There are five harem concubines, three heirs, two sons and one daughter,

The candidate for the crown prince can only be produced between the eldest prince and the second prince,

The second prince is the queen's concubine, in the patriarchal tradition, has a natural advantage, and although the eldest prince is not a concubine, but the eldest son, plus the concubine's mother's side, Zhang Zhenxun once gave Li Mingyuan a huge amount of money in the name of dowry, therefore, in the queen's family is far away in Nanyang Songkhla, and has limited influence on the local government, there are still some officials who tend to make the eldest prince the prince.

The dispute over the throne involves a change of state power, and a slight carelessness may lead to national turmoil, so although Li Mingyuan has no intention of establishing an heir prematurely, in order to calm people's hearts, he still promised the empress:

"Before the New Year, I will officially announce to all the people that Jing Liang is the first heir and Jing An is the second heir."

"Your Majesty is in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, Jing Liang and Jing An are still young, Your Majesty does not need to arrange the order of heirs too early."

Although Li Mingyuan did not explicitly grant the crown prince, he put the second prince in the position of the first heir, but it is not much different from the crown prince.

When Empress Wu Lingxuan heard this, she was both delighted and surprised.

"The discussions of the ministers outside are not all unreasonable, establishing the heir as soon as possible can appease the people in the country and benefit the people of the country, I have made a decision on this matter, and the queen accepts it with peace of mind, and there is no need to worry."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Jing Liang and Jing An are both my children, although there are differences in the order of heirs to the throne, but in my heart, they are all the same children

Queen, you are the master of the harem, and in the future, you must treat the two children equally, and you can't lower the standard of discipline just because Jing An was born to a concubine. ”

"The concubines obey His Majesty's teachings."

"Okay, near the end of the year, there are a lot of affairs accumulated in the court, so I won't stay in the back garden longer, next time I have time, I will accompany you and the two children."

"The affairs of the court are big, Your Majesty is concerned about the affairs of the court first, Xin'er has been playing in the back garden for a long time, and she is a little tired, and the concubine is planning to take her back."

"Take care of Xin'er more, I'll go first."

Li Mingyuan admonished, and then left the back garden, accompanied by the guards of the forbidden army.

"Your Majesty, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs has recommended to the imperial court two imperial examination officials who abandoned their official positions and defected to their homeland, this is the current situation policy they wrote, please take a look at it."

Sitting in a hall of Daming Palace, the guards handed over two unopened envelopes.

"Tang Jingsong is decisive and steady, and the candidates who are recommended should have some real talents."

Li Mingyuan thought to himself, then opened the two bulging envelopes and read them carefully.

"Qiu Fengjia's intelligence is the best choice, but his heart is conservative.

He Ziyuan, who is young, has his own views on the political landscape. ”

After reading the strategy of the two throwing stones and asking for directions, Li Mingyuan roughly evaluated the abilities and personalities of the two.

"Send someone to inform Vice Minister Tang that the two people he recommended have good talents and temperaments, which are very in line with my heart, and there are many things at the end of the year, so there is no need for the palace assessment.

Half a month later, the imperial court will hold an annual court meeting to make resolutions on issues such as the preparation for the constitution, the appointment and promotion of officials in various departments of the imperial court, and let the two of them temporarily attend the court meeting as newly recruited officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so as to deepen their understanding of the operation of various departments of the central government. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." ……

The guards received the order and turned to leave, leaving Li Mingyuan alone in the empty room.

In the blink of an eye, 21 years have passed, 21 years ago, countries around the world have undergone more drastic changes than hundreds of years in the past, the development of the second industrial revolution has entered the peak period, the new industries represented by electrical, chemical and internal combustion engines have rapidly exerted their magical power in all aspects of society, and the steam engine and textile machine that supported the entire first industrial revolution have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history.

Drastic industrial changes, led to the reform of the political system, Germany, Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary, Dongying and other countries have successively reformed the government administrative institutions, the implementation of the constitutional monarchy, several descendants of the country, although the political system reform of the country is the latest, but also in 1881, the establishment of a nominal constitutional monarchy, and on the other side of the ocean in South America, although the country's industrial development is in full swing, but the pace of political system reform is slow. All major state affairs were decided by Li Mingyuan and the ministers, and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy was delayed.

At the end of the 19th century, the implementation of a constitutional monarchy was the trend of the times, and although it was limited to the factors of the overall quality of the people, even with the implementation of the constitutional monarchy system, Li Mingyuan still had absolute dominance over the decision-making of the imperial court's political affairs, but it was also a very necessary thing to conform to the development of current affairs, plan in advance for the preparation of the constitution, and accumulate experience and create conditions for the formal constitution.

Preparations for the constitution were carried out during the year, and the constitution was established on a trial basis, and the constitution was formally established after 1900.

In light of the actual situation in various localities in the country, Li Mingyuan preliminarily delineated a timetable for carrying out the reform of the constitutional system.

The army, the cabinet, the judicial yuan, the legislative yuan, and the house of representatives are separated from each other.

The emperor is the supreme head of the army and the state, and has the power to mobilize and command the army, as well as to appoint the prime minister.

Members of the House of Representatives are made up of representatives of the electorate of each state,

It is based on comprehensive factors such as different state capital regions, different occupations, different property incomes, and the number of different groups.

The House of Representatives is responsible for submitting constitutional bills,

Then it will be submitted to the Legislative Yuan for review, and after the Legislative Yuan has passed the review, it will be handed over to the Judicial Yuan for implementation.

After being appointed by the emperor, the cabinet chief assistant has the right to nominate cabinet members and ministers, and after the cabinet chief assistant submits the ministers to the ministers, they are first reviewed by the House of Representatives, and after the House of Representatives has approved them, they are finally submitted to the emperor for decision-making, and if the emperor himself agrees, the cabinet will be declared, otherwise, if the emperor does not agree, the cabinet chief assistant can only change the ministers until all parties are satisfied.

The new constitutional system borrowed some elements from the Second German Reich, such as the emperor still holding state power, and the cabinet, judiciary and other institutions were supervised and controlled by other institutions, while on the other hand, the Han emperor was influenced by the two-thousand-year tradition of centralization, and the Han emperor controlled much more power than the German emperor.

There were no states and no freedom gangs in South America, and the emperor did not have to worry about the opposition of local forces when exercising his power.

In terms of foreign wars and troop mobilization, Li Mingyuan has unique powers.

In short, the introduction of a constitutional monarchy may impose a certain degree of power restriction on the future Han emperor, but for Li Mingyuan, the impact will be minimal.

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