History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

He said to try, but Minning didn't move.

There is a huge gap between the two, and she has had a difficult life in the past two years, and it is sad that the husband and wife have come to such a point of guarding against each other.

If it wasn't for the fourth master's illness this time, Minning would not have found control and resisted directly.

Chaozhong is now in the middle and lower classes, people who belong to her occupy half of the sky, and even Ge Lao has one or two who secretly lean towards her.The government is still the same as it was when the fourth master was there, no matter the court or the capital, everything is calm.

In the past two years, the Eight Banners barracks have been restructured, and a large number of cavalry have been replaced by conscripts recruited from the people.

Like the command of the Eight Banners, most of them only occupy a name, and have no real power in their hands.

So the army is in her hands, and everything today cannot be found in the palm of her hand.

As for the eighth brother, the brothers of the fourth master are all staying quietly at the moment, probably wanting to see what's going on in the garden.

Many people are wondering whether the fourth child is joining forces with her this time to deceive them into the game.It is precisely because of this concern that they dare not move.

It is best not to move, Minning can also have that time to control everything in the capital in an orderly manner.

The only thing that made her unhappy was that Hong Jing had come to look for her several times in the past month, and each time he repeated the old saying, asking her to see Fourth Master.Or let Minning allow him to see fourth master.

Both the Changchun Garden and the Old Summer Palace were under strict guard. None of the women in the palace moved.

The empress dowager who lived in seclusion in the Changchun Garden sent a letter, in which she scolded her for being a daughter-in-law.

Minning smiled bitterly, but the queen mother is her elder after all, she can't get angry with her, and she just stopped the news channel from Changchun Garden to the outside world.

With soldiers and horses in his hands, Minning also gained confidence, and started to work hard. The first thing to convey to the provinces is to let each province hold a vote in each county. The people's representatives who voted will be unified in May of the next year. Arrive in the capital.

Then there are all walks of life, and each province elects a candidate who can convince the public. Also in May, they will come to the capital for a meeting.

Minning convened a national people's meeting to discuss in detail where the laws of the Qing Dynasty needed to be changed.

Then she prepared to reform the official system, and elected one of the cabinets as the prime minister, who assisted the emperor in handling state affairs.

It is also preparing to form a proposal council. The council consists of candidates from the army, officials, and lawyers with experience in the industry. The candidates selected are all elites from all walks of life, with a total of hundreds of people.

These members of the House of Representatives can be selected by the emperor or recommended by other members. Members can be hereditary or life-long.

This chamber is called the House of Lords.

With the House of Lords, there is naturally the House of Commons, and the House of Commons is the representatives of various industries and classes, such as representatives of landlords, farmers, artisans, and the People's Congress. There are probably thousands of people from all walks of life.

Each bill is proposed by these representatives, and then the House of Commons discusses and approves it, and the House of Lords votes for it. If the House of Lords passes it, it will be presented to the emperor by the Prime Minister.

The House of Lords has the power to veto bills passed by the House of Commons.

The emperor has a veto power, which means that if the bill is passed by the House of Lords, the emperor can directly veto it if he disagrees.

Minning directly brought the cabinet over. Whether it was the prime minister system or the parliamentary system, she proposed that they were actually limiting the power of the monarchy, and the cabinet naturally cooperated.

No matter who it is, they hope that the power in their hands will increase. The emperor can't come out now. I heard that the emperor's younger brother, the Fourteenth Lord, has escaped from the city and is preparing to attack the capital. But now, no one knows where he is. The emperor obviously It didn't come out that easily.

More importantly, the proposal of the imperial concubine is good for both them and the privileged class. Who would disagree?The only one who is not good is the emperor, but the emperor has been imprisoned.

The cabinet and the three provinces and the six ministries also have those who are loyal and unwilling to accept them. It doesn't matter.

In short, the imperial concubine's wrist is very strong, she holds the army in her hand, and she is not at all afraid to wrestle with the officials.

Zhili is safe and sound, and many people are counting on the place to move.

