298, burying half of the mountain with rain clouds (below)

After Sun Yuanqi's speech, the inaugural meeting ended here, but this does not mean that the New China Party has been fully formed. In the next two or three days, Zhang Jian, Tang Shouqian, Yang Yongtai and others will continue to hold meetings to discuss the establishment of party institutions and the selection of leaders of relevant institutions.

According to Sun Yuanqi's suggestion, the party's internal organs in New China were divided into three committees: party affairs, government affairs, and military affairs. Among them, the Party Affairs Committee is divided into seven departments, including discipline inspection, office, organization, publicity, united front, liaison, and legal system, which are led by Yang Yongtai; The political affairs committee is divided into foreign affairs, internal affairs, finance, justice, education, agriculture and forestry, industry and commerce, transportation and other departments, which correspond to various departments of the central government, and are specifically responsible for Tang Shouqian and Zhang Jian; The Military Affairs Commission is divided into four departments, namely, staff officers, politics, logistics, and armament, and the candidates for each department will be decided by Sun Yuanqi and Cheng Qian, Cheng Ziyin, Jiang Zhiqing, Zhang Huizan, Xu Shuzheng, Wu Keren, and others.

Although the two committees of party affairs and military affairs were controlled by Sun Yuanqi's lineage, and it was difficult for the members of the original preparatory constitutional association to intervene in them, they could make a lot of money in the political affairs committee, and being politicians was their specialty, so they felt that "they lost the east corner and reaped the mulberry elm". This plan of division of interests makes both parties happy.

According to the arrangement, the inaugural meeting was followed by a press conference. Yang Yongtai was very well prepared, and there were forty or fifty reporters who came. As soon as Sun Yuanqi, Zhang Jian and others appeared, the reporters immediately hugged each other, and the spotlights crackled and flashed. After Yang Yongtai gave a general introduction to the preparations for the political party and the results of the congress election, the reception entered the question session.

Each reporter could only ask one question, but not everyone had the opportunity to ask a question, and the atmosphere began to be enthusiastic. A reporter from Shanghai's "News Daily" seized the opportunity to ask Chairman Sun: Why does the New China Party want to name itself after the 'party' instead of using the words 'hui' and 'she' that are common today? As we all know, Confucius said that 'a gentleman is not a party', and the use of the word 'party' inevitably gives people a sense of a deplorable party. ”

Sun Yuanqi once thought about this question seriously, so he answered it calmly and calmly, and there was no difference between good and evil in the original meaning of the word 'party', was the party in the late Eastern Han Dynasty all very evil? Of course, during the reign of the king, the courtiers have always been taboo for the emperor to form a party, so it is inevitable that there will be bias in the pen of the historian. Moreover, the ancient party was probably people-centered, rather than politically centered, scattered and impermanent, and had no fixed organization; often resort to insidious brutality rather than democratic procedures; It focuses on personal self-interest, but often ignores the public interest. From this... Above all, they are not formal political parties, but they are just a group of people who are centered on the individual and bound by self-interest.

"A political party in the modern sense is a group that is centered on political opinions, targeted by the public interest, taken election as a means, and aimed at being in power. Political parties usually have specific political goals and ideologies, will have ideas about national and social issues, and demonstrate their vision through the establishment of a political platform. The use of the words "hui" and "she" gives the impression that this is a social group, not a political organization. Therefore, the New China Party leads by example, taking the lead in using the name of 'party' and opening up the world's atmosphere. ”

Immediately, a reporter followed up and asked, according to Chairman Sun, is your party's goal to strive for power? ”

Sun Yuan nodded that the meaning of the existence of the party is to engage in political activities and obtain or grasp state power through different channels. An organization that does not aim to govern cannot become a political party. Since the New China Party is clearly positioned as a political party, its goal is to strive for power. However, we have just been established and are still in the nascent stage, and we will take growth as our main task for a long time to come, and we will not actively seek to govern in the short term. ”

The "Ta Kung Pao" reporter then asked Chairman Dao Sun, how does your party view the current situation? How will they deal with themselves? If your party is in power in the future, how do you plan to help the people? Academic salvation, education salvation, or industry salvation? ”

Sun Yuanqi felt that this reporter was somewhat familiar, and it seemed that he had met him at the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, although the domestic situation is not very quiet now, and there are many contradictions between the north and the south that need to be resolved, but on the whole, the situation tends to ease after the completion of the handover of the post of president between the north and the south. The New China Party will actively strive for an early reconciliation between the North and the South and the implementation of a national republic as soon as possible, and has also suggested that the central authorities should quickly implement the parliamentary republican system and confine political struggles to the parliament instead of resorting to force to ensure national stability.

