Chapter 261: The Emperor Has a Potential Crisis Too!
Mark Twain, who was regarded as a reactionary, made a request in front of the emperor of the American empire, that is, to talk to the emperor alone, so what would our emperor do?
The reaction of the gendarmes at that time was that such a reactionary leader must not be allowed to be in the same room as His Majesty!
And the other dignitaries present said one after another that they wanted to chat together, and they were actually afraid in their hearts, would His Majesty the Emperor kill Mark Twain directly?!
Majesty, that's both civil and military......
"You go out first, get out." Li Mengyang's decision is very simple, and if you want to talk about it, you can talk about it.
"......" The others naturally didn't have anything to say, the emperor had spoken, but the gendarmes didn't want to leave, they wanted to ensure the safety of the emperor.
"Let's go, what are you still standing for?" Li Mengyang himself didn't think there was anything.
"Nope! We want to keep your majesty safe! "It's all shouted.
"You should be worried about Mr. Mark Twain." Mr. Thomson made a joke.
"Nope! We will never ...... the reactionaries "The gendarmes are not joking."
"Let's go!" Li Mengyang lost his temper, okay, he was honest.
There were only two left in the conference room, and Mark Twain was also interesting, he was not afraid at all, he didn't tremble a little, and went there with a big grin.
When Li Mengyang saw this posture, he didn't say anything, but picked up the kettle in the conference room and gave Mark Twain a glass of water.
If this is seen by others, they will definitely not think about that kind of interrogation. It's really talking. Ordinary conversation!
"You don't want to ask me what I scolded you?" Mark Twain spoke first. There is no torture to extract confessions, people just say it.
In fact, Clint. The emperor Li can do this, Mark Twain also feels it in his heart, but he still has to be tense now.
Li Mengyang listened to Mark Twain's words, and he laughed at that time, "Of course I want to know, but I'm waiting for you to say." ”
Mark Twain took a sip of water. Then a very helpless smile appeared on his face, and then he said, "Actually, I didn't scold any dirty words." ”
"I believe in you." Li Mengyang interjected.
Yes, a writer-level character, do you still use dirty words when scolding?
"Hehe......" Mark Twain smiled, and then continued, "I believe I don't need to tell you the whole article in detail, I'll just say the general idea." In the article, I talked about the current situation of the empire and some of the crises that may occur in the future. And one of the most important of these crises is you. Clint. His Majesty Emperor Li I will become a complete dictator! ”
"Oh~" Li Mengyang listened very seriously. Then he sighed, because he thought it was something.
Isn't that a curse?
I, Li Mengyang, have become emperors, are I still far from being a dictator?
I have to say that Li Mengyang is really weird, but if you want to say that his thinking is not wrong, because it is indeed the case.
"That's it?" Li Mengyang thought about it for a while, and he had some feelings, that is, such a small matter caught Mark Twain, which seems to be a bit too much, right?
"That's because of this." Mark Twain replied with a smile, but his laughter was not to laugh at anyone, but not to say that he was wronged, his laughter was the kind of laugh that was a little complacent, but also a little helpless, and then he said: "Your Majesty, don't you see this problem?" My Mark Twain was caught, or I ended up going to court, or I didn't go to court, I was just shot, and it was nothing. Because this qiē proves one thing, and that is what I wrote in the article, you will become a complete dictator! ”
"......" Li Mengyang was silent after hearing this.
Li Mengyang He doesn't understand, he thinks clearly, and he fully understands the logical relationship in it, it is indeed as Mark Twain said, what is happening now is that trend, you Li Mengyang will become a dictator in the end!
Mark Twain was convicted for his words, although we said that we can't spray casually, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty's official system, what kind of 'rumors and rumors' are engaged, but we can't shut up public opinion?
Now these things written by Mark Twain are actually not scolded much, they are nothing more than some of his political opinions and comments, but just like that, he was arrested, of course, this reason is reported by the masses, but this is more telling the problem!
The empire is heading in a bad direction, and this direction is because of Li Mengyang's personal charm, personal ability, and his series of effective reform measures, creating a stronger and stronger personality cult, and from this personality cult, it will develop into the final dictatorship, extreme dictatorship!
