In the Jiusi Hall of Prince Alcohol's Mansion, Hong Yuner introduced the "Edict of Dingguo", which was later called by historians as the most important programmatic document for civil rights in China in the past 5,000 years, and its historical status can be compared with the "Declaration of Independence" of the United States, the "Declaration of Human Rights" of France, and the "Magna Carta" of Britain.

The first part is the preface, which expounds the purpose of the promulgation of the "Decree on the Determination of the State" and introduces the concept of a sovereign state, which for the first time affirms the concept that state sovereignty belongs to the whole people in a national programmatic document. In China's thousands of years of feudal rule, the concept of instillation is that the whole world is under the whole world, whether it is the king's land, the shore of the land, and the king's ministers. In this world, not only the land belongs to the emperor's family, but even you belong to the emperor's family, as the so-called monarch wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, and even life and death are in the hands of the emperor. It can be said that the novel term "national sovereignty is in the whole people" is the first time that the common people and the country have been closely linked, and it clearly tells everyone that this country is the country of the whole people, not the country of a certain family or a certain dynasty.

After listening to the first part, Song Qingyun nodded and said: "The sovereignty of the country lies in the people, this is already mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, but now Agui still has to be the emperor, I think that during the period when Agui was the emperor, the country could not fully form a constitutional style, is this concept too early?" ”

Hong Yun'er said: "Originally, Zuo Zongtang and others also proposed that such a proposal would damage the royal majesty and rights and interests, and I discussed this with Agui, after promoting the development of industry and commerce, the private property and capital of the people will increase greatly, and now the biggest concern of the people about the transformation from feudalism to capital is because of the imperial power for thousands of years." There is an old Chinese saying that you can't be rich for three generations, why is that? Needless to say, there are losers among the family heirs. Among the many foreign enterprises that have been inherited for thousands of years, I don't believe that there is no such loser, but some foreign time-honored enterprises have not also survived to the modern age of our later generations? In China. The biggest constraint on the development of capital is the feudal imperial power, you see how beautiful the Wu family in Guangdong was back then, but the will of Emperor Daoguang, after the officials bullied, it has not gradually declined, this is the most obvious example. And abroad, so. If we want to develop capital, we must limit the imperial power, and we must limit it from the very beginning of the country! ”

Song Qingyun pondered for a moment and said, "There can be restrictions on the privileges of imperial power. However, in the edict of the country, it is not too far beyond the scope of the common people's cognition at this stage, and it is still necessary to give the authority of the emperor as it did when Japan was constitutional, otherwise it will be too open at once. It can lead to confusion. It is not conducive to the prestige of the next emperor Agui, who integrates the country. ”

Hong Yun'er snorted and laughed: "Your suggestion is very good, I'll revise it when I go back." Next, Hong Yuner introduced the second part of the "Dingguo is Edict", which mainly expounds the political system of the country's five ethnic groups to prosper and republic, that is, all ethnic groups in China have equal natural rights, and at the same time, there is also the meaning of abolishing slaves and slaves. This is also the first time that the idea of national integration and equality of human rights has been expressed in a national program document.

Song Qingyun smiled after listening to it: "It's another thing that destroys the three views of the common people at this time, and the landlords don't know if they will cry when they see this." ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and said, "Of course there will be resistance, but we believe that this thing will appear sooner or later." Liberate the vast number of poor people and give them equal human rights. The new state will have the support it has never had before, and sooner or later the feudal landlords will have to turn into capitalists, crying and crying. ”

Song Qingyun said: "Regarding this article, I suggest that you should gradually implement it, it will take time to resolve the contradictions between various ethnic groups, let people change their concepts, and let the landlord class accept the abolition of slavery, which will take time." ”

Hong Yun'er said: "Of course, we will not achieve this overnight, especially in some places in Mongolia and Tibet, where their system is still a slave social system, of course, it is impossible to abolish it all at once, unless we can have a strong military guarantee, it seems that we can't do it for the time being." ”

Song Qingyun sighed lightly and said: "Agui's ambition is really big enough, and you also have the courage to put forward the idea of integrating all ethnic groups into China, otherwise Mongolia, Tibet and other places don't know how much effort it will take to pacify." ”

Hong Yun'er smiled and said, "We plan to Mongolia first and then Tibet, and you will need to come forward when the time comes." Song Qingyun nodded and said, "It is my duty." Then Hong Yuner introduced the third part of "Dingguo is Edict".

This third part counts the development of Chinese civilization in the past 5,000 years, and also explains the evil of the Manchu invasion and rule in the past, as well as the invasion of foreign powers in the country in the past hundred years, and declares that the people led by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of China were forced to take up arms to resist domestic and foreign forces under unbearable circumstances, and declares the legitimacy and justice of the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of China.

