1890 King of Southeast Asia

Maybe Liu Yiming's methods are a bit despicable, but first of all, it is more useful than punishing!

Liu Yiming returned to the office and saw Liu Wanhua drinking tea in the office. He heard Liu Yiming coming back and called others out, acting mysteriously.

"What's wrong, Dad? Why are you acting mysterious in broad daylight?" Liu Yiming asked curiously.

"I ask you, do you want to be the emperor?" Liu Wanhua asked with a little expectation and a little struggle.

"Didn't I say it? Nanhua is not suitable for an emperor." Liu Yiming was a little speechless.

"Why?" Liu Wanhua asked loudly, and realized that he was too loud, and looked around again, and found that there was no one, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's not talk about the fact that you can't be an emperor for long. Let's talk about the defects of constitutional monarchy. If I become the emperor, I have to confer titles on a bunch of nobles! First, our own family and a few distant relatives have become royal relatives. Uncle Chen, Uncle Yang, and the Wang, Lu, and Xu families are all the families that started our rebellion. It's not too much to confer titles on them, right?" Liu Yiming saw that there was nothing particularly important to deal with, and the documents were mainly for people, so he talked to Liu Wanhua.

Liu Wanhua nodded: "Yes, these are our old foundation, and they are big families. They have made contributions. What's wrong with conferring titles?"

"Listen to me, in addition to Sishui, when fighting in Semarang, some families also made contributions, which can be regarded as military merits. If they don't confer titles, it's not too much to confer official titles, right?" Liu Yiming said.

"That's the reason..." Liu Wanhua thought it was normal.

"Then the army, Wang Yang, Xie Hui, Yang Tao, Wang Xu, led the troops to the battle, at least they should be conferred titles, right?" Liu Yiming continued.

"Yes! Don't let people feel disappointed!" Liu Wanhua said.

"Then, here comes the problem. Let's calculate it more or less. Once I ascend the throne, I will have to confer more than 30 titles. If there are wars to fight later, I will have to confer more titles. There will be nobles everywhere!" Liu Yiming said.

"What's the problem with this?" Liu Wanhua never understood.

"They are already rich and powerful. If they are conferred titles and passed down from generation to generation, then they are not aristocratic families? For their interests, it is common for them to unite. Now facing foreign enemies, they can still unite. I am the king and emperor with military merits, so of course I can control them. What if I die?" Liu Yiming said.

"This?" Liu Wanhua didn't know what to say.

"Dad, have you seen a few royal families who are still normal after the throne changes?" Liu Yiming continued to ask.

"That doesn't necessarily mean that your son is not good enough!" Liu Wanhua caught Liu Yiming's loophole.

"Dad, the emperor is just a puppet. Our ancestors were so good at fighting for power. If we play this game again, we will only repeat the same mistakes. Moreover, foreign forces are eyeing us covetously. Once we have civil strife, then..." Liu Yiming did not finish.

Has Liu Yiming ever thought about becoming an emperor? Yes, the descendants of Yan and Huang should have thought about it. To say something treasonous, Sun Dapao also thought about it (cannot be written here!).

Does he not want to do it? No! It is because he has matured and knows that this land is no longer suitable for the survival of imperial power. After two thousand years of imperial power development, constitutional monarchy has also lost its soil. Why? Because the imperial power in the eyes of Chinese people is different from that of foreign countries!

The imperial power of Russia comes from the Orthodox Church. After the separation of church and state, the imperial power is a kind of right, and civilians can resist.

Britain comes from Protestantism. Not only is church and state separated, but even the imperial power is shelved. The queen can express her opinions, but in theory, she does not have the right to directly manage the country. She can only appoint the prime minister and pass impeachment.

De II is a fake constitutional monarchy. The imperial power comes from military merit and from the Junker nobility.

The above three types basically include all the constitutional monarchies in Europe.

And what about the emperor? The imperial power is granted by heaven, so there is no separation of church and state, and no matter whether it is just or not, the act of resisting the emperor is rebellion.

As for constitutional monarchy? Don't be funny. The power of the prime minister has disappeared since the Ming Dynasty. The cabinet briefly possessed the power of the prime minister, and the emperor had a hundred ways to bypass the cabinet, but he could not bypass the civil service group.

The emperor is the source of all rights, and at the same time the emperor can interfere in everything. This is the imperial power, supreme, and the essence of constitutional monarchy is to trample the imperial power underfoot and make it no longer sacred!

Liu Yiming can try and have the opportunity to establish a constitutional monarchy, but he doesn't want to, the risk is too great!

"Dad, who told you what?" Liu Wanhua didn't have much expectation for this before, and even wanted Liu Yiming to retreat at the peak of his career. This shouldn't be the case.

"Hey! Didn't you tell me that those people you just mentioned are all thinking about the state system? It's been almost a month since Nanhua was established, and the government is still the same team. They are mostly sending people out to take over the city. They all know that it will change, and they are all guessing!" Liu Wanhua did not hide it. After hearing Liu Yiming's words, although he did not give up his thoughts, he did not mention it again.

"Those people are talking about becoming kings and emperors?" Liu Yiming asked.

