Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

On the first day of the new year, all the places in the land of China from south to north are full of joy, and the same is true in the palace!

There were a lot less people in the palace on this day. The ministers had already taken a holiday, and more than half of the guards and court ladies had gone home on holiday.

The palace was covered by heavy snow, and it was white, and it looked unusually beautiful.

In the Taiji Hall, Zhao Chen, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and other imperial children were all here, and Zhao San, Zhao Xun and others accompanied them. Zhe Yueru, Song Qingyao, Qin Yuzhen, and Xue Susu are also here with their children, and now they are all Zhao Chen's wives.

The whole family is together, a scene of happiness.

"Another year has passed!" Zhao Chen smiled.

"Yeah, time flies! I still remember that in Kaifeng City, we celebrated the New Year like this! To be honest, I really want to go back to Kaifeng and take a look." Zhao Huan said.

"Kaifeng experienced war and was almost completely destroyed! Kaifeng's palace has long since turned into ruins! Now I can't see anything when I go back!" Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

"Kaifeng back then was even more prosperous than the current Yanjing City!" Zhao Ji said fiercely.

"This is natural! Back then the wealth of the world gathered in Kaifeng, and Kaifeng was naturally prosperous! Is Grandpa still interested in government affairs?" Zhao Chen said suddenly.

Humph!

Zhao Ji snorted coldly and didn't answer Zhao Chen's words. He knew that Zhao Chen would never let him control the government anymore. This world is no longer the one he was back then, but the world under Zhao Chen's control.

"Grandpa, you were also the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and your father was also the emperor of the Song Dynasty. If you have any opinions on the court, you can point it out and the court will listen to your opinions." Zhao Chen said.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Zhao Ji said.

"I intend to set up a new organization. This new organization is juxtaposed with the Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Headquarters. It can discuss the government and make various suggestions to the court." Zhao Chen said.

"Ah!" Zhao Ji stayed there for a while, with an incredible expression on his face.

"Since Grandpa is so interested in government affairs, he can enter this new institution." Zhao Chen smiled.

"Really?" Zhao Ji opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Chen, and said.

"Naturally it is true!" Zhao Chen said.

"You didn't lie to me?" Zhao Ji said.

"Of course I didn't deceive Grandpa." Zhao Chen said.

"Chen'er, what new organization is it?" Zhao Huan asked.

"I have discussed with Wang Shu, Hu Quan and others, and it is initially determined to be the Consultation Bureau. Consultation, consultation, deliberation, and discussion. The Consultation Bureau is the place to make various suggestions to the court and discuss the government." Zhao Chen said. .

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, foreigners used foreign guns and shells to blast open the door of China. The Manchu Qing government was about to perish. It was not until that time that the Manchu Qing government realized the gap between itself and foreigners.

Therefore, in the last ten years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing court did many "big things".

They first abolished the imperial examination, adopted a new type of education, and then immediately "prepared for constitutionalism."

During the period of preparation for the constitution, starting in 1907, the Manchu and Qing court began to discuss the establishment of the Advisory Council. By the summer of 1908, the Manchu and Qing government successively issued several imperial edicts such as the "Consultation Bureau Charter", "Consultation Bureau Member Election Charter," and "Yearly Preparations List", and various provinces began to prepare for the establishment of the consultation bureau. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Consultation Bureau could make decisions on the province’s budget and final accounts, formulate laws and regulations, listen to people’s suggestions, petitions, etc., and have the power to supervise the government.

At that time, everyone in the entire country from top to bottom knows that the country will be completely over if it doesn't change, and the subjugation of the country and the species will be in sight! The Manchu government has begun to implement top-to-bottom reforms. Unfortunately, although the speed of change is not slow, it still cannot match the speed of the revolutionaries!

In the end, although the Consultation Bureau was established, the Qing court was completely overthrown by the revolutionaries in less than two years. Therefore, the Consultation Bureau was only a short-lived in history!

The Consultation Bureau that Zhao Chen plans to build now is basically the same as the one in the late Qing Dynasty, which is a common parliament in later generations, but the current situation is completely different from that of the past!

Back then was the end of feudal society, the whole country was crumbling, the contradictions at home and abroad reached the extreme, but now is the heyday of feudal society, the whole country is in a stage of rapid ascent!

