Chapter 230 Constitutional Adjustment

The Imperial Consultative Conference House, under the tall front steps, stood one reporter after another from various newspapers. The reporters looked ahead. Today is the opening of the House of Lords, and the reason why they came here was not only to report on the opening of the House of the House of Lords, but more importantly, they knew that today was a big day.

Although the House of Lords opens every month, except for the time when the House of Lords was established, His Majesty came here, the other opening houses said that only the 332 members of the House of Lords are here to discuss the proposal submitted by the Consultative House. What kind of day will it be today? No one knows. However, despite this, many reporters are still keenly aware that something unusual will definitely happen today, and some newspapers are even ready to issue "extra". As soon as you get the news of the House of Lords, it will be sent out as soon as possible.

Although the imperial aristocratic academy, although it also hangs the name of "noble", it is different from the hereditary aristocratic aristocracy of "noble" in other countries, most of the aristocratic aristocratic aristocratic in China made certain contributions during the period during the restoration period. After the founding of the empire, it was canonized by His Majesty as a hereditary nobleman, so there was a "meritable". His Majesty canonized a total of 783 hereditary nobles and lifelong nobles. After the opening of the aristocracy, according to the principle of the aristocracy, except for the hereditary, lifelong aristocracy and hereditary and lifelong aristocracy who hold real positions in the political axe institution, there are only 246 members in the aristocracy. Unlike the "mixed fish and dragon" of the councilors in the consultative house, more than 90% of the House of Lords are restored ministers. They can be said to be your Majesty's most loyal ministers.

At the beginning of the establishment of the House of Lords, little attention was paid to, but after Yang Du and others set off a national style debate in the newspaper, the House of Lords, which had only 246 members, was put on the forefront of the storm. On the one hand, although the House of Lords laid the way for the future Congress, on the other hand, the establishment of the House of Lords It also paves the way for the imperial constitution.

"Today is a big day!"

The reporters under the steps occasionally looked up at the steps. On the steps, several military policemen in military uniforms walked back and forth. Today, the House of Lords implemented closed discussions, and any idle people are prohibited from entering, because except for the members and staff of both houses, no one is allowed to enter.

"Today will be the end of civil rights!"

Another person said with emotion, but his words immediately attracted a burst of criticism.

"It's not necessarily true. What is the depletion of civil rights? In my opinion, why is it impossible to establish the Constitution? There are several people in the consultative house who understand the law, and several people can participate in the constitution-making. Now the constitution is more convenient, just like, um, your majesty's law, it's not..."

"That's different. Criminal law is criminal law! Xian..."

"The Constitution is also the law!"

"But that's the fundamental method!"

"Because it's a fundamental law, it can't be messed up!"

In the debate, there was a voice echoing in the House of Lords, but it was quiet.

"I have been elected by hundreds of millions of people to be the emperor of the Chinese Empire, leading our country to carry out unprecedented changes. I swear to the gods of heaven and earth that the country is the right and establish the way of the protection of the people. I hope that all ministers will also be here, ... I, according to my own state, now widely refer to overseas countries to become laws to establish the national constitution. Therefore, I now order you to wait for the creation of the draft.

When the herdator read the edict, in the long live voice of the legislators, Chen Moran, who stood up, just looked at these people who were canonized as nobles by himself. In China, the aristocracy is only a title. The political axe does not need to bear any expenses. The aristocracy is more of a title, which is this Some "high-class" tools, and after the establishment of the aristocracy, these people can be said to be grateful to themselves. Will they refuse to establish the constitution?

No!

They will be the most powerful supporters of the imperial constitution, because the imperial constitution fixes the aristocracy in the form of a constitution. Although the aristocracy only provides carriage and horse fees, these are opportunities for these honorable "hereditary nobles" to participate in politics.

They will support it, but what about another group of people?

Looking at the senators who shouted long live, Chen Moran frowned slightly. Since Yang Du published the article, people have launched a constitutional debate in the newspapers to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the civil constitution and the imperial constitution. However, with his own support and the promotion of various political axe departments, the imperial constitution has prevailed from the beginning.

But this has the upper hand... "Since Your Majesty affirmed the preparation of the constitution of the Consultative House, there has been a free civil rights movement in China. There have been endless folk versions of the draft constitution in various places, and people from all walks of life have launched a heated discussion on various private constitutions... Therefore, in order to suppress the speech and political movements of the people, politics Axe should promulgate the Defamation Ordinance and the Newsprint Ordinance, and completely prohibit them from making dissatisfied remarks. ... If it really doesn't work, they can issue the Assembly Ordinance and the Security Ordinance..."

Zhang Feng's suggestion once again came to his mind, but thinking of the hidden things behind the "regulations that do not need to be reviewed by the Consultative Council, can be implemented only by the imperial cabinet and printed by your majesty", Chen Moran still couldn't help frowning slightly.

"I hope..."

