Do you think it's too monotonous to just ask and answer with the Queen Mother, so you also made an appointment with Li Qingchen in advance?

Even Zhang Dian was doubting whether there was a tacit understanding between Han Gang and Li Qingchen.

Although the other courtiers had discussed this matter with Han Gang no earlier than him, so they had already known the inside story, even if they were not afraid of Han Gang's power, they should have known Han Gang's personality for a long time, and they would not be arrogant enough to think that they could find such a big flaw in Han Gang's thoughtful plan.

With Han Gang's mind, it is impossible not to think of the problem of the number of military state hukou, with Han Gang's temperament, since there is such a conspicuous flaw in his plan, it is definitely a trap left by him deliberately.

Zhang Dian asked himself, if he encountered this situation, he would definitely have to hesitate for a while.

But Zhang Dian didn't know that the Queen Mother was frowning tightly, glaring at Li Qingchen's vague figure below. The rhythm of asking the right questions was disrupted, which made her headache even more intense.

As soon as he got out of class, Li Qingchen secretly screamed in his heart.

I was impulsive, but I forgot what kind of person Han Gang was, maybe I robbed the Queen Mother's words. But now that he has come out, Li Qingchen also knows that he must keep talking.

“…… Wouldn't it be fair if two of the 400 military states were members of the Great Council, no matter how close they looked? ”

If the share of parliamentarians is determined by the household registration in the state, the newly established territories and border states and counties will definitely suffer, but no one can say that it is wrong. How can a low-class prefecture and county with one or two thousand households be compared with a large prefecture with one or two hundred thousand households, and can it be that there are only two councillors in the imperial court in such large prefectures as Kaifeng, Jingzhao, Henan, Yingtian, and Daimyo?

After raising his own questions, Li Qingchen looked at Han Gang silently, waiting for his response.

Han Gang is indeed a group of people who have been prepared for a long time, "It is true, but it is common for a household in the north to have a large population, and it is common for three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to be separated, and one household is often four or five ding, while in the south, there are many two or three families in one household, and nearly thirty percent of the roads in Zhejiang are single households, and the east and west roads in the south of the Yangtze River are also roughly the same." If the number of legislators is demarcated by household registration, it will inevitably be too much to condescend to the military state of Beidi. ”

Listening to Han Gang's answer, Li Qingchen was even more confused.

Han Gang did not defend the inferior military states with sparse hukou, but he brought the topic to the difference between the hukou in the north and the south.

Han Gang's words are indeed reasonable, just the east and west of the Yangtze River plus the two Zhejiang and Fujian four roads, there are 6 million households, and the entire north, including Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, Gyeonggi and Jingjingxi, the total number of households is only 20% more.

But the division between the north and the south is like a chasm. The hostility of the northerners to the southerners, and the disdain of the southerners to the northerners, carried out the whole dynasty. Speaking so directly in the palace is clearly to provoke trouble, is this what the prime minister should say?

This is not at all like Han Gang's personality, nor is it in line with his attitude that he has always tried his best to bridge the gap between the north and the south.

What's more, even if he continued to say it according to Han Gang's tone, the result was still not in his favor after all.

The wariness of Han Gang made Li Qingchen more cautious, so cautious that the Queen Mother couldn't help but speak, and he didn't speak again.

Empress Dowager Xiang is indeed impatient to wait, she just wants to settle the palace as soon as possible and go back to rest, "Even if it is not calculated by household, it can be counted by the number of dingkou." ”

Li Qingchen shook his head.

If they are all calculated according to the number of dings, the difference in the size of the households in the north and south will have no effect. But even if this is done, the north still still suffers, whether it is calculated according to the number of households, the number of dings, or the number of people, it is now the south that has the advantage.

Han Gang, who proposed to convene a big council, how could he let the north suffer such a loss?

"The Great Song Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and although the old people over sixty years old are no longer listed on the tax books, how can they be excluded from governing the family and asking about politics?"

