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In the grass hall of Wuya Palace, Li Yan was looking through a draft, which was handed directly to An Jinzhi by Han Yijie, and then forwarded by An Jinzhi. It is not the normal channel of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to the Ministry of Commerce, and then by the Ministry of Commerce to the Secretary of Commerce.

After all, Huaxia deliberations still have their own characteristics, and it is difficult to lose face. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry will first go through abnormal channels to give the emperor a breath and see what the emperor's reaction is, and then decide whether to go through formal channels. Once the formal channel is taken, the court will also be involved, and everyone will have too little room to maneuver.

Li Xi was really taken aback by this draft, he took a look at the stock market, which was a sky-high price, but the Chamber of Commerce and Industry really repaid the money, although the line drawn was not completely in line with his own ideas, but it was not far away.

Therefore, Li Xi was a little hesitant, and the spirit of industry and commerce was raised enough by himself, if he threw out his own plan and organized the most advanced and active productive forces of this country in that way, how much impact would it have on his future governance? Is the concept of the government and the opposition able to accept such a change? Formally, is there more adjustments to be made......

Li Xi paced back and forth in the government hall with his hands behind his back, and the two young NVs glanced at each other, and quietly rubbed to the side of Li Shi's bookcase, wanting to see what it was, which made Li Xi even difficult.

These two girls are naturally the six cars of the government hall and the personal sì Wei Siniang, and after a few rough glances, the two of them raised their eyebrows upside down, and they were full of anger.

"Bold and daring to compare oneself with Taiwan"

"Ridiculous businessmen still have to form their own yamen"

Their reaction, Yijing, fully shows how much taboo the draft of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry has committed in the eyes of ordinary people. This is also the reason why the Chamber of Commerce and Industry did not dare to submit it directly to the Ministry of Commerce, but let Li Xi see it first.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry's draft has four main points, one is to request separate legislation in the financial sector, and the other is to establish a continuing body to regulate finance, with personnel from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The third is that this institution must be superior to other yamen and be supervised only by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the emperor. Fourth, this institution supervises all financial matters in accordance with the financial law.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is self-reliance, and if you want to get the power similar to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, your heart is really dark.

But in Li Shi's view, the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry are still on finance, and at the same time, they only focus on themselves, and they are still far from their own ideas. However, the adjustment of the power structure is long-term, and it is not easy for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to dare to take this step.

"The official family, the people of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry are still gathered in Qingpu, it is a good time to catch them all"

Liuche rolled up his sleeves, grinded the ink hard, and turned out the ink so that Li Xi could use the ink as soon as possible.

"The army and navy are working hard in Nanyang, and the common people are also contributing to the war, and now they are going down the mountain to pick peaches, this is really greedy, and they want to monopolize the benefits of a country."

Siniang still has thousands of soldiers who died in the Battle of Luzon in her heart, and thus more than 20,000 Chinese who died in Xiangdao. She had always felt that the punishment of the Spaniards was too light, and she still had a fire in her heart, but now these businessmen and women in the country jumped out again, and naturally became the object of venting their anger.

Li Xian smiled, shook his head and said: "This financial matter, for now, is only related to industry and commerce, and they advocate their own interests, which is also justified. ”

Seeing that the two girls were still pouting, he said again: "Have you ever thought that throughout the ages, there is a country like ours, where most of the industry and commerce are in Mingli?" Is there any country like ours that relies entirely on industrial and commercial taxes? ”

Li Xian said with a smile: "Many scholars have commented that I, the emperor, is another Qin Shi Huang, do you know the real meaning of this?" ”

The two girls snorted angrily, and they both said that they were scolding you, although they were not cheating Confucianism, but they were suppressing Confucianism.

"Organizing households and collecting taxes on every grass person is the merit of Qin Shi Huang. However, I am a family of industry and commerce, and taxes are collected on every business and industry. This is the foundation of our country, which is different from the past. ”

"If you are a household, you must focus on agriculture, and if you are a businessman, you must focus on industry and commerce. But now that the court and national law of our country have not yet completely fallen on industry and commerce, it is reasonable for them to make their own requests. ”

Li Xi is not explaining to the girls, but more rehearsing the rhetoric of the courtiers. ..., Siniang muttered: "They want to control the emperor, who will control them?" ”

Liuche said: "People take food as the sky, how can a country rely on industry and commerce as the foundation?" ”

The two girls followed Li Shi, and they really had some knowledge.

When Li Shi convened an extraordinary court meeting to discuss the draft of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, everyone's opinions were also focused on these two points.

Li Zhushou seems to have been prepared, and the most harmonious minister, the most harmonious minister, put forward the most creative opinions.

"In the matter of finance, it is not only necessary to seal the mouth of industry and commerce, so that His Majesty's withdrawal from the stock market and bonds can be seen by the whole world, but also to control the industry and commerce themselves from raising up bōlan in it, and at the same time, it is also necessary to supervise the relevant people of the court and the government, etc., and there is no misconduct, so people from all sides must be able to speak and see."

"This new institution cannot be monopolized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, but it is not good to be monopolized by the imperial court, and the minister proposes to bring the system of county and township public bureaus to be used here, but the scope of candidates for the bureau is expanded, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry must have it, the imperial court must have it, and His Majesty can also be sent by the court to join. Such an institution should not be allowed to become a government, but a place to observe and discuss matters, and the three parties can decide on matters related to finance at any time. ”

"The powers of this institution can be imitated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the request of the Industry and Commerce, and only the power to give advice and submit intercessions, and the actual affairs shall be handled by the Ministry of Law, the Department of Planning, and the Ministry of Commerce."

