Chapter 12 Revision of the term of office of the President
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Ruan Zhongshu heard that Song Xiaofei was going to see Liu Mingchuan, and said: "Why should the president go in person, just send someone to invite him to the presidential palace." Watermark Ad Test: Watermark Ad Test"
Song Xiaofei said: "No, he has been in poor health recently, and he is recuperating in Xianliang Ancient Temple, so I still go there in person." ”
Ruan Zhongshu said again: "Then bring some more guards, just bring two guards, it's too unsafe." ”
Song Xiaofei said: "There is the fifth king of the big sword, you can rest assured." And Xianliang Temple is not far from the presidential palace in the first place, so it's okay. ”
Ruan Zhongshu stopped talking and immediately went out to prepare.
After a while, Song Xiaofei sat in the carriage of Xianliang Temple, the carriage drove into Chang'an Avenue, Song Xiaofei lifted the curtain on the glass window, looked at the shops on both sides of the street and the pedestrians coming and going, and felt very different from a few years ago, silk shops, Goolan wine shops, Western shops, all available, the streets are much wider than before, basically there are no homeless people begging along the street.
After passing the Xiaowei Hutong and arriving at the mountain gate of Xianliang Temple, the abbot of the temple, Master Yixian, hurriedly came out to greet him, bowed his hand and said: "I don't know that the president is coming, the old man has missed the welcome, and I still hope to forgive my sins." ”
Song Xiaofei said: "The master is serious. I'm just here to meet an old friend, and I don't have any business trips. No need to be polite. ”
The host Yixian hurriedly stretched out his hand to greet the guest: "Good, good!" Our temple is still full of splendor. The big president inside please. ”
In the guest room of the West Wing, Liu Mingchuan heard that Song Xiaofei was coming, and he had already dressed and struggled to sit up. Song Xiaofei brought Liu Mingchuan his favorite apricot yellow peach, and said: "Big brother doesn't have to be formal, come here today, that is, to reminisce about the past." ”
Liu Mingchuan knew that Song Xiaofei must have known that Li Jingfang had also come to see him, and he was afraid that he was suspicious of him. He coughed twice and said, "It's good to catch up." A few days ago, my nephew often came to visit me. I said I was really old and didn't want to take care of politics anymore. It just so happened that the President was here today. Allow me to disarm and return to the field. You know. I haven't been back to Liu Laowei for a long time, and I miss it very much. ”
Liu Mingchuan's words. Obviously, he didn't talk about any political affairs with Li Jingfang, Song Xiaofei naturally understood, he smiled and said, "Mention Liu Laowei." I'd love to see it, too. Brother Liu still remembers that I was ordered by my mentor Li Zhongtang to go to Liu Laowei to invite you out of the mountain, and we went on an expedition to Korea together to beat little Japan all over the ground to find teeth. ”
Liu Ming said: "Yes, thirty years have passed. Life is really short, and it passes in a hurry. But today, the virtuous brother is the world's soldiers. Shouldering the heavy responsibility of the world, do not condescend to yourself. If you want to do something, you should do it boldly and give your full support to your brother. ”
Song Xiaofei heard this. Knowing that Liu Mingchuan still sincerely supports his re-election as president, I am deeply gratified in my heart. That day, Song Xiaofei and Liu Mingchuan chatted for nearly a few hours, the two drank and talked happily, and in the evening, Song Xiaofei returned to the presidential palace.
