.Chapter 49 Lobbying Tang (please give me a monthly vote!)

"In modern Chinese history, the history of the early Republic of China may be the most regrettable history: although parliamentary politics began, and the spirit of democratic republic hidden behind it, few people truly understood it. Song Jiaoren was one of the few people who understood it, but was assassinated. The murderer is still a mystery; another who is well versed in the spirit of the democratic republic, Tang Hualong, was unable to escape the shooting of the revolutionary party."

Most of the time, Li Zicheng often thinks about problems while also working as usual. At this time, looking at Tang Hualong sitting in front of him, this passage appeared in Li Zicheng's mind. When recalling the commentary on the history of the early Republic of China, almost everyone felt sorry for Song Jiaoren's assassination, and also felt a pity for the life in front of him.

In this era, facing the situation where everyone is trying to transgress the rules, Tang Hualong, who is well versed in the democratic republic, obviously had too much helplessness. Perhaps it was this helplessness that caused the bullet that once shot at the Qing court to turn a corner and shoot at his former like-minded allies. The remnant sound of the Xinhai Revolution was paradoxical and tragic.

Looking at the Prime Minister, Tang Hualong was also silent. He knew that now, the conversation between the two could not be as simple as before. The question about industrial development is always simple. It is nothing more than how the government guides the development of the country's industries and how to establish more exemplary and protected industrial economic development zones.

These problems have never been a problem. The only problem is financial resources. As long as the problem of financial resources is solved, all problems will be solved. However, the Prime Minister in front of him is an expert in open source. He collected the General Taxation Department under the name of the Ministry of Finance, then recovered tariffs, and then used after-care loans to guarantee salt taxes, and then used tariff autonomy to ask provinces to give up liquor, the central government provides subsidies, and the Ministry of Finance began to divide national taxes, local taxes, and established the central and local fiscal systems, etc. In the past six months, the Prime Minister in front of him has implemented too many new policies, and these new policies are directed to solving the central government's financial problems.

In the eyes of some people, Li Zhiyuan is an expert in open source. All the work he has carried out is to take advantage of the situation. Even if the local government is unwilling to do so, he cannot refute that the issue of abolition of likin was clearly stipulated in the "Tariff Autonomy Treaty" signed with other countries that the premise of China's tariff autonomy is that China's abolition of likin. Therefore, he easily put the provinces in the hatred of "patriotism or not, decide by himself". At the same time, by increasing local subsidies, local losses caused by the slaughter of likin. Through months of efforts, twenty-three provinces have clearly expressed their support for the abolition of likin.

On the issue of salt tax, by increasing the salt tax and completing the salt tax payment, three parts will be sorted out in the future salt tax revenue, 50% will be collected by the central government, 20% will be kept for local education funds, 15% will be local transportation and construction costs, and 15% will be local industrial expansion fees. As for the reform of the tax system, it further clarified the scope of national taxes and local taxes. In this way, the central government has concentrated most of the country's financial resources through the form of laws, and also retained mobile financial resources for the local government. Local financial difficulties will be solved through transfer payments, thus reversing the unfavorable situation of dispersing financial powers in the local area since the late Qing Dynasty.

Through the transfer of special funds for tariffs and salt taxes, local governments have even benefited from the fiscal reforms they have implemented. It can be said that it is his "generous" that has enabled local governments to express support for their fiscal policies. Local governments have not suffered losses due to the new fiscal policies they have implemented, and local governments have not become renuncied because of this.

“Print a sound policy!”

This is the promise made by Li Zicheng to the people when he took office as Prime Minister. As for the fiscal and tax reform he fully implemented, he undoubtedly fulfilled his promise. Through the sorting and taxation of the two major taxes, tariffs and salt taxes, the central government has obtained sufficient fiscal and tax revenue, so he can make concessions to local governments on many fiscal and tax issues. It is this prudent policy that ensures the smooth flow of the State Council’s government orders, but now...

Thinking of the "National Bandit Suppression Order" issued by the State Council before, Tang Hualong sighed. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the half-year "Bandit Suppression Order" was actually forcing the provinces to make a choice, whether it was a compromise, or... Just from the State Council Order, the current Prime Minister still had the "steadiness" he had at the time.

Did the Prime Minister be blinded by the success of his work in the past six months?

It is precisely for this reason that when Tang Hualong sent a telegram to him, after thinking for a long time, he called back and asked him to "wait and see". Perhaps it was just a temporary mistake... But now it seems that Tang Hualong could feel that the Prime Minister in front of him was not so "not worth mentioning at all".

This is just his move!

"Jiwu, yesterday, I saw a newspaper!"

