Chapter XXVIII
"Annulment of Impeachment: What's Going On"
Xiao Jingmao was surprised and hurriedly asked.
This matter is the first time since the establishment of the parliament in Chang'an by the Red Feng Army, and it is still from Xiao Feng's mouth.
When the Chifengjun system was first established, because nothing was clear, a so-called separation of powers system of the parliament, the prime minister, and the prime minister was initially established, in which the power of the parliament was analogous to that of the Imperial Observatory and the central province under the door, and shouldered the functions of formulating laws and inspecting hundreds of officials; the prime minister and the executive yuan under him were analogous to the Shangshu province and were responsible for the actual administrative work; the prime minister and the prime minister's office under him were analogous to the Zhongshu province, and the prime minister coordinated all affairs between the DPRK and the central government, and then gave corresponding guidance.
Compared with the Song Dynasty's incomparably complex and troublesome official ranks, the system of the Red Fengjun is much simpler, and in order to prevent various departments from interfering with each other, some restrictions have been set up.
For example, if you want to be a member of parliament, you must resign from the official, the prime minister and the chairman are not allowed to concurrently and other restrictions, of course, Xiao Feng cannot be selfless, so there is no restriction on the prime minister, and he can still serve as the prime minister or chairman when he is the prime minister.
Now, since she has served as the prime minister and prime minister, she naturally cannot serve as the chairman, but she was given the opportunity by Wang Xuan.
Of course, Xiao Feng also announced the matter as prime minister, not as prime minister.
After all, in the Red Phoenix Army, only the prime minister can be regarded as the leader in charge of all military and political powers, and the prime minister can only be responsible for administrative affairs at best, and more importantly, in the Red Phoenix Army, where the chairman and the prime minister have generally realized the term system, only the prime minister can be re-elected indefinitely.
This can also be called selfishness!
Now that the Lord has used the Prime Minister's power to abolish it, they will of course be surprised and wonder what is going on.
"It's literal, annulment of impeachment"
Zhang Wei saw everyone looking at him in unison, and suddenly felt the pressure increase, because the blood poured into his brain, and his face turned slightly red.
Wang Xuan was displeased, and immediately asked, "No matter what, you have to give a reason." It was only in front of Zhang Wei that he dared to do this, if Xiao Feng was here, where would he be so arrogant
"The lord said, the Chengxi Railway Station and the textile factory massacre, the two cases have not yet ended, if you are rashly suspended, I am afraid that it will give the thieves a chance to escape, so I will suppress this matter for the time being, and wait until these two cases are investigated clearly, and then consider whether Wang Lu will go or stay" Zhang Wei handed the letter in his hand to Xiao Jingmao, and then said the reason.
Xiao Jingmao glanced at it and said thoughtfully: "It is true that these two cases have not yet ended, and it is indeed not appropriate to replace them." ”
Regarding these two cases, except for Zhang Mao, who had already disappeared, only Wang Lu knew best, and it was natural for Wang Lu to be in charge of this matter.
"Hmph, these two cases have not been delayed yet, so Wang Lu's ability must not be good. If he is allowed to stay there, how can he find the real culprit in my opinion, it is better to change someone, maybe he can find clues. Wang Xuan replied with a slight dissatisfaction.
Ling Fei stood up from his seat and explained as he shook his head.
"Definitely. As you know, that Zhang Mao has been investigating the textile factory massacre. As far as I know, he was supposed to go to Seongsai Railway Station for this purpose. However, he disappeared mysteriously after that, and it was rumored that he had absconded because he had killed someone. These two things are connected, it is difficult to guarantee that someone did not set a trap in a vain attempt to deceive the people, so what if Wang Lu continued to investigate this matter After all, Zhang Mao is his subordinate, whether it is to arrest fugitives or find news, it is impossible to stay out of the matter. If it's a different person, it's hard to guarantee that it won't be hasty. ”
Speaking of the end of the words, Ling Fei glanced at Wang Xuan thoughtfully, which made Wang Xuan angry.
"Do you mean to suspect me Ling Fei, there is no conclusive evidence for such a thing, don't talk nonsense. ”
"Of course not. It's just that I don't think it's time for an impeachment case right now, and the lord must think so too. ”
After all, he knew Xiao Feng's attitude, so Ling Fei was not as aggrieved as before at the moment, and even dared to stand up and directly raise the bar with Wang Xuan.
"Hmph, since you've all said that, I'd like to see what Wang Lu can investigate."
Wang Xuan was furious and left directly.
Ling Fei felt a little relieved, and secretly rejoiced, if it wasn't for the timely intervention of the lord, he would not be able to solve this matter smoothly if he was alone.
Seeing Wang Xuan leaving, the rest of the parliamentarians were not interested in staying here, and they also left from this place one after another.
When everyone had almost retreated, Xiao Jingmao walked in front of Ling Fei and saluted, "This time, it was you who won." ”
"Alas. It's also thanks to the intervention of the lord, otherwise how could it be successful," Ling Fei felt fortunate.
Xiao Jingmao continued to ask: "Then what are your plans for the future, haven't you given up on abolishing the acreage restriction bill?"
