Before leaving, Xia Wanchun said: "Duke Qi, Xiaosheng Guan General Xu's personality ......"

"If it weren't for General Xu, my ambition would have been in vain." Huang Shi interrupted, he thought back to the past, if there was no Xu Ping, it was estimated that his plans in the past few decades might have come to naught, but when Xu Ping entered Beijing, he and Li Zicheng embarked on the old road of Huangshi. At that time, Huangshi was quite a savior and ended up messing himself up, and later people did not think that this was beyond the reach of manpower but thought that the predecessors were not capable enough, and Huangshi could rest assured to see how Li Zicheng and Xu Ping, who wanted to be saviors, asked for their own hardships, and he thought that since Li Zicheng could not be like Xu Ping because of discouragement and let go, he had to give up his original ideals: "But unlike King Shun, I have personal grievances with General Xu, and I can't resolve private grievances." ”

Xia Wanchun no longer advised him to leave.

Before the meal, Huang Shi proudly showed off some of the works of art he had just won to Huang Naiming, thanks to the inscription rubbings that the latter sent him back from Xi'an: "But the Holy See was surprised, but did not think that it was a loss, and they brought back the rubbings and said that they would be included in the archives, so as not to let these people who came to the East to spread their glory to be unknown." ”

"That stele is really hard to find," Huang Naiming usually picks important things in his letters, and only when he meets his father does he have the opportunity to complain when he meets his father this time: "When the child arrived in Xi'an, this stele was moved out by the people of the stele forest." ”

"Moved out?"

"Yes, I searched all over the stele forest and didn't find it," Huang Naiming thought that since this stele had been stored in the stele forest, the people in the Confucian Temple would definitely have an impression, but no one knew after asking all over the place, he remembered that his father said that this stele was unearthed outside Xi'an, so he went to the outside of the city to find it, but when Huang Naiming found it, those people admitted that it was indeed found in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, but they never moved to the stele forest: "The child said that father, you saw it with your own eyes, where there will be a mistake, they just don't admit it." ”

"And now?" Huang Shi knew in his heart that he probably hadn't included this stele in the Confucian Temple at this time.

"The child was moved back to the stele forest, and the people of the Confucian Temple also felt very precious after seeing it, but they insisted that they didn't know before, forget it, and finally they didn't bother to quarrel with them."

"If a person is not a sage, he can do no wrong." Huang Shi agreed with Huang Naiming's handling and magnanimously stopped blaming them for the mistakes that the Confucius Temple in Xi'an had never made.

During the meal, Huang Naiming talked endlessly with his family about what he had seen and heard in Beijing, starting from Li Zicheng to Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin below, he brought his impression of Dashun's civil and military officials one by one, and his parents, younger brothers, and sisters all listened to it with relish. But he didn't say a word about Xu Ping, except for the younger brother, everyone else didn't ask about this person, and Huang Shi's youngest son asked a few words, and Huang Naiming also used other people's interesting stories.

"I haven't seen the King of Liao or the Minister of Liao," and finally Huang Naiming still talked about Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou, and now the reform of Liaodong is eye-catching, and even the doctors in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Guizhou provinces have also talked a lot about the new atmosphere of Liaodong: "I don't know what kind of people they are." ”

"I heard that the King of Liao once followed General Xu to attack Fujian." Yellowstone's young son has a vague impression of this.

"Big brother, what do you think will happen to Liaodong?" After returning to Fujian, Huang Zijun lived in the Mansion of Qi State, Huang Shi did not plan to let his daughter be widowed, and tried his best to persuade her to find a husband again, and Huang Shi, the child of the Jin family, also asked to live with his mother, of course Jin Qiude was unwilling, but he also knew that there was no reason to talk about it with the princess's family, so he did not object.

