Chapter 41 Manifesto of the Political News Agency (October 7, 1907)

Today's China is in danger!The government is at the top, the great powers are at the outside, and the people are complaining at the bottom, like a tree in mid-air, covered with frost and snow, like a man who has been ill for a long time. all day long.Those with weak aspirations and deeds wait to do their best, those with simple minds and simple minds take risks, and the remaining one or two people who are sincere and determined are also wandering astray, unable to judge what is suitable.Asking China how to do it so that it can be avoided from perishing, few people in the country don't know why it is right.How difficult is it to solve this problem?Today's evil results are all the art of the government. If the government is reformed, the root of the evil will be uprooted and the evil fruit will be eliminated by taking the next step.Although, if the second question arises here, how can the government reform it?Said: Si is already in the country.Since the husband talks about reforming the government, it is clear that the current government cannot reform itself.Why?If we take the current government as the object to be transformed, we cannot at the same time regard it as the subject that can be transformed; if we make it the subject that can be transformed, there is no need for further transformation.Then who can transform it?Said: Only those who stand outside the current government can reform it.Who is standing outside the current government?One is called the monarch, and the other is called the citizen.And when he embarks on the cause of transformation, which of these two aspects is more powerful, it must be deeply investigated.Today's politicians are all aware of the urgency of reforming the government, but if they follow the order of the reform, they all want to lie to the monarch, but do not know how to take responsibility for the people.Therefore, there is a school of mind that hopes that the monarch will change his plans and reform with the people, and those who will take the current government and reform it with the British; or hope that one or two powerful officials will inspire the monarch and reform the current government.Although there are direct and indirect differences between these two speakers, their ultimate responsibility rests with the monarch.I think that those who have this kind of mentality have already greatly assassinated the spirit of reforming the government.Why?Those who reform the government are also said to change an irresponsible government into a responsible government.The so-called responsible government does not mean that it is responsible to the monarch, but that it is responsible to the people.If it is assumed that it is responsible to the monarch, then the government of China has been responsible to the monarch all the time since the history of China, and what is the transformation of An Yongfu?A husband who claims to be a monarch must wish to have a bad government but not a good government. There is absolutely no human kindness in the world.However, today's monarchs should not be far from our peers in their aspirations for a good government.However, if you can't get it, no matter what country's government, if there is no one in Japan to supervise it, you can't make it better.As for the government that is responsible to the monarch, there is only one monarch who supervises it, and the supervision of the monarch cannot be complete, so the government can only evade its responsibility every day in order to consolidate itself.Not only to escape, but also to shirk responsibility to the monarch, so that the monarch will suffer on his own behalf, and thank the people for it.The root cause of government corruption actually starts from this.Therefore, constitutional politics must be based on the principle that the monarch has no responsibility; the monarch is purely detached from the government, and then the government has no room for evasion of responsibility.Today's plan to reform the government and blame the monarchs for this matter first conflicts with this principle, and the result will be hopeless.But it is also obvious that this kind of psychology cannot be realized.At the same time, there is another faction that opposes it, saying that the corruption of the current government is actually protected by the current monarch, and that if the government is to be reformed, the overthrow of the monarchy must be the precursor.And this faction is divided into two small factions: one absolutely does not recognize the existence of a monarch, saying that it must be a republic, and then good government can take place; There is no skill to get a good government.Although this statement is opposed to those who hope that the monarch can reform the government, if they want to believe that whether the government can reform or not, the cardinal depends entirely on the monarch, and their fallacy is exactly the same as that.Husband absolutely does not recognize the monarch, saying that it must be a republic and then a good government can take place. If you question the status quo of Britain, Germany, and Japan, your argument will be established, so there is no need for further debate.As far as racial issues are mixed in, it cannot be explained without a word if it is said that under the current monarchy, there is no way to get a good government.A husband who is a monarch must not desire a bad government but not a good government. This is the constant feeling of human beings. I firmly say that this constant feeling does not make differences because of the same race and different races.Today's monarchs say that they want to maintain the throne forever, and I firmly believe it; they say that they will sit back and watch the people's misery for pleasure.Because my husband wants to maintain the throne, obtaining a good government is the only way to maintain the throne. I believe that he is eager to obtain a good government and will not let me.Unfortunately, the other party suffers from ignorance of the way to obtain a good government.A good husband's government must be the government of the people.To put it bluntly, it is to reduce a part of the monarchy politically and make it public to the people.Politically, reducing part of the monarchy's power and using it to the people as the monarch's plan will have a lot of benefits and no harm. The history of Europe, the United States, and Japan can indeed be a guarantee.However, human feelings are familiar with what they have learned, but they are horrified by what they have not experienced. Therefore, a monarch who has been used to autocracy for a long time, suddenly heard this meaning, and the emperor said that the general will be very harmful to himself. In response, the throne cannot be guaranteed, and then the husband is willing to surrender his heart.After falling in love with each other, seeing her husband's fate is the happiness she got, but it is more than before, and she still wants to resist with all her strength before, but she can't help laughing.Foresight is difficult to see through, but the authorities are easily confused, which is probably the case.Therefore, throughout the history of various countries, it is not heard that there is no movement of the people, but the government of the people can be established; it is also said that there is a movement of the people, but the government of the people cannot be established;At the beginning, there must be misconceptions, and in the end, this misconception cannot last for a long time. This is the same as the monarchs of the transitional era, and there is no difference because of the same race and different races.However, those who hold this school of mind only focus on racial issues, and put political issues as a later picture. If you sow melons, you will reap melons.From what follows, the same monarch, Gou Fei, was never willing to resolutely reform the government when the national movement was at its peak, so there is no need to rely on the monarch for this karma.From the previous statement, although the monarch is determined to reform the government, it must wait for the people, and then the reform can be expected, so the husband cannot rely on the monarch for this karma.I know that there is no plan to save the country other than reforming the government, and I know that the government cannot reform itself, and I know that the responsibility for reforming cannot be placed on the monarch, but whoever bears this arduous task is not the people but the people!My colleagues in the party, since they are members of the nation, do not dare to refuse to encourage them, and we would rather all who are members of the nation accept this responsibility and encourage each other.The reason why this political news agency happened is also.