With a sigh, Chen Moran turned his eyes to these senators who shouted Long live. At least there were still people who supported him, and it was inevitable that there would be opposition to everything! And these objections are a necessity for things to move forward!

The government office building of the palace, as in the past, in the meeting of the government office building, Chen Moran sat behind the table on the flat steps, and the cabinet members sitting on both sides of the long table in front of him. Prime Minister Zhang Zhidong, Minister of Finance Guan Mingtang, Minister of Justice Zhang Feng, Minister of Foreign Affairs Liang Dunyan, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Science and Technology, Liang Shiyi, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Liu Nengxian, and Song Jiaoren, Minister of Internal Affairs transferred from the Governor of Hunan Province.

Everyone sat down in normal order. At this time, most of the space was occupied by a stack of documents on the table, and the small table in front of Chen Moran was also full of documents. The meeting had been held for half an hour, and the core of the meeting was still the "imperial constitution".

"Song Qing, what's the situation?"

Turning his eyes to Song Jiaoren, Chen Moran smiled. When he chose the Minister of Internal Affairs, he really hesitated for a long time. Song Jiaoren was his own person and the father of Guangfu, but after Guangfu, the two had some differences in philosophy. He was half a republican, but now he is a constitutionalist. Pie.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs seems to be inconspicuous. It can only be regarded as half a powerful organ. The Ministry of Internal Affairs controls the national police, but the Chinese police are responsible for the provinces. The only Imperial Investigation Bureau with national law enforcement power is the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for the management of the national "labor camp", but its management function is the Military Police Department of the Army Department. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is jointly managed with it, which is why the Ministry of Internal Affairs is easy to be ignored.

But in fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is one of the most important departments in the cabinet. Perhaps the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not have its own strong agency, but the offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in various provinces of the country can collect first-hand information about the situation in various places, when the constitutional dispute arises. Wait, the Ministry of Internal Affairs needs at least one person who "speaks the truth" to be responsible.

Because of this, I finally chose Song Jiaoren as the Minister of Internal Affairs. "Your Majesty, since the establishment of the Constitutional Adjustment Bureau of the House of Lords in accordance with the Ordering the House of Nobles to Draft the National Constitution, there have been a total of 163 demonstrations across the country in one month, with more than 67,000 participants, most of whom were young people. There are three school strikes across the country..."

At the time of the report, Song Jiaoren couldn't help sighing. He, who believed in the establishment of the constitution, never thought that there were only a few people who opposed the "imperial constitution". Originally, he thought... "However, according to the current situation, I believe that although most people do not oppose the imperial constitution, among young people, especially Among the students, there are a large number of opposition forces. They are likely to wait and see and wait for the proposal of the draft Constitution. If the Constitution is different from what they think, I'm afraid it will cause a [***] demonstration..."

When Song Jiaoren reported the changes in the domestic situation, Chen Moran just listened quietly.

"In order to ensure the adoption of the "imperial constitution", I hope that your majesty can make an order to ask President Zhang to consider the content of the private constitution, at least to learn from some provisions or spirit of the private constitution, so as to calm down part of the opposition!"

Compared with other cabinet members, Song Jiaoren prefers those private constitutions. In his opinion, perhaps those private constitutions have some shortcomings, but at least they generally represent part of the public opinion, and also express the people's expectations for the constitution. "After all, what they expect is a fair and surviveable life. The Constitution"

At this time, Zhang Feng just took a sip of tea and looked up at Song Jiaoren.

"Mr. Song, is it possible that the draft constitution jointly presided over by the House of Lords, the Cabinet and the judicial and legal departments violates public opinion? Isn't it a fair and just constitution that can survive forever?

His rhetorical question only made Song Jiaoren dumb. Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake, offending the House of Lords, the cabinet, the judiciary, the law and other departments and individuals involved in the constitution-making. When Zhang Feng said this, everyone immediately nodded and said yes. In the eyes of many people, Song Jiaoren was an alien in the cabinet.

Zhang Feng, who was unreasonable, immediately interrupted Song Jiaoren when he wanted to explain.

"Ain addition, after the Constitution Submission Bureau proposes the constitution, it will be handed over to Your Majesty and the Cabinet, that is, our articles for review. Only when we have no opinions can we submit it to the Constitutional Drafting Committee of the House of Lords. After the publication and evaluation of the House of the House of Lords, it will be submitted to Your Majesty and finally promulgated to the whole country. Is it your majesty? , the House of Lords and the Cabinet, don't they all make a universal constitution?

"That's right, it's too arbitrary for President Song to say so!"

Liu Nengxian said half-heartedly that although he is the most famous "minister regardless" in the cabinet, he naturally wants to suppress the aliens in this cabinet. After all, the cabinet is a big whole.

Seeing that everyone focused on Song Jiaoren, Chen Moran sighed in his heart, looked at Song Jiaoren, and coughed softly.

"Zhang Qing, I heard that the transfer bureau has formulated a draft, right?"

(to be continued)