Adult men from 16 to 60 are Ding, they are the most important producers, and they are also the main objects of the imperial court's taxes, and they are the only group of people who need to serve, so in the imperial court tax books, only them, there are no old and weak women and children. The imperial court's population statistics were also placed on adult males.

If the number of legislators is based on the number of members of parliament based on the number of effective population, this is more convincing than the household registration standard. But since the words came from the mouth of the Queen Mother, Han Gang of course had a response, and immediately hung up the word 'filial piety' - the Confucian disciples discussed matters and left the old people in the family behind, which is unreasonable.

Or some people will say, "Han Gang didn't let the Queen Mother sing and harmonize again this time, he and himself" Ding was removed from the list of sixty, but the name can still be found in the old books, as long as it is confirmed that he is still alive, this number can also be counted. But you can't just be filial to your father and ancestors? ”

Yes, of course, you can't just be filial to your fathers and ancestors. Mothers and grandmothers have to be filial to their knees.

But if it is according to Han Gang's words, how can this be calculated? Is it for all women over the age of sixteen, or only for married women?

Li Qingchen thought about it, Han Gang didn't want to include all the children.

If that were the case, Li Qingchen would not be sure. The number of newborns is not much different from the number of pox, but this number is completely in the hands of the Department of Health and Welfare, and perhaps over the years, the north has given birth to many more young children than the south - speaking of which, the vice of infantile drowning still exists in the south, and it is not impossible that there are fewer than in the north.

Just when Li Qingchen was suspicious, Wu Yan's doubts in his heart were even worse.

No one knows the birth rate and the number of infants in various places better than the chief official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, not to mention that Wu Yan is now also a member of the parliamentary council, and the statistics of the world's household registration are not a secret to him.

If you count the number of Dingkou west of Tongguan, unless you can count the naturalized Yi people from the Western Regions, Ganliang, Ningxia and other roads, then you can barely reach six or seven million.

If we only count the Han Chinese, including the number of children who have grown rapidly in recent years, the population is estimated to be more than 12 million, but the number of people in Dingkou will only be 4 million, less than one-tenth of the total number in the world.

It is not cost-effective for Kansai to determine the number of members of the council according to the household registration or the number of residents.

Unless it is according to Han Gang's suggestion, the number of military states is used to determine the number of councilors. The land that has expanded to the foot of the Green Mountains can be regarded as a part of Kansai. Such a force can be able to play a pivotal role in parliament.

But if Han Gang wants to get through guò, there are people in the court who turn their faces against him, especially Zhang Dun, who was born in Fujian......

Wu Yan stared at the prime minister who was standing safely in the class, could it be that Zhang Dian still supported Han Gang in this matter? How sure is he?

Indeed, he should be sure. ’

Kumamoto glanced at Zhangton, also thinking.

As a marginal person in the two prefectures, although he had been informed in advance, Kumamoto was still ignorant of the details of Han Gang's attack today.

Kumamoto doesn't really like the Rausch Parliament.

Giving the power of the Son of Heaven to the world, Han Gang has a good reputation, and there is no need to worry about some people saying that he is a powerful minister. However, there are many cases of mutual discrimination among scholars in various places, and they compete for the benefits of the township in the parliament, and they are afraid that all martial arts can be opened, and they scold and fight every day, and the majesty of the court will not be seen at all.

However, after Han Gang proposed the Great Council, Kumamoto was surprised, and he was already subconsciously calculating the two systems for electing parliamentarians, which was more in his interests. At the same time, they are also 'helping' Han Gang and Zhang Dian to count their supporters.

The members of the Great Council are elected by the localities, and the situation of the township party is bound to be stricter. In contrast, the struggle between the old and new parties and the struggle for unification can be described as insignificant in the face of the township party.

Among Zaifu, Han Gang has the greatest advantage. He has a relationship with Hedong, Jingjingxi, and even Gyeonggi and Hebei, and the whole north actually supports him.

