On December 18th, Shang Yi issued an order in Jiujiang to formally recognize the [Parliamentary Declaration] written by Huang Zongxi, and requested that the full text be published immediately on the front page of [China Times], and also explained in detail in [China Times]. The role of Congress was to publicize the great significance of establishing Congress to the whole country, and Shang Yi also decided that in a prominent position in the future Congress, the stone carved in the [Congressional Declaration] will last forever.
After the decree was passed on to Nanjing, the cabinet members finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the cabinet members expected to be recognized by Shang Yi Association [Parliamentary Declaration], Bi Jing had not received formal confirmation from Shang Yi, and no one dared to say it. It seems that the emperor is indeed wise, and this dispute can finally be calmed down because of the emperor's statement and will not develop into a party dispute. In the preparations for the parliament, Huang Zongxi and other members of the parliament were They all were happy and worshiped the heavens collectively, cheering: "The Emperor is wise."
The officials who provoked this matter were disappointed and felt bored. However, Shang Yi's decree only recognized the [Parliamentary Declaration], but did not mention the dispute, because it was correct The officials who had opposed the [Parliamentary Declaration] did not mention a word, as if the dispute did not exist at all.
This also made many officials feel a little confused and did not understand what Shang Yi meant, because if according to general common sense, Shang Yi agreed with the [Parliamentary Declaration], then he would suppress those opposing officials, but Shang Yi was once On the one hand, it recognized the [Parliamentary Declaration], and on the other hand, it ignored the opposition and ignored it, which also surprised it.
Only a few cabinet members knew that Shang Yi’s purpose in this way was that he did not want to expand the matter. On the one hand, the officials who opposed it were for whatever political purpose, but in form, they were in line with the imperial system. Shang Yi has always advocated that everyone has the power to express their own opinions according to normal procedures. If they suppress them because of this, it is obviously contrary to Shang Yi's original intention and also hit the public opinion that the empire is relatively able to speak freely. Environment. Moreover, once the court suppresses this group of officials, it will inevitably involve a large number of people and trigger a new round of disputes. After all, among the officials who support the [Parliamentary Declaration], many people are also breathing a sigh of relief. , after the emperor's decision was announced, a counterattack was launched immediately, and the struggle would escalate and expand, and the country would fall into internal friction. Therefore, Shang Yi's handling this is the best way.
In fact, Shang Yi’s initial idea was to replace all the officials who opposed the [Parliamentary Declaration], because Shang Yi believed that this group of people either had ulterior motives or had conservative thoughts and were useless.
But Ye Yaoying promptly dissuaded Shang Yi, believing that the empire has just been established and there should be no major fluctuations. A considerable number of officials do not understand Shang Yi's idea of founding the country, so it is normal to make mistakes in judgment. Just guide them slowly, and another official with other goals cannot become a big climate for the time being. As long as Shang Yi can clearly distinguish and not take that set, it will be. There is no need to suddenly If you replace a large number of officials, after all, a group of novices may not be as useful as this group of people.
Zi Linglong also believes that the empire should be based on stability at present, and this time, it is not time for a major shift change. Once this group of officials is really suppressed, maybe someone wants to take the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and take the opportunity
To eliminate dissidents and attempt to get to power, it is better to write down all these people first, and then slowly find someone to replace them, and gradually complete the replacement of officials.
After listening to the advice of the two, Shang Yi calmed down and knew that their persuasion made sense. Governing the country was different from fighting wars. You cannot act recklessly and act like a quick knife. You need patience and caution, and you cannot place hope.
To achieve success in one battle; politics is a complex thing, either to eliminate black or white, there are many intermediate colors in the middle, either to be right or wrong. In fact, there is no absolute difference between right and wrong in most colors.
It is the interests of various parties. Therefore, in addition to the issue of major principles, politics requires more compromises between each other. Doing the right thing and doing the right thing is equally important.
Take this matter as an example. Those who oppose the [Parliamentary Declaration] may not necessarily oppose the imperial system. They are more likely to not understand Shang Yi's ideas thoroughly. They are a continuation of Chinese traditions and require time to guide them.
People in [Parliamentary Declaration] may not necessarily have progressed their thoughts, and they are mixed with many who are interested in investing in the interests of Shangyi and conducting political speculation. Therefore, they must not label both parties simply right or wrong, good or bad.
Therefore, Ye Yaoyun and Zi Linglong's opinions are correct. At this time, the best way is to deal with it coldly. Just affirm the [Parliamentary Declaration] and show Shang Yi's attitude, but it is only for the matter, not for the people, not for both parties.
