When Lucius was discussing political affairs with Taiyuan Yukisai and Tokugawa Iehiko, Sakura Rinko returned to the castle accompanied by Asuka.

Hearing Lucius's previous remarks, Sakura Rinko couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness Lucius, it seems that what you are saying now is contrary to your promise to help me regain the imperial power, are you planning to break your word, are you not ready to fulfill your original promise?"

Taiyuan Yukisai and Tokugawa Iehiko heard Sakura's voice behind them, and they were immediately frightened, and when they turned around and saw the emperor who was already standing behind them, the two of them quickly knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to plead guilty.

But Lucius didn't feel any fear because of Sakura's appearance, but said very calmly: "Your Majesty, I have not broken my promise, and I will not break my promise to you. ”

This time, without waiting for Sakura Rinko to speak, Asukina had already taken the lead in asking for her: "But Your Highness Lucius, what you just said that the fate of the country should be decided by the people, isn't this already a breach of your promise?

Lucius glanced at Asukina, then looked at Sakura Rinko and said, "Your Majesty, I believe you should remember that I once told you that the fate of a country should not be controlled by one person or some people, but by the majority of the people, and it should be chosen by the majority of the people who govern the country and how to govern it. ”

"It seems that this is contrary to what I promised you before, but in fact it is not contradictory, you are still the emperor of Fuso, but in some major matters that determine the fate of the country, your people have gained the right to speak, have the right to choose, and your imperial power still exists. ”

Sakura Rinko finally spoke at this time: "According to what you said, how can the imperial power continue to exist? And how can the majority of the people decide the fate of the country? Won't it plunge the whole of Fuso into turmoil? Who will be able to restrain them then?"

Lucius smiled slightly, as if he had already guessed that Sakura Rinko would have such a question, so he replied very directly: "That is simple, make a decree that everyone must abide by, even the Emperor Xià You can't be an exception, and at the same time nationalize the military power, and the person in charge of the military power cannot obtain any other power." ”

Seeing that the others were puzzled, Lucius continued: "To put it simply, the people have the right to choose. When the majority of people choose, even the Emperor will not be able to go against the will of the people, and it is not His Majesty the Emperor who will carry out the will, but some of the parties I mentioned earlier. ”

"You can get Taiyuan Yukisai, Tokugawa Ishihiko or others, of course, they need to form their own and form a group responsible for governing the country, which is the so-called party. ”

"The choice of which party is in charge of the decree governing the country is made by the people, and only by the approval of the majority of the people. Only then can they get the power to run the country. ”

"Finally, there is the military power, I think it can be regarded as your imperial power, and the entire army of Fuso is controlled by you, but you must also follow the laws that govern the whole country. And they can't interfere with the people's choice, and the governance of the chosen party. ”

"Civil power, military power, and legal power are separated and mutually restricted, but there is no intersection with each other. You will be limited by the law, but at the same time you will have the military power to restrain the civil power, and the civil power is the maker of the legal power. ”

After listening to Lucius's explanation. Whether it was Sakura Rinko and Asuka, or Taiyuan Yukisai and Tokugawa Ishihiko, they were all shocked by Lucius's entire set of ideas.

I am afraid that the few people present will think about it, and it is impossible for them to come up with such a complex approach to governing the country, which has almost completely subverted their inherent cognition.

The so-called people have the right to choose, and certain people with certain abilities, such as samurai such as Taiyuan Yukisai and Tokugawa Iehiko, act as the specific implementers of governing the country, while the emperor holds the military power to restrict and supervise the governance of the country by those people, and the emperor is constrained by the people's choice decree.

Lecius looked at the somewhat stunned people, and continued to smile: "Maybe now, it seems to you that you are all restrained, but you still have great power in your hands, and the greater the power, the greater the responsibility you have to shoulder, so the decree approved by the people will restrain each of you. ”

After listening to Lucius's account, Sakura Rinko was silent for a moment, as if she felt that Lucius's method was feasible, so she didn't open her mouth to oppose it again, but said coldly: "Even if you want to implement this plan, I'm afraid that the first thing you have to do should be to unify the whole country of Fuso first, right?"

As he spoke, he poured cold water on Lucius again: "Moreover, if you want to collect all the military power and finally hand it over to me, I'm afraid it will not be easy." ”

For Sakura Rinko pouring cold water on herself, Lu Xius didn't think so, and said with a smile indifferently: "Your Majesty, I need to remind you that although the military power is under your control, those soldiers will be absolutely loyal to you, but you don't forget, they and you are subject to the law." ”

Sakura Rinko couldn't help but mutter, "I have military power in my hands, what kind of decree do I need to care about?" Hmph, what a whimsical guy." ”

Lucius naturally listened to Sakura's words, but in fact, Sakura Rinko deliberately muttered to him, deliberately teasing Lucius with words.

