Liu Xian also needs to deal with the establishment of the Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant, the development of Daye Iron Mine, the development of Kailuan Coal Mine, the remediation and merger of Zhaoyuan Gold Mine in Shandong, the crystal development of Donghai in Jiangsu, the expansion and capital increase of North China Machinery Manufacturing Company [formerly Tianjin Machinery Bureau], the upgrading and expansion of Tianjin Schools, the negotiation of the resumption of British warships ordered by the former Qing Yuan, and the expansion, renovation and port construction of Tianjin, and so on!

There are 15 items that need to be decided by Liu Xian personally in the large-scale modern industries such as minerals, iron and steel, and machinery, and nine of them belong to the construction of the industrial sequence of Liu Xian's first five-year plan, with a total amount of more than 50 million silver dollars.

This is really a matter of importance, even if the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has made all the preparations, it also needs Liu Xian to make a decision.

Not to mention the negotiations with the British, as well as the expansion of the schools in Tianjin, and the comprehensive expansion of Tianjin......

For Liu Xian, these things are really much more tiring than fighting. It took him six days to deal with it. The whole person is like Panasonic has a heavy big backpack, lazily not wanting to move.

It has been two years since Liu Xian raised his army, and the modern industries of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, and Guangxi, in particular, will not stand still. Not to mention the expansion of the munitions industry every year, the civilian industries such as textiles, silk reeling, glass, cigarettes, salt and sugar, soap, matches, cement, etc., are also full of vitality, the railway has been repaired to Hunan, and the iron and steel plant has also completed the third industrial expansion and upgrading that took more than half a year in the spring of this year, and has established two blast furnaces of the 1,000-cubic-level class and steel furnaces that are more than 1,000 cubic meters. Together with the special steel formula bought from Germany, the entire steel plant can produce 230,000 tons of iron per year. The total amount of various steel products can be more than 60,000 tons.

Steel is a money-consuming thing. At the beginning, Liu Xian didn't have so much money, and it was also because of the pressure of the Manchu Qing Dynasty on his head. Not daring to expand the scale unscrupulously, it only built a small factory with an annual output of 50,000 tons of steel, of which the output of steel is only 10,000 tons.

And now that Liu Xian has let go of his hands to expand, and the funds are abundant, the Qinnan Iron and Steel Plant has expanded like a balloon. The output of 300,000 tons of steel is six times that of the year, and this is still when the production capacity has not reached full capacity. If there is another half a year to promote the production efficiency to the maximum, even if the scale is not expanded next year, the pig iron output can reach 300,000 tons alone, and the steel can be increased to 80,000 tons!

Although this is also closely related to Shilu's excellent iron ore.

Anyway, in the current world situation. In the 70s of the 19th century, when the world's steel production increased rapidly, Qinnan Iron and Steel Plant should be regarded as the world's second-rate steel plant.

Xiangyin, Hunan.

"Brother Meng Rong, don't worry, now that the west is prosperous and the east is declining, I want to be excited in China, not to fall behind the West, and to learn from the West. Today, he has a long-term vision, and in his early years, he looked at the world and knew the method of the Western Party to fight for government. However, I don't read much, and I lack literary brilliance. We don't know much about the deep meaning of our Confucian sages, and it is not surprising that they want to introduce Western methods into China and political cooperation. ”

Now Zuo Zongtang, who has returned to his hometown, is living a very comfortable life. He was not beaten to the dust when he was full of ambition, and he was depressed and could not stretch his will. It's not a good time to live like that. He really has no distractions, and he has no intention of cheering up again, so he retreats to his homeland. That little day was comfortable.

Back home, Zuo Zongtang did not have much contact with most of the Hunan soldiers and horses around. The status and knowledge of the latter are indeed not up to the point of communicating with Zuo Zongtang, except for Liu Rong, Peng Yulin, and Yang Yuebin. It is roughly the same status, and they are all famous all over the world, and they have old friends who can communicate together.

The establishment of the Advisory Bureau also affected the hearts of Zuo Zongtang and others.

Liu Rong came to Xiangyin from Xiangxiang and talked about the Advisory Bureau, and the opposition in her words meant that there was no need to express it. His son-in-law, Zeng Jize, is the vice minister of foreign affairs of the new dynasty, and it is logical for him to be a minister in the future, and even enter the cabinet. This ass is sitting a little off the rails unconsciously.

Moreover, Liu Rong is a member of the Tongcheng faction, and everything she learns and thinks is based on sex, believing that reason is embodied in people is sex, and sex is humanized reason, which is Cheng Zhu's theory of "sex is reason". This is the root of Liu Rong's opposition to the Advisory Council!

"Brother Ji, you have to see the public situation clearly! I have been retired to the forest for many years, and I have also learned about the politics of Western powers, such as England, France, the United States and other countries, the government is not subject to the parliament, and the parliament even has the right to remove the prime minister and impeach the president!

With such an obscure authority, how can it govern the country without distinguishing between the high and the low? ”

Liu Rong knew that Zuo Zongtang's thinking was different from herself, but Zuo Zongtang's reflection was too bland. It seems to be speaking to Imagami, but there is a bit of a joke in the words!

"Brother Ji Gao, the mainland of Britain and France is the big one of my Huaxia province, and the land is narrow and the country is rich in power, so it is a controllable place. And I am in China, the earth is thousands of miles away, and there is a saying that 'the emperor is far away'. If the Consultative Bureau is established, the rise of local forces may also be in danger of secession, and the country will not be a country. ”

If China wants to be strong, it needs to learn Western techniques, and Liu Rong does not object. However, as a master of Cheng Zhu's science, he was 10,000 opposed to Liu Xian's introduction of the Western political system and the integration of China's existing system. In the dark, he is also opposing Liu Xian's abolition of Cheng Zhu Lixue's theory.

