This cough echoed in the silent Jinluan Palace, and after hearing the sound, the generals on both sides of Zhou Dongtian gently distanced themselves from him with expressionless faces. But the object that Zhou Dongtian wanted to attract attention turned a deaf ear, and Xu Ping once again shouted: "Hong Chengchou can also be spared death?" He was greatly disloyal to the previous dynasty, and Emperor Chongzhen treated him so graciously that he surrendered to the Khan; By the way, he also chased and killed the rebels back then; Also, this time he was a lobbyist to persuade Jiang Pai and Wang Qinian to surrender; Yes, also, he is an elderly scholar and does not have a single soldier in his hands, so he is not worried about him being the opposite, right? ”

"The general disagreed," this time it was Li Jiantai who came out to refute, he bowed his head at King Shun and said: "The so-called good birds choose trees to perch, although Hong Chengchou is not a good thing to sweat, but there is no way to be faint, and the world is centrifugal." Li Jiantai glanced sideways at Xu Ping: "Isn't the general also loyal to the faint king?" ”

Zhou Dongtian couldn't help but reprimand: "The general was a prisoner at that time, but he was not a bachelor or supervisor who went out on behalf of the emperor!" ”

"That general Zhou is not a prisoner anyway, right?" Li Jiantai sneered.

"Okay, I'll not mention this." Xu Ping heard that Li Jiantai had turned the topic away again, and immediately withdrew this reason: "Then this time he will be a lobbyist." ”

"Hong Chengchou doesn't have a single soldier, he's just doing an errand as a messenger, the mastermind is sweating, you can't kill all the messengers," Li Jiantai still said vigorously: "General, Hong Chengchou is indeed a capable official, and the master is a pity." ”

Xu Ping, who had nothing to say, turned around and rushed to the king: "Your Majesty, Jiang Xuan, Wang Qinian and other thieves, Duke Qi spared their lives, if we also follow the example of Duke Qi and spare these sinners, then why should we accuse Duke Qi?" ”

"General, those are traitors, and Amin and Hong Chengchou have never betrayed us," Niu Jinxing explained for King Shun, "Why should we Dashun avenge the previous dynasty?" ”

"Then why does Duke Qi want to avenge us, isn't this the same reason?" Xu Ping pointed the finger at Niu Jinxing again: "With the reason of heaven and human feelings, we and Qi Gong claim to be allies to face external humiliation side by side, but the general trend is decided, so we are scrambling to pardon these culprits, isn't this a laughing stock in the world?" ”

"The culprits are the Khan, the Jiang brothers, the Wang, Ji and other thieves, the Khan has been ambushed, and the rest is just coercion, and there is also a repentance," Niu Jinxing felt that Xu Ping was already unreasonable: "Hasn't the general heard of 'those who don't love to kill can be one'?" Such indiscriminate killings would bring trouble to His Majesty's great cause. ”

……

In the end, Xu Ping couldn't say anything to the other party, and King Shun still approved Wu Sangui's request and asked Hong Chengchou to be his government assistant.

After scattering the chao, Niu Jinxing called out to Xu Ping, and the latter asked angrily: "The Taishi has already got what he wants, what do you want the last general to do?" ”

"Brother Xu." After the next dynasty, Niu Jinxing always changed back to the title when he shared weal and woe, and said earnestly: "You can fight the world immediately, but you can't rule the world immediately, Brother Xu can't be murderous." ”

"I've never been a thirst for killing, but this Amin and Hong Chengchou are both sinners, why not only don't they kill, but they return them to high-ranking officials?" Xu Ping asked: "Dare to ask the Taishi to ask himself, don't these two people have the blood of the Shanshan fathers on their hands?" ”

"They have blood on their hands, but who has clean hands in this troubled world?" Seeing that Xu Ping was about to refute again, Niu Jinxing rushed and said: "The remnants of the light have not been extinguished, don't you know that Brother Xu can't sit back and relax?" ”

"What does this have to do with Remnant Ming?"

"Presumably Brother Xu has already understood that the reason why Huang Quzhi did not kill those people was to show his leniency to the world, and hoped that in the future, people on our side would take refuge in him when the situation was unfavorable." Niu Jinxing is not good to say these words in public, but in private he has reached a consensus with King Shun and some other Shun ministers: "Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, and now the remnant Ming is almost a breath away, the more cautious he must be at this time, he can't give Huang Qu a chance to get sick, and he can't even give him a chance to survive!" At this time, we must be tolerant and benevolent, and we can't let the remnants of the remnants of the party jump over the wall in a hurry and resist to the end with Huang Quai. Brother Xu also knows that many officials have just come to us, and pursuing Hong Chengchou will make them frightened and cranky, and we must make it clear that we will not avenge Chongzhen. ”

"This is not revenge for Chongzhen." Xu Ping didn't have any intention of pursuing Hong Chengchou for Chongzhen, if he had, he would not have persuaded Li Zicheng to let Wei Zaode go.