Xiao Jingmao has always been quite concerned about this bill.
"This, I went back and thought about it, but after all, I still felt that it was too harmful, so forget it. Ling Fei looked stunned and quickly shook his head.
Xiao Jingmao felt relieved and complained: "Maybe it's better to give up." But you also know that it takes a lot of labor to build the railway, and how are you going to solve it?"
Within the Red Phoenix Army, the number of young and middle-aged people who could work was limited after all, and a large number of laborers were tied to the land, and in order to maintain the huge railway construction, a large number of laborers were inevitably needed.
The two are simply opposed to each other
"I also went back and thought about it carefully. ”
Ling Fei replied: "If there are enough workers, then a lot of labor is needed. However, as you said, if the law is hastily repealed on the acreage, it will lead to a large number of displaced people, which will cause a lot of unrest, and even more serious security. For example, the massacre of the textile mill was caused by the annexation of land. ”
"That's right. Otherwise, why did the Lord Guild secretly support Wang Xuan and stop this" Xiao Jingmao nodded and continued to ask.
Ling Fei replied, "Indeed. It was also too anxious at the beginning, which led to this kind of thing. Therefore, I plan to abolish the tenant system and give these tenants the right to choose freely, so that they will not always be trapped in the fields, and they can also come to Chang'an City and have a new life. ”
"Abolishing the tenant system is not simple, do you really want to do it" Xiao Jingmao began to worry about Ling Fei's safety.
He was also from a poor family, so he naturally knew that the exploitation of tenants by the tenant system was quite serious.
The so-called tenants are the peasant households who have no land, because they do not have their own land, so they can only rely on renting the landlord's land to support themselves, and they are in a rather passive state.
Because of this attitude of total dependence, whenever the tenants got married, the landlords would take the opportunity to extort money. If you are unable to pay, you will not be able to marry. The children of the tenants shall also serve as servants of the landlords.
Tenants are legally good citizens and cannot be bought and sold legally like slaves. However, when the landlord sells the land, he counts the tenants and sells them by deed. The landlord could beat and scold the tenants at will, and even kill them at will.
Even in the Song Dynasty, it was also stipulated that the main household could kill the tenants at will, and even detain them, and treat them as slaves, making it difficult to imagine that this kind of thing happened in the Song Dynasty.
The Mongolian law also stipulates that "the landlords beat to death the tenants with 17 rods, and levy 50 taels of silver to burn and bury." "The landlord does not have to pay for his life when he kills a tenant, but only receives the same punishment with a rod as his master kills and drives a slave, but the punishment with a rod is heavier.
In the Yuan Dynasty, when slavery was prevalent, the social and legal status of tenants with the status of good citizens was actually close to that of slavery.
Although the Red Phoenix Army abolished many regulations prohibiting the killing of tenants, they did not go deep into it, and if no one reported to the officials, it would basically turn a deaf ear.
At this time, if the tenant system is abolished, it will indeed be a good thing for those tenants, but for those landlords, especially for the Kuomintang Party, which has a large number of landlords, it will simply cut off the roots.
Ling Fei laughed, his eyes were extremely clear: "That's nature"
Even if it wasn't for the construction of the railroad, he thought about the miserable appearance of the tenants he had seen before, and he was determined to change all this.
"But you should also know. Even if you abolish the tenant system, they will come back to it, and it's not a matter of a day or two. Xiao Jingmao warned again.
Ling Fei replied, "Of course I know. But I believe that if we are to continue to develop, this tenant system must be abolished. If it continues to drag on until the KMT really grows, it will be a real trouble. "I am also secretly glad in my heart that in the early days of the founding of the country, the Chifeng Army came up with this law to limit the number of acres of land, restricting the amount of land owned by each family to no more than 100 acres.
Therefore, there are not many large landlords in the country, most of them are mainly small homesteaders, unlike the Mongols and the Song Dynasty, most of the people in the court have a considerable amount of land, and naturally they have become hostile people.
These circumstances are convenient for him to carry out this matter, and there will not be a lot of resistance.
"Then congratulations on being able to accomplish this. ”
Xiao Jingmao bowed his head and saluted, this tenant system has a deep foundation, even though the Red Phoenix Army is not huge, but for some people, it is naturally quite an eyesore.
If this matter is also raised, then Wang Xuan will definitely lead the Kuomintang to launch a counteroffensive, and it is still unknown whether he will be able to hold on to it at that time.
Ling Fei thanked him: "Thank you for your auspicious words." Perhaps, this thing can really succeed" In his mind, the lord's expression flashed, but he was a little looking forward to it.
After all, this railway, and even firearms, were promoted by their own father-in-law, and they were built to such an extent.
Moreover, since Xiao Feng became prime minister, he has no intention of buying land, and the simplicity of his living life is also staggering, just choosing an attic with a radius of less than 100 feet, and he has not built a lot of construction like the emperors of previous dynasties.
Such an act must really be a wise man.
Ling Fei left here with a reverie, intending to unify the internal voice of the Kuomintang first, so as not to be unable to unite when he faced off with the Kuomintang again.