Chapter 336 State and Society (Please give me your monthly vote!)

"Now, we must realize that for China, the era of cannons and machine guns is over!"

"Ta Kung Pao" "New Year's Message" on January 1, the fourth year of the Republic of China

Whether it is advocating, flattering, or fooling the people, almost since December of the third year of the Republic of China, under the deliberate "control" of Yuan Zhengfu, and the flattery of political elites and intellectuals, the common expectations of the people have been

Now, China's public opinion is completely one-sided.

"What is the crime of our people that we should suffer the disaster of warlords?"

It is precisely under the instigation of this kind of thinking, or in other words, under the expectations of the people, that public opinion continues to convey a message to people - the era of cannons and machine guns is over!

it's over!

At least for the outside world, people seem to see a glimmer of hope.

First, the Governor's Office announced to the press the text of the "Covenant between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China" handed over by Japan and named by the leader of the Revolutionary Party. As a result, the exiled Revolutionary Party members were officially wanted for treason.

Then President Yuan Shikai publicly announced to the outside world at the banquet celebrating the "signing of the Jiao'ao Peace Treaty" that "the Second Civil Rebellion has been eliminated. In view of the fact that the vast majority of members of Congress acted patriotically during the Jiao'ao Incident, they are worthy of being members of the country."

So it was a matter of course that Parliament was reopened.

Nearly a year after it was disbanded, the National Assembly finally reopened. Except for a few dozen "die-hard revolutionary party" rebels who had gone into exile overseas, people only saw the restoration of the National Assembly, but not the Kuomintang members.

's status as a member of Congress was not restored, but.

The reopening of Congress, the restoration of constitutional government, and the victory of the Jiao'ao Incident, all tell every Chinese that the country's situation seems to be good and is developing for the better.

All this seems to confirm the "New Year's Message" of "Ta Kung Pao". After the country is on the right track, for China, the era of cannons and machine guns may be over!

it's over?

Who knows?

Whether it is good expectations or wishes, for the Chinese people, they can look forward to it, and they may look forward to it, but for Li Zicheng, who has become the center of the storm, and his subordinates and staff, they are too hopeful for the future.

"Of course, we have never been in Congress, but now we have to, because we are forced into Congress!"

Finally, after looking forward to the future, Li Zicheng mentioned the practical problems that he and they had already faced.

"Chief Minister, do you mean that we want to make a fuss in Congress?"

When the envoy mentioned Congress many times, Zhang Binglin had an instinctive feeling of resistance. It was by playing with Congress that Yuan Shikai gained power in the country. Although he supported the formation of a party, it did not mean that he supported playing with Congress like Yuan Shikai.

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"Making a fuss?"

Li Zicheng shook his head.

"No, of course not!"

Leaning his elbows on the conference table, Li Zicheng's tone became extremely serious.

"Entering Congress is the fundamental prerequisite for us to enter the capital. The purpose of entering Congress is not to manipulate or play with Congress, but to arm ourselves with this special weapon in the arsenal of democracy. Only in this way can we

Fight against the power from the government in the future!"

Li Zicheng raised his eyebrows slightly. Seizing control of Congress will be one of his most important tasks. To achieve this goal, he must...

"In my opinion, a political party is a social organization, or to be precise, a political organization. It is a planned structure established by people in order to achieve specific goals reasonably and effectively. It is a relatively rigorous institutionalized group. Advanced political parties

It should meet the following conditions or possess several characteristics. The first is the clarity and rationality of the party’s goals. The goal is the soul of the party. Without goals, the party cannot be established and cannot exist. An advanced political party must have its goals

It is clear and reasonable. The second is the stability of the party's organizational structure. The organizational structure is the relationship between the party's components. Only a relatively stable organizational structure can exist and develop. The third is the stability of the party's organizational system.

Soundness. The organizational system stipulates the role of the party, its powers and obligations, and the procedures for organizational operation. The soundness of the system is the condition for the organization to enter orderly operation. Unfortunately, these are not possessed by political parties, so

These political parties have no vitality at all. In my opinion, parties are not just parties, but also the vanguard of fighting. They should be a fighting team composed of a group of insightful people and national elites that will lead the country's future development!"

