Since its establishment, the Parliament of the Ming Empire finally played its due role. From late November to the end of December, the Parliament held "constitutional revision meetings" to amend the imperial constitution and formulate an "Election Law of the Ming Empire" to provide the basis for the Ming Dynasty.
Make legal preparations during the election period. Members of Parliament had heated discussions, quarreled fiercely, blushed, and almost staged a "full force" over some of the most basic issues.
For example, should people in the northern provinces also have the right to vote and be elected? Should women have the right to vote and be elected? Do the Malay indigenous people of Sumatra have the right to vote and be elected? Two Xinjiang, Uzbekistan, Siberia and
Do those "foreign citizens" in the new territories of Central Asia have the right to vote and be elected? Do members of the royal family (including clan members and relatives) have the right to vote and be elected? Do the bannermen and nobles of the former Qing Dynasty have the right to vote and be elected?
For another example, at what age should the voters of the Ming Dynasty be set? Should the terms of the cabinet and the chief ministers be stipulated? Should there be a limit on a single political donation to prevent consortiums from manipulating elections? If so, how much should it be stipulated? Also, "
Many related crimes will also be added to the "Penalty", such as fraud, vote-buying, illegal donations, etc. How to define them? How to sentence them? etc...
Also, most members of the parliament agree that the governors and parliaments of each province are not appointed by the central government, but elected by the people of each province. In other words, in addition to the "Imperial Parliament" in the Ming Dynasty, each province also has "provincial parliaments". When it comes to national defense,
Affairs such as foreign affairs, finance, and national security are legislated by the Imperial Parliament and implemented by the cabinet government. Issues involving people's livelihood such as finance, taxation, education, and medical care in various places are legislated by the provincial councils and implemented by the provincial governments.
In this way, "federalism" is basically determined as the basic tone of the future empire. This can not only avoid the disadvantages caused by excessive concentration of power, but also ensure that this is a strong unified country. From the perspective of the people, it can
Enjoy the happiness of a small country with few people, and from a national perspective, it has the power of a centralized empire.
Men are all political animals. Xiang Xiaoqiang was very enthusiastic at first. He read the newspaper every day, listened to the radio, and sent people to the parliament to observe and report the latest developments to him at any time. But as the MPs day after day,
After arguing endlessly, Xiang Xiaoqiang finally lost patience. He planned to take advantage of the fact that the relevant laws had not yet been formulated and play politics first. God knows whether the new laws would prohibit members of the royal family from participating in these things.
There are now three largest "parties" in the Ming Dynasty: the first is the "Donglin Party"; the second is the "Basic People's Party", generally referred to as the "Christian Democratic Party"; and the third is the "Democratic Constitutional Party"
”, referred to as the “Democratic Constitution Party”.
When Xiang Xiaoqiang heard the name "Christian Democratic Party" for the first time, he screamed out on the spot. Moreover, the party's emblem had a big word "Christian" printed on it. Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't even know that if they knew about future generations
What does "gai" mean? Do you want to kill yourself with a piece of tofu?
The Donglin Party and the Democratic Constitutional Party can be said to be both "elite parties." The Donglin Party is the oldest, most traditional, and most orthodox political class in the Ming Dynasty. It represents the ideas and interests of literati, intellectuals, and old-school aristocrats.
The Ming Dynasty has deep roots and strong power. The Democratic Constitutional Party emerged in the second half of the 19th century, mainly represented by the emerging bourgeoisie, or the "industrial and commercial capitalist class". As the Ming Dynasty moved toward reform and democratic constitutionalism, it emerged
played a key role.
During the previous two generations of Emperor Ming Dynasty when they implemented reforms, they had used and supported this "democratic constitutional faction" to check and balance the conservative "Donglin faction" in the court. Later in the twentieth century, these two political forces
They all gradually evolved into political parties. However, with the continuous opening up of the Ming Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrat class, the aristocratic class, and the industrial and commercial class were constantly integrated, and gradually it became that you will eventually have me, and I will have you, and it is no longer so clear-cut.
For example, Zheng Gongyin is both an aristocrat and an industrial and commercial owner. He owns the "Zheng Family Group" and is one of the largest industrial and commercial owners in the country.
The Basic People's Party emerged as late as the beginning of the 20th century. It is a grassroots party, a civilian party that mainly relies on the people at the lower levels. It advocates imposing heavy taxes on the rich, tax exemptions for the poor, and improving welfare.
The speeches of political leaders are also simple and radical, which can cater to the tastes of the lower class people. Although the supporters of this party are all poor, they are not poorer than the previous two parties. It is not like the Donglin Party and the Democratic Constitution Party, which often receive
For large private donations, it mainly relies on "retail investors". The donations received are only a few cents, a few cents, or at most a few yuan. But the amount is extremely large.
Moreover, the Christian Democratic Party controls more than 50% of the country's trade unions and often organizes workers to go on strike to fight for rights, raise wages, etc. For this reason, the Democratic Constitution Party and the Donglin Party hate it very much.
Now, two people in Xiang Xiaoqiang's family have developed a strong interest in politics, one is Shang Xiaojun and the other is Qiu Huhu. Both of them want to run for Nanjing City Council members and become addicted to politics.
Both Shang Xiaojun and Qiu Laohu belong to the same constituency, and this constituency has a relatively small population. According to the proportion, only four seats are allocated. However, now more than a dozen "good people" have come forward and plan to compete for these four seats.
