Chapter 123 The Chinese Nation
"Are I a benevolent and forgiving king?" I asked at dozens of important cadres of the New Confucian Party under the Huangji Hall. They were the first National Congress held by the New Confucian Party with reference to the Western Party system. The special identity of the New Confucian Party is equivalent to the ruling party. Most of the current officials in the country have been educated by Confucianism and have gradually reached their current position. Therefore, I specially met these backbone forces on the education front in the Huangji Hall, which I usually use for court meetings.
In my long-term plan, the New Confucian Party will be closer to a party that surpasses all other political parties, equivalent to the parent party, and then the various schools in this middle can be divided into different groups and subdivided into party members according to the differences in governance strategies. In the later stage, a peaceful competition mechanism of different factions can be introduced, and the military is nationalized rather than party-based regionalization can be coordinated. Only in this way can the policy changes of the empire not cause national unrest.
The pace of nationalization of the military is progressing slowly with the country's infrastructure. Before the country does not have large-scale transportation and delivery capabilities, blindly promoting reform will cause waste of resources and a certain degree of chaos. Therefore, the time limit I set for Li Hongzhang will be still some time before it will come.
In conjunction with the debate on the Chinese and foreign countries of the Tang Dynasty from high to low, the reform of the flag business was at the right time. The people with great vision among the bannermen received rich returns on the Xinpi territory north of Heilongjiang. The rich mineral resources and natural resources there gave Meng Luochuan, the manager of Far East Co., Ltd., who was good at operating, full space for full play. Under his organization and management, the profit growth of Far East Co., Ltd. has doubled through north-south trade and the unique support of the royal family for two consecutive years. In this case, Meng Luochuan took out some funds to use the
He invested most of the capital in the infrastructure construction, and built real estate and roads in the Northeast. In cooperation with this measure, the mainland widely counted proletarian poor people under the age of 50 and over 20, and immigrated to the Northeast in batches and stages. Meng Luochuan originally wanted to sell real estate to these people, but he did not have to pay at the beginning. He could obtain real estate, real estate, production tools and means of production, etc. This was a long-term investment, and his genius in business has been revealed since then.
But Dong Zaiying, who knows my thoughts, did this more beautifully - if you move your family to Northeast China to settle down, you will be given a 10 tael of silver free start-up capital. In this way, you can truly keep people in Northeast China and truly make the population in Northeast China prosperous.
Stimulated by this favorable discount, the population of Northeast China has rapidly increased from about 1.5 million to over 2 million in two years. At the same time, with this large-scale immigration, the national census was also put on the agenda by me. This time, the National Congress of the New Confucian Party was to let Kong Lingyi organize it under my instruction. I need to use this national organization to help me complete the work of the national census.
If this matter is entirely carried out by the power of the official department, it will consume a lot of money. If the party’s public opinion is used to carry out, the party’s funds paid by these party members can be widely used. Moreover, these people have official identities, big or small, and they also have the power of public opinion. The combination of administrative power and public opinion power will result in twice the result with half the effort when doing things.
So in this court, when I commented on the core concept of the New Confucian Party, "to be kind and forgive for the sage king, and to relieve worries and confusions for the common people", I remembered the relatives and nobles of the royal family who died under my iron blood since this era, and I regretfully asked the question at the beginning of the article.
Liang Qichao, the attendant of the train, was commanding the manpower to record the matter. When he heard me ask this question, he seemed to be touched. He raised his head and swept the party members below the stairs.
"Your Majesty is naturally a sage king of eternal eternity. The emperor should not only be benevolent and forgiven? Since my emperor took office, he has been in charge of benevolent government, thought about promoting the country, increasing profits with the people, and eliminating torture. This is enough to be a benevolent word. The relatives and nobles of the royal family have forgotten to promote rebellious plans. Your Majesty has forgiven but punished the chief evil, and his crimes have not reached the family. Since ancient times, there has been forgiveness, but no one is like my emperor. Looking at more than 200 emperors since Zulong, I have never seen a benevolent king like my master." A thin middle-aged official jumped up and talked happily.
This guy is a flatterer. I smiled silently and said, "It's Qu Hongji? Now it's Jiangsu's learning platform? Jiangsu is the most important place in the Qing Dynasty and the source of taxation. People are open and upright, you should work harder. Teacher Weng retires and returns home, so you should take care of me." He nodded and said, "I have been in power for several years, and the country's atmosphere has changed drastically. What do you think?"
