Guo Ye shouted outside: "Spring rain, all of you people outside come in!" ”

The people outside walked in, and Guo Ye said: "Some of you have been to the sea, some have not been to the sea, but all of you are the backbone of the future, today I will tell you about the fundamental reason for the sudden rise of the West!" ”

"The rise of the West can be pushed forward for three hundred years, three hundred years ago, it was the era of the decline of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the West became strong was that the explorers discovered the current American continent, that is, the United States of America and South America, the robbers of the West from the American continent and the African continent, robbed a large number of people and wealth, directly led to the prosperity of the local economy, especially trade, overseas trade flourished, so that merchants have the confidence to ask for more power from the monarch, note that they do not want the power of a single person, but the right of the entire merchant class, the aristocracy! ”

Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly: "Ming Shuai, such a thing will never happen in China, asking the emperor for power, to divide the monarch's power, that is tantamount to rebellion, the nine clans have already been destroyed, how can the monarch of the West allow his subjects to divide the power in their hands?" ”

Zuo Zongtang asked: "Ming Shuai, could it be that the monarchs of the West don't know how to suppress when their subjects threaten their power?" ”

"Of course, it will not be tied, but the Western merchant class has a lot of wealth, and at the same time there are strong arms, the Western monarch is not as strong as the Chinese emperor, after being overthrown, the merchants naturally want to protect the interests of the class, not to protect the interests of the imperial power, that is to say, the merchants united, with a common goal, that is, to demand rights, to reduce the tax burden, to ask the state as a backing, to rob other countries, to control the power of the monarch, it is in this environment, Gradually, a constitutional monarchy was formed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Everyone nodded one after another, except for Chen Hai, almost no one present had studied Western politics and economy, and their eyes widened one by one, listening to Guo Ye's words.

"Of course, this is very difficult in China, because the imperial power is supreme, all the military jealousy is under the control of the imperial power, unless it is a strong uprising, or the emperor himself takes the initiative to change and make concessions, otherwise, there is no way to form such a constitutional monarchy, especially from the bottom up, the common people have long been accustomed to thousands of years of imperial **** rule, do not know to resist, do not know to demand their own rights, this is the biggest difference with Westerners!"

"This is Western politics, let's talk about Western education, a hundred years of planning, education-oriented, in China's scientific research has lasted for thousands of years, almost all readers have focused on the Four Books and Five Classics, the Four Books and Five Classics can make guns and cannons? Can the Four Books and Five Classics build a battleship? Five hundred years of eight-strand literature has killed the Chinese, and the talented people who have taught have not even learned to maintain a living, and they still have to manage a country, isn't this a fool's dream? Shaoquan doesn't count, let's say Ji Shuai, Ji Shuai is full of economy and boasts of being unparalleled in the world, so what? It has been reliable many times, and even people can't even get it, and those seats in the state capital are made of corpse and vegetarian food, and they don't know how to apply the knowledge of the world, which is really a disaster for the country and the people......"

"What is Western education like?"

"Western? Western education is completely different, they are constantly official-oriented, the West is university education, universities set up a large number of subjects, from astronomy, legislation, to arithmetic, geometry, to physics, chemistry, and even medicine, biology, engineering, a hundred flowers bloom, there has never been anything exclusive to Confucianism, let alone everything is inferior, only reading is high, everything is by interest, everything is from huge profits, especially arithmetic, physics and chemistry, which directly leads to their military and industrial strengthening. Arithmetic provided precision calculations for artillery, physics provided the basis for mechanical manufacturing, and chemistry promoted the development of gunpowder and even medicine. Without the development of other disciplines, we will never be able to catch up with the West! ”

"The university system? The Western university system, just want to be your Qilu University now? ”

Li Hongzhang asked.

"Yes, my Qilu University is completely copied from the Western model, according to the United States Columbia University to build, now Qilu University's research can already provide our arsenal, coal mines and iron factories with corresponding talents, however, just a Qilu University, that is far from enough, I plan, in the next five years, we need to prepare at least 20 universities in all provinces of the country, basically do each province to have a university, some provinces even have two or three universities, from the West to hire teachers, Physics, Chemistry, Arithmetic, and other subjects are educated! ”

Guo Ye said, and then said, "Again, it is the construction of the political system we just talked about, the Western cabinet system, in fact, the cabinet system is similar to the system of our three provinces and six ministries, however, the cabinet system is more detailed and more targeted. In the Second French Empire, for example, the highest head of the cabinet is the prime minister, which is equivalent to our prime minister, who has more power than the prime minister; The cabinet consists of 16 first-level departments, including the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is in charge of agriculture, the Ministry of War is in charge of the military, and the Ministry of Education is in charge of national education, and so on, and each department is composed of professionals who are proficient in their respective fields, so that the power of the cabinet can be brought into full play. ”

"Ming Shuai, how do Western countries limit imperial power?"

Obviously, Zuo Zongtang was not idle, his brain was running at a high speed, and the most critical question was thrown out! How to limit the power of the monarch?

However, as soon as Zuo Zongtang's words came out, he felt his recklessness, if it was himself and Guo Ye, there would not be so many taboos, he knew Guo Ye's temperament, but now it is different, now there are more than two of them around, except for Li Hongzhang, almost all the fierce generals under Guo Ye are present, isn't this a stumbling block for himself?

Zuo Zongtang felt a hostile gaze brushing over him, Guo Ye was unwilling to centralize power too much, but the henchmen below were different, they couldn't wait to let their boss immediately grasp the supreme power! (To be continued.) )