Who is our friend and who is our enemy is the primary question of the Restoration. Governor Wang Youhong doesn't know how many times he has said this sentence in his heart. Whenever his thoughts could not go on, he would recite this sentence silently, so as to sort out his thoughts back to the original source as much as possible.

On the paper in front of Wang Youhong was written a sentence, "Effectively protecting the most fundamental interests of the vast number of gentry is a major issue of right and wrong." ”

It is very easy to write this line, but it is very difficult to put it into practice. Wang Youhong has never intended to protect the interests of his subordinates. In his eyes, those stupid children of the People's Party really fell into evil. However, they are determined to "seek welfare for the general public and create tomorrow." ”

This year, there were many floods in northern Jiangsu, and few victims fled to southern Jiangsu. However, there were many gentry who came to southern Jiangsu with their families. The People's Party is upright and never robs floating money. But they dug up the roots of the gentry - confiscated the land. The gentry who had blood debts on their hands were killed long ago. As soon as there was a disaster in other places, the People's Party would rush to the disaster and implement land reform along the way. The main force of disaster relief is the army, and the army does not commit any crimes wherever it goes, and the People's Party propagandizes everywhere, "The people's army is the people's soldiers!" "It's like the real thing.

Wang Youhong absolutely does not believe in the propaganda of the People's Party. From many of Chen Ke's documents, Wang Youhong changed "the party commands the gun" into "Wang Youhong commands the gun".

In Wang Youhong's current ideal, Jiangsu's political model is best a shrunken Manchu court. Wang Youhong's family is in power, and the times are in power. The generals are the hardcore of the Wang family, and the civil officials are the parliamentarians. The overall situation is very much like the current People's Party's Chen Ke, who is in power. But no matter how you look at Chen Ke's article, it only talks about the people's revolution and intra-party democracy. It never talks about how individuals hold power. Such a smart person never thinks about himself. It's also too nonsense.

Finding that he began to think about Chen Ke's affairs again, Wang Youhong forcibly withdrew his thoughts and wrote again on the paper, "Effectively protecting the most fundamental interests of the vast number of gentry is a major issue of right and wrong. ”

Even if he wanted to imitate Chen Ke, Wang Youhong only mastered the army. Regardless of whether Chen Ke is hypocritical or not, the People's Party has indeed won the support of the people at this stage. Wang Youhong sent many spies to Anhui, and the people of Anhui naturally resolutely supported the People's Party, and even the "former gentry" who stayed in the base area and did not flee were not complaining about the loss of land, but they did not complain about their current life. As long as they were willing to work, they could not go hungry, and the middle peasants, rich peasants, and small landlords were better off than before because they were willing to work hard.

Looking at Wang Youhong on the other hand, the gentry are hypocritical one by one. These people's minds are all on Zhang Jian, the former speaker of the parliament who entered Beijing. If it weren't for the recent crisis of the mulberry sericulture industry, they would still be lukewarm to Wang Youhong. If he could not effectively take advantage of this sericulture crisis, establish Wang Youhong's prestige, and grasp the sericulture industry in Wang Youhong's hands as much as possible, Wang Youhong was very worried that he might not be able to get by in the 1911 parliamentary election.

These days, Wang Youhong racked his brains, investigated everywhere, and finally had a preliminary idea. But whether it can be achieved or not, he really has no bottom. "Let's try to serve these bastards for once." Wang Youhong thought. If these parliamentarians still don't know what to do, then they can't say it, and Wang Youhong can only use the army.

The next day, Wang Youhong went to the parliament early in the morning. The newly renovated Nanjing Council is a hall that can accommodate several hundred people. It was equipped with an electric horn that I bought from a foreigner. By the time Wang Youhong arrived, almost all the parliamentarians had already arrived. This time the sericulture is very involved, and the gentry are more or less involved in the sericulture industry, and until now, the spring cocoons and summer cocoons have not been sold. If this situation continues, I'm afraid that there is no hope for the autumn cocoon. The parliamentarians have tried their best, but now there is no way to solve it.

