The development of the Ming Dynasty has now entered an era in which the internal forces are very complex.

And in order to form a new synergy within the Ming Dynasty, and not to overthrow the imperial political system and make the nation suffer huge losses, and even let foreign forces take the opportunity to intervene.

Zhu Youzhen could only use his status as emperor as much as possible to use non-war means to let the two major groups of the empire solve the problem of the change of power through negotiations.

But using non-war means is like treating a disease without surgery, but slowly recuperating, and it will certainly take more time.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know how long this time would take, but what he was worried about was that before the Ming Dynasty had time to complete the "Glorious Revolution", the British Empire had already completed the "Glorious Revolution" and embarked on the rapid road of capital development before the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen had to find a way to stop the bourgeois revolutionary road in Britain.

However, because of the geographical distance, he could not directly send troops to eliminate Britain, so he could only support the old aristocracy and royal family in Britain to continue to suppress the bourgeoisie and craftsmen in Britain.

This is just like the original history of foreigners who set up foreign gun teams to help the Qing government eliminate the Taiping army and fund warlords in various places to prevent the reunification of China.

Zhu Youzhen thought of a way to intervene in the internal affairs of Britain in the name of marrying a British princess and forming a country of marriage, and the custom of receiving in-laws in Western European countries is very common, and the Ming Dynasty used this method, and the English royal family should also accept it.

……

As Zhu Youjian expected.

In the local provinces of Daming, because of the strong financial resources of the capital group, the consultative body was able to be smoothly implemented.

Even if the government was still unwilling, the capital group dared to strike the market, which paralyzed the entire local order, and finally forced the government to implement it.

Taking Nanzhili as an example, Yang Mingshen and others successfully persuaded the Chamber of Commerce to pay a large number of salaries for grassroots officials for the local government, and at the same time took the initiative to help the government convene a large number of professional young Zhuang scholars to enrich the local political grassroots.

Plus the threat of a strike.

This has enabled the establishment of consultative bodies at all levels in the provinces to be carried out smoothly.

Merchants and citizens at all levels in Nanzhili, especially the wealthy businessmen and propertied people who were keen to control power, as well as the academic elite, began to gather the people to give speeches and convey their ideas, and of course, there were also those who used material things to tempt.

Either way, the councillors were elected.

But when it came to the establishment of the House of Representatives and the election of the House of Representatives, the government and the capitalists came into conflict again.

Because the deputies demanded a large number of peasants and workers, the proletarians at the bottom, the peasants and workers, did not have much will to participate in politics at present, so they did not cooperate much.

In addition, the local wealthy businessmen deliberately discouraged the desire of peasants and workers to participate in politics, and began to use the increase in wages and working hours to create opportunities for workers and peasants to participate in the parliamentary bodies.

Thus, in the beginning, the establishment of the House of Representatives came to a standstill.

The local wealthy businessmen wanted to enrich the council with merchants first.

However, the local officials did not agree, saying that in order to strictly follow the imperial decrees, many peasant workers must participate, otherwise the parliamentary body would not be representative of the entire population.

The local government even took the initiative to mobilize the people at the bottom to participate.

Of course, the local government did not really want to give the proletarians such as peasants and workers the right to participate in politics, but deliberately disgusted the propertied businessmen who wanted to control the local government.

In their view, the enemy of their enemy is their friend, and instead of letting the merchants share their power, it is better to let the workers and peasants join in and make local government affairs more chaotic.

"Mr. Yang, isn't this very good, since we want the people to control our government, then we will all take care of it, not only you businessmen, but also workers and peasants, it can be seen that the court is still very thoughtful, it can be described as wise!"

Now, Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, began to think about the good of the imperial court, and said proudly: "Don't you want people's democracy, this official gives you democracy, and gives democracy to all of you, so you are satisfied." ”

Yang Mingshen was as uncomfortable as eating a fly, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only endure Bai Yunming's cynicism.

"Okay, if your government can let those scattered peasants and workers participate in politics, we have no opinion, but since you only give the members of the advisory body the treatment of one penny a month, the members of the representative body cannot be higher than this treatment, everyone is a first-class citizen, and there can be no distinction between high and low," Yang Mingshen said.

"Don't worry, they are all citizens, how can this official favor one over the other!"

Ying Tian Governor Bai Yunming smiled coldly and said.

After Yang Mingshen and the others left, Bai Yunming, the governor of the Heavenly Patrol, immediately found someone and instructed: "Immediately tell the officials at all levels that since their businessmen have set up a chamber of commerce to demolish the platform of our government, then we will also mobilize a few active peasant workers to set up peasant unions and trade unions to demolish their platform, mobilize workers and peasants to actively participate in the election of the House of Representatives, and we will also provide subsidies for the House of Representatives." ”

As a result, the people of the government began to mobilize the workers and peasants at the bottom.

In the beginning, it had little effect, not many people responded, and the capitalists and landlords confined the workers and peasants to the factories and land, so that the government had little effect.

The capitalist groups even prevent workers and peasants from participating in politics by dismissing and dismissing them from their livelihoods.

The government also had its own methods, and began to organize strikes of workers and peasants, which caused the capital groups to suffer a lot of losses, and finally Yang Mingshen and others had to find Bai Yunming and reach a settlement.

The capitalist groups no longer restrict the participation of workers and peasants in politics in various ways.

Members of the House of Representatives were also elected with the help of the government, and a group of peasants and workers who had just laid down their hoes and shovels began to become members.

However, it is precisely because of such mutual tossing and turning that the establishment of local council bodies and representative council bodies was delayed until the end of the year, and in some places it was even delayed until the summer of the following year.

That's not the end of it, though.

It is also as expected by Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Youzhen.

With the establishment of local councils and deputies, political debates among people from all walks of life have just begun.

Again, take Nan Zhili as an example.

Under the initiation of Yang Mingshen and other wealthy businessmen, the newly established Nanzhili Consultative Department first put forward the first proposal after the establishment of the advisory body and the representative body, that is, the "Proposal on Improving the Treatment of Officials at All Levels in Nanzhili Province".

It seems somewhat ironic.

The original intention of the capital groups to call for the establishment of advisory bodies was to control the exploitation of officials, and what they hated most was the excesses of local officials.

But their first proposal after participating in politics was to increase the remuneration of local officials.

Yang Mingshen, who has now become a councillor of the Southern Zhili Province of Daming, is the initiator of this proposal, and has put forward the reasons for initiating this proposal in the Consultative Division:

"The salaries of the local officials in my southern province are seriously lower than the average income of the citizens of the empire, and even at current prices, they cannot even support themselves, let alone their families...... Therefore, I propose to increase his remuneration ranging from 500 silver dollars a month to 50 silver silver dollars a month, and to be equipped with corresponding welfare measures, the following are the detailed rules......"

(End of chapter)