(1st Update)

The lobby was crowded with members of the petition group who came to visit, all of them sitting upright, with a faint urgency and excitement on their faces.

Ye Kai had already instructed that all the people who came should be entertained with good tea, and the subordinates naturally did so, and they had always been polite to these people, but for half a day, the tea on their table did not move at all, and they waited intently for this court official to appear.

"I've kept you waiting for a long time, and I'm so ashamed."

Ye Kai walked in from the side door, and as soon as he came up, he made a gesture to the people in the lobby, and his posture was thoughtful enough.

As soon as the members of the petition group who sat down saw Ye Kai coming, they all stood up in unison, looked at each other, and echoed in unison: "Lianggong's words are really frustrating, and I am deeply ashamed to wait for the sudden visit." ”

"Whereever, sit, sit, you're welcome."

Ye Kai laughed, his first impression of these people was good, after all, they were all patriots, mostly scholars and gentry, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and asked them to sit down.

"If there is something to sit down and talk slowly, you must be in a hurry when you come to Liangfu today, if it is within the scope of Liangbi's ability, you will definitely do your best to help."

Looking at the people in the lobby, Ye Kai took the lead, although he said so, what was the purpose of their trip, Ye Kai didn't have to think about it, but he didn't break it.

Hearing Ye Kai's words, those people relaxed a little, and the originally nervous and urgent look on their faces slowly disappeared, for them, they were going to visit high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and they were mostly regarded as civil leaders, no rank or grade, whether they saw or not, whether they heard or not, it was not up to them.

Now that the atmosphere has been set up, one of the members of the petition group is the first to speak, and this arrangement seems to have been negotiated in advance.

"Good public and close to the people, without any bureaucratic color, as I saw half a year ago, there is no difference, I admire and admire."

The other party gave up, but Ye Kai was confused, this year ago? Listening to his words, it seemed that he knew himself half a year ago, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Your Excellency?" Ye asked.

"In the Xiazhili Provincial Councillor Sun Hongyi, when the good man took care of Tianjin, there was a side of the relationship, when the good man attended the consultation meeting of the Advisory Bureau in a high position as the governor, the first in the country, so high-spirited, enlightened and righteous, to this day, the people of Tianjin every time they talk about it, all of them are admired by the good man."

"I have won awards, it turned out to be Councilor Sun."

Hearing this, Ye Kai had a vague impression, although the impression was very vague, but the name of this person, Ye Kaizhi had heard of it, Sun Hongyi was not only the main person in charge of this petition group, but also a hardcore constitutionalist, and later served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of China, and also served as the chief of education, the chief of internal affairs, etc., known as "Little Sun".

"With all due respect, this visit is for an adult to play on my behalf." As he spoke, he took out a petition and handed it to Ye Kai.

Ye Kai didn't refuse, he took the petition, looked at it carefully for a while, and asked Sun Hongyi: "As an official of the imperial court and the parents of the people, it is my duty to act on behalf of the people, and I will accept this petition, but dare to ask the deputies, what is the matter with this petition?" ”

Seeing that Ye Kai nodded in agreement, a group of people under the seat were all happy, they had hit a lot of walls a while ago, especially some royal relatives such as Zai Zeshan and Qi Pulun were even more closed and turned away, which made the petition group extremely embarrassed, so when they heard Ye Kai ask, they hurriedly explained: "Lianggong, now that representatives of various provinces are gathered in the capital, all parts of the country have echoed, and what they have done is for one purpose, asking the imperial court to quickly open the parliament and establish a constitutional government to save the country!" ”

Sun Hongyi's sentence "It is still a national disaster" made the mood at the scene obviously angry, and many people began to speak one after another.

"Lord Liang, now the country is poor and weak, and the great powers are looking around, treating me as a fish on a board, cutting the moon and cutting the day, cutting Taiwan today, cutting Liaodong tomorrow, and waiting until the day after tomorrow, I don't know where to cut off, only the Congress can save China, and one day later will be the country, and the country will not be the country!"

"Good Lord, only by opening the National Assembly this year can we save the country from fire and water!"

"The government takes **** as the top pool, cooks all the people, and provides the great powers to eat, good justice! Only by opening the Congress quickly can we relieve the people from hanging upside down! ”

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There was a thunderous sound in the lobby, and the air was buzzing, and even the people who were waiting around were startled by this formation.

Listening to the impassioned arguments of the petition group, Ye Kai frowned unconsciously, if he was born in the late Qing Dynasty and grew up when the nation was in danger, he would most likely also become a part of the petition group, but it was precisely because he had the head of the future generations that he could see further.