Li Zicheng slowly spoke out what he had studied in the past in an orderly and steady manner. As he spoke, he looked at their horrified expressions. Their horrified look made Li Zicheng unable to help but feel excited.

A feeling of elation. At the same time, I began to feel glad that studying Ma Zhe and Deng Lian in college was not a formality. Later, although I entered a company, I was involved in party building activities all day long and was forced to study theoretical knowledge of the party all day and night.

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At least now it seems that what I was forced to learn in the past has come in handy, and at least I can form a strong "party".

"To form a party, we need to form a political party to pave the way for finally gaining control of Congress! In the future, our party will not be a loose political group like the current domestic parties, but will be a party with a party program, a party constitution,

It is a political party in the modern sense that has a strict organizational system and activity methods, and there are certain conditions and procedures for party members to join the party. In front of you, there is a charter that looks like my own draft. Please take a look at it, and then express your opinions!"

When Li Zicheng mentioned the constitution, he seemed a little proud. It took him almost ten hours, relying on his memories and his own understanding, to sort out the party program and the party's organizational construction. It can be said that it is a collection of hundreds of years of experience.

Yu Dacheng, of course, also added a lot of things that are suitable for the times.

"The purpose of a country is, on the one hand, to seek its own development, and on the other hand, to seek the peace and happiness of the people in the country. The peace and happiness of the people are also the source of the country's development, so the first thing to pay attention to is the public and private rights of the people.

If it is suppressed, the people will be exhausted day by day, and the country will also follow suit. However, if we want to protect the people's rights, we should not allow them to be violated. Everyone is free, but we must not infringe on other people's freedom. First of all, there must be complete legal provisions.

As a guarantee. Secondly, there must be an independent judicial hall, so that the law can be abided by and there should be no favouritism.

Our party formed this party based on this belief and formulated its political platform:

1. All of us Chinese demand the establishment of a unified China that does not tolerate division, implement a parliamentary system within China, adopt nationalism, build a responsible government, and protect the freedom of citizens.

Second, we demand that China enjoy equal rights to other countries, and we demand the abolition of all unequal treaties that go against the will of our citizens. We need to adopt a prudent diplomatic attitude in foreign exchanges and maintain reciprocal rights.

Third, only citizens have the right to decide the country and its laws. Therefore, we require that any public office, no matter what kind, whether it is at the central or provincial level, should be held by citizens. We are opposed to ignoring character and talent and relying solely on faction.

This is an incompetent political deal in which relatives steal positions.

Fourth, we require the state to first provide citizens with the possibility of employment and life, and thoroughly guarantee citizens’ freedom.

5. All citizens enjoy the same rights and have the same obligations.

Sixth, in view of the unequal treaties signed during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, which caused huge damage to our country's industrial sector, we request that the government adopt all necessary measures such as tariffs to help the development of our country's industrial sector and protect the interests of our country's industrial sector.

Seventh, we demand the improvement of workers' welfare benefits, protect the rights and interests of our country's workers, establish and maintain a healthy middle class, and introduce appropriate policies to care for small industrial and commercial workers.

8. Our department requires the realization of a land reform that suits the needs of our country, the implementation of the policy of land to the tiller, ensuring that the interests of farmers are protected, and at the same time protecting the rights and interests of current land owners, implementing land reform through land redemption and other policies, and providing land for those who have less land.

Those who settled in the country were exempted from land tax, and every citizen who immigrated to the frontier provinces could be allocated public land free of charge.

9. In order to enable every capable and diligent person to receive higher education and move into leadership positions, the state should pay attention to vigorously developing all national education in our country. The education plans of all schools must meet the requirements of real life, and through the teaching of civics in schools

To establish a national ideology, we demand that the state invest in cultivating poor children with special talents regardless of caste or occupation, and implement compulsory and compulsory education nationwide.

10. In order to improve national health, the country needs to protect mothers and children, prohibit the employment of child labor, regulate sports by law, promote physical exercise, and strongly support various youth sports associations.