"Brother Xu still didn't understand what I meant, Brother Xu didn't, I know Brother Xu didn't mean that, but Huang Qubing may use this incident to make a fuss, and it will be used to scare those who are still weak-hearted."

"But these people have been pardoned, so why should we accuse Duke Qi of not killing those executioners?"

"The purpose of accusing Huang Qubing is to make the people of Shanxi have the same hatred as us, as for Huang Quai's move, I think he has done nothing wrong, and Brother Xu will not think that they will really become allies if they truce with us for three years. We have a life-and-death relationship with Huang Quai, of course he will act like this, and what he does, we do. After Niu Jinxing told Xu Pinghe these words, he patiently waited for the final reaction of the other party who fell silent.

After a while, Xu Ping opened his mouth and said, "The Lord once had an appointment with me......

"Kill one and live up to the world, not for it." Niu Jinxing immediately said the content of this agreement for Xu Ping: "The Lord did not kill, and this is not a failure to report, but the time has not come." When the Lord rules the country and exterminates the remnants, it is not too late for us to settle accounts with them. ”

Xu Ping didn't believe Niu Jinxing's assurance, and he didn't believe that Li Zicheng would go back on his word and have a bad reputation: "Anyway, the Taishi made up his mind to spare them, and now that the Taishi has got his wish, why do you have to convince the last general?" ”

Niu Jinxing showed a disappointed expression on his face, and felt that he was still playing the piano to Niu for half a day: "Brother Xu, do you expect the Lord to fail and the remnants of Ming to make a comeback?" Yes, today the Lord has sacrificed a little morality, but this is to let Huang Qu's illness have no gaps, to end this troubled world as soon as possible, so that more people can live and work in peace and contentment. It's a little price that has to be paid for the sake of more people. ”

"Taishi is not the first to say this to me."

Niu Jinxing was stunned: "Who told Brother Xu?" ”

"Hou Xun, not long after he said this to me, I rebelled." After Xu Ping finished speaking, he turned around and left.

……

Quanzhou,

Today, the Provincial Secretaries' Court is crowded, and many doctors have no seats and can only stand, because today Qi Guogong not only has to summon doctors from Fujian Province, but also many representatives from the Guangdong Provincial Secretaries' Yuan, the newly established Jiangxi and Guangxi Provincial Secretaries' Courts, and even the representatives of the Provincial-Secretaries' Courts in exile in Zhejiang have not been left behind.

"As early as decades ago, there was a senior cabinet elder who proposed to cancel the emperor's right to stay in China and not send (veto), although it was decades late, but His Majesty the prison country has given his permission and forever gave up the right to stay in China and not send it." Although Huangshi has a prison of His Majesty, but the doctors below all know that this is the meaning of Huangshi, but some people are still speculating that this is a pre-step of Huangshi's usurpation, and Huangshi's next sentence dispelled this speculation in most people's hearts: "The right of the Duke of Qi to stay in the middle comes from His Majesty the Prison State, since His Majesty the Prison State has given up this right, then the Duke of Qi will also lose the right to veto the proposal of the Qing Yuan." Resolutions can be passed by more than half of the Secretaries, and laws will be promulgated when they reach two-thirds of the Secretaries. ”

Although he knew that it would be very important for the Duke of Qi to convene everyone, this statement still shocked the people present, and after losing the right of veto, the doctors could no longer think of any power that the Duke of Qi had over the court.

"The first thing is said and done, and then I'm going to talk about the second thing. Huang is a martial artist, he doesn't know how to govern the country, and after being entrusted with the important task of governing by His Majesty the prison country, he is afraid that he will hurt His Majesty," Huang Shi did not give the doctors in the hall too much time to digest: "So the new first assistant still has to be elected and serve the country with me." ”

Although Huang Shi did not say it explicitly, everyone could understand the meaning of the words, this first assistant would be his deputy and assistant, not Emperor Ming's. After two years of tossing, the people who can sit in this hall have enough intelligence to see that it is a matter of time before Huangshi usurps the throne, and the Chongzhen Dynasty has lost the hearts of the people in the world, and even the most conservative Donglin Party in the Qing Yuan does not feel that the Ming Dynasty still has much room for reservations, even for the sake of votes, they have never regarded the royalist as a campaign slogan.

