Chapter 202 Public Opinion

The sun was shining outside, the tables and chairs in the room were clean, and Qin Er Mazi's heart was also hazy, holding the little apprentice's hand, aiming left and right, both of them looked curiously at this signing room with a few bright windows.

This is a signing room at the headquarters of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, as a minority shareholder of the Sichuan-Han Railway, Qin Er Mazi is still the first time to walk here, whether it is the foreign wallpaper on the wall, or the Persian carpet on the floor, it makes Qin Er Mazi very novel, he really didn't expect that this official-like building, the interior furnishings are so exotic.

"Master, the blanket on this ground is so soft, if it is used as a cover, it must be warm and comfortable."

The little apprentice squatted on the ground, pressed the carpet with his hand, stood up and touched the golden silk nanmu coffee table, and finally stopped his gaze on a few copper spittoons.

"That spittoon is brighter than the teapot in the teahouse."

Hearing the little apprentice's sigh, Qin Er Mazi covered the little apprentice's mouth, for fear that he would say something insulting to the master again, after all, now there are not only their masters and apprentices in this signing room, but those representatives elected by the people are also okay, but those gentlemen with heads and faces are used to seeing the world, and the words of the little apprentice are in their ears, which is the talk after tea and dinner.

Those gentlemen are the same as Qin Er Mazi, they are also "representatives of public opinion", the difference is that Qin Er Mazi They are the representatives of public opinion elected by the people at the bottom, and those gentry are the representatives of public opinion elected by the Chengdu General Chamber of Commerce and the Money Industry Association, and they belong to the upper echelons of society.

Now, however, people from the same class of the same class are sitting together because of the same thing, and they are all rushing here to discuss the aftermath of the Sichuan-Han Road fund deficit case, and the commander said that the shareholders of the railway company do not distinguish between dignity and inferiority, and as long as they hold shares in their hands, they enjoy all the legitimate rights and interests of the shareholders, and whether they are major shareholders or minority shareholders have the same right to speak on matters related to the life and death of the railway company.

This is called "civil rights", the rights of the people, the rights of the grass people went to the Manchu court to despise the people's rights, and the result was over, now the revolution is over, and the republic attaches importance to the people's rights, so this Qin Er Mazi took his little apprentice to participate in the "Sichuan-Han Railway Aftermath Conference".

Qin Er Mazi is a representative of public opinion. The little apprentice is not. The reason why I was able to walk into this signing room. This is thanks to Secretary General Zhang of the Political Propaganda Commission, because he thinks that Master Qin's little apprentice is very smart. I wanted to pull him into the propaganda team to agree to let Master Qin take the little apprentice to the company's headquarters. Eye-opening.

However, Qin Er Mazi was reluctant, because this little apprentice had been following him for more than ten years. There are some feelings, plus Qin Er Mazi has no queen. This rapping ability is expected to be passed on to this little apprentice in the future. If you join the propaganda team, talk about it. In the future, it is indispensable to follow the team. Then I don't know when we will meet again.

Wander around the rather spacious signing room for a while. Qin Er Mazi pulled the little apprentice and walked back to the east. Sit down on the golden silk wooden chair. glanced at the gentry and rich men sitting on the western side. Quickly bow your head. No way. Although the commander-in-chief said that they would be treated equally. But there is also a difference in this humility. Otherwise. How can one sit in the west and the other in the east?

Since ancient times, the gentry have ruled the grass people on behalf of the Son of Heaven. This rule has been practiced for thousands of years. Will it really change with the advent of the Republican Era? At least Qin Er Mazi didn't believe in this change. He only believed in the money in his hand.

"This foreign devil is comfortable to sit on the chair." The little apprentice sighed again.

Qin Er Mazi also sighed. This person just can't see the world. See more of the world. This heart is wild. If you follow the Republican Army to fight in the east and west. There will be more to the world. This little apprentice doesn't know how ambitious his heart is in the future.

