Zhu Youzhen stood up: "Okay, I will first issue a holy decree, and the chief celebrant and the cabinet will jointly prepare for the establishment of the central advisory council and the house of representatives, and the local advisory bureau and the representative bureau, with the second assistant of the cabinet and the organization department Shang Shuwen being responsible for taking the lead at the beginning, and the establishment of a reform group must be completed before the end of the year." ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, Wen Chu stood up: "Weichen respectfully obeys the holy decree." ”

Therefore, soon, the lecturer of the Hanlin Academy wrote this edict of Zhu Youzhen, and granted it to Wen Chushi, the second assistant of the cabinet, and Wen Chushi, immediately in accordance with the edict, ordered the Organization Department to issue an order to all provinces, prefectures and counties in the world, requiring the establishment of corresponding advisory and representative bodies immediately elected by the people.

At the same time, the Organization Department sent commissioners to the provinces to supervise the implementation of this decision and to discuss how to determine how to elect.

Zhang Huangyan and other high-ranking conservative officials also immediately wrote to their protégés and former officials, demanding that they act in accordance with the requirements of the Organization Department and not violate them in the slightest, and revealed that this was the result of a compromise between the court and court, and that it was a matter of desperation.

Wang Jiaqin and other high-ranking radical officials also wrote to their friends in the business and academic circles, saying that this was the result of their best efforts, and although they could not make the imperial court subordinate to business, the local government could use this to stop the atrocities of the local officials.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and on the official roads to the places where the court went, as well as on the railway and waterways, there were also hurried messengers, and newspapers and periodicals also reported one after another.

The local repercussions are also huge, some say that this is an unprecedented virtue and politics, and some say that this is an unprecedented chaotic government.

Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, also slapped the table after receiving the order from the Organization Department: "It's just nonsense!" What does the cabinet think, if the people really want to take care of local affairs and don't trust us, then what's the use of asking us to be this official! Instead of being this governor aggrievedly, it is better for Lao Tzu to resign from his official position and go into business! ”

This should be the governor of the heavens, Bai Yunming, was excited for a while, and ordered someone to serve him on the spot, threatening to write his resignation.

The officials under him did not stop him, and they were all unhappy, after all, they also knew that if such a council was established, they would have no chance to exploit the merchants at will, and they would have many fewer ways to make a fortune.

However, at this moment, his master walked in: "Master, the letter from the elder has arrived." ”

"Teacher's letter? Hurry up and show it to this official, I don't believe that the teacher can really agree to play like this, is it possible that they, the important ministers of the cabinet, don't pay homage to the ice! ”

Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, opened the letter as he spoke, and saw that it was written:

"My life has been good recently, although the latest decree of the Organization Department of the Imperial Court is beneficial to the people and not conducive to the officials, but it is really because you are not talking at the bottom, Your Majesty's opinion is very big, and there are many officials in the court who say that you are not;

And the wisdom of the people has been opened, not as before, now for the Ming Dynasty will not be defeated by you, for the long-term plan, we have to set up two parliaments to ask the people to have the right to make decisions on local affairs, so as to achieve the state of public opinion, you can not be stopped, and you are not allowed to resign......

Fortunately, the cabinet still has great power, when grateful to His Majesty still trusts us, it is also the fruit of the game of the court princes, the cabinet should not lose your wealth and fame, now the climate is mild, a year of respect is canceled, although it is not easy to live in Chang'an, but the cabinet princes have their own methods, do not worry. ”

Bai Yunming is not a stupid person, and he roughly guessed what happened in the court from the content of the letter, and he couldn't help but sigh for a while:

"Now the situation is really not as good as before, no matter what, since the teacher and others don't want to pay respect, the official has nothing to say, tell the people below, if you want to resign from the official and don't do it, come to the official now, and approve one! When the time comes, when the situation is chaotic, we will let the people in the council figure it out! ”

"Brother Mingshen respectfully inspires, brother Xi has been in the cabinet for a long time, and now finally do a big thing for the world's businessmen, this is Your Majesty's work, we should be grateful, but because the situation in the Ming Dynasty is complicated and Jiaozhi, Siberia, Jianyu Yu, Western Fanyi and other major events have not been done, and because of the conservative officials of the court to prevent, the cabinet still has great power, but fortunately, the place can be decided by the people, please brother immediately organize a chamber of commerce from all walks of life after receiving the letter, and ask the government to act according to the decree of the imperial court.

After Yang Mingshen received Wang Jiaqin's letter, he couldn't help but burst into tears: "Long live my emperor!" ”

Immediately, Yang Mingshen instructed: "Immediately contact the major newspapers, inform the public of the decree of the Organization Department of the Imperial Cabinet, take my letter to the presidents of all walks of life, and invite them to my mansion to discuss matters, so that we can jointly put pressure on Lord Futai and think of countermeasures at the same time;

We should first help them determine the procedures for the establishment of the council, immediately go to the Daming School of Administration to recruit a group of students who have graduated from the Department of Administration, and at the same time count whether there are any people who are interested in being officials and serving the people in our bank. ”

As in Yingtian, the province of Nanzhili, other provinces reacted in the same way, with many officials threatening to resign.

Many wealthy businessmen actively began to prepare to negotiate with the government, but because of the above pressure and consolation, or their own attachment to the official position, there were not many officials above the county level who resigned.

However, many low-level officials resigned, and a large number of officials who did not have a formal establishment did not work.

All of a sudden, the local provinces were much emptied of government offices at all levels.

Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, began to refuse to meet the leaders of the chambers of commerce from all walks of life, claiming that he was ill on the grounds that he was ill, and took advantage of this to approve the resignation of a large number of officials under his command.

Half a month later, as the commissioner of the organization department was coming, he had to come out to meet Yang Mingshen and others, and when Yang Mingshen and other businessmen questioned Bai Yunming whether he wanted to resist the imperial court's decree, Bai Yunming said:

"This official does not want to go against the will of the imperial court, to set up two houses and elect members, and this official has no opinion, but now there are about 500 officials under his hands;

Mr. Yang, you should also know that the officials of the Ming Dynasty have always had a small income, although His Majesty is generous today, and there are even year-end cases of salary increases, and now the officials who are making up the staff live a small rich and peaceful life;

But the officials who are not prepared can't live, the imperial court has limited finances, and you are not allowed to raise taxes, so the Fu can only give them a very low salary, so that they can rely on gray income to support their families, and now these two courts are set up, their gray income is naturally gone, and most of them have resigned, resulting in the fact that there are only 500 officials in the entire governor's yamen, and tens of millions of people in the entire Nanzhili, how do you let the officials do the affairs of the two courts. ”

After Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, finished speaking, he looked at Yang Mingshen, his eyes revealed a look of pride, and he said in his heart:

"Who doesn't know that these things are all caused by you Yang Mingshen, a rich businessman, who has a relationship with His Majesty and wants to control the government, you can control it, now the problem is here, see how you solve it!"

"I understood the difficulties of Lord Futai, and also took this into account for Lord Futai, and set up an administrative affairs training company to recruit and train a group of students, all of whom are top students from universities such as Daming School of Administration and Nanjing Political School;

Whether it's taxation or government affairs or even public construction, they are very good at it, and my lord can say what kind of treatment these non-making officials are, and I let them apply, and then there will be enough officials to exercise political power. ”

(End of chapter)