Section 283
In the winter of December, the Registrar's Office held its last meeting of the Governors, and the Governor's Office from all over the country gathered to become a naturalized Commander's Office, and the meeting was obviously controversial, and it took five consecutive days to reach a consensus, and then the Reichsor issued a series of decrees:
The first is the "Private Property Protection Order", which protects the private property of the people under the rule of Toyosu, such as land, pastures, houses, property, etc., from the transfer, or from labor, or because of military merits, or because of business, or because of gifts, or because of inheritance, and shall not be deprived unless there is no public opinion to follow and the law department shall expressly order it, and the owner shall use, proceed or sell his private property at his own convenience, and the official and other people shall not interfere.
At the same time, a letter was issued, which stated that the property of the temple was also private property and should be protected by the laws of Toyosu, and that the land and pastures that originally belonged to the temple should be returned to the owner once verified. In addition, he also praised the lama for his contribution to the promotion of the same race and the maintenance of good folk customs, and the Great Commander's Office will allocate 5,000 taels of silver to the temples, and pointed out that the people of Fengzhou and the lama have gone through the most difficult period together, and the two sides share weal and woe, and treat each other with all sincerity, and Fengzhou must never lose Lamaism, and any behavior that destroys the relationship between the two will be severely punished.
Then there is the "Freedom of Movement Order", where the people under the rule of Fengzhou, who want to move to other places, are allowed to naturalize elsewhere, pay taxes and serve as citizens elsewhere, the government and other people are not allowed to stop them, and their private property in the township, such as land, pastures, houses, property, etc., is still protected by the law and cannot be interfered with outside the law, and the people outside the jurisdiction swear to abide by the "Naturalization Oath" and want to naturalize, but with the approval of the commander, they are equal to the people of Toyoshu.
Then there is the "Decree on the Establishment of the Parliament", the thousands of households, the prefectures and the government are allowed to set up the Council, the Toyosu Quasi-Council, the councils and officials at all levels have sworn allegiance to Toyozhou, where the use of money and grain, the election and removal of officials, tax and civil service, civil administration, commercial construction, public opinion, and the correction of illegal matters are allowed to discuss and decide on political matters, but with the approval of the commander, the original public assembly and the council meeting are mere formalities and do not conform to the way of adaptation, and they will be abolished from now on. Those who are in the battalion can be elected or elected as councillors if they have one of the three of paying food and stones, knowing books and writing, and having military merits.
Zhou Yi, Shen Shoulian and Sun Tingyao and others applauded when they saw the decree, and all the obstacles they could think of were removed, this partner was a friend enough, but then they were stunned - the Commander's Office announced the restructuring, changing the Prime Minister's Office to the Minister's Office, taking charge of Fengzhou's government affairs, and separating from the Commander's Office together with the Great Law Department in charge of prison litigation and the Zanhua Military Affairs Office in charge of military affairs. They were transferred to the Grand Commander's Mansion together, and together with Zhao Ji, they were jointly assisted in the affairs of the Grand Commander, and the other seven people were elected to the Grand Commander's Office, including Ortai, the Governor, Liu Tianren, the Prime Minister, Li Huai, the new Xiangli Government, Li Jianji, the new Governor of the Propaganda and Education Department, Bu Yantu, the new Governor of the Naturalization Prefecture, and Du Wenhuan, the Governor of the Naturalization Prefecture, and the seven people who joined the Office, Li Yu and these eleven people formed a new Great Commander's Office, and continued to firmly hold the power of Fengzhou in their hands.
It's too much, we took the money to partner, and before we could jump, you blocked the road in front of us - the people of the Chamber of Commerce were clamoring to reason, but the Grand Consul's Office sent someone to inform them of the discussion. Led by Zhou Yi, Shen Shoulian, and Sun Tingyao, the merchants rushed to the Grand Commander's Mansion in a rage, and when they passed by the square, they were scolded by a large group of ordinary people who were demonstrating, and the people believed that the "Freedom of Movement Order" had destroyed the Wei system on which Fengzhou depended, and this must be the result of rich businessmen blackmailing the Grand Commander.
"Li Nianfeng, what do you mean? Want to scam us out of our money? Zhou was stunned and became angry when he entered the lobby, Li Fugui and Na Mu'er were waiting for them, and there was Wang Fang and a group of people sitting next to him, who were obviously also brought in to discuss matters.