But there are banks and trains in the local area. Who dares to move when these two lifelines are pinched?They all pretended to be dead, the bosses fought, and they didn't dare to get involved if they had no money and no means of transportation, for fear that it would affect themselves.After all, they are husband and wife, maybe there is a fight at the head of the bed and a fight at the end of the bed, and the imperial concubine fails, the emperor can still kill her. Don't forget that the third prince is the heir to the throne.

And what the imperial concubine does is only to limit the imperial power, like the emperor's other sons who are not born by the imperial concubine, don't they all take good care of them, and don't move any of them?

However, the loyal courtiers in the hands of the fourth master were real, and Nian Gengyao, governor of Shaanxi, was the first to turn against him, even in the name of the Qing emperor.

Minning was not surprised at all when he heard the news. Nian Gengyao had only relied on his sister all these years. Unfortunately, Concubine Nian was weak. Nian Gengyao probably felt that he could really go to heaven, and if he wanted to get the emperor out, He even wanted to make his frail younger sister the queen.

As soon as Minning heard the news from Shaanxi, he immediately ordered Yue Zhongqi to lead the army to exterminate them.

To prevent this moment, Minning only prepared firearms for the army, and used the original firearms for the military defense of local officials.

This kind of firearm can't be compared with the endless firearms in her hands. She has begun to invent machine guns here, but most of the local officials still use sabers, and only a few are allocated firearms, which are the most It was only 28 consecutive rounds, and all he ate was Dai Zi's money.

Thinking of Dai Zi, Min Ning sighed. The old man suffered a lot in Ninggu Pagoda in the early years, and he left after ten years of receiving this man. Fortunately, he was getting old and taught him a lot. Apprentice, a short guy who is outstanding, he has been patched together over the years, but he has pulled the team together.

Yue Zhongqi has some skills, but it's a pity that she is a Han Chinese and was squeezed out by the Manchu officials. After the Battle of Qinghai, she was taken over by the Fourth Lord and raised by the fourth master.

Minning picked him out and finally picked him out. In fact, in the entire Yongzheng Dynasty, there were not many people who knew how to fight. The only one who was more famous was Ertai, but Ertai was given by the fourth master a few years ago. Transferred to Yunnan, Guizhou and other places to reform the land and return to the country, naturally he is not in the court at the moment.

So Yue Zhongqi, a military officer who was born in Han and had won battles, appeared, and Minning made people use him.

After the fourth master ascended the throne, the most he has done in these years is to fight against corruption. Just like the Supreme Emperor, he has been working as a river worker all his life.

The fourth master probably regards anti-corruption as the first important task, but it is this anti-corruption that made the officials of the whole Qing Dynasty suffer from angina pectoris. All the officials were anxious, and the restlessness all day naturally caused something wrong with their hearts.

Minning's appearance in front of people probably made these people breathe a little bit, at least they don't need to worry about the imperial envoy appearing in front of their eyes.

Minning is not in a hurry to fight corruption. What she wants to reform is the entire system. At that time, the entire system of officials will be dismembered, and then dismembered again, forming a single task and a clear division of labor. In the future, responsibilities can be clarified to individuals.

But these have to be done slowly. The first thing to start is the constitution.

Only by establishing a constitution can the laws of various places be unified, and the existing laws can be reformed based on the constitution.

Minning summoned the cabinet to come to the Old Summer Palace, Ma Qi, who was an old man in the cabinet, went home directly from his illness, and the others couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

There is no way, they are not like Ma Qi, Ma Qi is a Manchu, so naturally he has to be taboo, but they are different, and he can't avoid it even if he wants to.

It wasn't Mazzy who was pretending to be sick, and he was, so badly sick that he fell into a coma at once.

Ma Qi's family began to prepare for the funeral.

Minning directly occupied Siyi Bookstore to discuss constitutional issues with the cabinet.

