The people of Shanxi and Shaanxi are not disgusted with Mongolia, but they are a little disconnected, and the Bansheng Han people are the descendants of the fleeing people and mutinous soldiers in Shanxi, and Zhang Siwei, the bachelor who contributed to the peace conference in Longqing, and Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, are also from Shanxi. Ortai's words must have been harsh to the southerners of the Ming Kingdom, but in the eyes of the people of Shanxi, this person was knowledgeable and well-versed in Mongolia and Han, and the words were obviously targeted, and the gentry fell into thinking and pondered the intentions.

"I can guess a few points of the meaning of Duxing, the use of money, the election of officials, the law, the military system, local governance, and the same race and different customs that you often say, I am willing to listen to you." Zhang Pengyun said with a smile.

Ortai nodded, pointed at Li Huai and said: "Yushan is supervising the new policy in Shanxi, and the situation is the most familiar, so let's talk about it first." ”

Li Huai is shrewd and capable, fair, Shanxi gentry have a very good impression of him, especially two things, won unanimous praise from top to bottom - Li Huai in Shanxi vigorously promoted the "Private Property Protection Order", publicly announced that "do not suppress mergers, free operation", strictly prohibit intrusion on the gentry's land and property, and at the same time encourage private business and trade, Shanxi has a tradition of doing business, curb the power of the government, the gentry dare to do big business, the people rely on work also have a bowl of rice to eat, Shanxi after the disaster gradually regained its vitality. The Shanxi Peasant Association is a strange trick drummed up by the Civic Party, most of the leaders are hooligans and gangsters in the countryside, ruthless and bold, taking advantage of the chaos in Shanxi to seize power and run rampant in the township, these guys do not know how to do government affairs, but they rely on the backers behind them, and blackmail the rich and oppress the good under the sign of doing things for the people, which is better than the original government, Li Huai went to the countryside to visit and found this situation, denounced the peasant association as a "ruffian association", and strictly ordered the Civic Party to clean up the door. After the autumn harvest, the peasant association was comprehensively reorganized, and when the family members were basically replaced by the small and medium-sized landlords who were the most angry in the countryside, the leaders of the peasant associations who were rampant were sent to prison, and the folk customs of Shanxi took on a new look, and Li Huai also got the nickname of "Li Qingtian".

"Mencius said, 'blisters have fat meat, stables have fat horses, the people have hunger, the wild have hunger, is to lead the beast and eat people', the Ming Dynasty is such a scene, you are familiar with the history, you can know that the Central Plains dynasties have a continuous cycle of chaos, a hundred years of small chaos, two hundred years of chaos, three hundred years of chaos has become a law, I carefully examine it, thinking that all the great unification must respect the Legalist, the past dynasties are said to govern the country with Confucianism, the law is the bone of Confucianism, and the world is not to rule the country with the Legalist without defeat! Toyosu will not follow this old path, but will find a new way to build a new country. Li Huai got up and talked eloquently, then waved to Yun Rong.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my Fengzhou is vast and overcrowded, and I will never covet your land and population, and the charter for the merger of the towns has been drafted, which is called the "Federal Ordinance". Yun Rong got up and distributed the official document to the gentry, which drew on the feudal example of King Zun of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the autonomy of the city-state of Taixi, and consulted with Wang Zheng, Father Deng Ruoshui, and others, who were both Chinese and Western, and wrote it by him.

First of all, the "Federal Regulations" made it clear that the people of the state capitals and health centers of Xuanda jointly pursued freedom, equality, and benevolence, and voluntarily formed a united community, the federation, on the premise of ensuring compliance with the laws of the "Naturalization Oath", "Private Property Protection Order", "Freedom of Movement Order", and "Prosperity and Strengthening the People Order". The federal capital is Datong, honors the Ming Emperor, uses the name of the Great Dynasty, but enjoys all the rights of the state, and all the decrees and decrees of the Ming Dynasty must be reviewed and approved by the Senate and approved by the President before they can be implemented.

Regarding the law, the "Regulations" believe that the Ming Dynasty should have followed the Song law by restoring the Han system, but Taizu established the "Daming Law" but pretended to inherit the Tang law, which is in line with the Yuan law, and the descendants of the future generations are not allowed to change a word - the Yuan law is barbaric and brutal, and the Yuan people are lenient and do not use it, how can the law be introduced to govern the compatriots, and all the Ming laws and unkind torture and cheap status will be abolished in the future. Each state capital shall set up a two-level legal department according to the Fengzhou regulations, and judge the case according to the precedents of the Fengzhou Grand Law Division, good folk customs and refer to the Song Law, and shall not conflict with the "Naturalization Oath", "Private Property Protection Order", "Free Movement Order" and "Rich People and Strong People Order". In the past, local governors should concentrate on government affairs and should not interfere with the administration of justice.