The reason why Wang Anshi's reform was successful was because of the fact that from the middle of Renzong, the number of Jinshi in the south began to overwhelm the north. This ensured that in the early years of Xining, Wang Anshi was able to pull up a wave of 'newcomers' from the south to consolidate the team, and Xiong Ben joined in at that time.

And Han Gang has been able to sit firmly as prime minister over the years and unscrupulously implement his own system, and the support from northern officials is a big factor. Without the support of grassroots officials, it is normal for government decrees not to go out of Xuandemen, and it is with the help of Guanxi and even most northern officials that Han Gang can expand his authority to every corner of the court.

But on the other hand, in today's court, except for Han Gang, the northerners can't find a better choice. does not support Han Gang, and the prime minister of the southerners will never give much consideration to the interests of the northerners when formulating policies.

But in the south, Han Gang also has no shortage of supporters. Although Liangguang is the south, it is the basic plate of Han Gang, and the people of Qi Xuemen occupy the position of academic politics in the states and counties of Guangnan Road.

Shu is also the south, and is despised by the northerners, the so-called 'Fujian and Shu are the same wind, there are worms in the belly', but they will never merge with the south of the Yangtze River, but are closer to Shaanxi, where transportation is more convenient. However, Kumamoto has been in Shu for many years, and he is sure that he will not lose to Han Gang.

With the entire north, as well as two or three roads in the south, Han Gang is a standout among Zaifu.

Compared with Han Gang, Zhang Dian is much worse, even in the new party, he does not cover the sky with one hand, and the same is true in the township. There are too many high-ranking officials in Fujian, such as Su Song, Zhang Dan, and Lu Huiqing, each of whom has different positions, which makes the Fujian-born parliamentarians inevitably split.

Outside of Fujian, Jinghu and Lianglu, especially Hunan, Zhangdun's influence is the largest, and his influence is second only to Hangang.

If it is determined according to the household registration and population, the Liangzhejiang Road, which accounts for one-tenth of the country's household registration and as many as two million households, can produce the most parliamentarians, but whether it is Zhang Dian or Han Gang, they lack enough influence on the Liangzhejiang Road. Coupled with the two roads in the south of the Yangtze River, the scale of nearly five million households is difficult for them to touch.

Han Gang's proposal of two members of the Great Council of each state today is the result of the formulation of Jiangzuo Zhulu, and Zhang Dian must have played a role in it. Just one Jiangnan can occupy half of the parliamentary meeting.

It's just that from the current attitude of Han Gang and Zhang, they don't necessarily have to force this article of two councilors per state, on the contrary, this charter should have room for discussion.

In other words, Han Gang has a plan.

And for Kumamoto, Han Gang's success is the key he wants to know.

Of course, Han Gang has a plan, and in the end, it is a big deal to decide on the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Today's first throw is just an introduction, originally only arranged the opening of the Queen Mother, and the rest will wait for people to come forward to refute it, and lead to the following in the debate, but unfortunately there are too many smart people, except for Li Qingchen, no one bites the hook.

The reason why the super-empire of later generations set the bicameral system was entirely because of the result of the game between the thirteen founding states, and no one could suppress anyone, so they could only compromise in this way.

Therefore, Han Gang felt that it was best to let people quarrel and then decide on the charter. The council is going to be opened, this is Han Gang's suggestion, but how to open it, how to determine the charter, it should not be up to one person to decide, otherwise no one will be convinced, even if it can be suppressed for a while, it will make trouble in the future.

It's just that...... When Han Gang stood facing north, he had been paying attention to the movement behind him, but until this moment, there was no one to answer.

With such a big interest and such an important system change, it turned into a cold field, and Han Gang also hoped that the atmosphere would be warmer and the disputes more intense, so that it could be a complete and successful meeting.

Is it because he was oppressed too hard in the past? made everyone as afraid of seeing people as the little daughter-in-law.

It's better to be a little more restrained in the future.

Han Gang thought.