Su Shun didn't expect Yi Zhifu to come to this hand, these two charters were completely drafted hastily under the instructions of the Empress Dowager Ci'an, not to mention the major flaws, indicating that the imperial court's determination to implement the bicameral system is not a big problem, the problem is that the emperor has set the number of members of the Imperial Council, which is equivalent to the emperor's control of the Imperial Council in disguise.

This is too different from the constitution of the British hypocrite, once it is publicly published in the newspapers, the government and the opposition will inevitably be in an uproar, and the merits of the imperial court in implementing the constitution over the years will be completely wiped out, and it will be a fatal blow to him, the chief military minister, how can he not be in a hurry?

Yi Zhishu glanced at him, and said in a light tone: "Brother Yuting Jue still has room for mediation?" ”

"Yes." Su Shun hurriedly said: "These two charters are just drafts, and I came here to solicit the opinions of Brother Guocheng." ”

"The draft election law is almost complete, but you have started to throw out two articles of association that you don't know what to do." Yi Zhishu looked at him and said, "What does the imperial court mean by this?" Putting aside Yuanqi's own constitutional government? ”

"How can I be." Su Shun said with a smile: "Without Yuanqi, the constitutional government of the imperial court cannot be implemented." After a pause, he simply said truthfully: "The queen mother's move is to show her attitude to Brother Guocheng, the bicameral system is the bottom line of the imperial court's implementation of constitutional government, even if the unicameral system is more in line with the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty than the bicameral system, the imperial court does not agree, and I will not hide it from you, the queen mother said, Brother Guocheng does not agree to the bicameral system for one day, and he will not be allowed to return to Beijing for a day to ........" ”

Yi Zhizhi said nonchalantly: "Then Brother Yuting will stay in Shanghai with peace of mind." ”

Will he be able to stay in Shanghai with peace of mind? Su Shun was speechless for a while, and he was silent for a while before he spoke: "You can't just keep stalemate like this....... Can you compromise a bit? ”

"Compromise?" Yi Zhizhi glanced at him and said, "How to compromise?" ”

Su Shun thought of Yi's proposal, and held the mentality of giving it a try, "Brother Guocheng has repeatedly called for the formulation of a constitutional system with Chinese characteristics, and now Yuan Qi and the imperial court are at a standstill on unicameral and bicameral, compromise is the only way, can you integrate unicameral and bicameral system, such as this senior court, it brings together the characteristics of unicameral and bicameral system..... and can be used as a formal parliamentary system." ”

Yi Zhizhi sneered and said, "Just this information council that you have crudely created as a formal parliamentary system? ”

"It can be perfected." Su Shun said with a smile.

Yi Zhi's heart moved, this suggestion is really worth considering, and after a slight sigh, he said: "Brother Yuting has rare leisure, you might as well stay in Shanghai for a few more days, the opportunity is rare." ”

Hearing this, Su Shun was secretly happy in his heart, got up and said with a smile: "Can you arrange to go to Baoshan to inspect those factories on the spot?" ”

"Absolutely." Yi Zhizhi said without thinking, and then looked at Yi Zhengxing and said: "Okay, send Su Xiang on behalf of my father."

Seeing Su Shun leave, Zhao Liewen turned around and shook the statute of the Senior Administration Yuan in his hand, and said: "This Senior Administration Yuan does have some characteristics, if you can remove the number of members of the Emperor's Imperial Court and reduce the number of princes and nobles, it is not impossible to consider, at least it is better than letting the bicameral system be implemented, and it will save the trouble of changing back and forth in the future." ”

"It's really not a problem to go on like this." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "That's it, compress the quota of those royal families, especially those princes of the clan, the princes of the Manchu Han Dynasty, the princes of the foreign domains, and the number of the clan Jueluo, and change the imperial decree to an election, first take a charter, and then talk slowly with the imperial court." ”

More than half a month later, Ci'an received an excerpt from Su Shun from Shanghai, saying that it was an excerpt, but it was actually a brand new charter formed after Su Shun and Yi Zhishu and others discussed it with Yi Zhishu and others for more than half a month.

The new constitution deprived the emperor of the qualifications of the king's councillors, but retained the number of princes and nobles, but this number was also greatly reduced, the original number of king-king councillors was 16 princes of the clan, 12 of the Manchu and Han dynasties, 6 of the princes of the foreign domain, and 14 of the clans, but now it has been cut by more than half.

The quota of the members of the Senate was reduced, but the total number of members of the Senate was greatly increased to 300.

