This woman was originally from Huainan, guarding two acres of thin fields in the countryside, and the family was originally poor but safe. After Cixi and Guangxu passed away one after another, the little emperor Xuantong succeeded to the throne. It's strange to say, since Pu Yi became the emperor, the world is either drought or flood. The fields of the woman's house are dry and their mouths are open, and there is no harvest in the fields. The family had no choice but to sell their fields and flee to Huainan City to earn a living, but there were thousands of displaced people in the city, where was there any work? The woman's husband was doing odd jobs on the street, and the woman was washing the pulp for others, barely mixing two meals of porridge with sticks and noodles, and barely getting by.

It didn't take long for this to happen, and a nursery rhyme from Yanjing to Nanjing spread: No need to pinch or count, Xuantong is only two and a half years old. The people of the world have a lot of discussions, and they all feel that this Qing court is afraid that it will not last. Sure enough, two and a half years later, the Wuchang Uprising overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Anhui was no exception.

Since ancient times, the soldiers have been like a sieve, the bandits have been like a grate, the Huaishang army is also a soldier and a bandit, and the people are miserable, the big households have been looted, the shops have been looted and clean, the woman's husband naturally has no odd jobs to do, the big households have been robbed, and who still uses others to wash clothes. A family of three cut off their livelihood, and later the Huaishang army was beaten away, and Huainan was recovered by Lu Kai's Anhui Revolutionary Army, but the vitality in the city has been cut off, and it is difficult to recover for a year and a half. The family had no choice but to flee to Dangtu County.

As soon as they arrived in Dangtu, the woman and the child could not see with hungry eyes, and the husband saw that the whole family was about to starve to death together, so he moved to kill people and rob money, blocked the road and robbed the merchants, and killed two people.

He also confessed to the crime of robbery and murder without waiting for interrogation, and the county magistrate was furious: "Why did you rob the property of the merchants? Why kill? ”

The husband said something that shocked everyone: "Cut my belly open, and you will know why I am a robber." ”

The robbery was originally a felony, and he killed two people in a row, and when Tu County sentenced him to be hanged immediately, before the execution, he again asked the county magistrate to open his stomach after his death.

After the hanging, the county magistrate really asked the clerk to pull his stomach open, and the stomach was empty, except for a few pieces of undigested bark and grass roots. The tragic situation at that time made the onlookers unbearable to see, and the county magistrate and the hard-hearted servants also shed tears, and the county magistrate found his family and gave the woman fifteen yuan for her to bury her deceased husband, and then scolded himself for not being able to shelter the people under his rule, and wailed and retreated.

The woman cried and complained, Chai Dongliang and the others were sad, as the governor of Anhui, he was absolutely responsible for such a tragedy under his rule.

This land reform must be carried out, otherwise it is almost inevitable that the displaced people will spread everywhere, and the common people will often choose the latter when it comes to starving to death and being killed by the government. In another time and space, during the Beiyang period, the people would rather be bandits than farm, and they would have to be robbed by bandits anyway, so it was better to simply become bandits themselves. Everyone robs instead of producing, social wealth can only be reduced and cannot be accumulated, and no matter who is in power, it will not be able to change the situation of chaos in the world. But it is not enough to give the peasants land, and the small peasants who work alone will not be able to resist natural disasters in any case. They also need a good system to help them improve their level.

Fang Qingyu arranged a place for their mother and son to live. Inform the members of the Anhui Council that the meeting will start tomorrow. Cousin Jin, please inform all the members of the Wuhu Industrial Park Management Committee to go to Anqing for a meeting. Chai Dongliang commanded.

The woman pulled the child to kneel and kowtow, but was helped up by Chai Dongliang, while Mo Xiaolian and Wu Meiqi were silently wiping their tears. They are students of a girls' school, Wu Meiqi is from a rich family, although Mo Xiaolian's family is not rich, but her brother-in-law is also an officer, at least she has no worries about food and clothing, and she is seventeen or eighteen years old and has not been deeply involved in the world, so they don't know that there are such miserable things in the world.

Like all young students, they originally thought very simply, the common people were unhappy because of the exploitation of the Manchu court, and all the problems of the Manchu overthrow were solved, but now they find that after the Manchu court was overthrown, the lives of most of the people did not get better, but worse.