Li Zhushou's words initially caused Tang Youzeng, Yang Chongdou and others to frown, and they really wanted to let industry and commerce get involved in court politics? But if you think about it carefully, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is only in charge of officials, and it is true that it cannot control industry and commerce, and if the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Planning are to completely handle industrial and commercial affairs, they are all directly instructed by the emperor behind them. Now Li Zhushou's words are actually dividing the power of the emperor......

Thinking of the emperor's previous claim that he wanted to make his own sī white in the world, and now the response of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as Li Zhushou's suggestion, are all putting a shackle on the emperor's handling of industrial and commercial affairs, Tang Yang and others realized, could this be the emperor's original intention?

When the ministers expressed their praise one after another, Li Xi was extremely emotional, this is the first time in history, the first time that he does not have to throw out the whole plan, the ministers have already pointed out the topic. It seems that the thinking of the court has gradually kept up with this era.

He smiled slightly: "So, what do you think should be the name of this institution?" ”

Names such as "Commercial Bureau" and "Commercial Inspection Yuan" have poured out, and if the name is not right, it will not be good, and how this organization should be named is closely related to its responsibilities and status, and everyone is reluctant to stay out of it.

When the meaning of the emperor and the court was transmitted back to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the eighty-four delegates, including Shen Fuyang and Liang Boyu, were all stunned.

Despite the fact that the court and the emperor still had to stuff people in, and although the duties were limited to admonishment and intercession, the jīng god of this draft was affirmed, and the merchants, who were nervous about their lion's big opening, were relieved, and then burst into tears.

In the past, although the emperor attached great importance to industry and commerce, let go of his hands and feet for industry and commerce, and even supported the Chamber of Commerce and Industry all the time, so that they had a place to speak, but they still could not enter the formal level of national politics. Now it is possible to use this institution to become an official part of the court, which is not official.

Liang Boyu, a newcomer who was worried every day, was even more full of sighs, he didn't expect Xiangdao to be such a result at all, and even often looked out the window, worried that a large number of soldiers and horses would pour into Qingpu and wipe out their eighty-four representatives, along with thousands of members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Placed in the north, this is the red fruit of the fruit against the imperial court.

Hearing that the emperor and the imperial court were struggling with the name of this institution and sending them back news, they also wanted to hear their opinions, and the "committee of eighty-four" discussed it with high spirits.

Liang Boyu had the courage to mention again: "We are industrial and commercial, open factories and run workshops, all of which are known as the east and the west, and it is called ......."

This idea is good, everyone froze for a moment, and someone said: "Then call it the East Courtyard?" ”

This person was immediately overwhelmed by spittle, the East Courtyard? Do you want to be the head of a country? The lord of this country is the emperor, although the emperor claims that he is no longer the monarch's father, and the world is no longer his sī property, but he is also the great proprietor and the great treasurer.

Han Yijie made a final decision: "Let's put ourselves in the right position, the official family is the big shopkeeper, and we are the West family who follows the official family to seek wealth and wealth, so it is called the West Courtyard."

In this way, in the bicameral parliament that conforms to China's national conditions, the first chamber is rudimentary, and its name contains a deep Chinese connotation. And its original intention was just to monitor each other's efforts to monitor whether everyone was doing anything in the new financial industry, and to protect the growth of this financial business that was beneficial to the country and the people. ..., at this time, everyone didn't notice what kind of political process this West Courtyard had triggered, only Li Xian with a hint of self-satisfaction, watching this institution stand up, he knew very well what kind of power this West Courtyard would grow into in the future.

In the past few days, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the court and the emperor's court shuttled back and forth, and the shelves of the western courtyard were quickly erected.

There are county and township offices that have been in operation for several years, and the shelves of the West Courtyard do not need to be newly created. In the early stage, there were 30 court members, 15 members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 5 members of the emperor's court, and 5 members of the court from the Department of Law, the Department of Planning, the Ministry of Commerce, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department.

The emperor himself served as the president of the Western Academy, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry elected himself as the general secretary of the Academy. The power of the Western Court is to review the enactment and repair of the Financial Law, and if the Western Court fails to pass the review, the law cannot be enforced. At the same time, the Western Court also had to review the actions of the royal family, industry and commerce, and the imperial court in financial matters, and file an announcement with the judicial department on illegal matters. To this end, the Western Institute will set up its own review body: the Financial Bureau, which will be jointly supported by the three parties.

The emperor is only nominally, and the Western Court has one vote per person, and general affairs are considered to be established if they are approved by half. The emperor's vote naturally only works when the two sides are at a standstill.

Whether it is the scope of power or the composition of the house, it is still too far from a real parliament, but this is only the beginning. Including how the organization of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry will change, and how the Western Courtyard will expand its power, Li Xian Yijing has predicted.

But what he didn't expect was that the other parties jumped out early to speak.

From the takeover of Luzon, to the establishment of the stock market, to the rise of finance, Li Shi adjusted the state power structure to accommodate industry and commerce, and the Anglo-Chinese political evolution was advancing bravely.