On the second day after Wu Haogu and others returned to Liaoyang Mansion from Lushun Mansion, next to the Imperial Palace of Liaoyang Mansion, the former Liaoguo Tokyo Left-behind Division Yamen, and the current Senate Liaoyang Mansion Station, it was as if a pot was boiled.

Because just last night, although Wu Haogu did not meet with these persuasive veterans on the grounds that he was tired from the journey, he asked Su Hao to come forward and held a meeting with the elders, explaining Wu Haogu's determination to serve the public in the world and the situation of the "six-level citizenship system" and the "noble veteran system".

The patriarchs didn't say anything at the time, and after returning to their temporary residence, they naturally discussed with the staff and disciples for a while, and almost figured out the advantages and disadvantages of the "six-level citizenship system" and the "noble veteran system".

So this morning, everyone has something to say.

"The sixth-level citizenship system is still good, and we, the meritorious heroes, naturally can't be on the same level as ordinary people."

"Actually, it's not perfect, such as donating to upgrade...... Millions of dollars are donated, and they are directly the father of a family, which is too easy, right? ”

"Millions of dollars is still easy? Do you think that the money of our Tianjin businessmen is blown by a strong wind? ”

"Hmph, if you want me to say, some of the Duguan families are just grass on the wall, not republican Yuan at all!"

"What do you say? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu chopped you with a knife? “

"Who are you scaring about? When Lao Tzu was crisscrossing the sea, your family was still a lackey of the Liao people! ”

"Damn, I still don't believe ......"

"Alright, alright! Don't make any noise, don't do it! This is the Senate!

Regardless of whether the businessman is in charge, meritorious is a meritorious hero! To put it in detail, the ruling party is also a businessman. ”

"Yes, yes, let's talk about it, is the sixth-level citizenship system and the noble veteran system good?"

The quality of the first generation of republican patriarchs is really ...... Moreover, Tianjin's merchant elders are also super fierce. It was the patriarch of the Haizhou flower family who was mad just now, and Hua Manhai. The old flower family is not only a slave, but also a pirate, who is afraid of whom?

Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, Murong Wangwu and Ma Renwang hurriedly changed the topic.

"Good, but not good enough."

"Where is it not enough?"

"Two points, one is that there is no emperor...... I'm not used to it!

There is another point, I didn't say what to do with the state. If the six-level citizenship system is implemented throughout the country, then how can the states be maintained? ”

Not having an emperor is still a problem...... I'm not used to it! There has been an emperor for more than 1,300 years, but now there is no more, who can get used to it?

Someone immediately proposed a solution, "There is no emperor's business to do, let's continue to elect the ruling government and become the emperor." ”

"Continue to choose? He won't do it......"

"But we didn't choose it! There's got to be a process for this kind of thing...... The ruling is a great Confucian, how can he be the same as the Taizu of the Zhao family, grab the emperor and do it? ”

"That's right! The great Confucians are modest...... This matter has to be done step by step. ”

There is no problem with the emperor, and it is temporarily solved. Another problem is what to do with the state?

The capital was originally used to settle Yan Yun Haoqiang, who took refuge, and it was regarded as a fiefdom.

Earlier, it was believed that the prefecture could be passed down from generation to generation, and that it was a private domain.

However, the republic suddenly rose to prominence, and the poor middle peasants and small republican lords of Yandi suddenly showed great fighting enthusiasm. All at once it changed the balance of power between the republican government and the prefectures.

In the face of the powerful republican army, the prefecture is simply vulnerable!

In addition, there are many people in the prefecture who want to become republican citizens......

So the collapse of the prefecture seems to be a matter of time! But everyone is in charge, who is willing to give up such interests?

But if you don't give up, who will dare to confront the republic?

Just the group of "republican lords" who don't want their lives and don't want money can wipe out all the prefectures.

So this problem was once again pushed to Wu Haogu's side.

……

"Persuade again?"

"Yes, most of the patriarchs are still used to having an emperor's ......"

"The head of state and the emperor are no different, they are just not hereditary."

"This ...... It's a habit after all! ”

In the palace of Liaoyang Mansion, Wu Haogu looked at Murong Wangwu and Ma Renwang and frowned.

He thought for a moment, "Why don't you do that...... Engage in a term of office system, a five-year term, I will be the head of state for five years first, and whether I want to change the emperor after five years, let's see the situation. ”

This term system is good...... When the term of office of the head of state expires, he can be changed to the emperor!

The two old men looked at each other and nodded.

That's it, just go back and do everyone's ideological work.

Anyway, Wu Haogu is still young, and he is not in a hurry to ascend the throne, and no one is robbing him, so it is good to go through the procedure slowly.

