The two people urging people to come in caught Li Zhi's attention. Li Zhi turned his head and looked towards Chang'an Street, his brows furrowed involuntarily.
Li Zhi frowned because the soldiers of the Huben Army allowed the people to cross the border. The soldiers of the Huben Army were supposed to control the border on Chang'an Street and prevent the people from taking a step forward.
The soldiers of the Huben Army were trained in the most rigorous manner, and originally possessed the best discipline of this era. Even when faced with the attack of the elite Tatars on the battlefield, and one by one died in battle, these soldiers of the Huben Army never retreated.
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However, at this time, the unarmed civilian Liang Dao crossed the line of control, and the surrounding Tiger and Ben troops seemed to be stunned and made no move.
Of course, Li Zhi understood that this was not a mistake. It was impossible for a dozen soldiers nearby to make mistakes at the same time.
Obviously, the soldiers of the Huben Army were thinking about the same thing as the people. They were all worried that Li Zhi would refuse to ascend the throne, so they deliberately put the people who were trying to persuade him into the controlled area and allowed them to shout loudly.
The unwavering front line of the Tiger and Ben troops on the bloody battlefield was now as useless as dregs of tofu.
Li Zhi's face darkened.
However, Li Zhi had no time to deal with these derelict soldiers.
The people around the two persuaders were inspired by the two pioneers and instantly became excited.
One by one, the people knelt down and loudly urged them to come in.
"Long live King Qi! Butcher Xu has been killing pigs all his life, but Xu's two children have never eaten a few pieces of pork! Xu please ask King Qi to ascend the throne as emperor and give us people a good life!"
"Long live King Qi! Huang Yidou, the porter, begs King Qi to ascend the throne! If King Qi does not ascend the throne, those gentry will come back sooner or later!"
"The widow Niu asked King Qi to ascend the throne and give my only daughter a good future!"
"Long live King Qi! Accountant Jin Kede..."
More and more people were kneeling down, and the shouts to persuade people to come in were gradually inaudible. All the people on Chang'an Street knelt down, falling to the ground like a tsunami, first the people on East Chang'an Street, and then the people on West Chang'an Street
The people. All the people have a common thought in their hearts, which is to use Li Zhi's throne to protect a bright future.
Tens of thousands of people were all kneeling on the ground. Individual calls could no longer be heard, only noisy shouts of "Long live" could be heard.
Soon, the wave on Chang'an Street affected the people south of Qianbu Corridor. The road from the south of Qianbu Corridor to the Daming Gate was very wide, and thirty to forty thousand people gathered. These people realized that there was a wave a few hundred meters away.
After the "tide of persuasion" appeared on Chang'an Street, they quickly joined the wave, and everyone knelt on the ground.
Tianjin officials and "pre-Ming bureaucrats" standing among nearly 100,000 people soon discovered that they were caught in a sea of persuasion.
In front of Chengtian Gate, nearly 100,000 people in the capital were shouting like a tsunami.
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!!!"
In order to show their enthusiasm, the people also began to kowtow. From the perspective of senior officials on Chengtianmen, countless people nearby turned into a boiling sea, kowtowing, bouncing and bouncing, giving the impression to the hundreds of people on Chengtianmen.
Created tremendous pressure.
"Deposed Emperor" Zhu Youjian finally stopped crying when he heard the voices of the people in the capital urging him to come forward.
He closed his eyes in despair.
Li Zhi frowned and couldn't help but take a long breath.
Li Zhi is a modern man, coming from a later generation with highly developed people's politics. The political system that Li Zhi is most familiar with is undoubtedly the Republic. Li Zhi also thought that one day he would be fully in power and would also advocate democracy and republic, so that everyone in China could
Every citizen can participate in politics and be the master of his own country.
This idea, or impulse, reached its peak after Li Zhi became the Duke of Jin and the King of Qi in a town of nine provinces. At that time, Li Zhi twice wrote the constitution of the future republic in an unoccupied study.
It is hoped that the Han people will establish the world's first republic.
However, in reality, this is impossible.
If the Ming Dynasty had not been abolished, it would now be the 28th year of Chongzhen. Using later generations' dating methods, it would now be 1655.
This is an era that has not even entered modern times.
