[BL] Dragon Lord Just Wants to Take Vacation - Quick Transmigration

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One can imagine what happened afterwards.

     Xiguo and Heguo were forced to sue for peace, and the other nine countries immediately re-sent envoys to fight.

     A month later, the contract was formally signed.

     The contract stipulates that Uzbekistan and other 11 countries need to compensate a total of 1.2 billion taels of silver for the military expenditure, and must be settled by the end of the year.

     On the day when the arrears are settled, Dagan will release the prisoners of war from the eleven countries that were previously captured.

     Sa and Xi must return the occupied Dagan territory, that is, the half of the Altai Mountains, within one month.

     In addition, Xiguo must cede more than 3 million hectares of land, including four gold mines including the Samir gold mine, to Dagan.

     Heguo must permanently lease the three major ports, including the main island, to Dagan, and the rent is one hundred thousand taels of silver a year.

     ...

     A few months later, the city wall of the west city of the capital was finally repaired, and all the indemnities from the Eleven Kingdoms finally arrived.

     With a wave of his hand, Emperor Cheng'an exempted the people of the world from taxes for three years, and added a year's salary to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Then, when the court and the public were rejoicing, he suddenly announced that he would abolish the emperor's position in twenty years. Elections will be held early next year to return power to the people.

     In fact, it is not sudden.

     After all, this matter has been circulating among the people for nearly a year.

     Therefore, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and even the common people in Dagan were not surprised. Instead, there was a feeling that the dust had finally settled.

     Of course, some Qingliu celebrities who were deeply influenced by Confucianism could not accept this matter, and then they came in groups outside the Meridian Gate, begging Emperor Cheng'an to take back his order.

     Emperor Cheng'an invited them all into the palace and talked with them in detail for a day and a night.

     Of course, when he got here, the fact that he had no heirs to succeed to the throne could not be the main reason why he decided to abolish the emperor's position and return power to the people.

     Therefore, he focused on the fact that Uzbekistan and other Western countries have become stronger in a short period of time after implementing systems such as democratic self-government and constitutional monarchy.

     In the end, he made an agreement with them that if after twenty years, the New Deal could not achieve much effect, then he would withdraw this edict.

     So in the end, 80% of the people were convinced by him.

     As for the remaining two adults, they couldn't make any waves anymore.

     Therefore, in the spring of the thirty-seventh year of Cheng'an, in 1872 in the Western calendar, Dagan held the first prime minister election.

     Nearly three million taels of silver were spent on this election, and a total of 200,000 people participated, including 3,000 civilian officials at all levels, 2,000 military officers at all levels, 10,000 students from the Imperial College and prefectures and counties, and 20,000 ordinary soldiers. The rest of the electors, like the selected students and soldiers, were sorted and numbered from the rosters submitted by the states and counties, and selected by lottery by the Ministry of Rites.