Adric, the general of the 13th Cavalry Corps Standing in the Central Committee of the Empire, was transferred to the Imperial Department, and the appointment to the post of deputy minister of military affairs had been transferred to the Senate.
This move of Emperor Kantos immediately caused a stir in the circle of Yanjing's magnates, and many sensitive people began to speculate about the intentions of this Supreme Majesty's actions.
Although it was clearly stipulated in the legal code at the beginning of the empire that the appointment of the chief and deputy ministers of the first department of the empire by His Majesty the Emperor must be deliberated by the Senate, and only after the proposal is passed can it be reported to the head of the department appointed by the institute for signature.
And such a process has existed in name only a long time ago.
The process of the decline of the Senate, from the beginning to the middle of the empire, has gone through hundreds of years, during which countless Senate leaders and dignitaries with the idea of restricting the imperial power have had many fierce struggles with the imperial family, but because of this system of "Ming Boiled Restriction of Imperial Power", there are irreparable congenital defects in the earliest place of establishment, and the Senate itself does not hold any actual power, which causes that once the imperial power is concentrated, the Senate becomes an ornament that can only be discussed emptyly.
It can be said that at the beginning of the earliest empire, this idea of the Senate was good, but the defects of the system made it a kind of deformed so-called boiling.
And once the emperor has the military and political power in his hands, it is just a matter of meeting a master with a weak surname, and the senate occasionally has the opportunity to make a noise.
But once you meet an emperor with a strong surname and a strong desire for power, then the Senate may even really become a place of empty talk.
So, about 200 years ago, one of the emperors of the empire did it more thoroughly: the emperor at that time directly forced an imperial decree, and the emperor had the power to issue special appointments, and this appointment, as long as it was approved by the noble council, could directly replace the process of the senate and be transferred to the appointed department head for signature and effect.
The so-called aristocratic council, in fact, is some of the imperial aristocratic groups tightly surrounded by the royal family, the royal family is the largest nobleman in the empire, and all the other nobles, whether from the class itself or the common interests of the general direction, think of advancing and retreating together with the royal family, and even in the end, the so-called aristocratic council, most of the members are members of the royal family or royal in-laws and nobles, so that at least at the level of personnel appointments in the empire, there is almost no restraint on the imperial power And this time, to the surprise of the different elite circles in Yanjing, the spear emperor didn't know which string in his head was wrong, and actually transferred a personnel appointment letter to the Senate senate Everyone knows that in the past 200 years, this kind of personnel appointment and discussion system in the Senate has long been abolished, and after more than 200 years, let alone appointing a dignified military minister, even if it is the appointment of a minor official in a certain deserted department, it will not be the turn of the Senate to interject a word.
Emperor, what the hell did he want to do Is it that Emperor Kantos the Great was very drunk before signing this letter of appointment Or this spear emperor is confused, he wants to have something to do with the Senate That's all there is to it.
The one who can't cry and laugh the most is the Senate itself.
It is said that when the envoy of the court sent the official document signed by His Majesty to the Senate, the person who guarded the door of the Senate suddenly saw the palace envoy wearing a brocade robe, and he did not recognize the other party's attire and came to the Senate for many years without receiving the envoy from the court.
Several of the permanent senators who were in the palace at that time hurriedly rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find bright clothes, and then quarreled for more than half an hour over how to welcome the palace envoys into the senate's courtesy.
Really waited for a few elders to walk out of the courtyard gate to greet them, the palace envoy was already standing in the sun with an anxious face full of impatience, and several elders were still standing at the door with a shelf, neither saluting nor showing goodwill, holding their heads high and blocking the door, looking at his appearance, I was afraid that even if I hit him headlong, the other party did not give way in the slightest.
What does that mean?
The palace envoy was a little unhappy and coughed: "I bring the appointment issued by His Majesty and ask the Senate to discuss it." ” "Hmm."
The first patriarch standing in the middle suddenly raised his voice and shouted, the voice almost frightened the palace envoy, "Your Majesty knows that civil power comes from the people's livelihood."
The muscles on the envoy's face trembled, and he suddenly remembered that His Majesty the Emperor's strict instructions seemed to have mentioned the scene in front of him, so he could only shrink his head and bow his head and say, "Your Majesty knows." ” "Good."
The first patriarch nodded in satisfaction, and with a reserved smile on his face, he stepped aside.
The second patriarch was still standing there, and suddenly shouted in a loud voice: "Your Majesty knows that the monarch's power is taken from the people" The envoy gritted his teeth and endured his ears that were a little tingled by the shock: "Your Majesty knows." ” "Not bad," the second senator stepped out of the way.
The third patriarch seemed to be so old that even his teeth had fallen out, and although the silk robe looked bright, if you looked closely, there were already a lot of cavities on it, and there was a faint smell of mold, and I don't know if it was temporarily turned out of the bottom of the pressure box just now.
The old man seemed to be unable to even stand still, and he was barely able to breathe, and the palace envoys were a little worried, just afraid that this old man would not be able to lift it in one breath, and he would be summoned by the Lord's grace at any time.