Wu Haogu also said: "We should formulate a "Constitution of the Republic", that is, the national system, the national name, the six-level citizenship system, the veteran system, and the head of state system...... Straighten it out and formulate a fundamental Dafa. ”

Murong Wangwu said: "Let He Tianran and Zhang Zhifeng handle this matter, the two of them are proficient in law." ”

"Hmm." Wu Haogu nodded, "Add one more Su Xuan...... Drafting the constitution together. ”

Of course, the republic must establish a constitution, not only but also the Criminal Code and the Civil Code to regulate the social and economic life of the country.

Fortunately, Yuntai Academy began to cultivate legal talents more than ten years ago, and now there is no shortage of professionals in this area.

The Senate only needed to determine the principles, and the next things could be handed over to the legal experts to do, and then they would be reviewed by the senators.

"What is the name of the country?" The centaur asked.

Wu Hao had already thought that although his country was a republic, the name of the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China would definitely not be used.

still has to be a quaint country name.

"Week." Wu Haogu said, "Let's call it Zhou Guo." First, my ancestors once established a Zhou state in the Tang Dynasty; Second, the founding spirit of the republic came from the Western Zhou Republic and the Zhou Dynasty's national politics. ”

In fact, there is no objection to this, just a decent country name.

"Govern," Murong Wangwu frowned, "The next thing is the issue of managing the state."

We have to adjust the state capitals and reduce the number of states. This will also involve more than a dozen prefectures...... Now that the Senate has raised the issue, I have an idea. ”

The land of Yan and Liao, which is now ruled by the republican government, largely inherited the division of the state capital of Liao. There are too many administrative areas at the state level, and there are dozens of state capitals on not very large territory!

On the recommendation of the Republican Government, it was intended to be consolidated into twenty state capitals for ease of administration. That way there wouldn't be a dozen prefectures. It is possible that several prefectures will merge into a single state.

"It's easy to do!" Wu Haogu smiled, "The dispute between the capital and the state is, in the final analysis, local autonomy. ”

"Autonomy? Is it the meaning of bondage? ”

"Almost," Wu Haogu smiled, "We don't have to learn from Zhao Song and take all the local powers." You can have a little autonomy in the state capital! ”

"A self-governing state capital?" Old man Murong asked, "Is it the same number as Tianjin?" ”

Tianjin is a self-governing city, and although it is not large, its population and wealth far exceed that of any other state capital under the republican government.

Moreover, Tianjin is also the seat of the republican government and the Senate. Over the years, the central and local governments have also lived in harmony, and there is nothing unpleasant.

"That's right," Wu Hao Gu said, "Isn't Tianjin very good?" Lushun City and Yanjing City (formerly Xijin City) are also parliamentary autonomy. When Jingdong City gets its hands on it, it will definitely have to engage in parliamentary governance.

Can commercial cities be autonomous, but not state capitals? You can let those governors try it first. You can also learn from the method of the Senate and engage in honorable members. If several states are merged into one, wouldn't it be okay for the legislators to discuss and do things? As for how many local armies they raised, how many taxes they collected, and how they developed industry and commerce, the republican government did not care.

However, the identification of sixth-level citizens must be supervised by the republican government. ”

That's a trick!

Murong Wangwu and Ma Renwang understood as soon as they pondered.

Wu Haogu's method is somewhat similar to "Tui'en", which divides the power of the capital to the local council. At the same time, let several Duguan families hinder each other.

One of them was broken down into dozens of councillors, and it would be difficult to rebel.

In addition, the number of citizens in these prefectures also determines their right to speak in the senate of the republic - the election of the senators is based on the comprehensive consideration of the number of various citizens, and the electoral districts are divided.

If a state has too few citizens, then there will be fewer seniors. The number of citizens, except for large cities such as Tianjin, is basically determined by the number of knights and government soldiers.

Therefore, each family has to split out a certain number of knight households, which is another kind of encouragement for the metropolitan family.

Of course, this kind of encouragement is based on the effective system of citizens' councils.

The effectiveness of the citizens' assembly system is related to the size of the country as a whole.

At least in the Middle Ages, when the conditions for communication were extremely underdeveloped, the republic was indeed not suitable for a large and complex power.

For example, the state of Zhou was only a small state in later China, such as Beijing, Tianjin, part of Hebei Province, and the entire Liaoning Province in later China, and the transportation was completely dependent on the Bohai Sea shipping (the territory basically surrounded the Bohai Bay), and the population was only a few million, and the number of citizens was up to 300,000, which was probably the upper limit of the republican system.

In addition, it was not only the republican system that did not apply to the great powers in the Middle Ages. Even the evil capitalist system, in its early stage, also arose in some small states. For example, the countries of Italy, the United Republic of the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of England. Even the Great United States was thirteen states and millions of people in the beginning.

The Great Song Dynasty, a superpower with a population of 100 million and most of the land still in the inland areas with inconvenient transportation, had to enter capitalism and industrialize after the second industrial revolution.

The productive forces of the 12th century should not be thought about at all.

From this point of view, if Wu Haogu is added to the yellow robe and dominates the world, then he must consider the economic balance of the entire empire, and cannot let a corner of the country develop savagely and impact the rest of the country.