Byron's Blade

General Friesman did not expect that things would get so out of hand. Now, he had to seriously consider whether to let Mu Li follow the public opinion and become emperor.

The parade team is increasing day by day, from a few thousand to tens of thousands, especially in the main city of Gaia and the city of adventurers.After the military police and the Southeast Army experienced large-scale military conflicts, they started a large number of arrests and guards. They were already short of manpower, and they were even more powerless to control the parade.

Several press conferences were held, and the spokesperson also made many statements, hoping that the public could calm down and wait for the government's decision quietly.However, the people who have just turned themselves into masters can't control their feverish minds at all, and must demand the government to realize their wishes.Muli is the emperor they elected. This is their first vote, and the rights exercised for the first time must not be invalidated. Otherwise, how can we talk about the victory of the revolution, how can we talk about democracy and freedom?

In addition to this matter, General Friesman has other troubles, such as the handling of other generals.In addition to the three generals in his own camp, there are also General Lafontaine who is in the enemy's camp and General Petrov who has always remained neutral.This time he remains neutral, and when everything is settled, he will definitely come to ask for benefits.

To this end, General Friesman held a special meeting with Generals Luo Jia, He Yun, and Strong.The result of the final research is that the military council system of the seven generals must be abolished, which is equivalent to seven localities operating independently. Although they can be divided and ruled to reduce the pressure on the central government, the tendency of the warlords to separate is very serious.Therefore, the status of the current seven generals cannot continue to be retained, and a way must be found to effectively centralize power.No matter what benefits Petrov wants, there is one thing that is absolutely impossible for him to achieve. He cannot live without the Federation.If you see this clearly, you can control him.

Petrov soon came to take the initiative to surrender. He captured some old forces who had fled to Ice and Snow City, and personally escorted these criminals to meet General Friesman.After General Friesman had a secret talk with him, he basically reached an agreement with him.All he wants is more money. This guy controls the military industry system of the entire Federation in Ice and Snow City, but he is still not satisfied.He seems to want to get involved in the current scientific research industry again, and wants to reap more benefits.

General Friesman has the right to agree to him, but he has secretly laid many traps, which will come into play one by one in the future.Facts have proved that in just a few months, Petrov was inexplicably emptied of power and completely marginalized, worse than before.And the cunning Friesman wrote him a lot of fat empty checks, but none of them were cashed.Petrov was completely tricked by Friesman, and since then he has been in a slump and can no longer make trouble.

As for General Lafontaine, he was handed over to a military court for investigation and trial immediately after his arrest, and he was eventually sent to prison like Conrad, and he could not come out for life.

The militaristic-ruled federation created by Rudolph has now begun to slowly change under the reform measures that General Friesman has thought about.General Friesman first established the Congress, reorganized the Supreme Court and the Supreme Procuratorate, the system of seven generals was abolished, and the remaining four generals, including Friesman himself, all became members of the Federal Military Commission, and the Ministry of Defense was established. The troops belonging to the seven generals were all integrated and handed over to the Ministry of National Defense for unified leadership and command.The new Minister of Defense will be temporarily appointed by General Luo Jia.

When the two houses of Congress were established, the most basic political system was finally established in this country that was waiting to be rebuilt.General Friesman believes that the current state of the Federation is too similar to France in the eighteenth century.The collapse of faith and the collapse of the social foundation, people yearn for freedom, equality, and democracy, but they don't know what freedom, equality, and democracy are.This country still needs to centralize power, and we can no longer engage in warlord politics, which will completely tear this country apart.

The best choice is to follow the old path France took at that time, avoid its failures and learn lessons.

During the reform of the political system in less than two months, popular demonstrations/demonstrations have intensified, and have reached the point where they have to be suppressed by armed forces.By the time the Congress and the two chambers were fully established in the Constitution, popular demonstrations had already spread to all parts of the Federation, with hundreds of thousands of people.

Under great pressure, General Friesman made a decision after careful consideration and difficult choices.On March [-], he summoned Mu Li alone in the interim presidential office, and told Mu Li his decision.

Mu Li jumped up against the case and said angrily: "You are crazy! How can I claim the title of emperor? You forgot what our revolution is for? Do you want me to be the second Yuan Shikai? Let future history books write me as stealing the revolution Fruit traitor?!"

General Friesman was still calm, and under the tremendous mental pressure Mu Li put on him, he said firmly:

"You are not Yuan Shikai, you are Napoleon Bonaparte. Do you know the difference between the two?"

Mu Li didn't speak, just looked at him furiously.

"The difference between them lies in prestige and people's hearts. When a person wants what everyone wants, he should not refuse, otherwise he will push everything to the opposite of success, do you understand?"

Mu Li's breathing was a little unsteady.

"Don't worry, your emperor doesn't have any arbitrary imperial power. He is worse than the old lady in England. Since the people want you to be emperor, then you should be this emperor. Once you do, they will have no complaints. People don’t understand real politics, and we have to come in the end.”

"So, you want me to be a mascot?" Mu Li raised his eyebrows.