"Reply to the emperor's words." Qu Hongji received my praise, but he did not show any excitement on his face. He bowed calmly: "Your Majesty has been an emperor for all eternal times. The changes in the country are the blessings of the people. Now the country has swept away its weakness, which is the eternal benevolence of our emperor. I am ignorant. I used to worry about the changes in the ancestors' law and the country will be in chaos. Now it seems that I am really ignorant. I beg the emperor to punish him." As he spoke, he swept up his horse's sleeves and knelt down in the hall.
I saw that many people frowned involuntarily. I knew that this guy's performance was a bit too much, so I smiled and said, "What's the crime?" I originally wanted to call him up, but after looking at the expressions of the people below, I gave up this idea and said, "I have adopted a new policy, and you have also developed a new Confucianism. New Confucians are Confucians who follow the world and the current situation. What I want to take is a new Confucian, not a corrupt Confucian. You, Qu Hongji, may have been a corrupt Confucian in the past, but now you are a new Confucian. Since you are a new Confucian, I have no reason to blame him. Who can do without mistakes? Before my new policy has been achieved, it is also necessary for you to worry a little. I am so busy that I am too busy to worry. It is also necessary for you to worry for nothing."
"Qu Hongji, get up." After seeing my words, everyone at the bottom nodded frequently. Knowing that the effect has come, he changed the topic and said, "So, what is a new Confucianism, and what is a corrupt scholar? You have not long since your new party was established. You should think more about this new corrupt distinction. In fact, new corrupt may not be incompatible and mutually exclusive. Have new thinking and new insights. Even if you are eighty years old, he may not be a corrupt scholar. Otherwise, even if you are only twenty or eighty years old, but you cannot take things into consideration, so what is new?"
I stood up and walked on the steps with my hands behind my back. There was a solemn moment below the steps. I raised my hand and pointed to the four golden words "Jianji Suiyou" on the plaque that was ordered by the palace to move from the Taihe Hall when I signed the court and used it. "Some people say that I do not respect my ancestors and make the law. I don't think I am disrespectful, and I will also be the ancestor of later generations a hundred years later. Just talking about the four words "Jianji Suiyou" is also the ancestor of ancestors?"
There were a lot of discussions at the steps, Kong Lingyi smiled slightly and bowed out and said, "Reply to the emperor's words, of course, is Jianji Suiyou. Jianji is the one who speaks from Zhou's book of "Shangshu". Hong Fan: 'The emperor has the ultimate,' Sui has been from the Book of Songs. It is very elegant and the people are hard-working. The Analects of Confucius. Zi Zhang also said that "You are the way of heaven." These four words were written by Emperor Gaozong of our dynasty, so it is naturally a legitimate and obedient ancestors' method."
"Okay, Yan Shenggong is indeed very knowledgeable." I nodded in praise and said, "Do you all know what it means?"
A burly man in the front row, with a burly face as black charcoal, knelt out and said, "Reply to the emperor's words, Jianji Suiyou is your majesty who is willing to govern the world to achieve the supreme of the world, follow the way of heaven, and build an unparalleled contribution! I am willing to follow my emperor to build this prosperous Qing Dynasty that will last forever!" The person who spoke was Cen Chunxuan, the young minister of Taipu Temple.
I looked at this great man who looked completely different from the scholars, and nodded in praise and said, "Well, what is the way of heaven? The way of heaven is different from the way of heaven in the past. The way of heaven is very powerful. The way of heaven is to promote new learning and strengthen Qing Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong built a prosperous era, and he was prosperous and declining. The country was weak and foreigners were bullying. If I did not follow this way of heaven, where did I come from? Therefore, this is the method of ancestors!"
Everyone was silently digesting my words. I looked at Liang Qichao and said, "Liang Qichao, you are famous for your talent. Today I will give you an errand to write a good article on Jianji Suiyou's meaning, so that all the subjects in the world know that I am about to build an immortal prosperous era for thousands of years. I hope you will work together with me!"
"I will receive the order! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Under the leadership of Kong Lingyi and Liang Qichao, dozens of people knelt on the ground to thank him.
I returned to the imperial throne and nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are calm, I know that you are all loyal and righteous people. The Qing Dynasty is under a change. I hope you will encourage me with me..."
The census is not a small matter, nor can it be accomplished overnight. For a bureaucrat who has no such experience, this matter is too urgent and will cause trouble. Anyway, the focus is to eliminate the differences between the Han Dynasty and add the heaviest force to my next step of reform of the flag.