"Huang doesn't know who is the pillar of talent, who is the indiscriminate man, so this first assistant still has to be elected, the election method for this position is like this......" Everyone pricked up their ears to listen to Qi Guogong's words, Huang Shi said in a hurry: "The new Secretary of State will be held soon, the election method of this Secretary of State is no different from that of the provincial secretary, the constituency is completely divided according to the number of people, and the voting rules are the same: all men who have reached the age of eighteen must vote, and if they do not vote after the age of sixty, they can be exempted from fines...... ”

Huang Shi Luo Li talked about the election method of the State Secretary of State for a long time, and everyone understood that this new Secretary House must be more important, but now the audience is more concerned about how to choose the first assistant, and some people are so anxious that they scratch their ears and cheeks when they hear Huang Shi talk about it more and more.

“…… The number of seats and the number of voters in the House of Secretaries of State as a constituency still need to be worked out by everyone to come up with a suitable regulation, and after the House of Secretaries is obtained, the House of Secretaries will elect the first assistant. Huang Shi slowly finished talking about the question of the Secretary of State, and then he talked about the issue of the first assistant: "For example, if there are five hundred doctors in the House of Secretaries of State, then anyone who gets two hundred and fifty-one votes will become the first assistant. ”

Unlike the provincial chief executive, who is directly elected by the voters, in Yellowstone's design, the country's chief executive is elected by the parliament: "At present, the largest of the parties in the House of Secretaries has only a fraction of the seats in the House of Secretaries, but I guess that one day, a certain party, such as the Kuomintang, will win more than 251 seats in the House of Secretaries, and the leader of the Kuomintang will be the head of the country; If two parties, such as Donglin and Labour, have a combined 251 seats and intend to form an alliance, then they can put forward a first and second candidate. ”

"I have temporarily set some systems for this Secretary of State, and like the Provincial Secretary Yuan, they are all temporary and can be modified by the official Secretary of State in the future." Huang Shi announced that the State Secretaries' House would be open to the public, just like the Provincial Secretaries' Houses, and that newspapers could send reporters to sit in the spectator seats to observe the meetings of the Secretaries of the Secretaries' Houses, which had not been abolished by the Secretaries of State so far, because few people were willing to say that they were a villain; In addition, the House of Secretaries of State also has to vote openly, which also makes the doctors feel a little tricky, but there is no fair reason to change it to a secret ballot.

"The first assistant is responsible for forming the cabinet, and every year, the first assistant is required to publish a one-year policy address in the secretary of state; Every month, the whole cabinet should come to the court to receive news, and on this day the cabinet members must answer all questions unconditionally......" Huang Shi explained a lot of rules, and finally said: "Your Majesty thinks that it is somewhat unworthy of the name to convene the State Council in the four provinces at present, and I am afraid that it will cause people to laugh, and we must consider when it will be convened." ”

After saying this sentence seriously, Huang Shi's mind had already appeared that a large number of people visited the Qi State Mansion at night tonight, and he had already asked the kitchen to prepare more snacks and tea, and there must be no shortage of people who came to inquire about the news and urge the establishment of the State Secretary House as soon as possible.

"Before the first assistant is elected, government affairs can only be shouldered by Huang for the time being, and I will do this policy address first, I hope that the next time I make this report, it will be completed by the first assistant in the Secretary of State."

After describing the many important changes in the past two years and the initial purpose and completion effect of some policies, Huang Shi finally took out the public opinion survey report that the doctors had already seen, and when Huang Shi first proposed this thing, everyone felt very fresh, and the content of today's survey made them regain their freshness: "According to a sample survey of 10,000 people of different occupations and different regions, 21 percent of the people think that after the establishment of the Qing Yuan, their lives are better than before, and 5 percent think that they are not as good as before. The rest said they didn't feel it or that the time was too short. I hope that the next time I report to the Legate, that figure will reach more than 30 percent. ”

"Sixty-three percent felt that the officials were more polite than before, and less than one percent felt that the officials were more fierce. I hope that by the time of the next report, more than 80 percent of the people will think that the officials have become more amiable after the establishment of the Legation. ”

"The last one." The final question in Yellowstone's questionnaire was whether the election still felt that the officials were still high above the sky, and that they were the stars in the sky.

"Fifty-five percent of the people said no, especially in a place where a peasant was elected as a county magistrate, almost all of them said no." Huang Shi closed the report: "I hope that as this administration continues, the next time I make a report to the House of Secretaries, more than 70 percent of the people will be able to answer no to this question." ”

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