In the patriarchal monarchy society of ancient China, one of the most hypocritical things is the emperor's "three pushes" before ascending the throne. What is the gift of "three pushes"? People who want to be emperors have been thinking about it for a few years and decades, this is something that everyone knows, but before they ascended the throne, they just showed that they were not in a hurry, and they must act in a play, saying that ascending to the throne as an emperor is not my will, but the mandate of heaven, but the will of the people, but for the overall situation, it is the result of everyone's recommendation, I have to ascend the throne, I can't push once, push twice, push three times, and finally under the support of all the people, he reluctantly accepted everyone's support to ascend the throne.

And the West King's words completely tore off this fig leaf, although it seems to be vulgar and formless, but it makes the civil and military ministers under the rank all feel in their hearts, it seems that this West King is a very practical person.

Then the king of the west said loudly: "This king entered the emperor's throne, in order to calm the hearts of the army and the people of the world, this Manchu Qing has abdicated and given way to the country, since Zhengshuo has returned to my peace, this king naturally can no longer shirk, can the world still be without a master for a day?" Or does this king want to resign to the little emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty three times, and then let the little emperor be the emperor for a few more days? ”

As soon as this remark came out, the ministers felt that they suddenly became enlightened, and the meaning of the West King's words was very clear, the world is returning to the Han people, as the head of the new Han people, of course the West King cannot push it back, and then push the emperor back, naturally he should take over the throne immediately, and it is logical to take it.

Li Tangjie, an old minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and others were slightly shocked in their hearts, it seems that this king of the West seems rude, but he thinks deeper than ordinary people. The Han people returned to Zhengshuo by the mandate of heaven. The Han people regained power in the world, and as the head of the Han people, it was impossible to concede anything to a Manchu emperor.

Xiao Yungui looked at the reactions of the ministers and then said, "But the enthronement ceremony cannot be handled hastily. Qian Jiang, Yuan Jiasan, Li Tangjie, the three of you are responsible for preparing for the enthronement ceremony. In addition to this enthronement ceremony, this king also wants to add a new thing to it, that is, the founding ceremony! ”

Li Tangjie suddenly heard the king of the west say his name, trembling, heard that the king of the west let himself and Qianjiang, Yuan Jiasan will hold the enthronement ceremony, this is the first important thing in the new dynasty, but also the supreme glory, can't help but stir in his heart, you must know that the grand occasion of the new emperor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ascending the throne is no less than the Ming Dynasty Taizu ascended the throne hundreds of years ago, and can participate in the grand event of the Han people recovering the Han family. In the future, he will definitely be able to live for a hundred years, Li Tangjie didn't expect that the King of the West would let an old Manchu minister participate in it, so naturally he was a little excited, and the other old Manchu ministers looked at him with a trace of jealousy.

After Li Tangjie was agitated, he immediately began to ponder, what does the king of the west mean by the founding ceremony?

I only heard the king of the west say loudly on the jade steps outside the Qianqing Palace: "Since the successive dynasties, all dynasties have only the emperor ascended the throne, and there is no mention of the founding of the country. For thousands of years, our people only knew that there was a court, but they did not know that there was a country. In the era of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in China, there were already many powerful countries in the world, and all countries promulgated national constitutions and laws when they were founded. In this constitutional law, the state and government are determined, the rights and obligations of our citizens are determined, and the overall affairs of our country are determined. It is the foundation of the country, and this king wants to be on top of the founding ceremony of the country. The "Decree on the Establishment of the Country" was promulgated and the constitution of the country was established. Lay the foundation for the founding of our country for future generations. At the same time, at the founding ceremony, the king also has to set the national capital, national flag, national anthem, national emblem, etc., but everything that represents a country must be determined by the king. ”

This paragraph made Li Tangjie feel like he was in a fog, what is the National Constitution Dafa? But listening to the explanation of the King of the West, it seems to be very reasonable, any other country is easy to understand, the national flag can probably be understood, and what is the national anthem and national emblem for? Li Tangjie looked at Yuan Jiasan with puzzled eyes, only to see that Yuan Jiasan also seemed to be a little confused, but there was no flickering in Qian Jiang's eyes, obviously Qian Jiang knew the context of this matter. Li Tangjie, who suddenly realized in his heart, understood that Qian Jiang had already made a decision about this matter before, and he and Yuan Jiasan followed to do the errand.

King Xi also seemed to see the confused eyes of the old Manchu Qing ministers under the steps, and then said: "This matter has been planned for half a year by Zuo Zongtang Zuo Xiang and a group of ministers who stayed in Nanjing, and Zuo Xiang will naturally hand over these affairs to you when he comes to Beijing later, so you don't have to worry about the time being tight." Then the king of the west looked at Li Xiucheng, who led the troops back to the capital, and said: "There is also the founding of the country and the enthronement ceremony, this king also wants to organize a military parade, Xiucheng, the main force of the parade is composed of soldiers from your first army, and the soldiers and horses of other departments should be reviewed, but at present, the battlefields of the country have reached the final juncture, and it is not appropriate to affect the overall war, so it is still the troops near the capital as the main body of the reading." ”

Li Xiucheng immediately stood up and saluted and said loudly: "Guarantee to complete the task!" "This military parade is quite a lot in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and every unit that has graduated from a military academy has to participate in the final military parade before the flag is officially formed, so Li Xiucheng is not worried about it.

