A group of men, women, and children walked out of the Hongde Temple on the side of the political hall, and enthusiastically discussed Duan Hongshi, Wang Shishen, Zhu Yigui, Huang Zhuo, Lu Yi and other celebrities in the shrine.

Zhou Huang turned a deaf ear, and when Liu Lun asked again, "Chaosan, are you willing to stand up?" His eyes lit up and he nodded slowly.

Then he shook his head again: "If I stand up, I will not be a sacrifice, I will win." ”

It was Liu Lun's turn to be surprised, although the emperor was not nominated, but the two houses had already made a list of candidates, and a pre-duel was launched, everyone thought that the next prime minister would be Cheng Yingde, Yang Junli and Xiang Shanzhi.

These three people have enough qualifications, not to mention their talents, Cheng Yingde and Yang Junli are both old ministers from the dragon in the Tianwangfu era, Cheng Yingde started from the bottom, and started a path with Ba Xu, Yang Junli was born in the army, and both of them have accumulated merit and been promoted to the auxiliary marquis. Xiang Shanzhi is the younger brother of Xiang Shanxuan, the previous governor of the Privy Council, specializing in northern affairs, and is the first cadre under Chen Wance.

It's just that the two courts are not very satisfied with the three of them, because these three people are still the same way as the previous prime minister, and they can't urinate with the two courts. The two houses are fighting each other, but they are only picking out the least bad of the three bad fruits.

In addition to these three people, if there can be a dark horse, it will not be Zhou Huang's turn, but Yuan Shitai, who has just served as the governor of the Privy Council for less than a year. Yuan Shitai was the son of Yuan Yinggang and Yuan Tiepan, the old man of the military ceremonial supervisor in the Tianwangfu era, who was born in the Huangpu Army Academy and studied at the Baicheng Academy. Many people in the Western Courtyard of the Kingdom have taken a fancy to him, and Liu Lun believes that there are also affairs in the hospital that have approached him.

The reason why Liu Lun came forward to Zhou Huang was because he wanted to stir up this pool of stagnant water. also lies in the fact that the two have similar political views. It is precisely because of this that Liu Lun believes that Zhou Huang cannot ascend to the throne, because he Liu Lun exists as a minority in the two houses.

Zhou Huang is not a stupid person, he should understand this fact. Why do you have the desire to win? Is it trying to use some kind of power to hold the upper positions of the two houses? Is he such a power-hungry person?

Liu Lunzheng was a little annoyed that he had seen the wrong person, and Zhou Huang forced him to look at him: "I have been in politics for 20 years, and every day is to climb to a high position in the court, to climb to a high position, to show my ambitions, and to prove my way." This is the ambition of the unity of righteousness and benefit, Liu Shetou, why did you change your face, do you regard me as a villain who chases power? ”

Liu Lun was very embarrassed, so he listened to Zhou Huang continue: "If you want me to stand up, I have to do my best, otherwise how can I stir up this situation?" If you do your best, you will go for the victory, even if there is only a slight chance. I won't take the story lightly! ”

Zhou Huang was not only aggressive in his words at this time, but his eyes were filled with the light of ambition, which was projected on Liu Lun. made Liu Lun feel more and more that the size of this game was far from what he had imagined.

Zhou Huang asked bluntly: "Head Liu, how many people in the two houses will support me?" ”

As long as you follow the path, why be afraid of big changes, Liu Lun settled down and replied: "There are Renshe, Moshe, and Sage Society in the East Courtyard, and there are chambers of commerce in the Central Plains, North and Northwest in the West Courtyard, as well as the Xijia Lianxing in Jiangnan and Lingnan, with about 100 hardcore people. There are still a hundred people to fight for. ”

Zhou Huang sighed: "Two hundred, one-third strong......"

The eastern and western courts have been expanded many times, and now there are 100,000 people elected to produce one eastern court, and the east court has nearly 400 people, and each province has five western courts, and the northern province and overseas companies have one or three trusteeships, depending on the situation. There were one hundred and seventy people in the west courtyard. There are only 100 people, plus 100 people riding the wall, no wonder Liu Lun said that he can only stir up the situation.

