The welfare income of the prince is not very high. The prince's food is 8,000, the prince's is 9,000, and the king's is 10,000! But Wang Jue has a unique income, which is ancestral temple fees and ceremonial fees.
Wang Jue is very special among Chinese orders because he represents the image of a kingdom. Take King Shangtai as an example. His money is not just for himself. He is also responsible for the sacrificial expenses of the Shangjia Ancestral Temple for five hundred years. There are also expenses for the etiquette of the country's nobles. He must be a good representative of the kingdom.
Therefore, there is no three-generation decline in kingship, but there is a very big constraint on kingship, that is, the king cannot directly interfere in politics. In other words, other nobles can retain their noble status while entering the government to do various practical jobs, slowly completing their qualifications to do things.
But Wang Jue doesn't even have this right anymore. It's enough for you to guard Wang Jue and set a moral example. Government administration matters have nothing to do with you.
Everyone present was whispering to each other, wondering why the prime minister had weakened the royal power to this extent. The title of emperor has been abolished, and the royal power has been locked in a cage. Are you planning to never let it out?
But what Xiao Letian said immediately afterwards shocked everyone present.
"Now in the South Pacific, with Tahiti as the center, we have gained sovereignty over nearly one hundred and fifty islands! Ahem... In the future, I will select those with outstanding merits from the princes and honorary kings to establish a kingdom in the South China Sea! "
Hiss... everyone present exclaimed, won't the Chinese finally form a country?
Xiao Letian understood everyone's questions and nodded. "The final name of the Chinese nation should be the United Kingdom. One king will not rule the entire Chinese world..."
"From the north to the Far East, to the south to Australia, and to the east there is the Pacific Ocean... There are countless areas where we Chinese can survive. What we need is the unification of language, writing and culture. This is the most important thing!"
"In my lifetime, I hope that a United Kingdom with Chinese as the main body will emerge in Asia. Everyone will sit together and negotiate with each other to form a country. Diplomatic power, military power, and constitution-making power can be centralized, but each small The kingdom also relatively retains its own freedom..."
"Those regions that join together can independently formulate civil bills, conduct independent taxes, and are completely responsible for their own internal affairs... Isn't this a good system? Why should eggs be put in one basket?"
"In the United Kingdom, as long as our military power, diplomatic power, fundamental constitution and language remain consistent, this is great unity, and then we can pursue small differences in life!"
"More similarities and minor differences, what our governance ultimately pursues is nothing more than similar similarities and minor differences!"
At this point, all the contents of the Chinese Order have been revealed. When people finally heard the proposal of the United Kingdom, no one listened to Sima Yun's recitation of the benefits of the nobility.
The benefits of the nobility are not only those special allowances, but also many unique class privileges. Not to mention the completely free medical care and education for the family. The state provides houses, and the architectural layout must also be divided into hierarchies. Some The unique patterns and decorations were only available to nobles.
In addition, during celebrations, civilian citizens must salute the nobles, which is also a kind of honor. What's even more interesting is that the nobility will hold some auctions from time to time, such as some forest farms in Alaska, beautiful islands in the Pacific discovered by explorers, and even some thousand-year-old cultural relics captured by the army.
These things will appear in noble auctions, but civilians have no right to participate in such auctions.
But all this is no longer important. All people's thoughts are attracted by the four words of the United Kingdom.
No matter what country name is put in front of the United Kingdom, it is all false. Only these four words are real. It can be said that this is the political structure closest to the Chinese people in the 19th century.
First of all, the people at that time still accepted the concept of hierarchy. The proletarian revolution had not swept the world. The people accepted hierarchical rule from the bottom of their hearts. Common people saluted the aristocrats. The aristocrats had certain privileges and would not arouse social resentment.
On the contrary, an effective promotion mechanism allows everyone to clearly see the upward path. People know what they have to do to improve their status into the aristocratic class. This is the most important thing!
A kingdom is a kingdom. If you really create a system of complete equality and eliminate classes, the Chinese people will lose their direction and become confused.
A union is a union. The prime minister has already abolished the title of emperor, so what distinction is there between the king and the king? If the kings do not recognize the alliance, the king of the east insists on ruling the king of the west, and the king of the south refuses to obey the king of the north, then won’t society return to the old path of centralization?
Ryukyu, whose people are gradually becoming wiser, has realized the harm of a centralized state like the Qing Dynasty. Because of that centralized system, the supreme ruler is likely to consciously suppress the improvement of productivity for the sake of imperial power.
This is no joke. In order to secure their country forever, the Manchu emperors could make the manufacture of muskets illegal. Even in the Qing army, the use of crossbows was prohibited.
Because muskets and crossbows are the nemesis of cavalry, they are weapons of rebellion that rulers are very afraid of.
We don’t want centralization, and an absolutely egalitarian society is unrealistic, so the concept of the United Kingdom is also very good! Especially now, isn’t the UK the United Kingdom? Look how well they are doing!
The minds of the absolute top officials around Xiao Letian were already boiling. "Sooner or later, the Far East will establish a country. The volunteer army led by Long Ye will be the prototype of the future Far East Army... The immigration wave of the Tahiti Islands has already appeared, and that huge territory The island group stretches across the South Pacific, so there is no problem at all in forming three or four archipelago kingdoms!”
"There is also the Iquique region in South America. It was an autonomous Chinese territory at the beginning, but it is not impossible to become independent in the future! When the Chinese population in Iquique exceeds one million in the future, everything is possible!"
Xiao Letian's four kings think further. They are Xiao Letian's absolute confidants and know more secret information. They are very clear about Xiao Letian's layout in Nanyang.
What is the CIA doing in Brunei? Why are rice bosses and cattle bosses so desperate to buy land and expand their farms in Cebu? Are those lands really just for growing crops?
In the future, the most resource-rich region in Southeast Asia will definitely become independent from European colonists. Of course, national sovereignty after independence cannot be handed over to the local indigenous people. Where can there be living space for indigenous monkeys under the orders of the Chinese people?
Xiao Hexin's heart suddenly thumped, "I understand, the Prime Minister is going to establish a United Chinese Kingdom around the Pacific! It's amazing, it's really amazing. No wonder the Prime Minister has been investing all military expenditures in the Navy. No wonder the total number of the Army has been reduced. It turns out that the root cause right here……"
"But what about the mainland on the other side? Is the Qing Kingdom going to give up? It is impossible for this system of the United Kingdom to be applied to the mainland!"
Doubts are growing in the minds of many people.
