Chapter 495 Internal Affairs

In the South American War, the Andean Governor's Palace will be the main body to deal with, and the Tang Empire only needs to provide the necessary weapons and equipment and material support.

After the Battle of the Binonite Valley, Argentina and Uruguay have effectively withdrawn from the war.

The Argentine government sent a clear signal of peace, expressing its willingness to admit defeat, to carry out post-war peace talks on the basis of respecting the conditions of the victorious country, and not to continue to reinforce the Allied forces.

Uruguay is made of soy sauce, which is completely negligible. Of the Triple Alliance, only the Brazilian Empire is still gritting its teeth, and according to intelligence, it is in close contact with French loan sharks, seeking to import large quantities of military aid from Europe, hoping to obtain some military equipment from French stockpiles.

A new round of mobilization for war is underway in Brazil, and the news media and other institutions are clamoring for a cut-off

"The claws of the Orientals stretched out and struck south all the way to the province of Tierra del Fuego, driving all the Orientals into the sea and drowning." Obviously, this is going to be resisted to the end.

It's still the old saying, whoever hits the ass with the board knows the pain. The Tang Empire has never regarded the Brazilian Empire as an opponent, and in the planned South American strategy, it has adopted

"Long-range close attack

"Policy. It was mainly manifested in the co-optation and infiltration of the Brazilian Empire, Venezuela and Colombia. Focus on suppressing and dismembering Argentina, which lives next to each other, and deter neighboring countries such as Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia, so as to control the situation in the whole of South America. One of the most critical points of this; It is to support Paraguay to stir up trouble in South America, and the Tang Empire is in the background to balance the situation. In many cases, there is no need for the Tang Empire to come forward in person, just Paraguay shouting and shouting and killing in the front. Considering that the purchase of Beihai Province had already touched the sensitive areas of the world's major powers, and the Tang Empire should not intensify the contradictions for the time being, Emperor Richard was determined to use it

The strategy of "Taoguang and Yanghui" is the mainstay. A lot of opportunities are at your fingertips, so there's no need to rush to the fire. This is not that the Tang Empire is afraid of the British or the French, or the Russians, but there is no need to take the initiative to create confrontation and intensify the contradictions in Northeast Asia.

At present and in the future, the core interests of the Tang Empire will always be in North America and Central America, and the secondary interests will be in South America and Europe, because Europe is the center of the world stage today.

Northeast Asia, and even Southeast Asia, were not the focus of imperial policy. At this stage, Emperor Richard focused most of his energy on the country, and recently transferred back the Governor of the Southern Region, Count Dong Jie, who was appointed Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Imperial Family and entrusted with important tasks.

The main scope is to preside over the judicial purge and promote the adoption of more than a dozen proposed laws and regulations in Parliament.

Standardize the administrative systems of the Imperial Audit Office, the Anti-Corruption Department, the Corrections Department, and the General Police Administration, improve administrative efficiency, eliminate corruption, and implement the official evaluation system.

In order to support the work of Count Dong Jie, Emperor Richard granted him the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, and officials below the deputy minister of various ministries and commissions could dispose of it first and then report it.

After Count Dong Jie became the Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Royal Crown, he transferred 37 capable secretaries from the Royal Secretariat and cooperated with more than 100 officials from various ministries to form the current Royal Administration, and carried out its work vigorously and resolutely, which has achieved great results.

During this period of time, according to the clues collected by the Royal Administration, the General Police Department has summoned more than 2,300 people, detained 771 officials at all levels suspected of committing crimes, and established 329 cases, and initially found that the number of people involved in eucalyptus has reached more than 3,700 Tang Yuan, an astonishing number.

The next step is Earl Dong Jie is a sharp knife, with the full support of His Majesty the Emperor, the Royal Administration will also dig deep into the big fish behind it, will

The "storm of clean government" has deepened. Recently, the Propaganda Department has made a series of reports on the Crown Administration, and the dark side exposed is outrageous.

As the Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Imperial Family, Count Dong Jie was not afraid of hardships and dangers, and repeatedly cracked the Great Eucalyptus, which made the government of the empire clear, and his personal prestige was unprecedentedly enhanced, and he won a lot of political capital.

This laid the foundation for Count Dong Jie to take over as prime minister three years later, and at the same time offended a considerable part of the empire's elites.

The emperor of the Tang Empire pushed it with all his might

The "Integrity Storm" campaign consolidated the lofty status of the royal family and had a positive impact. In the reports of the Propaganda Department, His Majesty's strong support for the fight against corruption has been widely loved by the people, and the majesty of the royal family has been upheld, and his prestige has been unprecedentedly high.

