Everyone yearns for freedom and equality, but there will be rules wherever there are people.

As the ancients said, no rules can lead to a square or a square. Although it is contrary to the theory of equality of life, it is a system that consciously abides by and strongly advocates for humans who pursue better social treatment and social status.

In the years since the Ming Dynasty, everyone took this phenomenon for granted. Some people fought for life for promotion to first-class citizens, and some people did not dislike the poor and loved the rich and chose their husbands and concubines based on their citizenship level.

It also happened that this system made the entire Ming Dynasty last for a long time, because citizens of each level were maintaining the stability of this empire for their own privileges.

It is relatively simple to occupy two-thirds of the world's land by military occupation. The most difficult thing is how to successfully establish a stable order after becoming such a super empire and make such an empire last for a long time.

The Ming Dynasty has done this now. First, it unified mainstream civilization through Chinese education, secondly, established a civic hierarchy, clarified the identity and status of each human being, and then established a centralized power and the governor's responsibility system so that the entire empire can have the foundation to follow and rules to follow.

The civilization of China is good at managing a unified society, and even created a county system and an imperial examination system for this. Now, managing such a super empire can be done with ease.

After the establishment and improvement of the imperial order, the entire Ming Empire began to develop rapidly. Infrastructure construction and investment in basic education promoted the sharp increase in social labor wealth, and also led to the development of new technologies and new applications in the entire scientific research field.

The electrical era has gradually entered a blowout stage, internal combustion engines have been successfully manufactured, the old version of private locomotives has begun to be implemented, the trains have gradually accelerated, and more railway trunk lines have been laid.

With the further development of electrical applications and materials science, various new materials were manufactured, which promoted the rapid development of industries such as Daming biomedical and mechanical manufacturing.

At this time, the phonograph could be seen in the Qianqing Palace of Zhu Youxiao, and there was a special photography team. These things that should have appeared in modern times have now appeared in the Ming Dynasty in advance.

As the emperor, he can now take a special train directly from Shenyang to Guangzhou, the southern country, and he can even speak with Lu Xiangsheng, who has retired from the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

The current Ming Dynasty Central Committee has become a system of joint responsibility between the emperor and the cabinet.

Basically, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet can handle all administrative affairs with full authority, but must be responsible to the emperor. The Prime Minister of the Cabinet is elected by the national representatives of citizens. The total vote is 1,000 votes, the first-class citizens occupy 700 votes, the second-class citizens have 200 votes, and the third-class citizens have 100 votes.

Therefore, the policies of previous cabinet chief candidates must basically be in line with the interests of first-class citizens and take into account the interests of second-class third-class citizens to become cabinet chief ministers.

The emperor no longer handled daily administrative and judicial affairs, but he was still the supreme commander of the army and had the power to veto the results of the election of the cabinet chief.

The judiciary is independent, and the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple are not responsible for the cabinet, and the officials of the Three Laws and the Chief Secretary are not allowed to hold positions in the cabinet. However, in order to express that they are not governed by the cabinet, the Chief Secretary of the Three Laws and the Chief Secretary of the Three Laws and the Chief Secretary of the Three Laws and the officials of the cabinet will have additional officials of the same rank as the cabinet ministers, and they will also be appointed by citizens to elect the emperor. Of course, as the emperor, they also have a veto power.

Regarding the army, Zhu Youxiao strictly ordered the army not to do business and made it an iron rule. Military-industrial enterprises or military-related transactions are operated by Royal Capital and distributed dividends to officers and soldiers at all levels. Therefore, the lifeline of major armies is controlled by the emperor.

The emperor's successor is appointed by the emperor himself without having to go through elections.

In this system, unless the emperor wants to do something, he can immediately dictate and effectively implement the new policy, he can basically live a pampered emperor life in a leisurely manner. The term of office of the cabinet chief minister can only be held for four years and cannot be re-elected twice. Therefore, it is impossible to establish his own party and usurp the throne and become independent.

The first prime minister to become the first to be elected was Yang Sichang. This old guy, who was almost eighty, had to rely on his reputation to surpass Zhang Dai, a master in the academic world.

But Yang Sichang died in the third year, which forced the election of the cabinet chief minister to be advanced.

Although the policy of electing the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty by citizens has just been implemented for one term, it has caused a great sensation among the people. After all, no one expected that one day he would choose the fate of the chief minister of an empire because of a ticket in his hand.

Once the news of Yang Sichang's death was sent by a telegram, public opinion on who will be the next cabinet chief minister has begun to heat up.

Zhu Youxiao admires this state of national participation in politics, which allows them to feel more and more closely connected with the fate of the country. Now these people are so active, which means that they have accepted this model.

As for some people, many people are too selfish and only focus on the new prime minister. Forget about remembering the old prime minister, Zhu Youxiao is too lazy to care about this kind of moral criticism, just for the literati to find a sense of existence. He, an emperor, does not need to care about these small matters.

Zhu Youxiao also wished that in his last years as emperor, there were more elections for the cabinet chief. After all, this would allow him to explore better ways of cooperation between the emperor and the cabinet, and to better clarify their respective powers.

For example, whether the governor is responsible to the emperor or to the cabinet chief is responsible to this policy of concerning the fate of the empire.

Today's cabinet chief minister is no longer more powerful than before. He can directly appoint officials in the administrative field and issue orders, which has a great decisive effect on imperial policy. In addition, the candidates for imperial chief minister are only a first-class citizen, even regardless of gender. Therefore, candidates participating are eager to follow.

But generally speaking, the former recommended cabinet chief ministers, cabinet ministers or other cabinet ministers, senior officials of the ministry, academic masters, and provincial officials, and provincial governors from all over the world have a great chance of being elected as cabinet chief ministers. Although civilians are qualified, because they have few political resources, it is still difficult to become less than one person and more than ten thousand people.

The votes are owned by representatives elected by all levels of citizens, all fields and classes. These people are rarely civilians, either court officials, academic elites or business leaders. This is impossible. Although the institutional principle is that citizens of the same level are equal, it is difficult to maintain a gap between the social and political resources they possess.
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