The shriveled and leaky mouth barely trembled and spit out such a few words, but people heard it vaguely, as if there was nothing, the messenger was helpless in his heart, this old guy, I was afraid that the soil was buried in the heavenly spirit cover, and he ran out to do what he did but he didn't care what the other party was talking about, before he came, His Majesty had explained, this entrance ceremony is an ancient ceremony, and he doesn't care about that much, if there is a problem, just say "Your Majesty knows".
At that moment, he opened his voice and shouted, and the old man nodded, and he also wanted to reply: "Not bad."
But the messenger was already agitated, and he got through the cracks in the people before he could.
After entering, he directly handed over the documents he brought to the first patriarch, and then he breathed a sigh of relief: "The official document written by His Majesty has been handed over, if you need to make a decision, please decide as soon as possible."
I'm going to go back and do my job. ” After speaking, seeing that the three elders were standing in a row, as if they were going to perform some ancient rituals, the envoy was a little impatient in his heart, and hurriedly withdrew and left.
The three patriarchs were also relieved to see the envoy leaving, the oldest one was immediately unable to stand, and two retinues hurriedly came up next to him to support him, and one of the patriarchs unfolded the document and glanced at it: "General Yi Adric, inauguration, emperor, empire, imperial vice-minister" The other two were also stunned for a moment, and even the old man who was so old and unbearable seemed to suddenly lose his breath and bend over, staring at the two colleagues in surprise.
After a long time, the three of them suddenly showed ecstasy: "Great victory, great victory, quickly issue a convening order to convene all the members of the Senate Council, and today it must be sent to everyone's hands, and the emperor will hand over such an important appointment to the Senate for discussion, that is, a great victory for the Ming Boiled People's Power over the Imperial Power."
The three of them all looked obsessed, and after laughing wildly for a while, the one standing in the middle sighed thoughtfully: "Alas, with such a thing, the funds for next month should be sent out earlier."
Well, these days, eating cabbage every day, it's really a little crooked.
Now, you can have meat to eat."
When the other two patriarchs heard this, their faces immediately showed empathetic expressions, and for a while, they became elated, and even the oldest one was dancing, and they heard an elder chanting: "Meat, eat meat" The three respected patriarchs looked like this, and the few young servants on the side couldn't help but be at a loss.
These young servants didn't have any books, anything like civil rights, so they naturally didn't know anything, but they looked at the appearance of the three masters.
Well, this boiled is eating meat After the convening order of the day was issued, the original Senate was registered, and the current members with the right to make resolutions had a total of 163 people, but after such a convening, it was found that the number of people was very wrong.
It turned out that since the Senate had declined, Pingyueli was just maintaining more than 30 standing members to carry out the so-called work, that is, some celebrities in Yanjing regularly gathered in this Senate, under the pretext of "restricting the imperial power to implement the Ming Cooking", to carry out some acupuncture and malpractice on the current political and national policies, to put it bluntly, it was to scratch the hair and make empty talk, among which there were quite a lot of "if I am the prime minister, how to be", "if I am the minister of war, how to restructure", "if I am an imperial official, how to cheer up the discipline" Among them, it is not said that there are few people who have the ability, and there are many fools who are full of scratches but are pretentious.
The so-called people go to the high, and the water flows to the low.
This senate has been in decline for so many years, and it has no power or power, where can it retain real talents However, there is always a benefit to the regular gatherings of these people, among them, there are some celebrities who like to be vassals and elegant, and who pretend to care about national affairs and people's livelihood are just second- or third-rate figures.
I can only make an empty sound here, sighing that I don't meet my own arms.
It's just that there are generally such people, although they are only second- and third-rate classes, but there are always some people who are quite wealthy, and even some people have a small aristocratic title on their heads.
These people would gather from time to time, and each time they would make a fundraiser, and the funds raised would be used to maintain the normal operation of the Senate.
In addition, in order to show its true colors of "boiling civil rights", the Senate also sent the membership with the right to make resolutions to the people, leading figures from all walks of life, profound scholars and celebrities, and so on, etc., this scene was only seen more than 200 years ago, and now it is gone.
Today's Senate has long since become a cold court, and even the resolution membership of those Senates cannot even be sent out sometimes why In this huge senate, where is there any bullshit to resolve, but this resolution membership has to pay a membership fee every year, which one is willing to do Therefore, in the end, the membership qualification has dropped again and again, and it has fallen to the point that there is no way to drop again, but it is still uneven and really falls, and it is difficult to rise again.
Therefore, after this convening order, Yanjing caused a sensation that day, but in the evening, when it was dark, the more than 100 resolution members on the roster were not counted, and even the servants in the Senate anxiously hurried back to report: Member XX passed away many years ago.
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A certain member has already moved his family.
A certain member had already converted to the church, and served the gods for the rest of his life, regardless of worldly matters.
In the end, after the calculation, there are only eighty-eight members of the group of resolution members who have been born, old, sick and died, floating without a trace, or jumping out of the world, and the last count is still in Yanjing, and the living panting and walking brains are fine The three elders glanced at each other, all looking helpless.
