Hearing this sentence, Xu Le was speechless, staring at the leaders of the resistance organizations in the room, subconsciously frowning, and slowly loosening the fingers hanging beside him, he did not understand, these people risked being attacked The danger discovered by the empire, at the risk of the leadership being swept away, at the risk of angering herself, was the reason for kidnapping Aunt Susan and casting herself in the net.
After seeing the note, in the small courtyard, in the alley, and outside the intelligence agency building, he thought about many kinds of answers, and this speculation continued until he walked into the auto repair shop and met these people.
He thought that the other party might have known about Philip's existence and the existence of that spaceship through some means, and wanted to obtain some cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements from him.
He thought that the other party might have set up an extremely terrifying encirclement, and he would kill himself at all costs, thus making His Majesty the Emperor extinct.
He even thought that the other party might use Aunt Susan's life to threaten himself into the palace to assassinate the emperor, but he never thought of it...
They want to be emperors of the empire.
Xu Le said that he had to calm down for a period of time to digest the shock. The old man smiled slightly and waved for the rest of the committee members in the room to leave, but he stayed behind, politely and even humbly taking the tea that he had never had in the cup for him. Switch to hot.
Almost at the same time, Philip's voice came from Xu Le's ears. The resistance fighters who had been ambushing in the corridor had quietly withdrawn. He frowned and slowly raised his head, looking at the slow-moving old man, feeling The sincerity of the other party makes Yufa feel that the other party's proposal is extremely absurd.
"Introduce myself first, my name is Tang Zhizhong."
The old man looked at him with a smile and said, "I can understand your shock at the moment. When the committee's proposal first took shape, it was greatly criticized. In the eyes of many people, it was suggested and used all the strength of the organization to help you. To be the king of the Zuotian Star Territory is a confused and absurd crazy idea."
Xu Le tilted his head and looked at him silently, thinking, isn't this crazy
"But I insisted, and I was fortunate enough to convince most of the comrades that this crazy idea is possible, and for the people of Zuotian Xingyu, it is the best choice that is somewhat helpless at the moment."
Xu Le was silent for a moment, then shook his head and asked: "In my impression, the ultimate political program of the resistance organization is to overthrow the imperial rule, hand over the power to the people, and achieve broad democratic equality in the Zuotian Star Territory. In that case, why do you still Want to help me become an emperor? The point is not my choice, but the emperor's seat."
The old man Tang Zhizhong looked at him gently, and said, "Let me explain to you, after the bloody killing of the royal family, the most determined and brave resisters shed too much blood, and the organization can't bear to have more warriors turn into butcher knives for lofty goals. We want to find a relatively mild revolutionary path."
"The more important reason is that we have to admit that after the bloody cleansing by Waifuchai, the surviving people at the bottom have lost the courage to resist, cowardly and ignorantly cheering the rule of the royal family and the victory of the front line."
"This is related to the brainwashing of the royal family in glory, and it is also related to the improvement measures of Waifuchai in recent decades."
"Our Majesty the Emperor holds the butcher's knife of Caton in one hand, and the beautiful picture of the gradual abolition of slavery in the other hand of education reform, and has successfully maintained the expectations of the vast majority of the people of the Empire for the royal family, especially when the federal troops invaded. Under these circumstances, the level of ignorance among the lower classes of the imperial society has become stronger and stronger, and the organization has lost the basis for another major riot."
"Yu Zhong?" Xu Le repeated this somewhat unfamiliar word in a low voice.
"The people of the empire have become accustomed to the superiority of the royal family and nobles. If there is no one to oppress them, they will be very unaccustomed to it, and even feel afraid. So when someone tries to wake them up, they will overturn and ride on themselves. When you are a blessing to the gentlemen, you will be hurt by them instead."
The corners of Tang Zhizhong's lips curled slightly, and a faint and sad smile appeared: "Don't you think this is incredible?"
Xu Le replied: "I have been to many places in the empire in the past two years, and I have seen many people who were oppressed and insulted, numbly accept the exploitation from the nobles, and sometimes even take the initiative to replace those nobles and others. To defend a system that seems to me very problematic."
He looked up at the old man and said, "You know that I grew up in the Federation since I was a child, and I really can't understand what I saw and what you said earlier."
Tang Zhizhong shook his head and sighed: "But this is the status quo of the empire. Although the quilts on the people's bodies have lead blocks in them, they are very heavy, so heavy that they can even suffocate them, but their most intuitive feeling is that After all, the quilt is warm, and who would want to be taken away from the quilt, standing naked in the night wind, and needing to look for firewood to warm himself?"
