Chapter 383: Plotting to Get Out of the Customs (2nd Update)
The happy life of three women and one play, Guoxing'a spent half a year, and it was in the first year of Tongzhi (1862), and he slowly led the main force directly under him to withdraw from Shanhaiguan. It's not that Guo Xing'a likes this world's No. 1 Xiongguan very much, but that he has to stay here to settle two major things.
The first major thing is to deter the imperial court. Although Guo Xing'a negotiated peace with the imperial court, and robbed someone's little widow very unkindly, there is still no mutual trust mechanism between the two sides, and Guo Xing'a is worried that the imperial court will regret it at any time. Now that even the arsenal in Gu'an is on the way, if the imperial court suddenly repents and mobilizes its troops, Guoxing'a will definitely be more passive. Therefore, he must stay near Gyeonggi with troops with sufficient deterrence, and as long as the imperial court dares to bare his teeth, Guoxinga will return to Beijing at any time. It has to wait until Fengsheng'a moves to Jilin with the arsenal and has a firm foothold in Jilin, so that Guoxing'a can rest assured that he can get out of the customs, otherwise the Gu'an army will not even have a rear base camp.
The second major task is to study a basic national policy. After the Gu'an army arrived outside the Guan, Guoxinga was in fact equivalent to a country of its own, and there must be a charter for how to govern and develop. It will definitely not work according to the Qing Dynasty, but how to do the new policy, everyone has to discuss it slowly.
Guo Xing'a, who was born in the liberal arts and is familiar with the novels, made an outline without consulting anyone. What civil rights, people's elections, parliamentary governance, etc., are extremely detailed, but Pi Runmin and others did not praise Guoxing's genius, but almost sent someone to find a doctor, they thought that Guoxing'a was sick again.
This set of things is no longer a matter of detachment from reality, but outright crazy talk. Don't say that it is such a bitter cold place outside the Guan, even if it is a large cultural and educational province such as Shandong and Hubei in the Guan, the common people are almost illiterate. Ordinary people struggle to even read the numbers, let alone elect. I can't tell who the candidate is, so choose a big-headed ghost! Moreover, there are still a large remnants of the tribal slavery system among the bannermen outside the Guan, and if the bannermen are so kind, if they dare not choose their own leaders, the result of the election will definitely be the same as if they were not selected. There is an even more disgusting point, the current people of Heiji still only recognize the court, and the ghost knows what Guo Xing'a does, and when the time comes, the people choose to support the court, whether Guo Xing'a wants to enter the court and die.
The parliamentary system is even more, not to mention the slave owners elected by a group of slaves, what kind of parliament is established and what kind of statecraft can it have. At least Pi Runmin and his gang will definitely not be elected, and when the time comes, Guo Xing'a's descendants will all stand aside, and Guo Xing'a will be able to command whom. This council must not become the base camp of the anti-Guo forces, and every day there is nothing else to do except study how to kill Guo Xing'a and return to the warm embrace of the Qing Dynasty.
A large basin of cold water was splashed over his head and face, and Guo Xing'a also calmed down, this step is a bit big, and it is indeed easy to pull eggs. We still have to start small, change customs little by little, change the original social structure, and then talk about elections. How to change the customs of the people, as well as the perception of the world, Guo Xing'a really scratched his head, although he studied sociology, but basically returned it to the teacher. After thinking for a long time on the similarities and differences in the lives of ancient and modern people, Guo Xinga thought of a point that represents social progress, that is, to improve the status of women.
The predecessor of Manchuria, the Jurchen, was basically a primitive tribal state, although it has made some progress, but there is also a very heavy matriarchal social heritage, the status of women has always been relatively high, and the old aunt and grandmother are very vocal. Widows set up a household to build an ancestral genealogy, and the aunt and grandmother were in charge of the house, this kind of thing was very common in the early Qing Dynasty, and the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, and it was only learned after the sinicization later. In the era of Huang Taiji, in order to deal with the blue flag forces of Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji once executed Mang Gurtai's sister Mang Guji in Ling Chi, because Mang Guji's power at that time was not trivial. In the harem of the Qing Dynasty, there are two immediate examples of Cixi and Ci'an, and there are countless women in politics. Therefore, Guo Xing'a felt that there should be no resistance to the promotion of women's status outside the border, so he began to promote equal rights for men and women, including allowing women to work, study, participate in public office, etc., and another is to prohibit concubines.
The daughters of poor families are shallow boudoirs, and they will inevitably show up in order to make a living, so the strategists have no opinion on allowing women to work. Everyone is a little tired of studying, but because many positions in the factory require a certain knowledge base, they pinch their noses and endure it. Participation in public office is actually not a big problem, and after the strategists forced Goxinga to stipulate that women should not be the chief officials, they did not have much opinion. But if concubines are forbidden, everyone will stop doing it.
No one listened to how unfair the concubine system was and how low the status of concubines was proposed by Guo Xing'a. Polygamy is a traditional virtue that China has practiced for thousands of years, and when it comes to your Guoxinga, why can't you do it, and you are not allowed to marry a young wife, there is no heavenly reason. Besides, why did the big guy follow you to be prosperous, isn't it just to make meritorious achievements, glory and wealth! The little wife is not allowed to marry, what is the meaning of being a very human minister, how can he be arrogant and lascivious in the face of a wife every day. Not only did the strategists object, but even the officers and soldiers at all levels also expressed their objections to varying degrees, and even Acton, who had always respected his wife, implicitly said that Goxinga's policy was not good.
