Yi Zhengxing didn't feel strange about his father's contentment to believe in ghosts and gods, after all, Confucianism believed in the existence of ghosts and gods, but what made him strange was that they had been studying abroad since they were children and were still related to ghosts and gods, and his curiosity was hooked up at once, and two black eyes like black crystals stared at him for a moment.

"Zi is silent, and the strange force is confused." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "For the ghosts and gods, be in awe, stay away, and send your brothers and sisters to the West since childhood, mainly for your smooth and healthy growth. ”

Seeing his vague words, Yi Zhengxing hurriedly asked: "The children and others have been going abroad since childhood and are related to ghosts and gods?" ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded and said slowly: "When you were young, your father met a Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain, saying that if you don't go overseas, you won't save a ...... You must be an adult before you can return to your home country. ”

Can you believe this kind of nonsense? Yi Zhengxing was speechless for a while, and only said after a while: "My country's premature death rate has always been quite high, right?" ”

How can a father not know this? That Taoist priest is so profound that the father can't help but believe it! Speaking of this, Yi Zhizhi smiled, "Facts have also proved that if you go abroad since childhood, you can all grow up smoothly." ”

Before the words fell, Lin Meilian, who listened to it, reported outside the door: "The big shopkeeper, Ren An is outside asking to see." ”

"Let him in." Yi Zhizu said softly: "Ren An is the head of the Yuanqi Intelligence Department, which is an independent agency that is directly responsible to me and is responsible for intelligence collection at home and abroad. ”

Yuan Qi actually has an intelligence department? Yi Zhengxing blurted out in surprise, "Jinyiwei? ”

Yi Zhishu smiled: "I don't have the power of Jinyiwei, I am only responsible for intelligence gathering." ”

Soon, Ren An walked in quickly, and Yi Zhengxing, who saw him, hesitated slightly, before saluting the two, and reported: "Big treasurer, Egypt sent intelligence, the Suez Canal may be completed and opened to navigation this year, so far, the Suez Canal Company has spent 18 million pounds, more than twice the budget, and it is estimated that it should owe a lot of debt." ”

After a slight groan, Yi Zhizhi said: "Pay close attention and test whether they are willing to sell their shares." ”

"My subordinates understand." Ren settled after a pause and continued: "Mendeleev, a chemist from Tsarist Russia and a professor at Petersburg University, discovered the law of periodic changes in the elements. In addition, an English convoy of arms arrived at the port of Colombo. ”

Yi Zhengxing was secretly frightened when he heard this, how big is Yuan Qi's intelligence department? Could it be that it has penetrated into all countries of the world? After Ren An retired, he said softly: "Father, Yuanqi's intelligence agency is huge? ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said proudly: "I can keep abreast of the major events in the political, economic, military, scientific and technological fields that occur in various countries in the world. With that, he stood up and paced a few steps, and said, "You follow Mr. Zhao first, and familiarize yourself with Yuanqi's situation." ”

"Yes." Yi Zhengxing hurriedly got up and said, "The child retires." ”

"Wait." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Tell your eldest brother that the purpose of the war against the Japanese is to eliminate the war. ”

As soon as he got out of the study, Yi Zhengxing's face showed irrepressible excitement, and he walked out of the courtyard with cheerful steps, not far from the courtyard gate, and the boss Yi Zhengde walked out from behind a flower tree, and said with a smile: "How is it?" I'm not bad at acting, right? ”

"Very good!" Yi Zhengxing said and took out a silver ticket from the pocket of his suit, "On one condition, the airship is built, and I want to take it once." ”

Yi Zhengde took away the silver ticket and said with a smile, "As long as you dare to sit, don't say it once, ten times is fine." ”

"You said it yourself." Yi Zhengxing said with a smile: "Father also asked me to tell you that the purpose of the war against the Japanese is to eliminate the war. ”

Yi Zhengde smacked his touch before he said softly: "This is a bit philosophical. ”

Shanghai is just cold, but the Beijing division is snowflakes, Prince Gong Yi sat in the four-wheeled carriage with the stove and watched the snow outside the car window, after returning to Beijing last year, Ci'an hung him for a full month before he was reinstated, and Ping Suli rarely summoned him, obviously he still had some resentment, but today he was suddenly summoned, and I don't know what happened?

The carriage stopped in front of the stone lion outside the Donghua Gate, Yi got off the car and stomped his feet, and quickly stepped into the palace, he did not care about Ci'an's indifference, with the pace of implementing the constitution faster and faster, the relationship between the two sides will soon return to the past, let him return to Beijing to resume his post is enough to explain the problem.

