The Sinful Woman's Golden Branch: The Jade-Faced Yama is Actually Me (Chapter 32...)
The room full of ministers fell silent.
As a team that transitioned from Li Wenyuan, it still had a large number of male officials.
Their greatest hope was to revert to the original name of the Ji family's state, restore the Ji family's legitimacy, and send the women back to their homes. How could they allow women to remain in power!
As a result, the newly enthroned emperor was a woman, and not only did she not change the country's name back, she even changed her own surname.
Li Siyin's behavior truly made Sima Zhao's intentions obvious to everyone.
If this continues for another lifetime, wouldn't everyone in the world enjoy the benefits of the imperial edict, and the Ji family's empire change hands without any pain?
The people below wanted to object, but they themselves had also benefited from the imperial edicts for half their lives, which was why they supported the Prince of Nankang but not other members of the Ji family.
Their current positions were all promoted by Li Wenyuan. If they oppose Li Wenyuan, they will lose everything. Of course, they should let her son take over. They will not lose what they already have, but will also gain something new.
As a result, the lineage of the Prince of Nankang lost everything, and a young princess ascended to the throne.
It is unknown how many tricks her mother has up her sleeve, but her youth is a certainty, and she can rule this empire for a long time.
Even if the Ji family saved their lives, they had already repaid their debt by "serving the country loyally" for so many years. Besides, they had been fed by Li Wenyuan for so many years.
Li Siyin was definitely not what they expected, but now that she's in power, they want to wait and see, maybe she's not so bad after all?
As long as there is a way out, it is difficult for people to go all in. Many opportunities are lost due to hesitation.
The failure of the coup by the Crown Prince of Nankang completely extinguished these people's will to resist, and after a moment's hesitation, the plan was put into effect.
The system was utterly shocked. You just let her get away with it like that!
Ordinary people are restricted and out of touch with the world. They have no idea what Li Siyin did in Dengzhou. Don't you officials know either?
Do you think you'll have a good time now that she's in power? Why don't you take advantage of her unstable position and overthrow her!
No matter how loudly it shouted, these officials didn't dare utter a single word.
They're searching for traitors outside right now. If you complain about something at home and get reported, you'll be treated as a traitor too. Who's that tired of living?
Seeing the system's exasperated expression, Ye Xiqing couldn't help but smile: "What's going on? Didn't they say that when a woman is in power, there will be a rebellion? Why aren't you rebelling?"
system:……
The words it used to threaten Ye Xiqing were now being used by Ye Xiqing to tease it, making it burn with rage.
However, as expected of a system that never gives up despite repeated defeats, it quickly came up with a new line: "Host, don't be so smug. The news hasn't even reached the local area yet."
"The high-ranking officials in the capital have been so pampered that they are spineless, afraid of death, and dare not resist, but not everyone is like that."
"Once the princess ascends the throne and women continue to rule, the news of the Ji family's change of dynasty will spread throughout the land. Any man with a shred of courage will surely rebel!"
Ye Xiqing clicked her tongue: "Courage?"
"Your words are so humorous. If you cover up what they said before, you'd think they were rebelling against some tyranny or foreign enemy, so passionate and righteous. But when you uncover it, it turns out they were rebelling against women."
"Sometimes I really don't know whether women are the creators of men or their enemies. How can there be a race that considers suppressing the race that gave birth to them as righteous and has been shouting about it openly for thousands of years?"
"Oh, I forgot, they don't have that kind of fighting spirit when defending against foreign enemies. They allow foreigners to rule them; they just can't accept women in power."
"System, you're not a true ancient person, you're not even human. Don't you find that ridiculous?"
system:……
It was speechless again after being choked by Ye Xiqing, and after gritting its teeth for a long time, it finally said: "Host, I'm talking to you about reality, and you're talking to me about morality. What's the point of continuing to talk like this? This reality has already been created, and you need to face reality!"
