Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 150

Of course.

As for whether to retain the ceremonial council, the focus is on representation.

Because according to the current representation plan.

Cantonese must benefit the most.

Because although Zhu Daohua wants to hold a parliament.

But this parliament is a tool to assist the king to supervise the bureaucracy and understand the people's sentiments.

Rather than trying to engage in some kind of democracy.

Zhu Daohua will definitely not take this evil path, at least not now.

It is simply impossible at this stage for the parliament to elect the right and left prime minister.

Let alone the left and right prime ministers.

Even if more than half of the members of this council come from King Ming's direct acceptance of fate.

The future Great Ming Parliament will follow Zhu Daohua's vision.

This has to do with taxation.

This ceremony-making council will be changed to the lower house of the lower house of government after the general outline of the ceremony of the Ming Dynasty is completed.

The representatives of the House of Lords are all composed of nobles, and the candidates are appointed by the Son of Heaven.

The representatives of the House of Commons are elected from the provincial congresses.

The representatives of the Provincial Assembly come from the Government Political Bureau, and the members of the Government Political Bureau are elected by the County Political Bureau.

The county government office is the most basic institution of the Ming Dynasty parliamentary system.

The source of the members of the Council will be composed of two parts.

The first is the local nobles with titles. Different titles are eligible to elect different candidates for parliamentarians.

The second is to pay taxes. Only Ming subjects who pay more than a certain amount are eligible to elect representatives of the county offices.

same.

The number of representatives of a county on the government bureau is also determined by the county's total tax payment.

The number of representatives of a province in the provincial assembly is determined by the total tax payment of the province.

The number of representatives of a province in the lower house of the Zhongdu Council is also determined by the province's tax payment.

therefore.

Under this principle.

Cantonese merchant class can naturally get more representation - because they pay more taxes.

Although the big landlords in Hunan also pay taxes.

But of course they are not as good as Guangdong businessmen in terms of tax payment.

It can be seen from this.

The organizational rules of the Ming Dynasty Council actually represent the interests of the big businessmen and the big bourgeoisie.

Therefore, the Cantonese all agreed with such a rule, and those who opposed it were, of course, the representatives of Hunan.

In the view of the representative of Hunan.

This upper house was originally dominated by Cantonese, because among the nobles, the Cantonese are the most.

And now the House of Commons has implemented the system of "no taxation, no representation".

In this way, the number of people in the House of Commons may be dominated by Cantonese again.

Therefore, the representatives of the House of Representatives, Hunan officials must fight for it—and before that, they hoped that the parliamentary system would stop at the county and government levels.

However, after Zhu Daohua made it clear that the parliamentary system would go directly to the central government.

The debate over representation came to the fore.

Traditional Chinese political factions usually have very strong characteristics of regional cliques.

Politicians in a province often form a party.

And inside of them.

Each county has its own faction.

Fight each other openly and secretly.

Now in terms of the number of local officials, there is a tendency for Hunan officials to surpass those of Guangdong—after all, when it comes to studying and taking exams, the Cantonese are no match for the Hunanese.

The tendency for Cantonese to be marginalized in the bureaucratic system is very obvious.

But now that Zhu Daohua has removed a council, this is where the Cantonese have an absolute advantage.

On the one hand, there are many nobles in Guangdong. Even in Lanfang Province at the beginning, most of them are Hakka people in Guangdong.

The two provinces of Guangdong and Lanfang can actually be regarded as one province.

Because most of the officials from Lanfang now consider themselves Cantonese.

on the other hand.

That is, the gentry in Guangdong are more engaged in business, and the tax payment far exceeds that of Hunan.

therefore.

The Council of Representatives was regarded by Guangdong officials as a signal of Zhu Daohua's support for the Guangdong Gang.

So now in this ritual meeting.

Councilors and officials from Guangdong and Lanfang strongly support this.

"I just said that the emperor is still on the side of us Cantonese."

"The emperor is still nostalgic!"

"That's right, we Cantonese can't pass the exams in other provinces, and the number of officials who will be officials in the future may be small, but the emperor still trusts us Cantonese, so the establishment of this Council is to let our fellow Cantonese help the emperor to keep an eye on these officials. What about the provincials!"

"What the emperor believes most is us Cantonese!"

On the side of the Guangdong delegation, some Guangdong representatives came out and quarreled loudly with the Hunan gang.

Others were discussing below.

It is necessary to mobilize the parliamentarians and officials in Guangdong to fully support the State Council, and we must not let those Hunan people mess up the State Council system.

The whole lobby was in chaos.

Luo Fangbo and Luo Dian, who were sitting in the upper courtyard with Zhu Daohua and watching the people quarreling below, looked very unhappy.

Since there were no high-ranking officials like the left and right prime ministers in the Hunan Gang, Luo Dian could only come out by himself, took the position of a bachelor, and gave a platform to the younger generations in Hunan at an advanced age of more than 70 years old.

"What kind of style, what kind of style!"

Luo Dian shook his head again and again.

Zhu Daohua was very happy.

The mood looks very good.

First of all, of course, the general outline of "Ming Li" that has been tossing for almost a year has finally been worked out.

And it is comprehensive, basically all aspects have been involved.