Over the past 20 years since the establishment of the empire, the economic field has generally shown a scene of emerging and prosperous development, and the process of industrialization has continued to deepen, becoming the second advanced country in the world to enter comprehensive industrialization.

The achievements are enormous, but there are also many problems. In recent years, some serious economic corruption has been breaking out within the empire, with the abuse of power for personal gain, the secret collusion of crony capital to form monopolies, and the exclusion of foreign businessmen and the domination of the market and the rampant countryside in some places with clans or regions as boundaries.

There are also some bureaucrats who purposefully form nepotism through in-laws, relatives and friends, use the cover of public power to seek economic interests, obstruct the free flow of capital, and beggar-thy-neighbor to establish dark homes and underground kingdoms, large and small.

However, the heads of certain functional departments of the government disregarded the system and neglected their duties, and Andili formed a community of interests with certain powerful people, which became a protective umbrella in disguise, causing a flood of bad comments in society and greatly damaging the image of the empire.

Throughout the feudal kingdoms in Europe, the corruption of the royal government and the magnates has been a long time, and various intricate interest chains have become a cancer that hinders the progress of the country, and the harm is far greater than that of the Tang Empire.

There is no other way to sweep away all the social evils of the feudal kingdoms of Europe than to completely overthrow the old feudal monarchy and replace it with a democratic and progressive bourgeois government.

The French Revolution in 1789 guillotined Louis XVI and gave birth to the First French Republic, a wave of bourgeois democracy in the early 19th century that nearly toppled the Austrian Empire, which had been ruled by Habsburg for centuries.

These vivid examples reflect the general trend of the current era, with the rise of the trend of democracy and freedom, the awakening of European national consciousness, and the fact that the people at the bottom of society are unwilling to bear the exploitation of the decadent feudal ruling class and rise up to fight.

Because of the feudal system, the Tang Empire inevitably suffered from such and such problems. Fortunately, at the beginning of the establishment of the empire, the whole country twisted into a rope to develop the economy, build homes, and form a fiery and vigorous wave of construction.

A large number of capable officials with ideals and ambitions have devoted themselves to the construction boom of the rise of the Tang Empire, and have achieved fruitful results in various fields, contributing to the fiery development of the Tang Empire.

There are indeed such and such problems, and there are many of them, but fortunately, they are not serious, and timely treatment is still too late.

Emperor Richard had a broad vision from later generations, and this one was promoted by him

The "storm of clean government" was very timely and effective, resulting in the fall of a large number of middle and high-level officials, and the rule of officials in the empire was cleared.

The next step is to take advantage of the good situation and vigorously promote the passage of more than a dozen important laws in the parliament.

This includes the Law on the Equal Rights of Citizens of the Tang Empire, the Election Law, the Criminal Law, the Civil Code of the Tang Empire, the Marriage Law, the Nationality Law, the Public Safety and Transportation Law, the Property Inheritance Law of Imperial Citizens, the Provisional Regulations on Public Security of the Tang Empire, the Regulations on Urban Public Health, the Regulations on Civil Servants of the Tang Empire, and a series of laws to improve the foundation of governing the country according to law and establish a sound legal and social environment.

Only in this way can we break away from the rule of man and enter a society ruled by law. It is the original intention of a series of legislation to restrain the behavior of the people in society through the law, embodying the principle that everyone is equal before the law between the aristocracy and ordinary citizens, and depriving and depriving the nobles of superior power, and also the bitter medicine to solve the current core contradictions in society.

Emperor Richard knew very well in his heart; The rule of law in the Tang Empire cannot be relied upon again and again

To maintain and clean up the "storm of clean government" is a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The malaise of the feudal dynasty lies in the superiority of the aristocracy and the ruling class, and it is easy to breed corruption and power buying and selling in a peaceful and prosperous environment

The "storm of clean government" can be completely eradicated. The way out for the Tang Empire in the future is to establish a constitutional monarchy, give full play to the role of parliamentary democratic supervision, suppress the selfish desires of the privileged class, and form a new type of political system that is relatively enlightened, has a perfect legal environment, and has a strong supervisory role.

Just because you can't do it now doesn't mean you can't do it in the future. Richard, with his unparalleled prestige, is now pushing the transition of the social system to a constitutional monarchy.

First of all, it is necessary to establish a complete set of democratic election systems in society and truly put them in place. Rather than allowing the aristocracy and magnates to control local government power and important departments, that would inevitably lead to corruption.

The right without oversight is prone to corruption, and this law of human nature is universal. It is enough for a dictatorial monarch to have Richard for a lifetime, and the future heir to the throne of the Tang Empire can be a royal mascot, and the cabinet decides on major and minor national affairs, which follows the successful practice of Britain.

