Li Lide glanced at the emperor: "The emperor doesn't have to test the grass people. The grass people have always been open-minded, and there is no ulterior in all claims. IMHO, the era of imperial autocracy should come to an end. The emperor should not have the power to wage war and control the life and death of others. Imperial power must be under parliamentary oversight. The same should be true of the power of the government. ”

Zhou Lang nodded and said: "I am also a frank person, but politics is not frank. Some powers should perhaps allow secrecy, you think. ”

Zhou Lang's tone of voice began to become serious and stiff, because he found that the other party's tone had always been like this, and he hoped to establish a good personal relationship with the elite from the bottom of society, but he would never exchange it for a compromised attitude.

Li Lide sneered: "Secret politics? What is the use except to deceive the people. ”

Zhou Lang said: "Yes." Imperial power can be placed under the supervision of the parliament, and the power of declaring war, making peace, etc., can be monitored by the parliament. So how do you plan to set up a parliament, the Senate and the House of Representatives, or the upper and lower houses? ”

Li Lide shook his head and said, "No, you don't need that kind of situation. The upper house of the aristocracy does not represent the people, and the senate of the elite does not represent the people, only one people's house is needed. ”

Zhou Lang said: "Unicameral? Take control of the legislature! ”

Li Lide shook his head: "No, it's all the power!" ”

Zhou Lang asked again: "What about the composition of the government?" The cabinet is also governed by a parliamentary majority? ”

Li Lide nodded: "This is the basic principle. ”

Zhou Lang suggested: "Mr. Li, you should understand that this is tantamount to declaring war on the government. Why don't you choose to back down for the time being? First establish a council that can oversee the government, and then gradually control power. ”

Li Lide said: "Your Majesty, power comes from the people, and the people will not back down. ”

Zhou Lang said: "Yes. Power comes from the people, and whether this statement is true or not, no one will dare to oppose it in the end. But you don't represent the people yet. When you exercise power on behalf of the people, it is better to obtain the authorization of the people first. ”

Li Lide said: "The reason why I can't represent the people is only because the people's channels for expressing power are restricted by the government. They used the imperial examinations to limit the power of the dead people. ”

Zhou Lang smiled: "Okay, I understand." I personally do not refuse the establishment of a parliament and the formulation of a constitution. Then, if Mr. Li uses it slowly, I won't accompany him. ”

Zhou Lang felt that it was difficult for him to have any conversation with people of this character.

Back in the dormitory, the crown prince had been waiting for a long time, and the most difficult thing was the union representatives, he knew that his father was negotiating with the union representatives, and he wanted to know the situation of the talks, but in fact he did not care about the attitude of the union representatives, he cared about his father's attitude towards the union representatives.

"Not an easy person to communicate with."

Zhou Lang sighed to the crown prince.

The crown prince said: "Please make it clear to my father." ”

Zhou Lang commented: "I don't know how to respect people, I don't ask him to respect an emperor, but I am at least an old man over eighty, and he lacks respect for the elderly." It is terrible for a person to have no awe and no fear. ”

The crown prince said angrily: "How can the child spare his father if he dares to be disrespectful to his father!" ”

Zhou Lang waved his hand: "That's it." Inviting these virtuous people from all walks of life to come is to discuss the country. Don't let the small be the big one. You remember that you can work with such people, but you should never trust them. They are not all the way with us, you capture him, at best exile, he captures you, and he will not hesitate to cut off your head. ”

The crown prince frowned: "Father still wants to hold a council?" ”

Zhou Lang nodded and said, "The general trend is the general trend." It can be suppressed for a while, but it can't be suppressed for a lifetime. You remember, you will be the emperor in the future, and the emperor will be the emperor, not an official or a citizen. You don't want to be swayed by the officials, and you don't want to be swayed by the people. Whether the council is open or not does not matter to the emperor. Whether an emperor has power or not depends not on whether he attaches importance to power, but on whether power needs an emperor to perform. If you are swayed by officials, you are the head of officials, and if you are swayed by the people, you are the head of all peoples. If you don't take sides, you're the emperor. It is not necessarily a bad thing to establish a well-functioning council to supervise the officials, but if you choose to confront, it is equivalent to being a substitute for the officials, and all the public grievances will rush to the emperor. ”

The crown prince pondered for a moment: "But they still have to make a constitution. How can there be a way to govern the doctrine of the Son of Heaven? ”

Zhou Lang sighed: "It's not important! After all, the Son of Heaven is a human being, and even if his power is infinite, he still has to be limited by manpower. Restricted by law is nothing more than a procedure. The biggest problem with parliamentary constitutionalism is the struggle between bureaucracy and parliament. You don't get caught in it, but balance it out of it. When you are caught in the middle, you become a helper of one of the parties, and you can only maintain balance and your power be secured. ”

The crown prince sighed, "The child understands. But the Cabinet will not agree. ”

