Since Jia Cong left Beijing in the autumn of last year, the prince felt that there was a lot less fun in the palace.

Not only is the fun gone, but there are also a lot of troubles.

One of the biggest troubles is the one he threw at him, the kind that can't be avoided if he wants to.

"Your Highness, the Dengzhou Naval Division is in a hurry, and on the first day, the Dengzhou Naval Division commanded Tongzhi Zhao Baozhen to lead twenty-one large and small ships under the headquarters, and encountered a Xiyi fleet in the sea off Jiaozhou. In the spirit of good-neighborliness and friendship to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival, Zhao Baozhen ordered our ship to fire three cannons to celebrate. I don't want to the gunner's poor technique and miss the ......"

Lin Ruhai, the cabinet assistant minister on duty today, looked strange when he read it, when did this group of rough men in the army learn to turn around and report victory?

"Master Lin, what's the back?"

Originally, Liu Hong was having a headache, and Lao Tzu said that he was sick and hiding, and he stuffed him with a lot of trouble, but suddenly saw Lin Ruhai pick up a red envelope and read it urgently, and halfway through the reading, there was a look of ghost on his face, and he couldn't help but be curious.

Hearing the prince's inquiry, Lin Ruhai had to clear his throat and continue reading: "The gunner's skills are not good, and he missed with one shot, and he just hit the Xiyi flagship that blocked our army's advance. The ship was loaded with a large amount of gunpowder, and the shells ignited and exploded. ”

"The air generated by the explosion was so strong that it capsized one of our small boats. Xiyi not only did not apologize, but dared to fight back...... Therefore, the soldiers of our Celestial Empire took an act of legitimate defense and sank them all! ”

"In this defense, the soldiers of our Celestial Dynasty sank a total of 28 Xiyi ships, and the enemy was killed. I lightly wounded 300 warriors and seriously wounded 2 people, and lost zero. Six small ships were lost, and none of the large ships were damaged......"

Liu Hong was stunned, he had never seen such a brazen person.

But this kind of brazenness, he admires very much.

However, this matter is a bit troublesome, Great Xia is now engaged in a large-scale maritime trade transaction with Xiyi, and the silver that is credited to the account every year is pulled back one by one.

The Celestial Empire sailor accidentally sank one of the other people's fleets, if this news is known to the other party, what will the business do?

Alas, the family is big, and it's not easy to operate!

"Your Highness, there is still a line of small letters at the bottom......"

Lin Ruhai naturally saw Liu Hong's difficulty, but Zhao Baozhen did things cleanly......

He spread out the last page of the urgent letter in front of Liu Hong, only to see a line of small words at the end of the page: Your Majesty, the minister obeys the order of the Marquis of Yongfeng, and this battle will not be surrendered, and there will be no life. After the war, the minister and his headquarters searched the sea within a radius of ten miles, and the birds were wiped out, and there was no possibility of any news coming out.

This means...... It was indeed Jia Cong's kid who did it.

Liu Hong relieved himself at this time, there has been enough trouble recently, although the dynasty is not afraid of Xiyi, but the matter of making money must not be delayed.

Not to mention anything else, now the imperial court wants silver everywhere, and the household department is about to annoy him to death these days.

The new Hubu Shangshu Wenlian has completely inherited the Pixiu character of the previous ministers of finance in Great Xia, crying with him every day, staring at the silver in the inner treasury all the time.

Thinking of the trouble behind this matter, Liu Hong could only ask his henchmen to put away the secret music for temporary storage.

"Dengzhou Sailor's merits this time were secretly recorded first, and don't pass it on to the military department, Master Lin personally handled the knife and told the soldiers about their merits. Wait for the war on the side of the Wa Kingdom to end, and then find a reason to make up for the reward. ”

It is a matter of the faint monarch's ability to have merit and not be rewarded, and the soldiers of Great Xia can fight for the country without fear of death, precisely because the old Liu family never hesitates to reward.

When Lin Ruhai heard his promise, he opened the merit book that came with him, and planned to reward the soldiers.

Unexpectedly, the first person to see the battle exploits after opening it turned out to be his son-in-law, Jia Cong, who was still far away on Wa Island.

"What kind of fun is this kid doing......

Hmph, Master Lin unceremoniously crossed out Jia Cong's name, and replaced the first place in combat merit with Zhao Baozhen, the commander of the Dengzhou Navy Division who commanded the naval battle.

After Liu Hong saw it, he asked puzzledly: "In this battle, Jia Cong not only had the ability to anticipate the enemy's opportunity, but also considered it extremely comprehensively, saving the dynasty a lot of trouble. The first meritorious service is well deserved. Why did Master Lin cross it out? ”

Lin Ruhai made a few strokes, ranking Jia Cong's name all the way to the third place, and the second place was the observer pillar of the flagship of Shen Xiyi.