"Smiling Tiger, don't be too rampant, if you want authority, can you take it? The gang of ordinary people in the square can blow you away, you still have to rely on our support," Li Fugui smiled disdainfully, and handed over an official document casually, "This is our designated list of councilors, take a look, you also have to hurry, the three-hundred-member meeting must be held at the beginning of the first month." β
Zhou Yi took the list and looked at it for a while, and then shouted in surprise: "You are playing us again, saying that there can be no officials and soldiers in the council, but most of the officials in this list are officials, Sun Qifeng, Wang Zheng, Fan Yongdou is enough, Bi Lige, Ma Qi, Zhang Guoji These people are not your officials?" Han Lin is still the newly appointed governor of the Department of Industry and Construction, and you have also stuffed officials into it, and you are bent on backing us? β
"You are the ones who are willing to take us back, we have fallen for you, there are a few knowledgeable people in Fengzhou, and the poor people are not at your mercy when they enter the council, and our civilian party will recognize this list!" Wang Fang's eyes immediately widened.
"Our Liberal Party does not approve, Li Nianfeng, you give a reason!" Shen Shoulian shouted.
"Because I don't trust you, Zhou Nangui, you have been a jinshi and an official, how many of your Liberal Party people know state affairs, what else will they do besides making money?" After Li Fugui finished teaching the businessman, he pointed at Wang Fang and his gang and shouted, "And you, don't think that the poorer you are, the more reasonable it is, you Wang Fang has done brainwashing before, those ordinary people have changed from good people to Diao people, and even become mobs, often just a thought, you are the most vulnerable to the bewitchment of the traitorous party, it is better than the businessmen, put the great cause of Fengzhou in your hands, can we rest assured?" β
Namur took out a book and put it on the table, and said lightly: "I have compiled a book here, you take it back and see, Tessie has the ancient Calis country (ancient Greece), once asked about state affairs with 500 virtuous people, the country and the people are safe and the world is under great rule, and then the National People's Congress is a political decision, but the traitorous party is rampant, the mob is rampant, and the people are deprived of other people's property at will, and even to death, and its country is in great decline to the barbarians. Gangsters enter the council to make trouble, so as not to have a mob of chaos, you still have to learn how to be virtuous first, there are still three years, it should be enough, the general is not greedy for power, we are not greedy for power, Fengzhou is everyone's, and the power will be handed over to the people of Fengzhou sooner or later, but you must also take action to prove that you can be a good family. β
"I trust the Grand Commander!" Shen Shoulian whispered, pulled Sun Tingyao up and left, Zhou was stunned and opened his mouth but was speechless, so he had to follow behind with the merchants, and Wang Fang and his group were blushing and wanted to get up and say goodbye.
"I know your old problem, let me remind you first, the first time the House of Parliament opens, no fights are allowed, and besides, the Grand Commander has promised the gang in the square outside that the Wei system is related to the safety of Fengzhou, and it can only be strengthened and not weakened, go back and think about it, and if you want to take charge of state affairs, you will settle this matter first." Li Fugui shouted again behind them.
Zhou Yi and Wang Fang walked out of the door of the Grand Commander's Mansion, glared at each other a few times, and then parted ways, and it didn't take long for the leaders of the two groups to meet again at Li Yu's house - the Civilian Party and the Liberal Party made a big joke, and the two parties coincidentally found Wu Langha to be the leader of the party. Wu Langha has too many titles, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, the commander of the merchant army, the president of the Black Eagle Trading Company, and the owner of the Xuande Iron Works are all her, and she really can't cope with it, so she casually pushed Ulan out, regardless of what he is from the Liberal Party and the Civilian Party, in fact, they are all Fengzhou Party, and our sisters are in charge of one, so Wu Langha became the leader of the Liberal Party, and Ulan was the leader of the Civilian Party, but they are too lazy to take care of things, and the two parties have their own prime ministers' party affairs to do specific things, but they often have to report their work, to put it bluntly, they are to chat with the two women. In this matter, Wang Fang is still more profitable, Ulan is in charge of the Li family's business, and naturally wants to provide sponsorship to the poor Baba Plebeian Party, Wang Fang has money in his hand, and he turns his face and fights with the Liberal Party in a miasma.
