Chapter 791: Dominating Southern Xinjiang (17) Passive Resistance
Excerpt from "History of the Fall of the Parsons Dynasty"
"The June Uprising shook the old aristocracy, not only the die-hard nobles of Li Ximi, but also the Atona family, who were also shocked by the power of the insurgents and thus frightened, so their strategy shifted from supporting them to containing them. β
"After the end of the uprising on June 6, it was the last honeymoon period for both sides, and then the royal janissaries began to suppress the market, including the demand for the rebels to return their weapons, but at this time, the Atona family did not officially order it in order to hide people's eyes, so these actions were just the 'spontaneous actions' of some of the royal guards. β
It was precisely because it was spontaneous that the rebels, who vaguely guessed the hypocrisy of the Atona family, sternly refused, and then the insurgents demanded that a new parliament be convened immediately that would represent all the people. β
β...... By the 8th, the market was quite stable, and there was no need to suppress it, so the members of the council were prepared to meet in front of the square to give a speech and demand that Celiti III fulfill his promise, but Celiti III did not send envoys until the evening to respond, declaring that they agreed to convene a parliament, but only if the arsenal was restored to normal. β
"The official explanation is that this means that the weapons that have been sent out have been withdrawn and have not been left on some, of course, not the insurgents, but some ill-intentioned thugs. β
The members of the Preparatory Council had a heated debate about this, and the enlightened nobles led by Werner firmly agreed to surrender their weapons to Celiti III, while the faction of Siari resolutely objected, and finally the two sides voted to approve Werner's opinion by a narrow margin of twelve votes, but Siariel and the others still had a lot of weapons hidden and did not hand them in. β
β...... Seliti III continued to delay the time on the grounds that the inventory of the arsenal had not been completed...... On the 10th, demonstrations took place in the square, and Seliti III, who had not been seen for several days, finally reappeared on the city walls, promising the demonstrators that he would announce his readiness for the new parliament within a week. β
β...... On the 12th, Seliti III announced the establishment of an Extraordinary Parliament as a substitute body for the suspension of the Grand Council, and the Provisional Parliament had been appointed without an election, and a third of the members were all members of the Atona faction, including many notorious nobles, and Battyros was in an uproar. β
Excerpt from "The Ancien RΓ©gime and the Revolution"
β...... The Provisional Council of the House of Atona appointed only one third of its members, no doubt with the aim of agreeing that the remaining two-thirds could be elected, and that the criteria for election fully meet the requirements of the Enlightenment in the past, namely, that they should be eligible for election not on the basis of descent but on the basis of property. β
In the eyes of Lorraine, this would allow the weaker House of Attona to have influence over the council and compromise with the Enlightenment and the old aristocracy, but it was a two-pronged approach. β
The Enlightenment was divided into compromisers, resistance factions and hardliners, and the compromisers, led by Werner, believed that the Enlightenment was less powerful and should naturally unite with Seliti III at this time, otherwise they might be counterattacked by the old aristocracy, thus causing a setback to the reform movement that had just begun. β
The hardliners, represented by Ji Weiluo, believe that it is precisely because the enlighteners are too weak that they must stick to their hearts, otherwise they will be weak and lose the concept they originally insisted on, which will inevitably lead to a split and then fall to the point where they cannot recognize themselves by the people of Seliti III. β
"The resistance, led by Shiari, believed that the Enlightenment could neither choose to compromise nor resist with such a strong attitude, which would be considered a mob by the other nobles, and therefore the strategy that the Enlightenment should adopt was a strategy of passive resistance, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the Provisional Council and refusing to cooperate with it in any way. β
"The old aristocracy, that is, the enlightened aristocracy that did not join the preparatory parliament and had already annexed many of the orthodox aristocracy, was very angry about it. β
"These nobles, who were born in a privileged homeland, have always looked down on the Atona family from the distant Phoebe Bo, believing that it is wishful thinking for the Atona family to overthrow the parliament and seize power through a coup d'Γ©tat, and at this time the old aristocracy no longer needs to end up in person, as long as they support the hardliners of the enlightenment, they can overthrow the so-called temporary parliament without dirty hands. β
When Celiti III proposed the establishment of a provisional parliament, the Enlightenment were in the process of reorganizing their organization, as the conflict with Werner and others reminded the Enlightenment that although they had temporarily formed an alliance with some of the enlightened nobles, which had increased the power of the Preparatory Council, it had also made the Preparatory Council a mixed bag.
But this unstable alliance is extremely volatile, and this disagreement is undoubtedly the precursor, so they have to form an organization outside of the Preparatory Council to unite the true Enlightenment, and the enlightened aristocracy who truly yearn for Enlightenment.