This is where the difficulty lies in building a new capitalist and socialist state on the basis of not overthrowing the old feudal class, and there are too many remnants of feudalism and ism.

Zuo Zongtang shook his head, gently opened a brand new copy of the "Constitution of the German Empire" in his hand, pointed to the twelfth article on it and said to Liu Rong: "Brother Meng Rong, look at the content of this twelfth article!" ”

- Article 12: The power to convene, open, adjourn and close meetings of the Federal Assembly and the Imperial Assembly shall belong to the Emperor.

"Look at the ...... down here"

- Article 15: The presidency of the Federal Assembly and the direction of its affairs shall be vested in the Imperial Chancellor, appointed by the Emperor......

Article 17: The power to establish and promulgate imperial laws and to supervise their execution belongs to the Emperor......

Article 18: The Emperor appoints officials, orders them to swear allegiance to the Empire, and if necessary, orders them to retire......

Article 63: The entire military force of the empire shall be composed of a unified army. Under the command of the emperor in peacetime and wartime......

Article 68: The Emperor may declare a state of martial law anywhere in the territory of the Union in the event of a threat to the security of society.

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"This is the constitution of Germany. It is known as a dual constitutional monarchy. The dualist monarchy, for short, was the result of a compromise between the bourgeoisie and the imperial rulers. with a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. That is, England and France ten years ago together formed what the West called a 'constitutional monarchy'. ”

"The hereditary monarch is the head of state and has real power, the monarch appoints the members of the cabinet, the government is accountable to the monarch, and the parliament exercises legislative power, but the monarch has the right of veto."

"Although there is no right to be self-respecting, think about the Zhao and Song dynasties, the Son of Heaven and the scholars shared the world, and think about the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty in the past, which could refuse to draft. The seal is still performed, and the six subjects can be used to refute the emperor's edict. This binary is still good. ”

Zuo Zongtang said with a smile. What Liu Rong objected to was not to put a shackle on the imperial power, but to Liu Rong and thousands of scholars throughout China who opposed Liu Xian not only giving the right to the scholars but also to the businessmen who had been despised in China's history.

Even in the long run, this right is more for businessmen, not for scholars. This is the real reason why the 'Advisory Bureau' has raised its voice against thousands of 'Liu Rong'.

In fact, this advisory bureau and the meaning behind it are really going to be realized, first of all, it is very beneficial to Zuo Zongtang, Liu Rong, Yang Yuebin and other old people of the previous dynasty. As long as the emperor can comply, then they don't have to worry about 'speculating on the door.' Zhu Jiu's business, and there is no need to worry about the local government or military intelligence department taking people.

"Such a Confucian white ding, copper stinky businessman, what's the difference?"

Liu Rong looked at Zuo Zongtang. He didn't look so open as Zuo Zongtang. He could understand Zuo Zongtang's persuasion, and the life safety of the scholar class was guaranteed, but he also lost his identity. In the future, as long as the scholar has no money, what is the difference between him and countless peddlers and pawns?

'Everything is inferior. Only reading is high' has become an empty word, and everything is inferior. Only rich and high is right!

And with the development of the Consultative Bureau, sooner or later it will become a parliament. Liu Rong's descendants are not too heroic, and their family assets are not rich, although they still have a son-in-law to rely on, but once they go, it seems that they can also see the complete decline of the Liu family.

Liu Rong has really studied the parliaments of the Western world, and he feels that the parliaments are the imperial history of a group of people whose power has been expanded to the extreme. In the future, if his children and grandchildren are not talented, even if his son-in-law can finally achieve the highest position in the cabinet, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, he will not be able to do a little help. Even in order to show their integrity, the descendants of the Liu family and the Zeng family have to be suppressed to a certain extent. lest you give authority to anyone!

The common psychology of the Chinese is that when they think of the parliament, they will think of party struggle, and when they think of party struggle, they will think of the scene in history that excludes dissidents at all costs!

"Everything has a gain and a loss. Those of us who are guaranteed are ...... This loss means that in the future, the official authority of the officials of Great Qin will never be compared with the former Qing Dynasty and the former Ming Dynasty. It is inevitable that the smell of copper will prevail in society. ”

"But even so, the official authority of this dynasty is still above that of the Western countries!" He solemnly said to Liu Rong: "Brother Meng Rong, since we have the intention of opening a council today, then we can only follow his wishes!" Your arms can't reach your thighs! ”

"This situation is irreversible, and it is inevitable that the world's businessmen will prosper. Therefore, if some children of the clan are divided to do business, if the business sea can grow a few Hu Xueyan and Sheng Xuanhuai, it is also worth surfacing a lot.

Moreover, I think that the British, French, and American powers have always been passive, and they have to constantly expand the number of electors, and this is the self-resistance of the poor in the West.

The movement of the British Charter, that is, the representative of it.

Western countries are constantly lowering the conditions for obtaining electoral qualifications. If the new dynasty holds a parliament, it should also abide by this law. The assets of my generation are not comparable to those of the giants, so we can only aim at this.

The faster the progress of the Advisory Council and the shorter the time it takes to move to the Legislature, the more life I can get from my studies......"

No wonder Zuo Zongtang didn't say a word to the Advisory Bureau, it turned out that he thought so. (To be continued......)