Wu Shan finally understood why the Presidential Palace insisted on staying outside the Guan, the House was really difficult! He rushed to naturalization overnight, and met Vice President Batur, Consul General Li Fugui, and Chen Qiyu the next afternoon.

"Li Nianfeng, your set of Taizhou School's arguments have confused people's hearts, so that Yang Zhuzhi's school has suddenly risen, and everyone thinks that 'if you lose a little bit to benefit the world, you will not be with it', and the House will not hand over the banknote bureau, but also engage in 'unlimited legal compensation', what do you say?" When Wu Zhu saw Li Fugui, he angrily told what had happened in the house.

Li Fugui and Chen Qiyu frowned, Meng Yuan issued a large number of banknotes, and promised unlimited legal compensation for the first time in history, which promoted the development of industry and commerce, and the empire obtained sufficient and stable financial income, which could lightly tax the people, but a large amount of silver outflow in the later period of the empire, coupled with the epidemic blockade of most of the financial and tax from the south, the payment of banknotes could not be cashed into waste paper, and Meng Yuan was actually bankrupt before withdrawing from the customs, and the Datong Federation was going to repeat the mistakes of the past?

"If the House is disobedient, it will forcibly take over the banknote bureau." Batur immediately shouted after hearing the explanation, but immediately covered his mouth, such words will definitely be impeached by both houses.

"The president has been out to inspect the defense forces in various places for more than four months, and it is almost time to come back, so let's wait for him to come back." Chen Qiyu was also dissatisfied with the House, but he did not dare to bear the consequences of violating the "Constitutional Law", and said cautiously.

"Yuxuan, you are shirking your responsibility, since the three of you are presiding over the presidential palace, you should make a decision immediately," Wu Xian waved his hand, and said again with resentment, "The president can hide when he encounters something, but he will not return for a few months if something happens at home, and sometimes I really can't figure out how he can get to where he is today." ”

Something did happen to the Li family, but it was by no means a trivial matter - Li Yu has always ignored family affairs, ignored the marriage of several children, and left the children to solve it by themselves regardless of being a father. After the beginning of spring this year, He Fengsheng suddenly came to the door and asked Li Meng, the son of the Li family, why he seduced his granddaughter, Wu Langha, of course, did not admit it, but said that Li Meng has always been honest, it must be the granddaughter of the He family who seduced her son, the two are still arguing, He Fengsheng's son came to force marriage, this matter has not been settled, Batur found Li Yu with joy and said that his granddaughter and Li Jin are on good terms, this marriage you want to admit or not, Xiaoding Wang also came to join in the fun, claiming that he would not marry a lark, and he was baptized to join the Western religion, promising to marry only a lark in this life.

It was all messed up, the Li family quarreled, Li Yu, Ulan, and Wu Langha accused each other of not taking care of the children, and Ortai and Li Fugui came forward to mediate and persuade the Li family to agree to these three marriages for the unity of Eastern and Western Mongolia and the support of the gentry in Guannei. Li Yu reluctantly agreed, but he felt a loss in his heart, He Fengsheng is a vast Confucian, and he has always looked down on the Li family, Batur instigated his granddaughter to seduce Li Jin, after the two families got married, wouldn't he become an elder, King Xiaoding is quite cute, but he lacks a heroic spirit, and I don't know how the lark will fall in love with him.

"The president is returning from the northwest, I wrote to ask for his opinion, Lu You, don't take a stand yet, those people in the House are cunning, and there must be a backhand." Li Fugui said with a deep groan.

"The power of the Federation is too decentralized, and it will be scattered in the long run, forget it, I don't rely on you, but the unity and authority of the Federation must be maintained, I have contacted some people and plan to form a Federalist Party, are you interested in joining?" Wu Mu shook his head and asked.

Li Fugui and Chen Qiyu smiled noncommittally.

In Taiyuan, Shanxi officials and people arrived at the Fen River early, and saw the Flying Tiger Flag gradually approaching, and the sound of gongs, drums, and cheers suddenly sounded. Hundreds of scholars and singers appeared in the crowd, playing the piano and blowing the flute in unison, "The remnant snow condenses the cold painting screen, the plum flute has been three watches, and no one is in the moonlight, I am a melancholy guest in the world, I know what the king is crying, and I remember my life in the sound of broken intestines", this song "Huanxi Sha" sang and pushed away the blocked inspection, screamed and rushed forward.

The citizens were too enthusiastic, Li Yu immediately stepped forward and waved his hand, but these men and women ignored and ran past him, but surrounded the third Li Qin, the fourth Li Liao, - these two sons have studied with famous teachers since childhood, and they write good lyrics and songs, and many works are widely sung among scholars and kabukis.