"Xiao Gai, pour a cup of hot tea for Master." Qin Er Mazi pointed to the teacup on the coffee table in front of him.

The little apprentice answered, and went to the corner with the teacup, where there were a few thermos bottles, which were much more convenient than the copper kettle in the teahouse, and the boiling water in the bottle would not be cold all day, but the tea produced may not be as authentic as the copper kettle, at least Qin Er Mazi was not used to drinking it, but he had also stayed in Guangxiang Pavilion for more than ten years, and his mouth had long been tricky.

Before the little apprentice could bring the hot tea to the master, a staff officer walked in at the door of the signing room, smiled and nodded at the public opinion representatives, and then said, "The venue has been arranged, please come with me." ”

Qin Er Mazi hurriedly summoned the little apprentice to his side, followed the staff officer out of the signing room, walked along the corridor to the back garden, and saw the Secretary General Zhang from a distance at the gate of the garden, he was standing there, shaking hands with the representatives of the public who participated in the aftermath meeting one by one.

Qin Er Mazi didn't know the name of Secretary General Zhang, only knew that other officers called him "Shiren", and I didn't know if it was a table character, it was said that this person had a lot of power, although he did not directly command the troops to fight, but he was in charge of all the officers and men of the Republican Army receiving rewards and awards, and those propaganda teams on the street were also dispatched by him.

Waiting for Qin Er Mazi to pull the little apprentice over, Secretary General Zhang smiled and pointed at Qin Er Mazi's little apprentice, and said, "This little ghost doesn't have to go in, I'll ask an adjutant to take him to play elsewhere, and when the aftermath meeting is over, I will hand him over to Master Qin." Master Qin, don't worry, I won't kidnap him, our Republican Army will not abduct people. ”

Qin Er Mazi nodded submissively, whispered a few words to the little apprentice, and sighed in his heart as he watched an officer come over and take the little apprentice away with a smile.

"This apprentice is too old to stay."

Follow the public opinion representative in front of you and walk in the back

When he arrived at a small courtyard, Qin Er Mazi saw that the small courtyard was full of benches and a high platform, which was slightly similar to the layout of the Guangxiangge Teahouse, but there were no guys serving tea and water, only a few soldiers were distributing paper to the public opinion representatives.

Qin Er Mazi also received two pieces of paper, he was literate, and saw that the eye-catching title was written on the head of the paper: "Measures for the Aftermath of the Sichuan-Han Railway Deficit Case", and hurriedly glanced at it a few times, but before he could see a way, his shoulder was patted from behind.

Turning his head, he saw that it was still Secretary General Zhang.

"Take it. Master Qin will be a member of the Sichuan Provincial Assembly in the future, so you should be called Councilor Qin. Secretary General Zhang smiled and handed over a letter of appointment.

"What?"

Qin Er Mazi was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the letter of appointment, he didn't faint with joy, it was really a letter of appointment issued by the commander-in-chief, written in black and white, and he was not afraid that he would regret it.

"The more than 50 representatives of the people's will who came to convene the aftermath meeting today have all been elected by the commander-in-chief as members of the Sichuan Provincial Council, and the provisional provincial parliament set up in Chóngqìng just now has approved the list of these members, and from now on, you, Mr. Qin, are the provincial councilors of Sichuan."

"I ...... I'm also an official."

Qin Er Mazi only felt that the bones in his body were a little lighter, and he was a little fluttering, when he volunteered to stand up as a representative of the people, he didn't think about anything else, but just hoped to get back his two hundred taels of shares.

"A councilor can't be counted as an official, but he also has a monthly allowance of twenty yuan."

Secretary General Zhang's words made Er Mazi almost faint with excitement, and when he was thinking about what kind of official's treatment the allowance of the twenty oceans was equivalent to the treatment of an official in the former Qing Dynasty, Secretary General Zhang said a few more words.