The present Da Song is proud of the East and the world. Under such circumstances, Zhao Chen needs to consider many things, as long as the country’s upward momentum cannot be suppressed! Fortunately, Zhao Chen has a certain innate advantage for the establishment of the Advisory Board!

Whether it is Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan are former emperors, let them participate in politics, no one can come out to blame. Therefore, Zhao Chen decided to form an advisory bureau in the name of Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.

"It's great! It's great!" Zhao Ji was dancing with excitement at the moment.

Seeing him in his fifties so excited, Zhao Chen, Song Qingyao, Qin Yuzhen and others couldn't help laughing.

The entire Yanjing City is celebrating the New Year, and there are many pedestrians on the street, but in the evening, most people return to their homes.

The weather was too cold, only some children were putting firecrackers outside, and Zhao Chen was walking outside with a dozen guards at the moment.

He walked slowly on the avenue, and the sound of firecrackers, operas, and celebrations could be heard everywhere. Zhao Chen also felt a sense of prosperity in his heart. Compared with the prosperity of Kaifeng city back then, here is the real prosperity! Because in the city of Kaifeng back then, only the wealthy can celebrate the New Year well. Those poor people can eat meat dumplings during the New Year’s day. It is already quite good, but now Yanjing is fully developed, and the poor here are more The poor in Kaifeng are much richer since then! Policies such as rent reduction orders, land division, tax reduction, and encouragement of industry and commerce have been implemented. Now the gap between the rich and the poor in the Song Dynasty is much smaller than before! If the development of the country cannot benefit ordinary people, then such development is meaningless, and Zhao Chen will never want such development.

He was dressed in casual clothes, and it was dark, and no one on the street could recognize him.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Chen and others came to a big house.

There are red couplets on both sides of the door of the house, and the inside of the house is brightly lit, but the door is closed.

Immediately a guard went up and knocked on the door. Not long after, the door opened. A man in his 30s looked outside and said, "Who are you?"

"Hurry up and inform Mrs. Li, your majesty!" the guard said.

"What? Your Majesty?" The 30-year-old man hurriedly looked forward. When he saw Zhao Chen smiling and nodding at him, he immediately knelt down and said: "Caomin, see your Majesty!"

"Is Chuwen Li?" Zhao Chen said.

"My father is in the house." The man said excitedly.

It turns out that Zhao Chen came to Li Chuwen's home!

Originally, when the imperial examination was reformed, Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Li Chuwen and others left the court one after another. Li Gang and Li Ruoshui had already returned to their hometowns. Li Chuwen was originally a minister of Liao, and later turned to Zhao Chen. His home was in the city of Yanjing. Therefore, Li Chuwen always stayed in Beijing.

Right now Li Chuwen's son hurriedly opened the door to welcome Zhao Chen in.

After another moment, almost everyone in the Li family came out and knelt down in the yard.

"Weichen, see your majesty!" Li Chuwen also knelt there and said excitedly.

"Hurry up! Master Li, you don't need to kneel when you see me in the future, I allow you to never kneel!" Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Chuwen said.

"It's so cold outside, let's go in and talk." Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, your Majesty, please come in!" Li Chuwen hurriedly said.

The Li Chuwen family welcomed Zhao Chen into the house, and the guards were also placed in a nearby house. The Li family sent all kinds of food to the guards.

Zhao Chen, Li Chuwen, and Li Chuwen's sons were sitting by the fire, and tea and snacks had been delivered.

"Looking at your house like this, it's still rich." Zhao Chen smiled.

"Ashamed, the veteran family has lived in the 16th prefecture of Yanyun for generations, and it can be regarded as the Han people of the 16th prefecture of Yanyun. They have also saved some money for hundreds of years." Li Chuwen hurriedly said.

"During this time, I was busy with national affairs and didn't come to see the old man. I really shouldn't. Today I come to pay you New Year greetings." Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, you are a monarch and we are a minister. You actually gave us a New Year greeting, which makes us ashamed!" Li Chuwen said.

"What have you been doing during this time?" Zhao Chen smiled after everyone chatted for a while.

"Weichen read books, wrote articles at home, and occasionally went to relax around Yanjing. On the day of the imperial examination, Weichen also went to watch the examination and also read those imperial examination questions." Li Chuwen said.

