Chapter 534: The Great Zhou Constitution
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According to Yuming's intentions, a law known as the "Great Zhou Constitution" was to be promulgated and implemented, stipulating that all the laws and orders of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the various systems of the court and the central government should not contradict the "Great Zhou Constitution", and clearly pointed out one point: that is, everyone must abide by the various laws of the Great Zhou. All those who violate the law will be held accountable for violating the law, including the emperor's relatives, ministers, clans, and meritorious generals.
You must know that in ancient China, there was a saying that "if you can't punish a doctor, you can't be courteous to a courtesy". Although in the Sui Dynasty, ministers who violated the law were also held accountable. However, most of them are just words, and in practice, they are often innocent of minor crimes and lighter for serious crimes, not to mention the responsibility of the emperor's relatives and even the emperor.
When Yuming proposed, even if the emperor violated the law, he should also be held responsible, and the punishment was the same as that of the surname. To the surprise of all the ministers.
In their opinion, the emperor made a mistake, and the next crime was edicted. But according to Yuming's meaning, if the emperor collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country, kills people and sets fires, he will also be investigated for illegal responsibility and even criminal responsibility, which is completely no different from civilians. This is truly shocking.
Yuming also knows very well that if his reform is placed in an era of peace, he will not succeed at all. If the new dynasty is not established, it will be abolished and there will be no rules and regulations, and it will be formulated and implemented, and the situation will be stable in the future, and the conservative ministers will be relieved, and it will be even more difficult for him to carry it out.
According to the content of the constitution, the emperor's power will be greatly restricted, and it will be almost impossible to repeat the situation of Yang Guang's reckless use of military force, large-scale construction and abuse of people's power.
Many ministers believed that Yuming was a monarch who loved the people and was wise and decisive, and should not have promulgated a constitution to limit his power.
In this regard, Yuming explained, saying that the main function of this constitution is not to restrict him, but to restrict the future emperor. In the past dynasties, the founding monarchs were often wiser, but the later they went, the more mediocre the emperor became, and even because of mediocrity and incompetence, or tyrannical and murderous, the situation of the collapse of the dynasty was repeated.
After learning Yuming's true thoughts, all the ministers also accepted it calmly. After all, they were all frightened by Yang Guang's behavior.
After the establishment of the new dynasty's system, there was an even more intense discussion on determining the positions of officials. Several forces in the DPRK and China want to gain more power for themselves. As a result, several factions such as the Liaodong Department, the old Sui officials, and the generals of the Righteous Army all fought for this. There is no hottest position than a rivalry.
According to Yu Ming's idea, the imperial court would set up a cabinet to assist the emperor in governing the country, and the members of the cabinet would be ministers of various ministries, and a minister would be set up in the cabinet to preside over cabinet meetings, report to the emperor, and coordinate relations with the parliament. This position can be called under one person and above ten thousand, similar to the prime ministers of the past.
Therefore, the various factions in the DPRK and China have launched a fierce struggle for the post of prime minister.
In the discussion of the ministers, the co-candidate was the most vocal.
One is Du Ruhui, the other is Fang Xuanling, and the other is the eldest grandson Wuji.
Yu Ming believes that they are absolutely capable of doing it in terms of ability. And what he likes the most is the eldest grandson Wuji, because the eldest grandson Wuji is not only his uncle, but also has lived and died with him for many years. At the same time, he is also the youngest of the people, and the eldest grandson Wuji is the one with the strongest comprehensive ability among the officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee in terms of internal affairs, foreign affairs, military affairs, and strategy.
But the weakness of the eldest grandson Wuji is that he is too young, and now he is only in his twenties, and his prestige is much worse than that of those old ministers.
Although Fang Xuanling is very capable and the age is appropriate, his forties are the golden age for serving as a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and he is in the prime of life and experience.
But what is unfavorable to Fang Xuanling is that he is not proficient in military affairs and diplomacy, and is only good at internal affairs, so he has some shortcomings. Moreover, although Fang Xuanling is good at strategy, he is a little indecisive in making decisions about major matters. This is a fatal weakness for the phase.
In the original history, although Fang Xuanling once served as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, he also needed Du Ruhui's help to make decisions, so there was a saying "Fang Xuanling Du Decision".
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Du Ruhui finally stood out and became a figure that everyone can unanimously accept. He is an official, but he is not a simple person, he also understands military affairs and strategy, and he is also very strong in domestic affairs, and the only weak aspect is diplomacy.
However, with Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji assisting, it is not a big problem. You must know that the eldest grandson Wuji is the eldest grandson of a diplomatic family. His father, Sun Sheng, was a great contributor to the plot to divide the Eastern and Western Turks. The eldest grandson Wuji's talent in diplomacy is also the strongest among the military attaches of the DPRK and China.
So, under the expectations of the public, Du Ruhui was determined to be the first prime minister of the new dynasty. In this regard, although the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling were a little dissatisfied, they did not show it, after all, they all knew that they would be re-selected when the time came, and they still had many opportunities.