After saying these things, the king of the west walked into the Qianqing Palace, and the ministers followed, but saw dozens of palace maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace kneeling in the palace. ”

Xiao Yungui frowned, said a word first, and then turned around and asked, "Who is in charge of the Manchu Internal Affairs Office?" Are you here? ”

Qingfeng, the old prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, hurriedly trotted forward, bowed down and said: "If you go back to His Royal Highness the King of the West, this internal affairs office was originally in charge of the alcohol prince Yiyun, but today he did not come, he was sick at home, and the errand of the internal affairs office was temporarily led by the slaves. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed and said: "Qingfeng, there is no need to say this word slave in the future, what I preach in heaven is equality, everyone is born brothers and sisters, and no one is anyone's slave, it's just that we each hold different positions." Moreover, the title of slave was originally an old Manchu custom, so let's not mention it again in the new dynasty. ”

Qingfeng wiped the sweat from his forehead, bowed down and said, "Yes, yes, slave...... Oh, Wechen lost his words. ”

Xiao Yungui followed and said: "This king has already said before that the eunuchs and palace maids in this palace will pay travel expenses and a settlement fee, and then let them go home. Why are there still so many eunuchs and maids in the palace? ”

Qingfeng sighed and said, "In the past few days, the Holy Driver of the King of the West has only entered Beijing, and this palace is very big. All of a sudden, all the people were dismissed, but I was afraid that there was a lack of people for daily cleaning and support. Therefore, it has not yet been processed. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed, and at this time, he saw an old eunuch kneeling down and crying and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, the slaves and others have stayed in the palace all their lives to serve people, and at this time the old slave outside the palace has no relatives, if His Royal Highness lets the old slave go home, the old slave will be homeless at all, I implore the King of the West to let the old slave continue to stay and serve His Highness." As soon as these words came out, many eunuchs and palace maids also begged together, and for a while, the palace was in chaos.

Qingfeng was sweating on his forehead again. He scolded loudly: "Your Highness is kind to let you go home, what a grace this is, what are you dog minions arguing about?" Everyone who came dragged them down and gave them thirty lashes! ”

King Xi frowned and coughed lightly: "Qingfeng, you don't have to come up to scold." Well, it seems that this king is a little ill-conceived in this matter, aren't the people who work in the palace too poor to survive? It is indeed inconvenient to let them go home with a disability. After pondering for a while, King Xi said again: "That's it, Qingfeng, this matter is still up to you." Give them a few days to think about it, and those who are willing to go home will receive the passage money to go home, and those who are not willing to go home will stay and take care of the palace, but they will not be eunuchs and palace maids in the future. They are all called court service personnel, and they are paid every month, and they are all service personnel hired by the palace in the future. No longer a minion. ”

Qingfeng was also confused when he heard this, but he still agreed. I thought that I still had to consult the ministers of the peace more to see what this court service staff of the King of the West wanted to do.

followed Xiao Yungui and said, "Speaking of this minion." This king wants to gradually promote the abolition of slavery in the country, which means that in the future, all domestic slaves and maids in their respective families will be restored to their free bodies, and the labor needed by each family will be recruited, that is to say, there will be no domestic slaves in the future, only employment relations, so do you understand? ”

The abolition of slavery mentioned by Xiao Yungui was actually quietly promoted in some places under the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Jiangnan, and the workers employed in each factory were all hired in the employment relationship, and the large number of tenants, domestic slaves, etc., caused by feudal land relations, were still stored in them, and it was imperative to abolish slavery after the founding of the country.

As soon as these words came out, Qingfeng and the others were dumbfounded, and they agreed that they would not be able to buy and sell labor to be their own domestic slaves in the future? In the past, when you bought a maid or a house slave, after paying a sum of money to buy it out, you only had to give them food and drink, but in the future, will you have to pay them a monthly salary? And these house slaves can leave if they want to go in the future, and there is no deed of sale to bind them?

Qian Jiang said: "Your Highness, the purchase of domestic slaves and maids by this big family has been a practice for thousands of years, and it is only afraid that it will be inappropriate to abolish it for a while. Qingfeng and the others saw that someone came forward to speak, and Qian Jiang was not light, so they naturally echoed it.

After a sigh of relief, the king of the west said: "This is also true, there are not only many slaves in our Central Plains, but also in Tibet, Mongolia and other places, most of them are still slave social systems. Well, let's do that, you first discuss a charter to implement and see how to implement it, but we still have to carry out the abolition of slavery. As soon as Qingfeng and the others heard that they were taking out the charter, and they said that it was the same as moving forward, they could not settle it in the lengthy argument, so they responded with a lot of laughter.

After looking around the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Yungui, who was accustomed to seeing big scenes, didn't care at all, and didn't show the amazing look that the peasants should have when they entered the palace, so that the Manchu ministers couldn't help but look up to the West King, but they didn't know that this West King had seen more magnificent modern buildings in later generations.

After looking at the plaque of the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Yungui just said: "Change all the plaques in this palace, in the future, the Chinese language will be the national language, and the language of a country, Manchu will not need to appear." Qingfeng and the others hurriedly wrote it down, this errand is easy to do. Then Xiao Yungui asked again: "Where does the former Manchu Empress Dowager live now?" ”

Qingfeng and the others were shocked, but Qingfeng still said: "The little emperor of the previous dynasty temporarily lives in the Chuxiu Palace, and the rest of the concubines in the palace of the former dynasty are also in their own palaces, waiting for His Highness to be dropped." ”

Xiao Yungui hummed and said: "Let's stop here today, everyone will go home first, let's have a morning meeting here tomorrow, some personnel appointments will come down, and then there will be errands to be assigned, let's disperse today." Then Xiao Yungui said: "Qingfeng, you stay for a while, and take this king to Chuxiu Palace to see ......" (to be continued......)