"Your Highness, how should the seats in the 100-member parliament be allocated?" Imai Sokaku saw Amakihei not continuing to speak. In order to avoid embarrassment, he asked first.
"Bidding." Yu Qiuping chuckled, then raised his eyebrows and said, "With 5,000 guan as the base price, bids are open to merchants from Sakai Town, Ishiyama Town, and all Kinki."
As soon as Yu Qiuping said this, the businessmen present immediately took a breath of air. They understood that if his power could be truly protected for such a powerful parliamentary seat, every big businessman would flock to it. For example, if
The businessmen of Sakai Town were distressed that they did not bid for seats, and the majority were occupied by businessmen of Ishiyama Town. Then they enacted a series of laws to relax the trade restrictions of Ishiyama Town, and also enacted a law to increase taxes on Sakai Town, so Sakai
The town was immediately destroyed.
For big businessmen, 5,000 yuan is not money that cannot be obtained. These 100 seats will undoubtedly be auctioned off. Yu Qiuping can make 500,000 yuan in one go, or even more. Of course, all this is based on
When Yu Qiuping can provide sufficient protection, a blank check will not be attractive.
"Your Highness, this is a bit too much." Sueyoshi Sonshiro was not afraid of offending Amakihei, and directly protested: "When the time comes, Your Highness will hand over all the money to Boss Sena, Mitsubishi Caravan will become the Kinki Caravan in one fell swoop.
The largest caravan.”
"Don't worry, this money will not be given to the Mitsubishi Caravan, but will be returned to the Yuqiu family's treasury. From now on, the Mitsubishi Caravan will belong to the Mitsubishi Caravan, and the Yuqiu family's treasury will return to the treasury." Yu Qiuping paused, meaning
He looked at these businessmen deeply: "The financial budget of these treasury is controlled by you. This money will not go to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, but will be stored in Sakai Town. In the end, it is up to you to decide how to spend the money.
Forget it. If the Yuqiu family wants to use this money, they must get approval from the budget in front of you. If the Yuqiu family wants to rob it, you can just go overseas with the money from Sakai Town or go south and join the Miyoshi family."
As soon as Yu Qiuping said this, everyone's eyes immediately lit up, and they all raised their hands to express their willingness to spend 5,000 yuan to buy the seats. Anyway, the money was raised, and there was no need to give the money immediately. Even if Yu Qiuping wanted to deceive them, it didn't matter.
"Don't worry, the seats for the six of you are definitely guaranteed. After all, I still have to rely on you to go back and do the work of other businessmen and mobilize them to bid for the auction." Yu Qiuping clapped his hands and laughed, "Then as a
The government of the Yuqiu family is about to submit its first budget request to the interim parliament composed of six of you. I plan to spend about 200,000 yuan to buy food, building materials, medicine, and raw materials for military equipment from you. I don’t know if it’s accurate?”
"It's accurate, of course it's accurate." Tsuda Soji nodded hurriedly, and several other businessmen also smiled and nodded, but they still felt a little guilty in their hearts - after all, Yu Qiuping didn't give a pragmatic answer when he said this.
ensure.
"Then please ship the goods as soon as possible. Maple Leaf Mountain City can no longer survive." Yu Qiuping immediately requested in a low voice.
"This is natural, Your Highness." After Imai Munehisa nodded, seeing that Yu Qiuping still refused to give a guarantee, he had to bite the bullet and whispered, "But I still have a question. How can Your Highness guarantee that what you say today will count?"
What? How can we ensure that the power of our Congress remains unchanged? What if His Highness relied on us to defeat the Sanhao family, and then turned against us and sent troops to annihilate us, then wouldn’t our wedding clothes be in vain?
Not coming out.”
"As for how to ensure your power, I will talk about it later. Don't worry, I will make sure to satisfy you." Yu Qiuping nodded, but it made the businessmen's hearts rise. He then looked at Hatakeyama Takamasa.
, "Your Highness Hatakeyama, I will tell you about the court next. You are in charge of this court."
