Chapter 295: The National Debate

In this anonymous report, it not only analyzes in detail the advantages and disadvantages of the monarchy and the constitutional monarchy, but also points out that the constitutional monarchy and a complete democratic republic will be the historical trend of the future form of government.

As soon as this article came out, the whole country was in an uproar, and people were a little overwhelmed. Such articles questioning imperial power in the past were crimes of treason, and they wanted to be connected to the nine clans.

However, the Chinese collar has always advocated freedom of speech, but no one has reprimanded it for the crime of treason, and even so, few other newspapers dare to take such a topic, and if the top leaders of the Chinese collar are angry because of this, it will not only be the end of the newspaper being seized.

Even the Chinese government has different opinions on this report, although the high-level bigwigs have not expressed any opinions, but the people at the bottom, especially those who worship and support Fang Xiaoyu abnormally, seem to be excited, they think that this is someone deliberately provoking and preventing Fang Xiaoyu from establishing a new country, it is the remnants of the Lanfang Empire that are causing trouble, and they should be severely cracked down.

In fact, this article was written by Fang Xiaoyu at all, he just wanted to test it and see if the country had the possibility of developing in the direction of democracy, but his proposition was a little too shocking, and no one dared to express their opinions on it.

Seeing this situation, Fang Xiaoyu had to issue a statement in the newspaper in his own name, saying that the prosperity of the nation and the country is his most fundamental pursuit, but he does not care whether he is the emperor or not, he hopes that the whole country can discuss this article, and let the people of the whole country decide the future direction of the country and the nation.

With Fang Xiaoyu's unequivocal support, great enthusiasm erupted throughout the country, and many famous people began to publish their opinions in newspapers.

First of all, the "Donghai Business Daily" of Luhai County published an article saying that the constitutional monarchy of the Saar Empire had certain advantages, and such a political system was more conducive to the circulation of commerce and the rapid accumulation of wealth by the country.

This is obviously the opinion of the merchants in the East China Sea region, where there are mostly maritime merchants, who have traveled from south to north, are accustomed to seeing the situation of various countries, and also recognize the relatively relaxed business environment of the Saar Empire.

They also admit in the article that China Lingling has a better business environment, but they emphasize that such policies are all based on Fang Xiaoyu's wise leadership, but when everyone is old, when Fang Xiaoyu is a hundred years later, who can guarantee that Fang Xiaoyu's descendants will not have unscrupulous descendants.

The point of view of "Donghai Business Daily", especially who can guarantee that Fang Xiaoyu's descendants will not have unscrupulous descendants, this sentence has resonated with many people, after all, this is an unavoidable ending for every dynasty, and it is as strong as the Lanfang Empire.

But soon a different point of view appeared, and the article in the "Northwest Evening News" of Loulan County showed that due to the stagnation of the Lanfang Empire in the past hundred years, the Eastern Continent has greatly lagged behind the Western Continent in terms of economic and industrial scale, and now the overall strength of our country is not strong, and the reason why we can still stand is entirely due to Fang Xiaoyu.

If it weren't for his power to turn the tide, the Monte Empire would have invaded long ago, and the old powers such as the Cossack Empire and the Saar Empire would also take advantage of the fire to loot. If the Chinese want to become strong again, a strong leader with supreme power, like Fang Xiaoyu, is indispensable.

After the two newspapers published their views, a large number of scholars published their arguments in the newspapers, some of which supported a constitutional monarchy, believing that this would allow the monarch to exercise power and avoid making mistakes.

Some people think that power should be centralized and let Fang Xiaoyu completely control power, so that there can be fewer constraints and let the country develop rapidly.

Even the two newspapers in the southwest and the Central Plains called for the restoration of the rule of the Xiahou family and the restoration of the Lanfang Empire, of course, because the policy of benefiting the people of the Chinese Collar was fully rolled out throughout the newly taken over area, there were not many people who were nostalgic for the country where the government's inaction often plunged the people into hardship.

These voices were quickly silenced, and later, in order to increase the people's right to speak, Fang Xiaoyu even opened a special radio channel to discuss this matter, which received calls from all over the world, and people could express their opinions on the phone.

Such a move has further stimulated the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country for discussion, and many people who are not so good at writing and writing reports are willing to express their hearts through the telephone, and the radio station has been full, and this channel has become the most popular channel in the entire Chinese territory, and even Fang Xiaoyu's electrical appliance company has sold a lot of more radios.

