Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 680 Washington, not Qianlong

When people mention Washington and Qianlong in later generations, many people have the impression that they seem to be people of two eras. However, the fact is that the United States has become strong in democratic politics, and the Western powers have also completed the Great Revolution during this period, but China was in the Qing Dynasty. On the contrary, the level of the world is becoming more and more chaotic. The decadent imperial machine has gone all the way to the abyss. It has just been revived after paying a painful price for a hundred years under foreign aggression, but it still needs to catch up desperately to catch up with those superpowers. Not daring to drop a step.

But this time and space, [-], Ming Dynasty, ushered in a new beginning.

Changes are almost immediate.

First of all, the potbellied magistrates and lords are gone, and they are replaced by city councils and town councils composed of cities, towns and towns. Local voters elect members, and the members accept the mayor, town policies, and taxation. , finance, development, Dousheng Xiaomin is no longer a bystander.

At the same time, the highest authority of the Ming Dynasty was transferred from the former emperor's supervisor and the cabinet to the National Assembly. Now Song Qingshu's territory is actually very small, including Nanzhili, Jiangsu, Anhui in later generations, plus a part of Zhejiang and Jiangbei. Xu Huai is still in the hands of Jiannu, and the small land has also brought benefits, that is, the administrative efficiency is super high. In half a month, the members of Congress elected from all over the city gathered in Yingtian. From the original "Da Ming Law" Deleted, deleted, and deleted, deleted most of the laws that maintained the supreme authority of the emperor, and added many laws emphasizing democracy and civil rights, and compiled the first "Ming Constitution" of the Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to congressmen, there is a twists and turns. Song Qingshu's Southeast Asian colonies are not in the election process, but there is a special case. Taiwan is required to elect more than a dozen members of the local five prefectures. In order to wait for them , The major event of constitutional amendment has been delayed for a few days.

But Song Qingshu thinks it's worth it, after all, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, so from now on, this place is not considered a foreign land, but one of the administrative regions under the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity, after all, it's just overdone here, and the feudal remnants are not so easy to clean up, and there are still privileges left over. Among them, the clan will have five hereditary councilor positions, and many of them not only did not surrender during the southern invasion of Jiannu, but fought to the death. The nobles who fought in the war won a total of 21 seats. For this reason, Song Qingshu simply imitated the United Kingdom and established the upper and lower houses of parliament. The upper house gathered these clan nobles and conservatives such as Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan, etc. , the House of Commons is dominated by emerging forces such as the emerging big industrial and commercial owners, big entrepreneurs, and leaders of the Labor Party.

Although the southern invasion of the slaves brought a disastrous advantage to the south of the Yangtze River, it also severely hit the landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River. Among the more than 570 seats in the upper and lower houses, these emerging forces have already occupied 360 seats, which can be regarded as firmly overwhelming the conservative group.

And another stubborn disease like cancer in Ming Dynasty since Wanli, Song Qingshu also solved it together, that is party struggle!

Don't you all want to fight?Simply put, the party struggle has been made public. He and his shareholders, generals, etc. have publicly established the Ming Democratic Party, while Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi and other traditional Jiangnan scholar-officials have formed the Ming Conservative Party with the nobles of the clan, but it is surprising. What's more, there seems to be an additional self-supporting party. The former trade union members headed by Han Dahu independently formed the Ming Labor Party, and three brand new political parties emerged in a short time.

Song Qingshu’s series of reforms completely changed the regime of the Ming Dynasty that had been passed down for thousands of years since the era of Qin Shihuang, but this time, the resistance was much smaller. On the one hand, the old-fashioned landlords were beaten badly. , All parties have the right to vote, and the elected cabinet chiefs will form the Conqueror. The term of each cabinet chief is only four years!And other parties can form an opposition party to monitor the cabinet through public opinion.

That is, although Song Qingshu is in full swing today, the weakened Conservative Party may not have the opportunity to rise again in the future, and they will find fault with the bottom, but they are good at it, and more importantly, almost everyone in the world has the right like an emperor. Opportunities, as long as you are good enough and popular enough.

But here Song Qingshu was careful. With the help of Liu Rushi, the chairman of the Conservative Party actually gave money to Qian Qianyi. This old guy has become famous after he surrendered Jiannu under the name of Minister of Rites. After Qian Qianyi became the leader of the party, many old scholars and celebrities cursed and switched to the Democratic Party on Song Qingshu's side. At least this time and the next general election, there is absolutely nothing to do with his Conservative Party.

Even during the Chinese New Year, they are killing people. More than 3 captives who committed the most heinous crimes were tried by the people, and more than 2 were executed. The rest were sentenced to exile. The bloody smell of the Suzaku Square has not yet dissipated, and the Yingtian people are frantic again People gathered here, and there were also many people who came from other places, all crowded here.

The first general election of the Ming Empire was officially held on January 29, the second year of Hongguang. At first, many people believed that Song Qingshu should continue to lead Jiangnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Dousheng Xiaomin himself has given many people an unprecedented sense of freshness.

"Dahu, you must vote for Dashuai!"

"I know I know!"