When Wang Youhong ascended the rostrum, the parliamentarians stared at Wang Youhong anxiously one by one. If there is anyone else to rely on now, I am afraid that only Governor Wang Youhong, the person with the highest official position. Although I don't know how capable Wang Youhong is, the parliamentarians still instinctively believe that those with high official positions will have more methods.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this sericulture crisis has a wide range of implications. I investigated it under and sorted out an order a little. Please listen to it as well. Wang Youhong is imitating Chen Ke's speech. When Chen Ke talks about problems, he always clarifies them first. And then talk about how to deal with it.

Starting from the general situation of sericulture in southern Jiangsu, the sales in previous years, the characteristics, and the problems encountered this year. Wang Youhong pointed out that the main buyers of raw silk are actually foreigners. Due to the chaotic situation in recent years, the demand for consumer goods such as silk in the north has shrunk greatly, and the People's Party has reached a bulk sales agreement with foreign devils, stealing the market for silkworm cocoons in southern Jiangsu. Taken together, these have directly led to the overall crisis of sericulture in southern Jiangsu.

In fact, the parliamentarians also know some of the situation, but everyone thinks about how to find a market, and has a sense of the ins and outs of the matter, but they do not have a complete understanding. Listening to Wang Youhong's eloquent talk, many people have only now suddenly realized. As Wang Youhong incisively discussed this matter, the parliamentarians gradually gained confidence in Wang Youhong. Now that he has grasped the context of the matter, Governor Wang Youhong should have come up with a way.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I've checked it too. Compared with the sericulture industry in southern Jiangsu, the People's Party has the following characteristics. First, the silkworm is good, the big white silkworm is only twice as big as the silkworm raised by ordinary people, and there is more silk. In terms of quality alone, I am afraid that there will be the fineness of Jiulisi. Second, the amount is large. As far as I know, this year, the BJP sold 320,000 quintals of raw silk. Compared with quality, we can't compare. We can't compare the quantity. If we don't reform Jiangsu, I'm afraid this business will become more and more difficult to do. Wang Youhong made such a summary.

The People's Party has a good silkworm planting, and Jiangsu's parliamentarians know about it. But when they heard that the People's Party had sold 320,000 quintals of raw silk, everyone was stunned. One quintal is 200 kilograms, and one quintal is 100 kilograms. These silkworm raisers, ordinary families can sell five quintals of silkworm cocoons, which is very capable. The silkworm chrysalis in the cocoon was removed, and the raw silk extracted was only 200 catties per quintal. 320,000 quintals of raw silk, then at least 320,000 households need to raise silkworms. These people are fine, but the demand for these mulberry leaves is too great. For a moment, there was a buzz in the council hall.

Wang Youhong did not give the news time to ferment, and he continued: "As far as I know, the People's Party has made up its mind. Next year, the export of raw silk will double to 640,000 quintals......"

Coax! The council hall was completely boiling. Despite the use of electric horns, Wang Youhong's next words were almost completely drowned, "The People's Party plans to double again the year after next and export 1.28 million quintals." ”

"Do you want to live!"

"Let's plant mulberry and raise silkworms by myself in Anhui."

"These thieves are going to kill everyone!"

Looking at the crazy parliamentarians, Wang Youhong was very happy. The greater the threat of the People's Party and the greater the blow to Jiangsu's mulberry sericulture, the more opportunities Wang Youhong will have. Of course, if Wang Youhong's plan fails, he may completely lose the support of the legislators. However, Wang Youhong's prediction of the People's Party's raw silk exports next year was originally made up, and the so-called "rushing to the doctor when he was sick" was only when these parliamentarians were completely frightened could they really defect to Wang Youhong.

The performance of the parliamentarians also confirmed Wang Youhong's speculation about them, and soon some parliamentarians began to ask Wang Youhong for help, led by Zhang Yutong, who had asked Wang Youhong's door. "Lord Wang, please think of a way, if we continue like this, we will have no way to live."

"It's not like there's no way, but I don't know if you want to or not." Wang Youhong also pretended to be embarrassed and said.

"If you can figure it out, we'll do it." Zhang Yutong said anxiously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if we in Jiangsu still grow mulberry and raise silkworms according to the current method, we will definitely not be the opponent of the People's Party. However, people say that the stones of other mountains can attack jade. Sometimes, we have to learn from other people's methods. Wang Youhong replied.

