Chapter 29 Building an Empire
Ah Hai looked at what Li Mingxun said, but his keen sense of smell made him feel that this was a plan that Li Mingxun had prepared for a long time and part of the political structure of this future emperor.
This is the case. After a long period of hard work and Ah Hai's matchmaking today, the National Assembly has basically been established. The recent 100 members of parliament, the 160 members of the vision, together with the Senate, form the main body of the national conference with legislative power.
Unlike the election method of the National Assembly, the way the Senate was produced was not so democratic. First of all, the Senate had eighteen executive senators, and all of these senators were awarded titles of marquis or above in this title. In addition to the ten founding senators, there were eight lords who performed outstandingly in the continental war and maritime war and foreign development. In addition to the eighteen executive senators, there were twenty-four term senators. They were heroic officers in the war and expanded military and political officials. Six of them were selected from the titles of Count and above, and eighteen were selected from the titles of Count and above. They were elected every five years, and forty-two military nobles formed the Senate. Of course, all senators had to leave the army.
At the beginning of the founding of the Empire, the political principle of separation of powers was basically established. The National Assembly and the Senate held legislative power, the General Executive held executive power, and the Supreme Court of the Empire enjoyed judicial power.
Obviously, the power between the National Assembly and the Senate is intersected and is also the place where the most debate is debated. In the end, the subject of legislative power is still handed over to the National Assembly, but only internal bills such as civil bills, economic bills, trade bills, and bills that only involve national groups do not need to go through the hands of the Senate. Any legal provisions involving the army, diplomacy, and aristocrats must be approved by the Senate, and the highest constitutional code requires the approval of the two chambers at the same time and with an absolute majority to be implemented.
Both houses have the power that each party cannot intervene. The National Assembly has the power of supervision and can supervise the administrative bureaucracy, while the Senate has exclusive budget review and approval of the budget. Obviously, relatively speaking, the Senate has more power, and national affairs and wars cannot escape from the Senate. The National Assembly still represents the interests of ordinary citizens and is in a defensive and protective posture.
After entering the era of the Empire, the original General Office was reorganized, and the leadership of the General Office was reorganized into a cabinet, while the institutions under its jurisdiction remained unchanged, with 17 ministerial units including diplomacy, national defense, finance and taxation, transportation and shipping, and state-owned assets. The cabinet members had seven people, respectively in charge of the main departments. The first cabinet of the Empire had been assigned to the position and formally carried out work, and the political rules generated by the cabinet members had also been formulated.
The former cabinet, the Senate and the National Assembly respectively submitted a six-person list to the emperor, and the emperor selected seven cabinet members. Among the seven cabinet members, there must be a nobleman and a person familiar with military affairs, and all cabinet members must meet the above conditions.
First, he served as a chief officer in the appeasement zone and overseas remote provinces for more than five years, served as a chief officer in the prosperous provinces at home for more than ten years, and served as a ministerial chief officer for more than three years.
Secondly, except for two members of the military and noble background cabinet, the other five people themselves have no resumes of veterans and members of parliament, their immediate relatives and in-laws are not allowed to serve as veterans and national congressmen.
Obviously, in the political structure of the empire, there is an absolute gap between the three powers, and parliamentarians cannot serve as administrative officials. This means that even if the imperial cabinet members are not politicians and professional and senior bureaucrats, Lee Myung-hoon still trusts bureaucrats more than election heroes. Even though the emperor's power has gradually shrunk over time, the emergence of national-level administrative personnel can only be promoted step by step, rather than elections.
In addition to the Cabinet and the General Administration, there is also an administrative agency, that is, the Command Department, which is the institution that directly governs the emperor, with its subordinate offices, the Security Bureau, the Army Department, the Navy Department and the Lifan Academy.
Obviously, this administrative agency only does two things, combat and vassal affairs. When it was first established, all the appeasement zones and military-controlled areas of the empire were under the jurisdiction of the Lifan Academy. However, with actual operations, it was found that it was extremely inconvenient, because the Lifan Academy only managed the internal vassals, external vassals, allies and friendly countries were all handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Cabinet, which caused great waste. In the end, the functions of the two sides intersected and divided by geographical location.
The diplomatic affairs of the vassal states in Northeast Asia, the northwest, and Tibet were handled by the Rifle House, while the chieftains in the southwest, overseas vassal states and diplomacy were handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In this way, all the actual controlled areas of the non-traditional Han area were military control and administratively directly under the jurisdiction, which also satisfies the minor intention of separating Chinese and foreigners of the National Assembly. Li Mingxun also avoids these places from being involved with the National Assembly and the Supreme Court, which has less trouble and constraints. The military nobles have basically monopolized the positions and interests of these military control areas, which is also a joy.