A sign was handed outside the Palace of Heart Cultivation when he arrived, and soon a eunuch trotted forward to meet him, and said loudly: "Prince Xuangong is here." "When Yi got up, the eunuch stabbed a thousand children, "The slave please Prince Gong." Yi smiled and rewarded a ten-yuan banknote casually, and said in a low voice: "The Queen Mother is in a good mood?" ”

The eunuch smiled and reminded in a low voice, "It's not good. ”

Yangxin Palace, Dongnuan Pavilion, Ci'an sat on the kang with a gloomy face, and there was a telegram on the small table on the kang, the telegram was sent by Monk Lingqin from the Wa State, and the situation of the Wa State was reported in detail.

Yi Zhisuff promised to pacify the Japanese state before he pleaded with the imperial court to send troops to attack the Japanese state, followed the example of North Korea, and handed it over to the imperial court to govern, but now the Japanese country has been beaten into a ruin, and the population casualties are even more shocking, only one or two of them are left, but there is still no intention of collecting troops.

Listening to the footsteps, she picked up the telegram and sat down behind the bead curtain, and after Yi came in to ask for a salute, she said slowly: "The sixth uncle has been in the country for a long time, and the relationship with Yi Zhixiang is also very close. As far as the mourning family knows, the Yuanqi monopoly has a lot of income from the Japanese trade every year, so why should it cut off its own money? ”

Listening to this question, Yi secretly thought that he really asked the right person, and immediately said without thinking: "Back to the Queen Mother, Yuan Qi did not hesitate to cut off his own financial path and exterminate the Japanese Kingdom, in order to permanently incorporate the Japanese Kingdom into my Qing Dynasty territory." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The Japanese country has a long history and cultural heritage, and primary education is very popular, and the literacy rate of the Japanese people is as high as four or fifty percent. ”

That's pretty ruthless! Ci'an didn't know what to say for a while. Originally, she thought that Yuan Qi was unwilling to cheapen the imperial court by doing this, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Make a clean sweep of! If the imperial court turns against Yuan Qi, will Yuan Qi also kill the Manchus? Ci'an couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately, he changed his attitude in time, otherwise Manchuria might end up with the Japanese state.

After a slight groan, she spoke: "The imperial court promotes the implementation of constitutionalism, and there are many complaints ....... Jingshi. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yi knew her intentions, and hurriedly said: "It is not appropriate to publicize the extermination of the Wa Kingdom....... ”

Ci'an was puzzled and said, "Why? ”

"If the news of the extermination of the Wa Kingdom spreads, all the places that were conquered and annexed by Yuan Qi may panic." Yi said unhurriedly: "On the other hand, this move may also be criticized by Western countries and provoked criticism in vain. Yuan Qi claimed to the outside world that the Wa Kingdom had suffered a catastrophe and famine unseen in ...... millennium, and that the exploits of the Eight Banners New Army and the Beiyang Naval Division were also not small. ”

No wonder the imperial court wanted to coordinate the dispatch of troops! Ci'an's face was a little ugly, and she was silent for a long time before she said softly: "Kneel down." ”

Listening to the call to kneel An, Yi couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart, immediately saluted and retired, out of the heart palace to meet Su Shun who came quickly, he immediately slowed down, Su Shun didn't expect to meet Yi here, hurriedly bowed down to salute, Yi waved his hand, and said: "Yuan Qi still bites the unicameral system and does not let go?" ”

Su Shun nodded and said, "Now that public opinion is biased towards a unicameral system, this matter is very tricky. ”

Yi said slowly: "Didn't Yi Guocheng call for the formulation of a constitutional system that conforms to the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty and has the characteristics of the Qing Dynasty? Since the two sides are deadlocked, it is better to be flexible, and the unicameral parliamentarians are divided into two .......: the one appointed and the two . ”

So flexible and contented would agree? Su Shun couldn't help but secretly slander himself, and groaned slightly, before he said: "Such a compromise is also a method, King Gong might as well go to the phone to test it." ”

Yi smiled, "The Queen Mother agreed, and it's not too late to try again, it's not a matter of such a stalemate." ”

Sending Yi away, Su Shuncai smiled and entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and after entering the Dongnuan Pavilion to see the salute, he presented two folds and said: "This is the "Statute of the Advisory Bureau" and the "Statute of the Senior Administration" drafted by the Military Aircraft Department, and I respectfully invite the Queen Mother to look at it. ”

After taking the fold, Ci'an said with a pleasant face: "Flat, sit." ”

Whether to implement a unicameral or bicameral system, Yuan Qi and the imperial court were deadlocked, Ci'an simply ignored it, and went straight to the Military Aircraft Department's plan to set up advisory bureaus in various provinces and set up a senior administration in Beijing, laying the foundation for the implementation of the bicameral system.