Hua Dongxing listened to the radio broadcast with a sad face: "Young master, is it okay to do this?" Will it mess up everyone's thoughts? ”

Fang Xiaoyu spread his hands with a smile and said: "This arrangement is very good, let everyone express their opinions and see what everyone's choice is." Anyway, the newspapers and radio explain the characteristics and disadvantages of the monarchy, the constitutional monarchy, and the democratic republic every day, and now everyone knows very well about these forms of government, let them choose their own path, and even if they are wrong, they will gladly accept it. ”

Lin Feng pouted and said: "The change of dynasty is not taken for granted, what else is there to discuss, who else is qualified if the young master does not ascend the throne." ”

Fang Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "History always has to develop, the change of dynasties is not inevitable, and the people's thoughts cannot be suppressed. ”

Zhang Haiyang sighed and said: "Politics is really troublesome, I'm still going to do my military wholeheartedly." ”

Feng Shichang said with a smile: "It is really correct for the young master to ask the soldiers not to get involved in politics. Tobul, who was on the side, nodded in agreement.

After three months of discussions, the Chinese government announced that it would send a large number of its direct personnel to a referendum under the supervision of the Supervisory Yuan to determine the future direction of the country's political system.

This is the first time in the world, under the warm-up of the national discussion, this vote has received great attention from the people of the whole country, there is a military police to monitor, all people, including overseas Chinese, can use their ID cards or passports to receive a ballot, put it into the ballot box that they support the political system.

The vigorous referendum lasted for a month, and this national campaign not only attracted the attention of all Chinese people, but also attracted the attention of other powerful countries in the world, who were also very curious about such a new thing.

The votes were counted very quickly, and after three months of mental preparation, everyone's thinking was very unanimous, and more than 80% of the people chose the monarchy. Looking at the results of this statistics, Hua Dongxing smiled and said: "Young master, take a look, this is the voice of the people, it seems that everyone still trusts you very much." ”

Fang Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "Take your time, it seems that I am a little anxious, if I want to get out of the strange circle of monarchy and dynasty change, I must be restricted, if everyone is not willing to change, I can't do it, it will be good to guide slowly." ”

Hua Dongxing said: "I also know the shortcomings of the monarchy, but at present, the monarchy is still our best choice, and everyone feels very relieved to have you to lead, if only you could live forever." ”

Fang Xiaoyu crossed his shoulders and said: "I don't want to, don't you even give me the opportunity to retire, let me rest and rest." ”

Hua Dongxing rolled his eyes and said: "You don't have a day to rest, even the court is exempt, and everything is pushed to me." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "There is no way, because everyone agrees that I can bring the greatest benefits to the country by staying in the war room and laboratory." ”

After this vigorous discussion and election, Fang Xiaoyu's heart fell. Although nothing has changed since then, he is more aware of the recognition of the people of the whole country for him, and it also makes him more confident in the future.

Now that the decision has been made to establish the country, it is natural to determine the capital first, and the best choice is naturally the capital, which is densely populated, developed in industry and commerce, and is the center of the entire Chinese gathering area, and a number of railways passing through here are also under construction, and there will be no problems in transportation in the future.

However, because the urban area of the capital has a history of hundreds of years, the urban area is aging, and there is no possibility of transformation in many places, Fang Xiaoyu believes that such an old city is no longer enough to undertake the heavy responsibility of the new capital, so Fang Xiaoyu plans to build another new city.

The site of the new city was quickly chosen, just 70 kilometers north of the capital, for which Fang Xiaoyu deliberately asked Xiaofeng to simulate it with data modeling and plan a completely modern city. The new city occupies a very large area, and the above-ground part is not only planned to be spacious and straight, but also has many functional areas.

Underground, a very complete drainage system should be built, and at the same time, there will be a place for various pipelines and subways in the future, and even underground parking lots and underground shopping malls will be built when high-rise buildings are built. The construction of the new city is not a matter of one or two days, and before the construction of the new city is completed, Fang Xiaoyu decided to establish a temporary bank in the capital.

At the same time as the construction of the new capital, the destroyed Lanting Villa was also required to be renovated, and it will be used as a private estate for royal vacation and leisure in the future, while Guo Cheng asked to return to Lanting Villa and still be his housekeeper, and Fang Xiaoyu readily agreed.

On March 17, 901, Fang Xiaoyu's enthronement ceremony was held in the imperial city of Qinzheng Palace in the capital.

The Lanfang Empire officially came to an end, and the Chinese Leader was officially renamed the Chinese Empire, Fang Xiaoyu ascended the throne as the emperor, and after weighing it repeatedly, Fang Xiaoyu decided to enshrine Xia Tingwei as the queen, Xia Tingyun as Yun Guifei, Elena as Ling Guifei, Wang Ling as Yu Guifei, and Fang Ruijun became the crown prince.

The national flag of the Chinese Empire was designated as the Golden Dragon Banner on a red background, and the national emblem was also a Golden Dragon Emblem. The navy and army also changed the military flags, of which the army is a red dragon flag on a yellow background, and the navy is a green dragon flag on a yellow background, as for the places that need to use military emblems, Fang Xiaoyu simply asked them to use all the national emblems.