At the end of May, the qualifications of the Lushun Township Old People's House were reviewed, and one hundred and eight village elders and eight elders gathered in the General's Mansion to wait for Yang Bo to receive them......

"See Adults"

It was the first time for the people elected in many places to see Yang Bo, and they knelt on the ground in a panic to salute Yang Bo, while the chief officials of the civil affairs system bowed down to salute, and the people in the army saluted, and the three different ways also reflected the attitude of the three different forces under Yang Bo's rule.

However, to everyone's horror, Yang Bo suddenly knelt on the ground, his right hand to the ground, his left hand on his right hand, and gently put his head on his left hand towards these village elders and patriarchs, and made an extremely respectful bow to the chief!

Rumble!

Yang Bo's actions were like water poured into a pan of oil, exploding, and the people who saw Yang Bo's behavior forgot their etiquette and knelt down, although some people in the back didn't understand, they also hurriedly knelt down, except for a few people from Bi Fangji, they also turned slightly sideways, saying that they didn't dare to accept Yang Bo's big gift.

"My lord is so gifted, but how can I wait for me to bear it?" Xiao Mochou asked with his head touching the ground, and everyone behind him also echoed with excitement, and some people with flushed faces were eager to die with white hearts, as long as the adult gave an order.

Yang Bo stood up after the first salute and said: "In charge of the Ministry of Political Affairs, this family is not mine alone, it is also yours, you can afford it, get up, today is our very important day, you follow me!" ”

Everyone got up one after another, seeing Yang Bo's actions, and thinking of the purpose of the adult's establishment of the Ministry of Political Affairs, everyone had some faint expectations in their hearts. Today may indeed be a big day to remember.

There are also a few people who suppressed the shock in their hearts, and secretly guessed: "Bowing to the head is one of the nine great bows in ancient times, and the king only bows when he shows great respect for the supreme god of God." Zhou Li said, the right hand to the ground, the left hand to the right hand, the first to the left hand, the first to the left hand, is to worship the head of the hand. Etiquette said, the chief. According to the palm to the land, in order to keep its head on the hand, so it is called the head. The lid salutes the one it respects, and does everything it takes. The master is the head of the ruler who is not his king, and the master is also the head of the king's head of his minister. Zun De also"

But one thing is the same. After Yang Bo gave them a big salute, everyone's hearts were full of inexplicable anticipation and excitement......

Taking advantage of the convenience of Lushun's large-scale construction, Yang Bo divided more than a dozen acres of land on the edge of the general's mansion, and specially built a circular vaulted conference hall for the Ministry of Political Affairs. There is also a huge wall on the side of the square under the steps. Listening to Yang Bo, it was used to post a notice for the people, and sure enough, when they got closer, they saw that the side of the notice wall was surrounded by a wooden fence, and there was actually a big drum inside!

"I'm afraid that my lord will let us avenge the grievances of the people, and the main function of the Senate is to upload and distribute and supervise the locality, right?" Many people have such thoughts in their hearts. The squires are not new, they are also an emerging squire class in the three places of Lushun, but what is fresh is that there is no parent official in the Senate, according to the adult's imagination, the role of the parent official is played by all of them, this is the first time in the world, this matter is probably the most sensational one among the many novelties in Lushun, right? Except for a very few people, it was the first time for everyone to come here, they followed behind Yang Bo, gathered together in twos and threes, pointing and pointing at each other, while whispering, they were full of curiosity about where they would work in the future, and their faces were filled with a look of pride at the same time.

The whole conference hall is divided into two layers, the upper is the functional area, the lower is the conference hall, which can accommodate more than 300 people at a time, and the circular echo wall design can ensure that the speeches in the hall can be heard clearly, everyone followed Yang Bo slowly up the steps, there are two big stone lions with teeth and claws in front of the hall door, the wall is smeared with snow-white lime water, it looks extraordinarily neat and bright, there are craftsmen on it with depicting some clouds, a thing covered with a red cloth on the wall has attracted everyone's attention, Yang Bo stepped forward and pulled it away personally, Everyone exploded the nest with an uproar, and it turned out to be a square black stone, apparently carefully polished, and many names were densely written on it in gilt fonts!

