The republican and royalist factions of the Shixue Society have always quarreled constantly, but the scope is basically within the framework of the middle school, and sometimes it involves Western studies, and the republican faction advocates that Western studies and middle schools have the same heart, and the Guannai scholars can reluctantly accept the view of "introducing Ye and supplementing Confucianism", but today the important figures of the republican faction openly deny that they belong to Huaxia, and the Guannai scholars absolutely cannot accept it, and the accusations against Yunrong are loud, and some young people even jump up and wave their fists at each other.

"Liu Yuancheng, you have worked hard for more than ten years, and now they don't even recognize their ancestors," Liu Zongzhou thought of the dead Liu Zhilun, couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl, and then pointed at Li Fugui and scolded angrily, "It's all your set of 'fatherless and kingless non-father and king-killing' to do evil, you first said that Huayi has changed, Huaxia is dressed outside the customs, and then there are two courts in one country, and then it is to respect the emperor and build another country, and now it has become even more difficult to deny Huaxia, you hate the ancestors of the Zhu family, don't you even want to do it in China?" ”

"The Datong Federation is not the Ming Dynasty, we are not only concerned with Shanxi, but also control the southern part of the country, the northern part of the country, the Western Regions and the Tibetan areas outside the border, they will not agree with the Quartet as the Yidi China, these are all potential border troubles, what do you let us do? Do you also want to build the Great Wall and raise millions of soldiers, Mr. Qishan, you can think of a way, how to ensure that border troubles do not occur, or can be eliminated without affecting people's livelihood? Li Fugui stood up angrily and pointed at Liu Zongzhou and yelled.

Liu Zongzhou replied after a pause: "Yidi should also have a conscience, I will treat him with benevolence and righteousness, so that he can accept the education and admire the Heavenly Empire, so that there will be no worries." ”

As soon as Sun Qifeng heard it, he knew that Liu Zongzhou was preaching "governing the heart" again, this set was useless at all, and hurriedly added: "My Datong strength is rising, and the Quartet is peaceful, which is the time when China is Zhengshuo and prestige in the world, how can I say that there is a border trouble?" Are the Zhuyi outside the Guanxi more important than China? ”

"That's true, outside the customs is more important than China, we have long said that if we don't solve the problem of Huayi integration, we won't enter the customs, otherwise it will be a disaster for both sides," Ortai opened his mouth at this time, looked up at the sky and said thoughtfully, "The people inside the customs don't understand the situation outside the customs, but we understand that Hermes-Epitek insists on leaving the presidential palace in naturalization because they are afraid that something will happen, if that not only can not solve the problems inside the customs and the problems in Liaodong, but even Fengzhou may be destroyed in one fell swoop, we would rather not enter the customs than give up outside the customs, this is also for the good of the people inside the customs, If you think about it, you understand. ”

"I understand what Brother Du Xing means, the lessons of history must not be forgotten, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented sinicization, moved the capital to Luoyang in the south, and the border was depressed, and the officers and soldiers of the six towns stationed in the center were far away from the center, and the promotion and treatment were neglected, and the anger and injustice led to a mutiny, which eventually caused chaos in the Central Plains, and the powerful Northern Wei Dynasty was also divided." Jin Sheng arched to Ortai.

Wu Xian and Wang Jimo came over, these two started from practice, and they seemed very reasonable, Wu Xian said sincerely, "Practical problems are always difficult to solve, are you too anxious, some things don't need to be said explicitly, you can come step by step." ”

"Yes, there is a revolution in Wuchang, and Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong may also undergo drastic changes in the next step, you don't think of yourself as Huaxia Zhengshuo, how can you get the support of the gentry in the future in the Guannai?" Wang Jimo also said.

"We don't care about the Guannai, what we do is just to promote some local reforms and changes, and we are friendly and trade-friendly, but the collapse of the Ming Dynasty shows that it is impossible to favor the side of security, only by being aggressive can we survive, rather than having problems in the future, it is better to make it clear now, Datong will never waver in the implementation of the policy of the same race and different customs, whether Han Chinese, Mongolian and Manchu people all belong to the same nation, who does not agree with this point, please feel free." Yun Rong waved his hand and replied, Li Fugui glanced at him dissatisfied-Yun Rong was a little out of shape today, it seems that the burden of the prime minister's government affairs is too great.

"Yunhezhou, you want to drive us away, okay, I'll leave now." Liu Zongzhou was so angry that he stomped his feet and left, his protégé disciple Hulala walked away, Wu Xian and Wang Jimo looked at each other and smiled bitterly, so they had to follow behind.

