Hearing this, Xu Le was stunned and speechless, looking at the leaders of the resistance organization in the room in a daze, he subconsciously frowned, and the fingers hanging beside him slowly loosened, he didn't understand that these people risked being discovered by the empire, risked the leadership being wiped out, risked angering themselves, kidnapped Aunt Susan and threw themselves into the net, it was actually for this reason.

After seeing Hua's note, in the small courtyard, in the alley, outside the intelligence bureau building, he thought of many answers, and this conjecture continued until he walked into the garage and met these people.

He thought that the other party might have known about Philip's existence through some means, knew about the existence of that spaceship, and wanted to obtain some cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements from himself.

He thought that the other party might have set up an extremely terrifying encirclement, and he would kill himself at all costs, so as to make His Majesty the Emperor extinct. He even thought that the other party might use Aunt Susan's life to threaten him to enter the palace to assassinate the emperor, but he didn't think of it......

They wanted to make themselves emperors.

Xu Le said that he had to calm down for a while to digest the shock, the old man smiled slightly, waved his hand and motioned for the rest of the committee members in the room to withdraw, but he stayed, politely and even humbly replaced the undrunk tea in the cup for him with a hot one.

Almost at the same time, Xu Le's voice came from Philip's ears, the resistance fighters who had been ambushed in the corridor had quietly withdrawn, he frowned and slowly raised his head, looking at the slow old man, feeling the sincerity of the other party, and thus feeling that the other party's proposal was extremely absurd.

"Let me introduce myself first, my name is Tang Zhizhong. ”

The old man looked at him with a smile and said, "I can understand the shock in your heart at this moment, this proposal of the committee was greatly criticized when it first took shape, and in the eyes of many people, it is a foolish and ridiculous crazy idea to suggest and use all the strength of the organization to help you become the king of the Left Heaven Star Domain. ”

Xu Le turned his head and looked at him silently, thinking to himself, isn't this thing crazy?

"But I insisted, and I was fortunate enough to convince most of my comrades, that this crazy idea could be realized, and that it was the best choice for the people of the Zuotian Star Domain. ”

Xu Le was silent for a moment, shook his head and asked: "In my impression, the ultimate political program of the resistance organization is to overthrow the rule of the imperial family, return the power to the people, and achieve a wide range of equality between the two lords in the Zuotian Star Domain. ”

The old man Tang Zhizhong looked at him gently, and said: "Let me explain to you, after the bloody slaughter of the royal family, the most determined and brave rebels shed too much blood, and the organization can't bear to let more warriors become lonely ghosts under the butcher's knife for the sake of lofty goals, and we want to find a relatively gentle path to reform." ”

"The more important reason is that we have to admit that after the bloody purge of Wyfcha, the surviving people at the bottom have lost the courage to resist, and cowardly and ignorant excitedly cheer for the rule of the royal family and the victory of the front. ”

"This has something to do with the brainwashing of the royal family in glory, and it has to do with the reform measures of Huaifucha in recent decades. ”

"Our Emperor His Majesty holds the butcher's knife of Caton in one hand and the beautiful picture of the gradual abolition of slavery through educational reform in the other, and has successfully maintained the hopes of the vast majority of the people of the empire for the royal family, especially in the case of the invasion of federal forces, the lower strata of the imperial society are becoming more and more loyal, and the organization has lost the basis for launching the Great Rebellion again. ”

"Foolish?" Xu Le repeated the somewhat unfamiliar word in a low voice.

"The subjects of the empire are accustomed to the superiority of the royal family and the nobility, and if no one oppresses them, they will be very unaccustomed to it, and even feel afraid. So when someone tries to wake them up and overturn the old men who ride on them as a prestige, they will be hurt instead. ”

The corners of Tang Zhizhong's lips curled slightly, and a faint and sad smile appeared: "Do 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 have been oppressed and insulted, numbly accepting the records from the nobles, and sometimes even taking the initiative to defend those nobles and some systems that seem to me to be 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 current situation of the empire, although the quilts on the people's bodies are filled with lead, they are very heavy, so heavy that they are painful, and they can even suffocate, but their most intuitive feeling is that the quilt is warm after all, who would want to be taken away from the quilt on their bodies, standing naked in the night wind, and need to look around for firewood to warm themselves?"