After carefully reading the new constitution, Ci'an frowned, obviously, Yi Zhixin This is to make the Senate a formal parliament, otherwise she would not spend energy to greatly revise the statutes of the Senate, for this compromise plan, she did not resist, but deprived the emperor of the qualifications of the councillors, and greatly reduced the quota of the princes and nobles, she could not accept it, and after thinking for a while, she wrote a reply to Su Shun.

Shanghai, Zhennan Palace.

Su Shun hurriedly walked into the Changle Book House, and after bowing his hand, he said straightforwardly: "The Queen Mother called back, and did not agree to deprive the emperor of the qualifications of the emperor's parliamentarians, and did not agree to drastically reduce the quota of the princes and nobles. ”

"If you don't agree, you don't have to talk about it." Yi Zhicontent said without thinking: "The emperor appoints a councilor, this is simply impossible, there is no room for negotiation....... ”

Before he finished speaking, Su Shun hurriedly said: "Is it possible to drastically reduce the quota of Wang Gongxun and Gui Councillors?" ”

"How to be flexible?"

Su Shun said slowly: "The royalist forces are not small, such a drastic reduction, the royalists will inevitably vigorously oppose the constitutionalism, it is better not to reduce it for the time being, and then gradually reduce it in the future, step by step, step by step." ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said, "Don't test again, this is already the bottom line." ”

"Ishei." Su Shun hurriedly said: "How about the number of members of the royal family accounts for 10% of the total number of members?" There can be no further delay, and it will take time for the establishment of the Information Council and the provincial advisory bureaus. ”

After pondering for a while, Yi Zhizhi said, "Okay, Yicheng." ”

Seeing that he was relieved, Su Shun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Then I will return to Beijing tomorrow, and get the Queen Mother's consent as soon as possible and make it clear to the world." ”

Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "I forgot, Brother Yuting can go back to Beijing." The other party didn't mean to get up and say goodbye, he asked directly, "Is there anything else?" ”

Su Shun smiled, "Actually, it's not impossible for the emperor to .....appoint a member of the council. ”

What do you mean? Is this going to kill back the carbine? The smile on Yi Zhifen's face stiffened a little," he continued. ”

"The number of princes and princes of the clan can actually be approved by the emperor." Su Shun said slowly: "This place is neither suitable for election nor internal election, it is determined by the emperor, but it is the most suitable, this is a hereditary parliamentarian place, which can be said to be a hammer deal." ”

Yi Zhishu pondered for a while before saying, "Yes, but the eldest son of the Yizeng family must be given a place." ”

Hearing him mention Yizeng, Su Shun couldn't help but sigh for a while, nodded slightly, and said, "It's hard to believe that Brother Guocheng hasn't forgotten him." ”

On 25 March, Qi Xiangming issued an edict promulgating the "Statutes of the Consultative Bureau" and the "Statutes of the Advisory Council", ordering the establishment of the Advisory Council in Beijing as the basis of the Council, and the establishment of advisory bureaus in various provinces to train members in their ability to participate in and discuss politics.

Newspapers of all sizes in the northern and southern provinces issued extras and published this edict in a timely manner, and for a time, the government and the opposition were boiling; although the Consultative Bureau and the Information Administration Yuan were not real parliaments, they were after all a great progress, and with the establishment of the Advisory Council and the Information Administration Yuan, the constitution of the Qing Dynasty finally evolved from a paper talk to a real combat exercise!

While the provinces were busy setting up advisory bureaus and running for members of the advisory bureau, a number of clan princes and nobles in Jingshili were also busy moving around to fight for the seats of the clan princes, Manchu Han princes, and clan Jueluo, among which the twelve seats of the clan princes were the most eye-catching.

The reason is very simple, these twelve councillor seats are hereditary, and like ****, they can be inherited from generation to generation, and all the clan princes who are qualified to compete are red-eyed.

The number of the Manchu and Han Dynasty is also eye-catching, although it is not hereditary, it is not as noble as the prince of the clan, but after all, it is a lifelong member of the qualification, the worst is the number of the clan Jueluo, only a fifteen-year term, but a group of clan Jueluo is still rushing, one is limited, there are more monks and less porridge, and besides, everyone knows that although the parliamentarian is not an official position, the identity of the parliamentarian is more noble than the official body.

King Gong, who was originally a little neglected, became a sweet and sweet spot, and the palace of King Gong, which had been deserted for more than a year, became lively again, and a number of clans and princes, whether they were constitutionalists or royalists, all came to visit for the number of parliamentarians, hoping to get Yi's support, after all, Yi is still the most promising prime minister to form a cabinet regent.

As Yi's most powerful competitor, Sushun's mansion is also full of traffic, all kinds of carriage size sedan chairs outside the door are lined up in a long line, with the situation clear, whether it is a constitutionalist or a royalist, everyone has a mirror in their hearts, constitutionalism has become an irreversible trend.

