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Volume Five Chapter 52 Decorations

Prince Zheng’s mansion is said to be the first mansion of the counselor Yao Guangxiao, Yao Guangxiao, the counselor of King Yan Zhu Di. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was occupied by Jier Harang, son of Nurhaci’s third brother Shurhaci. Jier Harang is one of the eight iron-hat kings. It is extremely spacious because the royal palace is built, covering an area of ​​more than 80 acres and has more than 900 houses. After the provisional government evacuated the clan mansion, it saw that there were many houses here, so it temporarily settled here. Yang Rui also lived in the backyard of the royal palace. Of course, this place does not have the word “Yixiantang” like later generations. I am afraid that it will only be called “Zhenchengtang” in the future.

He asked someone to take this cousin from afar, and Yang Rui returned to the front yard. Yang Du had been waiting here for almost an hour, and finally calmed down when he saw him coming. Seeing that he was a little anxious, Yang Rui smiled and said, "Xizi, what's the situation in the Congress now? Are those people from Song Dunchu easy to deal with?"

Yang Duben was impatient, and when he heard about Song Jiaoren in the National Assembly, he immediately pulled his hair and said angrily: "Song Dunchu insisted on putting the word "min" on the national name, which is really annoying! He was also very skilled in speaking, and he even instigated the congressmen on our side to make trouble. It was a big disaster."

Seeing him like this, Yang Rui still laughed. Although the Congress is a puppet, he is still very tired of arguing. "Why, can he change the country's name to 'Republic of China'? This name is not very auspicious!"

"That's true." Yang Du sighed, "Although he did not insist on establishing a republic or choosing a president like Sun Wen, he had to add the word "min" to the country's name. It seems that this is not the case, so this country must be like a country of **."

The Empire, Party and State, Republic of China. Yang Rui made the Party and State, but he hated this word very much. Every time he heard the Party and State, he thought of a classic line - for the sake of the Party and State, he would like to help his brothers; the Party and State do not like it. The Empire is not easy to use, and he did not love the Republic of China. The thirty-eight years of the Republic of China in history were really the most painful years of the nation. In the end, the name of the Republic of China was, because of the Tongmenghui, Yang Rui firmly resisted it, so the discussion finally concluded that the country name determined by the committee was "Great China", abbreviated as China. The year name also follows the old custom, and it does not take many years AD. It does not take many years of Huangdi, but only calls 1912 the first year of the Greater China or the First Year of the China.

Not expressing the nature of the country is beneficial to borrowing imperial power to promote the people in the future. This is the original intention of Yang Rui. But Song Jiaoren insisted on adding the word "min" to the country name. In addition to trying to prevent the restoration of the imperial system like Sun Wen, he had other thoughts: that is, to make China the same as France, Yang Rui elected the position of president, and the prime minister had someone else. In this way, the president was just a title until the end, and the cabinet and real power were all in the prime minister. The dispute between the government and courts of the Republic of China in history came from this.

Yang Rui wanted Zhu Kuanxi to become a Void King without the title of emperor, and then his power was concentrated in the hands of the prime minister; while Song Jiaoren wanted Yang Rui to become a symbol of only the presidential title but no real power. Then his power was concentrated in the hands of the prime minister. Because of this, as soon as the provisional parliament was opened, he frequently gave speeches, lobbying representatives from Yunnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, as well as provincial parliament representatives from various provinces, and preparing to reorganize the Tongmenghui internally. Fortunately, most of the members of the parliament were controlled by the Revival Society, and Sun Wen also disagreed with the reorganization of the Tongmenghui - once the Tongmenghui was reorganized, the control was in Song Jiaoren and not Sun Wen, but Song Jiaoren also created many obstacles, which made the progress of the parliament agenda slow.

"How far has the Congress been progressing now?" Yang Rui asked frowned. He was getting more and more annoyed by Song Jiaoren. "You should remind those people in the Congress, especially to tell Song Jiaoren that in ten days, the Japanese will come to Beijing for negotiations. Don't even be able to build a provisional government at that time, that will delay state affairs."