Now the situation in the empire is that the cult of personality is already evident.
The slogans, 'ALL-HAIL-LEE! There is also this incident, in fact, this time is a trivial matter, and Li Mengyang's popularity at this time is unparalleled.
Then this will give rise to all kinds of problems, now that Mark Twain is arrested, if Mark Twain is done, or if he plays too hard and kills him, will anyone dare to speak in the future?
In fact, any kind of regime has not been able to block public opinion since ancient times, although a lot of public opinion is incorrect, but if you completely block it, the consequences will be even worse, and the mouth of the people is better than the defense of Sichuan, which is something that our ancestors all know.
In fact, since ancient times, there has always been a mechanism for supervision, and this public opinion is a kind of supervision, but the previous kind of supervision was not extensive enough and prone to error.
For example, why does it have to be like this? It's very simple, the cultural process of the subjects of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is very low, and this right to speak is naturally in the hands of intellectuals, and intellectuals, it is not easy to come out with one, can you kill it casually?
There is the Song generation, but they don't dare to kill a scholar, why?
In fact, the root cause lies in the cost, if you cultivate an intellectual, the cost is too high, not only the burden of the family, but the whole society will pay the cost!
So, if you want intellectuals to speak, you can't always have good words, right? Those who are full of good words are sycophants, so they have to engage in this 'rumor', because this is tantamount to reducing the risk of killing intellectuals.
In fact, it is from the other side, reducing the cost that the whole society needs to pay!
Of course, Li Mengyang definitely hates that kind of 'rumors and rumors', and he definitely has a critical attitude, because that is rumor-mongering, legal rumor-mongering, can it be done in the long run?
But if you consider it holistically, at this stage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they can only do this, because this way, the cost is the lowest, to put it bluntly, in fact, every qiē can be attributed to the word 'cost'!
And now, this matter is put on the Empire, so what can be done?
Mark Twain is not a rumor this time, since Li Mengyang, the emperor, hates this thing so much, of course he can't make rumors, but now there is still an accident, so kill Mark Twain and block Youyou's mouth?
Obviously, Li Mengyang can't do this, because he really doesn't want to be a dictator!
However, he is the emperor, isn't that the most dictatorial?
This matter, if Li Mengyang looks at it, in terms of the history he has studied, the real emperor, in fact, where is the dictator!
Equating the emperor with a dictator is what the Americans do, and other countries don't actually do it, because what, just because the emperor is not actually a dictator!
This is not a good word for the emperor, because the reality is really so, just two examples, the John I of England, didn't he just sign the Magna Carta? He was forced to sign by a bunch of nobles at that time, he was the most famous abusive European emperor, but wasn't he forced to democracy in the end?
In Chinese history, it is said that in the Song Dynasty, there was an emperor Zhenzong who shouted, 'Can't you do something pleasant?' This may not be the case, but it is to the effect that he, an emperor, is about to be driven crazy, and he can't even do what he wants to do!
The later emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties had great power, but there were still various constraints...... Anyway, if you really look at history, the emperor is not so dictatorial, at least there are nobles, there are upper-level bureaucrats to restrain them, and if this emperor is really too bad, then everyone will revolt and kill him.
So, what can we do now?
It's not okay to kill Mark Twain, but just let him keep scolding?
Li Mengyang didn't care about this scolding, and there were no dirty words besides, but the people couldn't stand it...... In other words, in fact, the people are completely oriented towards Li Mengyang, so Li Mengyang can't do it against the people!
Does Li Mengyang want to say that?
'Don't report it, just let this guy scold me?' Doesn't that sound stupid?
"Hey~" Thinking of this, Li Mengyang couldn't help but sigh.
However, Mark Twain over there spoke very solemnly.
"陛xià! Actually, I'm really worried about you! I'm really anxious for you! Don't you see it yet? Our current American empire is indeed a great thing, but there are actually hidden worries in it! The most obvious one, that is, you are going to be a dictator, this is the biggest problem! ”
Mark Twain breathed a sigh of relief on the call, because he hadn't finished speaking.
"陛xià! Something is missing in our empire! Something that can really limit your rights! ”
Is something missing? And this thing is...... (To be continued......)
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