In front of the Imperial City of Zhongdu, Hongwu Street is bustling with people, there are many shops and teahouses and restaurants on both sides of the street, and the merchants who come and go are densely populated, lively and extraordinary, no worse than Jingshi Qipan Street.

Before Li Xin and Wang Fuzhi came to the imperial city, they were stopped by a team of Tianwu troops stationed in the imperial city and asked: "The imperial city is important, the two of you stop!" ”

Li Xin stepped forward and handed over the name post: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is recruiting talents, and he has built a Juxian Building in the imperial city, so I will recommend myself." ”

The captain of the Tianwu Army took the name of the two people, and looked at the two of them from top to bottom, then nodded and said, "Two gentlemen, please!" ”

Wang Fuzhi was a little surprised, he never expected a big-headed soldier to be so polite, compared to those street patrol soldiers he met when he participated in the township test, the quality of the soldiers of the Tianwu Army was really good!

The two entered the imperial city and found that the Tianwu Army was encamped, and in front of the solemn and magnificent forbidden wall, the generals of the Tianwu Army who were hugging each other dismounted and laughed with each other, and there were some officials from Fengyang Mansion waiting to be seen.

The two handed over the name to the steward of Juxian Building, waiting for the crown prince to summon them, but they did not hope to meet today, seeing that His Royal Highness the crown prince was going to convene a court meeting of civil and military officials, and I was afraid that there would be no time to summon them.

In less than a quarter of an hour, to Li Xin's surprise, someone came from the forbidden wall, and His Royal Highness Prince Yan summoned the two in the side hall.

Li Xin and Wang Fuzhi were overjoyed, and secretly called His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Corporal Lixian, and his heart was eager to recruit talents, and he was really benevolent.

In fact, the two of them thought crookedly, Zhu Cihong didn't have time to summon them, and when he saw the famous Wang Fu on one of the famous posts, he squeezed out time to summon them.

Zhu Cihong has heard of Wang Fuzhi's Ming Dynasty, this person is known as the three major thinkers of the Ming and Qing dynasties with Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, and his historical evaluation is very high, his integrity is awe-inspiring, he is an anti-Qing warrior, and he once proposed that the Southern Ming regime and the peasant army jointly resist the Qing Dynasty, and he did not shave his hair until Kangxi died in 31 years.

After meeting the two, Zhu Cihong first had a conversation with Wang Fuzhi, who at this time did not form a systematic thought, nor did he put forward the idea of emancipating the people's minds, let alone oppose the autocratic imperial power.

Zhu Cihong is very interested in his idea of emancipating his mind, and wants to use this future Confucian to change the minds of the people of the Ming Dynasty, as for his idea of opposing autocracy, it must be curbed for the time being, and when society develops to a certain stage, imperial autocracy will naturally die out, but not now.

China's 2,000 years of feudal autocracy can not be eliminated by opening your mouth, the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing Dynasty with a gunshot and failed to move, Yuan Shikai became the president and defeated Sun Dacang's second revolution, and failed to make the democratic constitution deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After discovering this phenomenon, Yuan Shikai only held the constitution to restore the imperial system, Yuan Datou was not to live the addiction of being an emperor, but to emulate the mature and mainstream political system of some world powers at that time, and prepare to establish a constitutional monarchy that was more advanced than the absolute monarchies of China.

Professor Goodnow, then an American constitutional adviser, published "The Republic and the Monarchy", which said: "...... The majority of the people are not very intellectually noble, and they have changed from autocracy to republic, and it is difficult to hope that good results will be achieved in the future, and China will 'cause trouble' in the future because of the question of presidential succession, if it is not extinguished for a while, or tamed to the point of ruining China's independence, and if China adopts a monarchy, it is more appropriate than a republic, and there is no doubt about it. ”

Facts have proved that this prediction of the Yankees is accurate, Yuan Shikai put on the dragon robe and hung up in 100 days, the constitutional monarchy failed, the presidents of the Beiyang government were frequently replaced, the warlord forces of all sides fought in full swing, and the Japanese devils were also allowed to enter China, and China tossed back and forth for decades.

The May Fourth Movement gave impetus to the New Culture Movement and gave rise to new ideas, which made the democratic republic deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and promoted the Chinese revolution.

If you want to have a presidential system in the Ming Dynasty, this is an unrealistic idea, as for a constitutional monarchy, it is equivalent to dividing the power of the emperor to a small group of people, which is democratic? Nonsense!

The system is important, but the most important thing is the implementation of the system, people do not do what the system is empty, the current situation, the Ming cabinet system is very good, enough.

