It was when a round of Zhu Jishi fever in Europe and the visit of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty to Russia. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Yingtian, is still living at his own pace. And without much consideration of the subtle mentality of the Europeans. Zhu Jishi still lived in the Hot Spring Palace for a long time, and did not return to his imperial city in Nanjing. The Imperial City Public School and the Constituent Assembly were even moved to the hot springs town. It seems that he doesn't like the city of goodness that the air is getting worse and worse.

Pan Zuyin, the prefect of Yingtianfu and the prime minister of the Jishi Youth Party, can only brave the scorching heat of August to travel back and forth between Nanjing City and Hot Spring Town. He negotiated a series of key bills with Zuo Zongtang, the left minister of the cabinet, Zhu Jishi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Peng, Tang Qiwen, and others -- although this is an election year, the parliamentary politics of the Ming Dynasty have not stopped. The legislative work of a series of important laws such as the Farm Promotion Law, the Monetary Reform Law, the Daming Royal Banking Law, and the Daming Bank Law is still being pushed forward at a rapid pace. After more than ten years of exhibition, the constitutional system of the Ming Dynasty seems to have matured a little, and the administrative affairs are all law-based, and they are no longer promoted by Zhu Jishi's edicts. The advantages of this are obvious, and various laws and regulations have been demonstrated and revised many times when they are introduced, and they have become relatively strict and easy to implement. And all sides have also reached a compromise, and there will be no more mutual constraints. If there is anything to be desired, it is undoubtedly a waste of time. However, the current Ming Empire has passed the initial period, and there is no longer a need to race against time.

When Pan Zuyin, who was sweating profusely, walked into Emperor Zhu's imperial study, he saw that there were already several people sitting in the imperial study, including Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang, Liu Peng, Lin Gongshu, Tang Qiwen, and a representative of the Japanese court. One of Emperor Zhu's many fathers-in-law. The current Japanese finance minister, Hachiro Mitsui, has arrived. Oh. This Mitsui Hachiro Uemon did not change to a Han surname, but still used the time-honored name of the Mitsui family. It's not that he doesn't want to enter China, but Mitsui's name is already a famous brand in Japanese shopping malls, and it's not easy to change. In fact, not many of the samurai class in Japan have changed their surnames (Miao characters), and for their somewhat inherited families, Miao characters are a symbol of family honor. How can you change it casually?

Unless Emperor Zhu gave the country surname or some other Miao character with special symbolic meaning. However, in the past, civilians who did not have surnames and Miao characters were very happy to find their favorite Han surname from "Hundred Family Names".

"Pan Qing, you're just in time." Zhu Jishi beckoned to Pan Zuyin, who was bowing. Let him sit down in a chair. "Hachiro Uemon, on behalf of the Royal Government of Japan, gave us some comments regarding the Farm Promotion Act and land vouchers. They hope that the Farm Promotion Act will be applied to Japan, so that Japan's agriculture can be transformed to build hundreds of thousands of 100-acre family farms. ”

Japan is a mountainous island country with a small amount of arable land. Even if the opening of Ezo Island has achieved some results, the arable land in the country is less than 6ooo million acres. And the vast majority of them are concentrated in the hands of the 3oo daimyo and the king's family. This also gives another layer of significance to Japan's 100-acre farm plan -- a large amount of capital deposited on land will be concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy families, which is tantamount to creating a large number of big capitalists, and is likely to accelerate the process of industrialization in Japan. Of course, industrialization driven by capitalists is not the same as industrialization driven by the state. The former first considers whether it can be profitable, while the latter has to consider many issues comprehensively. For example, the improvement of national strength.

Although Pan Zuyin was only a prefect, the party he led soon became a major party with an overwhelming majority in the Constituent Assembly. On the vital issues of the state. Zhu Jishi will consult with him.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is feasible." Pan Zuyin replied without thinking, this is actually a very small thing, the Kingdom of Japan and the Ming Dynasty are one, and the amount of cultivated land they have is small, less than 2o times the land of the Ming and Han Dynasty, even if they join the 100-acre farm plan, there is nothing.

