"Why can't it be?" Li Su stared at Li Zhi and asked rhetorically, his eyes were calm and wise, and there was no sense of madness at all, obviously he had put forward this idea after careful consideration.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" I saw Li Zhi stand up suddenly, walking back and forth in place a few times, and his face also showed a very complicated look, as if resisting and being anxious, which made people really unable to see clearly.

Li Su was extremely calm at this time, looking at Li Zhi who was walking back and forth in front of him, and then said lightly: "Ninth brother, is it impossible or unwilling, I have to ask you about your heart!" ”

As soon as Li Su's words came out, Li Zhi immediately stood on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning, and after a while, he slowly turned his head to look at Li Su, and finally sat on the stool with a dejected face and sighed: "Sixth brother, what you said is right, if the four countries are merged, then among our five brothers, the only one who is qualified to sit on the throne of this huge empire is naturally only you, so how should the four of us arrange it then, and from the bottom of my heart, I really don't want to lose the current throne!" ”

In fact, when Li Zhi heard the idea of merging the four kingdoms with Li Su just now, he didn't expect it so deeply, but he instinctively felt a kind of resistance and anxiety, and now after Li Su's reminder, he suddenly realized that the reason why he instinctively resisted was because he was worried about losing his throne. As the so-called big husband can't be without power for a day, especially a king of a country like Li Zhi, who holds the supreme power of the empire in his hands, it is naturally impossible to give up easily!

Li Zhi had already expected Li Zhi's reaction, after all, he had watched Li Zhi grow up. In addition, he is also an emperor, so he naturally understands Li Zhi's thoughts.

In addition, Li Zhi mentioned that after the merger. Only Li Su can serve as the emperor, and he did not deny it. Even if Li Zhi and the others wanted to fight with themselves, Li Su would not let the throne fall into the hands of others. It's not that he loves power, but that the merger of the four empires involves too many problems, and some of them need to rely on the insights and experience that Li Su brought from later generations, so apart from him, whether it is Li Zhi or Li Ke, they can't perfectly merge the four empires into one!

I saw Li Su stand up at this time, and then walked to the guardrail of the pavilion with his back to Li Zhi, looking at the bleak winter scenery outside. At the same time, he said in a heavy tone: "Ninth brother, I know that the idea of merging the four countries is a bit whimsical, but this is the only way to solve the current predicament of the four countries, otherwise with the development and conflict of contradictions, the four empires will definitely break out into a tragic conflict because of the competition for resources and interests, and we are likely to have died long ago at that time, and the result of the war will not only make hundreds of people be devastated by the war, but even our children and grandchildren." All could have been killed by their cousins! ”

Hearing Li Su say the last sentence, Li Zhi couldn't help but shudder, he knew that the sixth brother's words were definitely not alarmist, no matter when. Wars are the most brutal, especially the conflict of interests that breaks out between countries, which will definitely end with the defeat of one side. And the fate of the defeated is naturally very tragic, as for the so-called family affection. Basically, it won't be taken into account!

"Sixth brother, except for the merger of the four countries. Is there really no way? Li Zhi asked in a dry voice, he may not be able to see as far as Li Shimin and Li Su due to the limitations of his vision before, but after being the emperor for ten years, his vision is also longer, and he sees some things that he can't see before, plus he is a person who values feelings, so he is the same as Li Su, and wants to try his best to avoid this situation.

"If there was another way, I wouldn't have come all the way to find you!" Li Su also said helplessly. In fact, Li Su put forward the idea of merging the four countries, and he also took a huge risk, after all, power confuses people's minds, in case Li Zhi or Li Ke and others are unwilling to let go of the power in their hands, then in the end it is likely to cause several brothers to turn against each other, and even detonate the contradictions between several countries in advance.

Li Zhi's heart was also very heavy after hearing this, emotionally speaking, he didn't want to let go of the power in his hands no matter what, but intellectually told him that maybe listening to the words of the sixth brother now is the real solution to the problem.

"Sixth brother, I want to hear your detailed plan for merging the four countries!" With such a major matter, Li Zhi naturally couldn't make up his mind for a while, so now he wanted to hear about Li Su's merger plan.

Li Su already felt that Li Zhi's attitude had loosened at this time, so he was also shocked, and immediately spoke: "In my plan, after the merger of our four countries, a system that has never been implemented before will be implemented, such as the core succession to the throne, it will no longer be in the form of father-to-son inheritance!" ”

"It's not passed down from father to son, do you want to learn from Yao Shun like Zen Rang, sixth brother?" Li Zhi asked with some shock.