As soon as Song Xiaofei stepped into the office, Ruan Zhongshu came in and asked him about the meeting with Liu Mingchuan, Song Xiaofei said, "Brother Liu is well-known and righteous, I see that Li Jingfang's fly can't set off any big waves." ”
Ruan Zhongshu said: "That's good. So I'm relieved. After speaking, Ruan Zhongshu handed Song Xiaofei a document, which turned out to be Lu Xun's original three articles, namely "The Scream", which said, "No matter how extravagant your scholars who love pomp and circumstance, what good topics are set up when revising history, such as 'the era of the origin of the Han nationality', 'the era of Han development' and 'the era of Han Zhongxing', the good intentions are indeed touchable." But the wording is too round. There are more straightforward arguments here: first, the era when you want to be a slave but can't; Second, temporarily stabilize the era of slaves", and "On the Problem of "Western Learning from the East": We are accustomed to using the concepts and thinking in traditional culture to understand Western concepts and logic. There is nothing wrong with that. But because of this, sometimes it causes "the donkey's lips are not the horse's mouth". It also mentions, "Many of our old pedants cling to the smelly and long footwraps of traditional culture, denying universal values and culture." According to their logic, there are two kinds of people in the world. One is human, the other is Chinese, pedantic and ridiculous. The reason why human beings can survive is that human nature has not been extinguished. Human nature determines some moral bottom lines. These bottom lines, such as the relentless pursuit of truth, compassion for one's fellow human beings, and faith in honesty and goodness...... Because I am a human being, I have all the characteristics of human beings! The third article is "Justifying Money": everyone morally condemns money, and has to pursue it in behavior. Why is that? The roots also lie in our traditional thinking. The fierce conflict between Confucian culture and the market economy is mainly manifested in the different attitudes of the two towards "profit-seeking". In traditional culture, the profit-seeking behavior of merchants is despised by orthodoxy. This is also the reason why capitalism has not been able to develop and grow in China. In the republic, there are still ignorant people who propose "temperance of capital", limit private capital, and only want to develop "state capital".
Song Xiaofei said to Ruan Zhongshu: "These articles are old articles, the point of view is good, I have already read them." Why are you still showing it to me at this time? ”
Nguyen Trung Shu said: "Recently, people with ulterior motives sent these three articles to MPs for circulation. He also said that Lu Xun had turned the Ministry of Education into a miasma, and people were panicked. ”
Song Xiaofei said: "Lu Xun's promotion in the Ministry of Education was hand-picked by me. Are these people with ulterior motives targeting me? ”
Ruan Zhongshu said: "The main reason is that Chinese and Western cultures collide now, and everyone's thinking is a bit chaotic. ”
Song Xiaofei thought for a while and said to Ruan Zhongshu, "In that case, you can help me prepare." Politics in the year. Before the consultation, I went to the National Assembly to give a speech to unify the guiding ideology of the conference. As a ruling party, we always have to look forward in unity, and I personally prepared the speech. ”
Nguyen Zhongshu said: "This is very good. ”
In the spring of 1905, the magnolia flowers in Beijing bloomed extremely white and brilliant. The soft sunlight danced with the wicker in the wind, and the politics of that year. The day before the opening of the consultation meeting, Song Xiaofei delivered a report entitled "What is the State" to all the parliamentarians, in which he said: The state is definitely not a violent machine for rulers to oppress the ruled. A country is made up of people of flesh and blood, who share a common language, culture, and living habits. The reason why we want a country is because we want to live better together, not to oppress one part of the other. Human beings naturally yearn for a better life, and in order to satisfy this desire, they spontaneously build a community on the basis of natural villages. This community is formed by natural development. It's the country.
My friend, Timothy Lee, an American missionary, came to China decades ago and saw all kinds of unbelievable suffering. The diagnosis was made: what China needs most now is not modern technology. Rather, it is a basic civilization. The so-called basic civilization refers to the spirit of contract and the sense of rights. There's also the understanding of democracy and individual freedom, which everyone should know, unless you're a barbarian.
I believe that the following notion is a self-evident truth: the prosperity of a nation. It does not depend on the solidity of its treasury, nor on the strength of its Great Wall, nor on the magnificence of its public facilities, but on the civilized quality of its citizens, that is, on the education of the people, the foresight and character of the people, and this is where the real stakes lie.
The real power is there. There is also a cloud in our ancient saying: "He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world".
Why should I open the ban? Why should Congress enact a law that allows any political party or individual to run a newspaper or other media freely, but not the government? Because I don't allow power to control public opinion, and I don't allow power to dominate thought. A few people are not allowed to dictate the thinking of society as a whole. Our freedom of speech is to protect all ordinary people, but not to government personnel. Tessie has a saying, 'I love my country, but be wary of my government!' In English, it means 'rynt, citizens who are critical of the government and criticize its irrational policies love our country.' But if you insult ordinary people and cause real harm to them, you will be severely punished. I think this will be the cornerstone of China's success and prosperity. Because of innovative ideas, society will not be a stagnant water, there will be new inventions and creations, and the people will have a better spiritual life.