"The third son, the fourth son, chant the first word", "The third son, the fourth son can have a masterpiece on this westward trip" - the young men and women shouted with tears in their eyes, Li Qin was not surprised by this kind of scene, and raised his chest and chanted, "Walking towards the side of Yunshan, the north wind blows off the neighing of horses, and the late autumn is far away if it is love, a touch of evening smoke and barren fortresses, half a pole obliquely the old city, ancient and modern sorrows and hatreds", and then Li Liao sang "Wanli Yin Mountain and Wanli Sha, who will fight the green sideburns and frost Hua, the strong half of the years are at the end of the world, the soul dream is not separated from Jin Qushu, and the painting shows the jade crow fork, Lose a penny of life".

I am so happy that in this life, I can hear the idols in my dreams singing new works, and the young men and women are so excited that they burst into tears, and they chant loudly word by word, but they put their president aside.

"Hermes-Epitek, these people are like this, let them be, let's get down to business." Zhang Daojun, the commander of Shanxi, brought a group of officials such as Zhang Zhiyao, the political envoy, Bai Xianzhi, the military governor, and Ma Like, the prefect of Taiyuan.

Li Yu laughed awkwardly and asked Fan Yongdou behind Malik, "Old Fan, are you feeling better?" ”

"It's okay, people in their sixties, and a few years of being able to do it counts as a few years." Fan Yongdou had a serious illness the year before last, and he thought that he would not live for a few years, so he resigned and returned to his hometown, intending to do something for the villagers.

Li Yu shook his head and said: "Old Fan, Fengzhou's old foundation is old, don't hold on if you can't do it, Hui Dengxiang's death last year made me sad for a while, you can't have any more accidents." ”

"Who said I couldn't do it, the merger of Taiyuan Mansion and Liaozhou Zhili Prefecture was handled by me." Lao Fan replied very unconvinced, everyone was amused - Liaozhou Zhili Prefecture is barren, the hills are horizontal, and the people's livelihood problems are very difficult to solve, Liaozhou people have always been looking forward to living with the wealthy Taiyuan Mansion, but Taiyuan Mansion just did not agree, Lao Fan obtained from the House of Representatives the guarantee that the original seats remained unchanged after the merger of the two places, and successfully persuaded the Taiyuan Parliament that Liaozhou Zhili Prefecture was finally merged into Taiyuan Mansion, which was the first case of local merger in the Federation, and it was also the proudest political achievement of Lao Fan.

"Taiyuan Prefecture merges with Liaozhou, both places have benefited, and the federal tax paid this year will definitely exceed 500,000, I heard that Chen Decai, the prefect of Baoketu, is also pulling Wuyuanwei to merge." Malik hurriedly said,

Bao Ketu's payment of finance and taxes has always ranked first among the state capitals of the Federation, and last year it was close to 600,000 taels, and Taiyuan Mansion suddenly exerted force, and Chen Decai obviously couldn't sit still - Li Yu nodded, and saw Han Lin, the governor of the Department of Internal Affairs, helping Li Tianjing, a fellow acquaintance of the Academy of Sciences, to come over, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute the old man: "Sir, you are almost seventy, why did Brother Yu drag you from Datong?" ”

In recent years, the old man has summoned celebrities and Confucian and Taixi missionaries to compile a large number of books on Western studies, and has also created a large number of new words such as government, ideology, science, and machines.

"Hermes-Epitek, the Academy of Sciences has achieved a lot of results in the past few years, and Taiyuan Mansion has a lot of money, and it pays out of its own pocket to commend the merits of the saints, and everyone is here." Li Tianjing replied with a smile.

Han Lin immediately grabbed Li Yu and said: The first place in merit is an old shaman in Kaipingwei, who has found a way to vaccinate people against smallpox; The second place is Chen Decai, who promoted the Chamber of Commerce to realize the standardized production of factories and workshops; The third place is Shi Laoliu, the machine factory he opened has brought Datong's products to a new level; The fourth place is Dorji, and the potato varieties he cultivated can yield more than 1,000 catties per mu......

There were a lot of new words, Li Yu was dizzy when he heard it, and waved his hand to signal everyone to get in the car and enter the city.

Zhang Daojun first reported on the preparations for the establishment of the Shanxi Defense Army -- a total of 50,000 defense troops have been formed in various prefectures, prefectures, and counties, and they have now completed the reorganization and weaponry, and are seizing the time for training, and 250,000 reserve soldiers have been selected from the militia, and Shanxi has enough troops to replenish the battalions......

