On the evening of December 17, the 28th year of Tiande. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Yanjing, Forbidden City.

This is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is also the highest power center of the Great Xia Empire.

The emperor, the prime minister, and the speaker of the National Assembly, known as the "Three Palaces", usually have offices in the Forbidden City. The royal family is in the center, and the Cabinet and the National Assembly are on the left and right.

At this time, the lanterns are on, and countless palace lights in the Forbidden City suddenly light up at the same time, which has a great impact on people's vision. ”

The Forbidden City was heavily guarded, with 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard Regiment heavily guarded with live ammunition, and the surrounding police, military police, and plainclothes agents patrolled and inspected around the clock. There are also thousands of guards in the Forbidden City, either warriors or all-round special operations elites, who personally defend the royal family, the prime minister and the speaker.

At this time, in the Xia Ming Palace, it was as warm as spring, and Emperor Li Ming was painting an oil painting on the imperial case in the imperial study, and several attendants around him stood quietly on the side, not daring to make a sound.

"It's a pity, the color here is a little thicker after all, and it's too much. Li Ming pushed his reading glasses and sighed.

"Your Majesty's painting skills have been perfected, and if you want to make any more progress, you will have to win the work of heaven and earth. A middle-aged man with a good bearing said with a smile.

"Wei Qing, needless to say, I still have a little less talent in this Western oil painting. "This is what he called Wei Qing is Wei Xin, the general minister of the palace, who is still a first-class martial artist, looking no more than forty, in fact, like Li Ming, he is over sixty years old.

"Your Majesty is too modest," Wei Xin is neither humble nor arrogant, "Your Majesty's Danqing calligraphy is more on top of oil painting, no one in the country can be out of Your Majesty's right, the minister is the truth, not flattery." ”

"You, you!" Li Ming pointed at Wei Xin and shook his head and smiled.

Suddenly, a woman in Han costume walked into the imperial study with light steps, crossed her hands and bowed deeply to Li Ming, her voice was neither high nor low, and the words were extremely clear: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is here." ”

"Xuan. Li Ming put down his paintbrush and sat down on the Minghuang dragon pattern sofa behind the imperial case.

"No. Only then did the woman straighten up and retreat out the door.

After a while, an old man in a suit walked in calmly, this old man was the same as Li Ming, his hair was gray, but his back was straight, his eyes were deep, and he seemed to have a powerful aura that had been in the top position for a long time, and people did not dare to face it under the majesty.

But his majestic aura that was incomparably like substance dissipated unconsciously when he came to Li Ming. In its place is a subtle humility. This person is the current prime minister, Earl Shang Chaodong, who has been in charge of the government affairs of the Great Xia Empire for more than ten years, and has a high prestige in the country, which can be said to be under one person and above hundreds of millions of people.

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't disturb His Majesty's Yaxing, right?" Shang Chaodong didn't even wipe the snowflakes from his hair, so he bent down and bowed and said.

Li Ming's eyes were full of a light smile, and he waved his hand casually, "Shang Qing, please sit down, I'm still thinking, you should come now." Shang Chaodong sat down under Li Ming's head, took the hot coffee handed by the attendant, and said with a slight bow: "Your Majesty, the minister is not here tonight to play chess with His Majesty, but for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Ming groaned and said, "The prince has not been in the East Palace for more than a month, and his daily greetings are gone, and even I don't know what this son is doing now." ”

Shang Chaodong's Shen Yi face showed a hint of worry, and he said thoughtfully: "The minister has recently received some rumors, and the minister also thinks that it is just chasing the wind and shadows, which is not enough to rely on, but the stakes are very high, and the minister has to come to show His Majesty. ”

Li Ming's gaze behind his glasses did not have the slightest discoloration, and he slowly spoke: "Shang Qing is talking about the prince's abnormal behavior, right? ”

Shang Chaodong was slightly stunned, it is not strange for the emperor to know some news, not to mention that he is in the ninth level and does not care about the outside, but after all, he is the Son of Heaven, how can he really ignore the situation outside? The question is why the emperor does not pay attention to it at all.

Although it is now a democratic constitutional government with limited powers, the monarch is still the supreme ruler of the empire, enjoying not only the supreme honor, but also the great wealth in his hands, and the throne is still very attractive. Because of the coup d'état of the coup d'état of the imperial throne, the history of royal fathers and sons conspiring and fratricidal against each other is endless, is it inevitable that it will not appear in modern times?

Shang Chaodong has served as prime minister for more than ten years, of course Li Ming knows his thoughts, "Shang Qing, I have always been obsessed with the art of calligraphy and painting, and you usually manage the major affairs of the cabinet, and you don't focus on the crown prince, so that he has some unrealistic ideas." But the news was ridiculous after all, and I couldn't believe how bold he was. Even if he really has the courage, he may not have the ability. ”

Shang Chaodong sighed secretly, after all, the crown prince is the son of the emperor, and many times as a father covers up and connived at his son, but what can he say? When the prince wants a coup d'état? What about the evidence? A society governed by the rule of law, unlike in ancient times, can be convicted based on the subjective conjecture of the superior, not to mention that he is still the crown prince, without ironclad evidence, who can do anything to him?

