Chapter 55 Debate (2)
Although the conservatives on the side couldn't understand what they were saying, it could be seen from Lu Haodong's expression, movements and expression that the grandson was stopped - it was exactly the same as the old master just now. So this time the conservatives began to applaud.
The people in the audience didn't know what to say at first, but they always listened to a lot of "bird songs". But later men and women could understand it. So everyone understood that "democracy" is not the same as old women.
Suddenly, the women and comrades in the audience stopped working. Even the emperor said, "Women can hold half of the sky." You haven't watched two wars, but they are all women who help take care of the wounded, wash clothes and cook? There are also shoes and socks, clothes and shirts on their bodies, thousands of needles, and tens of thousands of threads, but they are all...
Ahem...how did you change to Henan Opera?
In short, if the "democracy" does not include women, the people below will be furious. Even if some men agree very much, they cannot say that they are not right in front of their own wives, otherwise what should I do if I kneel down at durian when I go home?
The great situation created by the reformists before was disturbed by Zai Tian's words.
This is not the end.
Zai Tian raised his hand to signal the people below to rest assured, and then continued: "In addition, Mr. Lu explains to us what is the 'KKKK'? Then, please explain to you why the United States promulgated the Constitution in 1787, and after 1870, Indians were granted the right to vote, and we Chinese only obtained the right to vote four years ago?"
Lu Haodong was completely fooled by Zai Tian's series of combination punches. Seeing his teammates' embarrassment, the reformists immediately stood up and whispered: "Even if the democratic system in the United States is not perfect enough, there are also Britain, Japan and France..."
Zai Tian smiled: "Okay, then let me explain to you the political system of Britain. In fact, Britain is a single-system and constitutional monarchy. The king is the head of state, the highest judiciary, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the supreme leader of the British "Episcopal Church". He has the right to appoint and remove the prime minister, ministers, senior judges, officers, governors of various departments, diplomats, bishops and senior clergy of the Anglican Church, etc., and has the power to convene, stop and dissolve the parliament, approve the law, declare war and make peace. Therefore, the British government is officially named "Her Majesty the Queen's Government" or "Her Majesty the King's Government", which is responsible for the administrative functions of Britain." Zai Tian then explained that "it depends on whether the incumbent monarch is a man or a woman."
"The Prime Minister is the head of government and is appointed by the British monarch, but as usual, this person must be the most likely member of the House of Commons to obtain support from the House of Commons. After the Prime Minister is appointed, he will select other ministers and executive heads to form the government. About 20 most senior government ministers and the Prime Minister themselves form the cabinet."
At this time, someone in the reform camp called out: "Parliamentary system is the direction we need to learn and improve!"
Zai Tian shook his head and retorted: "Sir, you may not know that the composition of the British government does not require the vote of the House of Commons, but only requires the appointment of the monarch. In addition, the British Parliament is divided into the "Upper House" and the "Lower House". The "Upper House" of Parliament is also called the House of Nobles. It is mainly composed of descendants of the royal family, hereditary aristocracy, new nobles, and important figures of the church, and is not elected. The House of Lords is the highest judicial organ in the UK and has the right to review the bills passed by the House of Commons. Finally, I would like to say one more thing, the British has no written constitution."
Damn, according to this, is there any difference between implementing such constitutionalism in the Qing Dynasty and the current court?
At this time, another young man stood up and said, "What about Japan? As a small East Asian country, Japan is self-reliant and self-improvement through constitutional reforms, and can even challenge the Qing Dynasty. Doesn't this just show the power of constitutionalism?"
Zai Tian smiled and said, "I was about to talk about Japan. Japan's political system is almost exactly the same as that of Britain. The only difference is that Japan has a constitution..."
At this time, someone from the reformists wanted to speak, and Zai Tian said bluntly: "You wait a moment, and when I finish speaking, you will know how stupid your proposition is."
"The Japanese Constitution stipulates that the emperor has broad authority called the 'Emperor'. For example, the power to formulate laws and regulations based on independent orders - see Article 9 of the Constitution, Conclusion of treaties - Article 13, etc., which are powers that are not subject to parliamentary restrictions. The Japanese imperial parliament is not a legislative body, but only an auxiliary body for the emperor's legislation. When formulating laws, the emperor requires the emperor's permission and the signature of the minister of state. In addition, the emperor also reserves the authority to issue emergency edicts and independent orders. Moreover, the Japanese parliament does not have the right to propose constitutional amendments."
"Unlike Britain, as part of the Imperial Parliament, the Japanese aristocratic House, which was elected by non-elected, can exercise almost the same authority as the Japanese House of Representatives. In addition, there are many deliberative organs that are not stipulated by law, such as the Council of Elders, the Council of Imperial Prefectures, and the Constitution also independent of the command of the Emperor, stipulating that the Army and Navy are not responsible to the Parliament. It also separates important documents such as royal examples from the Constitution, making it impossible for the Parliament to intervene."
Speaking of this, Zai Tian laughed and said, "As for the view that some people think that 'constitutionalism has promoted Japan' to be strong so that it can challenge the Qing Dynasty', I would like to ask, is it because of their power or is it ignorance?"
Conservatives and reformists have been arguing about the advantages and disadvantages of the constitutional system for a long time. There is an important argument in both aspects, that is, Japan. The reformists believe that constitutionalism has accelerated the westernization and become stronger quickly. The ability to launch a war against China is an example. Zai Tian’s words just now are a complete slap in the face.
Japan dared to invade the Qing Dynasty and took extremely disgraceful means to sank the three Qing naval warships that were visiting Japan. This behavior was hated by all Chinese children. Therefore, as soon as Zai Tian said, it immediately attracted a pile of praise.
Zai Tian has been ‘pretentious’ again.