The Confederation implements local self-government at two levels, and the people elect the councillors of the prefectural and county councils, the judges of the judicial department, and the prefects and prefects of the prefectures. The central government is composed of two governments, one court and one law department, the functions and powers of the House of Representatives, the Grand Law Department and the Prime Minister's Office remain the same, while the President has made outstanding achievements and is supported by all the people, and his power is sacred and cannot be restrained, and he has the right to establish the Presidential Office by his own elected officials, and inherit the power in accordance with the "Statute of the Succession of the President". In addition, a number of autonomous prefectures have set up the Presidential Office and the Supreme Law Department to exercise the central powers, among which the commander or prime minister has the right to transfer the people's army of each prefecture.

In view of the lack of officials, the "Regulations" put forward the proposal that the Prime Minister's Office should organize the examination and selection of officials - in addition to participating in the imperial imperial examination, scholars can also study and practice to participate in the official examination, and obtain the qualification of junior officials through the primary examination, and can serve in any prefecture and county official office without being restricted by their place of origin, and can choose to participate in the public election for officials at the prefecture and county levels after serving for three years, and those who are aspiring can also participate in the senior official examination, and stay in the center or the office as a clerk after being admitted, and be eligible to run for election or be elected as an official at all levels after serving for three years.

In terms of financial use, the "Regulations" stipulate that silver coins, silver banknotes, and copper dollars are the trading currencies of the Federation, and that all silver taels and copper coins will be stopped in the first month of next year, and that the ban on official sales will be abolished, and free business will be encouraged, and the government will promise that it will never compete with the people for profit. The tax system is almost copied from Fengzhou, and the land tax shall not exceed 10% of the land property, and the municipal tax and labor tax shall be left to the local government for self-collection and self-support, and the commercial tax shall be exclusive to the Prime Minister's Office, and the businessman shall obtain the Kanhe and red tickets from the Taxation Department and pay the tithe, and the Taxation Department shall levy taxes and inspect taxes according to the tickets, and the difference is that salt, iron, silk brocade, wine, vinegar, tea, tobacco, etc., in addition to paying tithes, will be levied an additional 10% of the shipment tax.

In terms of the military system, the "Regulations" believe that when the country is in trouble, wars are frequent, and the armament must not be relaxed, all men over the age of 16 and under the age of 50 are garrison soldiers, and they have the responsibility of serving in the army to defend their homes, and each village must build a people's army squad, each township must build a people's army squadron, and each county and Sanzhou must build a people's army brigade, and the elite of the garrison shall not be less than 20 days a year to organize men to practice martial arts, and the elite of the garrison shall be selected and sent to various prefectures and Zhili Prefecture as reserve soldiers, and the reserve soldiers shall be incorporated into the battalion sequence, and the training with the battalion shall not be less than 20 days a year, and the state government shall issue money and food subsidies. In his spare time, he worked as a farmer in the countryside, and in wartime he was conscripted into the battalion and treated the same as that of a battalion soldier, and the presidential office set up garrison posts in each state capital to take charge of the garrison, the training and transfer of reservists, and the appointment and dismissal of officers of the civilian army at all levels.

Only the old slippery head is not old and stubborn who dare to deal with the people of Fengzhou, and after reading the "Regulations", they will know what is good or bad, but they still have to bargain, and they will complain after a while.

"There is a imperial examination, what kind of official examination is carried out, and the scholar has a shortcut to become an official, which one still concentrates on reading the books of sages and sages to serve the imperial court? Let's rob the emperor's talents, how can we bear it! ”

"There is also a military system, the imperial court only raises a million soldiers, and our five or six million people have to train so many men, no, the local government can't afford it, and the people are familiar with military affairs, what should we do if we rebel in the future?"

"The common people are living a hard life, salt, iron, wine, vinegar, tea, and tobacco are all taxed, and the commercial tax and land tax are far more than one of the thirty of the imperial court, and you still don't let people live?"

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Li Huai sneered a few times and replied: "The examination is still the examiner's own convenience, everyone has their own ambitions, why do you bother with this leisure, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are just inferior dogs who take care of the home and the hospital, millions are especially insufficient, our army is not external to the outside world, the nobility is not expensive, the army can't spend a few of your money on the people, and it doesn't matter if the people rebel, let them re-elect the government to continue to govern, I don't believe that the people don't know what ......to do."

