On the third day of the 63rd year of Emperor Wa

The Holy Emperor died, and his great-grandson Zhao Ni...v

He was 120 years old and the whole country was mourning. Every family was white, every household burned incense, and everyone cried everywhere...

At this time, communication equipment such as telegraph stations had been successfully developed, so the news of the death of the Holy Emperor quickly spread throughout the country in a very short period of time. For a time, the whole country was mourning, especially some older people, who were over 70 years old and 80 years old, were so excited that they almost cried and blew away, scaring their descendants at a loss.

Compared with some young people, some young people who have not experienced the life before the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, those old people are even more grateful to the Holy Emperor because they have experienced those two eras, the era before the Holy Emperor and the era after the Holy Emperor, and the prosperity of these sixty years.

At this time, when I heard the news of the death of the Holy Emperor, I was naturally so sad that I couldn't suppress myself. They all wore mourning despite their old age and physical weakness. This did not require orders from others. Everyone was very conscious of doing this. Some families had a little money at home and even wanted to take the train to Lin'an to attend the funeral of the Holy Emperor.

However, although the death of the Holy Emperor made most people in the country very sad, some people were still happy and some people breathed a sigh of relief.

...

At this time, the ministers of the cabinet all breathed a sigh of relief, and the cabinet leader couldn't help but laugh:

"That emperor finally went!

To be honest, I often worry about whether I can survive that person and whether I can truly let go of my hands and feet and completely bind the imperial power.

Eighteen years have passed, and I finally waited.

If that person lives for another two years, it will be time for me to have to change the term. At that time, the cabinet will be reorganized. It will not be certain whether the newly reorganized cabinet has our ambitions. Maybe I will still be at peace with myself and live a life of honesty!

These two years are our last chance.”

“That’s true, I have to hurry up.

We are both lucky and sad to live in the same era as the Holy Emperor. Fortunately, we can live in this era and have the opportunity to receive free education. Sadly, what we have learned is useless. The Holy Emperor's forward-looking and foresight are too strong. All we think about is in the fifty-year plan.

I even thought that the Holy Emperor was not yet fully equipped.

By the way, how is the Pavilion Master going to restrain the emperor's imperial power? It is difficult to deal with the fact that the emperor holds military power. We must find a way to take military power out of the emperor's hands. Even if we cannot control military power, we must make the military power independent and cannot be directly controlled and ordered by the emperor.

Otherwise, our cabinet will be unable to fight against the emperor at all. Even if we want to change anything, we will not be able to deal with the absolute military suppression. Therefore, we must find a way to change this point first, the Pavilion Master..."

After a few words of emotion, the deputy cabinet leader soon began to discuss with the cabinet leader how to specifically control the imperial power and divide the military power and the imperial power.

The cabinet masters in the cabinet also participated in it and expressed their own opinions. Some said they could start from the throne, some said they could start from the army, and some said they could find ways to join forces with some officers in the army. In short, they each had their own ideas and the discussion was very enthusiastic and excited.

After nearly half a month of quarrel and discussion, they discussed a method that everyone could barely accept, and were preparing to start an internal coup, intending to imprison the emperor first, and then falsely pass on the imperial edict to constrain the imperial power.

...

March 31

On the 27th day of the death of the emperor, the national mourning period ended, and the new emperor ascended the throne. At the first dynasty meeting after the new emperor took office, the new emperor Zhao Ni did not make any three fires in the new emperor's tenure, nor did he make one emperor and one minister. Instead, after all the ministers sat down, he took out a copy of the old look from under the dragon throne. He thought that there was an old imperial edict of twenty or thirty years of history, opened it in front of the ministers, and said loudly:

"This imperial edict was written thirty years ago and was specially prepared by the new emperor. Now I have received my kindness and enjoy the position of the emperor. I should respect the imperial edict and announce the intention of the late emperor to all the ministers to pacify the holy grace of the late emperor.

The following are the words of the late emperor.

According to the heavens, the Holy Emperor ordered:

After my collapse, there will be no more emperors in the world. After I come, I will ban the emperor from controlling the real power of the army and only have the power to issue international war letters after the cabinet review is completed. The government should implement the strategy of a false king. The king is only a symbol of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and does not interfere in any actual government affairs.

However, if the cabinet makes a mistake in governing, the king has the right to replace and remove the cabinet leader and reorganize the cabinet.

…”

The imperial decree is also very long, but in short, it is one thing, that is, starting from this emperor, the strategy of a false king is fully implemented and the imperial power is completely restrained. The emperor can only become a symbol of the empire. All matters, including the errors in the ruling policy, are ultimately blamed on the cabinet. On the surface, the king has no power, but in fact, the king is still very detached. And if anything happens in the future, it will be blamed on the cabinet and has nothing to do with the king. In this way, the possibility of a dynasty change in the future will be slim.

This is the real intention of Qiao Mu to make such a decree. Many times, the main reason why some royal families can be together for generations may be that the royal family has no real power, but is just a symbol. Only a royal family without real power can truly narrow the distance between itself and the people, and truly enter the hearts of the people, so that the people no longer have fear. If they can do some charity appropriately and do some charity that can benefit the whole people, the status of the royal family will be more stable and unshakable.

Moreover, it is inevitable that the political system will gradually move towards democracy. Instead of forcibly obstructing the process, it is better to directly push the process. This will make a good end and a good reputation in history books. It can be called the existence that promotes the historical process, but will not be called the existence that obstructs the historical process.

After reading the imperial edict, or before the imperial edict was finished, the ministers below, especially the cabinet members, were completely confused, and looked at each other in a daze, not knowing that the news they discussed was leaked, or whether the late emperor had expected it thirty years ago and left a decree.

In short, they have no idea what they should do next. What they had planned seems to have been realized without any coup. It was not until the imperial edict was read for a long time, and the cabinet leader smiled bitterly below and murmured to himself:

“I still lost!

After so many years, I originally thought that the Holy Emperor had forgotten the promises he had made back then, but she never expected that she would always remember it. It seems that she really wanted to beat an era and would not let us go even if we die. We probably have no hope of making a name for ourselves in our lives, so we can only look forward to the future of our younger generations.

Alas, old, old!"

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