I hope that in our future country, the law will be more reliable than the president, the people's livelihood will be more in line with the needs than politics, and education will give people hope. ”
Speaking of this, Senate Speaker Yung Hong took the lead in applauding, and the National Assembly resounded with warm applause. Song Xiaofei raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued: "Let me ask you a question, we are a country with a legal system, what does this mean? ”
Most of the parliamentarians replied: "Every citizen must abide by the law".
Song Xiaofei said: "No, my understanding is that the government must abide by the law. The people are like birds in the forest, they are free to breed and sing in the forest, so why spend money on hunters, it is to protect the whole forest. But what guarantees greedy hunters, not to turn their guns on them? Only by law. Therefore, when the people give hunters shotguns, there must be laws that stipulate that hunters' shotguns can only be used externally. A state governed by the rule of law necessarily requires every citizen to exercise the right to supervise the government, to ensure that the power of the government is restrained, and that the guns of hunters cannot be pointed at them. ”
The scene applauded again, and Song Xiaofei continued, "Let's talk about Confucian culture now, which is our country's modernization and prosperity, civilization, and people. The Lord's nation has never been able to bypass the hurdles, because for thousands of years, this cultural and moral blood has entered the cells of each and every one of us.
However, we cannot deny that Confucianism has always despised industry and commerce, and in order to meet the needs of the rulers, it advocated the three principles and five constants of kings, ministers, fathers, fathers, sons, and sons. Confucian economic ethics holds that the accumulation of wealth is nothing more than a means to achieve a moral life. "The rich and the rich must not deviate from the way, and the poor and the lowly must not abandon the way", "do not suffer from the low and suffer from inequality", and oppose competition. In the Confucian classics, competition is rarely promoted, the truth of victory and defeat is expounded, and the century-old shops and ancestral secret recipes are believed, and they are more opposed to exploration and adventure, and they are relocated to the land. I have no intention of denying Confucianism, let alone belittling the traditional culture of our country. It's just that Confucianism is not suitable for our market economy to develop commerce. That's why I want to advocate rejuvenating the country with business and strengthening the country with science and technology. Lu Xun's point of view, I agree, the commercial society engages in a market economy, it is not deceitful, and the spirit behind it is free trade and fair trade, which is indeed much more noble than those gentlemen who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality. As long as the government has a visible hand to manage the order of the market, crack down on those unscrupulous profiteers, crack down on the collusion between officials and businessmen, maintain the order of the market, and the government protects everyone's right to education and guarantees equality in the law, I believe that the people's lives will be better.
One of the most harmful aspects of Confucian philosophy is that the universe, heaven and earth, society, and the way of the world are stagnant and unchanging, and that everything from the movement of the heavenly bodies, the imperial court regulations, and the dominant position of society, down to the family mottos of the ancestors, and the form of utensils will not change, and if there is a change, such as a comet, it is a disaster, and it must be eliminated so that it can still return to the right path. This is completely contrary to the laws of objectivity. In fact, there is no such thing as stillness or stagnation in the universe. Sticking to tradition is a stable society, but it hinders social progress. The reason why Confucianism has not blossomed in history as a flower of science and democracy is because Confucianism is afraid of change, does not dare to change, and does not adapt to change.
However, if this world does not change its poor and backward appearance, our country will be beaten. The lesson of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is too profound, we must not forget the national shame and forge ahead. From now on, we must embrace the whole world with an open mind, whether it is Taixi's or China's, whether it is ancient or modern, as long as it is useful, as long as it is a good thing, as long as it is a good method, as long as it is a good idea, as long as it is a good system, we must learn. The purpose of our country's existence is to make people's lives better. Our ruling party has no interests other than the interests of the people. We need to make laws and systems to achieve this, instead of getting bogged down in meaningless arguments, and we must always remember that empty talk will ruin the country, and hard work will prosper the country. ”
Song Xiaofei finally said: "I have a dream to make science and democracy the faith of the Chinese people, so that they can all live a decadent and depraved life of Taixi!" I will never stop my struggle until this dream is realized! The applause in the room lasted for a long time.
That year's politics. At the Consultative Council, the National Assembly amended the Constitution of the Republic to change the term of office of the President to six years, with a maximum of three consecutive terms, and 657 of the 800 deputies voted in favour, more than a two-thirds quorum. Lee Ching-fong voluntarily resigned as secretary general of the presidential office and a member of the Baath Party. Duties of members of the Central Committee.