Xi Zhe has a saying: The people always stand where they want to stand.Forgive me!All corrupt and non-progressive politics can survive in the country for a long time, and its citizens must be willing to accept corrupt and non-progressive politics, so that they can be at ease.No one knows that in a constitutional country, the government follows the will of the people.I thought that even though it was an autocratic country, its government followed the will of the people.Those who hear it will doubt my words and say: "The world would rather have people who are happy with autocracy?"If the husband uses the common theory, there will be no people in the world who are happy to be autocratic. This is what I can believe.Although, since you are not happy, you should express your unhappy meaning in various ways, and if you don’t want to express it, it is the tacit consent of the law.The reason why autocratic politics can be implemented must be supported by the acquiescence of the people.If some of its citizens express their opposition to autocratic politics, the foundation of autocracy will be shaken;The history of Europe, the United States, and Japan has been recorded in this way, and those who are not happy with it.In the past, our Chinese citizens did not know that there was another kind of government besides the autocratic government, so the meaning of their opposition came out of nowhere, which is not unusual.In recent years, the theory of constitutionalism has filled the ears, and the term constitutionalization has been prepared, and it has been published in imperial edicts. Anyone with a little knowledge of the world should know that an autocratic regime is not suitable for the survival of today's country.As far as the monarch is concerned, he still has the intention to establish a constitution. Although he dare not speak out his sincerity, it has already appeared in official documents.On the national side, it is almost unheard of to express their opposition to autocracy. How is it different from tacitly acquiescing that the autocratic regime is still applicable to China today.Since the citizens acquiesce in it, it is not surprising that the government uses this acquiescence to maintain it!In my opinion, those who say that the citizens have absolutely no intention of opposing autocracy are slandering the people; those who say that although they have such intentions, they never want to express them and dare not express them, they are also slandering the citizens.A part of the nationals have something to say about their sincerity, and they want to express their sincerity, but they suffer from no way to express it officially.Or privately sigh, and confide in the two or three comrades; or in the newspaper, make a speech in a personal capacity.It is not allowed to say that it is not one kind of meaning, but it is also expressed by individuals, and its value cannot be recognized on behalf of public opinion;This kind of expression, although it is said that it is not an expression, is okay.But what about the formal performance?Said: There must be a group, which is the organ of expression.The Huguoti is a thing, and it always means the synthesis of its members, which is a general meaning.Therefore, if the group members account for a small part of the nationals, the meaning expressed by the group is the meaning expressed by the small group of citizens; The meaning is the meaning expressed by the majority of citizens.If this is the case, then the so-called national will can be found and realized in reality.If the will of the people is manifested in reality, it must not be expressed casually, but must be implemented.If the people can sincerely express their intention to oppose autocracy, and they must implement it, then the autocratic government's acquiescence and back-up has lost its grounds, so it is no reason to want to use its broomsticks to resist this new trend.The so-called nationals are always standing in the position they want to be, this is also called.Members of our party sincerely intend to oppose the autocratic regime, but must make a formal expression, and believe that among the people of our country, there are many people who have the same intention and want to make a formal expression.Both of them use nothing to show the mechanism, and the appearance is almost equal to acquiescence.It is self-pollution for the husband to oppose and become the acquiescence, and to be a loyal servant of constitutional politics, but to become a supporter of autocratic politics.Is it tolerable for a husband to pollute himself?This is also the reason why the political news agency happened.