At dusk that day, Su Shun closed the door early on the grounds that he was unwell, and then took a carriage to Zhao's Mansion to see Zaizhao, Zhao's Mansion was as deserted as before, not that no one came to move around, there were not many people who came to walk around as Zaizhao, but Zaizhao was nowhere to be seen, and no one came when the news spread.

Hearing that Su Shun was coming, Zaizhao personally greeted him, and as soon as he saw him, he said unceremoniously: "If you don't see guests in the house, what are you doing here?" ”

Su Shun smiled, "I was going to come a long time ago, but I haven't been able to pull away." ”

"Something?" Zaizhao said tentatively, he was a little puzzled in his heart, he couldn't think of what would happen to the other party when he came to see him, and he wondered if he was content to have a letter to pass him on, but it was inevitably delayed for too long.

"Can't I come to see you if it's okay?" Su Shun said with a smile, "Don't you invite me in to sit?" ”

"Please."

The two of them entered the study, and after sitting down to serve tea, Su Shuncai said slowly: "You should know the twelve hereditary seats of the prince and prince of the clan." ”

Zaizhao glanced at him in some surprise and said, "Why wouldn't this kind of good thing fall on my head?" ”

"How could it be?" Su Shun said: "If you want it, it's a matter of words." ”

"I don't want to." Zaizhao said simply: "I'm going to go to the Nanyang Navy." ”

Su Shun glanced at him seriously and said, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children and grandchildren?" ”

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren." Zaizhao didn't care.

"You're really open." Su Shun sighed lightly before he said, "Yi Guocheng named Yi Changzi a hereditary seat of parliamentarian. ”

"It should." Zai Zhao said in a muffled voice, paused, and then asked, "Do you want to reveal this news to the Beiyang Naval Division?" ”

"No, you don't." Su Shun shook his head, "The implementation of constitutional government is an irreversible trend, there is no need, this favor is given to the Queen Mother, which is also a condition for appointing Yichangzi as a hereditary councilor." ”

After pondering for a while, Zaizhao still couldn't help but ask, "What about Prince Yi?" ”

Su Shun said: "The quota of Yichangzi is to occupy him. ”

"Good!" Zaizhao said loudly: "I finally sulked." ”

Coming out of Zhao's mansion, Su Shun was a little disappointed, originally he was going to do his best to help Zaizhao fight for a hereditary parliamentarian's place, but he didn't want Zaizhao to ignore the hereditary councillor at all, and sat in the carriage, he couldn't help but sigh, with the establishment of the Advisory Bureau and the Senior Council, the establishment of the cabinet will also be on the agenda, who will this prime minister fall on?

Nourishing Heart Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

Ci'an paced slowly in the courtyard, she was also worried about the choice of the prime minister, she knew very well that the prime minister must be approved by Yi Zhi, so there was no doubt that the prime minister could only choose between Yi and Su Shun.

It is said that Yi, as the emperor's uncle, will inevitably do his best to fight for and protect the rights and interests of the emperor and the clan, however, she is a little worried that Yi is ambitious and unwilling to be controlled by others, and once he becomes the prime minister, it is very likely that a conflict will break out with Yi Zhicontent.

She knows better than anyone about Yi Zhi's ability and means to manipulate the situation in the DPRK that nearly half of the ministers in the cabinet are Yuan Qi's people, and it is impossible for the prime minister to manipulate the new cabinet, but Yi Zhixin! If Yi is not willing to be manipulated, conflict will inevitably break out.

The reason why she agreed to the constitution of the hypocrisy was that she was afraid of conflict with Yuanqi, and she was content to exterminate the Wa State and the Manchus! She didn't want to be in such a dangerous situation after losing all her power.

Su Shun's ambition is much smaller, and it is impossible to have a big conflict with Yi Zhicontent, but Su Shun is definitely inferior to Yi in fighting for and maintaining the rights and interests of the emperor and the clan, speaking of which, she is more inclined to Su Shun, after all, security is the most important thing, and she has come to the step of establishing a constitution for the hypocritical monarch, she only hopes that the wife will continue the Qing Dynasty peacefully.

Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

Zhao Liewen walked into the bookstore quickly with a telegram in his hand, and said with a smile: "The big shopkeeper, the Palace of Nourishing Heart has called and asked who you like to be the prime minister." ”

"The Empress Dowager Ci'an's attitude has changed fast enough." Yi Zhizu took the telegram with a smile, glanced at it, and said, "Call back directly, King Gong!" ”

Zhao Liewen groaned and said: "The student thinks, the Queen Mother is not polite, nor is it respectful, it should be that she is not worried about King Gong, so she will call to ask." ”