Chapter Ninety-Six: Sichuan Representatives
Qiao Yu drove Xiong Kewu and Yu Peilun out of Sichuan, there was no group in Sichuan that could compete with him, and Yin Changheng's attitude at the military meeting also laid a curse for him, Pu Dianjun thought that Yin Changheng was dishonest, and Qiao Yu also wanted to get rid of him quickly, but Yin Changheng seemed to be smarter, and directly applied to go to the Sichuan border area to exterminate the remnants of the Manchu forces, and Qiao Yu approved.
It's not that Qiao Yu doesn't want to clean up Yin Changheng, it's just that the administrative system hasn't been straightened out yet, and he can't let others think that he is acting too domineering, drive out the revolutionary party, and then attack Yin Changheng, which is easy to cause a situation where everyone is in danger, but Qiao Yu also has a strict idea of Yin Changheng, as long as he leaks a little flaw, he will be taken down in one fell swoop!
After several months of turmoil, the people of Sichuan finally ushered in a period of relative stability, all the previous Lijin checkpoints were cleared, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were also reduced a lot, and the price of salt has dropped to about 65 Wen, and it can continue to be reduced, and suddenly life is a lot easier, many people have more and more recognized the new policy, recognized the military and political axe, except for the most stubborn people have begun to cut off their big braids, abolish kneeling and worship, stop foot binding, and finally have a little bit of the appearance of the Republic of China.
It is not an easy thing to change customs, the Qing Dynasty has a history of more than 200 years, which is nothing compared to China's long history, but this is not a very short period of time, isn't it more than a hundred years since the founding of the United States, and the accumulated habits are not so easy to change, so Qiao Yu also advocated cutting braids and removing old customs when he announced his reading power, but it was not mandatory, it was completely voluntary, the braids on the head were easy to cut, and the braids in his heart were afraid that it was not so easy.
Governing the country is to govern the officials, in the last days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than a year, but also let Qiao Yu have a deeper understanding of the rule of officials, the fall of the Qing Dynasty or the fall of most dynasties in China has a huge relationship with the deterioration of the rule of officials, the so-called officials forced the people to rebel, had to rebel, the Republic of China in later generations due to frequent wars, the change in the rule of officials is not very big, on the contrary, almost all the bureaucrats left over from the late Qing Dynasty are accepted, these people are no less than the Manchu Qing Dynasty for the exploitation of the common people.
Qiao Yu's main task now is to take advantage of the chaos in the world to refresh the rule of officials as soon as possible, and break the local bureaucratic system left over from the Manchu Dynasty, in fact, the reform of the government is very similar to the reform of the salt government, if you don't take advantage of it now, after the old Yuan dominates the world, there will be no chance, the Beiyang political axe inherited the bureaucratic system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to a considerable extent, and at that time a province will face strong pressure from the central government if it wants to reform.
Therefore, after Qiao Yu took control of the power of Sichuan, he quickly formulated the recruitment method of civil servants with reference to the Western civil service system, determined the principle of selecting officials by examination, and the scope of recruitment has also expanded a lot, no longer like the previous feudal dynasty to separate officials, only officials have to pass the examination, this time the officials will be unified with the recruitment method of the examination, breaking the previous situation of officials being high.
At the same time, detailed treatment standards and a system of rewards and punishments were formulated, and after discussion by the parliament, the Sichuan Civil Servant Recruitment Act was finally formulated, stipulating that the provincial civil service examination would be held on January 1, 1912, and that the original Manchu officials could also take the examination as long as there was no problem of corruption or dereliction of duty after investigation, and students and other personnel with a certain cultural foundation could also participate, and after passing the examination, they could formally become civil servants after two months of training.
