(Today's three watches)

Artillery fire was still rumbling across Tibet, but in the distant capital, it had become a faded piece of news, like many major historical events of that era, which were short-lived and then quickly annihilated.

For the people at the bottom, the good or bad of national affairs is not as good as the wine money in their pockets.

However, in the coming days of March, the warm and cold capital is like a sudden thaw, and it is noisy again, and the enthusiasm of the people is increasing with the temperature, and the yellow dragon flag can be seen spontaneously hanging everywhere on the streets, not only in the capital area, but also in the north and south of the river, and everyone's attention is on the same thing.

The Information Council was established!

According to the agreement reached with the petition group, the imperial court advanced the opening of the Yuanyuan by seven months, and held the first general meeting of the whole on March 1, the second year of Xuantong, in the building of the Yuan, Xianglai Street, Beijing.

Of course, this incident was also published in the newspapers of outsiders, and the Chinese were going to hold a parliament, and for a time the news spread all over the world and the whole world.

As a preparatory parliament before the opening of the formal parliament, the senior administration yuan generally adopts a unicameral system, under the jurisdiction of the secretariat, the council hall, the receipt and dispatch hall and other institutions, a total of 200 members, divided into the central appointment and civil election, each of the 100 people, the king James members include the prince of the clan 16 people, the Manchu Han dynasty princes 12 people, the foreign vassal princes 14 people, the clan Jueluo 6 people, the ministry officials 32 people, the master scholar and the Confucian and the tax payer each 10 people, the above are appointed by the emperor, and the elected members are elected by the provincial advisory bureaus, Most of the parliamentarians came from the local gentry and represented the interests of the gentry, and of course, the vast majority of these elected parliamentarians had just joined the petition movement, and were basically the main force of the gang clamoring for a "speedy opening of the Diet".

Above the members of the council, there is also the president, called the president of the Senate, the president has two, and the vice president has four to six vice presidents, which is the same in the future House of Representatives, and the president is mainly responsible for presiding over the meeting, discussion, resolution, and voting.

As the supreme consultative body of the Central Committee, the annual revenues and expenditures of the state, the laws and regulations, the tax rate of public debts, and matters referred by the emperor are all decided by the members of the Council, and the Minister of State reports to the emperor for a decision.

In addition, there are two types of meetings: regular meetings and extraordinary meetings, which are held once a year for a period of three months, depending on the specific situation.

On the whole, the preparatory work of the Information Administration Yuan is quite smooth, and its birth is not groundbreaking, but it is more or less a major event that everyone in the country has heard of, and countless pairs of eyes are staring at its birth with wide eyes.

Although this quasi-parliament, which retained some of the characteristics of the monarchy, was more like a freak of a hybrid between the old and the new, it was already the greatest common divisor of all walks of life at that time, and there was still a big question mark over whether this nascent affair could be brought to fruition, but in terms of the reaction of the masses, the Senate was pinned on high hopes.

Among them is Ye Kai.

"Huizi, the Senior Council is about to open, the imperial court is approving the list of elected members, and the result has finally come down today, there are two presidents of the Senior Administrative Yuan, one is Bei Zi Pulun, and the other is Sun Jianai, a university scholar, I was appointed as a vice president, and I am also considered to live in it."

In the conference hall of the Editorial Hall, Ye Kai and Yang Du were face-to-face, and the topic they chatted about was also very appropriate, naturally it was the Senior Administration.

"Oh? Congratulations to the good father. Yang Du said goodbye, Ye Kai pushed his hand, but just shook his head and smiled, "What president is not president, this is not what I want to tell you." ”

As soon as he heard this, Yang Du cheered up, and Ye Kai continued: "All ministries and academies have lists, and our compilation hall can't be left behind, think about it, I recommended you to the regent." ”

Yang Du, who heard the news, was a little flattered, you must know that the elected parliamentarians must be officials of the third rank or above, and he, the assistant of the Constitutional Editing and Revision Museum, will not be a fourth-grade official at best.

"Lianggong, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" Yang Du didn't really want to refuse, he just felt that the burden was too big, and the success rate of the imperial court's consent would not be very high.

"The Lord Regent agreed." Ye Kai smiled: "Huizi, you don't have to shirk, there is no one more suitable than you in this Qing Dynasty officialdom, instead of being a bystander outside, it is better to go in and take a look, if our parliament wants to run well, we need high-quality talents like you, and besides, you have extensive contacts with the elected parliamentarians, I know that although this parliament will not be harmonious, there must be no chaos, with you, just be a middleman." ”

Ye Kai is most worried about how this meeting should be held, the Chinese have never had such an experience, if the Senior Council is held like Ukraine or Wanwan Province, a word of disagreement, fists and kicks at every turn, such a scene is simply laughable, the whole process is paralyzed, and in the immature stage of constitutionalism, such things will hardly be avoided.

"That's it, the Skinny is respectful and indisobedient"

Ye Kai insisted, and Yang Du had no choice but to agree.

"Great, with you in the Senior Council, I won't feel isolated there."

Smiling with satisfaction, Ye Kai continued: "By the way, Huizi, there is one more thing to entrust to you." ”

"Good Father, Please Speak"

Ye Kai said directly: "Although the turmoil in Tibet has just calmed down, the people's hearts are unstable and turmoil is frequent. Over the years, the central power has declined, and bandit leaders from all over the country have taken the opportunity to start troubles, not only in Tibet, but also in most of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xining, and there are countless rebellions of all sizes, which is really a headache. ”

Yang Du looked at it, and Ye Kai continued: "To solve the border troubles, legislation should be the first priority, and after the opening of the Information Administration Yuan, a law will be the first to be recommended at the meeting, and the essence of this law has been drafted, so take a look." ”

Ye Kai took out a few pages from his body and handed them to Yang Du.

"The Anti-National Secession Act?"

The eye-catching title suddenly stimulated Yang Du's eyeballs, and looked down along the title, the more he looked, the more amazing he became, if the last "Assembly and Procession Law" was only written a few general requirements, then this "Anti-National Secession Law" already has the prototype of a complete law, Yang Du secretly admired it, on weekdays, people inside and outside respect him as a legal expert, so the prime minister of the editing hall in front of him is not much better.

"The matter of legislation needs to be handled by the people." Ye Kai arched his hand.

"Since it is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, Yang Du will never shirk." Retracting his gaze, Yang Du naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Well, as soon as this law is completed, I will wait for the Hui Zi to shine in the Senior Minister's Yuan."

Ye Kai smiled, but sighed silently in his heart.

All he did was to hope that this troubled country would continue on a correct and moderate path, instead of evolving into the scene of history, where legislators took the lead in breaking the law and law enforcers were drowned out by populism.

"How difficult it is to prosper the country, next, I hope it is not an absurd farce." (To be continued.) )