"But, what does this have to do with me?" Xu Le asked.
"The civilization history of the empire is not entirely composed of bloody killings, and sometimes there are many bright spots full of wisdom. For example, more than 3,000 years ago, there was a political talk genre on Huang Exing. They once wanted to It's a pity that the nobles didn't give them this opportunity at the time, and they responded ruthlessly with bullets."
"what is that?"
"The virtual monarch republic."
Xu Le once again heard a political term that he had never heard of before. Although he has been making up books on politics and humanities for the past two years, he still has to admit that the gap between him and an idiot is only a thin line in this regard. , so I had to listen silently.
The old man Tang Zhizhong looked at him and explained gently: "The virtual monarch republic, in fact, you can understand it as a kind of dual system of separation of powers. The empire still has an emperor, which is still hereditary, and has the right to appoint a cabinet. Legislative power and supervisory power are controlled by It is exercised by parliament, which is elected by the people of all races, but the emperor has veto power."
After giving a very brief explanation, the old man took out the electronic file from the drawer, slowly pushed it from the table to Xu Le, and said, "This kind of experimental political design of the former sage has many points of checks and balances between powers, which are basically recorded. Here, you can take a look when you have time."
Xu Le's fingertips slid lightly over the electronic document, looking at the complicated terms and conditions, frowning slightly, and directly asked the most important question: "Whose order does the military obey?"
"The troops are strictly prohibited from interfering in the internal affairs of the empire, and the right to declare war is granted to His Majesty the Emperor by the Parliament."
"Who is responsible for the powerful institutions within the empire? For example, the police." Xu Le looked up at the old man and asked, "If the cabinet is appointed by the emperor, then he naturally has the most powerful armed forces in the empire. How can the parliament check and balance it?"
"These documents have relevant content." Tang Zhizhong said, "While you are reading, I would like to explain to you why I insist that this virtual monarchy republic is very suitable for the current empire."
"Retaining the monarchy, retaining the dignity and glory of the emperor, is easy for the nobles and the people who are loyal to the royal family to accept, so as to unite or unite the people to the greatest extent, so that the empire will not fall into the tragic end of disintegration due to the turmoil of regime change. Becoming a Commonwealth is a dish."
"And the parliament with legislative power, whether or not the first few decades will be filled with nobles and bribing slave traders, or the most shameful political speculators, as long as these people have power and are used to confronting the emperor. The smell will be hard to get rid of, they will spare no effort, even their reputation and life, to maintain this system."
"With this development for decades, the imperial society, which is bound to be lax due to the struggle for power, will emerge a whole generation of young, intelligent, courageous and good at fighting for political rights. With the injection of these fresh blood, the virtual monarch republic will gradually emerge. become a reality, until at last a true democracy is achieved.”
Xu Le listened to the old man's deduction that was too brief and like a fairy tale. He quickly flipped through the information in his hand, frowning more and more, and said, "According to the design on the information, the emperor of the empire will become a kind of sacred symbol. , no real power at all."
The old man Tang Zhizhong said with a smile: "Reserving the emperor's chair is based on respect for history, and respect for the feelings of the people of the empire for countless years. Since the symbol is sacred, it will also be respected by the people."
Xu Le shook his head and said, "No emperor will willingly give up his power. Although this set of political designs is beautiful, it has no practical significance. After all, it still depends on the bloodshed of war."
"There is an emperor who will be willing."
The old man Tang Zhizhong looked at him quietly, and said slowly: "This goes back to what we talked about earlier, if you became the emperor of the empire, would you order the iron-blooded army to return to Tianjingxing because of your greed for the power in your hands? Exhausted parliament?"
Xu Le was silent and did not answer.
"You are the first imperial heir in history who has not received any imperial education and naturally resists exploitation and oppression of the people at the bottom. Compared with the dark and rotten Bai Jinhuai, you are a blank piece of paper, and you can draw a picture for the empire as you like. The most beautiful picture ever."
The wrinkles on Tang Zhizhong's face gradually loosened, but his voice became more and more passionate, and his blood was filled with uncontrollable joy. He looked at Xu Le and said very cautiously: "The information in front of you is fate bestowed on the people of the empire. This is a great opportunity for Zuotian Star Region, which has undergone unprecedented changes in the past tens of thousands of years."
"As long as you agree, we will spare no expense, even everyone's life, to help you return to the palace and become the next emperor of the empire."
"I only hope that in the future, you must remember what we people sacrificed for."
The quiet room fell into a long silence, and the old man Tang Zhizhong looked at Xu Le quietly, waiting for his answer.