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After Zhang Peilun left, Xu Shichang, Rong Hong, Tan Sitong, Liang Qichao, Yan Fu, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, Liu Buyun, Deng Shichang and others arrived at Song Xiaofei's mansion one after another.

After sitting down in the living room, they discussed the question of what kind of government should be applied to China, Yan Fu and Liang Qichao were more in favor of the constitutional monarchy than the republic, Liang Qichao said: "Of the 40,000 people in China now, 90 percent are illiterate, and even after the New Deal, all kinds of new schools have been opened, and less than 5 percent of the people have received republican constitutional education. ”

Yung Hong objected, saying: "You have a misconception that republican democracy is achieved overnight. In fact, republican democracy is only the first step of democracy, and without taking this step, it will never be possible to enjoy the fruits of democracy in the future! It took 300 years for Britain to build a republic, and the United States has been a republic, and now there are still many deficiencies, and there is no set of democracy in the world that can be achieved overnight, and the republican system can be established first and then gradually improved. ”

In order to convince them, Rong Hong popularized the history of the founding of the United States to the people present, this history, for Song Xiaofei, is both familiar and unfamiliar, and it is not quite the same as the stereotype he formed when he reads history books in modern times, which makes him refreshed.

Rong Hong gave the people present a layman's account of the origin of the United States from the source.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, mainly Europeans, some Puritans fled to North America because of persecution by Catholicism, and some bankrupt poor people went to North America to open up wasteland. At that time, North America was still the New World discovered by Columbus, and there was no government, and in 1620, a group of Englishmen aboard the Mayflower arrived in Portsmouth. A convention was discussed and adopted on the ship, that is, the "Mayflower Convention", and a person was selected to take charge of affairs, at this time there was no government on the North American continent, and everyone enclosed land at will.

Later, because there were more British people going to North America, Britain sent a governor to manage it, so North America became a British colony. Later, Britain wanted to impose a heavy tea tax on "tea", a major commodity produced in North America, and immigrants in North America stopped doing it and formed the "Tea" Party, the word tea is a pun, an abbreviation of ughalready (enough tax), and put forward the famous slogan "no tax without representation". "We have no representation in the British Parliament, we don't discuss what the tax rate is, so we have the right not to pay the tax". Of course, the British government quit and sent troops to suppress the Tea Party.

During the war with the British, the Americans were divided into two factions, one demanding negotiations with the British, and the other demanding the creation of a new world! The representative of the creation of the new world was Thomas Panan, who wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense", which began, saying, "Now is the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity since Noah's Ark, that we can break away from the old world once and for all." Building a New World".

Rong Hong was very excited when he talked about this. He stood up from his seat, clenched his fists, and said loudly to Song Xiaofei and the others present, "Everyone, our current strength, as far as I know. With 100,000 troops, a world-class Beiyang naval division, and an armed force that is many times stronger than the original 'tea' party in the United States, we can completely break away from the old world of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, establish a new world, and build a brand-new republican world! ”

Song Xiaofei nodded and motioned for Rong Hong to continue. Rong Hong sat down and continued, saying that the Americans, led by Washington and supported by France, defeated the British ** team that went to suppress it.

Feng Guozhang said: "In the final analysis, the United States still has to rely on the barrel of a gun to fight out!" ”

Rong Hong shook his head and said: "The United States did fight a war, and it became independent by breaking away from Britain by force, but the United States did not fight it, but negotiated it!" I'll talk about it in more detail below. ”

Rong Hong went on to say that secession from Britain does not mean that the United States is one country, but that it is still thirteen states, in our Chinese language, called "states", thirteen states.

Tan Sitong asked, "Bang" is equivalent to our province, right?

Rong Hong said: "The state is not equal to our province. Each of their states has its own parliament and laws, which is equivalent to a small state. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "This is similar to the republic that Zhang Zhidong wants now, so he supports a federal republic." ”

Rong Hong said: "Yes." ”

Song Xiaofei asked: "Then how does the United States solve their national defense and diplomacy?" ”

Rong Hong said: "You first listen to me slowly finish the history of the founding of the United States, and then you will understand." ”

Song Xiaofei motioned to Rong Hong to continue: "The stone of its mountain can attack jade, we will listen to it." ”

As time went by, the contradictions between the states became more and more prominent, some were trade problems with European countries, some were border problems, and when they were serious, they were about to fight a civil war, and at this time, some people suggested the establishment of a strong state, so in 1787, at the suggestion of Virginia, the most populous and largest land area in the United States at that time, The representatives of the states held a federal constituent assembly, and from 1776, when they won the war of independence, until 1787, they discussed whether or not to have a unified state, so that the United States did not fight, but talked.

Song Xiaofei nodded and asked, "This federal conference has decided whether there will be more than a dozen states on the North American continent or a federal republic?" ”

Rong Hong said: "Yes." Therefore, the United States became a unified country, not like Qin Shi Huang who destroyed the six countries and then unified China. Now there is no need for Lord Zhongtang to destroy other governors, he can reunify China, and he can sit down and have a good talk, and the United States has been talking about this constitutional convention for 116 days, nearly four months, which is a process of distribution of interests. ”

Song Xiaofei nodded, thoughtful, and said, "Later, didn't the United States also have a civil war?" ”

"The only civil war in the United States, the Civil War, did not begin until 1861, that is, 74 years after the Constitutional Convention, when the states did not clash. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "This should be the credit of the constitution, right?" ”

Rong Hong nodded and said, "That's true." In this negotiated country, the constitution has the supreme authority, not any emperor, or a great man, or a political party. ”

Liu Buyun asked Rong Hong, "When I went to the UK to study, I watched the election, and when the parties were elected, the candidates attacked each other, and even the old accounts of the eighteenth generation of the ancestors were eager to be turned over. I've heard that the parliament is also noisy, and sometimes there are fights! ”

Rong Hong said: "This is to understand what the spirit of democracy is, they are noisy during the election campaign, and they fight in parliament, all to win voters, so that the people can sleep peacefully." And don't worry about the house being picked up by the government while you sleep. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Mr. Rong has been in the United States for many years, and I understand Mr. Rong's good intentions, and I want China to take the road of a federal republic and become strong step by step. After listening to Mr. Yung's lecture on the history of the founding of the United States, I was enlightened. I just thought of a republican plan with Chinese characteristics, which could not only establish a constitutional monarchy, inherit China's thousands of years of Confucian cultural traditions, but also implement a federal republic: we supported Confucius's 76th grandson, Kong Lingyi, as the monarch, formulated a constitution, and made a republic of the monarchy. When I was in charge of Shandong, I visited Kong Lingyi, who had been the Holy Father fifteen years ago. ”

Rong Hong said: "Impossible, the American Constitution advocates that all people are born free and equal, which is naturally contradictory to the hierarchical order of Confucianism. We can only build a new world if we break the old world!! ”

Song Xiaofei looked around: "Do you have the confidence to build a new world with me!! ”