Husband's so-called reform of the government and his so-called opposition to autocracy are nothing more than seeking the establishment of constitutional politics.Constitutional politics is none other than that of national politics.If the national politics is to be realized in reality, and to maintain it without losing it, and to make good use of it so as to prosper day by day, the driving force must be returned to the people themselves.The first is to make the citizens not ignore politics, but always take it as their own responsibility; the second is to make the citizens have common sense to judge whether politics is appropriate or not; the third is to make the citizens have political knowledge. Ability, often can bear the brunt of self-initiated.Citizens must have these three qualifications, and then constitutional politics can be transformed; and constitutional politics must be proposed first, and then the three qualifications of citizens can progress.It is also absurd to say that the level of the people is not enough, and to sit back and wait until the constitution is established;Therefore, no matter when the countries are preparing for the constitution, or after the constitution is implemented, they will try their best to improve the level of their citizens and encourage it.But who will take care of this business?However, political groups are often the most diligent, and the results are often the fastest.A political group cannot be powerful unless it has the approval of the majority of the people.If the citizens ignore politics, just like the people of Qin and Yue who regard each other as fertile and barren, if they entrust it to the government and don't care about it, then those who join the political group will be few, and the power of the group will never develop, and they will have no way to overcome the bounden duty of the country. Practice.Therefore, those who are political groups must always mention the rights and obligations of the people to the country, the relationship between politics and the people, and not be afraid to speak out for the people, so as to arouse the political enthusiasm of ordinary people.And increase its political interest.If this is the case, then the purpose of the first book I mentioned before is here.Again, when a political group arises, there must be a doctrine that it is confident in. It is said that this doctrine is indeed beneficial to the welfare of the country and the people, and it wants to implement it. Any politics that opposes this doctrine will reject it.Therefore, anyone who is a political group has both political friends and political enemies.Friends and enemies are not due to personal feelings, but only compete with each other based on doctrine.Its victory is not by force, but by sympathy.Although there is goodness in this, most citizens must be able to know its goodness, and there will be many sympathizers; if most citizens cannot know its goodness, there will be few sympathizers.Therefore, those who are political organizations often set up various methods to enhance the knowledge of general national politics and endow them with proper judgment.If this is the case, then the purpose of the second book I mentioned before is here.Again, the doctrines held by political groups must not be empty words, but must be practiced.Its practice is either directly and self-administered by the government, or indirectly supported by the authorities.In any case, it is necessary to rely on talents to do it. If the people do not have a large number of political talents to meet this need, their career may be in vain, and people will be suspicious of their doctrine.Therefore, those who are political groups often use various aspects to train citizens, so as to develop their political capabilities, so as not to make opponents use their mouths.If this is the case, then the purpose of my third work is hereby reached.With this in mind, political groups are the only mentors who can truly improve the level of the nation!Our Chinese people have lived under autocratic politics for a long time, and relying on the government has almost become second nature. Therefore, it is not my place to ask whether politics is good or not.His political knowledge is seldom understood due to ignorance; his political genius loses his instinct after being left unused for a long time.Therefore, the government dialect is preparing to establish a constitution, but most of the citizens may not know what a constitution is.The government is playing tricks and stagnating, since it is absolutely impossible to respond to the changes in the world and protect the country's honor, but the people's playing tricks and stagnation seems to be more important to the government.At this time, Gou Feixiang, with the spurs and pullers, rushed to catch up, and the moon is approaching, so how can the inside be able to uphold the people's justice to the government, and how can the outside be able to assert the power of the country to the world?It is also the responsibility of political groups.This is also the reason why the political news agency happened.