"Your Majesty, the prince hasn't shown up for more than a month, should Your Majesty summon him, knock and knock, and also give the prince a wake-up. The minister is not afraid of 10,000, he is afraid of what happens. Shang Chaodong thought for a while and suggested. The crown prince hid and didn't show up, but the emperor wanted to summon him, so he couldn't help but come, right?

Li Ming nodded, "Just do what Shang Qing said." He turned his head to Wei Xin and said, "Inform the East Palace, I want to see the crown prince, and let him come to Xia Ming Palace as soon as possible." ”

At this time, the female officer reported that the speaker had come to the audience. Li Ming ordered Xuan to come in, and then an elegant old man walked into the imperial study, it was the speaker of the parliament, Baron Rong Changxin.

The three most powerful old men in the Great Xia Empire were all in this imperial study.

Rong Changxin saluted and said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, this afternoon several deputy speakers of the Great Council have proposed constitutional amendments, and they believe that the current constitution has imperfections and suggest that it be amended as soon as possible. The time is tomorrow. ”

Li Ming frowned, "Now that you are mentioning the amendment of the constitution, the three vice speakers have all initiated a proposal? and they are still in such a hurry." Shang Chaodong also felt that something was wrong. In recent years, there have been calls for constitutional amendment, but they have never been really implemented, because the people who proposed them did not carry enough weight and could directly veto them according to the procedure. But this time, it seems to be a bit menacing.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the three Deputy Speakers have reached an agreement, and they have just submitted a joint application to the Minister. Rong Changxin's face was also solemn. The three vice-chairmen proposed at the same time to convene a constitutional amendment convention to revise the constitution, which has not happened in the more than 100 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and whether or not the final revised constitution can be passed by the legislators is also very unusual.

But according to the procedure, he had to accept and initiate the Constitutional Amendment Council. If the amendment is reasonable, it is actually a good thing, and if it is unreasonable, the legislators will not pass it.

"You are the speaker, what do you think about this issue?" asked Li Ming.

"Your Majesty, now we can only convene a constitutional amendment meeting in accordance with the law, and first look at the draft of the parliamentarians, if it is unreasonable, it will not be approved by the majority. Rong Changxin explained.

"Speaker, what if the draft that comes out is unreasonable, but it is passed by the majority?" Shang Chaodong asked a question that is difficult to come up in modern politics.

Rong Changxin was stunned for a moment, the parliament represents the broad public opinion, how can an unreasonable draft be passed by a majority? If the situation is really passed by the majority, how can it be unreasonable? If the situation that the prime minister said really occurs, there can only be one explanation, most of the parliamentarians have been bribed, but it is impossible for so many parliamentarians to be bribed, and the state supervision department and the internal intelligence organs are not decorations.

Shang Chaodong continued: "Your Majesty, the gossip that the minister heard before said that the prince wanted to control the parliamentarians through a drug to achieve the purpose of amending the constitution. Does it have something to do with it?"

Li Ming also nodded helplessly, "I also suspect it, but how can I prove that this matter is related to the crown prince?

Shang Chaodong also smiled bitterly, not to mention that this matter may not be related to the crown prince, but it is really related, what can he do now? Take a seemingly non-existent matter to oppose the parliamentarians' constitutional amendment? If there is no evidence, it is unconstitutional in itself.

"If they want to repair, let them repair. I have again ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate the matter and see what is going on. Shang Qing, after you go back, you also ordered the Ministry of Supervision to investigate, as well as the Military Intelligence Bureau, also to mobilize and make every effort to investigate this matter, well, the prince will also investigate. Get the results of the survey as quickly as possible. ”

That night, secret orders were issued from the Forbidden City. Suddenly, Yanjing, which was already turbulent undercurrent, became even more treacherous. It is like the sea before a storm, and it looks calm, but it can set off stormy waves at any time.

At this time, Yun Rui also followed Wang Han and Qin Qin to the station of the Seventh Division in the suburbs.

A terrible siren sounded, the sound of an air raid siren, followed by a flare that streaked across the night sky, illuminating the snow.

"The three-day snowy night exercise has begun!" Wang Han said to Qin Qin.

A loud and noisy sound came, the roar of army helicopters sounded in the air, I don't know how many tanks, armored vehicles, and towed artillery roared out from the gates of the camp, and countless field officers and men wearing camouflage and helmets ran out of the camp shouting and shouting.

Yun Rui looked at the grand scene of the Seventh Division, and the first thing that came to mind was: "It's time for a mutiny." (Ask for support)