Li Jianji took over the conversation and said sarcastically: "You take care of your own people, the life of the common people will be better, I know the truth of doing business best, the government does not do domineering business, the goods on the market will only be more and more, cheaper and cheaper, what is the tax added." ”

"This "Regulations" has not treated us badly, you don't need to say much," Zhang Pengyun held the "Regulations" and waved his hand to the gentry, and asked the Fengzhou officials: "The old man has always had a doubt, as the saying goes, the world is unified, the four seas are Xianning, all dynasties have not governed the place with the policy of guarding the inside with the outside and the strong, but you have done the opposite, local autonomy is of course good for us, but the center is weak when the place is bigger, whether it is the foreign invaders or the internal thieves are difficult to deal with, are you sure of success?" ”

Li Fugui shook his head and said: "I am not sure, so I changed the yuan system, imitated the provincial system to set up a line, the circuit legal department to act as the central power, and set up a state government garrison to control the local armed forces. Foolishly thought that the governance of the past dynasties was nothing more than a grasp of death, a mess, chaos and then arrest, catch and die, the cycle of chaos and chaos began again and again, since we know that the old road is so ended, it is better to spell out a new road for future generations. ”

"Yushan and I have communicated, we have no choice, the Ming Dynasty has been in war and famine for many years, the people are in danger, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shandong have lost nearly half of their population, if measures are not taken in time, Shanxi and Xuanfu will also follow in their footsteps, but we have no money and food, and the local government of the imperial court is not able to use it, and we can only take the road of local autonomy to maintain the local area and restore the people's livelihood, otherwise we will wait for the people to die almost and then come to the next world rule," Zhang Daojun was silent, then stood up and stared at Ortai and Li Fugui and asked, "I have no questions about the "Federal Regulations" No comment, but could you please explain how the seats in the House are distributed? ”

This sentence asked the point, Ortai and Li Fugui looked at each other a few times, and said that there are a total of 300 seats in the House of Representatives, of which 100 seats are designated by the Presidential Palace, which is the inalienable power of the original commander, under the rule of Fengzhou, there are currently eight autonomous bodies such as Guihua Prefecture, Baoketu Prefecture, Xuandewei, Dongshengwei, Xinghewei, Kaipingwei, Hamiwei, and Tulu Fanwei, and Shanxi has five prefectures of Taiyuan, Datong, Fenzhou, Pingyang, and Lu'an, and three Zhili Prefectures of Zezhou, Qinzhou, and Liaozhou, which are also eight autonomous bodies. Therefore, the two sides will each allocate 100 seats, as for the Xuanfu, because it has not yet been reformed, the seats will not be allocated for the time being, and the next step is to set up the Xuanhua Mansion, which will be under the jurisdiction of the eastern Xingtai together with Kaiping, Xinghe and Liangwei.

Zhang Daojun laughed angrily: "Shanxi has a population of four or five million, Fengzhou has a population of only a few people, and the two guards of Hami and Tulu Domain add up to less than 100,000 people. ”

"Our Xuanfu Town obviously has three guards in the front, left, and right, so why should we send it to Xuanhua Mansion, and we won't agree!" The Xuanfu gentry also shouted.

The seat is power, is wealth, both sides are clear about this, Shanxi and Xuanfu people insist on distributing seats according to population, and demand that the capital be Taiyuan, Fengzhou people think that the territory is large, they should occupy more seats, and threaten to withdraw from the customs rather than let the seats, the capital of Taiyuan do not talk, there is the nest of Shanxi people, don't try to deceive them!

Li Fugui was annoyed, stood up and said coldly: "I will make it clear that the federation can only set the capital Datong, and the power must also be controlled in the hands of the people of Fengzhou, and these two points will not be shaken for a hundred years." If you are familiar with the scriptures and history, you should know the allusions to the Western Liang Mutiny in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the rebellion of the six towns in the north of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and you should also know the cause of the current Liaodong trouble. Our main threat in the future comes from the north, there must be a loyal and strong force to guard the northern frontier, the more seats in Fengzhou, the power and wealth will be tilted to the north, and the life of the border soldiers will be a little better, this is not to bully you Guannei people, but for the long-term peace and stability of the country. ”