Wearing a straight Confucian robe, Han Dahu strode into the Forbidden Palace in Nanjing, where even his humblest worker could not get in anyway. .

However, not everyone is a fan of Song Qingshu. Looking at the lively scene with disdain, dozens of old masters hummed sourly: "Does a warrior know how to govern the country? The position of the chief assistant depends on us scholars. Mr. Wen He, you must vote for Mr. Chen Zilong and Mr. Chen!"

"Don't worry everyone!"

In the midst of thousands of exhortations, Mr. Wen He, a member of the House of Lords, also nodded in high spirits, and followed in.

Unlike those Dousheng people who crowded in the square, many powerful people in Yingtian gathered in the dozens of luxury restaurants and mansions opposite the Zhuque Square, but even these high-end consumer areas , was also packed to the brim, the second and third floors were full of rich businessmen and big manor owners looking forward with binoculars.

"Father, did Father come in?"

The injury was too serious this time. Up to now, Yu'er can still rest in bed, but today is more important than ever. This girl insisted on coming regardless of persuasion. As a last resort, Cai Weiming pushed her wheelchair and brought her to the gate of the palace. Not only her, but Li Gu'er, Dong Xiaowan, and Xiaojiao all put aside their current affairs and came to guard the election.

"The commander-in-chief has gone in. Don't worry, Miss Yu'er. The commander-in-chief is so popular. This time, the commander-in-chief is determined to win!" Pushing the wheelchair, Song Yongzhong showed a rare smile on his swarthy face.

"Jiaojiao, don't worry too much!"

On the other end, Caiwei lightly put her hand on Little Pepper's shoulder with some concern. Not long after Boluo was executed, Jiangbei sent back the heads of Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong and hundreds of clan nobles , the great Fu Wang Fu Dianpei has been in exile so far, and Xiaojiao is already alone. Even today, the corners of her eyes are still a little red.

"Our officials are so good, we will definitely be elected as the chief assistant, and then lead the big guys to avenge your brother!" Caiwei gently persuaded her with his arms around her shoulders.

Finally put down the binoculars that he had been holding up all the time, with red eyes, Xiaojiao shook his head heavily.

"It doesn't matter whether you take revenge or not. My brother is the one to take the blame, but Miss Caiwei, you are right. We officials will definitely be the chief assistant, the leader of the group!"

When he said this, there was firmness written all over Little Pepper's pretty face!

"Father, come on!"

"Master, come on!"

Suddenly, several crisp cheers sounded from upstairs, and some congressmen who were seeing off suddenly turned their heads in astonishment, but someone immediately shouted in surprise.

"It's Miss Yu'er, Miss Qiaoyan!"

Looking at Yu'er's bandage-covered, but still gentle and moving figure, the dozen or so MPs who were walking in couldn't help but feel swayed. The determination to vote for the Conservative Party, which was originally planned to vote for the Conservative Party, was unconsciously lost. Followed shaken.Song Qingshu didn't know that the hard-working support of her, a precious righteous girl, gave him a lot of popularity.

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The Forbidden Palace in Nanjing represents the imperial power everywhere. Although there are many halls, they are the same as the parliaments of later generations in Song Qingshu's impression, but there are none. This is the first election in the Ming Empire. We can't let everyone stand and vote, right?On the one hand, Song Qingshu decided to demolish the Hall of Martial Heroes and formally build a new Congress. On the other hand, after three elections and two elections, the election site was finally chosen in the Liyuan where Zhu Yousong was watching a play.

After all, this is a circular structure, and there is also a stage, which is enough for speeches, refutations and voting.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, more than 570 members of Congress entered the Forbidden Palace without leaving. Immediately amidst the hustle and bustle of the crowd, the heavy gate of the Forbidden Palace was closed again. The entrance is to prevent Jiannu or Lu Wangjian from making troubles. Following the guidance of the guide, these members of Congress entered the temporary Congress in the southeast.

The electoral platform has two floors, the upper one hundred seats are the House of Lords, and the lower ones are all the Houses of Commons. Thinking that the fate of the empire will be determined by himself and others, whether it is the emerging bourgeoisie or the conservative landowners and manor owners, they all take their seats After that, everyone's face became serious, and they tried their best to suppress the excitement in their hearts. In the aisle of the venue, Li Xiangjun led the secretarial team, and distributed the detailed information of the candidates one by one to everyone.

"Silence! Silence!"

At about two o'clock, a sharp voice overwhelmed the noise of discussion among all the councilors. On the stage where Zhu Yousong was watching the show, two hosts who were dressed in Chinese tunic suits but had shrill voices stepped side by side to the center of the stage.

In the newly promulgated constitution, eunuchs are officially banned, but because of this, Lu Jiude is full of gratitude to Song Qingshu, because he has publicly admitted that people like himself are no longer inferior to others, but the Ming Empire. A citizen with his head held high!As for Jiao Dalin, he got used to this kind of equal treatment a long time ago.

With this kind of gratitude and solemn fate, the two opened their voices in a low and high voice.

"My Ming Empire's first chief assistant election has officially started, and now we invite candidates to speak on stage!"

In an instant, loud applause came from all directions.

(End of this chapter)