"The constitutional monarchy I am talking about has been implemented in Europa England. It has been implemented for more than [-] years. In the future, cabinet members will be voted by the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives will be divided into an upper house and a lower house. The upper house will be composed of politicians. , and military officials, the cabinet comes from the House of Lords, and the prime minister comes from the cabinet...Legislative power belongs to the upper and lower houses; judicial power belongs to the courts; executive power belongs to the cabinet, local governments, and the three provinces and six ministries.”

Minning roughly worked out what he was thinking, and then asked the cabinet to make a detailed plan.

"The constitution must first be established. The constitution is the most fundamental law of our country and has the highest legal efficiency. That is to say, if local laws conflict with the constitution, the constitution shall prevail." After speaking, Minning submitted the draft constitution to the up the cabinet.

Zhang Tingyu was the first to receive it. He saw that there were not many articles in the constitution, but it roughly set the tone of the national law.

The first article is that the constitution is above any law and is greater than the emperor.

The second article states that the House of Lords has the power to amend the constitution, and the emperor has a veto power.

That is to say, even though the constitution is above the emperor, the emperor's power is still greater than that of officials, but the emperor's words and deeds must abide by the constitution.

The third article lists the law of succession to the throne. The first child born of the emperor has the right to inherit the throne.

Upon seeing the third item, Zhang Tingyu frowned, and then asked Minning, "Mother, the first child born to the third prince is a little Princess."

After Minning heard this, she immediately frowned. She had forgotten about it. It is not so easy for the patriarchal society to accept a female emperor.He said: "Just change it to the first son. If the emperor has no sons, the daughter will automatically have the right to inherit." This is to prevent the imperial power from falling apart if the emperor only gives birth to a daughter.

Zhang Tingyu continued to review other constitutions, and finally discussed with the other minister before replying to Minning, "Mother, please take this constitution back, so that I can consider it."

Minning thought for a while, and the constitution was based on Europa, which was not in line with the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty, so he said, "Well, you can take it back and refer to it. If there are any omissions, you can make up for it. Go back to your own cabinet. Discuss, and then submit it to me after discussion."

After the matter was arranged, Minning began to think about whether she should form a secretary team of her own. You must know that she has so many things on her hands now, how can she worry about everything by herself? If you are here, you can let the secretary communicate with the cabinet.

Minning scratched her head when she thought of the large number of manpower needed to form the House of Representatives and the separation of powers. She couldn’t do all of these things by herself. Things are always divided into priorities, so it is imperative to form a team of her own. OK.

This team must have people from all walks of life to provide her with advice from various walks of life.

While building a team and holding meetings with the cabinet, it took half a year to complete the general outline of the constitution. There will definitely be amendments to the constitution in the future. If I can't think of it for the time being, I can only put it aside.

And this time has been nearly a year since Hong Jing persuaded her to see Fourth Master last time.

In other words, fourth master has been imprisoned by her for a year.

Over the past year, the government officials all over the country have received news, and they generally understand that it is not the emperor who is in charge now, but the imperial concubine.

All of a sudden, all the ghosts and monsters came out.

Minning was busy with the people above, so she didn't have time to deal with these people. She had sent someone to investigate secretly, and planned to eradicate all these monsters and monsters in one fell swoop after straightening out the matters above.

Don't think that she is more talkative than Fourth Master. These people probably don't know that many of Fourth Master's actions are her suggestions.

Take this matter slowly, anyway, some of them will see.

It's just that the common people have suffered, and the darkness before dawn is the most difficult.

After getting the constitution, the first thing Minning did in the end was to find Fourth Master.

It's time for her to see fourth master. She has to let him know that the sky has changed now, not when he was still around.

Fourth master has not been locked up in other places for a year. He is still in the garden, but it is in the Hall of Thousand Characters. This place is very close to the Xinghuachun Pavilion, but now it has been surrounded by the army, so that even a fly can fly away do not go in.

The army belongs to Minning's most loyal subordinates, and she is loyal to her. All the soldiers are orphans, and they have been instilled with loyalty to Minning since childhood.

Minning asked the most trusted army to guard the fourth master, and promised that no one would release him or rescue him.