"I can't jump out of the old path of King Shun," Huang Naiming glanced at his father, and saw that Huang Shi had no intention of expressing his opinion, just waiting for his own opinion, so he said to his family: "Before the envoy to Taixi, I had heard people say that if they were aristocratic officials, then they would be much better than liuguan, and they would cherish the people under their rule; I have also heard that the local officials will also be better than the liuguan, and they will pity their fellow villagers. ”

"But in fact, it's all the same raccoon dog," Huang Naiming told a lot of what he saw and heard when he went to sea, although he told his father, but his father and younger siblings never had the opportunity to hear him talk about it with their own ears, although Huang Naiming had omitted some particularly sensational atrocities, but his family still heard them with horror: "The most civilized place in Tessie is the continent of Europa, but the king of Spain, the king of France, etc. on it are also cruel and inhumane." Not long after I arrived in Paris, the capital of France, I met the French people of Beijing, and I had to draw my sword to defend myself. ”

Huang Naiming's courage in Paris was also highly praised by the French nobles, and most of the nobles also slipped away at that time, and after fighting side by side with the French prince, the other party praised: You really don't look like a marquis's son, and your family will definitely be carried forward in your hands in the future.

"In front of ***, the people shouted: We want bread! Well...... The bread is Tessie's steamed buns. But many aristocratic ladies in France asked: If they are hungry, why don't they eat cake...... Cake is a type of court pastry for Tessie. ”

After Huang Naiming finished telling the European version of the story of why not eat minced meat, Huang Shi, who had been silent, suddenly asked: "How is Britain?" ”

"Well, since the British Parliament bombed their king away, the life of the MPs has been better, but the people are still the same, and when the British warships are short of sailors, they catch fishermen they can see on the shore, and these people are pulled away without even a chance to say goodbye to their families, locked in the cabin and go to sea to fight, and few of them return home alive." As far as Huang Naiming knows, the British parliament does not care about this kind of thing: "The British parliamentarians also said: If we can't replenish our army, then what's the use of having so many fishermen in the UK? ”

"It's really miserable," Huang Zijun heard a little sadly: "Isn't there anyone who speaks up for these people?" ”

"Some English literati, but what's the use? The government's words only count, but the world is as black as a crow, and I don't have any kind of official who treats the people as human beings. There are also some who rule in the name of divine envoys, but whether it is a nobleman, a world official, or a messenger of God, or a righteous man of a tyrant, I have seen every official office that is the enemy of the people, without exception. Before Huang Naiming went to Dashun this time, he didn't have much hope for Li Zicheng and Xu Ping: "In fact, King Shun is a person who wants to do something, and he is not without people in his heart, but since he is sitting in this position, he is no different from the first emperor." ”

"Listening to what the eldest brother said, it's like all the officials are wolves," Huang Zijun said casually: "Then my father is also the enemy of the people?" ”

When it came to his family, Huang Naiming immediately changed his attitude: "Of course my father is different. ”

"Actually, it's no different," Huang Shi said loudly, "Our family is actually the same, but if someone stares at it, it can be better." ”

……

At the Guangdong Provincial Secretariat, the Kuomintang once again raised a new issue, that is, it demanded that officials at all levels disclose the status of their property, and any concealment of their property would become a crime. The first reaction of the Labor Party and Donglin was that this was directed at them, and they subconsciously objected first, saying that this was because the Kuomintang wanted to make trouble for the officials of the hostile parties at the prefectural and county levels, and as for the officials of the Kuomintang, the rival parties thought that they might have been prepared for a long time.

However, during the debate in the Legion House, the Kuomintang appeared to have been prepared to disclose the benefits of officials' assets in detail, and the main argument of the opposition was that it would make officials feel insulted, a sign of distrust, and would affect the enthusiasm of officials.

However, this reason is obviously relatively weak, and from the very beginning of the debate, the newspapers generally supported the KMT's motion, in fact, some people in the opposition did not think that there were many good reasons to oppose it, but we should oppose it if the enemy supported it, so we will oppose it first. Now seeing that the newspapers are not in the limelight, some doctors are thinking about changing the court, and anyway, announcing that the administrator's property is not theirs. Others, under pressure from the administrative system, began to think seriously about how to refute the proposal.

"The Kuomintang thought well that officials would not accept bribes after their assets were made public, but would they be three-year-olds and think that those corrupt officials would not hide bribes? If we don't disclose our assets, we can also make surprise attacks and spot checks, and once it is made public, it will be more difficult for us to find out who is the corrupt officials. ”

The Kuomintang unleashed their bombshell -- the leader Lu Zhiqiang came to make this statement, as the leader of the Kuomintang, Lu Zhiqiang can now be called proud, whether in Fujian or Guangdong, he is sure to win a doctor's seat. In the end, he still chose Guangdong, at present, there are not many businessmen like him, most of the former council members have chosen to retire, as the competition becomes more and more fierce, businessmen find it difficult to gain a foothold in the court without putting all their energy, and their business still needs them. Businessmen who had been eager to learn about the status of doctors have withdrawn from politics one after another, choosing only those who support them based on the rhetoric of politicians. Lui Che-keung himself sold his fire factory to concentrate on politics.