The voice rose slightly, and Li Zicheng took out a newspaper. It was a Guangxi newspaper. It was distributed fifteen days ago, the day after he signed the order. The newspaper was transferred all the way to his hands through trains and planes. As the Prime Minister, he would take some time every day to read newspapers from various provinces, not just clipping news.

In this era, public opinion enjoys full freedom. 99% of the articles in the newspaper do not have the "authority" of "official reports", and are 100% direct reactions from the public. Therefore, Li Zicheng needs these newspapers and needs these newspapers to understand the real situation of the people. As a leader, if you only read the so-called "official information" or "official reports", it is not "separation from the masses", but chronic suicide-like self-enclosure.

"Well, the above said that I was blinded by the achievements I have made in the past!"

After a smile, Li Zicheng put down the newspaper and asked at Tang Hualong.

"What do you think? Jiwu?"

"this……"

Tang Hualong was stunned, but didn't know what to answer. At first, he thought so, but through the past two days of close observation, the person in front of him was more sober than most people. He knew clearly what he was doing, and also knew why he was hesitating until now.

Until now, local provinces are just waiting and watching, watching who jump out to stand out for everyone first. Whether it is the president's confidants, the president's followers, or the southwest provinces that say they are silent.

The reason is very simple. No one is willing to stand up and accuse the State Council of limiting orders to local bandit suppression within a time limit is a "disturbing the people". However, in the State Council, the bandit reports published in newspapers in various provinces in the past twelve months have been counted, and the reports of the civil affairs ministers of each province have also been counted. Those are the reasons why the State Council requires bandit suppression.

The State Council holds the banner of protecting the country and safeguarding the people!

Under this big banner, whoever jumps out will definitely face the situation that thousands of people are criticized by them. How could the generals of each province end up being criticized by themselves? Others get a advantage. The Prime Minister in front of him just stuck the seven inches of the generals of each province with a seemingly invisible flag.

Fame...

"I didn't faint, but..."

With a solemn expression, Li Zicheng put up a teacup and said something as if it was dull.

"But I'm worried that some people will do something confused when they get confused!"

The words seemed plain, but anyone could hear what was meant by this, especially Tang Hualong. Just as he was about to start a quick debate, another sentence came into his ears.

"Now, many things in the country are on track, so constitutionalization has been included in the agenda of the State Council and the Presidential Office. The State Council is ready to formally submit the Presidential Office to establish a national constitutional committee at the end of the year. The constitutional committee is composed of members of parliament and representatives sent by various provinces..."

Constitutionalization!

Hearing these two words, Tang Hualong raised his head and looked at Li Zicheng. He wanted to find something else from that young face, but apart from calmness, he did not find any look he didn't want to see. As early as two years ago, as a legal expert, he had presided over the drafting and formulation of the Constitution of the Temple of Heaven. He had once placed hope for that Constitution. In his opinion, it would be a sign that the Republic is on the right track.

However, in the end, he was disappointed. The formulation of the "Tantam of Heaven Constitution" was just a temporary compromise by Yuan Shikai. After the "Ministry and Second Rebellion", everything was over and the Congress was dissolved. What else should I talk about?

But now, the Prime Minister requested the formulation of a constitution. He had doubts about Li Zicheng's willingness to make a constitution at this time, but he knew that if the Prime Minister before the announcement fully promoted the constitution and constitutionalism, even Yuan Shikai would need to make great concessions. He had military power in his hands, and even Yuan Shikai was afraid of him, otherwise there would not be such a "Little Li-General" in China now.

"Prime Minister, want to enact a constitution?"

Tang Hualong asked tentatively.

“It’s not that I want to make a constitution, but…”

After a moment of silence, Li Zicheng's expression was very calm.

"China needs a constitution. In order to maintain the spirit of the republic, it must have a fundamental recognition of the whole country. If someone wants to violate the republic and trample on the republic in the future, then he must challenge a constitution formulated by the Congress and representatives of various provinces and approved by the provincial parliament in the country!"

"Personal parliaments approved?"

The Prime Minister's answer only stunned Tang Hualong. In his opinion, the Constitution only needs to be drafted by the Congress and approved by the Congress, but he did not expect that it would need to be participated by representatives of each province, and it also requires approval by each province.

"Brother Jiwu, now we China abandons China's three thousand years of tradition and acts as a republic. Although this political system is available for reference, reference and learning from various countries, it is unfamiliar to us. Take China today for the unclear ownership of the central and local governments, the mutual guard against each other, and the local government's disregard for the central government and the central government's contempt for the local government directly leads to the current domestic political situation. This chaos must be ended as soon as possible. Everything in China needs to be on the right track. For example, the generals in each province are under the jurisdiction of the generals, which is extremely abnormal and violates the spirit of the republic. Even if the president and the prime minister are elected by the two houses of the parliament, the governor, mayor, and county governor should also be elected by the province, city, and county council. Only in this way can the occurrence of the official being slaughtered..."