Zhou Lang said: "If the cabinet does not agree, change the cabinet." Now the emperor still has the final say, and if the emperor says it, it will be too late. It is a pity that the leader of the union is not a man of all faces. It's no wonder that in China, people who are desperate to speak up for the bottom are unlikely to be slippery. This kind of person is too rigid and easy to break, too aggressive, and many things will be stiff. In fact, it is easy to control, because what he wants to do, it is easy to judge. If you say the cabinet, you have promoted it, try to appease it, if you can't appease it, you can only change it. ”

The crown prince said, "Do your best, boy! Do you just have to have a parliamentary constitution? We are now in a prosperous country, and we are not yet at the point of changing the law! Those unions are nothing more than the itch of scabies, a bunch of clowns who jump off the beam. ”

Zhou Lang said: "This is different, in the world of great controversy, we can't afford to mess up!" The Russians fought two wars in a row, always in the rear. If millions of troops on the front line are fighting hard, there will be civil strife in the rear, and the consequences will be unimaginable. The internal instability did not dare to attack with all its might. This is a great calamity. ”

The crown prince continued: "I'm afraid that they will do something, and they will be arrested and sent to Africa. Arrest him tens of thousands of people and see who dares to rebel! ”

Zhou Lang shook his head and said, "You can't stop by killing." In the same year you were born, I opened a ban in the city, and even I was shocked. I could never have imagined that the Catholic Church established by foreigners in Shanghai during the Ming Dynasty has been passed down to the present, and as soon as the ban was lifted, there were tens of thousands of people who openly carried out their activities. What's more, when Magalny met Qianlong, several Gansu people were able to go to Italy to cultivate. The Manchu Qing Dynasty banned religion strictly, and it was easy to raid homes and exterminate clans, and it was repeatedly banned. So I know that there are some things that can't be stopped! ”

The crown prince sighed: "Over the years, many trade union people have also been arrested, and it is indeed repeatedly banned. They're always working in secret. ”

Zhou Lang nodded and said, "It's good that you understand this." Instead of letting them operate in secret, it is better to let them stand in the foreground, which is easier to restrain them. I'm afraid that they won't obey the constraints, what they want is more power than the emperor, and that's bad! ”

The crown prince said angrily: "They dare! ”

Zhou Lang smiled: "There is nothing to dare or not, human nature." You don't have to worry about the council, what you should worry about is that the council is established, and they can't play in the council, and they start using other methods. Their strength lies in demagoguery and exploitation of discontent in people's hearts. Once they can't hold power in parliament, I'm afraid they will still go down the old path. In fact, the poor and the rich, the capitalists and the workers, are swimming in the great lake of the country, and once it is overturned, everyone will die of thirst. ”

The crown prince said: "There are no eggs under the nest, they don't understand this truth." ”

Zhou Lang nodded: "I don't necessarily don't understand." Okay, you can preside over tomorrow's meeting. Let them speak freely, and you remember one thing, always be on the side of the most people, so that you can be invincible. This is an era full of waves, and the emperor, a big fish, may be killed by the waves at any time. ”

The crown prince reluctantly began to preside over the meeting of the Quadripartite.

He suddenly understood what his father was saying.

He found that representatives from all walks of life had different attitudes, and the forces of chambers of commerce and gangs stood on the opposite side of the trade unions.

They all insisted on holding a parliament and making a constitution. But on the issue of elections, attitudes are very inconsistent.

Representatives of chambers of commerce and gangs believe that the right to vote should be built on the basis of fixed assets, which is also the practice of Western countries, and without certain assets, there is no power. However, the attitude of the chamber of commerce and the gang is also different, and the chamber of commerce believes that people who should have a fixed property and pay taxes on time can have the legal right to vote. The gang forces believe that as long as they have a local hukou and pay taxes legally, they should have the right to vote. Trade unions, on the other hand, argue that property should not be divided and that all people should have equal rights.

The three parties themselves are at loggerheads.

Finally, the crown prince said he wished to say a few words.

At this time, he thought of what his father said, always on the side of the crowd, so he supported everyone to have one vote. There is no geographical limit. This is essentially full support for trade unions, whose workers are generally poor and have a large number of migrant workers.

There was little controversy about the ballot, which was a contract, a legal document authorizing someone else to exercise power on their behalf.

Finally, there is the formation of parliaments, and they all hope to establish local councils at the county, prefecture, and provincial levels, and establish a parliament in the capital. On a provincial basis, 600 members were sent to the National Assembly, and the number of members of the National Assembly was agreed to be 600 million, which was based on a population of 600 million, with an average of one member representing 1 million people.

However, the number of members of parliament sent by the provinces is disputed. Some provinces with large populations strongly demand that the population be distributed in proportion; In some provinces with a high level of economy, it is required to be distributed according to the proportion of the fiscal contribution to the national treasury. Both sides have a reason, the more people emphasize the concept of equality for all, and the more money shouts the principle of reciprocity of rights and obligations.

The crown prince continued to stand on the position of being overcrowded, saying that he supported the plan of distribution according to the population, and said that the parliament should not be heavy on people over people.

After more than a month of arguing and shouting, the forces of all parties reached an agreement, and then the world was notified through the official report.