And the name of this organization is closely related to another topic, that is, there has never been a scene in the history of Sib that is so close to the Age of Enlightenment dreamed of by Arue and other ancestors, and when this era finally comes, what should the Enlighteners do, and in what way should they call this movement?
Later generations called the movement the "Great Revolution", but even now, even Ji Weiluo, who became a hard-line leader because of the "June Uprising", did not think that his people would launch a sweeping revolution, and even he believed that his goal was only to ensure that Celiti III accepted his ideas through a tough attitude.
It is known that after several days of intense and enthusiastic discussions, the Enlighteners finally enthusiastically confirmed the name of this and subsequent events, "Enlightenment Reform", and thus happily referred to themselves as reformers, but they did not know that Leng Yi had directly identified the divine language of "Enlightenment Reform" as "Great Revolution".
After setting the goal, these people, who were now called reformers, began to unite all the Enlightenment clubs in the capital, forming the "Reform League" as the body that coordinated all the Enlightenment clubs, and declared that only those who identified with the Enlightenment could join.
To the silence of Shiari, Werner once again came in and declared that he supported the ideas of the Enlightenment, so that in the end, even the Reform League still had many enlightened nobles.
After the establishment of the Reform League, the first test before them was how to deal with the reversal of Celiti III.
The members of the Reform League put forward a total of three opinions, Werner, who had infiltrated the Reform League, proposed a weak compromise strategy as always, and Ji Weiluo, who was promoted to the Reform League by a leap, put forward a resolute resistance strategy, and Xi Erlie's idea was a passive resistance strategy.
The three strategies had a fierce confrontation at the meeting, and many lawmakers ridiculed Xi Erlie for promoting Ji Weiluo against the consensus, but now he is shooting himself in the foot, but Xi Erlie said frankly that it is very common to have disagreements.
In the heat of debate, the meeting was not over, so even though it had reached the agreed closing time, everyone still continued the meeting, and if they were hungry, they brought some bread on the spot and made do with it to temporarily fill their hunger.
Under these circumstances, the Reform Alliance finally completed the vote in the middle of the night on the 12th, and the strategy of "passive resistance" of the Chiari received the largest number of votes, and thus was established as the guiding ideology for the next action.
On the 13th, the Alliance for Reform convened the second meeting of the Preparatory Assembly (the first was the oath on the pitch), and the members of the Preparatory Assembly overwhelmingly adopted the strategy of "passive resistance" of Shiari, and then the Preparatory Assembly issued a statement in Batiros, declaring that the establishment of the Provisional Assembly was illegal and that the Preparatory Assembly would not cooperate with the Provisional Parliament in any way.
When this announcement reached the palace, Lorraine angrily smashed the gorgeous vase on the table, and bluntly denounced the entire preparatory council as a traitor.
When the guards asked Lorraine what to do, Lorraine, who was flushed with anger, replied: "The July 1 election is going on as usual, I want to see if they recognize it!"
So the time came on July 1st, and in general, except for the forces of the Atona family themselves, only some miscellaneous fish who tried to speculate came to vote, and those who were really influential, whether they were preparing for parliament or the old aristocracy, had no intention of coming here.
But Lorraine didn't care about this, and after the deadline on the 3rd passed, Lorraine announced that the election of the extraordinary parliament was over, and the Atona family won a big victory in this parliament, occupying more than half of the seats, but except for these people, the other councillors were unknown citizens.
And what made Lorraine most embarrassed was that on the 5th, a fierce news broke out in the market, there was a scoundrel disguised as a big businessman, and he actually mixed into the parliament, and sat in a noble seat that only the big nobles could sit on in the past.
The speaker of the parliament, Li Ximi, suffered a critical stroke and his health deteriorated rapidly, but this did not mean that he would die immediately, so he still fought hard and lay on the bed to give instructions to the enlightened nobles:
"Take advantage of this great opportunity to defeat the power of the orthodox aristocracy in one fell swoop, so that Batyros will be left with only us and the Atona faction except for the neutrals. β
Li Xi sharpened his knife to the orthodox nobles, so all the enlightened nobles stood with the preparation of the parliament, the orthodox nobles have lost power, and choose one between the enlightened and the Atona faction, there is no doubt that they prefer to choose the enlightened faction, so only the Atona faction is left alone, and the plot after that is not difficult to imagine.
After the election of the Provisional Parliament, the Preparatory Assembly, through its third session, issued a further statement that, since the Provisional Assembly is an illegal Parliament, all the actions he has taken are illegal and that the Preparatory Assembly and the members who support it will follow the strategy of "passive resistance" and refuse to cooperate with it.
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