After the decision was made, the competition for other positions became less intense. After all, when the new dynasty was first established, there were many vacant positions, and in the end, they were finally discussed one by one, and they did not hurt the peace.
After the official system and positions of the imperial court were basically determined, it was time to determine the country name and the era name. After all, when the new emperor ascends the throne, there must be a country name and an era name to be reasonable.
It's good to say that the name of the country is good, and a cadre of ministers has found a large number of historical materials early, saying that the Yu family was founded more than 60 years ago, and the country name is Da Zhou. It's just that it was later usurped by Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, before it perished. Now Zhou Wang Yuming is just a descendant on behalf of the Yu family, and he just takes back what originally belonged to the Yu family. In addition, Yuming was once named the king of Zhou by Yang Guang, so it is better to still set the country name as "Zhou".
Everyone has no opinion on this point, after all, since Yuming raised an army against the Sui, the military attache has always called himself the Great Zhou, and the army is also called the Zhou Army, so it is natural for the new dynasty to be called the Zhou Dynasty.
After the country name was decided, it was necessary to determine the year name, Du Ruhui proposed several era names, but they were opposed by other ministers, and finally under the proposal of the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang finally finalized a year name called "Yongchang".
For the era name, Yuming doesn't have any special requirements, what era name those ministers want to use, just let them discuss and toss.
And the other details of ascending the throne and becoming the emperor were discussed endlessly by the ministers. This made Yu Ming yawn, and finally he handed over all his sex to Du Ruhui, the incoming minister, and became a shopkeeper.
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On the twentieth day of the seventeenth year of the Great Cause, Luoyang City ushered in an extraordinary day.
Dozens of miles of long streets from the palace of the king of Zhou to the palace were swept away.
On both sides of the surrounding streets, they are full of surnames who come to see the excitement. The soldiers of the Zhou army who maintained order on the side were even more like a great enemy, blocking the lively surnames from the safety line, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest. After all, at the beginning of the Luoyang Conference, King Zhou was assassinated in Luoyang City. Therefore, on this important occasion when King Zhou ascended the throne as emperor, there was no room for error.
It didn't take long for the honor guard of the Yulin Guard cavalry, armed with golden melons, axes, and kicks to the sky, to go straight from the palace to the front of the Zhou Palace.
At this moment, an incense case had been set up in the palace of King Zhou, and Yang Luoqi, who was at the forefront and held the holy decree, entered the main hall.
After everyone knelt and bowed, Yang Luoqi read out the last holy decree of the Sui Dynasty issued by herself as the princess of the Great Sui Dynasty in a crisp and pleasant voice: "Today, the Sui room is exhausted. In the past, Yao Chan was located in Shun, and Shun Yichan was located in Yu: the mandate of heaven is not normal, but it belongs to the virtuous...... My Great Sui throne was originally derived from the Northern Zhou Yu clan, and now the throne is returned to Yu Ming, the descendant of the Yu clan......"
Yu Ming took the lead and thanked him respectfully, then happily got up and took the holy decree from Yang Luoqi. At this moment, enthusiastic cheers immediately sounded inside and outside King Zhou's mansion. The earth-shattering cheers were as loud as if they were about to collapse the entire palace.
In the face of the cheers of the soldiers inside and outside the Zhou Palace, as well as the elated mood of the people along the street. At this time, even Yang Luoqi, as the last princess of the Great Sui, had to admit that the era of the Sui Dynasty was over. Whether it is a dignitary or a peddler, she has no feelings for the Sui Dynasty, even herself.
"Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world! The reason why the father and emperor rebelled against their relatives led to the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and the surnames of various places rose up. The main thing is that it is for his personal selfish desires, completely ignoring the feelings of the people. In the end, it finally led to the demise of the Great Sui. Thinking of her experience over the years, Yang Luoqi couldn't help but feel an inexplicable melancholy in her heart.
In any case, she is a descendant of the Sui Dynasty royal family and the granddaughter of Emperor Yang Jian. And now it is up to him to bury the Sui Dynasty established by his grandfather. This is naturally uncomfortable in her heart.
The only thing that makes her feel happy now is that the world has been handed over to her husband, and he is her closest person, believing that he can bring prosperity to the country and let the people live and work in peace and contentment.
After Yu Ming and Yang Luoqi glanced at each other, they also discovered the complicated look in her pretty eyes. So he stepped forward and patted her fragrant shoulder gently to show comfort.
At this moment, the new Prime Minister Du Ruhui also bowed to Yu Ming in a respectful tone and said: "Your Majesty, the hour is not early, we should also set off to receive the Zen platform." ”
After Du Ruhui reminded him, Yu Mingfang nodded subconsciously, and then walked slowly forward with Yang Luoqi.
Shumeng, Red Sleeves, Eldest Sun Wuji, Li Xiuning, Xiao Yuexian and other women also followed them out of the Zhou Palace......
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