From the relationship between the central government and the local government, the honorary system, the bureaucratic system, the relationship between monarchs and ministers, the relationship between suzerain and vassal, and even directly related to everyone's family ethics, power obligations, etc.

It can be said that this era is quite advanced.

In the future, as long as you abide by the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, learn Chinese and write Chinese characters, you will be Huaxia, otherwise you will be a barbarian.

Moreover, in the Chapter of Power and Obligation, it also stipulates how to organize and fight in non-Chinese regions.

It can be regarded as a Ming ceremony that can rule the world.

Besides.

Zhu Daohua originally thought that the retention of the council and the establishment of a parliamentary system would be unanimously opposed by the scholar-official class.

But now the Guangdong Gang is clearly standing on their side.

It seems that the idea of ​​establishing a parliamentary system by oneself will be relatively smooth.

Also.

as emperor.

If the people below are friendly, then I'm afraid that I have to worry that the people below will cooperate to fool me.

in contrast.

The following ministers are divided into several factions.

Then the emperor himself is in the middle to reconcile and play a balancing role
In this way, the emperor will be much more comfortable.

See the people below who are almost fighting.

Zhu Daohua stepped onto the podium.

I saw the emperor coming up.

The members of parliament who were arguing did not dare to make noise in front of the emperor, and everyone sat back in their seats and became quiet.

"Everyone, the journey of the great way is the same. The world is the public, and the talents and talents are selected. This is true, but the talents must be selected, the officials must perform their duties, and the army must have enough food and food. , Harnessing rivers, building roads, all kinds of big and small things, which one doesn't need money?"

Zhu Daohua glanced at the congressmen and officials present and said.

"Tai Shigong said: The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. Now it is a great struggle. With the strength of ships and cannons, Europa Baiyi has occupied seven or eight out of ten of the world's land. My Ming Dynasty If we don't rise up, in the future, hundreds of millions of Chinese people will only be able to hide in a corner of East Asia, and maybe even like the Indians, hundreds of millions of native Americans will be slaughtered!"

Zhu Daohua once again used the experience of the Indians to frighten these literati and officials.

"Today's world is like the disputes of the Warring States Period. All countries are reforming their laws and trying to become stronger. If there are those who fall behind, there will be disasters of death and family extinction!"

"Based on this, I, Ming Dynasty, can no longer cling to the same tactics of the previous dynasty. Now is the time of Warring States disputes, the world's great powers are rampant, poor and weak countries have perished one after another, and become colonies of rich and powerful countries. Law. In this kind of world, you must never say that you don’t talk about benefits, don’t talk about benefits, I will not be Song Xianggong!"

"The strength of a country depends on its wealth and its army, but in the final analysis it still depends on money and taxes. This is the capital of a country's prosperity!"

Zhu Daohua said.

"In the future, the imperial court will set the tax quota according to the economic situation of a province, and the provincial, prefectural, and county councils will supervise the tax collection. If it cannot be completed, the province's representatives in the Senate will be reduced accordingly. If the number of representatives decreases When a certain amount is reached, the provincial tax agency will be taken over by the imperial court!"

This is one place.

The representatives of the provinces looked at each other in blank dismay, and the discussion became louder.

Can the councils at all levels still have the power to supervise tax collection?

Is this too much power?
Military adviser Tao Biquan said bluntly: "Will this be too much commercial power?"

"Yes, yes, business power is too heavy, I'm afraid it will bully the market and oppress the common people"

"There is also the risk of collusion between officials and businessmen."

Everyone said.

"When the Ming Dynasty died, how were the scholars and bureaucrats in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Zhu Daohua's voice became serious.

When everyone heard the words, they all shut up.

There was silence in the lobby.

"This matter of collusion between government and businessmen, bullying and dominating the market, was it rare in the previous Ming Dynasty or during the Qing Dynasty?"

"In my opinion, the fall of the pre-Ming Dynasty was due to the fact that the imperial court did not collude with merchants and gentry closely enough! If the merchants and officials in Jiangnan could closely collude with the pre-Ming court, how could the pre-Ming be in danger of being overthrown?"

"So, the power of business is not a problem, and the collusion between government and business is not a problem. The problem is that there are no rules!"

"Everyone will do whatever they can to break the rules, and the Ming Dynasty will perish."

"That's why I want to set up a council and formulate ceremonies, in order to set a rule for everyone."

"Within the rules, you can fight any way you want. I will be the referee, and the people of the world will be the referee."

"Within the scope of this rule, I will not interfere in any way your party or faction colludes, fights or criticizes each other!"

This is too much to say.

All the people present could only look at Da Ming Zi helplessly, and dared not speak.

After all, although Zhu Daohua hadn't killed many people, he was the founder of the country anyway, and he was also the founder of the country with great authority.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was only half of the country, he was not as powerful as him. After all, Lao Zhu started his business with many partners, and finally settled on one after a bloody struggle.

And Zhu Daohua has been the core of this new Daming Group from the very beginning.

It is not too much to say that he is now Zhu Yuanzhang's second.

In fact, Zhu Daohua didn't mean to get angry.

What he objected to was not collusion, not seeking profit.

Human nature is inherently profit-seeking.

Instead of letting the people below secretly collude and secretly make profits.

It's better to put these things on the table openly.

(End of this chapter)