The leaders of the Liberal Party and the Plebeian Party entered the Li family to find their own masters, Wu Langha met with the Liberal Party Prime Minister Shen Shoulian and his cadres in his special study, and this study was also taken care of by Shen Shoulian to put on a faΓ§ade, Wu Langha actually didn't read at all, and he was absent-minded when he met with his subordinates, listening to the report while tacitly calculating his business.
"Mr. Zhou, since you are going to enter the customs to form the Ming State Branch, I will recommend you a person, Liu Wenzhong and Liu Gonggong of the Qianqing Palace, and if you absorb him into the party, you will definitely be able to do you a great favor." Wu Langha heard in a trance that Zhou Yi was going back to the customs after the meeting, and immediately remembered his partner.
"I'm afraid it won't work, when Gonggong Liu returned to Beijing, he was dismissed by the emperor and sent to the Jingjun to serve hard labor together with the Xuanfu surveillance eunuch Wang Kun and the SX surveillance eunuch Liu Yunzhong, maybe he would be assigned to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum." Zhou shook his head and said, this guy is indeed well-informed in Jingshi.
"The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is too much, what a good person Gonggong Liu is! Why punish others," Wu Langha stood up indignantly, pointed at Zhou Yi and said, "After you return to Beijing, you will send a message to Gonggong Liu, I will take care of his shares in Xuande Iron Works for him, and he will pay a lot of dividends every year. β
"Hatun is such a good person!" Zhou Yi and Shen Shoulian looked at each other and replied with a smile.
Ulan also met Wang Fang and others in her study, but she was more educated than Wu Langha, holding a copy of the "Minbao" to criticize Wang Fang, and her niece Wu Ya, now the secretary of the People's Party, was making notes on the side.
"Don't think it's okay to push the matter to the Chamber of Commerce, the Wei system is the cornerstone of Fengzhou, how many people are counting on the Wei Institute for their birth, old age, sickness and death, this matter should not be poked out, how much trouble you have caused to the commander, go back and write an article to praise the Wei system, the focus should be on how the Wei Institute should be reformed." Ulan said unceremoniously.
"My subordinates know that they are wrong, and they must correct it when they go back." Wang Fang replied honestly.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the first meeting of the Toyosu House was held, and the main officials of the General Consulate, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Grand Law Department all rushed to the court, talking and laughing while walking to the Council. Wang Zheng retired from the governor's post of the Department of Industry and Construction, and did the work of teaching and compiling books in Fengzhou Academy, and this time he was also designated as a councilor, Li Yu and Li Huai helped him walk in front of the officials, and the old man kept pointing to Liu Zhilun and said, "The world is the public when the three generations are governed, and this is probably the case." Tuba and Bultu also came from Jinlianchuan, but these two guys did not know how to lift, and were only willing to be loyal to Chahar Dajinong, and refused to accept the appointment of the councillor of Fengzhou, so they had to attend the meeting as a jury.
The square was crowded with people, and the common people did not feel the change, and thought that they had brought their wives and children to join in the fun, just like the public assembly in the past, and they played the violin, sang, danced, and played tricks, some people even played wrestling, and small traders and hawkers took the opportunity to peddle their goods, and some people who were more enthusiastic about public discussion shouted loudly, but the slogan changed from opposing the "Free Movement Order" to supporting the reform of the health center.
"The convention should have been canceled a long time ago, and I can't even imagine how we got to where we are today with this rabble." Na Mu'er looked at the chaotic people in the square and sighed.
"Don't underestimate them, with the existence of this rabble, there will be no harsh government." Li Fugui said lightly.
Zhang Daojun, Long Huamin, Dr. Ma, and even Chang Shu, the ambassador of Jinguo and commerce, were all seated in the consul seat, but there were not enough seats for officials, and most of the officials had to squeeze into the jury seats. After Li Fugui, Ortai, and Li Huai delivered brief congratulatory speeches on behalf of the General Consulate, the Grand Law Division, and the Prime Minister's Office, the speaker of the National Assembly, Lao Dabu, announced the opening of the first meeting of the House of Representatives.
Greeting is different, no one dares to fight in front of everyone, and it seems very harmonious, Liberal Party Prime Minister Shen Shoulian and Civilian Party Prime Minister Wang Fang raised their hands together to ask to speak, but the two guys were unusually polite, Shen Shoulian was very graceful to give up this commemorative opportunity to speak to the Civilian Party.