"Now we are discussing the government structure. If this step is over, then we will elect the Prime Minister. Today is September 22, and the election process will definitely be allowed before the end of the month." Yang Du was worried when he spoke. Time was indeed tight enough. There were still too many people in the interim parliament of 75 people. A question would be endless if it was not discussed for a few days.

"It's good that you know!" Yang Rui asked the key things and said again, "When the Japanese came, they didn't mean that they would negotiate soon. Now that the Northeast flood is flooding, those divisions are dying. It's actually good for us to drag it down. You can just stay there as soon as possible. It's not because of Congress, but because of other things."

Yang Du wiped his sweat and said hurriedly, "What's the matter if you don't do anything about Congress?"

"The family is glorious and the ancestors are granted a wife and a wife and son." Yang Rui said solemnly, "The first few are not a big deal, the key is Yinzi. Throughout the dynasties, officials have protected each other, and fathers die and sons are inherited. Only the imperial examination can stand out. But not to mention fraud in the imperial examination, even in high school, they must marry into a powerful family to be in a high position, and this is still the same in the end. The reason for this is that the key is Yinzi. Many high-ranking officials are born in the fifth and sixth ranks. Once they enter the officialdom, they have fathers and brothers to support their families, and they will be quicker to stand out. If the new country wants to make the situation fairer, Yinzi will be restricted. Especially now, the titles for those who have made meritorious are given, so Yinzi should be restricted."

Unexpectedly, I left myself to talk about this matter, but when I thought that the entire national government structure was designed by myself, Yang Du was not surprised, but thought for a while and said: "Brother Jingcheng, what kind of restriction do you want? If you really want to limit it, those who have made contributions will be dissatisfied. If they are dissatisfied, then..."

"I understand what you said!" Yang Rui also thought for a long time, "It is impossible to completely limit it. For example, for a martyr, his descendants must ensure that they can be officials. Otherwise, everyone will worry about their children, who is willing to be loyal to the country. The restriction is mainly for those living people. The Revival Society is not the Eight Banners, but the Revival Society."

As soon as Yang Rui talked about the martyrs, Yang Du smiled and said, "The Qing Dynasty's shade is divided into three types, one is grace and shade, the other is hard to shade, and the last is special. Grace is mainly aimed at civil officials of the third rank or above, and the major titles; and Difficult shade is generally divided into battle, casualties, death, death, and death of the line of duty; Special shade is the way for the emperor to win over his confidants, and the main one is to reward the world's posts, select guards, and reward the chief. Now that there is no emperor, special shade can be completely cancelled. Although it has disadvantages, it should still be retained, which is that grace and shade is more difficult to deal with. Especially for the heroes with titles..."

"All the graces should be cancelled, the titles can be hereditary, and the people of the country respect them. But there should be no more privileges to interfere in politics." Yang Rui said with a firm opinion. "Difficulty should ensure that the martyrs are worried about, and their sons inherit their father's business, but they cannot guarantee the official rank. For example, if the general dies in his country, his son can be exempted from the examination for military academy, but if he is not capable, he will be a lieutenant for the rest of his life... Xizi, the Revival Conference will be held soon. You sort out all these things and come up with a plan."

Seeing that there was another task, Yang Du quickly agreed. Since he arrived in Beijing, the affairs have become more complicated. Chen Guangshou has gone to the Ministry of Personnel again. Cen Chi is a master who has made plans and takes advantage of the situation. All these practical things are thrown to Yang Du. Regardless of whether he is too busy or not.

"I will do it before that." Yang Du nodded. "But it is really troublesome to the Congress Song Dunchu. Even if the congressman does not support him, he can create public opinion in the newspaper and expand the influence. Now three difficulties, tax payment is the only condition for the election, and the boundary of 5% of the seats in the Congress has also been passed, but the restrictions on the power of downfall are still difficult. If it is really forced to pass, it will be deemed."

Yang Rui has great power and no limit to his term of office. But the most annoying thing is that the parliament has the power to overthrow the cabinet, and if he really doesn't control the parliament, Yang Rui will step down in one night. Although the cabinet also has the right to dissolve the parliament, the whole country will only be in a political situation in this way. Yang Du's previous idea was to increase the number of people, such as the proposal of a distrust case requires at least more than one-quarter of the parliamentarians to sign, and the number of voters who pass the distrust case must exceed two-thirds of the parliamentarians. However, these restrictions are beyond the standards of other countries. Now Song Jiaoren and those who are reluctant to follow, which has caused a lot of controversy, making Yang Du unable to step down.

"It's okay to ask me to resign, so I'll follow Song Dunchu's intention," Yang Rui also remembered the annoying power of the cabinet. "But there is a prerequisite that the parliament will elect a new cabinet before the cabinet is overthrown. If they can't choose it, I still have to stay on the stage, otherwise this country will be anarchic."

"To form a new cabinet?" Yang Du thought, "Okay! This is a good way! In this way, we will turn the defense into an offensive."

"It is very simple to make trouble and sabotage. It is only personal to do it, but it is difficult to do something that those who make trouble and trouble do seriously." Yang Rui said, "Song Dunchu is still very smart in the Tongmenghui, but it is hard for others to say. Xizi, this period of time has been harder. When the country has entered the formal state, if you, the interim speaker, don't do it. When you come to the government, as long as you can do things well, you will always have a position."

Seeing that Yang Rui had made promises to him, this made Yang Du immersed in excitement when he returned to his residence. The Revival Association itself had a lot of talents, and the schools under the Education Association were constantly cultivating talents. This made Yang Du, who came by halfway through, was very nervous, and was really worried that he would not be able to find any good position in the end. But now that Yang Rui had made promises, he would be completely relieved.

After Yang Du left, Yang Rui was busy with family affairs. During the evening, Yang Maocai, who had been resting for half an afternoon, was invited to the restaurant again. This was the family dinner prepared by Yang Rui for him. There were Cheng Xu and the child who had just arrived yesterday. In addition, Han Xianfeng was also there. Yang Rui's introduction to Cheng Xu was very natural, but Han Xianfeng had never passed the door. Moreover, if she looked at it carefully, she was born in a brothel and did not even have the right to eat at the table. Yang Rui's introduction was vague. Yang Maocai didn't care about Yang Rui's entanglement. He felt that the two women of his nephew were very beautiful, and the children were also male. The Yang family's lineage would definitely have a prosperous population.

"Why do you want me to come again?" Yang Maocai walked back, Cheng Wu handed the child to the servants and found an opportunity to ask Yang Rui.

"You are still my wife now, so it's normal for you to come to Beijing. Qiu Jin will arrive early tomorrow morning, and you can accompany her these days, but," Yang Rui said with a pause, "You should not get involved in the matters on Tongmenghui, so as to save you from causing trouble."

When Yang Rui talked about Qiu Jin, Cheng Xu was hurt. When Qiu Jin got married that year, she had many ideas, but now the two of them were speechless all day long and were strangers. Moreover, their concubines were going to marry. The whole family was not like a family except for having a child.

"I'm here to be a decoration?" Cheng Xu asked again. She just wanted to save the relationship between the two.

"That's about that." Feeling her expectations, Yang Rui still said hurtful, "You will divorce me at this time, so it's like you'll abandon me in the beginning and end. We're all done by you because you're good at making decisions. Now the country has decided, so please don't cause trouble for me."

Yang Rui left after saying that. He only let Cheng Lue cool there. Fortunately, Zhang Taiyan's successor Tang Guoli and her classmate Zhang Zhaohan came and called Cheng Lue, otherwise she wouldn't know how to deal with herself in this new home.

Zhang Taiyan died of illness when he was in jail in Shanghai. Although he already had four daughters, his age was not old. So he still wanted to find the rest of the country, but he didn't have the right one, and he just waited for the Revival Association to occupy Beijing in one fell swoop. He enthusiastic people introduced him to Tang Guoli. Tang Guoli graduated from Shanghai Wuben Girls' Middle School in his early years and later became a female student. He had outstanding knowledge. The two hit it off at first sight and soon held the wedding.

Although Tang Guoli was a female student, many of them were in the center to revolutionize. In addition, Lu Bicheng, Wu Zhiying and others from Shanghai, Chen Xiefen, Zhang Zhaohan, Zhang Hanying and other groups of female actors, they soon created a female revival meeting in the Shenzhou Women's Revival Association. The meeting site was set up in the China Women's Newspapers and Newspapers moving from Shanghai. The purpose was to "unite the national female student, popularize education, study law and politics, promote industry, and develop a completely noble female citizen of China." Basically, all the words said by the new government were gathered, and the real purpose was to women participate in politics.

"Does sister have the word "bian"?" Unlike the somewhat restrained Tang Guoli, Zhang Zhaohan, who came together, was a ripe person. He greeted him as soon as Cheng Xu got on the carriage. Although Cheng Xu was not old, considering Yang Rui's identity, she still called her sister.

"Ah... there is no word for "Pin," Cheng Xu didn't know where he was going, "You, just call me Cheng Xu."

"My sister is so pretty, I can't believe it's... this is..." Zhang Zhaohan continued. Although she is from Hunan, she is a lady from a noble family after all, and she speaks it very well in Beijing dialect.

"I can't believe it was the one who killed Cixi, right?" Cheng Xu said what she wanted to say, "Mojun, where are we going?"

"We are going to Tonghexuan on the other side of Di'anmen, which is the place of our Shenzhou Women's Revival Association. Today, when I heard that my sister came to the capital, everyone was very happy. I sent me and Guoli to come together and ask my sister to go and plan the women's plan together." Zhang Zhao's Chinese words made Cheng Wu funny, but when she arrived at Tonghexuan, she was surprised.

There were several incandescent lamps outside the teahouse, and women stood at the door, as if they were waiting for her. As soon as the carriage stopped, the women clapped their hands, and the scene was even lively. Cheng Xu was puzzled by this, and he just waited to hear a female voice shouting: "You guys, this is the hero of our female race, Mr. Cheng Xu."

The girl was high, like a performer. As soon as this was said, the girls clapped their hands even more enthusiastically. Even the shopkeepers, guys, and many tea shoppers in the nearby tea shop stopped to watch. They didn't understand who the woman was next to the carriage and asked around. Some people asked, but naturally some people said that this was Yang Jingcheng's wife, and even lowered their voices and said that this person was the female star who killed the Lord Buddha. As soon as this was said, the tea shop guys all disintegrated.

Cheng Xu was cold at Yang Rui, but unexpectedly, he was treated like many sisters and relatives here, and his eyes suddenly became wet. At this time, Chen Xiefen, who was familiar with her, stepped forward and took her hand and said, "Cheng Xu, the revolution has finally succeeded! Unfortunately, the fourth sister-in-law, Sister Tang and the others can't see it."

When Chen Xiefen said that Tang Qunying had woken up, Cheng Xu couldn't help but shed tears. Five years ago, they fled out of the capital in panic, but five years later they became revolutionary heroes. However, the comrades died earlier, and now the bones are already rotten. Chen Xiefen and Cheng Xu burst into tears, and their elder sister Wu Zhiying ran over and comforted him to welcome Cheng Xu to the inner hall of Tonghexuan.

When Cheng Wu was welcomed by everyone, Lu Bicheng looked around. When she went to Shanghai to host the China Women's Newspaper, Cheng Wu was no longer in the newspaper because she got married. Today was the first time she met this revolutionary heroine, Yang Jingcheng's wife. In her opinion, only two men in the world could catch their eyes on literary talent. One was Liang Qichao, who was only married; the other was Wang Zhaoming, but unfortunately they were too young. In addition to these two, Yang Jingcheng was the first hero at that time, and his age was suitable. The most important thing was that the two had met, but when she first went to Shanghai, Yang Rui had already gotten married. Now, although he saw his wife, although she was beautiful, she felt that she had outstanding marksmanship and knowledge was average.

Lu Bicheng entered the inner hall of the teahouse with his evaluation of Cheng Lu. Wu Zhiying had already talked about the matter, "... The temporary parliament is being held on the spot, but there is no woman in it. Although the revolution is successful, the revolution of the female generation has not been completed, and the woman is still at the bottom of society. Our Shenzhou Women's Revival Association is to restore 20 million female compatriots across the country. Mr. Cheng Lu, you are a revolutionary hero. He is also Mr. Jingcheng's wife. We all want to invite you to be the president of our Shenzhou Women's Revival Association..."

Cheng Xu was depressed at this time because he thought of Zeng Xing, Tang Qunying and others, and was very puzzled by the new female revival. Now seeing Wu Zhiying actually wanted to be the president by himself, he quickly refused: "This, Mr. Ziying, how can I be the president? I am a person who can't even manage the newspaper...you. You should ask Mr. Qiu to come, she, she will arrive soon."

"Mr. Qiu won't be here in Tianjin so soon. Now I heard that she is paying homage to Yi Zhirui in West Lake," Wu Zhiying is Qiu Jin's friend, and she has known her whereabouts for a long time. "Mr. Cheng Liu should not refuse. Now the members of the parliament are all men in charge. Although we women join the revolutionary, there are also many sacrifices. Now everyone just wants to ask Mr. Cheng Liu to be our leader, not to take care of the specific meeting. Please agree that if this is the case, when will our female leaders come forward?"

As soon as Wu Zhiying said, the tigresses in the inner hall also said, "Yes! There will be no women when they hold a temporary parliament now, and there will be no women when they hold a formal parliament in the future. But women have made a lot of efforts to the revolution. How can they not allow women to participate in politics?!"

"Yes! How can there be no woman participating in politics?!" A woman said. The women said that their amazing aura only scared the man who was about to come in to pour tea. Seeing that he wanted to leave, the woman with the most external fate stopped him, he had to lower his head and come back to fill the tea before leaving. Tonghexuan is a famous teahouse in the capital. If the female relatives do not wear men's clothing, they will not be welcomed. However, these women are the families of the new dynasty's upstarts, and the shopkeepers have to let them make trouble. Now that Mrs. Yang Jingcheng has come, he is serving him respectfully.

"But he is actually him..." Cheng Xu saw so many people surrounding him, like Chen Xiefen and others who had contributed to the revolution, and he was about to say that Yang Rui was not prejudiced to women, but now the relationship between the two is like this, and he can't continue to say it. "You guys, the gentlemen of the Revival Society are not old antiques, and there have never been rules for discrimination against women in the association. For example, Bai Ru, the teacher who taught me gun skills, is also a woman. She is already a major officer. As long as a man has a lower military rank than her, he will salute her. It can be said that as long as you have the ability, there is no restriction on promotion.

There are no women in the Provisional Congress now, but how many people are there? When the official Congress was held, there were as many as 500 members. How could there be no female members among them? Mr. Qiu Jin had bleeding from the revolution and participated in the revolution very early. He studied political science in the UK, so she could not not participate in politics. Now you recommend me as the president. I think it is better for Mr. Qiu to do this president, and she is the most suitable one. She was in Hangzhou a few days ago, but I have news that she will arrive in the capital early tomorrow morning. How about we let her be the president at that time?"

After spending a lot of effort, Cheng Xu only pushed the president's matter to Qiu Jin. While everyone else was discussing, she pulled Chen Xiefen to find a corner and asked, "What's going on with this female revival? Many people here are students from female students."

"What else can it be done?" Chen Xiefen said in Cheng Lu's ear, "Now the temporary parliament is held, all kinds of meetings and parties are coming out. Everyone wants to get a piece of the pie in the new dynasty, so rich and prosperous, and this is old. Besides, the female students you mentioned are mostly at home. After learning the new dynasty, they see someone climbing up the high school, so they also want to show up and meet a few members of the Revival Association, so they can marry into an official wife. If they really say that it is for the female students, there are probably only a few people."

Chen Xiefen ran a female newspaper. After Su Bao case, he fled to Tokyo with his father Chen Fan. He saw the cold and coldness of the world. She said this only to make Cheng Wu's favorable attitude towards the female Revival Association plummet. "If they want to participate in politics, why don't they apply to join the Revival Association? I wonder if the current situation is difficult?"

"Why should I accept members if I don't want to accept Fuxing now? It is said that they only hold farmers' associations in the countryside." Chen Xiefen said, "You are not..." Chen Xiefen was stunned when she said this, and then she regretted it again. As a friend and reporter, she knew about Cheng Xu and Yang Rui, but she didn't want to accidentally break it now.
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