The council hall fell silent for a moment, and the parliamentarians looked at Wang Youhong with blank or shocked eyes, and after a while, Zhang Yutong stammered and shouted: "My lord, don't do it!" Don't learn from the People's Party to divide the land! ”

After listening to Zhang Yutong's words, the parliamentarians who had not thought of this joint also jumped up like a burning butt, and they shouted one after another: "My lord, the reason why the People's Party is a traitor is that they have broken the rules for thousands of years. Received everyone's land and divided it. Adults, don't. ”

Hearing the shouts of the parliamentarians, a big stone in Wang Youhong's heart finally fell to the ground. He didn't want to learn about the People's Party's land reform at all. The young people of the People's Party pursued land reform with a terrible and determined attitude, but they all followed Chen Ke with the same determination. And Wang Youhong never has such a group of followers. "Who is our friend and who is our enemy." Wang Youhong absolutely does not think that the people are his friends with Wang Youhong.

"Everyone, everyone, be still!" Wang Youhong shouted for a while before the noise in the council hall calmed down a little.

"This official has absolutely no intention of learning from the People's Party's land reform, please rest assured of this. When I say study, I am referring to the method of the People's Party in planting mulberry and raising silkworms. The electric horn projected Wang Youhong's loud voice into the entire venue. The parliamentarians also gradually quieted down.

"We don't need to divide the land, as long as we join forces, we will have a scale of planting mulberry and silkworms. The reason why the BJP is capable is that the government they have established is capable. I also know that the gentry have always hoped that the government will manage as little as possible. However, looking at the official government of the People's Party, it is indeed much stronger than other official governments now. I think you have all seen the People's Party's mulberry orchards, silkworm farms and silk reeling factories. It was all owned by the People's Party, and the people just went there to work, and they were paid according to the amount of work. The people farmed on weekdays, and when they had leisure, they went to work and made more livelihoods. It's not that I grow the prestige of others and destroy my own ambition. Just this one, we really can't compare with Jiangsu. Wang Youhong talked eloquently. In this world, if you want to take over the rights, you must start with the land. It is certainly not possible to confiscate the land of the gentry, but Wang Youhong must integrate the land to the maximum extent and reach a unified system. If it can't do this, Jiangsu will definitely not be able to survive.

The councillors were all gentry, and they certainly did not want the government to interfere in the local land. As the saying goes, "an official is like shaving", and after the government intervenes in any industry, it will be stripped naked like a shaved head. Wang Youhong obviously expressed such thoughts. The parliamentarians were immediately alarmed.

Wang Youhong has also figured out the thoughts of the councilors, and he said calmly: "I am just a governor, the People's Party is powerful, Beiyang is not an opponent, and the official is not bragging, I can't resist them when they fight." Northern Jiangsu was taken away by the People's Party, and now the People's Party has begun land reform in northern Jiangsu, and many gentry have run back. You can also see clearly that wherever the People's Party goes, it must divide the land. If we ourselves can't form a rope to deal with the People's Party, which is only a few dozen miles away from Nanjing, we can fight if we say that we can fight it. I will definitely try my best to resist for you, but I can only do my best to resist, and I can't guarantee the victory. ”

As soon as the parliamentarians heard that Wang Youhong had plans to pick a son, they immediately became anxious. Everyone knows that the People's Party has a strong military. The individual strength of the landlords and gentry could absolutely not resist the attack of the People's Party. Now the only thing they can rely on is the army in Wang Youhong's hands. Zhang Yutong hurriedly shouted: "Lord Wang, what kind of regulations do you have, you just say, as long as we can do it, we will obey it." ”

"Alas! What the parliamentarians said is not right, it's not that I have any constitution, since we are a parliament, then according to the characteristics of the constitution of the Restoration, let's discuss Jiangsu's constitution by ourselves. After discussing a result, the official must be the first to comply. This is the constitution, and this official is only one of the members of the council, but it is not what I say. ”

The parliamentarians didn't really want Wang Youhong to dominate the situation, but when they heard him say this, everyone felt justified. So the parliament really started to work in this situation.