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"Do you regard me as the same person as those profit-seeking businessmen? Do you think you can bribe me with a little profit?" As everyone knows, Hatakeyama Takamasa has a completely different attitude from those businessmen. After enduring for a long time, he saw the rain
After Qiuping turned around
, scolded Yu Qiuping: "I will never serve as a retainer for my guardian for the sake of profit! What is this separation of powers of yours? Do you tamper with the laws of the shogunate so casually? How can you put it like this?
Will the power of the Wu family be handed over to businessmen?"
"Your Highness, Hatakeyama, please calm down." If it were Yu Qiuping before, he would definitely have a quarrel with Hatakeyama Takamasa. But now he has gotten to know Hatakeyama Takamasa and knows that he is a principled, ambitious, and kind-hearted good man.
Therefore, I did not argue with him: "In any case, please let Your Highness listen to what I have to say first, and then it's not too late to scold him!"
"Exactly." Hatakeyama Takamasa snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and turned his head away with a look of disdain. However, Yu Qiuping understood that Hatakeyama Takamasa's gesture showed that he was willing to listen to Yu Qiuping.
"First of all, I want to state that His Highness Hatakeyama is definitely not a retainer of the Yuqiu family. The Yuqiu family and the court are two independent entities on equal footing. Even the position set for you, the chief judge, is higher than that of the Yuqiu family.
The position of house governor is even more noble because he is lifelong and irreplaceable. As long as you are still here, you will always hold this position."
"As for the powers of the court, I have basically written them here." Yu Qiuping pointed to the words on the scroll as he spoke, but Hatakeyama Gaomasa did not look at it. Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly and had to give Hatakeyama Gao himself
The political explanation: "First of all, you have judicial power that is opposite to the legislative power of Congress. In other words, the court has the power of trial. You are responsible for how to apply the laws enacted by Congress in judging cases."
"The Yuqiu family now has a mature judge system, with judges assigned to each village. I will hand over the entire system to you when the time comes. Moreover, you can also appoint county judges from each county as your
subordinate."
The reason why Yu Qiuping is willing to hand over the court affairs to Hatakeyama Takamasa is because of his stubbornness. If such a stubborn old man with firm principles becomes a judge, he must be able to ensure fairness and justice and not be influenced by interests. And his gang is also the same
The stubborn subordinate can also be used as a judge.
"The village judge is responsible for various basic cases within the jurisdiction. If the litigant is not satisfied with the result, he can apply to appeal to the county judge for a second trial. If he is still not satisfied, he will come in person.
Come to you for the final judgment.”
"And the evaluation and appointment rules of the entire court system are also formulated by you. If you are not familiar with this aspect, I can ask my former subordinate Amano Keitoku to help you get these done first."
"And the courts also have other important powers. If you think a law enacted by Congress is unconstitutional, you can declare it illegal and ask Congress to revise it." At this point, Yu Qiuping suddenly realized that he had not introduced the constitution and hurriedly turned to the businessmen.
, spoke again: "That's right! After the list of 100 people in Congress is finalized, you need to revise the Yuqiu family's constitution first!"
"What is the constitution?" Tsuda Muneji naturally did not understand this word that had never appeared in Japanese and asked in surprise.
"It is the country's fundamental law, which stipulates some of the country's fundamental systems. For example, what are the powers of the Yuqiu family, what powers does the Congress have, what powers does the court have, and these laws involve the political system." Yu Qiuping said while pointing to the booth.
The scroll in front of them, "What is written on the scroll is the basis. This law does not involve specific details such as taxation, trade, etc., but is a macro-level rule. It is the basis of all laws, and you will formulate them later."
All laws must not violate this constitution, otherwise they may be declared unconstitutional by the court.”
Yu Qiuping paused and looked at Hatakeyama Takamasa again. "In addition, you can also launch an investigation into every member of Congress or Yu Qiu family members. If you find that they have violated the law and find evidence, you can
Demand their removal."
As soon as these words came out, the businessmen took a breath of air-conditioning. It seems that Yu Qiuping gave Hatakeyama Gaomasa a lot of power, but the old man didn't know why, but he always looked oily.
