"Why is it none of our business, although we don't pay taxes or pay very little taxes, but the things that they eat and wear and live in the old men of the Counsel Division are not made by us, and without our hands to create, they can eat and drink spicy food, and pay taxes to the court?

So, this proposal, we have a reason to refuse!

Brothers workers, brothers, farmers, nongs say yes! ”

Councilor Zheng, who is a butcher by profession, stepped on the shiny vermilion lacquered mahogany table and shouted.

Many members of the other House of Representatives also shouted: "Yes, what Butcher Zheng said is right, we just have a reason to refuse!" ”

"Damn, it's called Lao Tzu Zheng, don't call Lao Tzu the butcher, Lao Tzu is also an official elected by the people now, okay, now since we are elected by the villagers, we have to make decisions for the villagers, we can't let these officials live too well, don't you say yes!"

The Zheng butcher laughed and scolded loudly.

"Yes, Nong said yes!"

Other lawmakers also rushed to respond.

A congressman who supported the proposal of the Consultative Department had to slap the table: "Quiet, give me silence, even if you have a reason to refuse, but you can't be reasonable, aren't these officials who work for the imperial court ordinary people, don't they work hard, arrest criminals, maintain law and order, hear official documents, build embankments and bridges, they also have to run back and forth, and they also have to take money to support their families, right?" ”

"And they have studied hard for so long, learned a skill, and their parents spent a lot of silver dollars to cultivate talents, you can't really let people take a penny of silver dollars a month, even if they promise their parents will not agree, the world will not be chaotic, who is willing to do things, you also have children studying in the school, there must be a lot of people who want to go to the government to seek jobs, do you want your hard-working children to take only a few silver dollars a month? What do you let them marry their daughters-in-law? ”

The congressman couldn't help but know that he was moved by emotion, and he tried hard to convince these members of the House of Representatives.

"That can't be set so high, if my son makes a platform in the future, I don't ask him to get a few hundred silver dollars a month."

Councillor Zheng Butcher shouted.

"Okay, then tell me how much is appropriate", a congressman from a university couldn't help but roll up his sleeves and make a gesture to beat this Zheng butcher.

This Zheng butcher directly punched him first: "Do you want to fight, young man, you are still a little tender!" ”

"Bang!" Butcher Zheng also took a punch.

The whole House of Representatives was in such a mess, fighting, arguing, and arguing for four or five days, and they kept arguing, and the proposal of the Consultative Department could not be passed.

……

Yang Mingshen was in a hurry, he could guess that there must be the participation of the government, and he hurriedly found Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian: "Lord Futai, it's almost done, can you really bear to watch the House of Representatives make such a fuss?" The proposal has not been passed, and government affairs cannot be delayed like this! ”

"What Mr. Yang said is really funny, what makes me bear to watch it go on like this, the official can't bear to be able to do anything with the House of Representatives, you can't let the official lead the troops to slaughter them, they are all citizens of my Ming Dynasty, one did not rebel and the other did not break the law, even if there is a fight, it is not my business, it is according to the judge's business, but the people do not raise officials and do not hold them accountable, and the officials have nothing to do with them, and they are exercising the power given to them by the court, and now the world is good, The common people finally don't have to be dogs and sheep anymore, it's really democratic! ”

Ying Tian Governor Bai Yunming said and glanced at Yang Mingshen with disdain.

Yang Mingshen was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick: "You are the governor of the palace, if you give an order to arrest them, it will be over, our advisory department cooperates with you, why do you need any representative department to decide our government affairs, let him make a decoration, isn't it over, what can the people of Shengdou decide!" ”

"Don't, Mr. Yang, don't let us ours, you are the Consultative Division, the official is the government, the executive body, not the people, the Holy School is very clear, we only act in accordance with the decree of the imperial court, the proposal jointly passed by the Advisory Department and the House of Representatives and the proposal directly issued by the central government, we will do it, we will not admit anything else, you don't need to grind your tongue here with me, come to someone, send off guests!"

As soon as Bai Yunming put the teacup down, he got up and went back to the inner courtyard first.

……

Yang Mingshen, who was entrusted by the major chambers of commerce, had to find Lu Dan, a thousand households in Nanjing: "Lu Qianhu, this is the high-grade agate plate of Myanmar, you can accept it with a smile." ”

"Mr. Yang is polite, you are a viscount, and your majesty's celebrity, you and I are not outsiders, if you have anything to say, you don't have to be polite", Dongchang Qianhu Lu said with a smile while admiring the agate plate.

"You must have known about the recent fight between the Nanzhili House of Representatives, and you don't plan to take care of it, so let them make such trouble?"

Yang Mingshen asked.

Lu Dan reluctantly put the agate plate back: "The thing is a good thing, but I still ask Mr. Yang to take it back, and the official doesn't dare to take it down."

The rules of our Dongchang, you also know, unless it involves His Majesty, the others have nothing to do with us, and we are not allowed to kill and detain innocent civilians without authorization.

At most, we can only investigate and report to Your Majesty, and we can't express our opinions, and Your Majesty also specially greeted, even if he killed someone, we can at most help the judge to try it, you, please go back. ”

Yang Mingshen had no choice but to brush his sleeves and leave.

……

In the end, in order to protest the delay in the approval of the proposal of the Consultative Division, the Nanzhili Consultative Department simply organized the officials to collectively ask for leave and resign.

Ying Tianxun Bai Yunming didn't care, let it develop.

There were even autumn floods, and there were floods in several counties, and no officials were willing to take care of them.

The Consultative Department wanted to blackmail the House of Representatives, but the House of Representatives still refused to pass.

The House of Representatives also went on strike and demonstrated in the streets to demand that government officials fulfill their duties.

Yang Mingshen had no choice but to find someone to report to the central government and let the cabinet deal with the matter, and use the cabinet of the central government to oppress these Nanzhili House of Representatives, and could not let the situation develop.

Wang Jiaqin, the director of the Imperial Council and a scholar of Dongge University, found the first assistant Zhang Huangyan:

"Zhang Xiang, the situation in Nanzhili can't just go on like this, otherwise the big policy of tax collection this year will have to be delayed."

"Well, you finally know that you are coming to us, and the official asked them to say hello below", Zhang Huangyan said with a smile.

Although they, the top officials in charge of the imperial court, are only in Beijing, they also know about the affairs of all parts of the world, and they know how the consultative bodies and the representative bodies and the government are making trouble, and they also know that they can't be allowed to make such trouble, and they should establish a balance between them, so as soon as Wang Jiaqin came forward, he immediately agreed.

(End of chapter)