Looking at the "Constitution of the Chinese Empire" drafted by the Privy Council, unanimously passed by the Parliamentary Council, and finally approved by the Great Emperor, Ye Zhao smiled slightly bitterly, this is the first time that the Empire has amended the Constitution, and the rights of citizens have been fully respected, but in the same way, the imperial power has been further recognized by the law as supremacy.

As a general rule, to live out is to expound the supreme control of the emperor over the empire.

The first article of the general rule is that "it is not easy for the Chinese Empire to rule the emperor for eternity".

Article 2: The emperor is sacrosanct.

Article 3: For royal affairs, if the provisions of the Constitution are contrary to the "Imperial Decree", the "Imperial Decree" shall be followed.

Article 4: The emperor has the right to set up officials and depose hundreds of officials.

Another example is in the chapter of the House of Representatives, which stipulates that "the emperor has supreme power, and the power of parliament is subordinate to the imperial power." "The final decision of all the houses is decided by the emperor, who has legislative power. ”

In Ye Zhao's impression, this constitution is even more important than the draft constitution of the late Qing Dynasty for the supremacy of imperial power, but speaking of which, the confirmation of imperial power in the form of law is actually a kind of progress.

What satisfied Ye Zhao was the civic part, such as stipulating that "the right of the imperial citizen's person, residence, documents, and property not to be unreasonably searched and seized shall not be infringed upon." The Dali Yuan and courts at all levels shall not issue a warrant of search or seizure except on a reasonable basis, with an oath or oath of declaration, and specifying the place of the search and the persons or things seized. Suspects are not detained within the legal time limit. ”

This is also to further separate the political axe from the power of law enforcement, and it is clearly stipulated that only with the approval of the Dali Yuan and courts at all levels can the relevant agencies have the right to enforce the law.

In the judicial chapter dealing with the Dali Yuan and the courts at all levels, it is stipulated that "the application of judicial power shall include: all cases relating to the common law and the law of equity arising out of this Constitution, the laws of the Empire, and treaties concluded or to be concluded under the powers of the Empire; all cases involving ambassadors, ministers and consuls; All cases relating to maritime law and maritime jurisdiction; Actions to which the Imperial Axe or the Imperial People are a party. ”

For the first time, the constitution also expounded on the status and relationship of vassal states, stipulating the rights and obligations of the suzerainty and vassal states, such as "the empire guarantees the protection of vassal states from invasion; and at the request of the head of state to quell the civil strife. "No vassal state shall conclude any military treaty or tariff concession agreement with a country outside the empire (including other vassal states), declare its renunciation from vassalage, and declare its union with other states or confederations; minting and issuing imperial currency; Pass any civil rights deprivation bill, retroactive law, or law that impairs contractual obligations. ”

In the Imperial Ceremony, which was promulgated at the same time as the Constitution, the kings of Korea, Laos, and Cambodia obtained special membership in the Privy Council.

I flipped through it a few times, and finally put the golden book on the table.

This is the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace, Ye Zhao is lying lazily in the kang room, the earth dragon is hot, on the kang table, there is a delicate carved dragon wooden telephone, which can be directly connected to all departments in the capital, but he has always called out, but no minister will call him, it is difficult to face the saint, on the phone? That's too frivolous.

The footsteps sounded softly, Rong'er walked in surrounded by several palace maids, pale green palace clothes, embroidered with complex flower and bird patterns, inlaid with gold edges, cuffs and hems are flared, a pair of bright yellow and ivory carved high heels under her feet, elegant and modern and exude a noble court atmosphere, this elegant sense of surname combining classical and modern can only be presented by the enlightened royal family in this world.

Ye Zhao smiled when she saw it, pointed to her arms, Rong'er pretended not to see it, sat on the other side of the kang table, and after the palace maids helped her take off her beautiful shoes, she lay down.

Ye Zhao looked at her across the kang table, Rong'er, but in the blink of an eye, she was over thirty, but she always felt that her dark eyes were still so grunting and smart, and she was very smart, just like twenty years ago, I don't know what kind of ghost idea she was playing, or the ghost girl who was taught by herself, speaking of which, Rong'er's face has not changed much.

"Have something to tell me? If it's for the sake of the prince, forget it. Ye Zhao said with a smile, "It is said that it will be unified for all generations, but in the future, if the prince is not the prince, it is good to maintain the stability of the country." Look at Tsarist Russia, the emperor's younger brother is the emperor's arm and helper, the most trusted person, is our child not as good as Rakshasa? ”

Rong'er said: "I know, the prime minister has always been obsessed with the constitutional monarchy of Europa, but ......"