"In addition, the Royal Government of Japan has a question." Zhu Jishi was silent for a while, and said, "Japan intends to follow the example of the Ming Dynasty to carry out constitutional reforms, and use the tax amount as the basis for voting. At the same time, I also wanted the Kingdom of Japan to have a representative seat in the Constituent Assembly of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Should Japan have a representative seat in the Constituent Assembly of the Ming Dynasty? Pan Zuyin was stunned, Japan is not a province of the Ming Dynasty, it is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty! Moreover, the Kingdom of Japan did not pay taxes to the Ming court, so how could it be represented in the Constituent Assembly?

"In the past two years, the finances of the Kingdom of Japan have improved a lot, and in another four years it will be able to pay tribute to the Ming court." Zhu Jishi said lightly, "Therefore, I plan to let the Kingdom of Japan have a few seats in the Constituent Assembly in accordance with the principle of 'paying more taxes and representing more'. ”

Pan Zuyin knows what these seats mean. At present, the colonies of the Western powers are not represented in their parliaments, and having a representative is equivalent to gaining a status equivalent to that of the native provinces. This should be the emperor's move to further integrate the Japanese kingdom, no, it should be a move to integrate the Great Chinese Empire!

Li Hongzhang, who served as the vice premier of the Donglin Party, spoke at this time: "In addition to Japan, the Kingdom of Siam, the Kingdom of the Ryukyus, the Kingdom of Beihua (renamed the Kingdom of Alaska), the Kingdom of Xihua and the Kingdom of Korea will also begin to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in four years, and the emperor also wants them to have the right to represent in the Constituent Assembly." In this regard, our Donglin Party fully supports it. ”

"Of course, Al-Shabaab also supports it." Pan Zuyin also hurriedly expressed his position. In his heart, he was thinking about the pros and cons of these six vassal states joining the Constituent Assembly for Al-Shabaab. There are quite a few Jiseki students in Japan, and almost all of their professors at Keikdai and Gakushuin are from Jeseki University, and the Shabaab should lay out the kingdom of Japan as soon as possible. North Korea is a bit conservative and is estimated to be the territory of the Donglin Party. The current plate of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Beihua Kingdom is still small, at most a symbolic seat, and there is nothing to fight for. And the Kingdom of Siam...... It should be the focus of the bipartisan contention.

"In that case, when this year's general election is over, the Constituent Assembly will enact a bill on the representation of the Ming feudal state." Zhu Jishi smiled and touched his beard, "Japan, Siam, Korea, Ryukyu, Xihua and Beihua are all my Chinese races, which are originally one, and they are not separated from each other, and they are different from the Western Qing Dynasty and the Taiping Kingdom." ”

It was his stated policy to integrate the Ming Empire and its vassal states into the Great Chinese Empire. The question of the representation of the vassal states in the Constituent Assembly was naturally a key point of integration...... If the vassal states were not represented, they would be de facto colonies, and sooner or later they would be centrifuged. After having the right to represent, the political parties of the Ming Empire would naturally set up branches in each vassal state, and after a few decades, it would naturally merge with the local political forces of the vassal state. The unity of the Great Chinese Empire is a little more guaranteed.

"As for the Western Qing Dynasty and the Taiping ......" Zhu Jishi frowned slightly, these two countries are indeed different, they are not countries of the Chinese race, but countries of colonial rule of the Chinese race. Now it's Xia Jun Yimin, and we have to see if he can turn Hu into Han in the end. After all, it is very difficult for believers in the True God Religion there to assimilate.

He was silent for a moment, and his face suddenly became solemn: "There is one more important thing to tell you. "This is Mitsui Hachiro Uemon subconsciously wants to stand up.

Zhu Jishi waved his hand at him, "Sit down and listen together." It is the news of the Taiping Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan is already terminally ill, and I am afraid that he will die soon. His son Hong Tianguifu is young, and it may be difficult to suppress the disobedient. Therefore, Hong Xiuquan has already entrusted me with Gu through Concubine Hong, and hopes that I will canonize Hong Tianguifu as the king of Taiping after a hundred years...... This Hong Xiuquan is only four years older than me, and I didn't expect to return to the west. Speaking of this, he seemed to be a little emotional, and sighed again, "I have thought about it and decided to agree to Hong Xiuquan's request to make the Taiping Kingdom officially my Ming Domain." Moreover, I also intend to send prison states to the Taiping Kingdom to help them establish a constitutional government, so that it will become a progressive and civilized state like the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued!)