Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 895 Election Law (please subscribe!)

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Although Li Cun's idea is absurd, it cannot be said that there is no reason at all.

First of all, with Li Yan's strong fertility, asking Li Yan for help will definitely solve this matter once and for all. As long as Li Yan is willing, Li Yan will definitely help Li Cunsheng to have the son he wants.

Secondly, it is absolutely safe to ask Li Yan for this favor, and there will never be any future troubles. First, for the stability of the country he has built with his own hands, Li Yan will never tell anyone about it.Second, Li Yan has too many women, so he will never covet Li Cun's women, this is a one-shot deal.[-]. Li Yan has many sons, and there will be no difference between these few. Therefore, in the future, he will never compete with Li Cun for his son because of regret, and there will be endless troubles.

Again, doing so can ensure that the country will still fall into the hands of Li Yan's descendants in the end. Therefore, Li Yan will not only not interfere, but will also help Li Cun to support "Li Cun's son" as the crown prince.

Secondly, by doing this, you can also ensure that the fat and water will not flow into the fields of outsiders, right?

but--

Although Li Cun's idea is reasonable, Li Yan can't do it anyway.

First of all, Li Yan already has tens of thousands of beauties, all kinds of beauties from various countries, and if Li Yan wants, he can have all kinds of beauties, as many as he wants, so there is no need to touch himself Son's several women.

Secondly, Li Yan didn't want his fame to be ruined by this matter—Tang Minghuang and Li Yuanhao had been despised all the time because they took their daughter-in-law forcibly, and even died so uselessly. Li Yan didn't want to be with Tang Minghuang and Li Yuanhao .

Again, Li Cun came up with this last resort when he was desperate. Who can guarantee that Li Cun will not regret it in the future. If Li Cun regrets it in the future, then there must be a gap between father and son, and maybe father and son will still be friends. Falling, causing a catastrophe.

Secondly, a fake is a fake, and there is no telling when it will be revealed. At that time, this will be the biggest scandal in the royal family, and Li Yan can't predict how big the impact will be.

Finally, and most importantly, Li Yan actually has a way to solve this matter.

It's just that Li Yan's method hurt Li Cun's interests, so Li Yan never took the initiative to speak out.

Seeing that Li Cun even thought of such a desperate way to jump the wall, Li Yan felt that it was time to speak out his thoughts.

After Li Cun stood outside anxiously for more than an hour, Li Yancai called Li Cun in again.

As soon as he came in, Li Cun knelt on the ground obediently, and then said: "I also ask my father to be considerate of my son's difficulties. My son did this not for my own sake, but for my father's sake. Jiangshan."

Li Yan stared at Li Cun for a while, and then said: "Don't talk about this matter anymore, although I am a womanizer, there is still a bottom line."

Li Cun was a little unwilling, and said: "Father, don't feel burdened in your heart, I am willing, and I promise that no one will know about this matter, including those concubines of my son, I also ask Father..."

Li Yan interrupted Li Cun and said: "I have already said it, don't talk about it again."

Seeing Li Yan's determination, Li Cun opened his mouth, then closed it again.

Worried that Li Cun would ask someone else to help him, Li Yan warned Li Cun: "You must not have this idea in the future. You know, once this matter is leaked, not only will you not be able to be the throne of Dazhong, but you will also be ridiculed."

Li Cunxin said: "If I wasn't worried about these things, I would have found someone else."

Although he thought so, Li Cun responded, "No."

Seeing that Li Cun was not in a good mood, Li Yan said: "I just thought of a way to establish a crown prince, and I want to discuss it with you."

Li Cun's eyes lit up, and he said: "I also ask my father to make it clear."

Li Yan organized his language and said: "We have a vast territory in Dazhong. If Central Asia and Europe are counted, this territory is several times that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Cun'er, do you think such a vast territory is worth a day or two?" Can an individual manage it?"

Li Cun thought for a while, and then answered truthfully: "It's difficult, especially the places west of the Western Regions, where it's too far away."

Li Yan nodded, and said again: "Then if you let your brothers and your brothers' sons help you manage it, can you manage it?"

In fact, this is how the current Dazhong manages this huge country—aside from the sons who were named kings by Li Yan, there are actually Li Yan’s descendants in various departments and regions within Dazhong , They are all helping to manage Dazhong, and they are all helping to maintain the unity of Dazhong.

Of course, it is undeniable that some of them have become big and medium moths.

but--

Because Li Yan has strict control over his children and grandchildren, and has always appointed them according to their ability, so from the current point of view, their benefits to Dazhong far outweigh their disadvantages.

Li Cun could not say against his will that these descendants of Li Yan had not contributed to the Li family's rule of Dazhong, especially in front of Li Yan.

Therefore, Li Cun said: "Father is in power, and they are indeed greatly beneficial to Dazhong's rule."

Hearing Li Cunzhi's words, how could Li Yan not know that what Li Cun meant was: when someone else inherits Li Yan's throne in the future, these descendants of Li Yan may become Dazhong's internal worries.

Li Cun's worry was not without reason.

Many of Li Yan's descendants have real power, and some even have certain military power, which is indeed an unstable factor.

This has indeed become a problem that Dazhong must solve, even though Li Yan has already entrusted many of his sons.

Li Yan said: "Then what if I give them the right to vote?"

"This... what is the right to stand for election, and what is the right to vote?"

Li Cun didn't understand what the two new terms Li Yan proposed meant?
Li Yan patiently explained to Li Cun: "Actually, I want all my descendants to have the opportunity to be crown princes and emperors. Those who fail to become crown princes can also choose crown princes, and then choose emperors..."

To put it bluntly, Li Yan plans to let his descendants form a party equivalent to the ruling party of China in later generations, and then implement an intra-party election system.

That is to say, candidates for the crown prince must be selected within the royal family, elected by all the adult males of the royal family, and then the crown prince is selected from among the candidates for the crown prince. When the time comes, the crown prince will become emperor.

The specific operation is that the adult men of the royal family first select nine members of the royal family who meet the standards of the crown prince from among the members of the royal family with good experience in the past, and then these nine people go to various counties and vassal states in Dazhong one by one. The rule of "winner takes all" (adult men all have votes, but the vassal state is generally determined by the king, and the election in the vassal state is mostly a formality) to win the votes of each county or each vassal state. Whoever gets the most votes will be the crown prince at the time of the change of term. During the period of the crown prince, as long as he does not make a big mistake, he will be the emperor at the next change of term or when the emperor has an accident.

In other words, Li Yan combined the election laws of later generations in China and the United States to come up with a new election law.

As for how to implement it, someone helped Li Yan to gradually improve it.

To emphasize one thing, Li Yan enforced a rule that every five years is a term, and an emperor can be reelected for one term at most, that is, he can be an emperor for ten years—once five years come, if more than half of the adult men in the royal family feel that the emperor is incompetent, Then, the emperor cannot be re-elected and must be re-elected.

After figuring out what Li Yan meant, Li Cun remained silent—even though Li Cun had no son and was not in good health, Li Yan's "whimsical" election method still made it difficult for Li Cun to accept.

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(End of this chapter)