11. We demand the reorganization of our military forces, the establishment of a national army and provincial police forces, the elimination of private armies, and the prevention of the army becoming a private weapon.

12. We demand that a constitutional convention be organized by the National Assembly and local governments to formulate a Chinese constitution, establish laws to consolidate judicial power, and establish local autonomy as the authority of central and local governments.

Thirteen……

In order to resolutely achieve the goals of the above articles, all party members will sacrifice their lives when necessary..."

Silence, everyone was silent. This eloquent content of tens of thousands of words far exceeded their imagination. From the party platform to the party organization to the party membership procedures, every step was detailed to the extreme, and they even couldn't see anything at all.

There were areas that needed to be modified at the local level, and what impressed them even more was the tightness of the organization. The formation of a complete framework of tight organizational structure from the central to the local level was beyond their imagination.

Looking at the party constitution, Mu Ouchu, Cheng Dequan, Zhang Yilin, Zhang Binglin and others turned their attention to Li Zicheng from time to time. When everyone turned their attention to him, Li Zicheng just smiled.

In any case, I have decided to take this step!

Lan Gongwu, who was in the Shanghai Concession, looked at the news about the establishment of the "National Socialist Party" published in the "Longhai Times" and the full report of the party constitution. After a long silence, looking at Xie Chi and others in front of him, Lan Gongwu couldn't help but let out a cry.

Sigh.

"The Statutes of the National Socialist Party alone are enough to illustrate its ambitions!"

Peng Jieshi also sighed. When he sighed, Tian Yongzheng picked up the newspaper and praised it.

“This is China’s most authentic political party!”

Tian Yongzheng's praise only attracted a burst of agreement from more than a dozen people in the room. The dozen or so people in the living room of Zhu Jiachang's residence in the concession may not seem to be conspicuous, but they all have the same identity - members of Congress, members of the Republic of China.

Members of the first Congress included senators and representatives, and they were all members of the Kuomintang who were expelled from Beijing after their membership certificates and party cards were confiscated. However, they did not choose to join the Chinese Revolutionary Party.

After the Jiaoao Incident, the European Affairs Research Association, headed by Huang Xing, Li Liejun and others, returned to China one after another. Although they had extended invitations to these expelled members, they were still declined by them. Instead, they waited in Shanghai and waited quietly.

While studying the changes in political situation, we also study European and American parliamentary politics.

Previously, the news that the Congress had reopened had really lifted their spirits. They thought that after the Congress reopened, they could return to Beijing and renew their previous wishes. However, they never thought that the news that followed was that "the number of seats in the Congress was short."

"by-election", which in turn meant that they were completely expelled from Congress. Just when they continued to appeal to public opinion in Shanghai that "the central government should abandon its past grudges," news of the establishment of the "National Socialist Party" came here, and the "National Socialist Party"

The organization is more rigorous than that of European and American countries.

"Look at this article. Through the government's redemption of surplus land, the implementation of the land-to-the-tiller policy, and tax exemptions for poor farmers with little land, this article aims to win over the hearts of 40 million farmers. There are more than thousands of people with little land in our country.

Wan, this strategy..."

Lan Gongwu was interrupted by Peng Jieshi before he finished speaking.

"I was surprised by what Zhixian said. According to the election law of our country, a restricted electoral system is implemented. In addition to restrictions on age and residence period, the so-called restricted elections include property restrictions, education restrictions, and gender restrictions. The specific provisions are:

Men with the nationality of the Republic of China who are over 21 years old and have lived in the electoral district for more than 2 years before the electoral roll is compiled. Those who have one of the following qualifications have the right to elect representatives of the House of Representatives and provincial legislators: 1. Pay annual direct tax 2

2. Real estate worth more than 500 yuan; 3. Graduated from primary school or above; 4. Have qualifications equivalent to those who graduated from primary school. Among them, items 1 and 2 are property qualification restrictions, and items 3 and 4 are education qualification restrictions."

In the past six months, Peng Jieshi has been studying European and American political systems and parliamentary politics, as well as China's political system. It is natural to understand that China's "Election Law" was formulated with reference to the precedents of European and American countries to implement a restricted electoral system.
To be continued...