The Political News Agency, based on the above-mentioned reasons, should not happen in response to the requirements of today's current situation.If the doctrine held by the Fuzheng Wenshe wants to seek sympathy with the world, there are four outlines: One is to implement the parliamentary system and build a responsible government. I firmly say that if the government is good, it must be the government of the people.What is the so-called national government?It is also a government that is responsible to the people.The people are all together, how can the government be responsible for each of them?Said: To be responsible to the Congress elected by the people is to be responsible to the people.Therefore, in a country without a parliament, a responsible government will never be established; if a responsible government is not established, the political system will never be free from autocracy.Today, the imperial court has learned from the situation within the universe, and knows that constitutionalism is absolutely unacceptable, and it has also expressed its intentions in order to inform our people.However, looking across the world, I have never heard of a constitutional country without a parliament. Therefore, what our party advocates is to convene the parliament as soon as possible to prove the constitutional edict, not a written document.Our party advocates a constitutional government and a monarchy.However, the current organization of the central political organs is the exact opposite of the principles adopted by the general constitutional monarchies in the world.Then the monarch has no responsibility, and the government ministers are responsible for it.The result of the monarch being responsible for the government on behalf of the government, on the one hand, the government will have some excuses, and the politics will not be improved; on the other hand, the monarch will complain to the people, and the country will be shaken.Therefore, we must respect the monarch outside the government, and then clearly define the government's responsibilities, so that all the merits and demerits of the Congress will be taken by themselves. This is the fundamental principle.

The second is to formulate laws and consolidate the independence of judicial power. The purpose of the country is to seek the development of the country itself on the one hand, and to seek the peace and happiness of the people in the country on the other hand.And the peace and happiness of the people is the source of the country's prosperity, so it is the most important thing to pay attention to.If the people's public and private rights are destroyed, the people will be exhausted day by day, and the country will follow suit.However, in order to protect the rights of the people from infringement, first, there must be comprehensive laws, and regulations can be used as protection; second, there must be independent magistrates who can abide by the law without prejudice.Today's Chinese laws are mostly thousands of years old. They are not in line with the current social situation, and the regulations are simple. They only rely on precedents as subsidies.Emphasis is placed on the two powers of administration and judiciary, and it is carried out by one agency. Those who are engaged in breaking prisons are often controlled by other forces. For the sake of stabilizing their positions, law enforcement cannot be strengthened.Because of this, people's lives and property are often housed in uneasy places, and if the whole country is not able to live all day long, various phenomena in society will hinder their chances of prosperity and growth due to this.The extent of its influence has made outsiders bewildered in our country, established consular jurisdiction in our territory, and made internal governance more difficult.Therefore, our party regards formulating laws and consolidating the independence of the judicial power as the most important political platform after the congressional system.

The third is to establish local autonomy, which is the authority of the central government. The self-government of local groups is also a kind of political organ of the state.On the one hand, the interference and burden of the provincial central government make it possible to make plans for itself, and its plan must also regard the central planner as Yi Zhou, and its interests extend to the local groups themselves.From another point of view, making the people practice politics in a small group can arouse their interest in politics and form a good habit of doing politics. Big.All the constitutional countries in the world are always based on local self-government. That is to say, Russia, which has been autocratic for a long time, has also promulgated its self-government system, and there is a reason for that.Our country has a vast territory, which is unparalleled among the constitutional countries in the world, and the foundation of the country is not formed by a federation. Although the scope of governance of the low-level local groups is not far from that of other countries' local groups, In the high-level local organizations, the scope of their governance is almost as far as the countries of other countries.Therefore, in our country today, promulgating a complete and appropriate local self-government system, and delegating the powers of the central and local governments, is actually the most difficult and most important issue.Today the term local self-government is almost familiar to the whole country, but the government is sloppy, without any facilities, and the people sit back and wait, and do nothing or plan for it on their own.This is why our party has to make its own propositions and look forward to their implementation.

The fourth is prudent diplomacy and maintaining reciprocal rights. The diplomats are part of the administration, and their cardinals are all connected to the central government.But if a responsible government is established, the progress of diplomacy can be expected.Based on this discussion, it seems to be different from the first three cardinal principles, so there is no need to compare them.The reason why our party solemnly announces it is that today's China is oppressed by external forces, and it is almost impossible to survive. If it fails repeatedly in diplomacy, I am afraid that we will not be allowed to follow the three cardinal principles. room.Therefore, what our party advocates is that after the Congress is in session, the government must consult the public opinion on foreign policy before making decisions, that is, before the Congress is in session, all matters concerning railways, mining, foreign debts, secret treaties and ordinary treaties with other countries, etc. Incidents, the people should not be lazy to supervise, and often use the qualifications of political groups to express their unwillingness to let the government go.This is also the bounden duty of our party to share the burden with the people.