The legislators want to make a constitution because they want to intervene in the operation of the government. With the chaotic power system of the Manchu government, intervening is equivalent to owning a large part of the power. But as soon as they really met to discuss the distribution of power, the parliamentarians found that their careful thinking was only suitable for the chaotic power system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which could manage everything and was not responsible for anything. If you are a high official in this system, it is very good. But this system simply does not solve any of the immediate problems. If we want to solve the problem, we must have a strong government organization with clear responsibilities. All over the world, this kind of government organization is only available to the People's Party.

Governor Wang Youhong had read a lot of People's Party documents, and he gave a brief explanation to the parliament. The constitution of Jiangsu Province should establish rights and duties. The first is where the power in Jiangsu Province comes from. The attitude of the BJP is simple, "power comes from the people". As soon as the gentry of Jiangsu heard this, they immediately began to oppose it. This power certainly does not come from the people, it must come from the gentry.

The concept of power belonging to the gentry is there, but it is very difficult to express it. The first is the definition of the gentry, what exactly is the gentry? Famous? Got land? Or is there a factory? Should the gentry's wife have the status of a gentry? Do relatives of the gentry also have gentry status? Are these relatives patrilineal? Or is it included matrilineal relatives? Of course, the rich relatives of the gentry can also be classified as gentry, but can the poor relatives of the gentry also have the status of a gentry?

The debate on the source of power lasted for two days, and various ideas came out, only to be rejected by the parliamentarians one by one. The more serious the political discussion became, the more the gentry vaguely felt a concept of class. What everyone wants is to be the ruler, not to be the ruled. Wang Youhong saw that the opportunity was almost over, and he said loudly to the gentry who had begun to lose patience and reason: "Everyone, I think we should set the source of power in the identity of citizens, right?" ”

"Citizens?" Parliamentarians have no concept of the term.

"A citizen is a person who has the right to vote. Our parliament is elected, and whoever has citizenship has the right to participate in the election of the parliament. The power of the Jiangsu government comes from the citizens of Jiangsu! Wang Youhong's words were sonorous and powerful.

Most of the parliamentarians were confused by the word gentry and its definition, and it took a while for everyone to understand that this "citizen" was another term for the gentry. And citizenship meant the electoral power of the gentry.

"Good! This is good! The power of the Jiangsu government comes from the citizens of Jiangsu! The gentry who had just woken up from their dreams shouted loudly.

Once the source of the power is identified, the rest is much easier. For citizens, the first step is to remove women from the ranks of citizens. Men under the age of 18 were then expelled from the civil service. Next, people with less than a certain amount of property were also expelled from the ranks of citizens. Once a few conditions were met, less than 15 percent of the population in Jiangsu Province had citizenship. This satisfied the parliamentarians. In this satisfaction, they even reconsidered the power clause to a great extent, and they even generously passed the updated amendment, "Jiangsu's power comes from the people of Jiangsu, and among the Jiangsu people, Jiangsu citizens who meet the conditions for election, they are responsible for electing the parliament and the government to lead Jiangsu's affairs." ”

The parliamentarians read and discussed this article repeatedly, and everyone felt satisfied. Wang Youhong is even more satisfied, and with this source of power, he can determine the property of these people by applying for citizenship.

The next step is the establishment of the three major organs of power: executive, legislative, and judicial. The Jiangsu Provincial Assembly has legislative power, the Jiangsu Provincial Government has executive power, and the yet-existing Jiangsu Provincial Court has judicial power. Once the concept of the three organs of power was established, the minds of parliamentarians came alive.

This kind of collision of ideas is very meaningful, and through these two days of discussion, Wang Youhong has a real understanding of many things in Chen Ke's manuscript. For example, when the heads of the three major organs of power cannot hold the posts of the other two organs at the same time, he fully understands what is going on. If a person is a member of Parliament, a member of a government department, or a member of the court system. He has a great deal of power and influence. Therefore, Wang Youhong firmly demanded that the three should not work part-time for each other.