To put it mildly, with Richard's current outstanding physique, it is not a big deal to live for another sixty or seventy years.

There is a high probability that these princes today will not have anything to do with the throne, and there may be some possibilities for the future emperors and grandchildren.

In the middle of the night, in a tavern on a remote street in Los Angeles, most of the dozen tables in the tavern were full, and in the smoke, the guests were chatting under the stimulus of alcohol, and some people pulled the topic to the current vigorous situation

In the "Storm of Integrity".

"Hey, man, you know what? reported in the newspapers these days

In "Los Angeles Pier No. 2 Wo Wo", is there any big man behind the scenes? ”

"I don't know what to do, the newspapers say that the Zheng family and the Liu family have joined forces to monopolize the transportation and warehousing business of Pier 2. It is said that a few gangs on the wharf who are laborious and carry bags are the only ones who have taken the lead and killed many people over the years, and those who do not obey them are directly tied up and thrown into the Pacific Ocean to feed fish and shrimp. ”

"Yes, I also know that these people are used to being domineering. The young master of the Liu family drove all day long, swaggering through the market with a woman with flowers and branches. It is said that the seventh aunt who has just accepted is also a beautiful Chinese eldest lady who was born in a family of eunuchs. ”

"What are you kidding...... Will the eldest lady of the eunuch family be the aunt's wife? In that powerful family, she is also the lady of the main house! You can't even grab it. ”

"You don't know, Aunt Seven's family just immigrated from the Old Continent, and they were looked at on the dock, and they had to be from both soft and hard. The Liu family is covering the sky on the dock, and has they done less to bully men and women? ”

"Yes, thanks to Lord Dong, the Great Master of the Blue Sky, it is really gratifying to arrest all these harmful people. There is a way to be evil and evil to be rewarded, and the time has not yet come! ”

"Cut...... What do you know? This family surnamed Yoo is not simple, do you think about what is the surname of the current Prime Minister? ”

"Oh my God, it can't be, right?"

"What's impossible? This cannibalistic world is as black as a crow, and those meritorious nobles climbed up to Lao Li's house, and their eyes all saw the sky. When do you treat us ordinary people as individuals? ”

"You can't say that, we can't speak and do things with a clear conscience, and now we can live a good life thanks to the blessing of the Lord Wansui, don't dare to be nonsense."

"What do you mean by nonsense? It's not a new thing to make the emperor Lao Tzu, why let those noble lords ride on our heads to make a fortune? Why can't we be equal and free like the North Americans? The way of this dog's day is to bully our poor people......" said the thin horse-faced man foaming at the mouth, some of the drinkers disagreed, and some actively participated, and the discussion was quite enthusiastic.

The tavern owner stood behind the counter and listened to something wrong, his expression changed slightly, and he secretly glanced at the bartender.

The young and astute bartender nodded imperceptibly, glanced at the horse-faced man who was foaming at the mouth, turned around and walked into the narrow passage, and went out through the back door to call the police.

It didn't take long for several heavily armed Los Angeles police officers to come in through the back door of the tavern and stand in the darkness of the light to see that the horse-faced man and his accomplices had already stood up, foaming at the mouth of the people, preaching the benefits of democracy and freedom for all equals, belittling the rule of the empire and pointing the finger at the imperial family.

Defamation of the Imperial Family is a felony. The royal family of the Tang Empire is different from France and the Netherlands, and it is not allowed to comment at will, and it is strictly forbidden to slander any royal remarks, and violators will be severely punished.

On the streets of Paris, some people casually spread the little yellow book of the tryst between the Queen of France and her lover, and the secret news of Napoleon III's secret meeting with which mistress was all talked about by Parisians after tea and dinner.

In a country where the head of the French Emperor Louis XVI was chopped off, it was nothing more than interesting tidbits news.

But in the dictatorial Tang Empire, this is a deadly thing.

"Shut up...... Los Angeles police, you're arrested. The policemen couldn't take it anymore and drew their revolvers and rushed forward, knocking them to the ground and tying their arms tightly.

The bar owner who was standing on the side looked at him coldly and shook his head helplessly. In this empire, there are not a few people who pick up a bowl to eat meat, put down the bowl and scold their mother, only when they are thrown into a hard labor camp do they know that the trouble caused by the big mouth will be an unbearable burden in life.

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. The Tang Empire lived next to the United States of America, and the concepts of democracy, freedom, and equality that it had always advocated inevitably infiltrated through various channels, imperceptibly influencing the people of the empire.

This is also the main reason for the general hostility of the feudal kingdoms of Europe towards the United States of America, how many years have passed since the profound lessons of the French Revolution of 1789?

When people's hearts are confused, the team is not easy to lead.