Although the above mentioned are only a few four key points, it is false to say that the safety and survival of China's future is based on it.Ruofu also has opinions on military affairs, finance, education, and national economy. However, these are all issues after the establishment of the National Assembly and the establishment of a responsible government.Under the current government, nothing is done, and words are empty words, so we are anxious about what we need, and we can't do anything else for the time being. The questioner said: Is the Zhengwen Society the so-called political party of today's constitutional state?Said: "It's what I wanted, but now I dare not say it."When a political party is established, it is necessary to recruit and combine all the talented and talented comrades in the country, so that it can manage the reality of the party without dishonoring the name of the party.Today's political news agencies are composed of a small number of people in the district, and they have gathered together from the beginning. The pioneers in the country and the rising stars, who embrace political enthusiasm and are rich in political knowledge and ability, have not yet heard about them. called political parties.In particular, the political group is a thing, since it has to happen in response to the necessity of the current situation in China today, the sooner it happens, the sooner the country will benefit from the day; I'm afraid it will be read for several years, and it will happen indefinitely.What's more, given the size of China, there are so many sages and talents, and those who embrace the same doctrine but don't know each other are everywhere. If you don't be the first, you may not be able to gather together in one day.The colleagues of this agency, sincerely self-examination, have nothing to do with self-examination. Taking into account the qualifications of a member of the nation, they dare not give up the bounden duty that the country should perform.And since we have always shared the meaning of opposing autocratic politics, if we do not express this intention, we will be included in the default list, and instead become the support of autocratic wandering souls.The term "preparation for constitutionalism" comes from the mouth of the sovereign, and the theory of "national level" is still an excuse for a government without responsibility. The matter is even more urgent.For these reasons, even though a small number of people rose up and gathered together, they dare not say goodbye.The Japanese Reform Party is about to prosper, so first there was the Toyo Political Council, and there was the Ming Society, thinking that it would be expelled.A patriotic gentleman in the world, who recognizes that the principles held by the Political News Society are not wrong for the benefit of the country and the people, and recognizes that the methods implemented by the Political News Society are sufficient to make their doctrines come into practice. Command and train them so that they will have the qualifications to join the political party in the near future. How can the glory of the Political News Agency be added!Or the political groups that came into existence successively with the Zhengwenshe, if they recognize that the doctrines held by the Zhengwenshe are not at all contradictory to their doctrines, and that the methods held by the Zhengwenshe are not very similar or different from their methods, they will not give up. How can we add to the glory of the Political News Society if we cooperate with each other to fight the common enemy and can combine together to form a political party in the near future?In the history of Chinese political parties in the future, the Fushizhengwenshe has the same position and the same value as the Toyo Yizhenghui and Yingmingshe in Japan.This is the painstaking efforts of the colleagues in this agency and they want to beg for money. This is also an honor to my compatriots.

The questioner said: Although the Zhengwen Society is not enough to be called a political party, it is indeed a political organization, and it is also the vertebral wheel of a political party.The fallacies of China's old history, the formation of a party is the great precept, and the current master has suspended it as a strict prohibition, and the government, news and society are placed among the countries, how can they survive in peace?The government is tyrannical and pulls the tillers, and it's a waste of time with a single move of the hand.Moreover, although the talented people in the country have the same political views as the Zhengwen Society, they are afraid and dare not openly express their sympathy!It should be said: no.The method implemented by the Political News Agency often takes orderly actions as a legitimate requirement.It has absolutely no intention of infringing the dignity of the royal family; it has absolutely no act of disturbing the law and order of the country.The traces that the citizens of this contemporary constitutional country often perform are very different.Today's constitutional edicts have been issued repeatedly, and the freedom of assembly and association is regarded as the public right of citizens by all countries, and it is stipulated in the constitution, so it is suddenly anti-Khan, and it can hate political groups.If government officials do not follow the edict and dare to commit such an act of violating the constitution, they are not only irresponsible to the people, but also irresponsible to the monarch.How can the government of Ruozi allow it to exist for a day to bring disaster to the country!If it is, the occurrence of the political news society will be more intolerable, and our party will not dare to rest its shoulders even though it is completely out of the way.Is there a long way to learn from it? The history of the two parties of freedom and progress in Japan, and the feudal government's stalemate, shows that I will go all the way, and who will win the final victory?If the so-called talented people in the husband's world are still afraid of this, then they should not express their acquiescence to the autocratic regime in a low-level manner, but are willing to help later.If you believe this, then the government can never be reformed, autocracy can never be abolished, constitutionalism can never be implemented, and China is really here!Woohoo, the people of our country are always standing where they want to be, and the people of our country have no deep thoughts!But no deep thoughts!