Chapter 212: Constitutional Amendment
Yang Wenli is now doing nothing, first enacting laws, the law is the basis of the constitutional monarchy, is the normative standard of all behavior, related to all aspects of society, without the law, the government departments have no basis for law enforcement, can not effectively carry out their work.
The next day was the court meeting, all the officials arrived, and after a visit, Yang Wenli presided over the court meeting and began to speak.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today we first formulate the Constitution, which is the fundamental law of the state, which establishes the form of state power, the sovereignty of the state, the rights and obligations of the people, the national flag, the national anthem, the national emblem, and the prerequisites for amending, adding to or subtracting from the provisions of the Constitution, and so on.
First of all, the preamble, the Constitution of the Far Eastern Kingdom, which was formulated by me and sworn by all the officials, for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the Far Eastern Kingdom.
Second, the principles of the Constitution, this Constitution is based on the centralized monarchy, with the three major rights and freedoms of the people as the purpose, and all the people resolutely support the leadership and rule of the Far Eastern royal family as the foundation.
Thirdly, the detailed rules, Article 1, the country, the Far Eastern Kingdom is a multi-ethnic and pluralistic monarchical centralized state, its territory is vast, the vast sea and islands in the southeast sea from the Qingjin Strait to the north, the land from the north of the Heilongjiang River, the vast Far East and Siberia east of the Ural Mountains are the sacred and inviolable land of the Far Eastern Kingdom, if the land is added in the future, it can be supplemented. ”
Speaking of this, Yang Wenli said with a straight face: "Ladies and gentlemen, the area I just talked about is the goal of the first stage of my country, and it must be completed within the first five-year period.
The second stage was to unify the Liaodong and Mongol tribes, completely eliminate the Later Jin regime founded by Nurhachi, and lay a solid foundation for the next step of unifying China.
This phase is also five years, and everyone must work together towards this overall goal. ”
The ministers under the "ministers obey the order" were encouraged by Yang Wenli, and they all got up and bowed down.
"Flat!" Yang Wenli was very satisfied with the performance of his courtiers, and he waved his hand to give a gracious order.
After everyone was seated, Yang Wenli continued:
"Article 2, the national flag, the national flag is a rectangle of 1:1.618, the lower part 3/1 is three wide red lines on a white background, representing the three major powers and freedoms of the people, and the upper part 3/2 is a blue background representing the blue sky, and the blue background is inlaid with a golden crown, each crown represents a sovereign territory of the kingdom, which can be increased indefinitely.
Article 3, the national anthem, the title of the song "Song of the Conqueror", the lyrics are as follows:
Free, equal, rich, and powerful Far Eastern Kingdoms, you are a monument to the human world.
The industrious, courageous, kind and intelligent people of the Far East, under the correct guidance of His Majesty the King, forged ahead courageously to usher in a new era in the human world.
Go ahead! People all over the world are in dire straits, and they need you to save them.
Go ahead! The prosperity of the human world needs your guidance.
The five states and the four oceans, as well as the boundless starry sky, there is your majestic posture everywhere.
Yes! The great kingdom of the Far East, the motherland I love, you are my pride.
Yes! Merciful Your Majesty, you are the mentor of human democracy and freedom.
Yes! Wise Your Majesty, you are a pioneer of human technological civilization.
People of all nationalities are bathed in your glory, happy and proud.
Yes! My great motherland. ”
After reading the lyrics, Yang Wenli also sang it himself, and the tune was composed by Yang Wenli in combination with the more majestic songs such as "Germany You Are Above All Else" and the Soviet Union's "Unbreakable Alliance", which was passionate and majestic, inspiring, and resonated with many ministers.
Although there are some boastful words in the lyrics, it is undeniable that this national anthem is very inspiring, ambitious, and arrogant, which is beyond the ordinary people to create, and only a founding monarch like him has such great ambitions and minds.
After singing the song, all the ministers applauded warmly in support.
Zhou Shiji walked to the middle, bowed his head and played: "Your Majesty, it is not a courtier's flattery, the song is beautiful and majestic, the lyrics are inspiring, it is indeed a rare good song, I am afraid it is also the first national anthem in the world, this is the pride of my Far Eastern Kingdom." ”
"Hahahaha! Zhou Aiqing is too famous, in fact, Western countries have national anthems, this is because Western instruments are good at playing songs, and my Eastern instruments can't do it.
We also need to go to Hirado, Japan, to find a Dutch trading company and order a few sets of Western musical instruments.
Good! Let's get down to business, Zhou Qing, please take a seat. ”
After Zhou Shiji sat down, Yang Wenli began to preach again in a happy mood:
"Article 4, the national emblem, please see, this is a sketch of my drawing, the national flag is painted in a circle, the upper part of a flat copper strip, engraved with four characters, the Far Eastern Kingdom, and then above is a crown, representing me and the royal family, and the bottom part is a small half circle of olive branches to support the bottom, and the olive branch represents peace, wealth, and stability.
From Article 5 onwards, it is a formal legal provision, including detailed provisions on the three basic rights and freedoms of the people, and every legal provision must be carefully scrutinized, and the Constitution is the fundamental law and cannot be arbitrarily added or changed.
After it is formulated, it will be handed over to the orphan for review and printing, and it will be immediately distributed and preached to the whole country.
Other laws shall be drafted by the government department and shall be approved by the Parliament before they shall be implemented......"
Yang Wenli released the task, he has limited intelligence alone, it is impossible to cover everything, and it is better to gather the wisdom of everyone than him.
In the next few days, he gathered various courtiers, talked to each other individually, and decided on the heads of various government departments.
Among them, Li Huaixuan served as a member of the administrative committee, the secretary general, and two shipowners with a literate level served as members, forming the initial leading body of the government department, and the three also served as the chief officials of the subordinate departments at the department level.
Huang Zian is the extremely important director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and Wu Kuan, another head of the logistics department, is the director of the State Administration of Taxation.
These are government departments, two extremely important departments, and Yang Wenli is not at ease to let the Japanese take up the position.
One of the most important positions was the Chief Justice of the Court, a position that could be re-elected for life, and after a struggle, the former Matsumae Domain's pen head family Lao Inoue trusted him, and was recommended by Matsumae Kohiro to ascend to the throne.
In this regard, the Chinese are not comparable to the Japanese, and most of the Japanese are dead-headed, and if they recognize the right things, they will not easily change, unlike the Chinese, so the Japanese are more suitable to be justices.
In other government departments, the director of the police department is an important position, which is considered a paramilitary organization, and is held by Li Huaixuan himself.
There is also the Financial Secretary and the Director of Audit, both of whom are concurrently held by two former shipowners.
These are all Yang Wenli's hardcore descendants, so Yang Wenli is relieved to let them be in charge.
It is said that the thirty shipowners who followed Yang Wenli to Liaodong, only such less than ten shipowners are educated, and the rest are some big bosses, Yang Wenli wants to re-entrust them, and they are not competent, which is their biggest regret in this life.
There are more than a dozen government departments left, all of which are Japanese as chief officials, no way, although Yang Wenli still has more than 100 traitor scholars, but they are still slaves, it is impossible to serve as the head of the department, they can only be the subordinates of the chief officer, relying on their own efforts in the future, to reduce their crimes, and restore their civilian status, it is possible to be heavily responsible.
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