In the afternoon, he and Sun Qifeng returned and officially informed the officials of Datong that the Shixue Society had decided to reorganize into the People First Party from today, and that all Republicans would not be allowed to join the Party, and at the same time demanded that a general election be held next year, and that the People First Party would challenge the Freedom Party and the Civic Party.

"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in the best way, and the name of the party is good, but Mr. Yushan, who is your party leader and prime minister? It can't be the two of you, right? Yun Rong nodded.

"The leader of the party is the old man, Sun Qitai is the prime minister of our party, and it is not possible to fight with your gang without forming a party." Liu Zongzhou patted his chest and pointed to Sun Qifeng, who was flushed.

Ortai, Li Fugui, and Chang Shu hurriedly congratulated, and Li Fugui also praised the two of them for becoming more and more like Fengzhou people, and sent away the two old men, everyone couldn't help laughing, and at this time, there were footsteps outside the door - Yang Wenyue, Yan Jizu and Song Xuezhu ran in angrily.

"The deception is too great, the People First Party said that we had a big loss, and they drove us out, and there are many people who have lost the battle, so we have to die!" Yang Wenyue shouted when he entered the tent.

Li Fugui immediately asked, "What is the attitude of Wu Zhu and Wang Jimo?" ”

"The founding of the party is Wu Xian's idea, and the party name was also taken by him, and everyone originally wanted to elect him as the leader of the party, but he said that he was deeply favored by the emperor, and it was inconvenient to form a party to embarrass the court, and Wang Jimo and the three governors also refused to join the party on the grounds of official positions." Song Xuezhu replied.

Li Fugui looked at Ortai thoughtfully and said, "Brother Duxing, the Zhaojun Tomb meeting can only end here, and we must go back to Datong immediately." ”

"The worst fears have happened, let's not make jokes about ourselves." Ortai let out a long sigh and nodded.

The Datong Federation is a freak, just wants to do business and make money, and has no interest in competing for the world, but is worried that the territory of the Guanxi is too large, and the excessive number of Han people will cause an internal power imbalance. After the revolution in Wuchang, the officials were even more worried, and they were particularly wary of the gentry in the Guannai - these local snakes were rich, powerful and prestigious, and it was easy to call for wind and rain in the locality, and it was easy to pull people to cheat votes, and they would sooner or later understand the game of the council, if they formed a party to form a joint force, they could control the council with only two advantages of large territory and more population.

This day came too quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a People First Party appeared, and the leaders of the party were still two famous Confucians of the time, and there must be a large number of responders, and there would be many people in the House of Parliament who took refuge - Ortai, Li Fugui and others were so anxious that they hurried back to Datong to convene a meeting of the leaders of the Freedom Party and the Civic Party, and Li Jianji, Sun Tingyao, and King Chu of the Liberal Party, Zhang Guoji, Gu Keli, and Lian Shan of the Civic Party soon arrived, and they were also shocked when they heard the news.

"Be bold, the Han people in Guannai also want to build the party, so I went to ask the inspection department to seal them." Lian Shan, the governor of the Treasury Envoy Division, was a Manchurian man with a white flag, and he had a hot temper, and he rolled up his sleeves when he jumped up.

Zhang Guoji held Lian Shan down, shook his head and said: "It's too bad, their power is too great, and the peasant association and squire association we have in Shanxi are afraid that they will defect." ”

"Jiangshan was brought down by the president, what do those scholars know, the power must not fall into their hands, the government is not good to come forward, let us do it." Sun Tingyao slapped the table and shouted, the king of Chu immediately expressed his support, he went to Shanxi like a fish in water, joined hands with the king of Jin and the acting king to open a silver banknote shop, and was awarded the fifth-class Bakshi Shixun for meritorious business, and also honorably joined the Liberal Party, and was elected as the secretary of the Party Central Committee.

Li Jianji glanced at Ortai and Li Fugui, and said unhurriedly: "Who dares to move Liu Wanren or Old Master Sun?" I'm afraid the president won't agree, and the big decision, General Li, or we will join hands to build the party and work together to deal with the gentry in the Guannai. ”

"Erzeng is smart!" Ortai waved his hand and said that he planned to form a two-party alliance between the Liberal Party and the Civic Party, and the officials of Datong also chose to join the two parties, and the three forces were merged into one, taking advantage of our large number of people in the House of Representatives, to immediately amend the "Federal Regulations" to block all the roads that the gentry wanted to change, and in addition, the president had the power to approve the resolutions of the House of Representatives, but he was too lazy to deal with government affairs, so he simply separated this power from the Presidential Office and established a separate Senate, which not only had the power to review and reject the resolutions of the House of Representatives, but also had the power to correct them. The number of senators for the impeachment of all officials, including the councillors, is not large, but the threshold must be high, to ensure that our people have an absolute majority, in a word, the power must be firmly in the hands of the people of Toyosu.