Zhu Cihong talked with the man named Li Xin a few more words, and to his surprise, Li Xin's conversation gave people a feeling like a spring breeze, not like an ordinary person.

Zhu Cihong asked, "Mr. is from Henan?" ”

Li Xin stood up and replied, "The student is from Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan. ”

Hearing his origin, Zhu Cihong suddenly smiled and asked, "Is Mr. also called Li Yan?" ”

Li Xin was suddenly startled, and said curiously: "This is the name that the student just changed last month, and he hasn't changed his household registration yet, how does His Highness know?" ”

As he spoke, Li Xin's face was a little embarrassed, in fact, Li Yan was a female leader of a rogue who named him for him.

A few months ago, Li Xin was in his hometown of Qi County to help the victims, was caught by a female leader called the "Red Lady", the Red Lady robbed the rich and helped the poor, passing by Qi County wanted to rob the wealthy Li family, I heard that Li Xin was generous and bold by nature, loved to fight and hold grievances, and often gave justice to the poor, and had a good reputation in Qi County, and the Red Lady let him go.

Li Xin is so good and handsome, the red lady fell in love with him for a while, wanted to pull him into the rebel army, and named Li Xin Li Yan, I don't know if it has the meaning of sea dry rocks.

Li Xin was shocked by this heroic mother-in-law, but he also secretly liked this red lady who upheld justice for the people, and began to persuade her: Don't rebel and kill, join me to join His Royal Highness the Prince, it's better to join the court than to be a thief alone, why resist when you have the conditions to change?

The red lady ignored him, afraid that the little lover would tell him and couldn't bear to kill him, so she had to run away with her subordinates, Li Xin had no choice but to use Li Yan to chat with ** in private to commemorate this short love.

After getting Li Xin's admission, Xu Sheng drank fiercely: "Come on, take down this thief!" ”

Well??? Wang Fuyi looked at Li Xin with a confused face, and secretly said that Brother Li was a thief? Then he still dragged me to join the crown prince? Throwing yourself into the net?

Seeing that the two guards held themselves down, Li Xin said: "Your Highness, the student is not a thief!" ”

I only heard the guards general beside the crown prince shouting: "When our army passed through Henan in the south, the forward battalion found a group of rogues in the territory of Guide Mansion to kill the local landlord gentry, burn down the official mansion, break the prison and release the prisoners, the leader is called the Red Lady, but your old lover?" ”

Li Xin was shocked and said, "The red lady was caught? ”

Xu Sheng smiled coldly and said: "Isn't it, that mother-in-law still has the folding fan of your inscription poem, and the little love poem written is very tight, otherwise how would I know your name?" ”

Li Xin said anxiously: "Is she still alive?" ”

Xu Sheng ignored him and ordered his guards: "Take him down and put him on death row!" ”

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "Let him go." ”

Zhu Cihong was a little speechless, and when he went south, he met the Red Lady and caught him, he learned the news of Li Yan from the Red Lady and asked Xu Sheng to send someone to find it, but Xu Sheng thought that Zhu Cihong hated the thief named Li Yan.

In the face of this top strategist, how could Zhu Cihong hate to kill him, Li Yan was an important strategist of Li Zicheng in history, not only helped Li Zicheng to strictly enforce military discipline, but also compiled a series of songs and ballads, and put forward political slogans such as "Juntian is free of grain", so that the army developed rapidly.

When Zhu Cihong went south, he suddenly thought of Li Yan, and wanted to find him before he was abducted by the red lady to defect to Li Zicheng, but he didn't expect him to come by himself, it was really effortless to break through the iron shoes and find nowhere to go!

Just when Li Yan was confused, he only heard Zhu Cihong say: "Since you have come to defect, the palace will naturally not refuse, so you can stay in Juxian Building and listen to it." ”

Li Yan was relieved and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your grace, the student has a reluctant request, dare to ask this general, where is the red lady now?" ”

Xu Sheng ignored him and said to Zhu Cihong: "Your Highness, the time for the court meeting has arrived. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, stood up, looked at Li Yan again, and said: "The Red Lady is on death row, for the sake of the Red Lady to help the hungry, the palace can spare her life, but the premise is that you can convince her and let her go to the court willingly, if she is still determined to rebel, the palace can only correct her, and even kill you together, the crime is to be a thief!" ”

This pair of little lovers can only either stay or kill them all, kill the red lady, Li Yan is not happy, can he still be expected to be fully loyal in the future?

Besides, if you can't even solve it with a woman, what kind of top strategist is there to talk about......

After speaking, Zhu Cihong asked people to arrange Wang Fuzhi and Li Yan, and then walked towards Fengtian Palace.