"As for how our party will help the people in the world after taking power, this is a very distant and complicated issue, and if we talk about it in detail, I am afraid that it may not be able to finish in three or two hours, and I think everyone here will not be so patient. Generally speaking, however, our proposition is to promote the enlightenment of a parliamentary republic, to save the country through democracy, to strengthen the country with militarily, to rejuvenate the country through education, and to enrich the country with industry. ”

The reporter of the "Declaration" immediately raised his hand and said, Chairman Sun, if you have not listened to it, your answer just now mentioned that you want to promote 'enlightenment,' is this contrary to the democratic republican system? And you only mentioned democracy, not freedom and equality, is this for? ”

Sun Yuanqi replied that before answering the question, I felt that I needed to explain that it is called 'enlightened'. By enlightenedness, I mean that under the current democratic republican system, the leader of the political party with a majority in parliament serves as the head of the state, and then forms a cabinet and implements a political party during the term of office, so as to ensure the executive power from the central to the local level, and the enlightened monarch achieves it. So this is not in conflict with the democratic republican system.

"As for the lack of mention of freedom and equality, that's because I think both of them are false propositions. For example, freedom, what is called freedom? By the way, without any constraints or restrictions? That's not true! Freedom is the right to do anything that is harmless to others, and the bottom line and principle is to protect the freedom of every individual. But as a member of society, your every move will inevitably affect the other people around you, either you infringe on their freedom, or they want to hinder your freedom. When you are advocating for complete freedom, you are hurting freedom itself. That's why Roland of France said: 'Liberty, liberty, how many sins are done in your name!' ’”

"What about equality?" He asked, "Now many European and American countries are promoting 'equality for all', which is a universal value, and I think China should follow suit now." ”

It is true that equality for all people is a universal value, but which country do you see where everyone is truly equal? In the United States, for example, women and most blacks do not have the right to vote. Is this equality for all? The fact that no two leaves in the world are exactly the same, and no individuals who are exactly the same, is the root of inequality, and this root cause is impossible to eliminate in the short term. ”

Seeing that everyone's faces were a little sluggish, Sun Yuan smiled and said Then I'll tell you a story! Many years ago, when I was teaching at Jingsei University, one boy and one girl would go to a picnic to celebrate the end of the semester. The original proponents proposed that in order to ensure equality for all, each person should pay one copper plate. Do you think you're equal? ”

"Equality!" Everyone replied in the affirmative in unison.

Sun Yuanqi continued, and soon the girls disagreed, believing that boys had a big appetite and ate more, so they should pay more; Girls have a small appetite and eat less, so they should pay less. In order to ensure equality, the proponents have drawn up a new scheme: 1 copper plate for boys and 8 copper plates for girls. Do you think it's so equal? ”

"Equality." Answers have become mixed.

Sun Yuanqi said again, and then some boys raised objections, thinking that some girls eat more than boys, so why do they pay less? If girls feel unequal, they can share the meal equally! However, there is an inequality between the rich and the poor among the classmates, and in order to ensure equality, it is better to pay 1 copper plate for those with a wealthy family and 8 copper plates for those with poor families. What do you think of this new solution? ”

“……”

"Immediately, someone suggested that those who work more should pay less during the picnic, and those who work less should pay more, so that they can be equal!"

“……”

"Later, some people proposed that the amount of payment should be determined according to the number of cooking utensils and tableware contributed by each person, and those who contributed more should pay less, and those who contributed less should pay more."

“……”

"Some people also suggested that it is better to determine the amount of contributions according to everyone's scores, and pay less for those who have the highest scores, and pay more for those who have the lowest scores, so as to show encouragement to outstanding students."

“……”

Sun Yuanqi looked at the silent reporters in the audience, and finally concluded that he had seen it? When we can pursue freedom and equality, we are actually getting farther and farther away from them. Only when we feel that we are not free can we be truly free; Acknowledging that where there is inequality, there is true equality. It is true that we should actively pursue and strive to achieve relative freedom and equality, but we should not put them on our lips and become demagogic slogans. ”

There was silence in the room for a long time before a reporter continued to raise his hand to ask Chairman Sun: Among your party are at least the governors of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Zhejiang, as well as the three general directors of education, transportation, and industry of the Nanjing Republic of China government. What do you think of local self-government? ”

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, due to the weakening of the central government's control over the local government, all provinces in the country more or less showed signs of deviating from the central government. In this boiling movement, various characters appeared one after another, but their intentions were different, some wanted to oppose the warlords with autonomy, some wanted to fight for secession with autonomy, some wanted to eliminate the civil war with autonomy, and some wanted to turn the political system of the whole of China into a federal system with autonomy.

As the actual controller of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces, how will Sun Yuanqi express his position? As one of the few separatist forces in the country at present, his attitude will undoubtedly directly affect the political trend of all provinces in the country in the future.

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