"Wonderful, in this way, the people of Kannai control the Council and don't want to restore it." Li Jianji clapped his hands and praised, Sun Tingyao and King Chu also danced with their eyebrows - the Liberal Party has been looking forward to this day for a long time, the power of the Chamber of Commerce is too great, known as the "Second Prime Minister's Office", and it will inevitably lead to fire if it continues to swell, in fact, the Prime Minister's Office has already made trouble, Li Jianji and Shen Shoulian In view of the fact that the inventory of silver is difficult to support a large number of additional silver banknotes, and the current situation of silver banknotes and wealthy households concealing a large amount of silver, they proposed to allow the mint to mint silver coins for private individuals, Yun Rong agreed, but took the opportunity to force the Chamber of Commerce to hand over the veto power of the Silver Banknote Bureau to the Prime Minister's Office, now it's okay, The two become one, and everything is easy to talk about.

"There is another thing, that Wu Zhu is waiting for the price to sell, pulling him into the Liberal Party, I don't want to make jokes about the Guannei Party and the Guanwai Party in the future." Li Fugui glanced at Yun Rong and added.

Yun Rong nodded: "I'll talk to him, as long as he is willing to get on our ship, let him be the prime minister." ”

"The Civic Party has little money and few talents, and it is difficult to support the overall situation, so it simply merges with the Liberal Party." Zhang Guoji, Gu Keli, and Lian Shan discussed for a while and said.

"No, the banner of the Civic Party can't be broken, there are some things that you do best, and we will find a way to spend party affairs." Ortai waved his hand and said that the Civic Party is used to doing dirty work and tiring work, and it really can't do without them.

Li Jianji smiled and was relieved: "Lao Zhang, we are now a family, and we will never lose your benefits, and the private salt business in the customs of the Chamber of Commerce will belong to you in the future." ”

A few days later, Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng were busy with the great cause of party building and went to the Senate to challenge, and Vice Speaker Fan Yongdou smiled and took out a copy of the newly drafted "Federal Regulations" for them to look at. The two old men were furious after reading it, and the new "Regulations" stipulated: All major bills, such as amending the "Federal Regulations", admitting new members, moving the capital, dissolving the Federation, etc., must be proposed by no less than 50 councillors, and approved by more than two-thirds of the councillors; The Senate with the power of supervision and review was added, and the president himself served as the speaker, and the qualifications for the senators were almost tailored to the people of Fengzhou - the senators must have served in the border town for more than five years, or those who have three immortal meritorious services of virtue, speech, and meritorious service, or those who have won the fifth class or above; The term of office of the Senate and the Senate is also clearly stipulated, and the term of office of each Senate is five years, while the term of office of the Senate is eight years; The President's powers have been further expanded, including the power to appoint three to five candidates for succession, as well as one-third of the Senate, Councillors, and Grand Law Divisions, as well as no more than 30 lifetime Senators......

"Shameless, this is a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for us, and the People First Party is firmly opposed to it, and wants to amend the "Federal Regulations" after next year's general election." Liu Zongzhou was so angry that he threw the "Regulations" in Fan Yongdou's face.

"Don't be angry, two gentlemen, this is to solicit opinions, in fact, it is useless for you to object, there are many of us in the council, and it is easy to pass this "ordinance"," Fan Yongdou bent down to pick up the "ordinance" and continued to say with a smile on his face, "I remind you two that the original "ordinance" does not stipulate the term of office of the council, and it is really difficult to say whether there will be a general election next year. ”

Liu Zongzhou was a little dumbfounded, the issue of tenure was deliberately ignored by everyone when discussing the "Federal Regulations", and only vaguely stipulated that the decision should be made by the two governments, one court and one law department.

Sun Qifeng sighed and said: "You keep saying that major events are discussed and elected publicly, but in fact you hold on to the power, this is your people-oriented!" ”

Fan Yongdou shook his head vigorously and said, "We don't hold the power in our hands, aren't you two also qualified to be elected to the Senate?" Mr. Sun should know that Fengzhou has always been governed by the virtuous, and the votes in the hands of the people are just a dog stick, so that they can only discuss politics more and more chaotically, and the ballots are not fun! Don't set yourself on fire. ”

"I'll go to Baoketu to find Li Hanmin to ask for clarification." Liu Zongzhou walked out in a huff.

