In early winter, a trace of damp cold unique to the southern weather can penetrate directly into people's bones. All eyes of the country are on Beijing and on the second cabinet, because they have only two months left in their term!

But in fact, as the second term of the Cabinet approaches, this is not the only major national event. It was also at this time that the first term of parliament began.

Twenty or thirty years later, Chinese people will not believe that the change of the Huanghuang Congress is so quiet. Even Liu Xian was a little disappointed with the reaction of the major media across the country - he was stunned that he didn't see a front-page headline about Congress. The second and third editions can be seen.

All eyes of the country are on the cabinet change. And by next month, each of the five candidates who have already been selected will need to write a program for the next five years if he can become the first assistant to the cabinet, and publish it in the "Huaxia Daily."

When they are examined by the National Assembly, they must first announce their program in the National Assembly in order to win the approval of the National Assembly.

At present, there are more than 500 deputies to China's National Assembly, and the number of deputies is determined by the population and economy of the provinces. For example, Guangxi and Shanxi provinces have no more population than Shaanxi, but their economies are more developed than Shaanxi, and the number of legislators in the two provinces is greater than that of Shaanxi, and the number of legislators in Guangxi is even higher than that of Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hebei, and Hubei. Henan, Sichuan, and Shandong, the three most populous provinces, have not yet taken off rapidly in the past, but they rely on the population base. It is also among the first-tier provinces.

In the four provinces of Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia and Northeast China, the number of parliamentarians in these provinces is much smaller. Not even more than half of the first-tier provinces!

At the same time, in China during this period, the 'regional' differences between provinces were very large. The Congress has only just been in session, and there are contradictions among the various governments within themselves, and it is simply impossible to form a two-party base in the Cabinet and the Congress.

It was with this aspect of the problem in mind at the beginning that Liu Xian did not give much power to the first Congress. If this kind of scattered Congress has too many powers, it will only make them feel infighting. This is not the whole reason why Liu Xian did not give power, but it is definitely one of the most important reasons. It's just that Liu Xian didn't expect that the influence of the National Assembly would be so much smaller than that of the cabinet. I used this session of Congress as a rubber stamp. The common people also look at the Congress as an empty shelf. Sure enough, the eyes of the group are bright!

In Changshu's Tieqin Tongjianlou Book Club, a dignified old master was quietly looking at the book in his hand. There was a small stove beside him, which emitted heat, and on the stove was a pot of tea, fragrant and fragrant, floating in the room where he was reading. But I couldn't smell a trace of fireworks.

Tieqin Bronze Sword Building was originally known as Tianyu Zhai, in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1874), it was renamed "Dunyutang" because of avoiding the suspicion of Emperor Guangxu Zai Tian.

After the change of dynasty. The owner of the Tieqin Bronze Sword Building, the big landlord Qu family in Changshu, did not change the name of the building back, after all, the Qu family is a scholar. There is the nobility and backbone of a scholar.

As soon as the Qing Dynasty fell, they began to change their life cards, which was too inflammatory. The Qu family can't pull this face!

The Qu family only then converted the Iron Qin and Bronze Sword Building into a library. Many engraved editions are placed in the front hall and are open to the public. The iron piano and bronze sword building of his house is known as one of the four major private library buildings in the Qing Dynasty. The collection of books. It can be traced back to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, through Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu generations. Passed on to the present. Among them, the Song, Yuan, and Ming books and the old banknotes are innumerable and all-encompassing.

The head of the Qu family is this handsome old master - Qu Bingyuan.

Now Qu Bingqing and Qu Qijia's uncles and nephews of the Qu family are officials in other places, and the Qu family's family business has gradually shifted from land to the textile industry, and they have gained a lot over the years. Therefore, the Qu family is one of the few families in Changshu that has undergone a change of dynasty and is still rich and prosperous. He is a hardcore ally of the Weng clan!

Now the Weng family is the representative of Changshu in the officialdom, Weng Tongyi has sat in the position of vice president of the Supervision Yuan, and also serves as the deputy director of the Supervision Yuan, and is also the second real power of the second leader in the entire Supervision Yuan.

Qu Bingqing, Qu Qijia's uncle and nephew of the Qu family, are now obedient and obedient, and they are mostly taken care of by Weng Tongyi.

The elegant place of the Iron Qin and Bronze Sword Tower has also become a place for the members of the Weng family to gather and deliberate. Because the flow of people here is large, it is not eye-catching. It is mainly an elegant place, even if it is slandered by others, it can be pushed down and said to be a literati gathering.

However, there is no gathering in the study building today, and although there are as many people coming and going downstairs and the front building, no one will make a loud noise here. Qu Bingyuan's house couldn't hear a little noise, and the surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of tea turning flowers and spitting on the stove could be heard, which was really quiet and leisurely.

The old master, who was reading a book, suddenly put down the scroll in his hand, listened attentively, and heard the creaking sound of footsteps on the stairs. "Oh, is it Mr. Nakabuchi? How are you feeling lately? ”

When the old master saw the comer, he immediately stood up. This is not because the Qu family relies on the Weng family in the officialdom, but because it shows respect for the person in front of them.