Li Yu nodded and asked, "Do the people support the reform of the military system?" ”

"The common people have just lived the days of having food and clothing, and they are most afraid that the Qing army will enter Shanxi and wreak havoc, and the local councils have long raised their own food and salaries to train the militia. Zhang Zhiyao replied.

Li Yu asked Bai Xianzhi again: "Citizens are obliged to be soldiers, and the military salary is changed to a subsidy, what do the battalion soldiers think?" ”

"The number of battalions is already small, but now the army has been greatly expanded, and almost all the elites who have been retained have been promoted, and the military salaries are correct, and they have been improved, and those who have been laid off can also become officials in the garrison. Bai Xianzhi replied with a faint smile.

The situation in Shanxi is similar to that of other provinces, and it seems that the military reform has basically succeeded this time, and Li Yu feels relaxed in his heart, and begins to consider other issues with his eyes half-closed.

"Li Hanmin, are you going to fight Dongyu or not?" Zhang Pengyun, a retired official, suddenly stood up, poked the cane in his hand and said, "Those beasts are doing evil and slaughtering people, can you bear to watch the people of the world suffer." ”

Li Yu was startled, and after a while, he slowly spoke: "I not only want to fight, but also want to solve the problem of Liaodong in one fell swoop, but the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, where does the military expenditure come from?" This is the letter I received on the road, and all of you here are my Datong dignitaries, please express your opinions. ”

The letter was written by Li Fugui, detailing the controversy between the two houses and the Prime Minister's Office over the ownership of the coinage right and unlimited legal compensation, frankly admitting that he was not knowledgeable enough, that all the countries of Chataixi used gold and silver as money, and that the Central Plains dynasties lacked both gold and silver and copper mines, and that the Song and Yuan dynasties issued banknotes for money, and that the money was exhausted and that they were defeated, and that the Mingfa treasure banknotes were also unpopular, and it was difficult to decide between the two dilemmas, but the matter was very important, and no matter what the result was, it would affect future generations, so I asked the president to judge the situation and make a decision.

The smartest Li Fugui didn't dare to make a decision, and the others felt even more tricky, and the discussion was fruitless for a while, Zhang Daojun said softly: "The three generations of Song Yuanming have learned a profound lesson, maybe the road of issuing money for money will not work at all." ”

"Zixuan is wrong, Bao Dawei is reasonable, the imperial court always can't restrain the desire to issue banknotes, and the reason for the failure of Song Yuanming's banknotes is that the imperial court monopolizes the right to mint money, and it cannot be proved that the road of issuing banknotes is impassable." Han Lin immediately retorted.

"All dynasties have been based on agriculture, and you can reduce coins by focusing on the cost and suppressing the end, but the poverty of Shanxi is not enough for self-sufficiency, and industry and commerce need a lot of currency, and there is no solution to this matter in the history books," Zhang Pengyun shook his head in frustration, looked at Li Yu and said, "It's better to put this matter aside, or increase taxes, the people are deeply favored by the country, and they should also do more for the country." ”

"Old man, Shanxi has been in trouble for 20 years, the people have a little bit of life, how can they do more, the younger generation thinks that the silver banknote bureau is the best way to solve the current predicament, which can avoid the state-owned coinage power and restrict the government's desire to issue money, but also protect the private property of citizens and stimulate large investors to invest in industry and commerce, which is a move for the benefit of the country!" Zhang Zhiyao said.

"Guan Cheng is reasonable, everyone is profitable, gold and silver as money must be hidden in the private room, and money is afraid that the government will indiscriminately plunder money, the right to mint money belongs to the parliament and implements unlimited legal compensation, so that money can win the trust of the people and pass the world." Fan Yongdou looked at Zhang Zhiyao and nodded in appreciation.

"The right to mint money is in the hands of merchants, what will happen to the outflow of gold and silver in the future? This risk is too great, and what you can't get sure about is not done for the time being. Zhang Daojun shook his head and said.

Malik was young and had little qualifications, so he didn't dare to speak much, so he couldn't help but speak: "I am a new country, not China, and the path I have taken is completely different from that of previous generations. ”

Li Yu waved his hand and asked Li Tianjing, who had been closing his eyes: "The old gentleman is familiar with Chinese and foreign books, can he know what is the fundamental lesson of the defeat of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign dynasties?" Is it a numismatic strategy? ”

Li Tianjing thought for a while and replied: "The policy of coins is only its appearance, and the fundamentals are unreasonable, indulgent, and treating the people like mustards. ”

"I understand," Li Yu stood up and bowed to Li Jingtian, and then said to the crowd, "Money is for the use of the people, and credit must be taken from the people, since the citizens do not trust the government, why should we take it by force." ”

Li Yu replied to Li Fugui that night with eight big characters - "Shuntian should respond to the people, advance with the times", and the next day after visiting the saints of the Academy of Sciences, he took Zhang Daojun to leave Taiyuan and go down to the state capitals of Shanxi to inspect.