And he was not provoked by Sakura Rinko, but always remained calm and said: "Nature can restrain you, because the military power is loyal to you, not completely obey you, they will stand up when you are in danger, but do not go back to carry out those orders that violate the law." ”

"What?" Sakura Rinko suddenly understood what Lucius meant, and couldn't help but exclaim, "According to what you say, in the end, I'm still just a decoration? ”

Lucius looked at Sakurakurako and said, "Do you think you don't get the power you deserve? No, in fact, you have gained higher power, because you have been completely deified, no one can shake your position, and everyone else's status will be threatened, once you break the law, or if you are not recognized by the people, you will lose your power." ”

After listening to Lucius's words, Sakura Rinko didn't argue anymore, because she felt that she couldn't say anything about the other party, so she could only change her words in the end: "Okay, then His Highness Lucius." How are you going to do it across the country? How are you going to be able to implement these policies without uniformity?"

Lucius was still unmoved, although he knew that the other party wanted to provoke him, he always kept calm and said: "To unify Fusang, it's actually very simple, you wait, I will let you see the unified Fusang country." ”

Then, according to Lucius, the surrendered armies were not able to enter the city, but Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru, who was the leader, was granted the privilege. Being able to bring some cronies into the city, go to the imperial palace in the city, and participate in the emperor's return ceremony can be regarded as a kind of preferential treatment for Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru.

Originally, Sakura Rinko invited Lucius to go with him, but Lucius refused: "I'm still not going, I'm afraid you'll be uncomfortable when I'm here, don't worry, Susanoo and the Imperial Household Division of Jingu will be coming, and I have more important things to do." I won't go to your banquet. ”

Looking at the back of Lucius leaving, Sakura Rinko couldn't help but feel a little lost, because she originally expected Lucius to participate and see herself become the Emperor of Fuso.

Asukina understands Sakura's thoughts. Whispered comfort: "Your Majesty, in fact, you should know very well that Lucius is like this, and he treats everyone like this. In fact, he cares about you, otherwise how could he arrange so many things for you?"

Listening to Asukana's words of relief, the loss in Sakura's heart suddenly disappeared. Smiling and saying to Asukina, "Hehe, you're right, let's go and prepare for the ceremony of my return." ”

At the same time, Lucius had already left Kyoto City with No. 3 and No. 4, and kept heading towards a lush valley in the distance outside Kyoto City.

As soon as they stepped into the valley, No. 3 and No. 4 suddenly felt a breath of slaughter, and the two mechanical demons reacted extremely quickly, driving the carriage forward cautiously, and at the same time ready to move at any time, paying close attention to the movements in the dense forest to prevent possible attacks.

Although the three and four drivers of the carriage were very careful, they were suddenly attacked by an unknown attack in the woods after they had traveled some distance.

A figure rushed out of the forest and rushed straight towards the metal carriage where Lucius was, and almost instantaneously arrived in front of the carriage, and before the third and fourth had time to react, the sharp blade in the opponent's hand had already cut into the carriage.

To the horror of No. 3 and No. 4, the sharp blade in the other party's hand was actually able to directly cut through the hard metal carriage, as if the hard metal outer wall of the carriage was nothing in front of the sharp blade, just like tofu, it was easily cut apart.

Three and Four looked at each other in horror, and then Three didn't care about anything else, abandoned the reins of the carriage and horses, and pounced directly on the figure holding the sharp blade.

But to the surprise of No. 3 and No. 4, the other party reacted extremely quickly, and the moment No. 3 pounced on him, the figure had already drawn out the sharp blade that pierced the carriage, turned around and met No. 3, without giving No. 3 time to react, the sharp blade that could cut through the metal carriage stabbed directly at No. 3.

Seeing this, No. 3 wanted to dodge, but it was completely too late, but at the last moment, No. 4 also rushed over, swung the metal hammer in his hand, smashed it on the opponent's sharp blade, and smashed the stab at No. 3's sharp blade.

Despite being hit by the hammer in Four's hand, the man did not receive any impact, but fell to the ground with ease, standing there with a sharp blade in his hand and making a strange laugh.

Forcing back the sudden attack of the guy, seeing that person actually standing there and laughing weirdly, especially the other party with a Western clown mask on his face, looking like he was mocking himself, Number Four shouted in annoyance: "Who is pretending to be a ghost here?"

"Hahaha, whoever? We're here to take Lucius's life, and now he's got a lot of power, and he's changed, so we're going to do it for the heavens, and make him pay for what he did. ”

As he spoke, a series of figures appeared in the surrounding woods, and soon many black-clothed men wearing clown masks surrounded the entire carriage, and to the horror of No. 3 and No. 4, there were five or six people on the other side, and each of them had the kind of sharp blade that could cut through the metal. (To be continued......)