Could it be that the Republic of China is not as good as the Qing Dynasty? Is the revolution wrong? The two of them suppressed this thought in their hearts, but neither of them dared to say it.

Several people returned to the Military Advisory Mansion, Song Jiaoren pulled Chai Dongliang and said that there was something to discuss, Yang Shiqi yawned as if he hadn't heard it and returned to his room.

"Guanghua, how did you think about joining the Kuomintang? The achievements of the revolution need to be protected by comrades like you, and you must be a proper director! Song Jiaoren said eagerly.

Chai Dongliang sighed and said: "Brother Dunchu, I have no ambitions, I just want to keep the peace of the shepherd's side, and your love Chai is a certain heart." ”

Song Jiaoren said with a bare face: "Guanghua, how can you be like this?" You don't want to think about it, what will happen once Yuan Shikai reads it? Isn't the gains of the revolution in vain? ”

Chai Dong lit up a cigarette, took two deep breaths, let the spicy smoke spin in his lungs, and then said faintly: "Brother Dunchu, talk openly and honestly, I don't approve of the cabinet system??? Don't worry, let me finish speaking, although the country is in chaos like this, although it is the price that the revolution must pay, but this consequence is borne by the people of the world, and it is impossible to clean up this mess without a powerful political axe at present! With all due respect, I have carefully read the Provisional Statute, the President has been elevated as a rubber stamp, the powers of the Cabinet are extremely limited, the courts have not provided for the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution and make the final ruling, and the Senate has almost unlimited powers??? The separation of powers must be basically equal in order for the three powers to check each other, and according to your conception, I am sure that the cabinet will inevitably fall every three to five months??? You are worried that the president will read talents, but according to your system, it must be the Senate who will read talents! ”

Song Jiaoren shrugged his shoulders and said, "The Senate is not alone, how can it be read?" ”

Chai Dongliang sneered: "The reading talent of one party and the politics of oligarchs are far more harmful than the imperial system!" The imperial system at least has the right of inheritance guaranteed by law, and the imperial power must be restricted in order to pass it on to the descendants, and because the oligarchy cannot be passed on to the world to the descendants, the oligarchs will inevitably do whatever they want without scruples??? At present, which of the representatives of the provinces, the members of the Senate, is elected by the people? Aren't they all recommended by the governors of the provinces? Representatives do not come from the people, and they will certainly not represent the interests of the people??? Brother Dunchu, don't blame me for speaking badly??? If you make it out of the Senate, it will definitely be a big mess in the world! ”

Song Jiaoren repeatedly chewed on the meaning of Chai Dongliang's words: "Representatives do not come from the people, and they will inevitably not represent the interests of the people??? Guanghua, what you said is reasonable. But the system must be established before universal suffrage can be held throughout the country. ”

Chai Dongliang took a puff of cigarette and said slowly: "Mr. Dunchu, you are a righteous gentleman, so I am also open and honest with you, Yuan Shikai, who must be as clear as I am?" Do you want him to be a rubber stamp, even if he is willing, will his Beiyang Army be willing? Since the parliamentarians of the provinces are now unable to represent the people, you don't want to start a constitutional government immediately, but the most important thing now is to stabilize the world and develop the economy, so that the people can survive and not suffer from the poison of war??? If you insist that the Senate is dominant, the inevitable result is that Yuan Shikai's political ideas cannot be extended, even if he is not a talent reader, he will be forced to become a talent reader by you! ”

Song Jiaoren's face turned red, and he stood up suddenly: "You don't have to say it, the parliamentary system of cooking is my lifelong pursuit, and I will never give up my ideals and compromise with Yuan Shikai!" ”

Chai Dongliang's eyes forced him to look at him: "For your one-man ideal, can you make the people in the world suffer from the scourge of war and war?" The purpose of the revolution is to enable the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment, not to realize the ideals of one person. ”

Song Jiaoren sneered: "Then how can you conclude that if the presidential system is implemented, there will be no wars?" How can you be sure that if there is a parliamentary cabinet system, the world will be in chaos? ”