Minning came to the Hall of the Thousand Words, followed by a dozen soldiers to protect her safety.There was an acquaintance standing in front of the Wanzi Hall. Minning fixed his eyes and saw that it was Su Peisheng.

Su Peisheng saw that Minning's complexion turned bad immediately. He was sick at the beginning, so he reported to the imperial concubine, thinking that the relationship between the two was stiff, so he could take this opportunity to ease up.Unexpectedly, the concubine Huang Guifei led a group of troops from nowhere to surround Wan Sui and trapped him directly in the Hall of Thousand Words.

Su Peisheng thought it was a misunderstanding at first, but after seeing Lord Long Live sitting there for a whole night after hearing the news, he gave up his luck.

He even secretly blamed himself, if he hadn't informed the imperial concubine, he wouldn't have put Long Live Lord in such a situation.

A year has passed, he was imprisoned with Long Live Lord, and suddenly changed from a high-ranking manager Su to a little Suzi who no one cares about. This made him hate the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine who used to need to curry favor has become his enemy.

Su Peisheng even regretted it a little. Why did he help the imperial concubine when he was hiding in the mansion?No matter how favored the queen is, she can only be the queen, but what about the imperial concubine?She came straight to the dragon chair.

Minning took a look at Su Peisheng with his eyes, but he didn't expect this old boy to be very loyal to Fourth Master.

"Is Master in there?" Minning's question was different from the past, as if nothing happened.

But Su Peisheng only dared to stare at him quietly. It is not Long live Lord who is in power now but the imperial concubine in front of him. Whatever dissatisfaction or complaints he has, he has to swallow them all.

"Long Live Lord is inside." Su Peisheng replied reluctantly.

As if she didn't hear the reluctance in his words, Minning let the door open and she walked in.

"Hey, you can't go in!" After Minning went in, he heard Su Pei's footsteps jumping vigorously.

She turned her head and saw Su Peisheng stopped the soldiers behind her.

Minning directly blocked it with his hand, "Just wait outside." After speaking, he walked in.

Su Peisheng took the opportunity to close the door, and then stood at the door to confront the soldiers.

The sound of Minning's light footsteps resounded in the hall. The hall was paved with dark stone slabs, which were polished brightly.

The main hall was empty, only the lights in the east side hall were on. Minning walked in the direction where there was light. Just as he walked to the door, he saw Fourth Master standing in front of the desk with his back to the door, practicing big characters.

Fourth master's braid was neatly combed, and there was a yellow rope tied in the middle of the mat, but the white hair caught in the middle couldn't be hidden.

Minning was stunned, she didn't expect fourth master to be so old, compared to her son, he was almost a grandparent.

Although Minning's footsteps stopped, he still found someone behind him, and while splattering ink on the paper, he said, "Su Peisheng, do you have thick skin, do you need me to shave you? Didn't you tell me all about it?" Don't bother me."

Hearing that there was no reply behind him, Fourth Master seemed to notice something froze. Maybe a few minutes later, or maybe a few hours later, Fourth Master put down his pen, turned around slowly, and saw Minning , his eyes narrowed.

Minning came back to his senses, walked into the side hall, and stopped in front of Fourth Master, "Master, how have you been this year?"

The fourth master touched the glasses on the side and put them on, and then he opened his eyes wide and looked at her, "It can be regarded as a taste of what it was like to be imprisoned back then." He imprisoned her for half a year, but now he is imprisoned for a year. It's also a causal loop.

Minning didn't make a sound for a long time, Fourth Master took a look at her, then turned around and put away the big characters written on the table, "Why do you come to see me when you have time?"

Although Si Ye couldn't get out, news about him never stopped. Don't forget that he is the emperor, and there are some people under him, such as sticky poles. Although they can't take him out, it's still easy to get some news.

Fourth master even felt that she was a little soft-hearted. If it were him, he would never put the emperor under house arrest, but kill him directly, or make him paralyzed, and then accept the government in his name.

