Chapter 91 Constitution
Ouyang Sangen returned to the yamen, but he didn't expect that Liu Huilan and Wanyan Lan had been waiting for a long time. Liu Huilan said: "Sir, long time no see."
"Yes, long time no see. Zhan Ming is okay to you, right?"
"...It's okay." Liu Huilan replied in a low voice: "This girl can't stand it and keeps going out. I don't understand what she said, so I can only bring her here."
Ouyang saw Wanyan Lan and changed into Song Dynasty clothes. The light blue clothes made Wanyan Lan look like an orchid. She raised her chest and raised her head. Unlike the Song girls, she lowered her head slightly. She was introverted but did not retract, and her appearance was eye-catching. Ouyang couldn't help but look at her again: "Hui Lan, I'm going to Beijing tomorrow. To be honest, I don't understand what she wants to do. Why should I send someone to the dock to find the sinking?"
"At this time, I should have a rest."
Ouyang said helplessly to Wanyan Lan: "Would you please go back with her? Is it good to send you on the boat back to Jin Country in a few days?"
"Okay!" Wanyan Lan answered in Chinese.
Ouyang Da was surprised and asked again: "Are you a fool?"
"good!"
Ouyang laughed loudly, Liu Huilan covered her mouth and said, "Sir, you are so bad."
"Take it back. I'll send someone to send you there. I'll trouble you these days."
"What are you talking about by sir?"
...
Ouyang originally wanted to go to Beijing alone, but Zhan Ming considered that the current turmoil was turbulent, and with the giant thief Song Jiang, he accompanied him to Beijing. Along the way, Zhan Ming also felt that he was a little more attentive, and the world was still peaceful. Yangping was not far from the capital, just two days' journey.
When I entered the capital, it was still the same. I could not see that the throne had happened. I occasionally urinated and defecated on the road, and vendors shouted. The palace passage was also occupied by vendors. When I arrived in front of the palace, Ouyang submitted the order and immediately reported the imperial guards.
About half an hour later, a eunuch came out. Ouyang saw that he was acquaintance and the ninth father-in-law. The ninth father-in-law met Ouyang and said, "Sir Ou, the emperor asked you to the Imperial Garden."
"Zhan Ming, you find a place to live first."
"yes!"
...
Wearing a gorgeous palace uniform, four palace maids followed, and the emperor was walking in the imperial garden. The ninth prince walked to the nearby area and said, "Your Majesty, the magistrate of Yangping Ouyang is here."
"Yeah, you all go down."
"yes!"
Zhao Yu turned around and looked at Ouyang. Ouyang pulled his clothes, sleeves, and pants, and pulled them for half a minute. Zhao Yu couldn't help but smile and said, "Forget it, don't kneel if you don't want to kneel, why pretend to behave? Just sit on the other side of the pavilion."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ouyang said later: "I don't know that the emperor asked me to come..."
"If you want to say something about me or a humble minister, you should call me Your Majesty."
"Yes, I don't know that Your Majesty asked me to come..."
"Of course it's a trouble." The emperor sighed. She could see and feel that the court officials all had the taste of bullying her young and having an injustice. The fact that she had promised to appoint a group of old ministers was strongly opposed by the ministers. Also, because Ma Han and Zhang Xuanming had no fame, the ministers also strongly opposed them entering the temple. In general, she had military power, but no imperial power, and there was not even a single person in the court. The most important thing was that the ministers were all about the ancestral system, such as the three generations of exiled ministers were not allowed to be officials, such as Taizu said that officials were not allowed to be elected without imperial examinations. In addition, her imperial power is unstable and her prestige is not high, so she felt very uncomfortable. At this moment, she remembered that she really had an imperial examination confidant, which was Ouyang. The confidant was a bit too much, but she was finally her own person.
"Climb the Pavilion?" Ouyang thought about it and said, "Your Majesty, this is not a solution! Besides, I am alone... I am alone, but I can't fight these old insects who have been immersed in the officialdom for decades. Besides, I am not familiar with the rules of the temple and cannot do anything to those old insects."
"Old insect? Haha!" Zhao Yu laughed and said, "That's right, old insect. Then what can you do, little insect?"
"Well... there is a solution, but the easiest way is to legislate!"
"legislation?"
"Yes! Let's first establish some laws that ministers cannot oppose, and then proceed step by step to consolidate the imperial power."
"How to legislate? Tell me." Zhao Yu was intrigued.
"If you have to establish a constitution first, you must establish a constitution. The so-called constitution is a decree that even Your Majesty, you cannot overturn. It is a decree that the successor of the Song Dynasty will not overturn in the future."
"Tell me!"
Ouyang drank the tea and said: "First of all, we must stipulate the national system. You are the emperor, and the laws you have established are the constitutional system of the king, because you will manage the country through laws."
Zhao Yu nodded: "Continue."
"Second, the king is the supreme commander of the army."
Zhao Yu shook his head: "I don't quite understand, what's the use of this? I was it."
"Your Majesty is wrong. For example, the army has military laws. What if someone orders to attack you? According to the Constitution, no matter who usurps the order, this order is invalid. Of course, no one cares about the Constitution if someone usurps the throne. But as long as the Constitution is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and let everyone know that the Constitution is unchangeable, those who want the army to usurp the throne must consider it. The officers of their subordinates have sworn... That is, when they enter the army, they must swear to abide by the Constitution and support His Majesty."
"Well, what you mean is to popularize the Constitution and let everyone know what kind of country the Song Dynasty was. Then the national laws cannot violate the Constitution. Is that what does that mean?"
"Yes, that's what it means."
Zhao Yu asked: "But, how to popularize it, do you need to paste a notice?"
"This is OK, Weichen is going to run a newspaper."
"newspaper?"
Ouyang nodded and said, "Yes! It records what you said in the court, such as the laws and regulations you specified, such as your political measures, and then typed them into a book and distributed them to all parts of the country. For example, you said that Yangping County has reduced tax by 30%, but I don't deceive you. What should I do if I don't reduce it? At this time, the newspaper appeared. When the people saw it, the emperor said that the tax was reduced, and the county government even accepted it. Then I was finished."
"This is good, this is good." Zhao Yuxi said: "In a high position, the most fear is that he will not reach the throne. The emperor said one thing and the people below did one thing. Forget it. They will be fattened and they will also pay all their sins to the emperor. Later, you go to the Royal Making Bureau and get a sample for me to see. You can continue to talk about the Constitution."
"Yes!" Ouyang said: "It is stipulated that our country is called Song, and that our country's territory is sacred and inviolable."
"Ha!" Zhao Yu asked with a smile: "Are they also subject to the constitution to beat us?"
Chapter completed!