"Add to add something else." Zai Tian signaled everyone to calm down first, and then said: "Whether to Japan or Britain, countries with small land areas can become stronger, I think it is not the contribution of constitutionalism, but the contribution of science and technology. It is science and technology and the engineers who appeared for this, industrial workers supported the huge empire of Britain. And even so, Britain is not the largest country. Now Canada and Australia are ready to rule themselves. Therefore, Britain's territory is only 11 million square kilometers - including colonies such as India. However, Russia, the autocratic feudal empire, has more than 20 million square kilometers of land. Of course, another autocratic feudal empire, the Qing Empire - haha, even China, also owns more than 14 million square kilometers of land."
At this time, the 'Tuts' who had been ambushing below had been shouting in time: "Long live the Qing Empire!"
The people next to him who were "not sure about the truth" had already received some infections in Zai Tian's previous speech. At this time, they learned that their country was the second largest country in the world today, and they had even defeated Russia, the largest country not long ago. They were inevitably a little excited. After being slapped, the scene immediately echoed the cheers like a tsunami.
"Long live the Qing Empire!"
"Long live the Emperor!"
"Long live the Chinese nation!"
Hum? Who shouted this sentence? It's not in the original plan?
Zai Tian smiled awkwardly on the stage and shouted "Saying"...
"Chinese nation?"
Although few people in the audience noticed the abnormality of the slogans, many people on the audience sensitively discovered this brand new term.
Zai Tian quickly explained: "Yes! It is the Chinese nation! People now call ethnic groups, generally called "Han people", "Manchu people", or "Bian people". There are also "Miao people" or "Tibetan people". Usually, in a narrow sense, "Chinese people" refers to "Han people", and "Bian people", etc., even some "Hakka people", refer to "Bian people". This is the "division of Chinese and foreign people". Some people even divide ethnic groups by provincial and provincial, called "Guangdong people", "Chaoshan people" or "Northern people". I think it is a big mistake! All Chinese people living on the land of the Qing Dynasty should have a common title. However, the so-called "Yan and Huang descendants" and "Chinese and foreign people" make people who are originally a country artificially divided into several parts. This is really a tragedy for all Chinese people. Fortunately..."
Speaking of this, Zai Tian paused for a moment before saying, "Fortunately, Mr. Liang Qichao proposed the concept of 'Chinese nation', and Yu Shen agreed."
China is the largest state and the largest country.
This is a sentence from Liang Qichao's "Patriotic Anthem". When Zai Tian mentioned this sentence at this time, he changed his sight and immediately eased and narrowed the distance between him and the reformists.
"but……"
Zai Tian suddenly turned: "...Some people with ulterior motives are holding on to the so-called "dividing Chinese and foreigners" and talking about "expressing the Tartars"! I would like to ask these people, what are the "Tartars"? Are the Manchus? If the Manchus are 'Tartars', then are the Mongols? So? So what about Tibetans? What about Hui people? What about Uyghurs? Even Miao people, Dai people, Zhuang people, and Korean people, are they all 'Tartars' and they all have to be expelled?"
Zai Tian's voice became more and more excited: "Okay! Two years ago, the Russians wanted to invade Manchuria and Mongolia, but were defeated by the court at all costs. For this reason, tens of thousands of people sacrificed their precious lives; in the 19th year of Guangxu, the Japanese intended to invade North Korea, and after paying tens of thousands of lives, we also defeated the Japanese. After ten years of retreat, the French wanted to occupy Tonkin, which then meant Guangdong and Guangxi; the British provoked war on the border of Tibet and occupied Myanmar, which meant Yunnan and Sichuan. There was also the Treaty of Ili, and the Russians wanted to occupy Xinjiang.
In some places, are there many Han people or so-called "barbarians"? It can be said that since the first year of the Guangxu period, more than 20 years have passed since the imperial court, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers sprinkled blood on the battlefield, protecting the country and country handed down by ancestors. However, just a small group of people, with a few simple words of "Disputation between China and the Barbarians" and "expelling the Tartars", abandoning millions of square kilometers of land as if they were despised. Such a split-off of the country still had the face to talk about "patriotism" and "democracy". I really don't know how the word "shame" is written!"
Among the bourgeois reformists today, there are indeed a small number of radical people who believe that the southeast and eastern China provinces are far more developed and advanced than the mainland provinces in terms of people's livelihood, economic and political environment, so they intentionally or unintentionally put forward some slogans of "autonomousness". In these provinces, there are indeed some bannermen and officials appointed by the Qing government who are still relatively bureaucratic and corrupt, so some people put forward the radical slogans of "expelling the Tartars" and "establishing elected government". This is something that Zai Tian could never accept!
In fact, these radical slogans are not acceptable to all associations within the bourgeois reformists. Most groups are more gentle and hope to achieve political demands through negotiation and negotiation. Therefore, when Zai Tian mentioned these passages, nine out of ten reformists in the reformists' faces turned red. As for the conservatives, they were all indignant, wishing to swallow these 'baby's land' limbs alive.
The people in the audience didn't have so many twists and turns, but they just thought that they had just agreed that they were the second largest country in the world. As a result, they were so expelled, and the land area was less than half of them left in a blink of an eye. Especially the older Guangdong people, they knew clearly what the French were like in Guangdong and Guangxu ten years ago, and what the French were like in Guangdong ten years later. This huge piece of land in Guangnan and the men who can talk to foreigners now are all exchanged for their lives by their soldiers.
Although "Guangdong Autonomy" sounds nice, no one can say whether the court will be gone. The French and the British will revive again. At that time, just relying on Guangdong to fight against the world's strongest and second-strongest country, no one can be optimistic about this outcome.
Therefore, few people in Guangdong support "local autonomy".
Chapter completed!