Unlike her, who brazenly took over the government as a majestic woman, this is simply handing over the handle to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. The reason why those who have evil intentions stand on the sidelines and do nothing is because she is the name of her to eliminate the royalists , and then solve her idea smoothly, and then you can take advantage of the trend and put the power of the court into your hands.

It is precisely because of the ulterior motives of the various forces that gave her this gap time. Fourth master can even imagine that once Nian Gengyao fails and is arrested, Li Wei, Ertai and others are directly cleared from the court. That's when those people show their claws.

Fourth master didn't plan to move, because he was in poor health, he took a lot of elixir the year before, and got erysipelas, now he has been detoxifying for the past year, and he got better after a year of recuperation.

But even if he was harassed alone like this, his hair became gray and his body became weak.

Fourth Master doesn't know how many more years he can last, this world will be handed over to Hong Jing sooner or later, he intends to see what Hong Jing does?Whether to resist An Jiashi or follow the path given by An Jiashi.

Fourth master doesn't know what's going on in this world?He was not overthrown by his ambitious brothers, he was not under the plan of the rebels, he was not under the conspiracy of foreigners, but he was in the hands of those around him.

It was probably because he was not on guard against her, and he thought of taking her away when he left, but now it seems that is impossible, she has become a climate, it is not up to him to say.

The fourth master sighed, he couldn't let it go after all, he left, this Daqing could only be handed over to their mother and son, he could only take care of it for a while, it was impossible to take care of the future of Daqing.

Now I can only learn from the Supreme Emperor to protect their mother and son and help them stand firm first.

"What's the matter here?" Seeing that Minning didn't speak, Fourth Master asked again.

Minning then took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Fourth Master.

Fourth master took it and saw the big thick black characters on the top.

"The "General Constitution"?" He muttered.

Minning nodded, "I plan to reform the entire country's system. Legislative power, law enforcement power, and executive power are separated into three powers. The country is ruled by law, and the law is above anyone, including the emperor."

"Separation of powers?" Fourth master said these four words.

Seeing that he was interested, Minning said, "The power of the yamen is not clear now, and it is easy to abuse power. I think it is time to separate powers. For example, the legislative power will be decided by the House of Representatives. For example, the law enforcement power will be decided by the House of Representatives." The courts will be in charge, and the future will only have administrative power. I plan to establish public security bureaus in various places, referred to as public security bureaus, to maintain law and order, prevent and crack down on illegal activities. The courts are used to judge crimes. rights, that is, tax collection, education, people's livelihood and economic issues."

After hearing this, fourth master frowned, "In this way, wouldn't the whole system become redundant? And where do you call the people from the Public Security Bureau? Who is in charge? The yamen servants in the previous yamen must not do it. "

Minning explained to him, “Personnel from the Public Security Bureau are mainly retired soldiers, but soldiers have to pass an examination before they can be recruited as police officers, and the Public Security University will be established in the future, and the police officers generally come from these two places. , a National Public Security Bureau can be established in the capital. The National Public Security Bureau is directly in charge of the provincial public security bureaus in each province. The provincial public security bureaus are in charge of the provincial public security bureaus. However, each township does not set up a police station, but sets up a police station, which is responsible for trivial and petty theft in the countryside. This separation of powers is also good, and there will be no such incompetent county magistrates, who can only be in charge of people's livelihood, not In a court that can directly manage the people and has the power to enforce the law, all judges and lawyers are trained by law schools, and everything is done in accordance with the law. This way, responsibilities can be clear and defined to individuals."

Fourth master was a little moved. This was indeed better than the previous court system.

"There is also a national land bureau that manages land. Like the public security bureau, it is directly subordinate to each level. Water conservancy bureaus, electric power bureaus, grain bureaus, iron ore bureaus, etc. can be run exclusively by bureaus, so that individuals The rights of the people are minimized, and from then on, we can change the thing that has been done for thousands of years, "three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver." The county magistrate can no longer directly control the people, how to collect bribes, how to exploit common people?As for whether it will exploit businessmen?As long as it's not the common people who suffer.

Fourth Master looked at the constitution in his hand again, "I heard you want to limit the monarchy?"