In this era, the vast majority of people did not have the financial resources to learn literacy, and the literacy rate of people in 13 provinces did not exceed one percent. People buried themselves in their own physical labor every day, plowing fields, cutting wheat, pulling carts,
Loading goods, 90% of people have never left their towns, let alone their counties, in their entire lives.
For the vast majority of people, the only way for them to make the right decision is to listen to the orders of "smart people". Whether it is birth, old age, illness, death, marriage or funeral, all their actions are actually under the command and influence of "smart people".
However, in fact, these "smart people" are often the local gentry. Although the common people hate the gentry for bullying them, they are often influenced by the gentry in real life.
If Li Zhi allowed all the people of the Ming Dynasty to participate in politics, and even let the people vote in elections, it might end up not being a country governed by the people, but a country governed by the gentry. Because all the people would consult literate scholars before making political decisions.
After living in the Ming Dynasty for more than twenty years, Li Zhi certainly had a profound understanding of this era and fully understood that republic, democracy and constitutional governance were impossible in this era of unintelligent people.
Therefore, Li Zhi once wrote the draft of his ideal constitution twice, but twice burned his draft in an empty study room.
Any political system or superstructure is determined by the actual development of history and cannot be determined by one person's own preferences.
If Li Zhi pursues a republic and decentralizes power in this era, the end result will be huge chaos.
People in this era don't understand compromise and republic at all. This is an era where the winner takes all and becomes emperor.
Let me ask, if the civilian military meritorious faction following Zhong Feng, the Li family following Li Xing and Li Laosi, the Confucian scholar faction following Zheng Kaicheng, and Gao Ligong compete for the top position vacated by Li Zhi, who will obey whom? In the end, not only the top brass of Qi will be divided,
It is very likely that the remaining forces of the gentry, the Zhu Ming clan, the Japanese samurai forces and foreign forces will all sneak in to support one faction and split the various provinces, colonies and the Tiger Army.
If Li Zhi did not use the title of emperor to suppress various forces and factions and use his absolute power to clear all obstacles, China would eventually fall into internal strife or even civil war.
After more than 20 years of hard work, Li Zhi established a huge colonial empire that may completely collapse in a few years.
Li Zhi is a smart man, and of course he understands the actual situation of history. If he hopes to bring republic, democracy or a higher social system to the Ming Dynasty, it will take decades of hard work. Education needs to be popularized, people's ideas need to be changed, and it needs to be completely
Reversing the cultural and spiritual outlook of this era.
Such things can only be done step by step. Maybe Li Zhi will not be able to complete this historical mission in his lifetime. Maybe by Li Huan's era, or even the era of Li Huan's son, Daqi will become the Daqi Republic.
But that's for the future.
The first problem that needs to be faced now is to consolidate the entire China united under Li Zhi's cause. What Li Zhi has to do now is to use the legal system and public ethics to create a prosperous and powerful China, and to lead the Han people out of China and fight for the world.
world and create a glorious and happy national future.
Let every Han people occupy a large area of land, have enough food and clothing, and multiply their descendants.
To complete this task, ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor and establishing the Daqi Dynasty is undoubtedly the most practical solution.
Although there was some resistance in his heart to becoming the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and although he had no script for ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor at this last moment, Li Zhi understood that if he wanted to make the world happy, he must be the emperor.
Li Zhi looked at the excited people in front of Chengtian Gate, with the final hesitation and confusion on his face.
At the critical moment, Wang Pu, who stood between Tianjin officials and "pre-Ming bureaucracy," stood up.
The "Qian Ming" Ji Zhen general who surrendered to Li Zhi bowed forward fiercely and shouted loudly: "Although the surrendered minister Wang Pu is humble and ignorant, he also knows that heaven and man must be merciful. If His Highness King Qi doesn't do it, he will be great."
If you take the throne, the world will undergo great changes. Your Highness, for the sake of the country and the people, must not hesitate again!"
"Your Highness will ascend immediately!"
A Tiger Army company commander next to Wang Pu heard Wang Pu's words, and his eyes lit up. He didn't need anyone's guidance. He immediately rushed to the Chengtian Gate with a small flag with the word "Qi" in his right hand high, and knelt in front of the Jinshui Bridge.
He shouted: "I'm reporting this to you! Wang Pu, the surrendered minister of the former Ming Dynasty, advised us to come forward!"