In front of Tang Hualong, Li Zicheng naturally would not hide his original intention of formulating the Constitution. In front of Yuan Shikai, he emphasized more that the local forces were restricted through the Constitution, gradually disarming local forces through "right track", and solving the problems of local power. In front of Tang Hualong, he was willing to build the "dream of republic" with him. Whether it is historical records, or the information from the Secret Service and Security Department, they all clearly pointed out that Tang Hualong, who had kneeled in front of his mother when he was a teenager, had always had a dream. From the transformation of constitutionalism to republicanism, to the understanding of the spirit of republic, Tang Hualong was walking a completely different path from Song Jiaoren.

On August 25, the founding meeting of the Kuomintang was held in Beijing and Shanghai on August 25, under the leadership of Song Jiaoren. The Tongmenghui, which originally existed in order to overthrow the old rule, was transformed into a modern political party in the true sense.

Tang Hualong, based on the Advisory Council Federation of that year, formed a Progressive Party in the spring of 1913 through several rounds of mergers, forming a situation of two parties in conflict with the Kuomintang. Celebrities such as Liang Qichao and Zhang Jian were all directors of the party.

Although he was an opponent, Song Jiaoren had a tacit understanding with Tang Hualong in private. He had secretly visited Liang Qichao and said that the two parties' rotation of power was a matter of course. After the upcoming general election, if Liang Qichao was in power, he would be willing to help in the opposition, and if he himself was in power, he would ask Liang to supervise it well. Liang was very moved by this. In fact, this was also his and Tang Hualong's dream.

After the KMT Party entered the parliament and Li Zicheng became prime minister, the KMT Party and the Progressive Party also reached a tacit understanding in private to implement real "parliamentary politics" when the time is ripe in the future. But now, Li Zicheng uses this to show Tang Hualong a future of a future of a "constitutional government".

"... Therefore, only under the framework of the constitution, it is possible to implement the republican politics of supervision of each party, competing with each other, and profiting the people. Without constitutionalism within the constitutional framework, it is simply empty talk and without constitutional constraints. Anyone can challenge the existing immature system, and anyone can try to override the rules!"

At the end of the conversation, Li Zicheng sighed again and then said.

"Four years since the establishment of the Republic of China, Song Jiaoren died, and the parliament was disbanded for a while. The central and local governments were both on guard against each other, and they could even be described as being disinterested, so that even a constitution was not formulated. And parliamentary politics, this set of new rules that should be followed by everyone, was abandoned like a waste, and we have been wasted too much time! But how much time does China have to delay you and me?"

When Li Zicheng said this, Tang Hualong was quite moved. It can be said that every word he said reached his heart. After Li Zicheng became prime minister, he often did not launch an "attack" against the Progressive Party in the parliament. His explanation was very simple. He felt that the party struggles in the past would only create opportunities for the villains in the end, and would rather not party in the future. It was like everyone on the same boat, giving up the differences and seeking common ground, collaborating with each other, and then parting ways after arriving on the other side.

That's why he chose to support the State Council on many issues. Even if something he couldn't understand, if it was not a big harm to the country, he chose to support it because he knew that the Li Zhiyuan in front of him was different from others, and Li Zicheng's words at this time proved this point. Li Zicheng's words "How much time does China have to delay you and me?" moved him even more. China did not have much time to delay them. It was them who were wasting their time, not Li Zhiyuan. When they were doing nothing in Beijing and when members of Congress wandered around the eight major hutongs, Li Zicheng had already done a great career in Longhai.

"Before Zicheng came to the capital, someone asked me what I intended to do in this trip?"

He paused a moment and looked at Tang Hualong and said.

"Yesterday, Zicheng did not answer, but said, "You can see it." Now, Zicheng can express his attitude to Brother Jiwu. Zicheng's wish is very simple, and he just wants to leave a rule that cannot be overruled for China! If Zicheng can achieve this career during his tenure, then Zicheng will be ashamed of the people and will be able to rest in peace even if he dies!"

"Prime Minister……"

Li Zicheng's words only moved Tang Hualong. As for the scattered beards, they also swayed. But when he was about to speak, he heard a long sigh, which came from Li Zicheng's voice. Tang Hualong saw that his face was full of helplessness.

"Last year, before accepting the invitation from the President, someone suggested that Zicheng raise troops to fight in the northern expedition to achieve true unity of China!"

