If the three treaties are signed by Chongzhen, Zhao Yan's future development will be unimpeded, and as for the formation of the cabinet, Zhao Yan naturally cannot take charge of it personally.

First of all, he will serve as the first assistant to the cabinet, and he will inevitably be realized. Second, Zhao Yan is not the material for Wenchen.

But Zhao Yan can remotely control the cabinet, and he has found a candidate for the first assistant of the cabinet, that is Chen Zhongsheng, whether he is willing to stand on Zhao Yan's side or not, at least he is a reformer, and at the same time, under the premise of the "Shandong Military Privilege Law", even if the cabinet is not controlled by Zhao Yan's remote control, it will not pose a threat to him.

As for the most troublesome revision of the "Da Ming Law", this Zhao Yan has already completed it, but it has been sealed in the archives, as long as it is taken out and modified casually.

Some of the "Da Ming Laws" that Zhao Yan asked people to revise have been used in Shandong, but they are not known to the world.

As for the amendments, most of them were carried out in accordance with the constitutional forms of later countries, and the core content was the division of rights and the division of the powers of the cabinet.

However, Zhao Yan did not deprive Chongzhen of his military power in the law, so some changes had to be made to the division of rights in the Ming Law.

"Let's see, what else is missing?" Zhao Yan immediately convened a staff meeting and issued two agreements and a memorandum of understanding.

At the same time, after determining the cabinet members who are mainly affinity, according to the new "Da Ming Law", the first and second ministers of the cabinet can only be re-elected for three consecutive terms, each term is four years, and the election system has not yet been promoted, and it is easy to be exploited." Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang Zhi said.

"This ...... Well~! Zhao Yan thought for a moment and nodded: "Then it will be changed to the first first assistant can be re-elected for three consecutive terms, and the seats of each party will remain unchanged for three periods, and the cabinet election will be held after the election system is perfected." ”

"As for the formation of the cabinet, immediately call Chen Zhongsheng and ask him to select people from among the officials in Shandong to form the Mingzhuo Party." Zhao Yan said: "Then let Yan Jizu pick people from Shandong officials to form the Republican Party." ”

As for how to form a cabinet, Zhao Yan naturally has the final say, he does not coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but he wants to completely restrict the rights of the monarch.

"My lord, there are still several loopholes in the "Shandong Military Privilege Law", which only clearly stipulates external military privileges, and some internal privileges are still missing, such as the arrest and punishment of criminals." Mao Yuanyi carefully read the "Shandong Military Privilege Law" and said to Zhao Yan, "Since we want to control the salt administration and import and export taxes, we must eradicate the original interest groups, such as the two major forces of the Lianghuai Salt Merchants and the Zheng Group. ”

"Yes, then add an article to the "Shandong Military Privilege Law", the Shandong military group has the right to sue for commercial, political, and military criminals." Zhao Yan added that before the lawsuit against the criminal, it is natural to arrest him, so this article also contains the power of military punishment, but people who are not familiar with the "Da Ming Law" will not understand the deep meaning of this treaty law.

If the Cabinet can be remotely controlled by Zhao Yan, it doesn't matter whether this privilege is or not, and the goal can be achieved through the Cabinet.

"General, Chen Zhongsheng asks to see you." At this time, Zhao Yan's guards came in and reported.

"Please." Zhao Yan hurriedly said.

After a while, Chen Zhongsheng walked in from outside. Chen Zhongsheng came in to take a look, and saw Zhao Yan and a group of staff officers sitting there, with a large pile of documents on the table, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Brother Shi Mao, how are you doing?" Zhao Yan got up and asked with a smile.

Chen Zhongsheng smiled bitterly and said, "It's not bad, Your Majesty can still listen to the reform plan." ”

"Huh! Sit down. Zhao Yan pulled him to sit down, ignoring his words. Instead, he directly took out the three covenants and the revised "Da Ming Law" and put them in front of him.

Chen Zhongsheng glanced at the various documents and said in surprise: "Do you want a constitutional monarchy?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhao Yan smiled and nodded, and said to him at the same time: "This cabinet chief assistant is none other than Brother Shi Mao, when you and I join hands, you are in charge of the government, and I am in charge of the army, to create a prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties, I don't know what Brother Shi Mao's intentions are?" ”

"The constitution is naturally good, but this one is ......" Chen Zhongsheng pointed to Article 3 of the "Constitutional Law of the Year of Bingzi", looking very hesitant.

Zhao Yan naturally knew what he was worried about, in the case of every time the cabinet had military power, the emperor could abolish the cabinet at any time, Zhao Yan said with a smile: "Brother Shi Mao doesn't need to worry, if Your Majesty wants to abolish the cabinet, the Shandong army can raise troops to protect the law and rebuild the Ming Boiled Republic." ”

"In this way, I can rest assured that I am a brother." Chen Zhongsheng smiled, and Zhao Yan also laughed, the cabinet has no military power, so it can only rely on the force of the Shandong Army to carry out internal affairs, as for Chongzhen, he can stay quietly in the Forbidden City.

Chen Zhongsheng can naturally understand this, but he doesn't care too much about this aspect, as long as he can implement reforms.

In terms of reform, in fact, Chen Zhongsheng's progress has not been smooth.

First of all, Chongzhen was not able to listen to it completely, partly because he listened to it, and it was also difficult to implement it below, which made him feel helpless for a while.

If a constitutional monarchy can be implemented, then reforms can be forced.