"Men just won't allow women to be in power, they treat women as enemies, what can you do? Try to reason with them and make them feel guilty?"
"Don't be naive!"
Ye Xiqing: ...
Who's being naive? Wasn't it someone who couldn't accept reality and tried to talk to her about courage?
She had some doubts about what had fed this system, as it seemed to be malfunctioning.
Of course, it could also be malicious rather than stupid. If there is a very obvious truth, but the other party keeps pretending to be stupid and rambling on, there is no doubt that they are either stupid or malicious.
Ye Xiqing has always been ruthless towards vicious groups: "Of course I won't try to persuade them with reason. I will tame them using the methods of taming slaves. That's why I want to promote female supremacy."
"In fact, a society dominated by motherhood should not be so extreme, because from the perspective of sunk costs, it is difficult for a mother to be completely indifferent to the life of her child."
"But what's terrifying about male power is that it grows stronger by developing slavery, and everyone living in it develops a servile mentality."
"The terrifying thing about slavery is that you can't even correct it with civilized language because this ideology is too contagious."
Even the lowest-ranking slaves, seeing the slave owners' wonderful lives, would use this as a placebo to comfort themselves and fantasize that they could also become masters.
"For the sake of this glimmer of hope of becoming a slave owner, one can even forget oneself who is actually oppressed by slavery and spontaneously support slavery."
"I don't know whether this servility comes from nature or from later domestication."
"But once slaves are born, you can't use civilized means to make them stand up, because the slaves' minds have been domesticated to the point that they can only understand the slave owner's language."
"If becoming their slave owner is truly the only way to ensure the continuation of civilization, then I have no choice but to give it a try."
"In order to reverse everyone's servile nature, I will deal with them using the normal methods of slave owners. You don't need to worry at all. I will only reason with them."
"Only when the voice of civilization is silenced will the slaves realize that the achievements of one general are often not theirs, but that only their mother's strict yet equal love can truly benefit them."
system:……
The system and the court officials were all deeply concerned about the country and its people, and their hearts were heavy with worries.
Ordinary people don't care what the emperor's surname is; they only care about practical benefits.
The old emperor passed away, and a new emperor ascended the throne. The new emperor issued an edict granting amnesty to the whole country and reducing taxes.
Of course, those who commit the ten heinous crimes will not be pardoned.
Among the Ten Abominations, accusing a wife of her husband, or a subordinate accusing a superior, or remarrying after the death of her husband, is not considered a major offense. If the circumstances are pitiable, it is not considered a crime and should be removed from the Ten Abominations, with a special pardon granted.
Previous emperors often had the custom of burying palace servants and artisans with them, but now Emperor Wenzhao and the new emperor do not allow people to be buried alive with them. They have also dismissed the palace maids and allowed them to return to their hometowns with gold. Local officials have been ordered to take good care of them, and everyone is grateful for the great kindness of the former and new emperors.
When Li Siyin was a princess, she was highly praised by the common people for her act of distributing land.
Her series of lenient policies now make people feel that she will be a benevolent and good emperor.
Even the lowest-ranking soldiers who had their noses cut off and were exiled to the frontier during the rebellion were grateful to the new emperor.
The late emperor had already ordered their execution, but the new emperor didn't kill them; he only cut off their noses. What a kind person he is!
The female relatives of the traitor who were pardoned were even more grateful to the new emperor. After all, women could not escape death for treason, and they were extremely grateful to have survived!
Surprisingly, nothing much happened in the capital, so Ye Xiqing and Li Siyin needed to make preparations early.
It wasn't that the local people rebelled upon hearing that a woman was in power; rather, they genuinely intended to implement the Dengzhou system nationwide.
Although many people, upon hearing that a woman becomes emperor, would surely cause men to rebel.
But the real female emperor in history lived to the age of eighty-two, and the much-hyped coup occurred when she was near death.
With the crowd cheering and his name and words perfectly in order, the next beloved male emperor, whom everyone had been eagerly anticipating, finally appeared. No one cared what he would be like at eighty-two, because when he was seventy, he had caused the An Lushan Rebellion, which brought down the Tang Dynasty and taught everyone a lesson.
Lies don't hurt people; the truth is the sharpest knife. The idea that the whole nation will rebel as long as a woman is in power is a beautiful wish of men, but it generally doesn't happen.
If the land of the powerful is seized and redistributed to the lower classes, they will indeed rebel.
The reason they dared to do this in Dengzhou was because Dengzhou at that time was just one prefecture. Inside, there was a princess, and outside, there was an emperor. The local clans of Dengzhou were simply unable to resist the violent oppression of the imperial power.
"Other places will see fellow Daoists die rather than me; I will not stand up for the local forces of Dengzhou."
They even condone this kind of infighting; the principle of annexation by powerful clans is the survival of the fittest, and large clans will also swallow up small clans.
You deserved to be swallowed by the princess. I'm not even near the princess, so it won't affect me. What does it have to do with me? If I try to please the princess, she might even give me something in return.
When a princess is a prince in Dengzhou, she can do whatever she wants without anyone interfering. But if she becomes emperor and wants to promote Dengzhou's policies throughout the country, everyone will be alarmed, as this would affect everyone's interests.
What should we do in this situation?
Li Siyin was about to cry again.
Since her mother passed away, she cried several times a day. Then, before the news of the national mourning spread throughout the country, she swiftly annexed the three states of Miri, Lai, and Tsing.
Upon receiving the imperial seal, Li Siyin immediately stamped it with his seal.
An imperial edict was issued appointing Zhao Yingying as the prefect of Dengzhou, Feng Yuzhu as the prefect of Mizhou, Lakshmi as the prefect of Laizhou, Cui Xiaoyu as the prefect of Qingzhou, and Tu Siniang and Wu Kuozhen as military governors of the four prefectures, each in charge of two prefectures, to swiftly implement the Dengzhou system.
How swift? You've all witnessed the Dengzhou Reforms. If someone is guilty, they're killed. Even if someone laughs during the national mourning period, they're considered guilty. Kill, kill, kill!
He took the Dengzhou soldiers with him.
The three prefectures of Milai and Qing were adjacent to Dengzhou and were the three prefectures most deeply infiltrated by Li Siyin's Dengzhou forces.
Although Qingzhou was farther away, it had an inland river that connected to Laizhou Bay. Dengzhou had the most developed maritime trade and the largest consumption. Silk and brocade from the three neighboring prefectures were sold overseas through Dengzhou, while grain and agricultural products were sold to the three prefectures of Milwaukee, Laizhou, and Dengzhou.
The three prefectures had always been in contact with Dengzhou, and inevitably came into contact with everything in Dengzhou, leading to the widespread spread of witch religion.
Although there are many things that go against common sense and popular opinion, facts speak louder than words. If they could live like the people of Dengzhou, they would be willing to accept the doctrines of the witch religion!
So when the people in the court received the news, the people of the three prefectures were already sadly waiting for the land to be distributed. Why weren't they happy? During the national mourning period, they dared not laugh at all.
The people from the Secretariat went to Li Siyin in shock: Your Majesty, you issued the edict without going through the Secretariat?
Seeing the objects reminded Li Siyin of her mother, and she cried again. With teary eyes, she looked up and said, "I'm sorry, I've just become emperor and have no experience."
I hereby issue an edict through the Secretariat: the measures of Dengzhou have been tested in practice and are indeed a good strategy for protecting the borders and ensuring the safety of the people. The measures shall be implemented in the border prefectures in turn.
The implementation in Qingzhou has been completed. Next, it will be rolled out from east to west and from north to south across the country. Luoyang will implement it immediately. Go and draft it.
Zhongshu Sheng: Hmm?
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