My concept is that I will not abandon those lower-class bannermen who are now enjoying five taels of silver for a year. I will integrate them into a major concept of the Chinese nation. At the same time, take this welfare as a basic social security concept as a pilot first, and if the conditions are ripe in the future, it will be promoted to the whole people.
In short, this is a gradual process. At present, I am not a chess game that is developing step by step. I am just grasping the general direction. If you dare to challenge my plan, you will be killed without mercy. In cooperation with the reform of the military system, how much storm can the old forces of the Eight Banners have? It is completely under my control.
Of course, all this is just brewing. I have not yet forced the old forces of the Eight Banners to the corner. I am not worried that if the old forces of the Eight Banners, I will lose my foundation if I offend the old forces of the Eight Banners. With the promotion of New Confucianism, the popularization of the concept of a great nation in the Chinese nation. I am not only the Emperor of Manchus, but the Emperor of the Chinese Empire and the Chinese nation.
Let's wait. Maybe five years later, maybe eight years later, in short, I have enough patience and determination to solve this national problem.
Internal affairs are gradual things. I cannot expect that my country will be extremely powerful within two or three years. Everyone lives and works in peace and prosperity. The country is full of singing and dancing. I must be patient.
And I don’t have to worry about the source of my happiness. As the eldest son Pu Hua comes to life, he will slowly grin and show the most beautiful smile of a person’s life. He will gradually vaguely express the tone of “Dad…”. Yanyan gave birth to the second son of the emperor, Wang Yi gave birth to a princess, and Matsuhira Ayako also gave birth to a princess. They were promoted to the concubine. In order to open the gap with Youlan, those who were already concubines were not awarded. I have not named them yet. I just enjoy the satisfaction and happiness of being a father. After returning to the inner palace with fatigue, I teased the princess with the old lady. Listening to the babbling of the babies, you can forget all your worries. As long as you close your eyes, there will be a happy smile from the heart on your face.
But the good times did not last long. The three old men in the palace were lucky to be less and less often, and gradually they began to complain. The old man said something in front of the empress dowager. Although Nara did not like his niece, he didn't want to see the harem making a fuss, so he put pressure on both ends. In desperation, I had to hand over the public grain a few times.
As the belly of the two sisters Zhiyi and Zhihua became stronger, the pressure became even greater. I had to spend the night in the Yangxin Palace in order to be quiet, and only asked Caizi, who had a peaceful personality, to serve. This woman's special identity quickly made me think of the Tianhai Kingdom in the East while I was happy.
After the establishment of Tianhai, the Japanese diplomatic mission headed by Muro Otsukura could not beat Zai Ying, a ruffian diplomat. He had no choice but to leave a few harsh words and return home in a bad mood. Zai Ying guessed that Japan would soon use troops, so when reporting to me, he suggested that the navy should strengthen its vigilance.
In this regard, I naturally don’t have to worry that Japan will devote its whole country to attack the sky and sea. However, some basic coordination actions still need to be done.
So, under my will, the Royal Navy divided two troops, one with four fast cruisers as the main force, and took on patrol tasks on the southwestern coastline and straits of Hokkaido Island. At the same time, the main naval fleet, led by the Dingzhen two ships, carried out patrol exercises near Tsushima Island, and at the same time made a southward attitude to threaten Tokyo at any time.
Without the support of the navy, the Japanese army did not have the courage to cross the strait across the sea to Hokkaido Island. In this case, Shino Matsuhira of the Tenkai Kingdom was greatly inspired. Under my instruction, he launched a war to unify Hokkaido Island. The commander of the Hokkaido Temperature Army was completely bribed by him. A small number of Temperature Army soldiers who were still loyal to the Meiji government could not bear the lack of logistics supplies and the support from the rear, and the war was increasingly unsuccessful. However, the Temperature Army's own strength was too weak, and the newly acquired Temperature Army soldiers, Shino Matsuhira, were not at ease, so the progress was not too great. They just occupied most of the Hokkaido Island, and the large area near Honshu Island was still in the hands of the Temperature Army soldiers loyal to the Meiji government.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese naval standing fleet did not dare to leave Tokyo's defense line, and the army did not dare to cross the sea to Hokkaido Island without the support of the navy. After the war stopped, diplomatic work began to begin again, but the Qing Dynasty always repeated those few scene words.
As soon as Ito Hirofumi's cabinet took office, it encountered an unprecedented crisis that far exceeded that of Matsuba's cabinet.
Chapter completed!