Ye Zhao waved his hand: "Little guy, don't talk about it, your sister Hongniang's consciousness is higher than you." ”

Rong'er was helpless, and glanced at the palace maids, these palace maids with green silk and high silk are all internal servants, and it is not the first time they have seen the love of the royal brother and the queen, no one is surprised.

"In a few days, Grand Duke Catherine will return home." Rong'er picked up the teacup.

Ye Zhao sighed, thought for a while, and said, "Then Ming said that I will accompany her." ”

Li Hongzhang had already returned to the capital, and the border between the Ural Principality and the new Russian regime had also been revised, and in the north, it was basically bounded by the Ural Mountains and Russia, and in the south, Ufa and other areas in the western part of the Ural Mountains also became the territory of the Ural Principality.

Ye Zhao sat up suddenly and said, "By the way, in a few days, the electromagnetic wave laboratory that Morey is going to conduct remote experiments, and send signals from Baoding to the capital, let's go and take a look." ”

Morey has been researching radio for more than ten years, and with Ye Zhao's encouragement and firmness, coupled with the birth of the telephone tube technology, and Ye Zhao's various suggestions on the ionosphere and electromagnetic waves, the first test has finally been carried out.

In a few days, a high-power transmitting station in Baoding will send signals, and in the capital, a receiving antenna will be set up with balloons and kites, which will be the first radio test in human history.

If radio is born in the empire, what earth-shaking changes will it bring to the lives of the citizens of the empire and even military technology, Ye Zhao's heart is like a mirror.

Rong'er asked curiously: "Did Xianggong say that you don't need a phone line?" ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly.

At this time, Rong'er stretched out her wrist and looked at her watch, the exquisite gold watch, made of pure gold, was a special gift for the royal family.

In the whole empire, there were only eight watches, which were carefully polished by craftsmen and paid tribute to the royal family, one for each of the concubines.

Ye Zhao smiled: "What's wrong? ”

Rong'er said: "My sister asked me to dinner, and I was thinking about whether to go or not." ”

Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment and said, "Go, I'll go too, I haven't seen her since I returned to the capital." ”

The Niu Colu clan went to ask for An, but Lan Guiren had already moved out of the forbidden palace and had never had time to see her.

Rong'er heard that Ye Zhao was also going, and couldn't help but smile: "Sister must be happy." ”

Ye Zhao was embarrassed for a while, if she wanted to say that in this life, she was worthy of the heavens and the people, but the most sorry thing was her beloved wife, especially Rong'er, if she knew her relationship with her sister back then, she didn't know if her lofty status in her mind would drop to the lowest point.

But hiding from Lan Guiren himself is even more despicable, stretching out his hand to signal the palace maid to put on his shoes, and said, "Let's go, let's go." ”

Rong'er nodded obediently.

…… Lan Guiren lives on the top floor of the Equal Life Building, perhaps, she likes the feeling of looking down on the crowd from above, and she consulted the Dali Yuan as the queen mother and obtained the approval of the emperor, and the final review of the controversial death penalty case Ye Zhao handed it over to her, and a life is a big deal, but Ye Zhao really doesn't have that energy.

Thinking about the fact that he knew how to use her, Ye Zhao was really a little guilty, but for Lan Guiren, maybe he liked his current life.

Lan Guiren's surname Ye Zhao is still trusted, she was responsible for maintaining the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty back then, but she was not blindly seeking stability, and she had dismissed more than 150 officials of the previous dynasty for the case of Yang Naiwu, not to mention that now she doesn't have to pay attention to the political struggle and the status of the empress dowager who is detached from the outside.

Calculate the years, Yang Naiwu's case should happen this year, but obviously, this case will not happen again, don't talk about the case, just say that the future characters, because of the huge wings they set off in the Central Plains, it is also a completely different world, and it is normal that the former celebrities will not be born again, of course, maybe they were born, but the names are different and the experiences are completely different, and where do you know.

Let's just talk about Yuan Jia's trinity lineage, Ye Zhao inquired curiously, the heir of Yuan Baozhong in his clan does not have Yuan Shikai.