The first year of the empire, September 5th.
This is the selected auspicious day. On this day, the rays of rays and purple air soared into the sky. The rituals and music were played, like a big bell, resounding across the sky. The guards stood on both sides of the road with flags, swords and guns. Under the support of the officials, Li Mingxun took a car out of the arch, left the southern city, and went to the Circular Mound to worship the Temple of Heaven.
Li Mingxun was the founding monarch. His throne came from the decree of God, so he had the legitimacy of ruling the world. Therefore, the throne ceremony should not be ceremonial in the palace city, but should be worshipped by God and accepted the power of talent.
The sound of rituals and music was like a boiling sound. Li Mingxun climbed the Circular Mound, offered three animals to the altar, burned incense and worshiped. After the solemn sacrifice, the ritual officials had set up a golden chair east of the Circular Mound, facing south, and crowned clothes were in front of the golden chair. In front of the Circular Mound, all the nobles, officials and generals knelt down together, headed by the cabinet Prime Minister Li Hai, and sang loudly: "The ceremony was completed, and the emperor asked the emperor to ascend the throne!"
Naturally, Li Mingxun could not sit on the throne as everyone asked, but instead was humble and unwilling to accept it. The officials rushed forward according to the script that had been set long ago and asked to ascend the throne. Li Mingxun resigned again... In this way, three requests and three resigns must be surrounded by Li Mingxun, who was "unwilling to accept it", to sit on the throne, and then the ritual was considered to be a ritual.
Then the officials were holding crown clothes before the imperial throne. The chief minister, general and elders went to thousands to wear crown clothes for Li Mingxun until the crown clothes were finished. After this process, the officials began to schedule, and the members of the congress had to retreat because they were not considered ministers. In history, they could only be considered "elders" representing the hearts of the people.
After scheduling, the ministers bowed and played music, bowed three times to flatten their bodies, and bowed three times to stop the ritual and music.
Then, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Li Hai, presented the jade seal on behalf of the ministers. After Li Mingxun received the jade seal, the officials bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and shouted long live the mountain. Until this time, the ceremony of the Circular Mound was over. Li Mingxun led the ministers to the Taimiao to worship the treasure, chased the emperor, and chasing the emperor, and Li Mingxun wanted to laugh when he saw the tablet. He only remembered the names of his parents and grandparents, but he had to pursue the four generations, and the two generations later were just making up.
Since then, Li Mingxun returned to the palace wearing the crown of the emperor and accepted the congratulations from all officials in the Huangji Hall. As the ritual music sounded, the low drums and the majestic bells gathered the soul-stirring notes, echoing in the magnificent Forbidden City. With the ritual music, everyone was watching. Li Mingxun ascended the jade stairs and ascended to the imperial throne. At this point, all officials were able to advance, stand in front of the north, kneel three times and bow nine times, and shout long live the mountain.
During the Chinese and foreign seasons, whether from Thailand or the newly attached Mongolian tribes, they could only watch the ceremony outside the hall and could not enter. After the congratulations were completed, Li Mingxun appointed the empress and the crown prince, and then issued an edict to ascend the throne.
"The emperor's minister Mingxun dares to use Xuanmu to inform the emperor (Emperor of Heaven):
I only have the king of China who jumped from the Tartars to the Liang Dynasty. The Zhu family was ordered to expel the Tartars from the Huai River. Wu became the lord of the world. He passed on his descendants and enjoyed the country for nearly 300 years. He was worried about internal and external troubles. Only then did the country ended. The land was broken and the people were in chaos. The Manchu chiefs wanted to seize the magical artifact. The land of China was full of clothes and blood.
I am a descendant of China and a remnant overseas. I have no desire to peek at it, nor can I bear the trouble of the people. I am a slave and a servant. I will raise an army on the East Island and gather in the righteousness overseas. I will promote the army of loyalty and righteousness, heroes and brave men, and fight against the world. In order to save the world, I will be blessed by the heavens, and the spirit of the ancestors, and the assistance of the officials and the people, to pacify the traitors and bandits within, destroy the Manchu Tartars outside, and a million soldiers will restore China, and thousands of boats will spread thousands of miles.
Today, the people are at peace and chaos, and the rules of the heavens must be unruly, and people and gods must not be left alone. If the emperor's throne is weak, the people's hearts will be unstable and evil people will cause trouble. Therefore, all the people, officials, officials, soldiers, and heroes will join hands to persuade them to advance to the Qianli River.