The presidential office did not express its position, the Senate and the House of Representatives were more aggressive, and Wu Xian was in a predicament, at this time, Bao Zhen, the prime minister of the Liberal Party, and Huang Da, the governor of the Silver Banknote Bureau, came to the door.

"Friends of the deer, the Senate and the House of Representatives have drafted a "Revised Charter for the Official System", and you can vote and pass it immediately if you are satisfied with it." Bao Zhen smiled and pulled out a stack of official documents.

This charter made major reforms to the federal central bureaucracy: the existing departments and bureaus of the Prime Minister's Office were merged and adjusted into the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Construction, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, the Ministry of Propaganda and Education, and the General Bureau of Colonization. The Grand Law Division was changed to the Federal Supreme Court, and the provincial divisions were upgraded to the High Court; The Criminal Division was renamed the Federal Supreme Criminal Court, and the provincial divisions were upgraded to the Higher Criminal Court; The Presidential Office suffered a big loss, and the three subordinate divisions were only raised and not upgraded; the power to handle cases within the territory of the Titang Division was also transferred to the Ministry of the Interior, and the right to approve the export of goods was assigned to the Ministry of Industry and Construction; in the future, the Ordnance Department only retained the right to order and inspect ordnance, and other functions were assigned to the Ministry of Industry and Construction; and the functions and powers of the Manchuria Division as a provisional organ remained unchanged.

The powers of the Prime Minister's Office have been expanded, and almost all of the original officials have been promoted and increased, and whoever dares to block the revision of the official system will definitely arouse the public anger of officials - Wu Xian read the "Regulations on the Revision of the Official System", and forcibly suppressed his anger and stared at the two fellow villagers in front of him.

"Luyou, the Bank Money Bureau has made a resolution to underwrite the national bonds for the next 20 years, and we will be responsible for our own profits and losses, only charging eight cents per annum, and the military expenses of the Prime Minister's Office and even the post-war expenses have been solved, which is great news!" Huang Dale said.

"You are forcing the palace," Wu Niu, speaking coldly, slapped the table and shouted, "State affairs are so difficult, you are still deliberately seeking personal gains, taking away the coinage rights and the underwriting rights of national bonds, have you considered what will happen in the future?" ”

"Don't think that only you are patriotic, you officials can change your court, but we have no way out, we love this country more than you." Huang Da's face changed and he responded sharply.

Bao Zhen waved his hand, took out the "Articles of Association of the Silver Banknote Bureau" and put it in front of Wu Xian and said softly: "Sign it, there are already people in the Senate and the House of Representatives who are ready to impeach you for delaying state affairs, don't make a big deal about it." ”

"Count you as powerful, take it to the presidential palace," Wu Yu signed angrily, then threw the pen hard, and shouted at the backs of Bao Zhen and Huang Da, "I have contacted comrades to form the Federal Party, and we will continue to fight in the future!" ”

"The Liberals accept the challenge." Bao Zhen and Huang Da replied together.

The "Statutes of the Banknote Bureau" was soon approved by the Presidential Office and came into effect, and the turmoil finally subsided, and the central government offices immediately reformed the official system, and there was naturally no resistance to everyone's profits.

In mid-November, Li Yu returned to Datong, and the four overseas guests had been waiting for a long time, and when they heard the news, they hurried to the presidential palace to ask for a meeting.

The Dutch and England East India Company's ambassadors to Datong, Caron and Kent, entered the second gate under the guidance of Namur, but the Spanish envoy Philip and the Portuguese envoy Paul were taken to a side room to wait—Spain and Portugal finally figured out that it was not the Netherlands and England that supported the United Asia Company to run rampant at sea, but the Datong Federation, which had always been very low-key, and now it was a little late to burn incense and worship the Buddha, but it was better than not coming.

"Good morning, Mr. Philip and Mr. Paul, I will accompany you for a while, Your Excellency will summon you shortly." Priest Cui Erding walked in with a smile.

This man had been summoned by the Pope, and it was rumored that the Holy See was interested in training him to become the first Cardinal of the East, a noble priest whom he had met in Macau, and Philip and Paul hurriedly rose to return the salute.