C328 Yongping Emperor
For the people of Jinxia City, the recent month had been full of disasters.
There were disasters everywhere in and out of the dynasty, with millions of refugees. Between all kinds of natural and man-made disasters, countless people had lost their homes and died tragically. When they moved to the capital of the imperial family, it made the lives of the people in the city even more difficult.
First, it was the competition between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince. The impact was getting stronger and stronger. When the competition between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince finally came to an end, there was actually a rebellion from the Royal Qin Clan.
Half of the city had been destroyed by the great battle.
According to the official statistics after the war, the number of people who lost their lives in that war was more than 32,000.
This number sounded very terrifying.
But in fact, with the population of a super large city like Jinxia City, which had millions of permanent residents, The destruction of half of the city only caused twenty to thirty thousand people to die.
However, even so, the Imperial Court still mourned the deaths of the tens of thousands of civilians and compensated the families of the civilians according to the standard compensation for the war.
If there were family members in the city, they would compensate the family members of the city. If they could not find any family members in the city, they would use the power of the Ministry of Revenue to search the entire country, hoping that every compensation would be paid to the specific people.
This was not a small workload. At the same time, they used quite a lot of money. Ordinary officials, even officials of the court, were not qualified to make such a decision.
In fact. . .
This decision was made by Emperor Yongping.
Many people were surprised when they first heard his name and news.
This was because the name 'Yongping Emperor' suddenly appeared on the Imperial Ranking List one morning, announcing to the world that the people of Celestial Secret Dynasty had a new emperor.
And then. . .
There was no 'then'.
There was no coronation ceremony, no amnesty for the world. There was no majesty, nothing at all. . .
It was an extremely plain and simple message to everyone -
I, Zhao Qianli, have ascended the throne. I am your new Emperor. You can call me Yongping Emperor.
Those who didn't know Zhao Qianli heard that after the new Emperor ascended the throne, the ceremony wasn't even held. Some of them speculated in their hearts. Was this new emperor too timid? He knew that his predecessor, Emperor Yongxing, was assassinated during the coronation ceremony, so he decided not to hold the coronation ceremony?
However, after Emperor Yongping, Zhao Qianli, announced that he had become the new emperor, he did not even ask for the construction of the palace that had been destroyed by the war.
The Emperor didn't live in the palace, but rather. . .
Buping House.
Just like Zhao Qianli, it was plain and unadorned that made people's eyebrows jump.
Furthermore, the most unbelievable thing was that the Buping House where the Emperor lived allowed any citizens to come and entrust tasks to him.
Sometimes, if one was lucky, they could even meet the Emperor himself.
. . . Crazy!
This was absolutely crazy!
Every citizen of the Celestial Secret Dynasty felt that their new emperor was a madman after hearing the news. He didn't follow the rules and didn't follow the rules at all. To put it simply. . .
How did he look like an emperor?
Regarding Emperor Yongping's actions, it wasn't only the people who were discussing amongst themselves, it also caused a huge controversy in the court.
Especially those officials who abided by the ancestral rules and followed the rules, they seemed to have gone crazy. All kinds of advice flew towards Zhao Qianli's table like snowflakes.
But. . .
Zhao Qianli didn't even look at it. Sigh, it was just a game.
Zhao Qianli did not care about the series of requests that his subjects had for him to rebuild the palace, such as the morning court, meetings, shaping his own dignity, and increasing the distance between him and the people.
Many of the officials who proclaimed themselves to be Qing Liu saw that the emperor was so stubborn and stubborn as soon as he ascended the throne. They did not listen to him at all and immediately took out their trump cards.
They were determined to die!
They said that if the emperor insisted on going on like this, he would die in front of the city gate.
In the end, the Emperor's reaction was also very direct.
He directly packed the dragon robe, imperial seal, and crown together and sent them to the front door of the Qing Liu family, then he gave up. I won't be the emperor anymore. Go and find whoever you want.
One could imagine the grief and indignation of the officials who were prepared to knock themselves to death at the city gate and use their blood to awaken the emperor. They saw the expression on the faces of their emperor when he knocked down his son.
In the end, it naturally ended with the compromise of the officials.
A country could not be without a ruler for a day.
Not to mention. . .
Currently, the fortune of the Celestial Secret Dynasty was solely on Zhao Qianli. If he lost it, the Celestial Secret Dynasty would experience another round of turmoil. Apart from Zhao Qianli, no one else could bear the responsibility of this emperor.
Therefore, those officials who were ready to die with determination became obedient again. They immediately sent back the dragon robe, imperial seal, and other items that Zhao Qianli had given them. Their attitude was very respectful.
"Since you all still want me to be the Emperor, then I will tell you how I am going to be the Emperor.
This identity, I'm just putting up a name, What morning court, meetings, these things, I won't go because I don't understand at all.
Professional matters have to be handed over to professional people. You are all ministers of the court, the pillars of the country. If there is anything, you can discuss it yourself. I don't care about the process, I only care about the outcome.
Three years is a time limit. Each of your positions will be tested once every three years. Those who are good can stay, be promoted or paid. If you are not good enough, I, the emperor, will take action and take you down.
So, do a good job. No one's position is stable. Oh, of course, except for me, the Emperor. . . "
Zhao Qianli spoke slowly and nonchalantly to all the officials.
“. . . ”
When he finished speaking, all the officials looked at each other.
Without a doubt, what Zhao Qianli said had completely overturned the rule of the past emperors over the Celestial Secret Dynasty.