Now Ming Xun was reluctant to follow the requests from the public and worshipped the heaven and earth in the Circular Mound on the fifth day of the first month of the empire. He ascended the throne of the emperor and was sure to have a title called Zhonghua. He respected the Taimiao and respected the four generations of Kaohsiung as the emperor and empress. He established a great society and great magic in Beijing. He appointed Zhu as the empress and made his legitimate son Junhua as the crown prince.
I will inform the world and let everyone know!”
Shandong, Jiaozhou Old City.
The name of Jiaozhou has long fallen above the new city. The old city has only one function, which is to imprison prisoners of war. After the war between the Three Emperors, a large number of soldiers from the Ming and Qing dynasties were captured. At its peak, more than 600,000 prisoners were imprisoned around the old city of Jiaozhou.
Although the old city of Jiaozhou is not far from Jiaozhou Port and Qingdao Port, it cannot afford to support 600,000 people, so a large number of prisoners were dismissed back to their hometown. First, the Central Plains and Jiangnan captured the army and the strong-sacred men and the coat of arms, then the newly entered the camp trained troops, baggage soldiers and new soldiers. These people each issued two silver dollars, carried the big cakes for food and consumption on the road, and returned to their hometowns. Then, the soldiers in the main army of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Han soldiers directly formed labor camps and went to Yongning, Liaodong and Nanyang to exile. The Eight Banners and Foreign Void soldiers in the Qing army, whether Manchu and Mongolian or Han military banners, were all slaves and sent to Yunzhong, Yanbei, Jilin and other appeasement areas. After half a year, the army beat pieces and gave most of the soldiers a result. Now there are only more than two thousand Eight Banners, generals and officials left, and Jiaozhou prisoners of war management office was established.
"Hang the rope, drink medicine and hand it to the bottle, jump off the building and line up to welcome you!"
A team of military police escorted a flintlock gun with bayonets and escorted a loud-sounding officer to escort the policy of the prisoner-of-war management office. After saying the boring slogan, the officer suddenly shouted sternly: "Whoever dares to jump into the well and commit suicide if the well is dirty, I will die even if he dies!"
There are more than 2,000 people in Jiaozhou Prison Management Office, but they are all real high-ranking officials from the Ming and Qing dynasties. One of them was killed with bricks. They were either officials of the third rank or generals above guerrillas. There were only more than 200 people in the management office. Apart from the high walls, this city was built by prisoners of war and there were no facilities to separate them.
With the demise of the Qing Dynasty and the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, the original order of hierarchy was broken. In addition to not being able to offend the military police, the management office depends on who has a big fist. For a guerilla, a guerrilla dared to swing bricks at the former Manchu emperor. Now prisoners of war are divided into dozens of organizations of all sizes and small to keep warm. Almost every day, there are dead people secretly killed by enemies, and some are unable to bear the abuse and commit suicide. The management office has insufficient staff and can only deal with it passively. In fact, the main responsibility of the management office is to maintain basic order in addition to putting food to prisoners of war. Generally speaking, the military police do not even enter the city, and the order inside is completely left to prisoners of war.
After shouting in cursing, the officer looked at a group of former Ming officials who were staying in the shade to catch lice, and shouted: "Ma Jixiang, come here!"
Ma Jixiang nodded and ran to the officer. The officer smiled and took out half a pack of cigarettes and handed them to him. Although Ma Jixiang did not smoke, this thing was a tough currency among the prisoners of war. Under the gaze of a group of prisoners of war, the two left with arms around.
The officer patted Ma Jixiang on the shoulder and said, "Old Ma, you still have to help. That one is not taking medicine anymore. Please go and persuade him?"
Ma Jixiang naturally knew that the one refers to the pseudo-Ming Emperor Zhu Youlang. Although his identity is now a prisoner of war, who can really treat him as a prisoner of war? In the eyes of ordinary soldiers, this former orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty was like a demigod, while the officers looked at it longer. Although this person is not an emperor, his sister is the mother of the country today. Although he has never said anything since he was taken into custody, no one can afford it.
Because Zhu Youlang has always lived in the officer's room of the War Criminal Management Office, and he had delicious food, drink and entertained him. He also accompanied him by books that he regarded as treasures. He did whatever he wanted and had free time to go in and out. However, his temper was extremely strange. He did not take medicine after autumn these days and became warmer. In the past, when he encountered this person who was angry, he always asked Ma Jixiang to make peace with him. This time was no exception.
Ma Jixiang naturally knew his role. He touched his belly with both hands and said, "It's not easy to deal with, sir, I'm smelly all over now. When I arrived at that person, I'm afraid I'm going to be kicked out. You should know that person's strange temper."
Chapter completed!