"I must emphasize the same race and different customs, since we should treat each other as brothers when we live in a family, we are not Tatars, Jiannu, Han Yi, you are not Han people, Ming people, not to mention China with the Quartet as the barbarians, there is only one species in the future - federal citizens, please leave if you don't agree, I don't want to see compatriots kill each other in the future," Ortai interjected, seeing Zhang Daojun and the others' faces turn pale, and sighed and said, "We are actually more difficult, you feel bullied, but our people are more worried about being annexed, Convincing these people is not easy. ”

"More than half of the population of Fengzhou is from Shanxi, Datong is also the territory of Shanxi people, and the "Free Movement Order" encourages immigration, as long as you are willing to serve the country, your people can be naturalized in Fengzhou at any time, I am afraid that most of the seats will fall into the hands of Shanxi people in the future, in the final analysis, you still control the power." Zhou Yi reminded Zhang Daojun in a low voice that the Shanxi gentry were not angry.

The two sides talked about dispersing when it was dark, Ortai, Li Fugui and their entourage returned to the Datong General Military Mansion, and as soon as they entered the compound, they heard a noise - the "Federal Regulations" had been sent to the councillor for deliberation, and the speaker of the parliament, Omulun, was furious after reading it, and ran to the General Military Mansion with Hang Gao, Gunchuk, and Erle to theorize, Na Mu'er and Chang Shu failed to convince them, and the two sides slapped the table and quarreled, Li Yu sat on the side and did not speak, but his face was gloomy and frightening.

"Ortai, have you gone to find the people of Shanxi? I tell you, Toyosu is ours, and no one can think of betraying it. Omulun yelled when he saw Ortai.

"Omulun, how can you be rude in front of the big judgment, shut up immediately!" Batu glared at his brother.

Ortai glanced at Omulun coldly, and said slowly: "Omulun, you first think about two questions before arguing, first, if the thieves enter Shanxi to block the trade route, what will happen to Fengzhou?" Second, if the Qing army moves south to occupy western Liaoning and Zhili, can Fengzhou's current strength compete with it? ”

Li Yu was impatient, waved his hand to drive out the group of Omulun who were still in a daze, and after listening to Batu's talk about today's negotiation, he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It's good that they don't agree, the Datong people are willing to merge with Fengzhou, and the requirements are not high, just hold the first line of the Inner Great Wall, and we will save a lot of trouble." ”

Zhang Daojun and others convened a meeting of the gentry overnight, to their surprise, the gentry applauded the "Federal Regulations" - they thought they were going to be slaughtered, but the knife did not fall, but the benefits were enough, plus that tax is nothing at all, there is no government extortion, there is no harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the burden is lighter, the gentry are now most afraid of the thief, that guy is getting more and more powerful, the second siege of Kaifeng in the first month, maybe one day will run into Shanxi, this is the big trouble, they can't wait to pull Fengzhou on the boat immediately, and they don't bother to take care of other things.

Three days later, the general meeting was officially convened, the price code had been privately negotiated, both sides had their own gains, and they were all happy, although the Omulun gang could not figure it out, but they had been warned in advance and did not dare to be presumptuous, the meeting was always carried out in a cheerful and harmonious atmosphere, and they also found a common topic - free trade and the extermination of thieves, so they could not wait to draft two bills:

The Free Trade Decree stipulates that the territory of the Federation shall be a unified market, and that the local government offices shall protect the free passage of merchants and goods in their jurisdictions, and shall not set up road signs to collect money or goods, or engage in other acts that hinder free commerce.

The Federal Selective Service Order declares that a well-trained and well-armed militia is the strongest guarantee of local self-government and federal security, that all citizens of the Federation should practice martial arts, that everyone may bear arms, that everyone has the duty to act as a militia to guard their homes, and that garrisons and reservists who are not paid are called militias.

Before the formation of the Federal Assembly, these two decrees could not be considered, but the bigwigs of the local parliaments were present, patting their chests and promising to implement them first - doing business and preventing thieves are the major matters of the moment.

On the last day, Li Yu announced the successful conclusion of the congress, and that all state capitals and health offices should elect federal councillors for their respective regions as soon as possible, and the first meeting of the Bundestag would be held in Datong in May, when the Datong Federation would be formally established. Everyone was applauding, and Han Lin stood up with a banner - this is a red, white, and blue three-color horizontal banner, and in the middle is the black eagle that everyone knows, this new battle flag of the federation represents freedom, equality, and benevolence, and also represents the republican governance of the federation of Han, Mongolia, and Manchu.

The venue was thunderous, everyone hugged Han Lin and walked out, the sky was raining lightly, and the cry of "Long live the Federation" resounded all over Datong City.