The helplessness turned into a full face of ridicule.

"At that time, I told those people that the state affairs are in this way today is because no one knows how to compromise and concessions. Everything is fought for by authority, and everything is determined by war. China's great misfortune is that everyone thinks it is just. In the name of justice, in the reality of civil war, what crimes are the people? What kind of trouble will it be for this?"

But at this moment, Li Zicheng frowned again and said.

"I didn't understand it in the past, nor did I want to understand it, but..."

After taking a look at Tang Hualong, who seemed to feel something, Li Zicheng said again.

"I am willing to be the first person to compromise politically, and I am willing to negotiate and compromise on many issues and do everything possible to change China's idea of ​​success and defeat in many ways, and tell the Chinese people that politics can solve problems through consultation. Politics itself is the art of compromise, not a life-and-death attack, but..."

With a long sigh, Li Zicheng was unwilling to continue talking, but stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the Chinese-style garden beside the window. This was the residence arranged by Henan General Tian Wenlie. Looking at the garden outside the window, he stopped talking, but just quietly sucked a cigar. When he was smoking a cigar, Tang Hualong's expression became complicated.

At this time, the room was silent, a little terrifying. After a long time, just as Tang Hualong was a little restless, Li Zicheng sighed.

"Forget it...forget it, things cannot be done, why do you need to do it again..."

After this long sigh, Li Zicheng closed his eyes in pain, all of whom was exhausted, but deep down, he was waiting for Tang Hualong's statement. From the beginning, the reason why he invited Tang Hualong to visit Henan was to lobby Tang Hualong and persuade him to support the State Council, so as to convince Hunan General Tang Xingming through Tang Hualong.

Almost the first time the sound fell, Tang Hualong said anxiously.

"Prime Minister, there is still something to do!"

When Tang Hualong finished speaking, Li Zicheng looked at him and felt secretly happy. Finally, his goal was achieved, and Tang Hualong took the initiative to stand up and take on the things he hoped he would take on.

"Prime Minister, there is still something to do!"

In the guest room, I held the pen in my hand and pondered for a moment. Tang Hualong put down the pen again. The words could blurt out, but some things were not easily solved, at least they could not be solved in just a few words.

This time is definitely different from lobbying Sa Zhenbing and his brother four years ago. Anyway, he knew very well that the Prime Minister had a long talk with him was to use his mouth to lobby his brother for "expression", and this "expression" must "comply with" the requirements of the State Council, otherwise...

"Forget it...forget it, things cannot be done, why do you need to do it again..."

Thinking of the words that the Prime Minister said before, Tang Hualong believed that he was not talking casually. Tang Hualong knew very well about that Little Li - Prime Minister. He was definitely different from others. He was fond of force and superstitious about using military to judge right and wrong. Otherwise, he would not make concessions to the President again and again.

But if he really "no longer needs to do anything", Tang Hualong still doesn't believe it. The reason is very simple. Even if Li Zhiyuan is unwilling to judge right and wrong by military means, now when he is carried to that position, he will closely follow his interests in his survival community, and will never give up on the idea of ​​implementing China because of "small things".

In the end, under pressure, he might support Yuan Shikai, support Yuan Shikai to completely unify China with force, or take action alone. In any case, that situation is not something that Tang Hualong is willing to see. That situation... what is the fault of the people!

Not only will the people suffer, but it may not be a good thing for the second brother. Although the second brother has been secretly expanding his strength in the past two years, how can he stop the central army and the elite of the Jiangsu Army with just the little force of his second brother? What's more, the other public opinion is lost and there is no support from the people. Even Yuan Shikai will not last for a few days, let alone the second brother who governs Hunan by Hubei.

Thinking of his second brother who was criticized by some Hunan congressmen by Hubei, Tang Hualong's mind saw the Prime Minister's evaluation of his second brother, and he had a very positive evaluation of him.

"Tang general belonged to Hunan for three years, and used his strict punishment and rule of law to cleanse up the violent spirit of the throne and Zhang in the past, and calmed down and consolidated them. The order was purged and calmed down and calmed down. The old order was rectified and peaceful. His military management was strict and disciplined... I only saw that there was no relic in Changsha, and no chickens and dogs were shocked. The government was decorated in various provinces. Those who asked about Wuhan were not as good as Hunan's hundred and one hundred."

This evaluation was made by the Prime Minister when Hunan parliamentarians tried to seek the Prime Minister's support for impeaching his second brother. It can be seen that the Prime Minister was indeed very happy about his second brother. After pondering for a long time, Tang Hualong finally picked up the brush and picked up the pen for a moment to write a private message to his brother...


Chapter completed!