In December of the seventh year of Chenghua, Jingshi.

At this time, the DPRK and China had passed a bill to amend the Ming Law, and the provisions on the establishment of a constitutional monarchy were written into the Ming Law, and the constitutional monarchy began to be implemented in the Ming Empire.

Now that winter is on, and the cold wind is raging inside and outside the capital, and the snow is falling, Liu Juntao is walking on the street on horseback, surrounded by dozens of heavily armored iron cavalry guards.

The pedestrians who come and go are not afraid of the cold at all, and are still doing business and buying New Year's goods, a prosperous scene.

Seeing that the people were so stable, Liu Juntao put his mind at ease, although the court and China had gone through a life and death turmoil, but this palace coup did not affect the people, limited to the battle between the DPRK and China, this is the effect that Liu Juntao wants, that is, the fight is not broken, even if the DPRK and China fight, it will not affect the normal operation of the Ming Dynasty, and it will not let the people suffer from turmoil.

After strolling around the street for a while, Liu Juntao led his troops to the palace gate, and then Liu Juntao entered the palace to face the saint.

At this time, Wang Zhi, the commander of the West Factory, was already waiting here, and when he saw Liu Juntao coming, he sighed slightly.

"Elder Ge is here?"

Liu Juntao nodded, walked towards the palace with Wang Zhi, and said, "Is Your Majesty okay?" ”

"I'm a little angry, but after meeting for a while, I will definitely lose my temper with Ge Lao, and Ge Lao should pay attention."

"Well, it's natural."

Then, Liu Juntao asked, "What about the two bills?" Your Majesty has seen it? ”

Wang Zhi said: "Your Majesty has seen it, but it seems that he will not agree, and even the miscellaneous family is very puzzled by the old man's discussion." ”

Liu Juntao didn't speak, Wang Zhi said to himself: "The two recitals of the elder pavilion, one is to prepare to send troops to attack Japan, this is nothing, since Your Majesty has acquiesced to the current situation, it doesn't matter whether you fight Japan or not, this recital has been approved yesterday; But in the second letter, what kind of political party is proposed by the elder Ge Lao to be established in Daming, this is absolutely impossible! ”

"Oh? Why? ”

Wang Zhi glanced at Liu Juntao, frowned and said, "Why? Don't you understand? ”

While talking, the two came to Emperor Chenghua's bedroom.

In the dormitory, Emperor Chenghua sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, looked at Liu Juntao and Wang Zhi, and said coldly: "You guys have discussed it?" ”

Liu Juntao didn't speak, but Wang Zhi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, where is this, the miscellaneous family is Your Majesty's close person." ”

As he spoke, Wang Zhi stood beside Emperor Chenghua and stopped talking.

"Humph!"

Emperor Chenghua glared at Liu Juntao again and said, "Is the elder pavilion here today just to establish a political party?" Don't worry about it, I won't agree! ”

Liu Juntao said: "Your Majesty, the minister is also a public heart, I don't know why Your Majesty wants to veto this proposal?" ”

"Since ancient times, the emperors of all dynasties have strictly forbidden courtiers to form parties for personal gain, and this time the elder of the cabinet has made it so bold that he wants to establish a political party, what does this mean!"

The Analects says: "The gentlemen are not the party"; The party before the Song Dynasty, the official position of the person who fought for it, the personal grievances of the person who reported it, and there was no policy at all, and it was not a political party. During the time of Song Renzong, there was a discussion of friends; Ouyang Xiu's "Theory of Friends" said that only a gentleman has friends; Gai has made it clear that when a gentleman is in power, he must gather more comrades to carry out his policies, and there is no need to be a friend of the party. There is party politics in China, which began with the old and new parties in the time of Song Shenzong. Since then, the two parties have repeatedly fought each other for power; The old and new parties have their own political views, and both are focused on saving the country, but they have different methods and propositions in doing their own thing, and thus each has gone to extremes. Even if it is at the bottom, it is not exempt from revenge, and it cannot be purely politically contentious; At the beginning of its partisan division, it was solid and pure for the country, and the beginning of selflessness and profit were mixed. The defeat of Song is worse than the party struggle! ”

Emperor Chenghua said this, Liu Juntao naturally knew, obviously Emperor Chenghua confused the party struggle with the political party's governance.

Liu Juntao frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this party is not the other party!" The political party proposed by the minister was a public party, and the political party was established to restrain the courtiers. In the future, all officials of the fifth rank and above must join the political party and accept the constraints of the party's rules and regulations, and those who violate the rules and regulations must be severely punished. In this way, we can not only purge the administration of officials and select talents, but also eliminate some useless people who can only talk about it. ”

"Political parties are first and foremost about politics! The political party mentioned by the minister is to concentrate on the government, what to do, what to plan, are all for the benefit of the country and the people, only such a political party, with the current constitutional monarchy of the Ming Dynasty, can ensure that the Ming Dynasty will always prosper! ”

Regarding the benefits of establishing a political party, Liu Juntao has written too much in the recital, Emperor Chenghua is not an ignorant and pedantic emperor, although the content of the recital is a little advanced, but Emperor Chenghua can also see it, but he is just stubborn in his heart.