Originally, Yuan Shikai was named after Yuan Jiasan, because he was born and said that Yuan Jiasan happened to send a book to his home, saying that he won the battle with the Twist Army, and Yuan Shikai was named Shikai. Not to mention, the various changes in the world today, the causes are different, and the parents have different hours of intercourse, and the changes during the period cannot be calculated.

Especially the newborns after the sixties, I'm afraid that there are no characters they are familiar with.

However, all kinds of experiences made Ye Zhao know the mystery of the wheel of history, and he couldn't say that he would really be able to see Mr. Zhongshan and others in the future, but what these characters were doing at that time and what their thoughts were, it was completely unknown.

Lan Guiren has become the arm of his own shopkeeper, who would want to get this?

Outside the elevator on the top floor of the Equality Building, male and female guards in black uniforms paced and patrolled, and the night watchman who guarded the elevator was also a guard, and he had to use a special cage to come to the top floor.

The top floor is different from the rest of the floor layout, in addition to the guard room, there are only three sets of pavilions, each pavilion includes more than ten large and small rooms, and the Lan Guiren lives in the first set of pavilions on the east side.

When the guards knocked on the door, Lan Guiren opened the door and saw Ye Zhao standing with Rong'er, with a stunned expression on his face.

The golden cheongsam and the flag shoes with ingots are still gorgeous and dazzling, and their gestures are more graceful.

"Am I coming recklessly?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

Lan Guiren frowned and said, "The emperor wants to come whenever he wants, and he can come whenever he wants." ”

Ye Zhao coughed dryly, and said in his heart that he could help himself do a good job, and ridiculed himself a few words, forget it.

Rong'er remembered that her sister used to like Xianggong very much, but it seemed that since Xianggong became the emperor, her sister changed, and she was a little worried, but she couldn't help it.

There was a gorgeous young woman in a flag jacket and silk pants beside Lan Guiren, and Ying Ying bowed, "Cheap concubine see the queen." Hearing Lan Guiren say the word "emperor", her body trembled, and she didn't dare to stare at the young man beside the queen just now, it turned out to be the emperor, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”

Lan Guidao: "This is the little daughter-in-law of Zheng Zhongtang's family, called Deling, who often comes to talk to me to relieve her boredom, and seeing that she is clever, I accepted her as a goddaughter." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, Zheng Zhen's daughter-in-law? became the goddaughter of Lan Guiren? Where does this start?

Rong'er had already made Deling get up. Ye Zhao saw that Rong'er had become a woman's aunt for no reason, although Deling didn't dare to call her like that, Ye Zhao still couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

Over the porch is the golden and brilliant main hall, the bright crystal palace lamp, all kinds of openwork mahogany furniture, antique shelves, full of ancient charm.

Ye Zhao smiled: "What's delicious?" ”

Deling knelt down again and said, "I didn't know that Your Majesty was coming, so the concubine went to prepare." ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "Eat whatever you want, didn't the imperial sister-in-law tell Rong'er earlier to drink eight-treasure porridge?" And it was the imperial sister-in-law who boiled it herself. "If you say that the only good thing you have done is to make the relationship between Rong'er and Lan Guiren close, and the relationship between the sisters is very good.

The eight-treasure porridge boiled by Lan Guiren tasted good, Ye Zhao was full of praise all the time, and Lan Guiren's face was a little soothed.

After eating porridge and enjoying dessert, Ye Zhao asked about a case in the Lan Gui Dali Yuan, which was a case of trade between a trading house and the Russians, and the owner of the firm was convicted of treason, and his property was confiscated.

Lan Gui said: "It's just a waste of public currency." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and didn't squeak, if Lan Guiren could have the idea that everyone was equal, he was afraid that he would have to wait for the sky to fall apart.

Several people returned to the main hall to taste tea, and Rong'er proposed: "Sister, play cards, right?" ”

Lan Guiren readily agreed.

Ye Zhao, Rong'er, and Lan Guiren sat at the card table to play cards, and De Ling waited on the side, watching the snow-white Kodan with their own demeanor touching the cards with their own hands, which was really a pleasure.

Lan Guiren Hao's wrist is a green jade bracelet, lining his little hands with snow-white and transparent, which is extremely attractive.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Rong'er, the gold watch is not as beautiful as the bracelet, right?" ”

Rong'er nodded her head and mumbled.

Lan Guiren suddenly came out with a Lian Shun to control Ye Zhao, you must know that Ye Zhao and Lan Guiren are accomplices in this game.

