The two persuaders attracted Li Zhi's attention, and Li Zhi turned his head to look at this side of Chang'an Avenue, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Li Zhi frowned because the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army allowed the people to cross the line. The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army were supposed to control that line on Chang'an Avenue and not let the people take a step.

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army were trained by the strictest training, and they originally had the discipline that was second to none in this era. Even on the battlefield, in the face of the impact of the elite of the Tatar Qing Swing Tooth La, one by one sacrificed and died, these Tiger Ben soldiers never retreated.

However, at this time, Liang Dao, an unarmed small citizen in the market, crossed the line of control, and the surrounding tiger army seemed to be stupid and did not move.

Of course, Li Zhi understood that this was not a mistake, and it was impossible for more than a dozen soldiers nearby to make mistakes and omissions at the same time.

Obviously, the soldiers of the Tiger Army were thinking the same thing as the common people. They were all worried that Li Zhi would refuse to ascend the throne, and deliberately put the people who persuaded them into the controlled area and let them shout loudly.

The unwavering battle line of the Tiger Ben Army on the battlefield of flesh and blood is as useless as tofu scum at this time.

Li Zhi's face sank.

However, Li Zhi simply did not have the time to deal with these derelict soldiers.

The people around the two persuaders were inspired by the two pioneers, and in an instant they were boiling.

One by one, the people knelt down and shouted to persuade them to advance.

"Long live King Qi! The butcher Xu has killed pigs all his life, but Xu's two children have never eaten a few pieces of pork! Xu asked King Qi to ascend the throne as emperor and give our people a good life! “

"Long live King Qi! The porter Huang Yidou begged King Qi to ascend the throne! If the king of Qi does not ascend the throne, those gentry will come back sooner or later! “

"The widow Niu asks King Qi to ascend the throne and give my only daughter a good future!"

"Long live King Qi! Ledger Kingked..."

The people who knelt down became more and more, and the shouts of persuasion gradually became inaudible. The people on Chang'an Avenue all knelt down and fell to the ground like a tsunami, first the people of East Chang'an Street, and then the people of West Chang'an Street. All the people have a common thought in their hearts, which is to use Li Zhi's throne to keep a bright future.

Tens of thousands of people knelt on the ground, and the cries of individuals could no longer be heard, only the noisy shouts of "long live" could be heard.

Soon, the wave on Chang'an Street affected the people on the south side of the Thousand Steps Corridor. The road from the south of the Thousand Steps Corridor to the vicinity of Daming Gate is very wide, and 30,000 or 40,000 people gathered. After realizing that there was a "tide of persuasion" on Chang'an Avenue a few hundred meters away, these people quickly joined the wave and knelt on the ground one by one.

Tianjin officials and "former Ming bureaucrats" standing among nearly 100,000 people soon found themselves caught in a sea of persuasion.

In front of the entire Chengtian Gate, nearly 100,000 people in the capital shouted a tsunami.

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

"Long live !!"

In order to show their enthusiasm, the people also began to kowtow. From the perspective of the high-ranking officials on the Chengtian Gate, countless people in the vicinity turned into a boiling sea water, constantly kowtowing, undulating and bouncing, creating huge pressure on the more than 100 people on the Chengtian Gate.

"Abolished Emperor" Zhu Youzhen heard the persuasion of the people in the capital, and finally stopped the tears that kept flowing.

He closed his eyes in despair.

Li Zhi frowned, and couldn't help but take a long breath.

Li Zhi is a modern person, from a later generation with a 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 he would also talk about democracy and republicanism, so that every ordinary person in China could participate in politics and be the masters of the country.

This idea, or impulse, reached its peak after Li Zhi became the Duke of Jin and King of Qi in one town and nine provinces. At that time, Li Zhi twice splashed ink in the unoccupied study, writing the constitution of the future republic, hoping to allow the Han people to establish the world's first republic.

However, in reality, it is not possible.

If the Ming Dynasty had not been abolished, it would be the twenty-eighth year of Chongzhen. According to the chronological method of later generations, it is now 1655.

This is an era that has not even entered modern times.