If we could jump back to three years later, we might be able to change these fanatical heads, when the Diet was opened, the cabinet was in place, and the presidential system was established, but there was not the slightest shadow of constitutionalism, only a weak government, an arbitrary head of state, and the still shriveled bellies of hundreds of millions of people.

From **** to constitutional democracy, the British have walked the road of hypocrisy for 400 years, France from the outbreak of the Great Revolution to the establishment of the Third Republic, after Napoleon became emperor, the Bourbon Dynasty restoration, the July Dynasty, the restoration of the Second Empire, it took almost a hundred years for the concept of democracy to be shoehorned into the hearts of the people, and the contract civilization of the West is still like this, not to mention a super empire based on blood patriarchy that has been poisoned by **** for 2,000 years, and the people can't even solve the problem of food and clothing, and the proportion of illiteracy accounts for eighty percent of the total. The constitutionalists wanted to change it once and for all, and it turned out that it could only be a soap bubble that blew up.

In Ye Kai's opinion, fifty years of preparing for the constitution is not enough, let alone nine years, but even in this nine years, they can't bear it, and the Western set of things, the Chinese still only see the surface of the excitement.

Ye Kai's attitude is very resolute, first solve the problem of survival, and then teach democracy hand in hand, and during this transition period, they still need to learn the most important lesson, that is, governing the country according to law.

With the Constitution, no one cares, what's the use? With Congress, what's the use of just knowing how to tug and see? What is the use of having a whole bunch of rules that the rulers don't follow, those who serve the people don't follow them, and the conspirators do evil things in the name of freedom? No matter how early the Congress is opened, the constitution is established in time, and it is also paper-paste, and it will be broken at the first poke.

Babies still need to learn for more than ten years to grow into adults, and slowly have an epiphany, do you think that the Western set will be used and understood?

Under the frenzy of the whole country, no one will think calmly, all this is destined to be achieved by Ye Kai alone, he pressed his hand, smiled and stopped the noise in the hall, and said as calmly as possible: "So this is the case, everyone's patriotic heart, Liangbi deeply admired, but some things Liang Mou is somewhat incomprehensible, the imperial court has previously issued an edict, decreed that the constitution will be established in nine years, and it will be improved year by year, and when the ninth year of Xuantong (1916), the constitution should be established, and the parliament will be opened, why do you have to chatter now?" ”

Ye Kai's question, these fanatical constitutionalists naturally have a set of rhetoric.

"Good man, China is fish and meat, the great powers hold the knives and forks, the Congress is a day late, I don't know how much land has been ceded, I don't know how much wealth has been swindled, and my people will never be able to turn over."

"Since the National Assembly is going to be opened, it is better to open it one day earlier, so that the country can also ask the poor and weak one day earlier, and the nation will be fortunate and the people will be happy."

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Ye Kai kept smiling and didn't answer, he listened patiently, but there was a slight pain in his heart, patriotism is very right, but sometimes it is counterproductive, good intentions do bad things, are there few such examples?

"Then since this is the case, tomorrow Liangbi will perform on behalf of Chen, please wait, as for whether the Holy One adopts it, Liangbi does not know, I hope this is a good thing."

It's not interesting to talk about the past, Ye Kai simply agreed, which is equivalent to softly telling them that you can go.

"Thank you, Lianggong!"

Everyone stood up to thank them, and Ye Kai also stood up, "You don't have to be polite. ”

The faces of the petitioners were full of joy, and today they said that a minister was on their side, which was equivalent to adding a lot of success chips to their wishes, and they were just about to turn around and leave with satisfaction, when a voice suddenly came from in front of them.

"Liangbi heard that the construction method of Western buildings is different from that of our country, not bricks and wood arches, nor mortise and tenon nails, but mixed with reinforced sand and gravel, I heard that the sky building in the United States can reach a height of 100 meters, but this reinforced sand and gravel is extremely heavy, how can it be built higher and higher, and it has not collapsed once, what is the reason? I don't know which representative can solve a question or two for Liang. ”

When everyone heard this, they stopped, and many people looked at each other, who knows how this building was built because of the Western political system they studied?

"This"

No one could answer, and they didn't know what Ye Kai meant by asking, what does building a building have to do with whether or not the Congress is opened?

Ye Kai waved his hand, his face showed disappointment, and before turning to leave, he left a sentence, "If anyone knows, please come to visit Liang again, but Liang is also curious, this house learned from the Western style, I don't even know how to build it, and before it is built, it has to live in people, isn't that going to kill people?" ”

After Ye Kai finished speaking, he left, leaving the group of people in the petition group for unknown reasons.