Chai Dongliang patted the case and said: "Mr. Song, don't make a mistake about yourself! I have never seen a country that compresses the power of the executive and the judiciary to the limit, and expands the power of the Senate to an infinite extent, the separation of powers is balanced, and the bench of one leg is to wrestle! ”

"Senators are elected by provincial councils, how can they be considered one leg? How can it not represent the will of the people? ”

"Which of the members of the provincial councils is elected by the people? Who is not a rich man with a fat brain, among the 40,000 compatriots, ten of the poorest, who will speak for them? Even the grassroots councils are not sound, the direct election of county-level councillors has not yet begun, the Senate will have a monopoly on power, and there is no peaceful force to check and balance, how can the world not be in chaos? If the forces of peace cannot be balanced, there will be warlords who use force to control Congress. ”

When it comes to this, there is no common language with each other, and the so-called Tao is not the same. Song Jiaoren was extremely obsessed with the parliamentary system, while Chai Dongliang advocated a presidential system, although both are republicans, but the power structure is still very different.

There is no difference between the parliamentary system and the presidential system, but in the current troubled times, the most important thing is to restore production to stop the chaotic situation, which requires the political axe to have a strong executive power, and the defects of the parliamentary system are also here, the power of the cabinet and the president is too small, any bill will be delayed for a long time, if it is a perfect boiled country, not to mention that the power of the political axe is too small is not a problem, even if there is no central political axe for a year and a half, the society can still operate smoothly according to the habitual surname.

However, China at the moment is not good, and the set that Song Jiaoren is engaged in is bound to fail! History has proved this, the Senate's unlimited power order has been erected as a rubber stamp Yuan Shikai was extremely dissatisfied, the Beiyang faction was even more secretly active, and finally the Congress was canceled, and Song Jiaoren himself was assassinated. Yuan Shikai was extremely disgusted with the Congress from then on, and went further and further on the road of reading talents, and finally embarked on the wrong path of becoming the emperor, and a generation of heroes fell into infamy through the ages.

Then the history is even more paradoxical, generation after generation of talented readers are freshly baked, the Ming Cook system and the Congress are used as a fig leaf, whoever wants to wear it, who wants to take it off, the original good parliamentarians have gradually degenerated, and the eight hundred Arhats in the early years of the Republic of China have become five hundred pigs later. Whoever blows a bowl of swill will advocate for whom, and people all over the world have since been completely dead to the idea of the Ming Boil, until a hundred years later, the propagation of the Ming Cook idea will still be scoffed at by everyone.

Chai Dongliang knows this history too well, but he can't say it, and even if he says it, no one will believe it.

If there is no situation where the Senate is dominant, if the three powers can check and balance each other, maybe China will be different??? Just maybe, no one dares to guarantee it!

But it's better than repeating a tragedy that has already happened on another plane, or at least not worse!

"Guanghua, since you and I have different ideas, then I won't force it, I will leave today." Song Jiaoren was about to leave as soon as he gave up.

Chai Dongliang grabbed him and said calmly: "Brother Dunchu, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, the quality of the people is still very low, and they can't understand the meaning of the Mingzhu Republic and their own power, which takes time to cultivate the people's sense of citizenship??? Until the people are mature, it is more important than anything else to compromise with each other to maintain a stable situation. Grit your teeth and determine the republican system, and when the people's sense of citizenship is cultivated, even if anyone wants to be a scholar, they will not have a chance??? Until then, it would be the most unwise move to upset this balance. ”

Song Jiaoren smiled coldly and said, "I understand your thoughts, of course you powerful factions want to maintain the current situation and limit the power of the Senate??? Hello do it yourself! ”

Chai Dongliang was almost fainted, and he kindly persuaded him, but he was regarded as having ulterior motives!

Song Jiaoren snorted and left, returned to the room and took the luggage and left the Military Advisory Mansion with Bei Yihui, Fang Qingyu and the others struggled to stay, he ignored it, and finally left a sentence: "The Tao is not the same, and it is not conspiratory!" ”

Chai Dongliang was also a little annoyed, he didn't bother to pay attention to him, he was so dignified that he was angry, and his kindness was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs.

"Haha, the concubine is not enough to conspire, why should Brother Guanghua bother with these ordinary people?" Yang Shiqi's smug laughter came from the door.

(To be continued)