"About the imperial examination, are you still against me?" Zhao Chen said.

"Weichen dare not! It is often said that we are not in his position and do not seek political affairs. Weichen is now a grassroots and dare not discuss state affairs." Li Chuwen said.

"Even if it is talking about national affairs, it is nothing!" Zhao Chen smiled and said: "I am going to set up an advisory bureau, are you interested in entering it?"

Now Zhao Chen began to explain this advisory bureau carefully!

Now this advisory bureau still has no rights. They can only make suggestions to the court, but the court may not adopt them! Of course, in the future, the power of this advisory board will be enhanced step by step! Zhao Chen will hand over the formulation of some laws and regulations to the Consultative Bureau, and the national budget to the Consultative Bureau! Moreover, the composition of this advisory board will become more and more complicated in the future, and there will be people in the people, farmers, industry and commerce among them! In short, he will step by step to build this advisory bureau into an institution similar to the Congress of later generations.

"Are you willing?" Zhao Chen said.

"The old minister is willing!" Li Chuwen said without hesitation.

Li Chuwen is now in his fifties. From the Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty, he has been tossing in the political arena all his life. Now once he leaves the political arena, he is lonely and unbearable every day. He even regrets leaving the political arena because of the imperial examination! Now that Zhao Chen has set up an advisory board, he will naturally not refuse.

"The imperial court allocates a portion of the money each year for the construction of the advisory bureau. In addition, a year ago, I had discussed this matter with Wang Shu, Hu Quan, Wang Shipeng and others, and let them formulate relevant systems. You can go and discuss with them. Also, the two supreme emperors have already decided to join the consultation bureau, you can also talk to them." Zhao Chen said.

"Good!" Li Chuwen said with joy in his heart.

"This advisory bureau is mainly to make some suggestions to the court, and to deal with the reactions of some ordinary people. It is very important for you to keep in touch with the people." Zhao Chen said.

"Weichen knows." Li Chuwen said hurriedly.

Zhao Chen stayed here for an hour before leaving Li Chuwen's mansion.

And Li Chuwen didn't even have a rest this night. He spent the whole night thinking about the affairs of the Consultative Bureau. On the one hand, he was planning for the Consultative Bureau, and on the other hand, he was guessing what Zhao Chen meant.

"Wang Shu and others are still too young. Your Majesty is not very at ease with Wang Shu and them. Therefore, your Majesty will find some old people to supervise the court and make suggestions to the court! In addition, the two grand emperors stay in the palace all day long and have nothing to do, and some The royal family and ministers who have returned from the north support these two supreme emperors, so your majesty will also appease the two supreme emperors. The Advisory Bureau has no actual right to let the two supreme emperors take care of them. That should be the case!" Li Chuwen secretly said. .

He fought **** the paper, his son persuaded him to rest, but he even berated his son severely.

"Your Majesty has entrusted such an important matter to me, how can I not sleep and forget about food?" Chu Li said in a cold voice.

In the early morning of the second day, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, when the sky was just bright, Li Chuwen had left his home to look for Wang Shu!

Originally, the imperial court would not officially take office until the tenth day of the first lunar month. Wang Shu did not expect Li Chuwen to arrive at all.

The two of them talked for a whole morning. In the afternoon, Li Chuwen came to the palace again to look for Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.

In the evening, he went to consult Zhao Chen again.

"Your Majesty, this council member needs to be served by highly respected people. It is extremely difficult to select it. The minister has listed some lists. Can you take the post of this member?" Li Chuwen said.

"I don't know if it is highly respected or not. I will not look at this list! I will teach you a way. If you are really respected, you will definitely be supported by the people. You can simply let the people elect their own members." Zhao Chen said.

"Ah, yes, your Majesty is really a good idea!" Li Chuwen nodded and said.

"Officials in the DPRK can't serve as councillors! In addition, there are no restrictions. Anyone who is famous among the people can enter the advisory board, whether it is a scholar, agribusiness, or industry." Zhao Chen said.

"Old minister knows!" Li Chuwen said.

Until the tenth day of the first lunar month, Li Chuwen was busy with this matter, running around, and on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, An Pulin and Li Rui came to the city of Yanjing again.