The expression of not being able to swallow the salt.
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Yu Qiuping sighed and finally realized that the way he just said it was not very good. Youdao means speaking human words to people and lying to ghosts. Hatakeyama Takamasa is different from those profit-seeking businessmen. Naturally, he wants to persuade him to accept this system.
Change the method.
Before Yu Qiuping could speak, Hatakeyama Takamasa angrily shouted: "Enough! Enough! What are you talking about? Split the power of the Wu family into three parts, and the samurai actually want to be on an equal footing with the merchants, and the Wu family still has
What dignity is there? What nonsense! Where did you throw away the laws and regulations of the shogunate?"
"What are you kidding about, Your Highness? Don't Your Highness know that this is the only way to end the cycle of chaos?" Yu Qiuping retorted forcefully, but it shocked Hatakeyama Takamasa, and he immediately took advantage of the situation.
Chasing: "His Highness has always said that if everyone in the world abides by the laws and disciplines, there will be no more rebellious officials and traitors! So now I put His Highness in charge of the legal system and punish all those who do not abide by the laws and disciplines. Isn't that what His Highness said?
Target?"
"What I want to abide by is the laws of the shogunate. What you want everyone to abide by are the laws made by those businessmen. Is that possible? Do you plan to make the world's samurai laugh at me, Hatakeyama Takamasa?" Hatakeyama Takamasa shouted angrily, "
What are you doing?"
"In order to end the cycle of chaos, hasn't His Highness Hatakeyama always been ignorant of current affairs? Then why are you looking forward and backward now for the sake of your own reputation?" Yu Qiuping choked Hatakeyama Takamasa to the point of speechlessness, "His Highness said
However, if everyone only has interests in mind, regards laws and regulations as nothing, and only thinks of using violence to gain power, then the world will never be peaceful. And below, I am exploring a different path." Yu Qiuping pointed to the scroll.
The two words "judge" said righteously: "Formulate a brand-new set of laws to give judges and law enforcers the supreme status, and let a person like you, who is impartial and unselfish and ignorant of current affairs, serve as a judge. No matter how high the position is,
The powerful Yuqiu family warriors cannot rely on interests or threats to change the law. Even if I, the head of the Yuqiu family break the law, I will be judged by you! Establish authority for the law, everyone is equal before the law, and let everyone
Everyone abides by the law. When the Yuqiu family becomes more and more powerful, we can extend this system to the whole world. By then, everyone in the world will have to abide by the law, and there will no longer be any use of weapons in defiance of the law.
of people.”
After listening to Yu Qiuping's eloquent speech, Hatakeyama Takamasa seemed slightly moved, and asked in a low voice: "You want to say, let me serve as this judge, separate the judiciary, and have supreme authority, so as to ensure that no one can
Can escape justice."
"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded and said, "In the past, when those powerful people used weapons and attacked cities and territories, there was no law to restrain them. Because in the face of power, the law is useless. And my system is to let people
The law is not affected by strong power and can still be a fair trial. Isn't the cycle of chaos that Your Highness was worried about before, that the laws of the shogunate cannot restrain the powerful daimyo who are fighting for power? Your Highness strives to abide by the law and longs to go back to the past, but he never can. But if you follow the
This system of mine will establish a brand new legal system to ensure the independence and authority of the law. Even the head of the Yuqiu family will be subject to your investigation. If the law cannot restrain everyone, then the prosperous age you expect will not be achieved.
Coming?"
"That's true, but you only made such a promise to seek the help of the Hatakeyama family in order to fight against the Miyoshi family." Hatakeyama Takamasa snorted disdainfully. "When you defeat the Miyoshi family and gain power,
I don’t believe you will still put legislative and judicial power in the hands of businessmen and me, and the law will still be interfered with by force."
"In other words, if I can provide a system to ensure that I will not infringe on the power of Congress and the courts, will you be willing to cooperate with us?" Yu Qiuping raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
"Let's talk about it first." Hatakeyama Takamasa did not make a promise easily, but sneered and whispered.
Chapter completed!