Iron Dynasty

The sleeping hall is enveloped by the sweet smell of roasted sweet potatoes.

Xiao Ming and Fei Yue'er took one of them and ate it deliciously. Of course, he had not forgotten Concubine Zhen. He had sent some roasted sweet potatoes to Concubine Zhen just now.

"His Royal Highness, this sweet potato is so delicious and high-yielding. This is really the blessing of the great Yu country." Fei Yue'er chewed slowly, and the smile in her eyes grew thicker.

Xiao Ming nodded: "Now that we have potatoes and sweet potatoes, the agricultural king who has sealed the country will feel at ease."

For him, he mainly introduced these two high-yield crops. As for other cash crops, he is not in a hurry. After all, the people of Dayu are only looking for food and clothing, rather than seeking nutrition as modern people do.

Fei Yue'er nodded, and then she said, "Not only does Your Highness need not worry about agriculture, but now the Highness of the Textile Industry does not need to worry about it. After the steam engine enters the textile workshop, the cloth output of the textile workshop has greatly increased, and it is now sent from Chudi. There is not enough cotton."

While talking, Fei Yueer took a blue cloth from the table to Xiao Ming.

"This is the cloth spun out of the textile workshop?" Xiao Ming spread the cloth on his hand and stroked it. Although the cloth was dyed, the surface of the cloth was smooth, and the cotton threads were very tight.

Holding the cloth, he tugged again, which showed that the cloth was very strong. Generally speaking, this was the most delicate cloth Xiao Ming had ever seen in Dayu.

"This is still false, and only the textile machines and steam engines in the textile workshop can produce such cloth. Now the concubines are preparing to use these fabrics to produce military uniforms for the army, but now the steam engine has greatly increased the output of the textile workshop. This cotton is actually It’s not enough, and the cotton price in Chudi has become more expensive because of this."

Speaking of this, Fei Yue'er was a little unhappy, probably because he blamed Chudi's cotton merchants for taking the opportunity to raise prices.

Xiao Ming didn't care about this, he said; "Actually, it is very simple. The price of cotton has risen, and the price of this cloth will also be expensive. When the time comes, let our merchants sell it to Chu land at a high price, and this profit will be earned. came back."

Fei Yue'er suddenly laughed when she heard the words, and she said, "His Royal Highness is right, and the concubine asked Luluo to raise the price of the cloth sold to merchants in Chu."

During this period of time, Xiao Ming spent a short time with Fei Yue'er because of the war in Wei Di. Now that she is free, Fei Yue'er seems to have something to say.

After talking about the sweet potato and cloth, Fei Yue'er suddenly asked with interest: "His Royal Highness, when the concubine gave a lecture to the Women's College yesterday, a female student said about the feudal system and the constitutional monarchy during the period."

"Who said that!" Xiao Ming frowned upon hearing this.

Fei Yueer saw Xiao Ming’s expression a little solemn, and she dared not hide it, and said: "This female student is not someone else, but Yang Shiman, the daughter of Yang Chengye, the governor of Dengzhou. The concubine also asked her, but she was talking about a Dutch businessman. Tell her about the dual constitutional monarchy and the parliamentary constitutional monarchy."

"Dutch businessman." Xiao Ming nodded, "This is not surprising. Yang Chengye has a lot of dealings with Dutch people. It is inevitable that he will learn something about the West from the Dutch population."

Fei Yue'er was his pillow, Xiao Ming usually taught her a lot of knowledge that the Great Yu Kingdom did not have, but he did not talk to Fei Yue'er about the political systems of these countries.

Now Fei Yueer asked, he explained: "The feudal system in the Dutch population refers to the current state system of the Great Yu Kingdom. This system is based on layers of feudalization by the noble ruling class, possession of land and peasants and other wealth. Regarding the system, as for the constitutional monarchy, it is now the polity of many western countries. Generally speaking, the constitutional monarchy is divided into a dualistic constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary constitutional monarchy."

Fei Yue'er showed interest. After reading the books of Bowen Academy, she gradually became interested in other parts of the world.

After a sip of tea, he continued: "The essence of the monarchy is to establish a parliament to restrict the rights of the monarch, but the difference is that the emperor has higher rights than the parliament in the dual monarchy, and the parliamentary monarchy has the chance to lose some of the rights, or even become For decoration."

"What is this council?" Fei Yueer asked.

"Simply put, it is the highest authority representing the interests of businessmen. This organization has all the rights of the emperor." Xiao Ming explained.

Fei Yue'er frowned. She said: "This Western country is really strange. Why can an institution representing the interests of businessmen rule a country? If so, wouldn't this country become a tool for businessmen to earn money?"

Xiao Ming was a little surprised. He looked at Fei Yue'er and asked, "Do you think this kind of national system is not good?"

"Not good." Fei Yue'er replied categorically, "Businessmen are chasing profits. They can do anything for the benefit of them."

Xiao Ming smiled and said: "It's just that the feudal autocracy has its own drawbacks. It's just that the people who earn money have changed from merchants to powerful and powerful. There is no difference in essence."

Fei Yue'er said: "His Royal Highness is right, so a generation of Mingjun can prosper a nation, and a generation of unconscious emperors can subdue the country, but the emperor orders God, so why should your Highness be disturbed by Western countries."

Xiao Ming sighed. For him, the real crisis is far from the civil unrest in the Great Yu State, nor the powers that are eyeing the eye. The biggest crisis actually comes from within the Great Yu State.

Now, in order to improve the level of civilization, he has popularized education in the country, and the result of this is to open up people’s wisdom. Once the people’s wisdom is opened up, the people and businessmen will actively participate in the affairs of the state~www.ltnovel.com~ At that time, the Congress will not It is unknown whether the Glorious Revolution in Britain or the French Revolution occurred.

Because of this, the incident Fei Yue'er mentioned caused a haze in his heart suddenly, because maybe one day his enemies are the people who once supported him.

Because he will not allow events similar to the British Revolution and the French Revolution to happen in Great Chongqing, nor will he allow capital to control the country.

In his view, the system is not a decisive factor in determining the rise and fall of a country, because no matter what system is implemented by humans, the ultimate problem lies in the hands of those who implement it. Because of this, what contemporary China has respected since ancient times is talent. Govern the country.

However, it is not appropriate to maintain the feudal dictatorship of the emperor’s fate, so he will follow the footsteps of the times to make some changes in the political system of the country, but will not follow the imitation of the West. For him, he is more inclined to combine Chinese and Western. The doctrine of the mean is to use the best of the two to govern the country.

However, it is too early to talk about political reform before the country of Da Yu is stabilized. He now needs a stable environment to concentrate power to end the current situation of lords' melee. Otherwise, once civil strife occurs, he will be equal to breaking his arm.