Zhou Huang cheered up again: "The reason why they value me is because they have the same mind as Liu She's head?" ”

Without waiting for Liu Lun to respond, Zhou Huang said again: "They are also willing to step on the altar and take risks with you and me?" Or do you agree with my political views and really hope that I can be prime minister? ”

Liu Lun paused for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Of course it's the latter......"

Zhou Huang smiled at Liu Lun, and knew that you were demagoguery.

"Political opinions, everyone is staring at political opinions, why are there only 100 hardcores?"

Zhou Huang's question has a deep background, and Yinghua has a lion and tiger dispute, which is mainly reflected in the direction of governance.

The Lion Party, that is, the Western Courtyard, the National Industry and Commerce, and overseas territories, held high the banner of "letting the people benefit themselves", demanding that the state try to liberalize economic control, collect less industrial and commercial taxes, and give more preferential treatment to emerging industries. The Tiger Party, that is, the Eastern Yuan, the bureaucrats, and the clear stream of the country, held high the banner of "everyone benefits" and demanded that the state suppress the rich and help the poor, reduce people's taxes, collect more industrial and commercial taxes, and provide more relief to the poor.

The two parties here are only a conflict of class interests and ideas, and do not involve specific social politics. Zhou Huang belongs to the Tiger Party, and he has always advocated that under the country, there is a huge difference between the rich and the poor in various places, and in order to maintain the unity of China and the stability of righteousness, the country must extend more hands and pay more attention to the bottom line of people's livelihood.

If we only talk about political opinions, more than half of the affairs of the two houses are biased towards the Tiger Party, and regardless of things, all the affairs of the courts from the cultural, educational, petty business, bureaucracy, and other strata basically hold the position of the Tiger Party. Behind the Lion Party's steadfastness are the power of the industrial and commercial sectors, finance, and overseas territories.

Liu Lun sighed: "Let's not say that this is to break the old situation, others don't have the courage to do this, just talk about political opinions, everyone is only the same on the big picture, and they often fight for details and details, and they can't get together, and many things are not as simple as the lion and tiger dispute, and the position is difficult to clarify." ”

Zhou Huang's eyes were inward, reminiscing about the past, and after a while, he said: "Nineteen years ago, during the Northern Expedition, why could everyone put aside their prejudices and pinch them together? At that time, I was also in the north, and I followed the alliance to appease the people and sort out government affairs. ”

His voice gradually raised: "That is the country has reached a great juncture, and everyone needs to unite." Now, the lion and tiger dispute has dragged the country, isn't it also a threshold that requires everyone to work together again? ”

"We don't care about the details, we can adjust and understand each other, as long as we keep the general direction, why can't we pinch together!?"

Zhou Huang excitedly stretched out his arms and said, "We want to form a big party!" Not only to elect the prime minister, but also to influence the big politics! In this way, we will be able to open up the two houses and the political hall, so that the lion and tiger dispute will not continue endlessly! Drag down state affairs! ”

Liu Lun was startled, and the courtyard affairs behind him were startled, and Dr. Cha, who was serving tea, tilted his hand and poured the tea on the table of the two Anguo Institute spies. But the two spies were also dumbfounded, unaware.

A Shangshu and the leaders of the Eastern Courtyard openly clamored for the formation of a party to govern, which was too unscrupulous......

The two spies calmed down and wondered if they should hurry back to report this shocking "conspiracy". But as soon as I got up, I recalled the conversation between the two just now, but I felt that I had nowhere to start, what kind of conspiracy is this? This is the important people of the two courts and the political hall who have the courage to change the political pattern of the court, this matter has always been done by the emperor in the past, and now they want to do it themselves, what crime can be deducted from this?

The two spies got up after Zhou Huang's words. The other courtyards that knew that they were hiding had already looked over, and the two figured out the joints again, neither walking, nor sitting, pouting their buttocks and pestling there, looking extremely embarrassed.

Liu Lun ignored them, and his eyes flashed with excitement: "Well said!" The workers of Xijiaxing know how to form a party and speak out, why don't we join into a big party! ”

Xijiaxing has a lot of influence in Lingnan and Jiangnan. Unlike the old Western family associations, these workers' organizations, which broke down the barriers between guilds and competition, united and became a significant force in the political situation in the country. After decades of development. Now that they have been able to merge into a group and show their strength in the election of the National House, their representatives have begun to appear in both the East and the West, although the strength is still very weak, but with nearly a million candidates, no one dares to ignore this force.

Thinking about it from the cohesion of Xijiaxing, Liu Lun was of course excited, if he could really integrate into a big party with the views of the Tiger Party, then he and Zhou Huang would not be disrupting the situation, but creating a situation.

Liu Lun asked: "This party ...... What kind of party should it be? ”

Zhou Huang said: "It should be a party that everyone can see at a glance what it wants." It can absorb all the people in the world, even if it is not a choice, but they can support us. Therefore, we should spread the party's ideas to the whole world, and the people of the country will know it, just like the ...... in those years Confederate. ”

Liu Lun clapped his hands and said: "The alliance was established to seek the unity of the north and the south, and now we are asking for it." It's still the same country, why don't you call it the Alliance! ”

Zhou Huang paused for a moment, and then slowly smiled: "The alliance will ......"

He looked at the two spies, "What do you two think?" ”

The spy was dumbfounded, and after half a sound, the young one said: "It's really dedicated to the public, that's naturally good!" The older one said, "But who knows your sincerity?" ”

Zhou Huang and Liu Lun glanced at each other, and smiled at the same time, Liu Lun said: "Just like a train, it was built to move, in order to run fast and steady, and then think about braking, this is just the beginning......

In the afternoon, the general meeting continued in the large conference hall of the government affairs hall.

"The matter of Luzon should be decided, the matter of withdrawing the capital and protecting the government is too urgent, when Jia Yifan left, there were even Luzon newspaper people who were questioned in person, which shows that the Luzon people are still unconvinced, and they should restart the constitution according to the northern example!"

"The newspaper person is just an example, continue to exert pressure, and it is difficult to report what kind of basket will come out. If the constitution is not successful, why not send the red clothes to the military again? ”

"The trend of smuggling in Nanzhou is intensifying, and I think that the governors of the states will be completely withdrawn from the political hall, and it is not enough to rely on the law department alone to supervise the states."

"Nanzhou is remote, almost like Dongzhou, and it is already a common practice for the governor to be appointed by various colonial companies, and the annexation to the government hall will cause dissatisfaction among the people of Nanzhou on the one hand, and on the other hand, the door to corruption and bribery will be opened. In this matter, it is best to set up a customs office in Nanzhou to suppress the trend of smuggling. ”

"Fujian's proposal to build the Fuquan Railway by itself, the cost of its own fundraising, the imperial court to assist, when the imperial court accounts for 20% of the shares, I think this opening can be opened."

"How's that going to work!? After opening this opening, the imperial court can't cope with it at all, not to mention that there is no way to build a railway along the national chess! When the people and the people built their own railways, the imperial court still had to bear the responsibility of the piles, but they could not get profits, and they suffered in vain. ”

The ministers couldn't argue about several important matters, but they couldn't get a result, so they had to look at Li Kezai together.

"This ......"

Li Ke said in his heart, why are you looking at me, I'll get an idea? How can it be?

Without the prime minister here, the political hall was almost suspended, so everyone's topic had to be pulled back to the matter of the prime minister, but still no one spoke out to remind the emperor, but came up with all kinds of side ideas. Some people say that although Song is sick and bedridden, he can still speak, so it is better to continue to use him until death, and some say that he will find the two academies to hold a meeting in the Zhongji Palace, so that the two academies will also be responsible.

Zhou Huang looked left and looked again, after taking a deep breath. got up and bowed to Li Kezai: "Your Highness, can you make a statement to Your Majesty, just say that the minister Zhou Huang has something to say about the prime minister!" ”

This sentence shocked everyone for a long time. Li Kezaicai said: "Zhou Chaosan, can you roughly say it, what do you think?" ”

The ministers kept a close eye on Zhou Huang, what else did the capital say? Zhou Huang, the hairy boy, was quite a prime minister who wanted to go crazy, so he stepped forward and recommended himself.

Zhou Huang said: "The minister is a ......change in the system of the prime minister's election."

He glanced at the crowd and then stiffened his head. Lang said: "It is also a minister who can be qualified as the prime minister and open a new system!" ”

Li Kezai was relieved at first, the prime minister finally had a breakthrough in this matter, and admired Zhou Huang, who was willing to be the first rafter, and then raised suspicion and vigilance, and said after a moment of silence: "After the meeting is over, I will meet my father and explain this matter, you had better prepare the charter." For the father's reference. ”

Zhou Huang bowed again, his eyes full of determination.

After the meeting was adjourned, Li Kezai left in a hurry. The ministers surrounded Zhou Huang, either sighing or sighing, Yang Junli, Xiang Shanzhi and Cheng Yingde and others all said Xiao Zhou, why are you like this, Zhou Huang looked at the three popular candidates, and said with a smile: "The three of you don't want to be the juniors, the juniors really want to be the prime minister." ”

Cheng Yingde laughed loudly: "If Your Majesty really favors you, it will be a happy thing!" ”

On the one hand, Yuan Shitai, the governor of the Privy Council, did not come together to comfort Zhou Huang, who was recognized by everyone as "voluntarily dedicated to breaking the situation", he knew that Zhou Huang was a person, and he was hesitant in his heart and regretted it on the other. In fact, you can also come forward......

Stepping out of the political affairs hall, Yuan Shitai wanted to ask Duan Lindong of the East Courtyard, but he didn't expect Duan Lindong to wait directly outside the door, and when he saw him appear, he grabbed him: "Xiao Yuan, you have to go up!" ”

Yuan Shitai froze. What do you mean?

At this moment, there was already a lot of people in a branch hall in the West Courtyard.

"You must not let Liu Lun take away power!"

"Liu Lun and Zhou Huang, that's tyranny!"

"They're so bad! It has never been done since the founding of the country to join forces! ”

"Meeting! Crusade against Liu Lun and impeach Zhou Huang! ”

Shen Fu, who had a calm face, raised his hand and pressed it weakly: "Quiet-!" ”

Hundreds of people in the hall closed their mouths, and Shen Fu said: "Liu Lun and Zhou Huang's move is to open a new situation, not to mention the situation of the court, the overall situation of national politics will change greatly!" But this is not a crime, on the contrary, His Majesty has been silent about the prime minister for a long time, and he should be waiting for us to break the situation by ourselves, but unfortunately, Liu Erren is ahead of us......"

He said loudly: "They can form a party, why can't we form a party?" They have snatched the name of the Alliance, and if they want to turn the Void Tiger into a real tiger, we must stand up and turn the Void Lion into a real Lion, and fight the evil tiger to the end! ”

Shen Fuyang withdrew from industry and commerce more than 10 years ago due to the affairs of the north and the south, and then handed over the family business to his son, and devoted himself to the affairs of the East Courtyard, advocating that the country further loosen the shackles of industry and commerce, so that industrial and commercial finance can continue to grow, absorb more people to work, and become more and more famous.

"Liu Lun can lift Zhou Huang, why can't we also lift one person? The general affairs of the Eastern Courtyard have gone to talk to Yuan Shitai, so we will raise Yuan Zhizheng! ”

Shen Fuyang was full of pride at this time, and his fighting spirit was soaring, and he regarded Liu Zhou's joint formation of the party as a black cloud to crush the city. This is also inevitable, they pull up the banner of the League, to seize the position of prime minister, and then the government will go hand in hand, which means that the government of the Tiger Party will come to power in an all-round way, and then there will be no good days for industrial and commercial finance.

Shen Fuyang's most dissatisfied thing is that the Tiger Party always says that Yinghua Industrial and Commercial Finance oppresses the people and sucks flesh and blood. Without the prosperity of industrial and commercial finance, can the world evolve to this point? There are no industrial lords, business lords, chaebols, or even colonial giants, who can make cakes so big? Not to mention that the Lion Party has grown stronger and given tens of millions of people all over the world food, clothing and jobs, and the Tigers are staring at the big profits made by the workshop owners and businessmen, but they don't look at how much blood and sweat they have paid for this great profit. This great profit was earned by hard work, courage, and brains under the great righteousness of Yinghua, not robbed.

The Tiger Party and the gang put on the stinky sign of equality in the world, but what they actually did was to rob, rob the rich and help the poor, there was a history in ancient times, so the world should not want rich people......

Therefore, Liu's trip to the two must be blocked, and they must be allowed to take the position, and the future is unimaginable.

"Let's form a party too!"

"Yuan Shitai is a good candidate!"

"Ask to see Your Majesty! It's best to be ahead of Liu Er! ”

Everyone was in a hurry, and Shen Fuyang's proposal was unanimously passed on the spot.

Liu Erren snatched the signboard of the League, so what should their party be called? The name of the party is their righteousness, and this is not a trivial matter.

Shen Fuyang said: "What our party wants to unite is that since Your Majesty established the great righteousness of heaven, we have firmly stood with Your Majesty, and we have been in the same boat with those who agree with the great righteousness of heaven, and finally created the ...... of this country."

Someone was about to shout out the name "Freemasonry", but Shen Fuyang was not finished speaking.

"We are one of the legs of Yinghua, the righteousness of heaven and earth will never be shaken, we do not seek to dominate the government, but no matter who is in charge, they can't press us down, and they can't regard us as fish and meat. We cannot ignore our interests. In ancient times, there was a Zhou Zhao republic, our party...... It's called the Republicans! ”

Shen Fuyang's words made the party's position and goals clear and clear, and his name came as soon as he opened his mouth, obviously not in a hurry, but in a deliberate attempt for a long time.

"It's a pity, after all, Liu Lun didn't dare to do it, he was one step behind......"

When Shen Fuyang said this name, there was still a deep chagrin in his heart.

On March 2, the 43rd year of the Holy Dao, the League and the Republican Association were formed, and these two parties, which were elected by the prime minister and clamoured, became the left and right legs of the future Anglo-Chinese political life, stretching for hundreds of years. Even though they changed their names several times, everyone still followed their roots and called them the Tiger Party and the Lion Party. Since this day, the lion and tiger dispute between Yinghua and China has also condensed from the dispute of ideas and the dispute of the courtyard to the partisan dispute that runs through the practice of national politics.

At the beginning of the night, in a house somewhere in Tokyo, Li Kezai respectfully stood in front of the bed, and the outgoing prime minister Song was lying on the bed, although his face was not good, but he still supported him to explain.

"Thankfully, they've finally made it this far......"

"Your Highness, don't worry, the focus of your concern is not the prime minister, or even the system of election of the prime minister, but the system of party struggle."

Li Kezai did not go directly to his father, but wanted to mention this to his father before getting some tips from Song Ji to understand the key to this change.

"It's not even about the winner in the party struggle, but how the loser should deal with it, whether the momentum of victory and defeat is irreversible, and like the old world, it will go towards that one."

"Yes, every other term, the situation of party competition must be reset to zero, the winner cannot always be in power, and the loser must have the opportunity to continue to fight for the position. The two are competing, and how to keep the bottom line is another key. ”

Song said bitterly, even if his family persuaded him, he waved his hand to stop, he had to say it. The evolution from the election of the prime minister to the breaking of the courtyard pattern and the party struggle was something he had long anticipated and even deduced. It's a pity that he fell before his term ended, and he was busy with specific government affairs in the past few years, so he didn't have time to promote this matter at all.

Although it was rushed, it is not too surprising that the situation has evolved so far. And Li Kezai was worried about the emperor's reaction, and Song felt that it was unfounded, and this change was actually squeezed out by the emperor. Of course, the emperor is no longer as willing to take the initiative to push it as before. If the court itself does not take this step, the change may be that the emperor directly appoints a person, and then the court will suppress the power of the court to elect the prime minister.

Song Ji sighed: "Behind the party struggle, there is actually the law of the country, the election of the court, and how to adjust the status of the court, the great changes......"

Then he smiled slightly: "However, it is good to have a beginning, as long as you take the first step, others will gradually follow." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )