Chapter 28 Section 28

The "Official Compilation Bureau" is located in Langrun Garden in Haidian.The first meeting was presided over by Zai Ze. First, we discussed the rules of work, and a post was drawn up for the transfer.It is divided into three departments: legislation, justice, and administration. The central government is discussed first, and then the localities are discussed.After Zai Ze finished reading the post, he looked around and asked, "Everyone has an opinion, please bring it up!" In this kind of meeting, as usual, the order of speeches is determined according to the size of the official position. Not only is Shixu not interested in "constitutionalism", but he also doesn't know what's going on?Pointing at Na Tong with a snuff bottle, he said, "Qin Xuan, can you say something?"

What Tong wants to say is more than "a little bit".The day before, we had a secret meeting at Prince Qing's Mansion, and we had already agreed on a strategy for him to deal with Zai Ze, so he said calmly at this time: "Constitutionalization is the so-called 'separation of powers', but legislation is still out of the question, so I It is advocated that only the 'judicial' and 'administrative' departments should be separated." "Not bad!" Zai Ze nodded. "Secondly," Natong said again: "The Shangyu said, 'If you do your best, just pretend to be empty words, how can you show great faith to the people?' It means that it should be implemented early, and it is enough to show great faith. As time goes by, it is no different from "just decorated with empty text".

If it is agreed hastily, it will inevitably violate the precept of 'carefully engage in'.Therefore, I advocate that only the central government system should be discussed at present, because the local government system is complicated and trivial, from governors to unincorporated classics, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to discuss it in a year.Wouldn't it be great if we only discuss the central government system, and it will be approved and promulgated before the Empress Dowager's longevity in two months, and it will become the grace of the imperial court? "

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these remarks are to safeguard the power of the Beiyang ministers. They have no choice but to speak plausibly and are not easy to refute. What's more, with the hat of Empress Dowager Cixi Wanshou on it, it is even more immobile. There is consent. "One more thing," Natong said again: "The compilation of the new official system has a secretary and a promotion. There are three Wang ministers who have been approved by the general director. My generation is in the middle, connecting the previous and the next. If we have to gather every time It would be a waste of time to finalize the case, and it is necessary to formulate an overall constitution."

"It's nothing more than two ways." Tie Liang said in an interface: "One is to presume a special person, and the other is to take turns to be on duty." "Rotation seems inappropriate." Natong said slowly: "It's not like a leader's introduction. It can be done by the officials of various departments. Anyway, as long as the etiquette is good. But the compilation of the official system is a complete set of things, and there is no mistake. If a case comes out, the person on duty on the first day can't read it all, and the person on duty on the second day has a different opinion, and has another opinion on the third day, wouldn't this embarrass the people below?"

"Zhongtang is right!" Tie Liang voluntarily withdrew his original proposal, "It won't work to take turns on duty." "Is there a third way?" Zai Ze asked. Without saying a word, everyone confirmed the purpose of "presuming that a special person is responsible", and the next step is to publicly recommend this "special person". "I want to speak first," Shixu said suddenly, "I'm too busy with the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so please exclude me first." "I think," Xu Shichang deliberately pushed Zai Ze first, "the leader of Qun Lun is naturally Ze Gong!"

"Ze Gong has an imperial mission!" Zai Zhen said, disapproving in his tone, but he did not express his disapproval, just a reminder. This sentence reminded Zaize himself.On this day, there was a decree: "The imperial minister, Prince Shiduo, did not follow him when he went in and out, which is not true! He drove to the imperial minister's errand. Zhen Guogong Zai Ze Jiaen taught the imperial minister to learn how to walk. "This is a sign of great use, and Zai Ze naturally wants to curry favor.According to the actual situation, since Shi Duo opened a vacancy because he "went in and out of his retinue and did not follow him", Zai Ze should be extra vigilant, follow his retinue around, and never leave for a moment.