"However, now the presidential palace plans to divide Sichuan into two administrative regions, eastern Sichuan and western Sichuan, if this is done, if the Qin councilor goes to the provincial parliament for a meeting in the future, he will have to go to chóngqìng, the commander originally planned to make Chengdu the provincial capital, but now it seems that the eastern Sichuan division, the provincial capital can only be placed in chóngqìng, and the number of councillors must also be cut in half."

"What?"

Qin Er Mazi was a little overwhelmed for a while, pondering Secretary General Zhang's words.

Parliamentarian, what is this new thing used for, Qin Er Mazi also knows a little, two years ago when the constitutionalists called for the Qing court to establish a constitutional monarchy, the word "parliamentarian" appeared in the teahouse second only to the "Constitution", Guangxiang Pavilion is a high-end teahouse, the tea guests are either gentlemen or officials, it is the strongest group of people in Sichuan constitutionalism, they usually talk about this "parliamentarian", as the pillar of the teahouse, Qin Er Mazi has not heard less discussions and disputes about "parliamentarians", in his understanding, This so-called "parliamentarian" has great power and can formulate official laws, in the words of the constitutionalists, this is called "legislative power", as long as this power is mastered, it is equivalent to mastering the power of the government, after all, even the county decree judgment is inseparable from the "Great Qing Law", if you want the county order to do things according to your own will, then it is undoubtedly the best way to grasp this legislative power.

Originally, the "parliamentarian" thing was too far away from Qin Ermazi's running rivers and lakes, and Qin Ermazi never had the luxury of being a councillor, earning a little silver a day and drinking two cups of wine, this is Qin Ermazi's ambition, as for the constitution and parliamentarians, it is better to ask those gentlemen and gentlemen to play, and the grass people should not mix.

But now, an opportunity to soar is in front of Qin Er Mazi, whether he can seize the opportunity to turn a black chicken into a phoenix, whether he can change from a rap gentleman to a gentleman in the republican era, it depends on Qin Er Mazi himself.

"Sichuan is Sichuan, how can it be divided into eastern Sichuan and western Sichuan? If I divide the east and west of Sichuan, where will I still have the position of a councilor, and where will I receive the allowance of the twenty oceans? ”

Holding the letter of appointment of the councilor, Qin Er Mazi was like a talent who had lost his pen and ink in the examination shed room, and he was anxious that he had no master, but his knowledge was limited after all, and he couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while.

There are many people with the same expressions as Qin Er Mazi, to be precise, after the more than 50 public opinion representatives who came to attend the aftermath meeting learned that they had been approved by the provincial parliament as the first batch of councilors in western Sichuan, everyone became anxious.

For members from the bottom of the family, if they can't be a member, they won't be able to get the allowance of 20 oceans per month, which is a real benefit, can you not be in a hurry? And for those legislators who are from a gentleman's background, it is a trivial matter whether they can get the allowance of 20 oceans, anyway, they do not lack this little money, but where is the power of the legislators, there is no need to say that legislative power, and the "judicial immunity" alone is enough to make people blush.

What is "judicial immunity"? According to the relevant laws formulated by the Hubei Army, simply put, no one can arrest a parliamentarian without the approval of the commander-in-chief or the speaker! This alone is enough to ensure that you will not fall behind when dealing with the Fang Guanfu!

Therefore, the more than 50 new legislators present were all frowning, and they had completely forgotten the Sichuan Han Road aftermath meeting, and they were all thinking about how to keep their identity as legislators.

"This 'Western Sichuan Governor's Mansion' can't be built! Sichuan can't be divided! ”

A gentleman with a gray beard said a word.

"Yes, Sichuan can't be divided!"

Everyone was suddenly enlightened, the spiritual platform was excited, and a golden avenue was displayed in front of everyone.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Zhang Jiyang stood to the side, with a subtle smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Public opinion, sometimes it also needs to be guided. The commander-in-chief said well, the one who is the same up and down wins