After carefully reading the two excerpts, Ci'an felt quite satisfied, and after a while, she said, "Eight hundred miles will be sent to Shanghai urgently." ”

This is a direct call, whether Yuan Qi agrees or disagrees, tell Yuan Qi with practical actions that the imperial court is determined to implement a bicameral system! Su Shun was a little apprehensive in his heart, and hurriedly got up and knelt down and kowtowed: "The matter is very important, Weichen implores me to go to Shanghai to ......." ”

Ci'an glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Qi doesn't agree to the bicameral system for one day, and you won't be allowed to return to Beijing for one day." ”

Su Shun secretly complained bitterly, but he didn't dare to say more, so he had to kowtow and say, "Weichen obeys the order." ”

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Yi Zhishu carefully read the "Statutes of the Advisory Bureau" and "Statutes of the Advisory Council" and "Statutes of the Advisory Council" and threw them directly to Zhao Liewen and Yi Zhengxing, glanced at Su Shun, got up and paced to the window and lit a cigarette, Su Shun got up with a shy face and leaned in front of him and said: "It is not far from the period of preparing for the constitution, the Queen Mother has made up her mind, why don't you take a step back and ........" ”

Yi Zhizu rolled his eyes and said: "The emperor appointed the members of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court to be the princes of the clan, the princes of the Manchu and Han dynasties, the princes of the foreign domains, the Jueluo of the clan, the officials of various ministries, the masters and scholars of Confucianism and those who pay a lot of taxes, there are a hundred of them, is this still a hypocrisy of the monarchy?" This is a change of soup and not of a change of medicine. ”

Sighing lightly, Su Shuncai said: "In addition to the 100 parliamentarians appointed, aren't there 120 democratically elected parliamentarians, even though they are not really constitutional, but they have also broken the imperial power** Isn't this progress?" How can it be said that the soup is changed without the medicine? Everything is gradual, not. ”

Yi Zhizhi said angrily: "With such a constitutional government, what is the difference between the prime minister and the chief military prostitute minister?" What is the difference between the Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Division? ”

"Naturally, there is a difference." Su Shun distinguished: "The major affairs of the state, such as fiscal revenues and expenditures, laws and regulations, etc., are decided by the parliamentarians, and the minister of state reports to the prime minister for decision, and the emperor no longer cares about state affairs. ”

"It's just a different way." Yi Zhizu said coldly: "The emperor has the right to appoint the emperor, who dares to disobey the emperor?" ”

Su Shun said softly: "Isn't there still an elected councilor......." ”

"The big shopkeeper." Zhao Liewen raised the "Constitution of the Consultative Bureau" in Yang's hand, and said: "There are many mistakes and omissions, and there are great defects, and the various regulations on the conditions for the right to vote and the right to be elected are everywhere revealing the care and co-optation of the gentry, the gentry, the business gentry, and the new gentry.

To put it bluntly, members of the Consultative Council can only be 'gentlemen'! As a result, the ratio of the electorate to the total population will be extremely disparity, not one in a thousand! ”

"It's not about deliberately taking care of and co-opting the 'gentry'." Su Shun hurriedly explained: "Ordinary people don't know a single word, so how can he participate in the election or be elected?" Giving them opportunities is also indiscriminate, and with the promotion and popularization of education in the future, the proportion of voters will naturally increase gradually. ”

In fact, in his opinion, the Qing Dynasty does not have the basis for implementing constitutional government at present, not to mention those ordinary people who do not know a single word, even many gentry cannot treat the election correctly.

"It's not just the 'gentry' who can read and write," Zhao Liewen said in a deep voice: "Many skilled workers in the factory are also literate and hyphenated, and they have a strong sense of election, and there is also the army, Su Xiang will not know that all the grassroots officers of the Yuanqi New Army must be literate........" ”

Yi Zhengxing continued: "The number of peasants is the largest, and they should not be excluded from the election because they are illiterate, and a certain number of seats should be given for election and election.

Su Shun took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao and Shizi remind that time is in a hurry, and there are indeed many omissions. ”

Yi Zhizu stretched out his hand and gave up, then threw away the cigarette in his hand and paced back to his seat to take a sip of tea, and only after Su Shun sat down did he speak: "The Constitution of the Consultative Council and the Constitution of the Advisory Council were hastily formed and crude, and the imperial court is forcing me to agree to the implementation of a bicameral system?" ”

Seeing that he took the initiative to stab it, Su Shun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Brother Guocheng still sees it thoroughly." ”

"Okay." Yi Zhishu looked at Zhao Liewen as he spoke, and ordered: "Send these two charters to major newspapers and publish them on the front page." ”

As soon as he heard this, Su Shun became anxious, and hurriedly said: "Brother Guocheng, once you see the news, there is no room for mediation." ”