The reason is very simple, you don't have to wait for Zai Ze to speak up, you know that he will never be able to take full responsibility.So Na Tong said after Zai Ze said his thanks: "I think everyone here has their own business affairs, except for Wei Ting." "Yes!" Shixu showed no interest in constitutionalism, but had a good impression of Yuan Shikai, so he echoed: "Weiting was originally called to Beijing to discuss the official system, and it should be responsible for it." There are a total of 17 editors, all selected at the moment, and most of them are Eastern and Western students transferred from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce. The four most popular are known as the "Four Diamonds". Yu, and Cao Rulin.

These four were all students studying in Japan, and they were studying law. When it came to constitutionalism, of course Montesquieu's unswerving purpose was the separation of powers.Legislation is still out of the question, only the temporary establishment of the Senior Advisory Council to prepare the emperor's advisers as a substitute for the National Assembly.Both the administration and the judiciary insist on following the constitutional rules and formulating the official system without accommodating. Firstly, the independence of the judiciary was opposed by some people, who believed that the executive power was infringed, and the administration adopts a responsible cabinet system, but not many people opposed it.It's not that no one objected. Sun Jianai and Qu Hongji, who were approved by the director general, had already reached an agreement with the relatives headed by Zaifeng and Zaize.

Under the cabinet are the various ministries, and the "Four King Kongs" handed over a post saying that "it is called the Ministry of Officials, but it has no power to weigh the affairs of the lottery; There is no right to statistics; it is called the Ministry of Rites, but it does not have the right to conduct rituals; it is called the Ministry of War, but it does not have the right to control the affairs of military registration and military promotion. The name is not worthy of the name , it is difficult to be dedicated.” Advocate abolishing and merging. It is reasonable to say that the post was transferred from the mention to Yuan Shikai, because it hits on the accumulated disadvantages.

Of course, the instructions were "followed". As soon as the news spread, rumors spread everywhere.Natong rushed to Langrun Garden, and said to Yuan Shikai with a flustered expression: "Wei Ting, you don't know that you live in the garden, and the outside treats you very unforgiving!" "Oh," Yuan Shikai asked calmly, not caring about others' understanding or not, "why?" "Don't you remember that in the year of 1898, there was an uproar because of the abolition of the Tongzhengsi, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple and other yamen? The officials in those yamen now think that you intend to knock them out of their jobs. The crowd is outraged and afraid. Something is going to happen." "I don't understand this! If we don't compile the official system in such a practical way, what are we doing here?" One sentence blocked Na Tong for a long time. "Hmph!" Yuan Shikai sneered slightly, "Anyway, the villain is determined to do it thoroughly. I'm afraid the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also lay off him." "Here, Wei Ting," Natong's expression became more and more perplexed, "you have to think twice! You said that the official and rites are not worthy of the name, and there are quite a few seniors who come from the right way to scold you. How can you still offend Yan? road." "I am acting in accordance with constitutional rules. The three powers are separated, and supervision is the power of the House of Representatives. Why do you need to set up a Metropolitan Procuratorate alone? As long as the words are reasonable and have a reason, I am not afraid of offending the words!" These few words spread out, and the public dissatisfaction with Yuan Shikai became more and more intense like fuel to the fire.While living in Langrun Garden, he was somewhat alienated from the outside world. He just dared to act boldly. He called the next meeting in the notice and indicated that the topic was to study whether the Metropolitan Procuratorate should be judged or not. On the day of the meeting, Zai Ze did not arrive, and there were many excuses for illness. After listening to Yuan Shikai's opinion, the participants looked at each other without saying a word. In this embarrassing silence, Lu Runxiang took out a letter and said slowly: "I just received a letter from Shouzhou Xiangguo, please read it." "Shouzhou Xiangguo" refers to Sun Jianai, whose letters are very short.The epigram is: "Taiwan's admonishment is the eyes and ears of the imperial court. If you are not a god and treacherous giant, who dares to discuss it?" Hearing these two words, Yuan Shikai felt as if he had been hit by a sap in his head, and his expression changed drastically. Not only could he not speak, he could not even lift his head.