Su Mei and Xiao Man walked into Dongyuan and saw that the courtyard was full of people kneeling. Xiao Man stood on tiptoe and asked Su Mei in a low voice: "Didn't we stoke a hornet's nest?"
Su Mei was also a little flustered. She walked up to Gu Yingxiu and asked softly: "Did Lin Fu get so angry? Where did he go and leave all the people in this yard here?"
"I don't know if he got angry or not. Ask him yourself?" Gu Yingxiu cooed, motioning Lin Fu to the study room in the left wing.
Su Mei was about to go in, but Xiaoman held her back, saying that she didn't want to go in and receive a harsh punishment in vain: Lin Fu only told them about the matter of establishing a direct descendant, and they brought it out at this time.
There was no guarantee that Lin Fu would be angry with them even for all the reasons?
Su Mei smiled, patted Xiaoman's hand, and pulled her to push the door in.
The study room is quite large. In the outer room, there is just a glass lamp placed on the corner table. The light is dim, but you can see Lin Fu sitting in the inner room, with his back to the door. His back is tense, as if his anger has not disappeared.
"Husband, Su Mei and Xiaoman came here to apologize!" Su Mei opened her mouth and said.
"Oh, come in." Lin Fu turned around, put down the drawings in his hands, and motioned for them to close the door so that no one in the courtyard could see what was going on inside.
"Aren't you angry?" Xiao Man saw that Lin Fu's face was as usual, not angry and ferocious, and that he was about to eat them both. Then he looked at the drawings that Lin Fu put on the table. It turned out to be a mechanical diagram with a complicated structure. Unexpectedly
He left a group of people kneeling in the yard, and actually had free time to sit alone in the study room studying mechanical drawings. He really didn't have any anger at all.
"Why aren't you angry? You two are so brave?" Lin Fu frowned, but then stretched out his hand to pull Su Mei and Xiaoman to him, laughed again, and said, "I was very angry at first, but look
When I saw this picture of a water pump on my desk, I took a closer look and was distracted, so I wasn’t so angry anymore..."
"On today's grand occasion, we can't let people outside kneel down in the courtyard! If you want to be scolded or punished, my husband will punish us two sisters." Su Mei said.
"Let them kneel a little longer," Lin Fu said, sighing again and saying, "After today, the world is actually the world of my Lin family: although Emperor Yongxing is on the throne, there are still three emperors in the party.
We have five minions, but it is no longer enough to cause trouble; we are planning to weaken Huaixi, Sichuan and Shu and the Northern Expedition. In fact, from today on, the battle for power in the world has actually moved to the interior of Huaidong. In other words, we
The resistance to the implementation of the New Deal is actually no longer external, but has shifted to the distribution of interests within Huaidong... I originally planned to mention the matter of establishing a direct descendant after today, but I didn't expect that you two sisters would do this to me.
As soon as they come out; but it’s okay, just suppress them first in terms of momentum, at worst, you can just sit on the ground and pay back the money!"
"It's just that my husband's asking price is too shocking. Not to mention that my second uncle and the others bullied Jun Xun's mother and daughter, even Jun Xun herself didn't dare to think so," Su Mei said, "Xiao Man and I have been thinking about it.
, I just thought of discussing it with Sister Yingxiu, you can’t blame Sister Yingxiu for this matter..."
"Go back and slap her twice on the butt to express your hatred." Lin Fu said.
Su Mei pinched him lightly to stop him from talking nonsense.
"There are people kneeling all over the courtyard, how do you plan to end it?" Xiaoman asked, "There is also a Daqing banquet being prepared in the outer courtyard."
"If the Northern Expedition fails, why should I delay and not abolish Yuanyue?" Lin Fu said, "You should have heard about the transfer of the reward fields to the bank in Jiangning. So what are the rumors in Jiangning? Tell me.
Let me listen and see..."
"As I said, ordinary generals and ministers don't have much difference. It seems that my second uncle and others have other ideas." Su Mei said, deliberately not making the problem more serious.
"It's not surprising that there are other ideas," Lin Fu said. "When a new dynasty is about to be established, it is traditional to enfeoff clan clans to consolidate imperial power. When someone with a foreign surname is granted the title of Duke, the Lin family is granted the title of king or vassal. Once a new dynasty is established, the clan clan is enshrined.
It must be put on the agenda immediately; if it only allows them to have more shares in the bank than ordinary generals, without other privileges, it will naturally be difficult to satisfy. If you look at this matter today, Song, Cao, Qin, and Sun all opposed the establishment of the bank.
The political monarch is the direct descendant, but in the end it was the second uncle, Xuwen and Mengde who came forward - what does this mean? It shows that establishing the direct descendant is not a private matter for me alone, nor is it a public matter for the generals and ministers of Huaidong, but
The internal affairs of the Lin family show that the man kneeling outside will regard the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains as the Lin family's world from today on. This is contrary to what I want to 'abolish the imperial court and establish a country'.
The foundation of the new policy I want to implement is to abolish the imperial court and establish a country. The monarchy needs to be established, but the clan does not need to be enfeoffed; the power of the prime minister must be real, but the power of the prime minister must not be concentrated in one person, but must be divided. There will be back and forth behind this
Even I cannot buck the trend and have to lose face and bargain with others..."
Su Mei was thoughtful, while Xiaoman was confused.