Rong'er grinned: "It's better to be a sister." ”

Ye Zhao was helpless, leaned back on his chair, picked up the newspaper and read, it was the entertainment edition of the Beijing Daily, introducing the pillar of the Qingyin small class from the south, that is, the courtesan or the girl.

are all names such as "Xuedai" and "Bixian", Ye Zhao couldn't help but smile, speaking of which, after the change of Gengzi, courtesans from the south filled the eight alleys, and the names were full of Western flavor, remember what "Xie Shanshan" and "Su Baobao", and now from the name, you can know the difference between the Republic of China and the Republic of China in the previous life, these courtesans may be more modern than the Republic of China, but the name is full of elegance in a cheesy atmosphere.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Xue Dai, this name is good. ”

Rong'er blinked her long eyelashes and said, "Does Xianggong want to meet her?" In front of Ye Zhao and his sister, Rong'er is still naughty sometimes.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Forget it." ”

De Ling, who was serving the Lilan noble, heard Ye Zhao's eyes light up when she heard Ye Zhao mention this name, she hesitated for a moment, and finally said cautiously: "I heard that ......" and paused.

Lan Guiren touched the cards and said absentmindedly: "If there is anything new, let's hear about it." ”

"Yes, my daughter doesn't know whether to say it or not." De Ling kept his head down, not daring to look at Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao glanced at De Ling when he heard this, the newspaper was also served by De Ling just now, it was no coincidence, it was the entertainment page.

Lan Guiren patted her hand that was rubbing her shoulders and said, "Just say it." ”

De Ling lowered her head and said: "Yes, my daughter doesn't know if it's true when she hears it, I heard that this Xue Dai is being redeemed by someone, and her worth is worth 100,000 yuan." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Who? That's a lot of money. "Ten thousand silver dollars? The senior generals of the military have a lot of benefits, food and housing are supported by the state, it is difficult to calculate the exact salary, not counting the generals in the army, the academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the ministers of various ministries belong to the highest income of the imperial public remuneration, the annual salary is about 10,000 silver dollars, and the prime minister of the Government Council and the secretary of the Dali Yuan earn 15,000 silver dollars a year, but they have a unique surname.

Hearing Ye Zhao's question, De Ling was a little scolded, his lips moved, and he didn't dare to speak.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Didn't you just want to talk to the Queen Mother?" ”

De Ling's face turned pale immediately, he knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Cheap concubine should be damned, damned!" ”

Ye Zhao said: "Get up, as long as it is not a rumor, the speaker is not guilty." ”

De Ling was frightened, stammered and couldn't speak, she couldn't help but be very annoyed, the emperor and the empress had a calm attitude, making her think that she had found a great opportunity today, who knew that her little tricks could not escape the emperor's eyes at all.

Lan Guiren's gaze swept over De Ling and became gloomy.

"Yes, it's Zou Butang......" After Deling said this, he no longer had any strength in his body, and he collapsed to the ground.

Zou Kaizhi? Ye Zhao nodded slightly.

Deling's father-in-law, Zheng Zhen, is one of the three deputy prime ministers, this southwestern giant is already in his old age, and according to the constitution just promulgated by the empire, he must return to his hometown.

Zou Kaizhi is one of the most promising candidates to take his place.

Confucian scholar Zheng Zhen has always been Zhou Jingshan's ally, and Zhou Jingshan also hopes that the new vice premier can be of the same heart and mind with him, but Li Hongzhang and Shen Bingying obviously do not think so, although the two have the same political discord, Shen Bingying is more radical, but in the selection of the new vice premier, both of them hope that Zou Kaizhi will become the final victor.

The battle between the two sides has almost already begun, Ye Zhao feels that it is nothing, with the emperor as the final judge, the battle between the two sides is similar to the election of political parties, it is best to dig deep into each other's gray areas, and also let yourself see whether the officials in front of you are really the same as your impression, or rather, who are they?

The Conservatives and the Boiled Party? However, until the parliamentary system is truly established, the existence of political parties is meaningless.

Zou Kaizhi? Ye Zhao didn't expect that this foreign minister, who was usually known for his stability, would spend a lot of money on courtesans, and even want to redeem him at a sky-high price of 10,000 silver dollars.

De Ling dared to say it in front of him, this matter could not be fabricated out of thin air, Ye Zhao sighed deeply, Zou Kaizhi, Zou Kaizhi, who are you?

(To be continued)