I only heard Lin Ruhai explain: "Your Highness, if you sit in the house and mobilize the army to win a battle with a military order, then what is the fairness for the soldiers who are desperate in front of the battle?" The third meritorious service is already based on his ability to anticipate the enemy's opportunities and command meritorious service. ”

……

The old man Zhou Jiong is already over the age of old, and he has taken many vacations this winter to rest and recuperate in the house.

The age of the second assistant summer trip is not young, and after months of hard work, his gray hair has fallen out a lot.

Of the remaining scholars in the cabinet, Lin Ruhai is the youngest and belongs to a typical young Zhuang faction.

After Zhou Jiong's first resignation after the year, many people in the DPRK and China were already speculating about who would be the next Zaifu.

Most people are rumored that the summer festival will succeed the first assistant, but there is also news that the emperor is more inclined to Lin Ruhai, who ranks third in the cabinet.

Because Lin Ruhai is not only young and energetic, but also has sufficient qualifications, and the most important thing is that Lin Ruhai is now presiding over most of the new political affairs, and he is most in tune with the emperor and the crown prince.

Because the situation between the DPRK and China is about to change, many people are ready to move again.

They once again started a "gentleman's party", secretly conspiring with auxiliary ministers who wanted to promote their own future.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of "black material" gossip in Gyeonggi from the cabinet ministers. For example, Xia Ge likes Buddhism and hooks up with Buddhism; Guo Peigui Guo Ge is a good woman, and one day he took a concubine, and the concubine is still a widow......

The most outrageous thing is about Lin Ruhai, saying that Lin Ruhai spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, and his wife Jia Min was angry because Lin Ruhai wanted to carry the outer room (Jinse) into the mansion.

Anyway, Jia Min has been dead for more than ten years, and Jin Se has already entered the Lin family and become the only hostess of the Lin family, and the dirty water is not for them to splash casually.

Lin Ruhai didn't care about this, and several elders in the cabinet also had the same mentality.

Not only did they not think about suppressing the rumors, but they made fun of each other in the duty room.

Those middle- and low-level officials in the court couldn't understand it, and they, the old foxes, had guessed the emperor's thoughts.

"Your Majesty's intention is to let us hurry up and improve the "Outline of the Constitution" and promulgate it to the world as soon as possible. Ladies and gentlemen, the intention of this cabinet, the rest will be implemented according to the law set by Zhang Zhengju, but the sacredness of the monarchy cannot be lightly moved, otherwise there is a danger of overturning the society. ”

Zhou Jiong spent nearly two months and finally studied the "Outline of the Great Xia Constitution" drafted by Zhang Zhengju.

To be honest, he is still very optimistic about this outrageously detailed new law.

But in some of them, the boss always felt that it was too eager to implement this law now.

Isn't it nonsense that a super dynasty with a territory of thousands of miles and a population of 10,000,000 uses legal power to restrict imperial power and gradually evolves into a virtual monarchy?

Believe it or not, put the monarchy in a cage today, and tomorrow it will be smoked everywhere.

"This pavilion has been revised, please see if it is feasible?"

Old Man Zhou is not just to maintain the power of the monarch, in fact, the biggest power struggle in the dynasty has always been the struggle between the monarch and the relative power.

However, Great Xia connects four generations of virtuous lords, and has a very thorough view of the relative power restricting the monarchy.

Unrestrained monarchy is the greatest danger to the community.

But as Zaifu, he also understands that excessive restrictions on the monarch's power will be more harmful to the community.

The monarchy represents the power of the center, and if the center is weak, the place is strong. During the Warring States dispute in the pre-Qin period, Zhou Tianzi did not even dare to go out of the gate of Luocheng, which shows the great harm of it.

"I think it's good for the prime minister to reform the Dadu Governor's Mansion and strengthen the Son of Heaven's control over military power. At the same time, the influence of the cabinet on the army is weakened, and the military department is only responsible for the recruitment of the army, logistics and supply......"

"And here, I think I should add a sentence. The edict of the Son of Heaven must be attached to the name of the cabinet before it can be sent to the four directions, and the cabinet's power to refute the holy decree must be written in the constitution. ”

"For daily government affairs, the cabinet can directly deal with it in blue batches, without bothering the Son of Heaven. Ministers below the fifth grade can be appointed and dismissed by the cabinet according to the system. Every 5th or 7th day, the cabinet will make a summary report to the Son of Heaven. In this way, the Son of Heaven can also be more relaxed. It's just a saint, our majesty is the only diligent monarch I have seen over the years. Sometimes I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be tired...... Ahem, what's on the dragon case. ”

"It should also be emphasized here that the Supreme Supervisory Yuan should be on the same level as the Cabinet of Ministers for the newly established Supreme Court. No one dares to say that the ministers of later generations are all loyal and honest people. ”

"The Cabinet, the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Supervisory Yuan are directly accountable to the Son of Heaven. However, the cabinet has the power to refute the edict of the Son of Heaven and supervise the Son of Heaven, so that the control of the Son of Heaven over the country and society can be realized to a greater extent, and the power of the cabinet can also be strengthened, that is, the power of the center is strengthened. ”

The six scholars in the room were all the smartest people in the dynasty.