Lin Fu said again: "As for today, it's easy to deal with it. You go outside and tell everyone that I already know that the establishment of direct descendants is not my private matter. I don't care about this matter. Let them convene a government meeting to discuss the establishment of direct descendants."
The government meeting was chaired by the second uncle as the leader. Eight people from the Lin family were appointed, and twenty-five civil and military officials were selected from the Privy Council to participate in the decision-making process. If two-thirds of the people agreed with the conclusion, the meeting could be established.
It is customized; if you want to change it, you need to convene a separate government meeting for further discussion..."
"Government meeting?" Su Mei said doubtfully.
Lin Fu nodded and sighed softly, observing that the internal strife within the dynasty is nothing more than the struggle between the monarch's power and the power of the prime minister. And the contradiction between the monarch's power and the power of the prime minister is filled with intricate conflicts between the clan, relatives, courtiers and foreign ministers.
Overt and covert fighting was extremely bloody. Even in the Han Dynasty, even with the abilities of the Han Emperor, his descendants almost asked Empress Lu to kill everyone.
If he wants to bring the entire society into a new pattern of primary industrialization, the "family world" must be abandoned, otherwise he can only go back to the old path, and the virtual monarch is an inevitable trend. However, the power of the prime minister is excessively concentrated in the hands of a few people.
Even if we can set up a system to limit the term of office of the prime minister, there is no guarantee that it will not be broken by various special circumstances in the future, and there will be no guarantee that powerful ministers will not emerge in future generations. However, in addition to the reality, it is even more necessary to disperse the prime minister's power. Before the people's wisdom is developed, it cannot be simply
To design the government system by copying the constitutional monarchy of later generations.
Thinking of this, Lin Fu said to Su Mei: "I'm making such a concession, and I think they won't have any objections anymore - you want them all to go to the front yard first, and I will drink and celebrate with them after I finish studying the drawings.
Oh, if they want to ask me how I feel, you will say that I am furious." He looked around and said, "Forget it, the things in this room are quite expensive, so I won't smash things to create a buzz," he said
At this point, he deliberately raised his voice and said, "Go and tell them all to get up and get out of the front yard. Don't stay here and be annoying!"
Xiaoman stuck out his tongue, and Su Mei said: "Let Xiaoman stay here with you, she can't lie like this, and she will not be able to hide it from the eyes of those in the yard..."
Lin Fu nodded and asked Su Mei to go out and deal with the people kneeling in the yard.
Su Mei came out and relayed to Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen, Song Fu, Qin Chengzu and others what Lin Fu had said about setting up a government meeting to discuss the establishment of direct descendants. After Su Mei finished speaking, he turned around and walked away, helping Jun Xun to walk away.
"Gongfu meeting?" Song Fu and others stood up. Some couldn't help but rub their numb knees and looked at each other. Some were puzzled for a while. Song Fu couldn't help but look at each other with Qin Chengzu, Cao Ziang and others.
One glance.
Cao Ziang stood next to Song Fu and said softly: "Is this the master's intention?"
Song Fu glanced at Lin Xuwen, Lin Tingli, and Lin Mengde again. Seeing that all three of them were a little confused, he nodded lightly and agreed with Cao Ziang's view.
The system of establishing a prince has always been the foundation for the inheritance of imperial power. Of course, the establishment of a prince is not entirely something that Lin Fu can decide on alone. However, since ancient times, this has always been regarded as an internal matter within the clan. Even if it is specific to establishing a certain son as the
At the time of direct succession, the three or five trusted ministers may be summoned to discuss the system of direct concubine establishment, but foreign ministers will not be involved when the system of establishing heir apparent is determined.
Song Fu and the others naturally welcome such a result.
Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen, and Lin Mengde also looked at each other. They did not expect this result: only eight members of the Lin family were qualified to participate in the government meeting to decide on the establishment of direct descendants.
It's just that Lin Fu has backed down to this point. If they want to fight again, Song Fu and others will not support it; and in Lin Fu's rage, the three of them don't want to stoking Lin Fu's anger anymore, but Lin Fu bites the bullet.
What can they do now that they have established Lord Zheng as the heir apparent? Lin Tingli sighed lightly and said, "I think that's all. The banquet in the front yard is about to begin. We can't let outsiders laugh..."
Everyone walked out with different moods. Lin Mengde was dragging behind and asked Qin Chengzu, who was also dragging behind: "Will a government meeting be called to resolve matters that cannot be decided in the future?"
Qin Chengzu thought for a moment and said: "My lord probably won't have anything difficult to resolve. Perhaps this rule is set to prevent powerful ministers from bullying the lord in the future?"
Lin Mengde thought about it. The government meeting only allowed eight people from the Lin family to participate in the decision to establish a direct descendant and a heir apparent. It can only be said that Lin Fu's determination to change the old pattern of "family world" will not change.
Under the old system of "Tianxia", one cannot use the power of relatives, courtiers or clans to check and balance foreign ministers. With Lin Fu, no foreign minister can threaten his power, but when future generations succeed to the throne, the power of foreign ministers will be excessive without limited constraints.
Expansion can easily lead to the concentration of these powers in a few people, forming a powerful eunuch that will harm the monarch's power - the public meeting is actually to disperse, fragment and restrict the power of the prime minister, so as to prevent the power of the prime minister from being long-term or excessively concentrated in a few people.
Although only eight people from the Lin family can participate in this meeting to establish direct descendants, the government meeting can really be customized, which means that the royal family will have a direct way to participate in political affairs in the future: a quarter of the number of people has already been