No matter if it was the emperors of that era, after they ascended to the throne, they were used to taking all their power into their own hands. Who would take the initiative to give away power like Zhao Qianli did?
And if it was just giving away power, Zhao Qianli might be considered weak and timid, but Zhao Qianli did not give up all his power.
He still retained the most important power of supervision!
He gave all the power to the officials and used three years as a time limit to assess all the officials.
A competent minister could be promoted and given a raise, but a minister who was not worthy of this position would be directly demoted.
After hearing Zhao Qianli's words, many of the officials' first reaction was to frown, then to be silent. In the end, they began to think.
Zhao Qianli's suggestion seemed ridiculous, but in fact, it changed the identity of the Emperor from the system. It was a huge disadvantage in the feudal dynasty.
In the past, the Emperor would take all his power into his own hands and become one with the country. In order to expand the power of the country, the Emperor would naturally do a series of things to strengthen the country. However, the main motive of these things was to benefit himself.
As the person with the highest authority, a small mistake made by the Emperor could cause a huge disaster.
In Zhao Qianli's plan, the main body of the authority had changed from the Emperor to the ministers under him, from one person to a group of people.
It was very simple for a person to make mistakes and do things that would harm others and benefit himself. However, it would not be so easy for a person to be in a group.
Because of the three-year term limit, every official who held power had to think about how they would pass the threshold three years later. If they had mediocre political achievements, or even poor political achievements, they would have to face the risk of being fired.
In fact, many mediocre people who did not know anything made the greatest contribution after becoming the Emperor. In fact, they did not make any mistakes. In history, being able to shoulder the title of 'Lord of Conservation' was already a good evaluation.
Being in a position that could affect the entire world, any small mistake that one made would cause a huge disaster. Being able to not make mistakes and make fewer mistakes was actually a blessing for the people.
And the greatest wish of all the officials of the court was. . . In fact, it was to change the emperor from a possessor of substantial power to a noble mascot, telling him not to care about anything and not to cause trouble in any way. But unfortunately, this idea could not be realized.
But. . .
Now, Zhao Qianli had taken the initiative to help them realize this. Furthermore, Zhao Qianli had done even better.
A mascot was placed on top of it, and it was like nothing. After the people below grasped power, it was very likely that they would connect with each other and eventually fall into the quagmire together.
However, Zhao Qianli was not a mascot. He was more like a knife, a knife that hung on all the heads. Power could be given to you, but you had to do your job well. Otherwise, when this knife fell down, it would cut your heads.
In the end, the officials accepted Zhao Qianli's suggestion. With the policy of ruling a country that had never happened in thousands of years, the Celestial Secret Dynasty welcomed a new millennium.
. . .
"I didn't expect that they would really agree. "
Within the Buping House, Zhao Qianli was casually lying on a chair. There was no trace of the imposing manner of an emperor on his body.
Chu Yun was sitting opposite of him. He calmly took a sip of tea and said, "They will agree to let go of all authority. It was not a good thing to have power in one person. Smart people should be able to realize this. As for how far this system can go, we have to leave some time to verify it. "
Zhao Qianli nodded his head, then revealed a smile and said, "Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about something happy. Under my request, not only Daming Mansion, but also every city in Celestial Secret Dynasty has to build a Buping House.
This new Buping House has to be built. With me, the emperor, as the leader, the power is limitless. Now, even if it's the responsibility of the government, it's not a problem. If the people have any requests or grievances, they can go to Buping House to seek justice. Our ideals have finally blossomed everywhere. "
After saying this, Chu Yun couldn't help but reveal a smile on his face.
This was indeed a delightful thing.
The expansion of Buping House had spread across the entire country. Not only could it provide a good place for the people of Celestial Secret Dynasty to complain, it also brought Chu Yun great help.
Think about it, everyone in the country. . . Hundreds of millions of people were able to come into contact with the Buping House, and they were able to pass through the Buping House and trigger a mission for Chu Yun. How terrifying would that be?
Chu Yun had the Infinite Fishing System. How much bait could he receive every day? Under this seemingly endless accumulation, wouldn't Chu Yun's growth speed be extremely fast?
As a matter of fact, the people of Celestial Secret Dynasty really needed the appearance of Buping House, because the lingering poison of the Royal Qin Clan was still far from fading away.
Although the experts of the Royal Qin Clan, led by Chen Dusheng, had all died in the great battle of the coronation ceremony, those who didn't show up would at most be two or three of them, which was nothing to worry about.
However, the damage that they had caused in various parts of the world was inestimable. Under all kinds of disasters, the civilians had lost their homes, and they were in a miserable state.
Now that things had come to this, Chu Yun naturally wouldn't let the survivors of Royal Qin Clan go. The Imperial Court wouldn't let them go either. They had already conducted a large-scale search throughout the entire country.
At the same time, Chu Yun had also publicized the antidote formula for the seed of the devil pill to the whole world. He had taken out the temporary antidote formula and shouted to everyone who was controlled by the seed of the devil pill in the Royal Qin Clan. The Imperial Court also had the real permanent antidote. As long as they were willing to abandon the darkness and join the light, they would be able to get rid of the control of the seed of devil pill forever.1
Chu Yun believed that among the people who were harmed by the devil pill seed, this news would be a huge bomb. When they tried the temporary antidote formula, they would know that the permanent antidote that the Imperial Court had was real.
As an organization that used the Demonic Pill Seed to control its subordinates, how much of a sense of belonging could the lower-class members have?
Once the antidote was released, it would probably collapse immediately!
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