Everyone walked over with anticipation to take a look, and sure enough, there were a few words written in the middle of it: "In May of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the list of all the staff of the Senate and the Township Elder House of the Senate of Lushun Three Places", and the following is a detailed record of each person's name and the meaning they represent from the Senate, such as Bi Fangji, the patriarch of the Senate (representative of the church), Han Cai'e, the senator of the Senate (women's representative), etc

Everyone was huddled together, all looking for their names, and some of the older people were not impressed, they felt that it was not appropriate to engrave their names on stone tablets, only the dead carved stone tablets, right? Some people also secretly speculated that the adults told the story of the monkey king and the monkey group, and also said that everyone sat down to discuss the protection of everyone's interests.

"The Senate is elected every six years, and the Township House is elected every three years, you are the first one, you are very lucky! Your name is engraved here, accept the respect of all the people of Lushun and accept the respect of all the people of Lushun and will be worshiped by your children and grandchildren in the future, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a hundred generations, each of you is the pillar of my Lushun three places, standing out from tens of thousands of people, this is a supreme honor? And every veteran and village veteran can only be re-elected for three consecutive terms......"

Yang Bo pointed to the wall behind him and said: "This large piece of wall is left blank for the villagers who will be re-elected in three years, gentlemen, whether you will do well in the future, whether you can let the people take you as their own interests and continue to promote you, it depends on your own."

Before the emergence of dialectical materialism, in this era and all dynasties, leaving a name in history is the most sacred and great glory that people can look forward to, and there are even people who choose to leave a name for 10,000 years after leaving a name in history, fortunately, only a very small number of people. "Leave a name before and after" is everyone's dream, when Huanglong stubbornly guarded Lushun without taking a step back, on the one hand, it is certainly the idea of serving the country with loyalty, on the other hand, there may not be no sense of honor in history that inspires him to look down on personal life and death, but the problem is whether this era can leave a name in history must be affirmed by the scholar class. Although they have been literate in the private schools in the three places, and they can know a few words at the worst, the private schools have never been able to invite the great Confucian to come and teach. Occasionally, a few scholars who have been promoted are attracted by the salary, and in the past few days, they will scold the "apostasy" while packing up their luggage and running away.

However, an opportunity to make a name for themselves in history was placed in front of them!

All of them. Even the people who were still faintly unhappy in their hearts just now nodded again and again, for fear that Yang Bo would change his mind later.

Of course, they never expected it. Yang Bo's flatbread is painted with arsenic, and in fact their names have been widely praised in the history of the empire for nearly two hundred years, but two hundred years later, a stone tablet was re-embedded next to the first stone tablet in this council chamber, which reads: "...... Forgetting history means betrayal. That's right. They issued the Magna Carta, introduced the Bill of Rights, but note that their starting point was not for democracy, nor for the rights of every free man, the Chinese Federation did not recognize the Ministry of Participation as the predecessor of the Cabinet Council, and the Chinese Federation also did not recognize the Magna Carta as the cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law, and the core content of the Magna Carta was to protect the rights and interests of the feudal aristocracy. They are simply proposing conditional compromises in order to strengthen their rule, the same. It was they who introduced the infamous slave bill, every one of the families on this stone tablet and the families they represented, every copper plate they and their families earned were soaked with countless bones and souls of the slaves of the Chinese Federation, they were marionettes under the rule of tyrants, although their crimes were pardoned by the descendants of slaves gathered here today, but it does not mean that their actions under the tyrant are worthy of forgiveness, today, they are remembered only in recognition of what they proposed, The spirit of the contract that has been written into the charter across the ages is nothing more. ”

When Yang Bo lifted the red cloth on the door of the chamber, the three gilded characters of "Ministry of Political Affairs" appeared in front of everyone, and everyone spontaneously cheered.

"Let's go, let's take a look inside" Yang Bo raised his hand with a smile.

