, from now on, the empire will not have the position of crown prince, but a new set of heir system that is more suitable for the future trend. ”
When the ministers below heard that there was no prince, this was simply a strange story for the ages, and Zhang Xian was the first to jump out and object:
"Your Majesty, the position of the crown prince can be established later, but it can't be without, this will shake the foundation of the country and affect the internal stability of the empire. ”
Zhang Xian's granddaughter is the current queen Zhang Yan, speaking of which, according to the normal system of primogeniture, their family will be more honorable, which is a matter related to the interests of their family for thousands of years in the future.
This can't blame Li Quan and the ministers present for thinking in this regard, maybe Zhang Xian is just dedicated to the public, but the most unpredictable thing is people's hearts, fortunately, Zhang Xian's loyalty to himself has not changed, which makes Li Quan very relieved.
"I know the worries of the elders, I just said that I will not set up the position of the crown prince, but it does not mean that once I have an accident, no prince can inherit the unification, don't I want to discuss a more advanced and more in line with the background of the times?" Li Quan said with relief.
Then he directly threw out the system he thought of in the past two days:
"I've been thinking about this for the past two days, and I've come up with a good idea, but I need you to help me perfect it. ”
When everyone heard this, they quickly cheered up, for fear of missing a word, after all, this was a major matter related to the future life and death of everyone and their family.
You can't be sloppy, you must follow Your Majesty's stick, it is politically correct.
"First of all, I am sure that I will have many princes in the future. Li Quan said confidently.
No one objected to this, although after so many years, His Majesty only has two sons and two daughters, but if it is really as His Majesty said, he can live for a thousand years, then the number of future princes must be very large.
Even if he can only live for one hundred and fifty years, the number of future princes will not be small.
Li Quan then said very domineeringly: "With the current development momentum of the empire, it is a sure thing to colonize the interstellar in the future, then this means that the empire will have a large amount of land in the future, but the empire's energy is limited, and it is impossible to take care of everything, such as our current Kunlun Island, there is no time to develop and utilize it now." ”
"So I plan to divide these princes to various planets in the future, what do you think?" asked Li Quan.
Zhang Xian was the first to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, the previous feudal of the empire, the fief area is small, and it is still in the homeland, so there is nothing to worry about, but this outer seal, once the princes become bigger, the ministers are worried about the rebellion of the seven kings of the Han Dynasty and the rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty." ”
"Your Majesty, the elder of the pavilion is not unreasonable, as follows, if you insist on sealing the prince externally, the minister asks not to let the prince have military power, so there is no need to worry so much. General Liu Ming also stood up and added.
Li Quan shook his head and said: "Hehe, what you said and the general make sense, but at this time and then, whether it is the rebellion of the seven kings or the rebellion of the eight kings, it is because the control of the imperial court is not strong enough. ”
Then explained: "But now and in the future, the empire's technology will be more powerful, and when the time comes, whether it is the supervision or deterrence of the prince's fief, it is not the same, but the general's words are not unreasonable, and the prince's military power can be weakened at that time, as long as the fief can be controlled, and no extra troops are allowed, unless aliens are found and the fief borders on aliens." ”
As soon as Li Quan's words fell, everyone nodded in agreement, according to what His Majesty said, there really is no need to worry, the most important thing is that His Majesty will not have any problems in the empire for a long time, unless His Majesty has any accidents.
Seeing that the ministers all agreed with their decisions, Li Quan then said with a smile:
"Although I am confident that my genes are very strong, the next generation should not be bad, but once there are more princes, no one can guarantee that there will be some alternatives in it, such as there will be princes who like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, some like business, some like adventure, etc., if they have this talent and dreams, I don't want to force them to change. ”