Minning thought for a while before saying, "It's not about restricting the power of the monarch, it's just that the country is governed by law. An emperor like you who has the ability to control himself will naturally not break the boundaries at will, but what about future emperors? Who can guarantee that?" Don’t be sure if you will have a prodigal son, the constitutional monarchy only restricts the emperor from making outrageous actions.”

Fourth Master looked at her deeply, "If I support everything you do, can you trust me?"

Minning suddenly recalled that she came here this time mainly to inform Fourth Master of this matter, and did not plan to get Fourth Master's support at all.However, after coming over, she returned to the previous pattern, and she would answer whatever fourth master asked.

The fourth master said again, "Hongkyung sent me a message, saying that you would try to believe me, but I waited day after day, and half a year passed, but I still haven't waited for you to come." After finishing speaking, he sighed, Walking up to Minning, touching her face, "Why are you so stubborn?"

Minning kept her face sullen and didn't speak, her eyes slowly became moist. She had always been holding on all these years by herself, keeping everything in her heart. It's not that she didn't want Si Ye to be her reliance, but she I can't believe it, she suffered several losses when she was young, which made her habitually close her heart, and she didn't dare to trust him casually.

Fourth Master closed his eyes, and couldn't help touching the back of her neck, thinking that if he pressed down hard, the power would return to him.

But he couldn't bear it, this woman didn't know when he put it in his heart. Over the years, he has been far away, has been close, doubted, and trusted. When they climbed to that high position, the two drifted away again.

Power is indeed a deceptive thing, it can separate a family, and it can change a person beyond recognition.

The fourth master left the power and was imprisoned in the Wanzi Hall for a year. He was angry, but in the end he still couldn't forget her, and he couldn't forget his promise back then to create a prosperous and prosperous world for her.

But when did this dream get lost?Fourth Master couldn't remember clearly, was he bewitched by power, the beauty threw himself on him as if he didn't want money, or was he infatuated by accident, feeling that his relationship with her had turned into a family relationship?

The fourth master didn't know about this, he only knew that when he woke up from the dream, he accidentally found that what he wanted most was sleeping beside him when he woke up.

"Can you try to trust me? I..." The corners of Si Ye's mouth trembled a little, and his nose was a little sore. Fortunately, he could barely cover it up with his glasses.

"I want to know everything you have buried in your heart, can you tell me and let me share it with you?"

Minning just looked at him and said nothing, her eyes filled with tears, she pursed her lips, and said to him stubbornly, "You never thought of asking before, what's the use of asking now?"

Fourth master held her neck with his hands, pressed her into his arms, then quickly took off his glasses and wiped away the moisture from his eyes.

Min Ning was leaning against his arms, and the soft heart that had been wrapped in heavy armor in the past was suddenly defeated and shattered into pieces.

She hugged his chest and wept sadly, venting the grievances of these years, and venting the grievances she had suffered.

"Why did you ask now? Why did you ask now? It's too late, too late!" She wailed and hammered his chest.

Fourth Master patted her on the back, "It's not too late, it's my fault, everything is my fault, I lost myself, and now I found the way back."

Minning was still shaking his head in his arms, "It's too late, there is no turning back."

Fourth Master felt the damp heat in his heart, and said with some distress: "Since you can't turn back, then follow the path you said."

When Minning heard these words, he immediately raised his head and looked at him sobbing, "Is what you said true?"

The fourth master looked at her already spent face, not only didn't smile, but also felt sorry for her red and swollen eyes, "Of course it's true, the future of this country will be handed over to Hong Kyung, as long as he doesn't feel wronged." Anyway. He will not be able to hold this position for a few years, and only Hong Kyung is the only one whose power is restricted.

The fourth master didn't believe that An Jia's family would cheat his son, he only hoped that all the omissions could be blocked, and after he left, the mother and son could safely take over the country.

Since you can't take her away, let's help her clear the way.

Fourth master sighed, as if he owed her in this life.

When Minning heard his words, she immediately fell silent. She never thought that he would be able to do this.