"It's useless to go, the leaders of the Naturalization League have arrived, and the president is busy, so he won't care about these things." Fan Yongdou hurriedly shouted, Liu Zongzhou stopped, hesitated for a while and turned around and sat down, and studied the new "Regulations" with Sun Qifeng, Fan Yongdou immediately came over, "That's right, the "Federal Regulations" should have been revised a long time ago, everyone beat gongs and drums together to celebrate the passage of the new "Regulations", you two rest assured, next year's general election will be held, everyone is looking forward to being a senator." ”

Baoketu, this steppe industrial and commercial town without city walls is full of people, a jubilant, the leaders of the Western Regions, the West Sea, Tibet, and the Khalkha tribes have come, and the accompanying traders have also brought special products from all over the country, including horses, jade, cotton and all kinds of fruits that have never been seen before, barley, yaks, skins in Tibet, cattle and sheep in Khalkha, blankets, medicinal materials and salt cubes in the West Sea, and the people of Fengzhou warmly welcome the guests from afar, and also take out their best goods trading. The tribal meeting seemed to have turned into a mutual market meeting, and Ma Qi, the prefect of Baoketu, was ecstatic, and hit it off with Bao Zhen, the head of the chamber of commerce, and announced that the Baoketu trade fair would be held in early June every year, during which the city tax would be exempted, and the traders would be thunderous with joy.

Li Yu immediately congratulated the opening of the first Baoketu Trade Fair, and the fool Dorji grabbed a handful of cotton and squeezed it over and shouted, "Brother Yuzi, look at the cotton I planted, the yield per mu is hundreds of catties", Li Yu hugged him excitedly, and then loudly announced that the third-class Bakshdorji was unanimously elected as a saint of the Academy of Sciences because of his outstanding results in planting cotton and potatoes.

Han Lin, Li Tianjing, Chen Decai, Shi Laoliu, Li Mao and other saints hugged and celebrated with Dorji, and Wang Zheng, the prefect of the Academy of Sciences, came over with a crutch and hung a saint gold medal on Dorji's chest, everyone said that he deserved it, and Dorji was so excited that he cried.

Batu pulled Batur, the commander of the Western Regions, to the front of everyone and announced a major news - the Naturalization Alliance and the Rakshasa Kingdom confronted each other for the first time, won a great victory at Lake Amesh, and gathered more than 3,000 Rakshasa ghosts.

Batur recounted the course of the battle: Lake Amesh was a salt lake, where the Dzungars had traditionally mined salt, and the Rakshasa had been trying to monopolize the salt ponds, and the two sides were in constant conflict and growing in scale. After Vice President Batu and Associate Military Affairs Asari arrived in Tacheng, they unified deployment with Batur, mobilized more than 10,000 people from the Standing Army of the Western Regions, Hamiwei, and Turu Guards, as well as the Junggar and Heshute elites in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains to participate in the battle, and the coalition forces secretly moved to set up an ambush near Lake Amesh, Batur led the Dzungars to pretend to mine salt to lure the enemy successfully, and thousands of Rakshasa ghosts entered the encirclement, except for a few who escaped, the rest were annihilated in one fell swoop.

"This battle played the prestige of the naturalization alliance, the Kyrgyz and Kazakhs completely surrendered, Asari is leading the iron cavalry to sweep north, and the stronghold of Omsk, the stronghold of the Rakshasa ghosts, is just around the corner. However, there is also unfortunate news to tell you, last spring, the Rakshasa invaded the Volga River, and the leaders of Turghut and Orlek led the people to resist and unfortunately died heroically. Batu added with a heavy face.

The warriors of Shukul and Turghut, the sons of Orlek, in the Flying Tiger camp, hugged their heads and cried, and the people of all ethnic groups were also excited, and the cries of the western expedition and revenge resounded.

"Good brother, this revenge will definitely be avenged, but not now, what do you need me to do?" Li Yu hugged Shukuer and comforted him.

"Warriors, horses and weapons, I will go back to the Volga to fight with my people." Shukur replied through gritted teeth.

"I'll give it all to you, remember, you must be patient, even if it's a 'glorious surrender', keep the people and wait for me to fight." Li Yu said in a low voice.