Many times, Qi Guogong would make some suggestions to Lu Zhiqiang, such as the recent proposal to disclose his assets, and Qi Guogong instructed Lu Zhiqiang as always not to reveal what he meant.

Lu Zhiqiang is also a little confused about this, if Qi Guogong comes forward in person, presumably the proposal will be passed in cheers, even if some people are dissatisfied, they will not come out to oppose it - as if this proposal was disagreed with by some within the party, Lu Zhiqiang still unswervingly implemented it because it was Qi Guogong's intention. And Lu Zhiqiang was puzzled, how much did Qi Gong want this proposal to pass? Judging from the detail of Qi Gong's generation, Qi Gong has put a lot of effort into this proposal, but since Qi Gong values it so much, Lu Zhiqiang doesn't understand why Qi Gong must hide behind the scenes.

"Someone has asked me if it is possible to make public the source of the property and declare the source of every additional property to the government for accepting bribes, of course not! Is this a cure for all corruption once and for all? Of course not. The longer he sat in the position of leader of the Kuomintang, the more familiar Lu Zhiqiang became with Qi Gong, and as he became more familiar, Lui Zhiqiang's reverence for him grew. A person like Gong Qi was so stupid before and after the fall of Nanjing that even his old subordinates and his son began to lose control, and he had to use the Qing Yuan to re-understand the overall situation, which really made Lu Zhiqiang feel emotional.

"Generally speaking, people will install a door for their home, and there will usually be a lock on the door, so that you don't lose anything? Can you install a lock to prevent Jiang Yang thieves? Of course not, but it's better than being able to come in and turn around without installing the door, and it's better to have a lock than to be able to push the door in with a lock. Lui pointed out that this bill first increases the cost of corruption for corrupt officials, and embezzling the same amount of money requires more effort and is easier to detect.

"As for what insults to the imperial court...... Ladies and gentlemen, we are all from the Chongzhen Dynasty, and we should keep an eye open to the officials of the imperial court, we should want to guard against thieves, and we should keep one eye open to the officials who should sleep like wolves. The doctor has never considered himself a part of the government, at least not yet: "And before, the government has been considered reasonable to collect money, and the people who are scolded by everyone have changed from a stolen official who collects money to a stolen official who collects money but does not do anything, because there is no need to ask whether to accept bribes, if it is an official, it will be accepted, and everyone is accustomed to it." Now, when we pass this bill, every time an official declares their wealth, it's a reminder to them that it's not right to take stolen money; For the people of Guangdong, it is also a reminder that every time they hear that officials are reporting their assets, it is as if someone is saying that officials should not take bribes. ”

When Lu Zhiqiang first looked at the reference draft of Qi Gong's speech to him, he also sighed for a while: "The sage has a saying: If you enter the abalone, you will not smell its smell for a long time, and it will also melt with it." I don't know when it began, but the people no longer think that official corruption is an unforgivable and unforgivable thing, but naturally say that all officials are like this, and they also fantasize that if they become officials, they will also be corrupt. The ugly deeds of the government have corrupted the people's hearts so much, what else is there to humiliate the officials of the imperial court? ”

"Shame is almost brave, now His Majesty Shengming is in charge of the country, Qi Gong is in power, the Qing Yuan is to assist His Majesty, Qi Gong is ashamed to revitalize, there will always be someone who is the first to say, we should revitalize the official system, there will be a day when the people will say that they can no longer tolerate corrupt officials, let us Guangdong Qing Yuan open this mouth on behalf of the people, let it start today."

After Lu Zhiqiang's proposal for the Sunshine Act was passed in Guangdong, the Qi State Government in Fujian Province expressed its appreciation and told the Fujian newspaper that even if the Fujian Qing Yuan did not pass the same bill, the Qi State Government would announce the status of existing assets at the same time as Guangdong officials and report on property changes regularly in the future.

The bill was later passed by the provincial courts, and it was also known as the Lü Gong Law.

[Remember the URL . 三五Chinese网]