At the same time, Emperor Chenghua was also worried that the discussion of the political party would gradually evolve into a disaster of party strife in the Song Dynasty, and even make the Ming Dynasty completely out of control!

However, with Liu Juntao's efforts, Emperor Chenghua relented and agreed to implement the political party system in the court, but in exchange, the current Ming political party can only be used to restrain officials and select talents, and cannot exert influence on the government's policies.

That is to say, at this time, the Ming political party does not have the attribute of "grasping the party and the government", and for some government decrees, the officials who join the party do not have the right of veto!

Liu Juntao also agreed, after all, the political party is indeed a thing ahead of its time for this era, and it cannot be achieved overnight, and it can only evolve slowly if it comes to a two-party system or a national congress system.

Liu Juntao is also very curious in his heart, in the current political system of the Ming Empire, let the party system develop on its own, what will it eventually evolve into?

On the issue of establishing a political party, Liu Juntao finally reached a compromise with Emperor Chenghua, and then began to report to Emperor Chenghua on the affairs of sending troops to Japan.

"Your Majesty, on this expedition to Japan, the minister is preparing to mobilize the Yellow Sea Fleet of the Beiyang Fleet, which is responsible for seizing sea supremacy and blockading all the coastal areas of Japan; At the same time, the three divisions of the Tiger Army, the Trap Army, and the Eagle Yang Army, as well as 50,000 new troops, were recruited to go out together. In this war, the minister was ready to complete his work in one battle, completely break the backbone of Japan, occupy part of the territory of Japan, as the overseas territory of the dynasty, and force Japan to sign an alliance under the city, as a place for the dynasty to dump goods and import raw materials, and act as a courtier to the dynasty! ”

Regarding the matter of sending troops, Emperor Chenghua listened very seriously, after all, this is a military event.

And what Liu Juntao said, Emperor Chenghua also agreed, rather than completely annexing Japan, spending a lot of troops and material resources to digest a country, and even possibly like Vietnam before, spending national strength and eventually giving up, it is better to use Japan as a flood outlet for the Ming Dynasty, and constantly send money and wealth to the Ming Dynasty and digest internal contradictions.

"Hmmm! Very good! ”

Emperor Chenghua said: "This matter will be handled by the elder of the pavilion." ”

After coming out of the palace, Liu Juntao returned to the Yamen of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet non-stop, distributed the prepared "Daming Political Party Proposal Proposal", and ordered Lan Siquanquan, the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Officials, to be responsible for this matter.

Liu Juntao also specially told Lan Siqi to focus on the implementation of the political party system in the Ming army, and to prepare for the establishment of the Wuyi Society in the army, so that the Ming army can be completely controlled by the state, which also avoids the possibility of military generals supporting themselves to a certain extent!

Secondly, Liu Juntao also stipulated: Governors, governors, and chief military officers in all parts of the Ming Dynasty must unconditionally participate in the training organized by the imperial court officials, and only those who pass the assessment can graduate. The governor and the chief military officer must also go through the training of the Wu Yi Society to strengthen their heart and willpower to serve the country.

For the governors, governors, and commanders-in-chief officers of various localities who could not pass the assessment, Liu Juntao stipulated that there was a chance to make up the examination, and if they still could not pass, they would be dismissed and replaced.

Lan Siqi immediately received the order, and hurriedly gathered his subordinates to prepare for the implementation.

It didn't take long for the imperial court to issue an order to establish a political party, and the civil and military generals in all parts of the Ming Dynasty were suddenly shocked.

Before the Ming Dynasty implemented the constitutional monarchy system, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military can still agree with some, after all, the Ming Dynasty has implemented the cabinet system for so many years, basically it is inherited, and the hearts of the officials of the Ming Dynasty can still accept some.

However, in the face of the order to establish a political party, the civil and military generals above and below the Ming Dynasty could not understand it and could not understand it.

However, in the face of the political party system that the imperial court has vigorously promoted, officials from all over the country can only try their best to cooperate, and for a while, training courses have sprung up in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the civil and military generals from all over the Ming Dynasty have taken turns to study without exception.

At the same time, Liu Juntao ordered the Yellow Sea Fleet under the Beiyang Fleet to attack Japan first, and to clear Japan's sea forces first.

"Let the Japanese not go to sea!"

This is the death order issued by Liu Juntao to the Navy Department of the Ministry of War.

The three divisions of the Tiger Army, the Trapping Army, the Eagle Yang Army, and the 50,000 New Army had also been assembled, and all of them were stationed along the coast of the Shandong Provincial Government, and only after the navy had completed the set goal, the army began to cross the sea to attack the Japanese mainland.

In order to complete the transfer and launch of the army as soon as possible, Liu Juntao ordered the mobilization of more than 3,000 seagoing ships for standby, and these seagoing ships have been gathered in the vicinity of Dengzhou Prefecture and can be put into use at any time.

And the Ministry of Finance has prepared enough money and food, enough for the sea and land army to fight for two years, and now the Ming Dynasty is rich and strong, so there is no need to worry about money and food.

The news that the Ming Empire was about to send troops also reached Japan, which immediately shocked the whole country, and there was a panic from top to bottom.

In the face of the powerful power of the Ming Empire, Japan could only mobilize troops and horses to prepare for the battle, and concentrated all the sea ships in the country near Kagoshima.