Song Qingyun smiled after hearing this: "It's good that you didn't declare that I am a war criminal, so I will be merciful." ”

Hong Yun'er stuck out her tongue and said: "How come, you can promote the peaceful surrender of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and save the ancient capital of Beijing from war, which is a great contribution to the country and the people." ”

Song Qingyun said with a smile: "Why do I sound so awkward, can the Empress Dowager Cixi deserve such a compliment?" ”

Hong Yun'er shook her head and said, "In the eyes of me and Agui, you will always be Qingyun instead of Cixi." ”

Song Qingyun gratefully shook Hong Yun'er's hand, and then Hong Yun'er went on to introduce the fourth part of the "Dingguo is Edict", that is, in the last part of the declaration, expounding the heroic deeds of Xiao Chaogui leading the people of the Heavenly Kingdom to fight unyieldingly, and at the same time showing that Xiao Chaogui was granted divine power and unanimously won the support of the people of the whole country.

After all the content was finished, Song Qingyun let out a sigh of relief and said: "You and I are classmates, there is not much difference between what we have learned, it is indeed difficult to look at the problem from the perspective of the Manchu Qing Dynasty before, but now from your point of view, these problems can be well interpreted, it seems that it is indeed easier to break everything and rebuild a country and tinker with a backward dynasty." ”

Hong Yun'er sighed lightly and said, "Yes, if Agui and I change places with you, maybe we won't be as good as you." In fact, there is already a definite number in history, and the old things that block its development will sooner or later be abandoned by history. ”

After the two women sighed at each other, Song Qingyun pursed her lips and smiled: "We, historians of later generations, may be a little crazy, if they study the current history, they will find that such an important edict is actually from the hands of two women. ”

Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and said: "It's not Agui, a lazy ghost, all the copywriting work is for others to do well, and he decides." However, this thing still has the figure of progressives like Zuo Zongtang, and it is not all the credit of the two of us. ”

Song Qingyun suddenly said childishly: "Your original draft will definitely become an important document and cultural relics in the future, or let's play tricks on those later historians." After that, Song Qingyun picked up the pen and wrote the three words Song Qingyun behind the original manuscript of "Dingguo is Edict", and Hong Yuner smiled and wrote her name.

The move of the two women was out of nonsense, but it did cause great trouble to historians a hundred years later, because later people who studied this period of history always did not understand the meaning of the latter two names when they looked at the original manuscript of the famous "Dingguo is Edict", so various speculations circulated more than a hundred years later, and it became a historical puzzle. Who are these two names? Who are they? Why do you leave your name behind such an important original?

After saying the matter of "Dingguo is Edict", Song Qingyun said: "Since it is the founding ceremony, I don't know how the reaction of the great powers is? ”

Hong Yun'er said with a smile: "Except for Britain, France, and Russia, we have sent notes to other countries, and at the same time, we have also invited the United States, Prussia, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan and other countries to send personnel to participate in the founding ceremony. Before I left Nanjing, all the countries replied to their notes, saying that they recognized our regime as the legitimate Chinese regime and agreed to send representatives to attend the founding ceremony. As Gui said, we have not been uncommon in the past to be recognized by foreign countries, and when our strength is strong enough to control the entire country, they will naturally recognize it. ”

Song Qingyun nodded and said with a smile: "This is natural, but in the future, all countries may ask for the opening of ports or cities in the north, and it is inevitable that there will still be contradictions between China and foreign countries." ”

Hong Yun'er hummed and said: "If we want to develop now, we must cooperate with all countries, whether it is capital or technology, we need it, and the development of the closed country will never appear again, but we still will not open up all at once, we plan to open Dalian, Yantai and Tianjin first, so as to promote the development of commerce and trade in the north from point to area." ”

Song Qingyun said with a smile: "I originally belonged to these three places, but unfortunately there was too much resistance in the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time. After a pause, Song Qingyun said: "Is there any movement on the British, French and Russian sides?" ”

Hong Yun'er said with a little worry: "Judging from the news brought by merchants from Prussia, the Netherlands and other countries, the three countries have formed an alliance and plan to invade us together. ”

Song Qingyun bowed slightly when he heard this: "This is in line with the consistent style of these robbers, in Europe they can pinch each other, but in the affairs of the Far East, they can unite, and their interests are really above all else." How many troops will they send? Are you sure you will win the first battle of the nation? ”

Hong Yun'er nodded and gritted her teeth and said: "There must be a battle for the founding of the country, and this battle will continue to be fought even if it is difficult, we will not follow the old path of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, otherwise what will we do when we build a country?" (To be continued......)