Entering the hall, there are two steps in front of it, and the innermost part of the hall is a flat floor made of square bricks, a huge semi-circular table, behind which are nine high-backed chairs of golden silk nan, all of which are lacquered with a shiny finish.

Yang Bo respectfully said to Bi Fangji: "Father, your position is the first on the left."

Bi Francis stroked his beard, smiled and walked up the steps under the support of Yang Bo, these tables have a golden sign embedded in the countertop, the first place on the left is his name, Bi Francis confessed, sat down a little uneasily, and twisted his body. Everyone understood, sitting on it and looking down on the people in the old courtyard below, it is estimated that the adults deliberately designed it in order to highlight the authority of the Senate.

"Naturally, the adults are sitting in the middle" The attentive person found eight patriarchs, and there were nine high-backed chairs.

"The middle seat will always be empty, no one is qualified to sit on it, including me, when the Ministry of Participation and Political Affairs meets to discuss civil affairs, the people must be allowed to attend, especially when it comes to explaining the civil system, Shixiong, you represent the Ministry of Justice, your seat is here," Yang Bo said, pointing to the first seat on the right.

Zhang Shixiong's head slammed, and he looked at Yang Bo's encouraging gaze in disbelief, his right hand came first, which means that he is on an equal footing with the respected Master Bi in the eyes of adults, and adults are more responsible for themselves on weekdays, Zhang Shixiong thought that adults had a grudge against him, but he didn't expect that adults gave him the honor of being the first in his right hand, and even Tie Niu and Han Yan'er were next to him.

"The small, the little one is willing to die for the adult!" Zhang Shixiong was grateful and said this sentence for the first time.

"Get up, you also find your own place to sit down" Yang Bo smiled and said to everyone, everyone had been waiting for a long time, and immediately scattered in all directions, they were looking for their own places, they were busy checking the nameplate behind the seat, and the sound of calling friends was endless.

As the last villager took his seat, the hall began to slowly fall silent, and many people sat on their seats and writhed their buttocks uneasily, the scene was a little strange, only the adults stood alone at the foot of the hall steps, and they were high up, as if the adults were being judged by them......

"When it comes to drafting civil regulations, the Ministry of Participation must be attended by the public, remembering that the decisions made by you, the elders and villagers, represent the interests of your class behind your back. Just like Aunt Han, you represent the rights of women and children in our three places in Lushun, and the decisions you make must be for their sake. If your decision betrays their interests, then you won't sit in this position for long" Yang Bo put his hands behind his back and talked eloquently under the hall, in the hall, eight elders, one hundred and eight village elders sat down and listened with complicated expressions.

“…… We ordinary people have three dreams, and I won't tell you anything. I have also had these three dreams, the first dream is called Mingjun Dream, which is to hope for a good emperor; The second dream is called the Qingguan dream. If the emperor can't count on it, he hopes that there will be a clean official and life will be better; The third dream is called the dream of chivalry, if the Qing official can't count on it. I hope that there will be a chivalrous man to take revenge. But I'm sober now. I know that these three dreams are daydreams that will never come, these three dreams are essentially minion dreams, I don't know when you will wake up, but I hope you will wake up soon, so I tell you to get up in advance, don't fall asleep anymore, and wake up more people who are still sleeping for me when you wake up, until one day. Everyone has completely abandoned this ethereal dream, and I don't know if I will ever see that day before I die. But I'd love to see it, so I'm here to ask you! ”

Yang Bo waved his hand, stopped many people from leaving their seats and kneeling in return, and said: "You have all understood the purpose of establishing the Ministry of Participation in the Political Affairs, and you have also understood the spirit of the contract I said before, the metaphor of the monkey king and the monkey group, so today I will summarize for you again The purpose of the establishment of the Ministry of Participation in the Political Affairs Department is threefold!" ”

Yang Bo spoke slowly, so slow that everyone could hear every word he said, and only his words echoed in the hall......