After the promulgation of this bill, the shock of Sichuan is far more than Qiao Yu imagined, although Qiao Yu has seen the Chinese's dedication to civil servants in the previous life, but it is still much worse than now, the concept of learning and excellence is deep in the bone marrow of the Chinese, the original Qing court abolished the imperial examination, the recruitment of officials is more dependent on recommendation, many foreign students are immediately reused after returning, but more students who do not have the opportunity to go abroad have become more embarrassed.
It is these people who have become unemployed, which will cause them to be separated from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and eventually lead to the demise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Qiao Yu announced a new civil servant recruitment bill, although it is not as sacred as the previous imperial examination, but the threshold has been lowered too much, and the number of people admitted has increased greatly, so all the scholars in Sichuan are eager to try, and the whole Sichuan is like the New Year.
Just when everyone was paying attention to the civil service examination, Qiao Yu had been staring at the changes in the general trend of the world, Hanyang was lost, but the Beiyang Army did not continue to attack Wuchang, it seems that Lao Yuan has already started to talk about it, and now Nanjing has also been conquered, and the situation of confrontation between the north and the south has finally formed.
"Minister Wang, I think about sending you to Nanjing, otherwise I won't worry about others!" Qiao Yu was discussing with Wang Dongcheng the issue of sending a representative to Nanjing, and after careful consideration, he felt that this was a good opportunity to expand the influence of Sichuan and at the same time make clear his political stance to both the north and the south, so it was necessary to send a person with outstanding ability and sufficient weight, and in the end Qiao Yu chose Wang Dongcheng.
After the first uprising in Wuchang, Li Yuanhong became the governor, and invited representatives of the provinces to Wuhan many times to discuss the establishment of a political axe, at first after Yucheng read power, Qiao Yu sent Xiaoxiang and Zhou Daiben to Wuchang, but the identity of these two people is still slightly worse, and they may not be able to withstand the pressure at the critical moment, so Qiao Yu decided to send Wang Dongcheng out, first, he has excellent ability, has the talent of tongue argumentation, and has a very high status in the Qiao Yu group, even in the face of Huang Xing, Sun Wen and others will not be stage fright.
"The governor has an order, and Lao Wang should go there, but does the governor have any explanation? What attitude should we have? ”
"Minister Wang is really astute, if it is enough to follow Xiaoxiang and Zhou Dynasty, the key is to send out the voice of our Sichuan, this revolution we and Wuchang are almost the same, the establishment of the military and political axe is still earlier than them, but because Sichuan is not unified, it is one step behind in striving for political interests, and Wuchang's Li Yuanhong is not strong enough, it should have been established in Wuchang United political axe, but it was taken by the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now Nanjing has also been broken, and the representatives of all provinces have to go to Nanjing, However, Nanjing is the place where the revolutionary party is most concentrated, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not use any means to force the provincial delegates. ”
Wang Dongcheng listened carefully to Qiao Yu's words, and knew in his heart that this was not an easy thing, but if he could do it well, he would be able to show his face in front of politicians across the country, and the benefits would be not small.
"Dudu, don't worry, I can definitely resist!"
"Minister Wang, this is not child's play, many people in the Kuomintang are hooligans, and there will even be a time when the muzzle is on the head, but Mr. must remember that tens of millions of Sichuan soldiers and civilians are your backing, they will never dare to do anything to you, judging from the current situation, the power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will soon fall into the hands of Yuan Shikai, no matter what issues the provinces talk about, they can't avoid Lao Yuan, it is very likely that the world will eventually be in charge of Lao Yuan, Mr. Say a few good words for Lao Yuan at a critical moment, and our Sichuan will be able to benefit immensely!"
After the establishment of the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe, such as the capital issue, such as the national system issue, such as the issue of the provisional law, there are serious problems, such as Sun Wen used the presidential system when he was in power, and he saw that he could not be the president, so he changed Yuan Shikai to the cabinet prime minister system, isn't this a joke with the state system, the so-called legal system is just a tool for political struggle, in essence, the revolutionaries first despised the law, and then Yuan Shikai played with the constitution just to learn from it!