Doomsday Code

Chapter 464 The Competition of Humanity

When Chen Cheng saw the change in Huidun's expression, he knew that he had attracted Huidun's attention.

Huidun had also made up his mind that subduing or killing the wolf was not something he wanted to consider now.

Just as Chen Cheng said, it is already great that Holmes can remain neutral now.

Because he didn't know what promise his elder brother had made to the Prime Minister.

At least in the fight for Homeis, he has fallen behind his elder brother.

He patted Chen Cheng on the shoulder and said:

"Thank you."

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment and then smiled and said:

"Why thank you? We are in the same boat now."

He looked at Huidun and suddenly felt an urge to confess to him.

But in the end he endured it.

Power is poison. If Dang Huidun really has absolute power, Chen Cheng cannot guarantee that he will not follow his father's old path.

Throughout the history of China and the world, the only thing that can truly fight against power is power itself.

However, a king cannot use his power to govern the country alone.

So he had to share power and give it to his subjects.

Therefore, naturally, the relationship between the king and his subjects is both one of power dependence and power confrontation.

In order to strike a balance between these two, one must have an ambitious minister.

However, the power of ministers overpowering the power of the monarch is often only temporary, because ministers are able to seize power either because the ruler is young and the country is in doubt, or because of the use of force.

Often, such powerful ministers who rely on the temporary weakening of the monarch's power will quickly become weak due to the death of the ministers or the age of the monarch.

Just like Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty.

The only way to maintain this balance between the power of the monarch and the power of his subjects is through the system.

Just like constitutional monarchy in the West.

That is, the ministers seized power and then formulated the system of power balance that was acceptable to most interest groups.

Once the system is formed, no matter how brave the king is, he will no longer be able to obtain absolute power.

As several generations went by, the royal family lost their desire for power as they enjoyed the freedom from having to worry about state affairs, and the absolute power of the cabinet became a reality.

The most important thing among these is the minister who can stand up.

At this moment, the only thing Chen Cheng could think of was Homeis.

He was the only one who dared to challenge the royal power by breaking away from the old guard.

Just as Moss XIII said, he is a vicious wolf. Once the suppression on him is relaxed, he will immediately pounce on the royal power.

What Chen Cheng needed was this kind of courage. In the end, he would never be able to succeed. But at this moment, the opportunity Chen Cheng needed had already formed.

Huidun divided the executive power among the State Council, established the State Council Parliament, drafted the constitution, and assigned the legislative power to the Parliament. At the same time, it separated the judicial power and established courts and procuratorates.

At the same time, Huidun took over the military power that Moss XIII had built over many years, and used the military power in his hands to check and balance the administrative, legislative and judicial powers of the State Council.

Of course, the most important point here is the retreat of Huidun, the king who controls the army.

However, Chen Cheng believed that Huidun, who had just ascended the throne, had not been corrupted by power and might support him.

Chen Cheng looked at Huidun, and then he suddenly asked:

"If you were to ascend to the throne and find a better political system than the current one, but this system would greatly reduce your power, would you want such a political system to take shape?"

Chen Cheng was indeed under the control of some strange god.

Because he felt that all this seemed to be just his wishful thinking.

Although Huidun said that he didn't want to become like his father, he never said that he wanted to reduce the power in his hands.

The same is true for Homuis. He has never thought of being just a prime minister of a country restricted by the cabinet.

But what Holmes thinks is not important. Just as Chen Cheng thinks, he will have to do what he wants to do when the time comes.

The only focus is on Huidun.

Because capitalism has not yet truly developed in this world and the emerging capital aristocracy has not yet appeared, the royal power has no real enemies at all.

It can be said that Chen Cheng was conducting an experiment. He wanted to see whether a true constitutional system could be achieved when capital power was not yet strong.

It can be said that what he did was a question that was impossible to answer correctly.

Because human nature is greedy, even after power is equalized in later generations, there are still many people who want absolute power.

What's more, during this period, the royal power, which represented absolute power, had no rivals at all.

He is gambling against human nature, and has no chance of winning.

Huidun was silent for a long time. He also knew what Chen Cheng meant by this.

This is what he asked Chen Cheng today, and this is the answer Chen Cheng gave him.

Is he willing to give up this absolute royal power so that his royal descendants don't have to fight for power like they do?

As mentioned before, this is a very difficult choice to make because the monarchy has no enemies in this era.

At this time, the only emerging capital force is in his Huidun City. At worst, he can wipe out Huidun City after he ascends the throne, and his royal power will still be secure.

However, since he came into contact with Chen Cheng and learned a lot of modern capital knowledge from him, he realized that the development of capital is a rolling historical torrent and an inevitable trend.

Even if he could erase it now by force, the times are developing. Even if it is slow, the original accumulation of capital is still accumulating.

The reason why Huidun City was able to rise rapidly was because of the opening of the bank, which allowed it to quickly plunder the gold and silver buried in the cellars of those big families and nobles, and quickly completed the original accumulation of capital.

He may not be able to see it in this life, but his descendants will also encounter the same problem that Chen Cheng mentioned today.

At that time, his descendants would not be able to make choices as easily as he does now.

Chen Cheng did not force Huidun, as long as Huidun gave him an answer before he succeeded.

If Huidun didn't want to, he wouldn't implement the plan, and what he had to do was to preserve the current development achievements of Huidun City.

But he thought Huidun would not destroy Huidun City, because he was the ruler, and a young ruler at that, and he needed fresh blood and vitality for the kingdom.

Therefore, Huidun City is his best source of fresh blood.

While Huidun was deep in thought, a handsome man in a prince's dress came to him with a glass of wine.

"Hui Dun, you've made it so hard for uncle to find you. Uncle knows everything about you and Melinda. Melinda is unlucky. She doesn't deserve you."

After listening to this man's words, Chen Cheng knew that this was Melinda's father.

I didn’t expect this guy to be so handsome even when he’s old. No wonder Melinda’s mother fell in love with him.

Huidun also came back to his senses from his thoughts and saw that it was his uncle the prince. He didn't have a very good impression of this uncle.

Although they seldom met, he had heard about Xiao Suo's romantic history. Melinda's mother died because of him.