The competition is very fierce. Both Shang Xiaojun and Qiu Huhu are Xiang Xiaoqiang's family members, so the possibility of occupying two seats at the same time is almost non-existent. Therefore, either neither of them can be selected, or they can only choose one.
In terms of political affiliation, Shang Xiaojun belongs to the Donglin Party, while Qiu Laohu has great influence in the local trade union and belongs to the Christian Democratic Party. The two of them also happen to belong to "hostile political parties" respectively. Now it's really exciting, Xiang Xiaoqiang
Naturally, he had a headache, but besides the headache, he also felt a kind of excitement that he had never experienced before. He seriously warned Qiu Qiu and Xiu Xiu respectively to stay out of this matter and not to affect the stability and unity of the family because of their elders' affairs, let alone to deal with them.
He blows the pillow.
Xiang Xiaoqiang knows that in terms of knowledge, conversation, brains, and political level, Qiu Huhu is far from Shang Xiaojun's opponent. But Qiu Huhu is powerful. As a gang boss, he has many brothers. If they all vote for him, then Qiu Huhu will vote for him.
Thousands of stable "iron tickets" alone can be mobilized in Nanjing. In addition, gangs and labor unions generally use each other, and Qiu Laohu still has great prestige among the local labor unions. The labor unions have successfully struck many times.
To deal with the boss, he relied on his power. Therefore, Qiu Huhu was definitely able to get a large number of workers' votes.
In a mature democratic society, Shang Xiaojun is simply the most ideal candidate. With a little move of his fingers, he can kick out a vulgar black boss like Qiu Huhu. But in the early days of every democratic country, it is inevitable that it will go through a crisis.
In the stage of "black money politics" and "gangster election", Qiu Huhu took advantage of this and became a strong opponent.
Moreover, Qiu Laohu is very rich, so campaign funds are not a problem. But Shang Xiaojun has little money. Her in-laws, the chairman of Ming Ford, Brad Deli, are very rich, but Deli intends to support another candidate, that person is the Democratic People's Republic of China.
The Constitution Party was in line with Badley's wishes. Badley neither supported Shang Xiaojun, a woman, nor the Donglin Party. Therefore, Shang Xiaojun could only rely on Xiang Xiaoqiang for funding.
Of course Xiang Xiaoqiang also wanted to help, because he really felt that Qiu Laohu was not that good, and Shang Xiaojun was more suitable. But Qiu Laohu was really hot and energetic. He called and asked Xiang Xiaoqiang to come over for dinner every day.
Hu Xiaoqiang asked Xiang Xiaoqiang to give him this face. His most popular reason is that Shang Xiaojun is a woman, and women who interfere in politics will always mess up the country. And look at the world today, which country has this
Congresswoman’s?
Xiang Xiaoqiang has nothing to say about this. No matter how vulgar and classless Qiu Huhu is, he has an advantage that Shang Xiaojun cannot match - gender. Yes. Looking at the world today, which country has female politicians?
Even in the Ming Dynasty, there were more women than men. There has always been a tradition of women participating in social affairs, but it was limited to the middle and lower levels! Congressman, this is an absolute "politician", a "high-level" person who actually participates in political affairs.
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At this time, the Imperial Parliament was still quarreling about whether women had the right to vote and be elected. However, it was generally believed that the "right to vote" was not a big deal, but the "right to be elected" was difficult to say. "Female politicians" are indeed important to this era.
It's too avant-garde. However, there is a powerful force in Ming Dynasty that supports women's candidacy, that is, a group of middle- and upper-class women with Queen Zhu Yourong as their "spiritual leader." Many of them hold real power and have huge power and influence.
Those at the upper level are like Zhu Yourong himself, such as Shi Shigege, such as Xiu Xiu, and those at the middle level are like Jiang Meilu, such as Wei Zijin, etc. Except for Zhu Yourong, it can be said that all of these women have political desires and are extremely eager to realize their female aspirations.
Elected. Their influence is like an undercurrent, looming in the parliament.
It just so happened that Xiang Xiaoqiang just took Zheng Yucong to the Yanping Palace for dinner a few days ago. When he came, he brought back the money he won - 5 million US dollars won on the "Soviet Gambling Board" in Las Vegas, which was exchanged for Mingyang Queen
It was 7.15 million. Xiang Xiaoqiang took out 1 million and put it with Shang Xiaojun, letting her use it as she pleased, and told the public that it was sponsored by Princess Liaoyang.
In this era, 1 million mingyang is more than enough to run for president, let alone a city council member. Shang Xiaojun was grateful, and Xiu Xiu was even more moved. Qiu Qiu was not interested in politics, and she also felt that her father was so virtuous.
, it was really inappropriate to run for parliament, and she also felt that Aunt Shang was much more suitable than her father, so she secretly followed Xiuxiu to help Shang Xiaojun's "campaign team" without telling her father, and she was very happy.
With huge financial support, the campaign team is in operation. It compiles speeches, organizes publicity, buys space from newspapers, buys time slots from broadcasters, hires detectives to spy on Qiu Laohu's situation, and hires writers to dig up dirt on Qiu Laohu.
Breaking the news.
Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that his family would not be able to live in peace for at least a few months. Therefore, he began to persuade Zhu Yourong to go out for a visit. The governments of Russia and the three Central Asian countries had previously sent invitations, but the war against the Soviet Union was not over yet.
, Zhu Yourong just didn’t go. Now that the war is over, it’s time for the Queen to pay a personal visit to these new hardcore allies.
Xiang Xiaoqiang planned to go out with Zhu Yourong to "hide" for a while and leave them alone at home.