"Of course not!" Li Su said with a smile, "I plan to select one of our five brothers to become the emperor of the new empire after the merger of the four countries, and the remaining four people will set up an imperial council to absorb the outstanding talents of our descendants into the council and cultivate them, and when the emperor dies, then the imperial council will elect a new emperor from the imperial family in the parliament through voting, and the elected emperor successor cannot be the heir of the previous emperor!" ”

After listening to Li Su's idea of the imperial council, Li Zhi was stunned, no matter what, he didn't expect that his sixth brother would have such a strange idea in his head?

However, Li Zhi obviously had little confidence in this imperial council, and then asked with some suspicion: "Sixth brother, your imperial council seems to be a little unreliable, after all, people are selfish, and the emperor has military and political power in his hands, what if he wants to pass the throne to his son and ignores the election results of the council?" ”

When Li Su heard this, he laughed and said: "Ninth brother, you have a good question, I plan to divide the military and political powers, of which the military power is jointly owned by the emperor and the imperial council, and if the emperor wants to use military force, he must obtain the consent of the imperial council." As for the executive power, like my Great Qi, it belongs to the prime minister, and similarly, the appointment and dismissal of the prime minister also needs to be approved by the emperor and the imperial parliament. In addition, the judiciary is independent of the executive system and monitors the wrongdoing of officials and the royal family! ”

Li Zhi heard this, and finally understood what Li Su meant, in fact, according to Li Su's thoughts, after the merger of the four countries, except for the emperor and the imperial parliament, there is almost no big difference from the current system of Daqi or the Tang Dynasty, but the highest imperial power is jointly controlled by the emperor and the imperial parliament, so that the power in the hands of the emperor can be supervised, and at the same time, each generation of emperors can maintain good quality as much as possible, so as not to appear in the history of the kind of dim emperor.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi couldn't help but feel a little moved, although he can't compete with the sixth brother Li Su now, and the first emperor after the merger of the four kingdoms is none other than him, but he still has considerable power in his hands, and more importantly, if his son fights for anger and compares the third brother with the seventh brother and the eighth brother and their sons, then his son will be the second emperor after the merger of the four empires, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the lord of the world in terms of the territory of the four empires.

Li Su had been observing the changes in Li Zhi's expression, and now that he saw Li Zhi's heartbeat, he continued: "In addition, Datang is the birthplace of our brothers, so I think that after the merger of the four countries, the capital can be located in Datang, but Chang'an is an inland city, and it is a little far away from Daqi and Tianzhu, so I think it is a good choice to choose a city from the coastal cities of Datang and make it the capital of the new empire, such as Dengzhou, Shanghai or Guangzhou!" ”

Hearing that Li Zhi took the initiative to set the capital of the new empire in the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi had no doubts in his heart, and finally nodded and said: "Sixth brother, I understand what you mean, although I think this idea is too bold, but I also have to admit that if this idea is realized, then it will definitely be a good thing for our Li royal family, at least it can make our imperial rule more secure, but the merger of the four empires involves not only a matter of succession to the throne, but also involves the integration of the army. The construction and reorganization of administrative institutions, etc., these are not so easy to solve, and if you don't do it, there may be chaos, are you sure about it, sixth brother? ”

"Of course I can't do it on my own, but don't I still have you brothers, don't forget, there is a share of mine in this world, and there is also a share of yours, my wisdom alone is limited, and I will definitely miss something in some aspects, so I plan to convince you and the third brother of them, and then the five of us sit down and discuss it, with the wisdom of our five emperors, we will definitely sum up a set of merger methods!" Li Su said with a smile after hearing this. Now that Li Zhi has been convinced, he is sure to persuade the remaining Li Ke, so that only Li Yun and Li Zhen are left.

After this heart-to-heart conversation, Li Zhi finally agreed with Li Su's idea of merging the four countries, but how to merge will have to wait until Li Su convinces Li Ke, Li Yun, and Li Zhen. In addition, as for how to manage the empire after the merger, they also need to sit down and have a good chat.

Next, Li Su stayed in Chang'an, waiting for Li Ke and the three of them to arrive, and at the same time discussing with Li Zhi the problems and solutions that might be encountered when merging the four empires. Because this matter was too important, except for the two of them, Li Zhi only told Cai'er about it.

Over the years, Li Zhi has sometimes been in poor health, and Cai'er has helped him deal with government affairs, and it can be said that she is Li Zhi's most trusted assistant. However, after Cai'er heard from Li Zhi about her cousin Li Su's idea of merging Shikoku, she put forward her own different opinions! (To be continued......)