"But what does this have to do with me?" Xu Le asked.

"The history of civilization in the empire is not all composed of bloody killings, and sometimes there will be many flashes full of wisdom, such as more than 3,000 years ago, there was a school of political talk on the Yellow Planet, they once wanted to build it an experimental system, but it is a pity that the nobles did not give them this opportunity at that time, and responded ruthlessly with bullets. ”

"What's that?"

"A hypocritical republic. ”

Xu Le once again heard a political term that he had never heard of, although he had been making up books on politics and humanities for the past two years, he still had to admit that the gap between him and the idiot in this regard was only a thin line, so he had to listen silently.

The old man Tang Zhizhong looked at him and explained gently: "The virtual monarch republic, in fact, you can explain it as some kind of dualistic separation of powers, the empire still has an emperor, and it is still hereditary, and has the right to appoint a cabinet. Legislative and supervisory powers were exercised by the Parliament, which was elected by the people regardless of race, although the emperor had the right of veto. ”

After making a very brief explanation, the old man took out the electronic file from the drawer, slowly pushed it from the desktop to Xu Le, and said: "This experimental political design of the former sage, and many points of mutual checks and balances of power, are basically recorded in it, you can take a look at it when you have time."

Xu Le's fingertips gently slid over the electronic documents, looked at the complicated text terms, frowned slightly, and directly asked the most important question: "Whose orders does the military obey?"

"It is strictly forbidden for the troops to interfere in internal affairs, and the right to declare war is granted to His Majesty the Emperor by the Parliament. ”

"To whom are the powerful institutions within the empire accountable? 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?"

"There's a lot of content in this material. Tang Zhizhong said: "While you are reading, I would like to explain to you why I insist that this kind of hypocrisy republic is very suitable for the current imperial twins. ”

"Preserving the imperial system, preserving the dignity and glory of the emperor, so that it is easy for the nobles and the people 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 falling apart because of the turmoil of regime change, and become a dish for the people of the Federation." ”

"And the parliament with legislative power, whether the first decades were filled with aristocrats and bribed slave traders, or the most shameful political opportunists, as long as these people have power, and are accustomed to the wonderful taste of confrontation with the emperor, they will no longer be able to get rid of it, and they will do everything in their power to preserve the system, even in honor and in their lives. ”

"In this way, in a decades of development, the imperial society, which is inevitably loosely regulated because of the struggle for power, will have a whole generation of young and intelligent brave and skilled people who are good at fighting for political power, and with the injection of these new blood, the virtual monarchy republic will gradually become a reality, until finally the real democratic double lord will be realized. ”

Xu Le listened to the old man's fairytale-like deduction because it was too brief, quickly flipped through the information in his hand, frowned more and more, and said: "According to the design on the information, the emperor will simply become a sacred symbol, and there is no actual power at all. ”

The old man Tang Zhizhong smiled and said: "The preservation of the emperor's chair is based on respect for history and respect for the feelings of the people of the empire for countless years. ”

Xu Le shook his head and said: "No emperor will be willing to give up his power, although this set of political design is beautiful, but it has no practical significance, after all, it still depends on the bloodshed of war." ”

"There is an emperor who will be willing. ”

Old Man Tang Zhizhong looked at him quietly and said slowly: "Let's go back to our previous conversation, if you become the Emperor of the Empire, will you order the iron-blooded army to return to Tianjing Star and slaughter the Council because you are greedy for the power in your hands?"

Xu Le was silent and did not answer.

"You are the first heir to the empire in history who has not received any imperial education and naturally resists the suppression of the people at the bottom, compared to the dark and rotten white sacrifice Huai, you are a blank slate, and you can draw the most beautiful picture of the empire as you wish. ”

The wrinkles on the old man's face gradually stretched, but his voice became more and more passionate, and there was irrepressible joy in his blood, he looked at Xu Le and said very cautiously:

"The information in front of you is a good opportunity given by fate to the people of the empire, and it is an unprecedented great change in the Zuotian Star Domain for countless thousands of years. ”

"As long as you agree, we will do whatever it takes, even the lives of all people, to help you return to the palace and become the next Emperor. ”

"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.

(Tomorrow is a crazy Monday, and it's stressful, especially these two days.)