Conduct qualitativeness and try to ease the conflicts as much as possible, rather than urge the conflict between the two sides to further intensify, resulting in a party struggle. Of course, if anyone is not tactful at this time, it must be endless, then I am sorry, no matter which side, it must be
If he resolutely suppresses it, it means that his political career has come to an end.
Of course, Shang Yi also knew that although the courts in all dynasties tried to avoid party struggles, in fact, that dynasty could not completely eliminate party struggles. In the era before Shang Yi traveled, almost every country was under fierce party struggles.
Therefore, in a certain sense, the current democratic politics is essentially a party-competitive politics. However, since the legal system of various countries is relatively well established, political morality has also developed to a certain level, and the public opinion supervision mechanism is also relatively complete, so
Party struggles in various countries are basically carried out within certain rules. To put it bluntly, all countries have drawn a red line for party struggles, and political parties in various countries are consciously or unconsciously not to move this red line.
Therefore, for the current Chinese Empire, we should not do it to eliminate party struggles, but to gradually establish a relatively complete system, control party struggles within a reasonable range, and not to evolve into a fight for power and profit, and to ignore national interests.
, destroy each other and even affect the normal political operation of the country.
The most effective way to control party struggles is to Congress, that is, to provide a scope for both sides of the struggle. Within this scope, no matter how you break it up, but you must not exceed this scope. In this way, the struggle belongs to the struggle, administration belongs to administration, and politics
The impact of struggle on administration has been reduced to a minimum. Therefore, the establishment of Congress is also related to the future development process of the Chinese Empire.
On December 23, Shang Yi's team of troops returned to Nanjing. Wang Fuzhi and other cabinet members also led the officials to welcome Shang Yi and his party at the dock. After returning to the palace, Shang Yi also routinely called the crowd with formulas. The officials also accepted the greetings from the officials. The officials also seemed very harmonious. The battle a few days ago seemed to have not happened. After all, the battle did not start fully and was stopped by the extreme. He stayed there. Of course, Shang Yi had never spoken about this battle, and he didn't even mention it. After the king and his ministers said something clichéd to each other, Shang Yi also announced his resignation and let all the officials disperse.
Shang Yi then recruited cabinet members in Wenhua Hall to learn about what had happened in China in recent times.
Of course, this time, there are no mention of this struggle, because there are many state affairs, which are much more important than this struggle. It is already the end of the year, according to the system of the empire, the year-end summary of various departments, and the next year The annual plans will be issued, and the cabinet will also make government work reports for the past year, annual financial reports, and fiscal budgets for the second year. This is what Shang Yi attaches most importance to.
In fact, during this year, the empire has developed very well in all aspects. The most important thing is that it is reflected in the most important fiscal revenue. In the past year, the fiscal revenue reached 55,000. Seven and twenty-nine million silver dollars were split into silver, which was more than 55 million taels. The return also reached a new level.
This number does not exceed the national fiscal revenue during the heyday of the Ming Dynasty. It is the Qing court in another time and space. Even during the Qianlong period, when the country was the strongest, the annual fiscal revenue was only 65 million taels. There was around silver, and at that time China's population had reached nearly 400 million. Although the empire did not conduct a census, according to historical records and current situations in this time and space, China's population will never exceed 100 million. This means that if you count the per capita income, China is now more than three times that of the Qianlong period.
The fiscal revenue reached a new high, and the main pillar was still commercial tax. Not only foreign trade, but also after China's unification, China's domestic demand also expanded greatly. Therefore, domestic business volume is also expanding rapidly, which is also a further increase in fiscal revenue. The main reason.,
In addition, after the national reunification, the land area was further expanded, and the social economy in the south was greatly restored, and the source of annual tuition was further expanded, which is also an important reason for the increase in fiscal revenue.
In the past year, although China has completed national unity and conquered Mongolia, overall, the scale of the war has been greatly reduced. Therefore, it is also necessary to restore social production in various places as much as possible, but the national expenditure is still underway. This year's fiscal revenue has also decreased a lot, with the fiscal revenue reaching 92.37 million silver coins, and the revenue of the treasury has also increased further.
In fact, although the Chinese Empire fought every year, the living standards of the people did not decrease significantly, which was entirely because the Chinese Empire's fiscal revenue has always maintained a good momentum. In a sense, the Chinese Empire was able to defeat the Qing court and military This is one aspect, and financial resources are another key reason.
Moreover, as China strengthened its ties with European countries and established colonies in India, avoiding new trade routes to Europe, foreign economic and trade also expanded its territory; and after the national unity was completed in China, all parts of the country were After all the stability has been restored and social production has been on track, the source of annual taxes can be further expanded, so the empire's fiscal revenue still has broad room for improvement.q!~!
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