Chapter 14 second quarter

Early the next morning, Sang Chongguo made trouble for the sleepy Shi Yue. "Ziming, tell us about the council!" Shi Yue managed to open his eyes, dazedly saw several figures in front of him, tilted his head, and fell asleep again. Sang Chongguo and others were dumbfounded.Su Shi and Shi Yue drank together yesterday, relying on their capacity for alcohol and speculative talk, they acted like no one else was there, and got very drunk, but today they couldn't get out of bed no matter what.However, Sang Chongguo was very curious about the so-called "parliament". Last night, he was very itchy. After thinking about it all night, today he had to ask Shi Yue to explain it.

When Sang Chongguo was at a loss, Tang Di had ordered the book boy to bring over a basin of cold water.He waved his hand to get Sang Chongguo out of the way, scooped up a handful of water himself, and splashed it on Shi Yue's face.It was winter at this time, and when the extremely cold water fell on Shi Yue's face, Shi Yue yelled "Ah", and jumped up like a reflection. Everyone laughed, the book boy quickly handed over the towel and wiped Shi Yue's face, Sang Chongguo asked various questions about the council, Shi Yue had no choice but to explain them one by one.Unexpectedly, the more people know, the more questions they have.

Sang Chongguo first asked: "Ziming, in my opinion, although the parliament is a good idea, if all the members of the parliament are local gentry, they may not be able to work together with the government, Yurou Xiangli." Li Dunmin couldn't help interjecting: "I also feel that although the parliament seems to have all kinds of benefits, but relying on it to solve all problems, I always feel that there is a big loophole in my heart." "That's right, there are too many cases where the gentry and the government are colluding. If there is a parliament, they can use the excuse of public opinion to fight against the officials." Tang Di also has doubts.

Immediately, Shi Yue's head started to hurt again - but this time it was not because of drunkenness. He felt that the development from the rule of three generations to a democratic parliamentary system was a genius conjecture, and he was a little bit complacent, but unexpectedly, even these best friends could not convince him.Before waking up, he couldn't help saying casually: "Your doubts are not unreasonable, but they are not unsolvable. You can use the form of a three-level meeting... Besides, there are newspapers' public opinion supervision." "Level 3 meeting? What's that?"

"What is a newspaper?" Shi Yue suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he also came to his senses.Look at what I said?At this time, I had to say cautiously: "The three-level meeting, that is, the parliament is composed of ordinary farmers, local gentry and celebrities, representatives of various industries, etc., each according to a certain proportion, so that the evil gentry and the government can avoid covering the sky with one hand." "The three-level meeting can hardly be called perfect. Although farmers are the foundation of the country, they can't read big characters. They must not be able to say that they can't speak in the parliament with educated squires, and most of the squires are patriarchs and elders. Who dares to collide with the patriarch?" Chai Guiyi's insight surprised Shi Yue again.It is indeed incredible that a peasant and his patriarch and patriarch are opposed in the parliament.

He was about to answer, but he heard Li Dunmin say: "Brother Jing Zhong is thinking about the worst. We said in "The Analects of Confucius" that the essence of Confucius' so-called ritual is the word 'harmony'. In my opinion, the essence of the council is also the word "harmony". As Ziming said, the role of the council is to supervise the lawlessness of local officials, to deceive the subordinates and conceal the superiors, to urge the local officials to make achievements in political performance, and to prevent the mediocre Stealing a high position—this is an enlarged censor platform. Even if only the gentry form a parliament, as long as the parliament can be guaranteed not to be retaliated against, are you afraid that all the gentry in a county will lose their conscience? Even if there are many bad people in a certain place , good people can also appeal to the higher-level parliament and the government..."

Everyone thought about it carefully, and they all nodded in agreement—in the era when Mencius, who advocated the inherent goodness of human nature, was most valued, it was impossible for people to believe that the gentry in a county were all bad guys.Although Shi Yue didn't think so, he was unwilling to continue "preaching".After all, the democratic parliamentary system is not a separate thing, and it cannot be feasible anywhere alone. He smiled slightly and said: "Xiuwen is right. Besides, there are newspapers. As long as the newspapers dare to tell the truth, no one can cover the sky with one hand." Then he explained the role of newspapers in detail, and everyone applauded.Sang Chongguo was very interested, and said with a smile: "I think this newspaper is more useful than the parliament. From this point of view, Ziming bought this book printing house for another reason."