The royal palace in Shibao Royal City is a typical Chinese-style palace, with red walls, green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings. At first glance, it looks quite grand, but it is a little smaller in scale, just as big as a corner of Laoshan Palace. Moreover, the architecture of the Shibao Palace looks a bit rough, as if it is a crude imitation of a Ming Dynasty palace.
However, the timid Xue Gei who guarded the Jungar Palace were quite majestic. They were all selected tall and strong Mongolian men. They carried flintlock guns with bayonets and wore heavy cloth-covered iron armor and helmets. He looked murderous.
This group of cowardly Xue Jie, the defenders of Jungar's royal power, the hawks, dogs and scimitars of the former King Sengge, although they still look as majestic as ever, standing there motionless and with a fierce look in their eyes, but the man they defended to the death was once The royal power of Zhungeer belonging to King Sengge is now gone...
Of course the Jungar Kingdom is still a kingdom, and of course a kingdom has a king, otherwise what kind of kingdom is it?
The just-concluded Zhungeer Kulitai Conference has successfully elected the new king of the Zhungeer Kingdom! However, the newly appointed king of the Jungar Kingdom, Choros Galdan, does not have the same royal power as King Sengge.
Because this time the Kuritai Conference not only elected the king, but also formulated a "Zhungeer Code" to limit the royal power.
According to this "Dzungar Great Code", the highest power of the Dzungar Kingdom belongs to the permanent Kulitai Assembly, not the Dzungar King... although the king has the power to "convene" or "dismiss" The Kuritai Assembly vetoes the resolutions and procedures passed by the Kuritai Assembly. But without the approval of the Kuritai Assembly, the king could do almost nothing.
Without the consent of the council, the king of Jungar cannot levy taxes or raise troops outside the Wanhu and Shibao Royal City under his direct jurisdiction, cannot declare war in the name of the Kingdom of Jungar, cannot appoint a cabinet, or even legally Issue a religious edict (edict)...
The king of Jungar must convene a new Kuritai Assembly within three months after disbanding the Kuritai Assembly. Otherwise, each household, city, or temple can convene the assembly on its own.
The councilors of the Kuritai Assembly are elected by the 140,000 households, two major cities and Lama temples under the Jungar Kingdom within their respective jurisdictions. Each ten thousand household has a quota of three council officers. The two major cities also have a recommendation quota of three council officers. Each major temple in the kingdom can also recommend a total of three council officers.
In other words, the supreme royal power of Jungar is not in the hands of the newly minted King Galdan, but is jointly held by the 51 councilors of the Kuritai Conference. There is no veto power. Only a majority vote is needed to elect or remove the cabinet (the election of the cabinet requires the approval of the king), launch a war or sign a treaty (the approval of the king and the Ming Emperor is also required), and levy taxes (the approval of the king is also required) ), pass laws (also require the king’s approval)…
This is the king under the law and the king in a cage!
It all sounds progressive, and it doesn't sound like the laws here in Central Asia, but more like those in England and the Netherlands...
At this time, Wang Shu Chuhu'er Ubas, who presided over the Kuritai meeting, strode to Galdan's seat holding the just-passed "Zhungar Code", and then loudly reported: "His Royal Highness, The Kulitai Council of the Jungar Kingdom has unanimously approved the "Dungar Code", and now I ask your Highness to issue an edict for approval!"
The King of Junggar, Galdan, who was wearing a black robe, smiled and gently looked at Chuhuer Ubas, looking like an enlightened corporal of politeness, "Very good, this "Jungar Code" is very good. It is consistent with the will of Gu, and also in line with the laws of the Celestial Dynasty and Mongolian tradition... King Gu approved this law, and after the Lord of Heaven approves the implementation of this law in the Jungar Kingdom, the "Zhungar Great Code" will be our Zhunge This is your fundamental law, and everyone above and below you, including the lonely king, must abide by it!"
What is happening is the legendary constitutional monarchy...a historic moment! From now on, Galdan is a cage king!
I don’t know if Little Cromwell, the protector of the Republic of England, would feel ashamed after hearing that King Galdan of Junggar took the initiative to establish a constitution and returned to power.
But if he knew Galdan's mood at the moment, he wouldn't feel the slightest shame...because Galdan was smiling on his face and crying in his heart!
There is probably no king in the world who is more cowardly than him... The kings of other families are all tigers, and calling him a companion is like accompanying a tiger. It is better for him to become a caged tiger. Moreover, he walked into the cage by himself, and he walked in with a smile.
He Galdan is the tiger world, no, he should be the shame of the monarch world!
But he can’t do it without walking into the cage!
Who wanted to build this cage? Princess Anu? Anuktun? Prince Zhu San? None... The one who really wants to throw Galdan into a cage and lock him up is the Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong!
Galdan is so smart, he is a top student in Taixue! Moreover, he grew up in Yingtian Mansion and was a good friend of the wealthy king. He knew very well how he came to be locked in this cage.
Of course, Anuktun, Princess Anu, Chuhuur Ubas, Chechen Taiji (Geldan’s brother), Zhuote Babatur (Geldan’s brother), Bumutaiji (Geldan’s brother) Erdan's concubine) and other nobles of the Jungar Kingdom, as well as the leaders of the Jungar Yellow Sect such as Sanbao Lama, Mingzhu Lama, and Ford Lama, all did not like the feeling of accompanying the king like a tiger... so they all Willing to cooperate with Zhu Cihong to create a cage of power for Galdan.
Galdan, a big tiger with teeth and claws, had a row of flintlock guns pointed at the back of his butt! If he doesn't happily enter the cage, his butt will be broken by a bullet... If there is no other way, who would be willing to enter the cage?
And you can’t go in!
Of course, the king, who does not have much power in the first place, can squint in the cage safely, because this position is not very attractive to others, and the risk of usurpation is not small. If he is not careful, he will become a target of public criticism. But the king who truly holds great power cannot and cannot enter... Because the king holds great power, which means that there is no power that can restrict the king's power.
Since there is no such power to restrict the monarchy, voluntarily giving up the monarchy is tantamount to throwing away the power of life and death. This is an extremely irresponsible approach.
However, Galdan does not have no share in the Kuritai Conference. He has his own direct subordinate Wanhu, as well as the Shibao King City... He can elect a total of 6 councilors.
And his two Ketuns, Anu and Anu, have a total of four thousand households and one city (Anu Ketun's Kokand), and can recommend 15 councilors.
The three of them together have 21 councilors, plus the two heads of the young Cewang Alabutan and Sonomu Alabutan (Sengge's two youngest sons are now under the custody of Anuktun). There are 6 councilors that Wanhu can recommend, and there are 27 councilors in total, which is more than half!
As long as Galdan can coax the two Kotuns and win over his nephew, he can still rule as a king.
And he has another way to increase his prestige and expand the power of the monarch...that is to launch a foreign war!
Looking at the dozens of councilors in the hall, as well as two Ketuns in costumes, Galdan coughed again and lowered his voice: "Although His Majesty the Emperor has not yet approved the "Zhungeer Dharma Hall" ", but we can still act in accordance with the "Code" for the time being. Now the Solitary King has officially proposed to the Kuritai Council to march to the Khwarezm Oasis... Fellow councilors, you agree to gather the army , do you want to conquer my mortal enemy, King Zhun Geer?"
The new king needs to establish his authority when he takes office!
Many people in the main hall turned their attention to Anukotun. She nodded immediately and said: "The king planned to conquer Khwarezm before he was alive. Now is the time... But only with our Dzungar Kingdom Our strength is not enough, we must unite Dai Kingdom and Heshuote Kingdom to attack together to ensure victory!"