It is often said that the Weng family is a four-jinshi and a three-governor of one family; Father and son scholars, father and son scholars, father and son emperors, father and son grandsons. The last of these three champions is Weng Zengyuan Weng Zhongyuan, who is not famous in history. He is the second son of Weng Tongshu, Xianfeng was gifted by the supervisor in the sixth year of Xianfeng, and the champion in the second year of Tongzhi. It's a pity that the health is not good. After the change of dynasty, people have completely weakened the heart of officialdom and returned to the former residence of Changshu, good at painting flowers, and the township has a piece of paper as a treasure. [Zhang Zhidong is the flower exploration of Weng Zengyuan's family]

Weng Zengyuan was handsome and chic, with outstanding appearance, he was only in his twenties at the time, and after winning the champion, he was known as the "beautiful champion".

It is said that his resignation was not really due to poor health, but because of Cixi, who is now aging and vicissitudes of life in detention.

At that time, a few years after Xianfeng's death, Cixi summoned Weng Zengyuan alone. The two most famous sentences after Li Shangyin's "Untitled" asked him to pair the couplet. Use "Lingxi has a little heart" to show his heart. According to the rhythm of the poem, it will become "Caifeng flies without wings". "No body wings" is said to be disrespectful in front of the Queen Mother, and then think about it, Lingxi, have a heart; Caifeng, Shuangfei, what does this mean? Weng Zengyuan didn't dare to think about it, and knelt there like a chicken.

In the end, Weng Zengyuan retreated out of the hall with his waist down, and his back was already soaked with cold sweat. When he returned home, the next day there was news of Mei Zhuangyuan's sudden illness in Weng's mansion, and then Weng Zengyuan resigned. Cixi is gracious.

Of course, this is definitely a rumor. Although Weng Zengyuan was frail and sickly, he also fought in the officialdom for many years, and was compiled by the Hanlin Academy and the National History Museum.

Weng Zengyuan is four years younger than Weng Tongyi, and he is forty-four this year, and his appearance is still Confucian and gentle. Wearing a Hanfu, this Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed, and no one dared to wear a robe and a horse coat, even many people who said that they did not want to be a new dynasty did not dare to spread it out to find death. Therefore, these people all wore Hanfu, and soon liked the elegance of this kind of Eguanbo with long shirts and embroidery.

For these people, Hanfu has a sense of friendship with the ancients when worn on the body, and a charm is generated, which is really not comparable to the robe and horse coat!

Weng Zengyuan is a generation shorter than Qu Bingyuan, but when the two intersect, they do intersect on the same generation.

A champion title has given Weng Zengyuan a layer of glow that will never fade. Especially for those families who tend to be traditional. Although these people don't know what to do clearly, they are all scholarly eunuchs, and the emperor still knows the biggest truth. But their behavior has the flavor of 'Ah San Non-Resistance Movement'.

Weng Zengyuan came to Qu Bingyuan this time to discuss the matter of Changshu parliamentarians. Not long ago, a decree was issued from the top of the government that no part-time members should be allowed to exist except in exceptional circumstances. In other words, from now on, prefectural councillors are prefectural councillors, prefectural councillors are prefectural councillors, and provincial councillors and councillors are provincial councillors and councillors.

This regulation immediately had a very bad impact on the local rich and famous. Members of the Advisory Council, regardless of their level, are a set of faces and a valuable talisman. In the past, it was a part-time county councilor, a part-time city councilor, a part-time provincial councilor, and even a member of the National Assembly, and so on, but now such a regulation not only expands the quota substantially, but also allows some people to be unsure of which level they want to target! If you choose the wrong one, you will be a 'single'.

One of the most important changes is that the membership of councillors has been further reduced, and those who pay more than $10,000 a year can be eligible to participate. That's a really low standard.

Changshu belongs to Suzhou Prefecture, which has been a paradise since ancient times. In Liu Xian's previous life, the area around Taihu Lake was also one of the most prosperous areas in China. To find out the people who pay more than 10,000 yuan a year in the entire Changshu County, not to mention the most, there are one or two thousand people.

But how many councillors are from Changshu? There are only 50 county councilors, and the advisory bureau at the township level does not fall into Weng Zengyuan's eyes, he came to find Qu Bingyuan, talking about the prefectural level, the provincial level, and the level of the National Assembly, which is about to start the term of office, and even the county councilors only passed a sentence or two.

There are only ten provincial-level parliamentarians in Changshu County, three provincial-level councillors in Changshu County, and only four indicators for parliamentarians in Suzhou Prefecture. Changshu County needs to compete with other counties.

These are the key interests and faces of the Changshu gentry.

"I'm not sure. I'm really not sure! Weng Zengyuan looked sad. In the past, the gentry were able to become the foundation of the feudal dynasty and have a huge voice in the locality, not because the gentry read, but because the word 'gentry' was followed by the word 'gentry'! (To be continued......)