The only one who expressed support was Guoxing's mother-in-law, Suotulu, the old lady had already gone to Mukden, and specially sent someone to send a letter to Guoxing'a in Shanhaiguan, raising her hands to express her approval of the younger son's policy. And the old lady still wants to be an example, and is ready to send Hui Yang's little wife Wang first. Although it is a bit unkind to sweep the little aunt out of the house, Guo Xing'a still did not let go, he firmly believes that the concubine system is a huge oppression of women. Guo Xing'a and his civil and military subordinates had a tendency to oppose each other, and no one refused to back down, and in the end, it was Xiande who came forward to resolve the problem.
Xiande asked Guo Xing'a a word, Concubine Li and Tianni sisters, how Guo Xing'a is going to arrange. Since the concubine system is to be abolished, Guo Xing'a must take the lead in implementing it, so among the three beauties, Guo Xing'a can only leave one. Faced with this question, Guo Xing'a replied quite technically, abolishing the concubine, just I didn't say it!
From the end of October of the 11th year of Xianfeng to the end of April of the first year of Tongzhi, Guo Xing'a stayed in Shanhaiguan for nearly half a year. European and American countries have had a tradition of hypocrisy since ancient times, and the people have been living in division for thousands of years, and there are factors such as Christian doctrine, so the sense of civil rights is relatively strong. And even if there are many factors, Europe and the United States have been engaged in it for hundreds of years before the capitalist parliamentary system can be established. For thousands of years, China has been a unified centralized system, and the divine authority of the monarchy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Guoxinga suddenly let the people who are accustomed to being taken care of take care of themselves, not only not for the welfare of the people, but also for the chaos of the world. Moreover, the economic base determines the superstructure, and to play the capitalist parliamentary system, there must be at least a bourgeoisie! Outside the Guan, there are a group of poor middle peasants with the remnants of serious slavery, and there are not many landlords, how can anyone be willing to play with Guoxinga! Guo Xing'a wants to take a group of poor jingle and basically illiterate uncles to hold parliamentary elections, which can only be a not very beautiful one.
If we can't talk about the political system, we can only focus on medical care, education, and the economy first, and then we will be able to follow the script. Originally, Guoxinga wanted to set up grass-roots administrative organizations in townships and towns, and simultaneously set up medical, educational, police, and food systems. This time, no one objected, but it was not because everyone supported Guoxinga, but because no one understood it at all. Guoxinga can only explain one aspect at a time, the administrative organization is easy to understand, and it is generally quite the most * inspection department, but everyone is still given a touch of the courage of each township in Guoxinga to set up an inspection department. In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Fa did not go to the countryside, except for some important passes, there was no inspection department in the general township, and every township in Guoxing'a was engaged in it, which was really a big deal.
The hospital set up at the same time, everyone raised their hands in favor, which is a great achievement, but there is still a problem, Guo Xing'a does not have so many doctors in his hands. And even if the doctor's manpower is enough, people still have to make money in the city, who wants to go to the countryside to endure hardship. The same is true of education, and no one wants to go to the countryside unless the scholar goes to the local master. The police and the food system, everyone even more ignores, can only understand the police as a government officer, and the grain is immediately a warehouse. These two items can be put together with the inspection department, and they have not attracted everyone's attention.
For the two medical care and education that everyone wants to do the most, and the most can't do it, Guo Xing'a is also a little scratching his head, he is relatively rich now, but there is really no one! Among them, education is particularly important, and without an educational foundation, several other items, including some ideas in the general direction, are not likely to be realized. After thinking hard behind closed doors for half a month, Guo Xinga finally had a way, and the matter of the political system was solved at once. At the beginning, Guoxinga fell into a strange circle, saying that the West was good in everything, so Guoxinga thought about it was the West's set, but it didn't conform to China's national conditions. If you want the policy to be implemented, you must follow China's national conditions, and the system that is most in line with China's national conditions has already had very successful cases in front of you, but Guo Xing'a stupidly ignored it, and followed the routine of New China!
China is poor and weak, and the people's education level is low, so they don't know anything when they leave the village. Only the routines that have been practiced in China and have not played big troubles are really feasible. The biggest difference between rural China in the first year of Tongzhi and rural China before liberation is the size of the head, and the others are basically the same, so the most convenient way for Guoxinga is to learn from the most successful examples.
After thinking about it, Guo Xing'a had a final discussion with Pi Runmin and others, and everyone was convinced. Although they can still find all kinds of problems, this solution is obviously the best solution at the moment. The discussion was decided, and Guo Xing'a and his subordinates walked majestically to the outside of the pass.
"Junmen, your ideas are good, but I'm afraid our money is not enough!" After Zou Degui listened to Guoxing's grand blueprint, he was greatly convinced, and then began to settle accounts. It's not that I don't know, I'm shocked, the expenses are too big, and the 10 million taels from the imperial court are not enough at all.
"Don't be afraid, we also have export profiteering products, someone has already gone, and there will be good news soon! A funny old friend of mine will be visiting me soon! Guo Xing'a laughed very arrogantly.