Moreover, they have either been in charge of the central government for many years, or they have made outstanding achievements in local politics and have extremely high political literacy, so it is easy to find the immature mistakes and omissions in the outline of the constitution formulated by Zhang Zhengju.

The six of them exchanged opinions with each other and continued to refine the new law.

When night fell, the "Outline of the Constitution of Great Xia" was roughly drafted, which the emperor had urged several times.

……

The emperor said that he had been ill for more than a month, and it was an important ceremony of the Zhengdan Dynasty, and he threw it to the crown prince Liu Hong to preside.

However, when the cabinet room was brightly lit and there were voices of controversy from time to time, the emperor pushed open the door and walked in.

"The old minister (minister) greets His Majesty......"

"Master Zhou, Master Xia, and Zhu Qing, please hurry up, I just came over to see ......"

As the dynasty became more and more powerful, the emperor's personality became more and more gentle.

Xia Shouzhong stayed outside the duty room, the emperor helped up the trembling old man Zhou, and the monarchs and ministers sat down.

"I was originally going to wander around and scatter my mind, but I came here unconsciously. I saw that the lights were on inside, so I came over and looked......"

The Emperor saw the large pile of manuscripts on the table, so he picked them up and flipped through them.

But then they will see the part about the power of the king, the law, and the power of the ministers, and everyone looks at each other, and if they say that they are not worried, it is false.

After all, as courtiers, they have to use the law to limit the imperial power, and if they are a strong emperor, maybe the cabinet will have to be emptied entirely.

But the current emperor is indeed as they thought, a great and wise lord.

"It's a good idea, and it's worth a try. I thought you really listened to Zhang Zhengju's stunned words, and pondered what kind of hypocrisy system you were doing. ”

The Emperor was very satisfied with the outline of the draft constitution, and he was worthy of being a cabinet assistant personally selected by his father and me.

He continued to flip through the rest of the book, occasionally giving a few praises.

Seeing the emperor's attitude, the six ministers of the cabinet let go of their uneasy hearts.

Zhou Jiong, as the first assistant of the cabinet, began to explain the key points for the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Zhengju is indeed a genius. But as His Majesty said, many of his ideas are too immature and do not fit the current national conditions. The old ministers and the elders of the cabinet supplemented and revised most of them, and finally felt that if this law was implemented, it would not only strengthen the power of the center, but also allow the Liu family to continue the world for a longer time. ”

This is the confidence of the boss who dares to seek the power of the Son of Heaven as a courtier.

He Zhou Jiong is not for the benefit of one person, but for the world, for the eternal stability of the old Liu family.

"There are very few dynasties that have lasted more than 300 years. Throughout the history books, it is not advisable for a strong monarch and a weak minister to be weak, and it is not advisable for a weak monarch to be strong and a strong minister. Only balance is the right way to worry. ”

The Emperor nodded, and at this time he remembered the various stories that Jia Cong had told.

In that peculiar story, the kingdom adopted democratic centralism, which, while strengthening the center, could also limit the power of the commander-in-chief to a greater extent, and prevent the dictator from doing mediocre things.

He considered himself a wise monarch, and he believed that his son would be a wise monarch.

But he did not believe that his descendants could be as wise as he was, and he did not even believe that his son could be as far-sighted as he was, and could see through the double-edged sword of power.

Therefore, he hid in the Dragon Head Palace, and argued and discussed with his old father, who had been in charge of the dynasty for fifty years, for several months.

"Master Zhou, Master Xia, all Aiqing......"

The emperor suddenly put down the manuscript in his hand with a solemn expression.

He got up and bowed to the six scholars present, and several of them stood up in shock.

"I also invite you Aiqing to accept this gift from me, this gift is my gratitude to you Aiqing for being able to risk the danger of the clan to give good advice and set up a law for my Great Xia Dynasty for eternity!"

"The ministers dare not ......"

The emperor interrupted the second half of the humility of the six people, and bowed again: "You Aiqing don't have to be humble and give in, this is what you deserve." This ceremony is my request to all Aiqing, and I also ask you Aiqing to complete this inheritance system with me, and to set rules for future generations of kings and future generations......"

……

On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

Originally, the ministers of civil and military affairs were busy in their respective duty rooms, and the sound of Jingyang bell suddenly rang in the palace.

"Your Majesty has a decree, Zhaojing Zhongzhong is above the seventh grade of civil and military, enter the Fengtian Temple to meet you!"

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Thank you for being so fat and rewarding!

That's all for tonight, continue tomorrow, good night!

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