Liu Yiming knew about this matter, but he didn't think too much about it. He was simply too busy at the moment, and Liu Yiming did not have a considerable foundation to master everything.

"Don't be angry, everyone is thinking about you. Nanhua has the current situation because you took the lead, so we want you to be the emperor." Liu Wanhua said.

"Who wants me to be the emperor?" Liu Wanhua is a businessman. Even if he has been working for so long, he is still a businessman and does not understand the ins and outs.

"It's mainly the families in Sishui, including your uncle Chen and uncle Zhang." Liu Wanhua said.

Liu Yiming breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that the army did not participate, but we have to speed up the construction of the power system. It's just right, reorganization! The branch is established in the company!

"Let's do this. I will make a preliminary plan for the government, mainly to establish those departments, those institutions, their rights, composition, etc. As for being the emperor, don't mention it anymore. Believe me, it's not a good job!" Liu Yiming said.

Afraid that Liu Wanhua would not believe it, Liu Yiming added, "In another thirty years, you will be seventy years old and I will be fifty years old. Once we both die, my son will be in his teens. Can he control them? By then, we will end up with an extinct family!"

"It's not that serious!" Liu Wanhua was a little unconvinced.

"There were millions of disciples of the Ming royal family, but what happened later? They only conferred a title of Yan'en Hou, whose true or false was unknown, and that happened decades after the Ming Dynasty fell!" Liu Yiming threatened.

"Then... OK! I'll go talk to them!" Liu Wanhua hesitated, but still agreed.

That's enough. Who doesn't hesitate when facing imperial power? Washington? If he were the emperor, he might as well be a capitalist, including his president, who was too poor to run the business!

After sending Liu Wanhua away, Liu Yiming had a headache. He had just settled down, but he was restless!

"Uncle Chen should be making a fuss, right?" Liu Yiming thought. Yes, he is the top leader. This is also the drawback of the descendants of Yan and Huang. If he is the top leader, he must be involved in everything and have all the power in his hands, otherwise he will not be happy!

This is also the difference between China and the West. Cultural differences can only be integrated and developed, but cannot be erased. Even Japan, which shouts about leaving Asia and joining Europe, has not escaped this template, because its cultural base is composed of Chinese characters. After leaving Chinese characters, it has to introduce other languages ​​and characters as supplements for daily language.

"In this way, the interim president adopts the presidential republic system and the power is divided. After all, it is a temporary political system. Just balance the power and then introduce a supervision system. This is not okay. The power is too great..." Liu Yiming took out a blank paper and wrote and drew.

"Huh~" After a long time, Liu Yiming almost gave up this idea. It is unrealistic to want to create a suitable political system out of thin air. Even if Liu Yiming is exposed to knowledge that is completely unimaginable in this era, he cannot do it.

"That's it..." Liu Yiming made a new plan and did not return home all night...

On January 21st, at the Sishui Government Affairs Office, all the important officials gathered here, waiting for Liu Wanhua to tell them about the political system Liu Yiming had formulated!

"What do you think Yiming will do?" Chen Jiangtao asked Liu Wanhua.

Liu Wanhua didn't know either! But it would be bad if he didn't say anything.

"He said he wanted to make a republic, which should be similar to the United States, right?" Liu Wanhua said uncertainly.

"This... Alas! I'm afraid that we Chinese can't adapt to it!" Chen Jiangtao knew the American system, but he was afraid that the Chinese couldn't adapt to it. After losing the suppression of the imperial power, the Chinese were suppressed by the Dutch. The Dutch were usually similar to the gentry, so there was not much difference. Chen Jiangtao really had no idea whether it would become a republic.

"Here it comes!" someone in the crowd said.

"Come on, here are the new appointments and organizational structures, send them out!" Liu Yiming walked into the Government Affairs Office with two dark circles under his eyes and said with great energy.

Soon, a large number of documents were sent out.

"Minister of Education?" Zhang Wentao was holding a new appointment, or rather, it was not much different, he was independent from the Ministry of Culture and became the new minister.

Others were similar, but Liu Yiming was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs in addition to the Minister of Defense!

"From today on, the previous political structure will be abolished, and certain personnel changes will also be made." Liu Yiming did not ask, but said directly, he found that some things could not be discussed.

"First, establish a congress to formulate the constitution and other laws. The specific situation is tentative."

"Second, Chen Jiangtao will serve as the interim president of the Republic of South China. Liu Wanhua will serve as the interim vice president and concurrently as prime minister."

"Establish the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Police, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, eleven departments. The appointments have been given to you, and the responsibilities have also been given to you."

"The above departments are responsible to the president. The prime minister and the congress exercise supervision power."

"The judicial system, local appointments, as well as the Immigration Bureau, the Development Agency, the South China Central Bank, and the Telegraph Bureau are responsible to the prime minister, and the president and the congress exercise supervision power."

There are no major changes in the appointments, but many powers are reorganized, such as the establishment of culture and education, industry and commerce, and the Ministry of Agriculture.

There is no way. To ensure that Chen Jiangtao has no complaints and to ensure that Liu Yiming can control the general direction, Liu Yiming can only come up with a four-legged beast. As for internal friction?

The army did not show up at all!