"If you insist on saying that you are a mascot, I can't help it. But at least, your mascot is extremely popular. Your existence can stabilize people's hearts. You are already the spiritual leader of this country, so you should have Be conscious and take responsibility. With great power comes great responsibility, do you understand?" General Friesman's words were heavy.

Mu Li thought for a long time, and finally sighed deeply.General Friesman knew that she had compromised.

"I have one only condition. At my enthronement ceremony, I must announce that this emperor is not hereditary. There is only one term. After me, there will be no more emperors." Mu Li said.

Friesman considered for a moment and said, "Okay, as you wish."

The enthronement ceremony was prepared very quickly, and the news that the Congress had passed the Act of Establishing the Emperor was sent out almost the next day after Mu Li nodded in agreement.Friesman's actions were undoubtedly intended to suppress the severe domestic situation as soon as possible. Obviously, his measures were very effective. When the news that Mu Li was about to become emperor came out, the entire Federation fell into a sea of ​​joy.

Mu Li never dreamed that one day, she would walk the old path of Napoleon Bonaparte.However, there is still a difference between her and Napoleon.Napoleon had the will to become emperor, but she didn't. She just wanted to live her life in peace, but she was pushed to the throne by hundreds of millions of people.In her whole life, she might never be quiet.

However, she was not discouraged.Now that she has taken on this responsibility, she will be responsible to the end.This position, the temptation is too great.It is very difficult for her to guarantee that decades later, she will not forget her original intention of enthroning and proclaiming herself emperor.For this reason, she set up seven commandments for herself, telling herself that some mistakes must never be made.From then on, read it every day, be vigilant at all times, and let people around you supervise yourself.

You must guard against your lust for money, and don't let money blind your eyes.

You must guard against your desire for power, and don't let the scepter bend your spine.

You must guard your vanity, and don't let royal robes cover simplicity.

You must guard against your lust/desire, and don't let the dragon bed imprison the flesh.

You must guard against your arrogance, lest the crown oppress humility.

You must guard against your anger, don't let Wang Jian slaughter innocent people.

You must guard against your own laziness, and don't allow the breeding ground of admiration.

She also solemnly read out these seven commandments in her enthronement oath, and she hoped that she could share the encouragement with the people who support her.

Her enthronement ceremony was prepared in haste.It is not luxurious and complicated, it is simple, but it is also very solemn.There is no dragon robe or crown, only a custom-made military uniform, a ceremonial knife, a ribbon and a scepter.There was no coronation, just a simple medallion and oath ceremony.She told the people who supported her: "I am enthroned, but I am not an emperor in the traditional sense. Since you support me, I hope you can see that the emperor you support is different from those emperors who have supreme imperial power in history. .”

After this very individual and very unusual enthronement ceremony, the federation gave birth to the first and last emperor in history.She has a special emperor title, and people call her the independent emperor.The Independence Emperor is eternally the only one, the only one.She also symbolized the first time that the people of the Commonwealth became independent, the first time that they grew from being manipulated babies into independent thinking adults.

The United States of the Earth People was also renamed the Earth Federation Independent Empire. This name, after Mu Li's death, will be renamed the Earth Federation Democratic Republic. This is also a matter of writing into the constitution.

The parades/demonstrations on the edge of the riots finally disappeared after Mu Li ascended the throne, and the huge, emerging independent empire, like a huge machine that had just been repaired and was ready to go, began to enter normal operation.The long-awaited peaceful and beautiful life has finally come slowly step by step.Although the road ahead is long and it seems that the future of this country cannot be seen, people's hearts are full of hope.Everyone is very concerned about and trusts the new government.This puts a heavy burden on the shoulders of the newly formed government.

But Mu Li couldn't control that much anymore, she became a symbolic emperor, which made her bear a heavy shackle.She felt that she had suffered a great loss, and she had to be nicer to herself and the people around her. First of all, she had to marry Lanni, and she couldn't wait any longer.

Mu Li's marriage proposal was very simple, he just took Lan Ni's hand and said a word: Let's get married.Lanny's answer was also very simple: why did you say this now.Having experienced so much, romance and reserve seem to be superfluous things to them, they just want to cherish every minute and every second.

Marriage was quickly put on the agenda. Mu Li is an emperor no matter what. Her wedding cannot be too simple. Although she has repeatedly asked for simplicity, it is not her wedding after all. This is the first big wedding of the new empire. happy event.

Now her every move has risen to the national level, and from the beginning, she was a little out of breath.

And our future queen—Miss Lani, is busy with another matter at the moment, and doesn't have the slightest awareness of being a bride.She recently received a very important piece of information, which made her go on a long-distance business trip on the eve of her wedding, and she left quietly without telling Mu Li.

On May [-]th, Mu Li will never forget this day.In her imperial mansion, she suddenly received a long-distance call from Lani from the outfield base station near the Himalayas. On the phone, Lani's first words were:

"Ali, don't get too excited after hearing this. Your mother...found it! She's still alive!"

The author has something to say: I said that there will be many surprises.