Forget it, eighty-eight is eighty-eight, and some are better than nothing.
Later, he sent someone to send an invitation signed by the three people in the Senate, and sent someone to the residence of General Adric in Yanjingli, and agreed to hold a meeting the next day.
Early the next morning, the three patriarchs had been excited all night and couldn't sleep, and they had not encountered a grand event for more than two hundred years, but they called themselves to encounter If His Majesty the Emperor really has the wrong string in his head, then please ask the gods to bless it, this string, it will be more wrong in the future I thought that I was the patriarch of the Senate, but I had experienced something that had not been done in two hundred years, and I should have my own stroke in the history books in the future But the excitement is excited, and the three elders waited for the resolution of the meeting that came to participate in the meeting according to the convening order, and the three guys were stunned at the same time This is the fucking member of the Holy Senate who has the power of the Holy People to make decisions in the Holy Senate, which is based on advocating for civil rights Standing on the steps of the Senate, the three senators were dumbfounded at the same time: At the gate of the Senate, an ox cart blocked the steps of the main entrance, and the bones of the ox cart were deeply sunk in a dirt pit on the road, and the coachman on it had been sitting on it with his legs crooked, but at this moment he had jumped down, pulling the bull's head to exert his strength, and the ox turned into a "moo" call.
At the same time, there were some colorful people gathered at the door, and as soon as the Senate opened, these people immediately swarmed around: "Open the door, open the door, hurry up."
"Wait, wait" The younger one of the three patriarchs was frightened, and hurriedly called to the servants: "Block the door, block the people outside, and report their names and occupations one by one."
There was a young lady wearing a small cloth jacket with a bulging breasts in her arms: "My man is a blacksmith, and my man has a job to do today, so he asked me to come, I don't have a name." ” There is a man with a bloody body, a greasy face and a meaty face, and a boning knife stuck in his waist: "Lao Tzu is a pig killer" There was a middle-aged man with rolled sleeves and dirty hands: "I'm a gardener who grows flowers. ” A thin and short young man glared: "My father is dead, and I came on his behalf." ” In the end, there was a young man with a little green in his paleness, even in the sun, with a somewhat feminine and ghostly look: "I am, I am me" At this moment, the hearts of the three patriarchs were already cold, and listening to the last person in the family, one of the patriarchs couldn't help frowning impatiently and shouted: "What the hell are you doing?"
"I" The pale and feminine man suddenly twisted: "I am in the hall" Before the three patriarchs could understand, the butcher who had killed the pig suddenly smiled and pointed at the man: "Ah, it turned out to be a rabbit." ” The three patriarchs, at this moment, I am afraid that they even have the heart to die The dignified Senate, the symbol of civil rights established at the beginning of the empire, has degenerated into such a situation What a mortal father's pawn, that's it, even the rabbit in the fucking hall became a member of the Senate resolution The three patriarchs looked at each other, and finally, the patriarch in the middle coughed, frowned, and said: "Don't quarrel, this is too unusual, where do you guys come from, according to the regulations of the Senate, those who can obtain membership must have a certain level of culture and education, you, look at you" The patriarch stomped his feet heavily and snorted: "Don't listen to me, any of you who is literate, can recognize Byzantine script, can read and write, come up first" But after asking this sentence three times, I saw everyone below looking at each other, you look at me, I look at him, but no one really moved to come up.
The patriarch was sad and indignant in his heart, and was about to sigh a few times, but suddenly the blue-faced and feminine man timidly stretched out his hand: "That me" The patriarch was rejoiced: Sure enough, there are still people who can read and write, no matter what, it is better than nothing It's just that when this feminine man continued, the words were: "I can't read, but I can count from one to a hundred, and it's no problem."
Count from one to one hundred If this patriarch hadn't been a little strong-minded, he was afraid that he would really die on that step on the spot Counting the numbers in this senate among the elites of the past generations, there are historians, researchers, inventors, politicians, military strategists, and many artists of mainland civilization, and now, a guy who can only "count from one to a hundred" has actually become the one with the highest degree of Chinese among the members of the resolution, if the predecessors of the past generations know, I am afraid that they will jump out of the grave one by one Thinking of this, I can't help but feel sad in my heart, the original excitement and expectation have already been swept away The patriarch's face was full of anger: "Count from one to a hundred, you can still count to a hundred" He originally said the opposite, but he didn't expect this blue-faced and feminine man to feel that he didn't think it at all: "Ah, yes, I can usually do four businesses a day, and at the end of the day, I can have an income of 100 copper plates." ” The patriarch smiled coldly: "Oh, so to speak, you can earn twenty-five copper plates every time you do business."
The blue-faced and feminine young man suddenly looked surprised: "Yi, this old gentleman, how do you know?"
Have you been to me too, but I don't have any impression of you?"
"Poof" a stream of blood.
"Ah, the patriarch, the patriarch, oh, come on, the patriarch" To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: