Chapter 567 Coup d'état: Eastern Courtyard

The imperial court allowed Huai to set up the Western Courtyard, which was a change in the political system, for which the "Emperor's Constitution", the "Emperor's Constitution" and the "Emperor's British Commercial Law" and other laws and regulations had to be revised, and as soon as the news was released by the "Yinghua Newsletter", a country was boiling for this.

In addition to those corrupt Confucians who think that this country continues to slide into the abyss of Yang Zhudao, ordinary scholars, officials, and even local businessmen also have great opinions, and the soldiers are even more full of resentment.

They felt that this was the Chamber of Commerce and Industry forcing the emperor to bow his head.

"Grass, the assy eyes of these old people! May their children and grandchildren have no eggs! ”

It was December 10, and Xiao Sheng entered Fujian with a large army at sea, which was very close to Xiamen. By the time Ji Lei received the supplies, the newspaper had also been delivered to Fujian, and everyone from Xiao Sheng to the ordinary soldiers knew the news of the imminent establishment of the Western Courtyard.

Xiao Sheng scolded very unvividly, he didn't think that Li Shi was lowered by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, but Li Shi carried the black pot for himself, but he couldn't make a sound, purely annoyed with himself. Before going to war, the more than 30,000 taels of silver he gave to Li Shi turned into 200,000, which scared him into sweat.

Li Xi initially transferred his shares in Qingtian Company, and even transferred the shares of several concubines in the back garden, in order to accommodate the silver of the imperial court's multi-cent fund, and then took the spare money of his henchmen and concubines. This series of operations is not because he does not want to be self-interested. It is the capital of Qingtian Company, plus this spare money, the total amount has been hundreds of thousands, rolling in the stock market, the movement is already too big, and if there is more, the stock market will be blown up.

Among these silver coins, Xiao Sheng's 30,000 taels of silver is the largest share, Duan Lao's father and son only entered 8,000 taels, Yan Sanniang only entered 5,000 taels, and it is Xiao Sheng who has benefited the most.

Seeing the deposit notes of the Yinghua Bank, Xiao Sheng's heart was so weak that he wrote several letters to Li Xian, requesting that the silver be converted into public funds, and he personally led his troops to attack Xiamen, and also had the intention of avoiding the spitting of the court.

But I didn't expect that Li Shi carried this black pot for him, for the court, and for everyone, the situation has developed to the present, the Western Courtyard was established, and the merchants of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry entered the national politics in a grand manner, Xiao Sheng didn't think it through, and he felt full of grievances.

He was still just aggrieved, and the reaction of the other soldiers was the same as Siniang next to Li Xian, these businessmen rebelled! How dare you blackmail their emperor, their commander-in-chief!?

Meng Songhai gritted his teeth and said: "Chief Chief, let's kill the building at Qingpu Wharf and smash it to pieces!" "Xiao Shengxin said that it is exactly what I want, but this kind of is just talk.

He was thinking about how to send the soldiers' emotional reactions to Li Shi, and Li Shi's reply arrived.

"This silver is yours, you can use it however you want, but there is no need to donate it directly to the court. There is no shortage of money in the court now, and I don't want to let some expenses be handled by the court, the people who do things are all officials, and only seven yuan at most can be implemented for one or two. ”

"I have an idea, the imperial court picks up the bereavement allowance for the fallen soldiers of the army and navy, which is only enough for the family to make a living, and the number of places for the juniors to enter the naval academy is limited, and the other juniors can only be ordinary soldiers, and it is more difficult to make a living in other fields. You can set up a mutual aid fund to help them find a better future. ”

Li Xi was very serious about the families of the army victims, after all, this matter can only be partially solved by the imperial court, and if you want to live a better life, you also need to rely on the army's own strength.

Xiao Sheng was sighing, and when he saw the second half of the letter, his face turned awe-inspiring again. Li Xi said that in the matter of the Western Courtyard, attention should be paid to appeasing the emotions of the army, but we must not forget the principle that soldiers cannot interfere in politics, and he does not want the army to jump out to stir up the situation at this critical juncture. Don't force him to tear and cut people for the sake of the overall situation. The blood of the soldiers must always be used on foreign enemies.

Xiao Shengzhi finished the letter, and he was still by his side, as if waiting for him to speak, and the navy made some moves to scare Meng Songhai, who was greedy for business in the country, and said: "Our enemy is in the east and north, but not in the country!" Go check the combat readiness and set sail tomorrow! ”

Meng Songhai muttered dissatisfiedly and left, Xiao Sheng stayed for a moment, wrote a reply to Li Xian, and truthfully reported the emotions of the naval officers.

Li Xian not only learned about the mood of the navy officers and men from Xiao Sheng, but also sent urgent letters from Jia Wu, Wu Ya, Zhang Hanwan and other generals, reporting that the army officers and men were also very dissatisfied.

Fan Jin, who has been staying in the country, was even more outspoken, and said to Li Xian, comparing our country to a big family, where soldiers work hard for their families outside, and businessmen manage their finances and do business at home, everyone is equal. Now that the industry and commerce borrowed the West Courtyard, they began to speak out in the patriarch's meeting, which made the soldiers feel that they were bowed. Although they understand that industry and commerce support a country's tax revenue, including military spending, they shed blood and sacrifice, but it is not entirely for industry and commerce, and for their military expenses. …,

Fan Jin said: "The first thing for soldiers is to protect their families and defend the country, and then they are fighting for the country's interests, but if this benefit only falls on the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the soldiers will not accept it, and the ministers will not accept it." ”

Not only Fan Jin, Fan Xiyi also believes that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is only a country's big businessmen, and the local industry and commerce are now very prosperous, if a country only allows big businessmen to speak out on financial matters, the emperor and the imperial court will not see the reaction of local industry and commerce to financial matters.

Finance is supposed to absorb a country's wealth, and it is impossible to miss this corner of the locality.

Liu Xingchun's views are broader and deeper, and he believes that financial matters are not only in industry and commerce, but also in the stock market and bonds, and many people have been encircled. Before the financial turmoil, the people in the country were also in turmoil, although they were only rich people with spare money, but in our country, there will be more and more rich people, and then finance and the affairs of a country will be more deeply intertwined.

Guan Fengsheng, Tian Dayou, Lin Dashu, Wu Yaluo and He Gui gathered in Huangpu in a rare gathering, and even An Jinzhi'an, the old man, also came, in the name of pulling Li Xi to celebrate the New Year together, but in fact he complained to Li Shi.

These "old vested interest groups" were very dissatisfied with Li Shi's efforts to take care of those "new vested interest groups" on the surface, and under Li Shi's guidance, they only buried their heads in making real profits. The reason why he hasn't spoken out much in recent years is that Li Shi has carved out plenty of space from various aspects such as officialdom, colonization, and industry, allowing them to earn a lot of money. But seeing that finance is about to sweep through a country's industry and commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry wants to borrow the Western Courtyard to restrict the emperor, most of them will also trouble them, they are very unhappy.

Then Duan Hongshi brought Chen Yuanlong, an old man who lived in seclusion in the countryside and taught as a profession. Duan Hongshi wrote "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty", which also pulled him in, and gradually gained an understanding of the country's new policy. Seeing that a country's atmosphere was great, but suddenly a western courtyard popped out, Chen Yuanlong suddenly had a fire in his belly, and he couldn't care about the determination of not being in this dynasty before, and when he twisted Duan Hong, he wanted to admonish him with a cloth body.

Chen Yuanlong pointed at Li Shi's nose and scolded: "Your Majesty's earlier words about meeting with all the people are all false!?" Since it is necessary to open up the way of speech and attract people from all parties concerned to manage it together, why is it that the people are left alone!? Could it be that this country is just a country of a thousand families from Your Majesty, the Imperial Court and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry!? Your Majesty, you are deaf! ”

Li Xianxin said, is this progress too fast?

Chen Yuanlong was still saying: "Your Majesty has set up public bureaus in counties and townships, is it just decoration!?" Your Majesty said before that this country is a country of all peoples, but what about the people!? How can I not see!? ”

Chen Yuanlong shouted, and the province of Menxia, which already had some opinions, also jumped, and the newspapers began to clamor and began to point the finger at the Huai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, making the "council" formed by the 84 representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry who was strolling among the clouds panic.

The wrath of the people was committed...... Liang Bo said in his heart, what I expected is right, this emperor is so ruthless! He's just waiting for this moment, for sure! deliberately bowed his head before, just to arouse public opinion, and to use the public opinion of all parties to knife them! Shen Fuyang saw his blue face, and comforted him with a smile: "Don't think too much, this country is not just an official family and our country, not only has 30 million people, but also so many small businesses in the local area, and more importantly, there are many scholars." We bargained with the officials, and they were also moved. ”

This is a good description of the situation, but at present, there seem to be signs of turbulence, and many people in the "council" have begun to waver. Han Yujie also ignored the suspicion that he had the "emperor's eyes and ears", and said in a deep voice: "Today's matter, there is no advance or retreat!" I might as well tell you that the establishment of the Western Courtyard is an established national policy of the government, and we can't hold back the officials at this critical moment! ”

Everyone asked, how should we deal with the turbulent public sentiment of other parties?

Han Yujie said: "It's nothing more than the re-reform of the system of the Western Courtyard, and the other parties are also included." ”

Everyone was silent, this is a compromise, just from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry more than 1,000 people, the election of fifteen court members, this is very simple, and the general affairs are still in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, they can simply come to finance from the perspective of big business. However, if the west courtyard is greatly expanded, the benefits and disadvantages will be too scattered and complicated.

Liang Boyu brought into play the quality of super soy sauce again, and said in a low voice: "If there is a west courtyard, it doesn't matter if there is another east courtyard." ”

He calmed down, and he already understood the root of the matter, which was the same as doing business, it was originally a two-family negotiation, but now there are countless more people. It is too mixed to include those who have different opinions into their own family, so it is better to let them form their own family and become three families to talk about. ..., Liang Boyu's view is not his originality, Lei Xiang's "Yuexiu Times" clearly stated that if there is a Western Courtyard, there should be an Eastern Courtyard. Financial matters cannot be monopolized by one party.

Lei Xiang's comments were full of passion, the earliest emperor explained to him the root of the stock turmoil, he vaguely expected the emperor's plan, and now the West Courtyard is out of the cage, which confirms his conjecture, and also shows the context of the emperor's arrangement in this matter very clearly.

Therefore, he was so confident that he didn't even enter the palace to ask Li Xi for verification, and directly suggested that the imperial court should set up an east courtyard and manage financial affairs together with the west court. When this article was written, he also buried a deep thread, suggesting that the future of these two houses will not only regulate finance.

Li Shi's plan has actually been exposed by this time.

The scholars of the Xian Party and the Dao Party have already thought of the "Imperial Constitution" of the Emperor and the Emperor of the People's Republic of China, and the declaration that he said that this country is open to all people. This East and West Courtyard has already contained the intention of handing over state affairs to people directly related to interests. Now it's just the nascent state affair of finance, but what about the future?

Whether it was to practice Li Shi's declaration, or to curb the momentum of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, a group of big businessmen and industry to take over financial affairs by taking advantage of the Western Courtyard, the scholars of one country were moved, and the newspaper could not accommodate the voices of so many people, so they went to the Temple of Heaven outside the Wuya Palace to gather people to show their feelings.

On December 10, Li Xi finally made a slap at the court meeting, and financial affairs are indeed closely related to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the separate Western Yuan remains unchanged. But financial matters are not limited to chambers of commerce and industry. All Chinese people are related, and in addition to the West Courtyard, there is an Eastern Courtyard.

How to organize the East Courtyard is much more complicated than the West Courtyard.

Li Shi said at the conference: "Earlier, the West Courtyard was called the West Family, but now this East Courtyard has to be expanded to the people of a country if it wants to contain the righteousness of the East Family. Soldiers and officials are all serving a country and serving all peoples, so they cannot enter. And others, such as peasants, craftsmen, and scholars, must conform to the way of heaven and the will of the people in order to manage them. ”

Li Shi's statement, coupled with the existence of the previous county and township bureaus, made the idea of the establishment of the East Court clear, but the specific measures highlighted many disputes.

Some people have proposed that there are already county and township public bureaus, and that a provincial public bureau should be established on the basis of the county and township public bureaus, and that the affairs of the Eastern Court should be removed from the provincial public bureaus.

However, others objected and said that this has to be judged by the number of people, Guangxi has only 2 or 3 million people, and Guangdong has 13 or 4 million.

Many scholars objected that they should not enter and exit from the county and township offices, after all, the county and township offices were all local squires, who only buried themselves in local affairs and did not know much about state affairs. It is necessary to follow the example of the imperial examination, hold special examinations, and have qualified people serve as court officials.

However, the Xian Party and the Dao Party objected, saying that this was not an election of officials, but an admonition and a presentation of courtesy, and the requirement for court affairs was to understand what was at stake in financial affairs, and that they should be elected separately according to their heads.

The officials of the imperial court said that for this eastern court, the people of a country will be elected, and I don't know how much chaos will be produced, how much money will be spent, and how much dirt will be contained in it, which is not appropriate.

There are also people who have an idea, and think of the old things before the Holy Dao, didn't they hold a national discussion about the people's weapons before?

The Xian Party saw the way to reduce the monarch's power from this matter, but the Dao Party felt that this Heavenly Way of conforming to the balance of power and harm was very unified in its position on this matter, and it was very important to compare the plan of the head election.

The court, the local government, and the Confucian Party are first-class, but they feel that this matter is easy to shake the foundation of a country, and it is best not to make it so big.

The affairs of the East Courtyard were too complicated for a while to come up with a result, and the establishment of the West Courtyard was also delayed. Pinching his fingers, there are not many days left before Xiao Xie's mission returns to China, and he must finalize the matter before they return home and release more "monsters".

Don't make it so complicated, the basic spirit is to count by the head, and at the same time, the threshold for the elector and the selected is set higher. One is a propertied person, and the other is that he must graduate from a county school.

Li Shi's statement made the Eastern Courtyard obviously biased towards scholars, which greatly appeased public opinion in the country.

Hitting rabbits with grass like this, and the east and west courtyards came out of the cage, although it was Li Shi's plan, but the east courtyard also pulled it out so early, but it was beyond Li Shi's expectations. As a result, he was a little worried, on the one hand, the East and West Courts, how to fight for power in the future, how to expand to other affairs, he had a vague bottom in his heart. On the other hand, he, the emperor, and the imperial court, will interact with the Eastern and Western courts, which will affect the growth of the two courts, and he is also at a loss. As for the relationship between the army and the parliament, that will be a matter for a long time.

Then he felt that he was unfounded, and that he was not trying to copy Europa's parliamentary politics. This is not the same as the relationship between the monarch, the parliament, the government and the army of Europa, under the national conditions of China, the east and west houses will not be completely as long as the Council of Europa, what has changed, he, the emperor, just play the guarantee to meet the actual needs of China.

In December of the third year of the Holy Dao, a series of events led to the establishment of the Eastern and Western Academies, which led to the establishment of the Eastern and Western Academies. The reason why it is so calm is that all the elements are already in place, and Li Xi has just combined these elements, and some of the elements that Li Xi has ignored have also given birth to changes that he could not have predicted.

When Li Shi planted two trees of restraint for his imperial power, the rise of Yinghua will also be led by Xiao Sheng to the fleet in Xiamen, stepping into another new world.