Hearing this, Xu Le was stunned and speechless. Staring at the leaders of the resistance organizations in the room, he subconsciously frowned and slowly loosened his fingers. He didn't understand why these people kidnapped Aunt Susan and forced him to walk into the trap at the risk of being discovered by the Imperium, at the risk of being caught by the Imperium, at the risk of being enraged, and at the risk of infuriating him, it was actually because of this reason.
After seeing that note, in the small courtyard, in the alley, and outside the building of the intelligence bureau, he had thought of many answers. This speculation continued until he walked into the auto repair shop and met these people.
He thought that the other party might have found out about Philip's existence through some means and knew about the existence of the spaceship, and wanted to obtain some cutting-edge technological achievements from him.
He thought that the other party might have set up an extremely terrifying encirclement, and wanted to kill him at all costs, so as to make the Emperor extinct. He even thought that the other party might use Aunt Susan's life to threaten him into entering the palace to assassinate the Emperor, but he never thought …
They wanted him to be the Emperor of the Empire.
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Xu Le said that he needed to calm down for a while to digest this shock. The old man smiled and waved his hand to signal the other committee members in the room to leave, but he stayed behind. He politely and even somewhat humbly replaced the undrunk tea in Xu Le's cup with a hot one.
Almost at the same time, Xu Le heard Philip's voice in his ears. The resistance fighters who had been lying in ambush in the corridor had quietly retreated. He frowned and slowly raised his head, looking at the old man who was moving slowly. He felt the other party's sincerity and thus found the other party's proposal extremely absurd.
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Tang Zhizhong."
The old man looked at him with a smile and said, "I can understand the shock in your heart right now. When the committee's proposal was just in its embryonic form, it was greatly criticized. In the eyes of many people, suggesting and using all the power of the organization to help you become the Emperor of the Left Sky Star Region is a muddled and absurd crazy idea."
Xu Le tilted his head and looked at him silently, thinking, is this matter not crazy?
"But I persisted, and I was lucky enough to convince most of my comrades that this crazy idea was possible. For the people of the Left Sky Star Region, this was the best choice they could make."
Xu Le was silent for a moment before he shook his head and asked, "In my impression, the ultimate political agenda of the resistance organization is to overthrow the reign of the royal family, return the power to the people, and realize democracy and equality in the Left Heaven Space Zone. If that's the case, why are you helping me to become an emperor? The important thing is not me, but the position of emperor. "
Elder Tang Zhizhong looked at him gently and said, "Let me explain it to you. After the bloody massacre of the royal family, the most determined and brave rebels shed too much blood. The organization can't bear to see more soldiers become lonely ghosts under the butcher's knife for the sake of ambitious goals. We want to find a relatively gentle revolutionary path."
"More importantly, we have to admit that after Huai Fu Chai's bloody purge, the people at the bottom who survived have lost the courage to resist. They are cowardly and foolishly cheering for the rule of the royal family and the victory at the front line."
"This is related to the glorious brainwashing of the royal family, as well as the improvement measures of Huai Fu Chai in the last few decades."
"Our emperor is holding the butcher's knife in one hand and the beautiful picture of the educational reform and gradual abolition of slavery in the other. He has successfully maintained the hopes of the majority of the people of the empire for the royal family. Especially in the situation where the Federal forces invaded, the blind loyalty of the lower class of the empire is getting stronger and stronger. The organization has already lost the foundation to launch another great rebellion."
"Blind loyalty?" Xu Le repeated this somewhat unfamiliar word in a low voice.
"The people of the empire are already used to the lofty position of the royal family and the nobles. If no one bullies them, they will instead be very unaccustomed to it, and even feel afraid. Therefore, when someone tries to wake them up and overthrow the masters who ride on their backs, they will be hurt by them instead. "
The corners of Tang Zhizhong's lips curled up slightly into a faint and sorrowful smile. "Do you feel that this is very inconceivable?"
Xu Le replied, "I have been to many places in the empire in the past two years and have also seen many bullied and humiliated people numbly accept the exploitation from the nobles. Sometimes, they would even take the initiative to defend the nobles and some systems that, in my opinion, are very problematic."
He raised his head to look at the old man and said, "You know that I grew up in the Federation. I truly cannot understand what I have seen and what you have said before."
Tang Zhizhong shook his head and sighed. "But this is the current situation of the empire. Although the blankets on the people are very heavy, so heavy that it is painful and can even suffocate them, their most intuitive feeling is that the blankets are warm in the end. Who would be willing to have their blankets taken away from them and stand naked in the night wind, needing to search everywhere for firewood to warm themselves?"
"But, what does this have to do with me?" Xu Le asked.
"The history of civilization in the empire is not entirely made up of blood and slaughter. Sometimes, there are also many shining points full of wisdom. For example, more than three thousand years ago, there was once a political school on Planet Yellow Disaster. They once wanted to establish an experimental system, but unfortunately, the royal family at that time did not give them the opportunity and responded mercilessly with bullets."
"What is that?"
"The False Monarch Republic."
Xu Le once again heard a political term that he had never heard of before. Although he had been crazily reading books on politics and humanities in the past two years, he still had to admit that he was only a hair's breadth away from being an idiot in this regard. So, he could only listen silently.
Tang Zhizhong looked at him and gently explained, "The False Monarch Republic can actually be understood as a kind of dual power system. The empire still has an emperor who is still hereditary and has the right to appoint the cabinet. The legislative and supervisory power is exercised by the parliament, and the parliament is elected by the people regardless of race or class. However, the emperor has the right to veto. "
After giving a very brief explanation, the old man took out an electronic document from the drawer and slowly pushed it across the table to Xu Le. He said, "This experimental political design of the predecessors and many key points of checks and balances are basically recorded here. When you have time, you can take a look."
Xu Le's fingertips lightly slid across the electronic document. Looking at the complicated clauses, he frowned slightly and directly asked the most important question, "Whose orders does the military obey?"
"The military is strictly prohibited from interfering in internal affairs. The right to declare war is given to His Majesty by the parliament."
"Who are the powerful organizations in the empire accountable to? For example, the police. " Xu Le looked up at the old man and asked, "If the cabinet is appointed by the emperor, then he naturally has the most powerful armed forces in the empire. How does the parliament keep him in check?"
"There is relevant content in this document," Tang Zhizhong said. "While you are reading, I would like to explain to you why I insist that the False Monarch Republic is very suitable for the current empire."
"Keeping the monarchy, keeping the dignity and glory of the emperor, will make it easier for the nobles and the people who are loyal to the royal family to accept it. It will unite the people to the greatest extent so that the empire will not fall apart because of the turmoil of the regime change and become a dish for the people of the Federation."
"As for the parliament that has the legislative power, whether or not it will be full of nobles, slave merchants who bribed people, or the most shameless political opportunists in the first few decades, as long as these people have power and are used to the wonderful taste of confrontation with the emperor, it will be difficult for them to get rid of it. They will do everything they can to protect the system, even if it is at the cost of their reputation and lives."
"After developing in this way for several decades, a whole generation of young, intelligent, and courageous people who are good at fighting for political rights will appear in the empire's society. With the injection of this new blood, the False Monarch Republic will gradually become a reality until true democracy is finally realized."
Xu Le listened to the old man's overly simple and fairy-tale-like deduction. She quickly flipped through the information in her hands. Her brows furrowed tighter and tighter. She said, "According to the design in the information, the emperor of the Empire will simply become a sacred symbol without any actual power."
Tang Zhizhong smiled and said, "Keeping the Emperor's throne is based on respect for history and the feelings of the people of the empire over the countless years. Since the symbol is sacred, it will also receive the respect of the people."
Xu Le shook his head and said, "No Emperor will be willing to give up his power. Although this set of political design is beautiful, there is no practical meaning. In the end, it will still depend on war and bloodshed."
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"There is an Emperor who will be willing."
Tang Zhizhong looked at him quietly and said slowly, "Let's go back to what we were talking about earlier. If you were to become the Emperor, would you order the Iron Blood Army to return to Tianjing Planet and massacre the parliament because of your greed for the power in your hands?"
Xu Le remained silent and did not reply.
"You are the first person in history who has not received any education in the empire and is naturally resistant to exploiting and suppressing the people at the lower levels. Compared to the dark and decadent Baijin Huai Clan, you are a blank piece of paper. You can draw the most beautiful picture for the empire as you wish."
The wrinkles on Tang Zhizhong's face gradually smoothed out, but his voice became more and more impassioned. There was an irrepressible joy in his hot-bloodedness. He looked at Xu Le and said seriously,
"The document in front of you is a great opportunity that fate has bestowed upon the people of the empire. It is a great change that has never happened in the Left Sky Star Region for countless tens of thousands of years.
"As long as you agree, we will help you return to the palace at all costs and even the lives of all of us to become the next Emperor of the empire.
"We only hope that in the future, you will remember the reason why we sacrificed our lives."
The quiet room sank into a long silence. Tang Zhizhong looked at Xu Le quietly, waiting for his reply.
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