There were five concubines in the harem and three heirs, two sons and one daughter.
The candidate for the crown prince can only be chosen between the eldest prince and the second prince.
The second prince is the legitimate son of the queen, and has natural advantages in the patriarchal tradition. Although the eldest prince is not the legitimate son, he is the eldest son. In addition, on the concubine's natal side, Zhang Zhenxun once gave Li Mingyuan a huge amount of money in the name of dowry. Therefore,
, since the queen's natal family is far away in Songkhla, Nanyang, and has limited influence on local government, some officials still prefer to make the eldest prince the crown prince.
The battle for the reserve involves the change of national power. If you are not careful, it may lead to turmoil in the country. Therefore, although Li Mingyuan has no plans to establish a successor prematurely, in order to calm people's hearts, he still promised the queen:
"The direct lineage is distinct, and the elders and younger ones are arranged in order. Before the New Year, I will officially announce to all the people that Jing Liang will be the first heir and Jing An will be the second heir."
"Your Majesty is in the prime of the Spring and Autumn Period. Jingliang and Jing'an are still young. Your Majesty does not need to arrange the order of succession prematurely."
Although Li Mingyuan did not explicitly grant the title of prince, he placed the second prince as the first heir, which is not much different from the prince.
When Queen Wu Lingxuan heard this, she was both happy and surprised.
"The opinions of the ministers outside are not completely unreasonable. Establishing the succession as soon as possible can appease the hearts of the people at home and is beneficial to the country and the people. I have already made a decision on this matter. The queen can accept it with peace of mind and there is no need to worry."
"Thank you for your grace."
"Jingliang and Jing'an are both my children. Although there are differences in the order of succession to the throne, in my heart, they are all the same children.
Queen, you are the master of the harem, and you must treat the two children equally in the future. You cannot lower the standards of discipline just because Jing'an was born to a noble concubine."
"I respectfully obey your Majesty's teachings."
"Okay, it's almost the end of the year, and there are a lot of things accumulated in the court, so I won't stay in the back garden any longer. I'll come back to spend time with you and the two children when I have time next time."
"The affairs of the imperial court are very important. Your Majesty will focus on the affairs in the court first. Xin'er has been playing in the back garden for a long time and is a little tired. I am planning to take her back."
"Look after Xin'er more, I'm leaving first."
Li Mingyuan gave some instructions, and then left the back garden accompanied by the imperial guards.
"Your Majesty, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs recommended to the imperial court two imperial examination officials who abandoned their official positions and went to the mainland. This is the current situation policy they wrote. Please read it."
Sitting in a hall of Daming Palace, the guard handed over two unopened envelopes.
"Tang Jingsong is a decisive and steady man, and the candidate he recommends should have some real talents and learning."
Li Mingyuan thought to himself, then opened two bulging envelopes and read them carefully.
"Qiu Fengjia is the best choice in terms of talent and ability, but his temperament tends to be conservative.
He Ziyuan is young, but he has his own opinions on the political landscape."
After reading the two people's strategies of asking for directions, Li Mingyuan made a rough evaluation of their abilities and personalities.
"Send someone to inform Deputy Chief Tang that the two people he recommended have good temperaments and are in line with my wishes. There are many things to do at the end of the year, so there is no need to do the palace assessment.
Half a month later, the imperial court will hold its annual meeting to decide on issues such as the preparation for the establishment of the constitution, the appointment and promotion of officials in various departments of the court, etc. The two of them are temporarily allowed to attend the meeting as new officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so as to deepen their understanding.
Their understanding of the operations of various departments of the central government.”
"As you command, Your Majesty."......
After receiving the order, the guard turned and left, leaving only Li Mingyuan in the empty room.
In the blink of an eye, twenty-one years have passed. In the past twenty-one years, countries around the world have undergone more drastic changes than in the past hundreds of years. The development of the second industrial revolution has entered its peak period, represented by electrical, chemical, and internal combustion engines.
The emerging industry was rapidly exerting its magical power in all aspects of society, while the steam engines and textile machines that supported the entire first industrial revolution showed signs of gradually withdrawing from the stage of history.
Dramatic industrial changes have led to the reform of the political system. Germany, Tsarist Russia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Japan and other countries have successively reformed their government administrative agencies and implemented constitutional monarchy. Among several subsequent countries, Japan has not yet carried out political system reform.
At the latest, but also in 1881, a nominal constitutional monarchy was established. On the other side of the ocean, in Han, South America, although the country's industrial development was in full swing, the pace of political system reform was slower.
, all major national affairs were decided by Li Mingyuan and other ministers, and the constitutional monarchy system has not been established for a long time.
At the end of the 19th century, the implementation of a constitutional monarchy was the general trend. Although it was limited to the overall quality of the people, even if the constitutional monarchy was implemented, Li Mingyuan still had absolute dominance over the court's decision-making on political affairs. However, he followed the development of current events and planned constitutional preparations in advance to prepare for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.
It is also necessary to accumulate experience and create conditions for formally establishing a constitution.
Preparatory work was carried out for the establishment of the constitution in 1999, and the constitution was formally established in 1900.
Based on the actual situation in various aspects of the local area, Li Mingyuan initially drew up a timetable for the implementation of constitutional system reform.
The military, cabinet, judicial Yuan, Legislative Yuan, and House of Representatives are divided into five powers,
The emperor is the supreme head of the army and the country, and has the power to mobilize and command the army and appoint the prime minister.
Members of the House of Representatives are composed of representatives of voters from each state.
The selection criteria are based on comprehensive factors such as different state capitals, different occupations, different property incomes, and the number of different groups.
The House of Representatives is responsible for submitting constitutional bills,
Then it is submitted to the Legislative Yuan for review. After the Legislative Yuan reviews and approves it, it is then handed over to the Judicial Yuan for implementation.
After being appointed by the emperor, the chief assistant of the cabinet has the right to nominate cabinet members and ministers of various ministries. After the chief assistant of the cabinet submits the candidates for ministers, they will first be reviewed by the House of Representatives. After the approval of the House of Representatives, they will finally be handed over to the emperor for decision-making. If the emperor himself agrees
, the cabinet was declared established. Otherwise, if the emperor did not agree, the chief minister of the cabinet could only change the ministers until all parties were satisfied.
The new constitutional system borrowed some elements from the Second German Empire. For example, the emperor still held the power of the country, and the cabinet, judiciary and other institutions were supervised and restrained by other institutions. On the other hand, deeply influenced by the two thousand years of centralization tradition, the Han emperor controlled
Much more powerful than the German Emperor,
There were no states or free gangs to restrain the Han Kingdom in South America. When the emperor exercised his power, he did not have to worry about the opposition of local forces.
In terms of foreign wars, military mobilization, etc., Li Mingyuan has unique powers.
In short, the implementation of a constitutional monarchy may restrict the power of the future Han emperor to a certain extent, but for Li Mingyuan, the impact will be extremely small.