Chapter 736: Changes in Fusang (First Shift on the First Day of the Lunar New Year)
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Regarding Lu Xius's words, Li Wuchen felt a little alarmist: "Lu Xius, your judgment is a bit alarmist, isn't it? Even if my Datang is in full swing now, it will not be like you said, it will directly enter the decline, and the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse." ”
Lu Xius was not annoyed by Li Wuchen's disbelief, but said with a smile: "Isn't there a saying in your Middle Earth, the so-called 'prosperity is decline, or the extreme Tai comes'?
"There is no dynasty that will last forever, and any royal power will eventually decline, which is the inevitability of history, even if it is the kingdom of God established by those eternal civilizations, they are constantly trying to influence and annex a large number of planes, the purpose is to absorb fresh blood, so that their kingdom of God can maintain a kind of prosperity. ”
"But even then, the Eternal Kingdom of God cannot be immortal, just like the magic civilization in the West has begun to decay, this is still the result of the intentional influence and interference of the Kingdom of Magic, so can your Tang Empire be comparable to those Eternal Kingdom of God?"
Lucius's repeated words made Li Wuchen speechless, and there was no way to refute anything, because Lucius's analysis was already very thorough, and there was no eternal dynasty in the world.
Li Wuchen couldn't help but sigh secretly when he thought of this: as a prince of the Tang Empire, he naturally didn't want his empire to decline, but now that the Second Sage has developed his luck to its peak, it is destined that the Tang Empire will begin to enter a period of decline.
As a candidate who might inherit the throne of the Second Sage, Li Wuchen began to feel very scared in his heart, worried that in the future, in his hands, the Tang Empire would completely fall apart than decay.
Lucius seemed to see Li Wuchen's concern, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Actually, you don't have to worry, although your kingdom is destined to enter a period of decline. But it takes time to decline, and if you make some changes in advance, you may be able to avoid the destruction of the empire. ”
Li Wuchen raised his head and looked at Lucius, a little bit didn't understand the meaning of Lucius's words, and didn't understand what kind of change it would take to avoid the empire from being destroyed due to decline?
Lu Xius did not go to Li Wuchen to solve his doubts, but said with a smile: "Now that the situation in Fusang has stabilized, Brother Li, if you are not in a hurry to go back, you can stay and take a look, I will make some changes to Fusang." Let Fuso enter a new era. ”
Li Wuchen thought about it and felt that he really didn't have anything to do when he went back now, so he agreed and said, "Okay, then I'll stay and see how you want to change the current Fusang." ”
In the next few days, Taiyuan Yuisai and Tokugawa Iehiko entered Fuso Castle one after another, and as for the southern armies outside the city, including Zhuge Mo, who was left behind by Pavaro, they were all surrendered by Lucius.
Those southern Fuso armies. Lu Xius did not hand it over to Taiyuan Yuisai and Tokugawa Ihiko, but specially sent someone to bring a message to the emperor in Kyoto, asking him to send someone to collect the surrendered troops, and at the same time ordered Du Liniang and others to control the southern part of the country. Surrender power in the south to someone sent by the Emperor.
It can be said that in the following period, the whole of Fuso was not as good as a kind of stable period, and the forces in the hands of the emperor gradually increased. The unification of Fuso was almost completed, and the imperial power gradually resumed its control of the whole of Fuso.
And it was only at this point that Tokugawa Iehiko finally understood that he had finally fallen for Lucius's scheme. Although he was canonized by the emperor and the Tokugawa family took ownership of Edo Castle, the Tokugawa family, who had actually lost their troops, could not become a lord by relying on Edo Castle alone.
However, Tokugawa Iehiko did not complain, after all, Lucius finally gave him a choice, if he chose to abandon Edo Castle, then he would be able to retain his military power.
However, since he chose Edo Castle, he would inevitably lose all the military power in his hands, and every gain and loss was his own choice.
Taiyuan Xuezhai also lost his military power, but under the instruction of Lucius, Taiyuan Xuezhai used his influence in Shinto to quickly form the first party in Fusang, successfully became the first powerful minister in the court, and gradually grasped the power of Fusang's people's livelihood.
After the Taiyuan Yukisai, everyone including Koji Takeda, Soga Iname, and Tokugawa Iehiko also established their own parties, and a power struggle in the Fuso court began.
Although there is still a Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru who is supported by the living emperor to fight for power, but because Taiyuan Xuesai was the first to establish a party, his influence in the people has already been formed, and he has been secretly supported by Yuko Shingu, and in the end Taiyuan Xuezhai still succeeded in taking power alone.
When Lucius negotiated with the emperor to establish a parliament similar to the ancient Western House of Elders in Fuso, making the parliament the existence of the fate of Fuso, Taiyuan Xuezhai relied on his partisan influence to successfully win the first parliamentary election, becoming the first prime minister elected by the parliament and the people.
At this time, the power of the entire Fuso was gradually transferred from the hands of the emperor to the parliament and the prime minister, and the political situation in Fuso officially changed, and the people of Fuso gained the right to choose the fate of the country.
As a bystander, Li Wuchen clearly watched the transformation of the entire Fusang, under the impetus of Lucius, from a feudal empire to a democratic republic.