On the issue of no longer being able to work part-time, the parliamentarians argued with Wang Youhong for two days, and finally felt that what Wang Youhong said was reasonable. But the reason for their idea is quite dark, if they can't do three part-time jobs, and other parliamentarians work part-time, everyone can't stand this kind of stimulation.

As for the organization of the government, Wang Youhong copied the government organization of the People's Party. The parliamentarians did not understand this, but they just listened to the reasonableness, and they agreed with Wang Youhong's suggestion.

It took 10 days to come up with a rough idea, and the focus of the legislators turned back to the question of how to solve the sericulture crisis. Wang Youhong proposed a land policy of establishing "rural land cooperatives" at the local level. This policy is ostensibly similar to the model of the BJP's agricultural cooperatives, but it does not have government-provided agricultural tools and no government-subsidized rural supply and marketing cooperatives. It is said that each household becomes a shareholder according to the land, and the government guarantees that it will receive a share of the profits according to the proportion of the land. But the landlords and gentry undoubtedly gained full dominance of the land.

This "rural land cooperative" was established to pay taxes and provide labor services in a unified manner. The government undertakes social responsibilities such as building water conservancy and paving roads. As for the sericulture industry, which the gentry are most concerned about, Wang Youhong said that he will work hard to introduce excellent silkworm seeds, set up special schools, and build silk reeling factories by the government to seek channels for bulk sales.

Not only is the overall distribution arrangement for the mulberry sericulture industry, Wang Youhong said that he will set up many industries on official land, and invite parliamentarians and gentry to participate in investment and construction and share profits.

This is really a "lost mulberry harvest", and the legislators could never have imagined that they would be able to gain control of the coveted local land in this way.

In this Parliament, rules for parliamentary meetings were also formulated. Meetings are held every other month for half a month to discuss various issues. In the near future, the parliament will set up a special legal committee to lead and supervise the "Civil Code", "Criminal Law", "Commercial Law", and "Marriage and Property Inheritance Law" adapted from the "Great Qing Law".

In his speech before the adjournment, Wang Youhong made a report, "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to announce one more thing. We will first enact a civil law, which will protect the tenant farmer relationship. Neither the sharecropper nor the employer suffers. Please rest assured about this. ”

The humor in Wang Youhong's words made many parliamentarians laugh out loud, and Wang Youhong continued with a smile, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a great meeting, this is a victorious meeting. In the future, we will unite under the banner of Jiangsu's constitution, make joint efforts, advance together, improve Jiangsu's various systems, and push Jiangsu's constitutional cause to a new peak. ”

The parliamentarians stood up and applauded warmly, and at this moment, Wang Youhong knew that he had mastered considerable popularity.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you should go back now and do your duty as a member of parliament and spread the constitution of the council to the local level. And the official will also find a market for the sale of silkworm cocoons as soon as possible. But in other words, even if you can find a seller, the price will not be high, and everyone should not blame me because of the price. Hopefully, we'll all have done our job when we see each other next month. If it can be done, I will invite everyone to drink the celebration wine at that time! ”

As soon as Wang Youhong finished speaking, the parliamentarians applauded again with joy on their faces. This is Wang Youhong's real expression of taking responsibility for the sale of silkworm cocoons.

As soon as the parliamentarians left, Wang Youhong immediately sent someone to Anqing by clipper to contact Zhang Yu. First, he hopes to talk about the purchase of silkworm cocoons, and second, he hopes to talk to Chen Ke about the cooperation in silkworm production next year. The first question, Zhang Yu answered very happily, as long as the quality is acceptable and the price is low enough, he can buy silkworm cocoons here.

As for the second question, Zhang Yu also clearly told that he could help Wang Youhong, but Chairman Chen Ke's attitude towards this matter cannot be guaranteed.

The envoy went back with great gratitude, and Wang Youhong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these two news. As long as Wang Youhong can effectively control Jiangsu, he doesn't care about letting Chen Ke make a fortune from it. If Wang Youhong didn't understand it before, now he can fully imagine how many people's tragedies will happen in this land annexation. And how brutal can the landlords who control the localities be in terms of extracting productive forces.

But what is the grand matter of these godkings? Wang Youhong has no psychological burden at all. Not only did he not, but he could even imagine how much benefit these disputes would bring him.