"First, the purpose of the Ministry of Participation is to have a high-level social decision-making framework and process, which is used to ensure that all levels express their own demands, and after expression, they can form decisions or policies in a timely and effective manner. Well, Second Aunt Han, how old is Erya? Yang Bo asked suddenly.

Han Cai'e was a little surprised, and subconsciously stood up and said, "Erya sixteen, my lord?" ”

Yang Bo nodded, motioned for Han Cai'e to sit down, and said, "Is the second girl entangled in her feet?" ”

Several villagers around laughed softly, and Han Cai'e said with a flushed face: "Back to the adult, Er Ya has been running crazy every day since she was a child, and she can't get entangled, and I am also a little reluctant to suffer from the girl's sin, hey, I am a little selfish as a mother, and it is better to work on the ground in the future with big feet, right?" Who would have thought that my family would also be rich and prosperous under the protection of adults? At the beginning, there was also a monk who said that my family would be unspeakably expensive in the future, and my family almost gave him two mouths at that time! Oops, now I can regret it, no, seeing that Erya is getting older day by day, and I haven't found a good family, many matchmakers heard her big feet and quickly ran away......"

Everyone laughed, and many people had the courage to say: "Aunt Han, what a good girl Erya, that's because she doesn't look down on my boy, if you don't know it, please ask the matchmaker to make a decision?" I'll hug your nephew next year."

Seeing that the more people talked, the more outrageous it became, Han Cai'e spat at a few people who were coaxing, but she thought proudly in her heart: "Can Erya take a fancy to your family's unpromising cub?" Can't even get a private school scholarship? But what do you mean by that? Could it be that the adults are interested in Erya? Can't you? If an adult falls in love with Erya, this ......"

Yang Bo smiled and said to Bi Fangji: "Father, you have the right to stop the noise of everyone in the audience when you decide the discussion, see?" You have a gavel handy, pick it up and knock it three times."

Bi Fangji picked up a small wooden mallet with some novelty, he had already seen it, only his desktop had this mallet, he didn't know what it was for, and now when he heard Yang Bo's command, he knocked three times on a board on the corner of the table.

As Yang Bo looked around, the hall immediately fell silent

"When Master Bi rings the gavel, knocking three times in a row and still making loud noises, Master Bi has the right to expel him immediately, note that after expellation, your qualification as a villager will immediately become invalid, and at the same time, you will lose the qualification to be re-elected, this punishment is very severe! Why am I doing this? When you make decisions in the future, you will definitely encounter different opinions, different positions have different demands, but no matter how great, glorious, and correct you feel, you must first learn to listen to the opinions of others, learn to compromise, without compromise there is no Ministry of Political Affairs, no matter how noisy you sit here, but it is not allowed to lift the table and leave without a word, no matter how noisy you are, you must reach a decision here that can take into account the interests of all parties. This is a mechanism that enables us ordinary people to formulate policies that are in line with our long-term common interests. Even if it is superficially taking care of the interests of all parties, do you understand? Yang Bo asked

Everyone nodded silently, some of them thinking. Is it allowed to quarrel? Won't it be a vegetable market in the future?

Some people think, it's okay to quarrel, but it's okay for me to fight? In case the adults agree with each other, then I am not an opponent of the army?

Some people think, I have to find a few idle men and mothers-in-law to learn how to quarrel, otherwise I am so stupid, quarrel and suffer losses to hang myself?

"Let's get back to the topic. Aunt Han felt that it was not good to bind her feet, and many women thought the same way, so Aunt Han proposed a bill. That is, the women in our three places in Lushun do not bind their feet, and it is stipulated in the form of a decree, what do you think? Yang Bo asked again.

"I never thought about it. I don't think foot binding is bad, do you? This, this adult. I couldn't help it at the time, didn't I? This one. Adults have wronged......" Han Cai'e was shocked, and quickly stood up and waved her hands towards Yang Bo, Yang Bo's words caused an uproar in the hall, and many people began to whisper, and the hall was buzzing for a while.

"Tuk Tuk"

At Yang Bo's signal, Bi Fangji rang the gavel again, and cleverly recalled Yang Bo's warning, and quickly shut up. A few people who had forgotten also regained their silence under the reminder of others.

Yang Bo nodded with some satisfaction and said, "Second Aunt Han, this is just an analogy. But the problem is that many families in our three places in Lushun do not bind their feet, and they don't want their women to suffer, so they entrust you to submit a bill to abolish the bad habit of foot binding, what do you do? ”

Han Erjia thought for a long time, muttered a few words, and shook his head resolutely.

"No, Second Aunt Han, you have to submit this bill, abolishing the bad habit of foot binding is the appeal of the majority of women in Lushun, and you, as a women's representative, ignore their demands, then Second Aunt Han, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it for long...... Yang Bo shook his head regretfully, pretending to be alarmist.

Han Cai'e stood up again, and said with some hesitation: "My lord, why have I heard differently, many mothers-in-law are the same as me, they all regret that they didn't bind their daughter's feet at the beginning, seeing that the family is rich, but they can't find a good family."

Yang Bo laughed: "What is a good person? Do good people have their eyes on your second foot? Auntie, don't blame me for not reminding you, if the person proposing marriage is so short-sighted, don't do this kind of family matter, okay, let's go back to the topic just now, just now I said that many women want to abolish foot binding, right? Of course, there are many women who support foot binding, but what if there are more people who support abolition? You have to submit this proposal, what are you worried about, isn't there that our elders and village elders have not expressed their opinions? It's your business whether you submit it or not, and how they decide is their business, right? If you, Han Cai'e, sit in this position and don't speak up for the women in the three places of Lushun, do you think they will trust you in the future? ”

Han Cai'e opened her mouth wide, thought for a long time and said, "My lord, I understand, but what if these people pass?" I won't poke people in the back until I die? ”

Yang Bo nodded and said, "Yes, you're right to be worried, but you underestimate our fellow villagers too much, right?" Ladies and gentlemen? ”

On the seat of the village elder, several people stood up and said, "Adult, small, small, that, that against!" ”

Yang Bo laughed and motioned for them to sit down with his hand before saying, "Look, aren't there people who are also opposed?" What are you afraid of? ”

Seeing the confused eyes of everyone, Yang Bo said: "This is what we are talking about, what is the purpose of setting up the Ministry of Political Affairs, that is, to take care of the interests of the majority of the people, and all levels can reach a compromise, this is what you need to keep in mind, so those who support foot binding have their demands, and those who support the abolition of foot binding also have their demands, so what should we do?" Like them, don't we have a third way but to agree and disagree? I can't see ......."

Yang Bo pointed at the few people who stood up and objected: "Can we make such a decision, all the women in Lushun must agree to their own women, whether they bind their feet or not, and if they can stand the pain of foot binding, you will wrap it, no one will interfere, those who do not bind their feet will not bind their feet, and they will never be allowed to force foot binding, so that most people will be satisfied?" ”

There were few fools elected by the three places in Lushun, and someone immediately leaned over and asked: "My lord, this move is even more inappropriate, if you still want your own women to agree to foot binding, of course they are not happy, what is the difference between this and abolishing foot binding?" ”

Yang Bo smiled and nodded, and looked at the man deeply: "Then you can convince your own woman?" Do you dare not listen to you? ”

The old man was a little embarrassed, wanted to refute and hesitated, and finally sat back, silent, yes, the adults are right, the problem is that a few women in the three places of Lushun will listen to their parents, they have been studying private school since childhood, they don't need to spend a penny at home, it's easy to get into the top 30 with a little effort, and they can earn a lot of scholarships for the family, and when they graduate, they will be assigned to various divisions, and the remuneration is even higher than that of most parents, with the rise of economic status, their right to speak is getting bigger and bigger, and they can also speak at home, But he really didn't have the face to say these unfortunate ugly things in the family, but he secretly made up his mind that if anyone dared to submit a proposal to prohibit foot binding, he would definitely oppose it...... (To be continued......)