I can't die

Later generations will inevitably bring a lot of legends when they talk about Emperor Tongzhi. This little emperor, who is only six years old, has experienced many things since he ascended the throne, from the Xinyou coup to the pacification of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the stability of returning to Xinjiang, and the expansion of the South China Sea. Then to fight against Britain, reform the imperial examinations, and promote the development of capitalism, it can be said that almost all of the Qing court's society was restored by him when he was in power.

In the eighth year of Tongzhi, Empress Fucha gave birth to a son, named Boxing, who was established as the crown prince at birth. He was educated by Zaichun since he was a child. The turmoil was much smaller.In the next few years, the court and the country were relatively stable. When Prince Boxing was seven years old, Zai Chun let him participate in politics. Although seven years old was too young, Zai Chun was in power at six years old, and no one Rebuttal, it's just that the ministers often heard Prince Boxing's remarks when they were discussing politics, most of them were immature. But it is slightly worse than the emperor.

It's not that Zai Chun didn't hear these rumors, but he laughed it off. After all, not everyone is a time traveler. It would be strange if his son was like him.As for the crown prince, it's not that he doesn't know these words. While secretly annoyed, he has studied harder, but he hasn't grown crooked.

When the prince was 14 years old, Zaichun did another thing that caused a sensation in the government and the public. He reformed the Military Aircraft Office and set up a parliament in the style of the United Kingdom. At first, one member was elected by the Manchu, Mongolian and Han clans in the parliament. The empress dowager, the prince, and the empress are jointly formed, and all major military and state affairs must be drafted by the parliament.

Although this incident greatly limited the emperor's rights and caused a great sensation, except for the Confucian scholars, everyone in the court only refuted a little at the beginning, and then it was over. It is true that once the parliament is held, all ethnic groups have the right to decide on political affairs It has greatly increased, and even to some extent can be compared with the emperor, so how can it not be?Just thinking about the fact that the emperor allowed Han people to join the parliament, he felt a little unhappy, but Zai Chun said: "Look at the government and the public, how many people above the second-rank officials are not Han people, favor one over another, and fear trouble."

Everyone thought that Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan, Jiao Youying and other powerful officials were all Han Chinese, and they were close to the emperor, so they didn't dare to respond, so apart from the lineage of the emperor and empress, less than half of the council was Han officials.

This is the earliest parliament in the Qing Dynasty.

As soon as the parliament opened, the ministers of the parliament and the empress dowagers, empresses, and princes voted on many matters. Zai Chun did not express his position on many occasions, obviously wanting to completely delegate power to the parliament. In the end, the decision was made, so everyone was convinced based on Zaichun's more and more grand regal prestige, but the prince couldn't help secretly worrying about whether he could be like his father after he ascended the throne, deciding the world with one word.

It was another ten years of peace and quiet, and the number of members of the council gradually expanded, and finally expanded to 25, and then the expansion stopped. In these years, two or three people were born in foreign imperial examinations and entered the council. Those who were born in foreign imperial examinations lacked interest in discussing politics, but devoted themselves to developing other things, and turned them into decorations in the parliament. Seeing this, everyone put it down and didn't mention it.

When Zaichun was 50 years old, he decided to abdicate. With this order, the voice of civil and military opposition in the Manchu Dynasty was boiling. !

Even among the common people, who deeply felt the emperor's kindness and were grateful for the stability of the country, they even kowtowed in front of the Meridian Gate, shouting in their mouths, wanting to keep the emperor in power for a few more years.

Zai Chun knew the thoughts of these ministers and the common people, and he was afraid that the crown prince would not be as good as himself; but Zai Chun thought that the crown prince is now in his 30s.He didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Kangxi and ruin the relationship between father and son. Moreover, now that there is a parliament, the prince may make mistakes occasionally, so he will not be too biased; As the Supreme Emperor, he reserved a seat in the parliament, and said in the imperial decree that he would vote more with the emperor to show his favor.

In this way, the parliament has become such a form, everyone else has one vote, and the emperor and the emperor both have two votes, which also shows the difference between the royal family and the ministers.

In these years, Cixi and Ci'an have also aged one after another. The two old queens have been fighting for a lifetime. When they are old, they want to let go of power and live a peaceful life. Many times, they rarely attend the parliament. It is the Fucha family who is young and vigorous, and has replaced the second queen mother. The seat is only for the sake of the emperor, and he abides by his duty and dare not go too far, and there is no word that the harem interferes too much in politics.

In fact, Zai Chun has no opinion at all about whether the harem is involved in politics or not. With the passage of time, he can already foresee that in the future parliament, besides the emperor, empress, and queen mother, more than 20 people will be ministers. The Qing Dynasty became a constitutional monarchy country like foreign countries, but it only contained Chun's selfishness. After all, it still reserved more powers for the royal family, so that all power would not be left to others.

In the 67th year of Tongzhi, Zaichun passed away.When he was dying, the Supreme Emperor issued the last imperial decree, allowing women to participate in the imperial examination and enter the court as an official, which was the last thing he did for the community.

Although the ministers were dissatisfied, because this was the last imperial decree of the Supreme Emperor, the parliament also passed it, so they carried it out in mourning; in this way, the cornerstone of equal rights for men and women was laid.

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