He clearly saw the changes in Fusang's politics, and clearly saw the gradual improvement of the entire Fusang people, and the national fortunes of Fusang also underwent a huge change, and the country that seemed to have declined and decayed became vigorous in the blink of an eye.
Although Fusang was still very weak at this time, Li Wuchen was almost certain that after decades or even hundreds of years of development, with a large number of political parties competing with each other, Fusang would gradually become an extremely powerful country, and its national strength would gradually grow stronger.
Li Wuchen finally understood at this time that the so-called change of Lucius originally wanted him to return to Datang and carry out this kind of change in Fusang in Datang.
A fundamental change in the political system will gradually turn the entire empire into a democratic republic, so that the country can be maintained forever, a vigorous upward momentum.
Li Wuchen was indeed impressed, but he was not sure whether this brand-new form of government was suitable for the Tang Empire, and whether he could really persuade the two sages of the Tang Empire to implement this brand-new form of government in the Tang Empire, and whether he could really implement it in the end.
Because of this completely new form of government. The most critical point is that the royal family needs to give up the right to rule the country, and the royal family has become a spiritual symbol of the country, or a symbol of civilization of the country, which will gain infinite scenery on the surface, but in fact will lose the right to rule.
This alone made it a little difficult for Li Wuchen to accept it in his own heart, and he wanted to persuade the two saints to accept it? With the reality that the two saints of the Tang Empire had established a prosperous era, I am afraid that the two saints would not be willing to give up the power in their hands.
The night before leaving Fuso. Accompanied by Shuang'er, Li Wuchen made a separate appointment with Lucius on the gate tower of Edo Castle.
During this time, Lucius has been helping Fusang change the political system, and even many times some of the killings are done by him, an outsider, as a villain.
It can be said that Lucius has blood on his hands, but it has changed the whole of Fusang upside down, so that Fusang has really begun to enter a democratic republic, and the people of Fusang may now be afraid of Lucius, thinking that Lucius is their strict demon. But in the future, when Fusang's national power begins to rise, they will understand what Lucius has done for them.
When I saw Lucius alone, he was still wearing a Western tuxedo, and he was always so elegant. He had that confident and sunny smile on his face.
Beckoning Li Wuchen to sit down, Lecius asked No. 3 next to him to take out the prepared things, pointed to the crystal cups and various Western-style dishes and said, "Brother Li, I know." You're going back tomorrow, and this meal is considered to be practiced for you, and I invite you to try some Western cuisine. ”
Seen as Three pours the crimson drink into the crystal glass. Li Wuchen stared at the red wine in the glass and said, "This is the wine of the West? ”
Lucius responded with a smile: "This is a very famous wine from the West, this kind of wine needs to be opened before drinking, poured into the decanter for decanting, the aroma of the wine is completely released, and then drunk, in order to achieve an excellent taste." ”
As he spoke, Lucius pinched the wine glass, shook the wine in the glass and said, "In order to practice for Brother Li, I opened this bottle of wine three days ago, and I have been awake for two and a half days, and now it has reached the perfect drinking time, Brother Li, please, taste how it tastes." ”
Li Wuchen also pinched the wine glass, raised it in front of his eyes and looked at it, then touched the glass with Lucius and took a sip of the red wine in the glass.
But I felt that the entrance of the wine was slightly astringent, but in an instant, the fragrance of the wine exploded in the mouth, and the unique taste stimulated his taste buds, so that Li Wuchen's taste buds quickly tasted a unique sweetness, sweet like sweet grapes in summer.
After swallowing a sip of wine, Li Wuchen felt that his whole person was intoxicated, and he never thought that wine would have such a wonderful taste.
After quietly closing his eyes and carefully reflecting on it for a long time, Li Wuchen opened his eyes and looked at the wine in the glass incredulously and said, "It's really incredible, I never thought that wine would be so delicious." ”
Lucius laughed when he heard this, took a sip of the wine, and slowly savored the unique feeling of the wine in his mouth, stimulating his taste buds, and swallowed it for a long time.
After putting down the wine glass, he clapped his palms, and soon No. 4 came over with a trolley, put the dried meat on the cart on the plate in front of Lucius and Li Wuchen, and grabbed the red wine on the cart, poured some red wine on the dried meat of the two, and then directly waved his palm, and instantly the palm of his hand burst into flames.
Seeing this, Shuang'er thought that No. 4 was going to hurt Li Wuchen, so she immediately got up and wanted to repel No. 4, but before she could make a move, No. 4 had already set the surface of the dried meat on fire, and then slowly retreated to Lucius's side.
Lucius smiled and said: "Hehe, don't be nervous, this is the delicacy I brought, Blenost veal jerky, please taste Brother Li, this kind of dried meat must be paired with grape wine, in order to reflect the unique meat quality, and with Brenox's wine, it is definitely an excellent delicacy." ”
When Li Wuchen heard this, he immediately felt extremely surprised, he didn't expect the food in the West to be so strange, but then he still followed the example of Lucius, picked up the knife and fork in front of him, and began to taste the special veal jerky in front of him. (To be continued......)
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