Are you going too far?Not only took away his rights, but also locked him up.

Is there anything she wants to do these years that the fourth master does not support?

Thinking of this, Minning silently buried her head in his chest, grabbed his clothes tightly with her hands, and said, "Master, shall I tell you a story?"

Fourth Master hugged her, resting his chin on her head, "Speak, Master, listen."

The two hugged each other tightly like this, as if they had returned to the time when they were young.

Min Ning said slowly, "Once upon a time there was a very great emperor who had many sons. Nine of these sons were very talented. These nine sons began to fight openly and secretly over the throne, which was later called Jiulong Seize Concubine... In the end, the fourth son of the emperor became the emperor, but because only the fourth son was with him when the old emperor died, the other sons suspected that the fourth son had falsely passed on the imperial decree, and after the fourth son ascended the throne, he continued to act frequently .This fourth son is a wise and mighty emperor..."

There was a smile on the corner of Si Ye's mouth, he couldn't hear it, it was talking about him, he only realized something was wrong when he heard that the new emperor came to the throne after the death of the old emperor.

Minning went on to say, "After the fourth son eliminated the power of other brothers, he began to show his ambitions, but it was too late at this time, his body could no longer support him, and the day and night work had already made his The body has reached the extreme, exhausted on the table. He left a decree and chose his fourth son as the future prince. This fourth son is a prince who has not experienced suffering. Because the emperor has suffered before, so Pave his future evenly, and this heir was brought up by the old emperor for a few days before, and all he saw in his eyes was the prosperity that the old emperor liked. He worshiped his grandfather, so after inheriting the throne, everywhere Learn from my grandfather..."

The smile on the corner of fourth master's mouth froze.

"However, what he saw and learned was only the second half of the old emperor's life. His father, the emperor, worked so hard to clean up the family property accumulated by corrupt officials, and he ruined it all. He ruined the treasury that his father worked so hard to save. , and invented a new tax, called "criminal silver". Every official committed a certain negligence, or the emperor recognized that a certain official had committed a certain negligence. The official who committed the negligence would ask the emperor himself for a crime, and according to the degree of negligence Pay varying amounts of 'crime silver'."

Fourth master's face had turned livid.

Minning continued, "This is called embezzlement by order. After the embezzlement, you only need to hand over part of it to the emperor, and you can escape. Under such circumstances, the trend of corruption in a country is getting worse, and a big corrupt official has been cultivated. The emperor was old, and when he succeeded to the throne, he said that he could not surpass his grandfather, so when he abdicated, he was only one year shorter than his grandfather. But after he abdicated, he continued to be the Supreme Emperor for three years, and still continued to control the country. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he directly executed this corrupt official who was protected by the previous emperor, and confiscated billions of dollars of wealth from the corrupt official's family, which was equivalent to the sum of the entire country's eight-year tax revenue."

Fourth Master's face was no longer livid, his hands were shaking, and he always had a feeling that what she was telling was not a story.

"This country is so arrogant and arrogant. It thinks that it is the most powerful country in the world. It shuts itself off and cannot see that the outside world has turned upside down. It refuses to contact the outside world. In the end, other people's artillery directly shattered the country. The blocked gates and the pouring of opium made this country the sick man of East Asia. The country was broken, and there was smoke everywhere. For a whole century, it was divided by other countries. Even a small country next to this country, which was originally a vassal, began to Invaded this country, slaughtered millions of people in this country, and conducted virus experiments. Fortunately, the people of this country have always been strong, and they worked hard to drive away the invaders and formed a new country. The war has led to poverty and backwardness, and it has become a country that everyone looks down on, and those who go out belong to inferior people.”

Speaking of this, Minning raised his head and looked at Fourth Master, "Do you know who the exhausted emperor is?"

Fourth Master closed his eyes, his eyelids trembling to show that he was not at peace, "Don't say..."

Minning turned a deaf ear, "The emperor who was exhausted to death, his name is **Xinjueluo Yinzhen, Emperor Yongzheng, known as Emperor Shizong of Qing Dynasty."