Soon Chen Zhongsheng also joined the revision of the covenant law and the "Da Ming Law", and as for the establishment of the party, it was all arranged by Zhao Yan.

…… In the Forbidden City, Chongzhen couldn't sleep for a long time in the silence outside the city, and Yang Sichang kept kneeling outside the Qianqing Palace, but Chongzhen didn't want to see anyone.

"Maybe I am the king of the dead country of the Ming Dynasty, under the nine springs, what face do you have to see your ancestors and ancestors!" Chongzhen thought sadly, although he was sad in his heart, Chongzhen did not have the idea of suicide.

Zhao Yan is not a thief, the discipline of the Shandong army is still okay, and Zhao Yan's military admonition this time is in the name of the Qing monarch's side, even if he enters the Forbidden City, at most he will only imprison him.

Yang Sichang knelt until midnight, but Chongzhen was still gone, so he had to leave dejectedly.

The second day, August 19.

At dawn, the rumbling of artillery was heard again, and the 2nd Battalion, which had long been ready, rushed through the gap in the imperial city under the cover of artillery fire.

"Resist me, kill a thief, reward fifty taels of silver, and behead those who retreat." Yang Sichang personally supervised the teacher, holding Shang Fang's sword, and shouted from behind.

Yang Sichang's supervision of the battle still had a great effect. Some of the generals of the Beijing battalion led their soldiers to advance desperately in the face of artillery fire, but the soldiers of the second battalion who rushed into the city had quickly formed a formation.

The musketeers shot a barrage of bullets one after another, and the rocketeers behind them also fired some short-range rockets, and the desperately charging soldiers of the Beijing camp continued to fall in the metal barrage as if they had entered a meat grinder.

However, Yang Sichang's overseer army continued to drive the soldiers of the Beijing battalion forward in the back, and constantly launched a decisive charge towards the second battalion.

However, the soldiers of the Beijing camp did not die, but had to submit under the harsh military law.

However, there is a limit to such a harsh military law, without the cooperation of spiritual thought. The slaughter-style battle lasted nearly half an hour, and the morale of the Beijing camp was on the verge of collapse.

At this time, there were also some explosions among the musketeers of the second battalion due to overheating of the barrels, and the musketeers had to retreat from the front, and the pikemen quickly rose to the top.

The Jingying also lost the spirit of the charge and had to retreat.

The two sides were at a stalemate, but the 2nd Battalion quickly adjusted, new muskets arrived from behind, and a dozen 125mm siege guns arrived.

Yang Sichang began to deploy, and in the half-hour battle, nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed in the Beijing camp, which can be described as heavy casualties, but he still had 50,000 soldiers to fight.

Among them, the most elite Imperial Horse Supervisor Yu Lin Wei did not enter the battle line.

"Raising soldiers for a thousand years is used for a while. If the thief commits the following crimes, his heart can be punished. You only need to repel the Shandong soldiers and horses of the Zhao thief, and the reinforcements from the towns can arrive, and then they will be promoted and knighted. Listen to my order, the retreater will be decided, the thief will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and the deceased's court will give 50 taels of silver, and support the family for life. Yang Sichang's eyes were red and shouted to the generals of the Beijing camp, he is now blocking one is one day, as for when the reinforcements will arrive, Yang Sichang has no bottom in his heart, according to the time, the Guanning army should have arrived a long time ago, but until now, the Guanning army has not yet arrived in Beijing.

"We swear allegiance to the Holy One."

"We swear allegiance to the Holy One."

The general of the Beijing camp shouted, and the sound shook the sky for a while, and even Chongzhen, who was standing on the wall of the Forbidden City, could hear it clearly. Soon, the soldiers of the Beijing camp learned about Yang Sichang's latest order, and their morale was regained for a while.

"Loyal to the Holy Lord, Yulin Guard kills!"

Yu Linwei took the lead in the charge, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp followed Yu Linwei's footsteps like a tide, rushing towards the second battalion that rushed into the imperial city.

"Ready, light." The artillery commander in front saw the rushing sea of people and waved the command flag vigorously.

......More than a dozen 125-mm siege guns opened fire collectively in the narrow passage, and more than a dozen shells suddenly rushed into the crowd and rolled out of a bloody road.

Then the shells exploded again, each point of explosion would bring down a crowd within a radius of five meters, the 125-mm siege gun had less shrapnel, but the explosive force of the gunpowder was enough to shock people within five meters to death and wound.

Hundreds of soldiers were ahead, armed with rockets.

"Rocket, put."

As soon as they gave the order, they immediately lit the fuse of the rocket, and then held the wooden pole in their hands, aiming at the rushing sea of people, and with a 'bang', a large amount of smoke rushed out of the tail of the rocket, and those soldiers held the rocket tightly in their hands for a few seconds, and then calmly released their hands at the rushing sea of people.

The "......" rocket suddenly rushed out, rushing directly into the sea of people, and the rockets in the sea of people jumped all over the ground.

The explosion of "boom, boom, boom ......" was incessant, once again knocking many Beijing battalion soldiers to the ground.

"First row, ready ......"

The musketeers stepped forward again.

"Put."

The sound of gunshots like fried beans suddenly rang out.

"Second row...... Put~! ”

"Third row...... Put~! ”

"Gunner Preparation...... Ignition. ”

In the narrow passage, the firepower continued to pour, more than a little more powerful than the firepower when entering the city, and the Yulinwei who rushed in front did not even touch the corners of the second infantry battalion, and was heavily killed and wounded by the dense firepower.

In a few moments, Yu Linwei was all gone.

(To be continued)