The ghost screamed for a long time, and no one dared to help the fallen bonsai. The two brothers fell into deep silence.
"Fifth brother, there is plenty of time to reminisce about the past, shall we talk about these things in the court?" Yixin was really afraid to continue talking about Emperor Daoguang. When he was guarding the tomb in Xiling, he often slandered his own father.
But never once did he get such a huge reaction from his father, he was so angry! It seems that the old saying is true, 'Don't talk about people during the day, and don't talk about ghosts at night! '
It's dark today, but I'm still in the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, constantly underestimating Master Daoguang. There must be something wrong!
Yi Pei had vented enough emotions, and such an opening also brought the two brothers closer together. Yi Pei wiped away his tears and said.
"Okay! Listen to Sixth Brother, I won't hide it anymore... My condition is very simple. Zai Chun cannot die, absolutely not. I would rather let him abdicate than die!"
"Old Liu, do you really want to bear the eternal crime of killing your nephew? At that time, Emperor Jianwen just ended up with an unknown whereabouts. No one knows what Zhu Di did!"
"If we don't bear this infamy, how can we govern if we do?"
"This... Brother Wu, let me tell you what's on my mind!" Yi Xin said with a heartbeat, "It depends on Zai Chun whether he dies or not. If he is willing to exercise his power peacefully, what if we let him live? I'm still short of him. Silver?"
"But the key now is that Zai Chun is too stubborn. He refuses to bow his head and won't even open the door to negotiations. This is not my problem!"
"As long as Zaichun bows his head, I can guarantee his safety!"
Yi Pei looked at his brother and asked, "Is it just to protect his safety? Can't you just give in and become... regent or something?"
"Hmm... Fifth Brother, you're going too far! I've worked hard all my life to achieve this. Is my goal really to become a regent?"
"There are no outsiders here, and I don't have to lie to you. It is necessary for Zai Chun to abdicate. If I wanted to be the regent, why would I bother today?"
"Hey... that's right!" Yi Pei sighed, "How could you give in? Besides, Zai Chun's body is not good enough, so I won't talk about it..."
"I'm asking you... what do you want to do with the Eight Banners political discussion you want to have? A noble assembly of all foreigners?"
Yi Xin's eyes suddenly lit up, "Hey... Fifth Brother, you are on point with what you said. I still have to deal with the Eight Banners' political affairs..."
Yixin began to explain to his brother bit by bit the structure of the Eight Banners Noble Council that he wanted to create, how many speakers, how many chiefs, how often the chief ministers should be rotated, and how to set up a supervisory team.
Including how to select members from the nobles, how much each of the eight banners occupies, how many votes can be passed to pass the bill, how to impeach, etc.
The thing Yi Xin worked on was actually not complicated at all. It was actually the aristocratic parliament that was popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The European Middle Ages were a period of theocratic rule. Religion and feudal lords had absolute rights. The people were actually no different from slaves, and merchants were also slaves.
In that era, there were no laws to protect businessmen. You had to be careful even if you were rich. You had to buy indulgences even if priests came to your door and forcefully sold them. You had to pay for the lord's increase in taxes for no reason. In those days, rich people were not uncles!
Ranked nobles and church people are the best among men!
Later, the drama was the Renaissance and the rise of Protestantism. It was with the foreshadowing of these two reforms that the British Glorious Revolution and the French Revolution were born!
It was after the Protestant Wars that a large number of parliaments began to appear in various European countries. Of course, the parliaments at that time were what Yi Xin called the Parliament of Nobles.
It was not until around the 19th century that, after many brutal struggles, the civilian parliament or the parliament controlled by merchant capitalists began to seize power.
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that aristocratic councils like Yixin are actually slightly more advanced than the previous Qing Dynasty's political system, which at least reduced the emperor's autocratic power.
But in the eyes of Yi Pei and others, especially Li Tuo, this system is still backward. They have already made up their minds to establish a parliament, why don't they learn from the most advanced ones?
The political ideals of Yi Pei and Li Tuo's small group are a little more advanced than Yi Xin. Although Yi Pei is not very talented, he is close to the people and knows the sufferings of the people.
He can also feel the contradictions in society, and knows that the Qing Dynasty is really about to end, and it will only take a few decades!
Therefore, the political ideal of this small group is a complete constitutional monarchy! I, Yi Pei, will be the emperor, an emperor in image, and an emperor without real power!
Build a real great assembly of all ethnic groups, unite the Han people into the assembly, truly discuss all national affairs, and give the right to go to war to the great assembly.
This method is more advanced than Yi Xin's, but it is not that simple to achieve this ideal. You can only work hard and wait for the opportunity.
Now that Yixin has strong soldiers and horses, he can't afford to offend him, so he can only infiltrate first and slowly wait for the opportunity!
After listening to Guiziliu's eloquent words, Yi Pei smiled and said, "Okay, okay...brothers are so talented! Then my brother is not polite. I want to ask this noble power council where I, Yi Pei, should be placed." ?”
"Haha... Fifth brother, don't worry. You can choose any of the seats. Speaker? Chief Assistant? Minister of Supervision? You take your pick!"
"Haha... I don't care about these false names. You can arrange whatever you want... I want a right! A veto power! Will you give it to me?"
"Ah? This... Fifth Brother, what you want is not right!" The brotherly love that had just surged in Guiziliu's heart was now hit a lot by the big wave.
"You are anxious to refute me first. I still have conditions! Just give me this province of Shanxi. From now on, leave the military and political appointments to me, okay? I will help you guard it..."
"My subordinates also have to eat and have a way to survive! Arranging the military and civil affairs of a province also counts as giving them a way to survive!"
Guiziliu's face suddenly darkened. "Fifth brother! Are you going to break the earth and become the king? You are already a prince, what are you doing? Do you still want to go up?"
"Hahaha... Do you think at my age, can I still walk up there? That's not possible. I just want to bring some benefits to my subordinates!"
"Seriously, brother, this big parliament you have built is all good but not good at all. People talk like chickens and ducks. What if these members are rogue and unreasonable?"
"Your system is based on the fact that all congressmen are good people and know the rules! But what about the ancestors of the Eight Banners? No one scares them. Can they abide by the rules?"
"You are the emperor, and you cannot do everything in your daily life. Of course you have the final say on military and state affairs, but some small issues are noisy and noisy for several days without any results. If no one is watching them, there will be no chaos. Got it!"
"I'll help you guard it for the sake of my brother!"
Guiziliu's heart finally cooled down, and the little affection he had just had was wiped out. "Haha...Brother will really give me problems!"
"What if I don't agree? Did you arrange for three hundred swordsmen to chop me to death? Use my head to show off your merits to Zai Chun?"
"Or do you think your 18,000 men can resist my army of hundreds of thousands?"
"Brother, you have to tell me why you are negotiating!"