The motion of the Plebeian Party held that the system of guards was related to the safety of Fengzhou, and that all the people should not be shaken in the slightest, that all those over the age of 16 and under the age of 60 should all participate in military training and public service, that the guards should be given food subsidies according to the old practice, and that those who did not participate for any reason would be fined double the amount of food, and those who were over 18 years old and under 50 years old had the obligation to enlist in the battalion and go out to the army, and those who did not obey or evaded under the pretext of any reason should be regarded as deserters and punished, and those who moved to other places must also report to the local health post within 10 days after arrival, and they were regarded as local military households, and they were never allowed to evade their obligations; Secondly, owning weapons should be regarded as the right and obligation of every military household, Fengzhou encourages military households to buy the latest weapons, including war horses, armor and firearms, and those who are poor and cannot afford to bring their own weapons can apply to the local health center for subsidies to purchase bows and arrows, knives and spears; Thirdly, horses and other livestock that can be used for military purposes are encouraged, and all those who are conscripted for war will be paid the levy money for horses, regardless of whether they are used for their own use or requisitioned, and the war horses will be paid 50 percent of the salary according to the standard of regular soldiers, and 30 percent of the salary will be paid for other camels, donkeys, cattle and mules, and compensation for the death or disability of livestock.
In recent years, a large number of illegal immigrants have poured into Fengzhou, and because there are few people in Fengzhou and lack of labor, these people only need to pay more than 20% of the land rent to have land to plant, and at the same time, because the required wages are small and do not pay money and grain to the Yicang of the 100 households, they also squeeze out the opportunity for the old Fengzhou people to work and make money, and the black households have taken advantage of it, but they do not participate in military training and public service, nor do they have to pay taxes or become soldiers, which is extremely unfair to the old Fengzhou people. They put forward a motion to encourage land reclamation, the Guanshan Shouyu Thousand Households in the east, the Wuchuan Shouyu Thousand Households in the north, the Baoketu Shou Qianhu in the west, and the areas outside the Yellow River Loop are vast and sparsely populated, and there is a large amount of land that can be cultivated and grazing, so the black households should be sent there to reclaim the famine, and take the opportunity to assign them to the local guard post to participate in military training and public service, and those who have cultivated more than 50 acres of land and paid grain and stones will be allowed to naturalize and reclaim all the land for themselves, halved taxation for two years.
For the first time, the Liberal Party applauded the Plebeian Party, and made a promise that all factories, mines, workshops, and commercial inns that led Fengzhou to do business must give priority to the employment of old Fengzhou people before they can hire other immigrants, otherwise they will be heavily fined; In addition, the banknotes will provide loans of no more than two percent interest to the resettlers who voluntarily relocate to remote areas, and the people of Laofengzhou will also enjoy a 20% discount on the annual interest rate, which can be used by the reclaimers to purchase rations, livestock, farm tools, and weapons.
The People's Party was moved, and Wang Fang, Zhang Mengcun, Bi Lige and other party leaders stepped forward and hugged Shen Shoulian, Sun Tingyao, and Zhou Yi tightly, and the audience was thunderous. Wang Zheng and Han Lin, non-party councillors, also put forward a bill on the free development of education, they believed that there were too few literate people in Fengzhou, not only was it difficult to elect officials, but craftsmen from factories, mines, and workshops must also be brought in from the Guannai, and the scarcity of talents had restricted the development of Fengzhou, and to solve this problem, it was necessary to vigorously promote the practice of running schools freely, whether private individuals or associations, as long as they set up schools to teach and educate people, they should all be allowed. This bill was immediately echoed by the Liberal Party and the Plebeian Party, the Liberal Party looked forward to the establishment of a business academy to train much-needed industrial and commercial talents, and the Plebeian Party hoped that the children of the poor could learn the skills to get ahead, and there was no reason not to support it. Long Huamin, Tang Ruowang and Gao Yizhi on the jury table high-fived each other, they were going to build a church in the spring, but it was difficult to open a Western teaching hall, Wang Zheng and Han Lin's proposal was at their request, and this obstacle was about to be removed.
"It's strange, it's not fought yet, Shen Jiming's pirate rules are really useful, hey, why didn't you see this kid?" Zhao Ji shook his head and turned his face to ask Li Jianji.
"Shen Jiming went back to his hometown and left with Kim Jong-hee, they didn't fight today, maybe they have already fought." Li Jianji replied in a low voice, and at the same time quietly pointed at Li Fugui.