In this era, the vast majority of the people did not have the financial resources to learn to read and write, and the literacy rate of the people in the thirteen provinces did not exceed one percent. Ninety percent of the people have never left their towns and villages, let alone their counties, in their own hands, ploughing the fields, cutting wheat, pulling carts, and loading goods.

For the vast majority of the people, the only way to make the right choice is to obey the "wise people." Whether it is birth, old age, sickness, death, marriage, or funeral, all kinds of actions are actually under the command and influence of "smart people".

In reality, however, these "smart people" were often the local gentry. Although the common people hated the oppression of the gentry, they were often influenced by the gentry in real life.

If Li Zhi let all the people of the Ming Dynasty participate in politics, and even let the people vote for elections, it may not be the people who govern the country in the end, but the gentry who govern the country. Because all the people would consult the literate readers before making a political decision.

After living in the Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years, Li Zhi certainly had a deep understanding of this era, and fully understood that republicanism, democracy, and constitutional rule were impossible in this era when the people's wisdom was not yet opened.

Therefore, Li Zhi once wrote the ideal draft of the constitution in his heart twice, but twice burned his draft in an unmanned study.

Any political system and any superstructure are determined by the actual development of history, and it is not something that a person can decide by patting his head to his liking.

If Li Zhi engages in a republic and decentralization in this era, he will inevitably usher in huge chaos in the end.

The people of this era do not understand the compromise and republicanism at all, and this is an era in which winners take all and ascend to the throne.

Let's ask, if the civilian military merit faction that followed Zhong Feng, the Li family who followed Li Xing and Li Laosi, and the Confucian faction who followed Zheng Kaicheng and Gao Ligong competed for the highest position that Li Zhi gave up, who would obey whom? In the end, not only will the high-level Qi state be divided, but it is likely that the remnants of the gentry, the Zhu Ming clan, the Japanese samurai, and foreign forces will all mix in and support each faction, splitting the provinces, colonies, and tiger army.

If Li Zhi did not use the title of emperor to suppress various forces and factions, and cleared all obstacles with absolute power, China would eventually fall into internal strife or even civil war.

Li Zhi's efforts for more than 20 years, the huge colonial empire built by Li Zhi, 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 wanted to bring a republican, democratic, or higher social system to the Ming Dynasty, it would take decades of effort. It is necessary to popularize education, to change the people's concepts, and to completely change the cultural and spiritual outlook of this era.

Such a thing can only be done step by step. Perhaps Li Zhi will not be able to complete this historical mission in his life. Maybe by the time of Li Huan, or even the era of Li Huan's son, Daqi will become the Republic of Daqi.

But that's for the future.

The first problem that needs to be faced now is to consolidate the whole of China that has been united by Li Zhi's cause. What Li Zhi wants to do now is to use the legal system and public morality to create a rich and powerful China, and to lead the Han people out of China to kill the whole world, and create a brilliant and happy national future.

Let every Han person occupy a large area of land, have enough food and clothing, and reproduce children and grandchildren.

And to accomplish this task, ascending the throne as emperor and establishing the Great Qi Dynasty is undoubtedly the most practical solution.

Although there was some resistance to becoming the emperor of the Ninety-Five Emperor in his heart, and although he was not ready to ascend the throne and become the emperor at this last moment, Li Zhi understood that if he wanted to make the world happy, he had to be the emperor.

Li Zhi looked at the boiling people in front of Chengtian Gate, and his face showed the last hesitation and confusion.

At the critical moment, Wang Pu, who stood between the Tianjin officials and the "former Ming bureaucrats", stood up.

The "former Ming" Jizhen general soldier who surrendered to Li Zhi bowed forward sharply and shouted loudly: "Although the subordinate Wang Pu is humble and ignorant, he also knows that heaven and man should not be benevolent, if His Royal Highness King Qi does not take the throne, there will be great changes in the world." Your Highness is for the country and the people, and you can't hesitate again! “

"Your Highness is on the throne immediately!"

When a company commander of the Tiger Ben Army beside Wang Pu heard Wang Pu's words, his eyes lit up. Without anyone's guidance, he immediately rushed to the Chengtian Gate with the small flag of the word "Qi" in his right hand, knelt in front of the Jinshui Bridge and shouted: "Tell your lord!" The former Ming Dynasty minister Wang Pu persuaded to advance! “