Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 239 People's Committee

Although the Southern War was over, Bai Mingxiu did not intend to completely stop military operations.Although the national core of Nanming has shifted from the elimination of Manchu Qing to industrialization and social change.

After Bai Mingxiu returned to Shanghai, he didn't even arrive for three hours, when Tang Beilu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, asked him to report on his work.

"...According to the list provided by His Highness, the Council of Governors is going to set up a short-term training course for cadres. After short-term training, they will be directly sent to various places to serve as cadres of the government and grassroots organizations. Because there are as many as 10 people on the list, if these people are qualified It will very well alleviate the lack of governance that Ming is currently facing in the southern provinces."

What Tang Beilu mentioned was the biggest reward Bai Mingxiu received in this series of missions, [-] young cadres with a certain foundation of new learning.The power of the system is indeed great, directly transforming some scholars.In fact, they themselves will not be aware of this at all. They will only think that they have learned new learning, understand some scientific and cultural knowledge, and understand the two banners of scientism and people-oriented doctrine in Ming Dynasty. In short, they are no longer the ancients. The way of thinking is the thinking of modern people.

Bai Mingxiu had a very bad impression of officials who had defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was well known throughout the country.Even now, some state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River are still under semi-military control and even people's autonomy.It often appears that there is only one platoon of garrisons in a prefectural city. These garrisons are not only for defense, but also for civil affairs.Although they can't actually deal with anything, they can at least act as an arbitrator.Nanming has set up temporary people's committees in many places, basically recruiting some prestigious local people, and even asking villages and towns to elect one or two representatives to join the people's committees to assist the military to manage the government and maintain law and order. , tax payment and a series of other things.

The form of the people's committee is relatively new, but some people quickly saw the benefits. After all, they have some power. Although this power is subject to relatively strong supervision and checks and balances by other representatives of the people's committee, it is enough to make people flock to.

It is also relying on a system that is far more advanced than that of the classical era, relying on combating traitors and tyrants, uniting and supporting Ming intellectuals and the emerging bourgeoisie, coupled with grassroots organizations in the countryside, Bai Mingxiu's Daming lacked grassroots civil servants. Under this situation, better maintenance and order have been formed.These semi-military and semi-autonomous local governments have even achieved effective financial inflows.

In some prefectures in Jiangnan and Zhejiang, when Bai Mingxiu didn't even send a tax officer there, it was entirely a group of local representatives of the People's Committee who held the tax laws issued by the Legislative Yuan and paid a lot of money to Bai Mingxiu. tax.When Bai Mingxiu learned of this situation, he felt a little unbelievable.

In fact, the wisdom and power of the people are very powerful. The officials of the Qing court are really no better than ordinary intellectuals, celebrities, merchants and farmers. What Bai Mingxiu wants to do is to exert the power of the people. .

Bai Mingxiu explained to Tang Beilu: "The people's committee is a good system. Although we will complete the governance of the local government in the future, the people's power that has been used should not be discarded. The people's committee can then Transform it into a place to express local public opinion and make policy recommendations to the government."

Tang Beilu asked: "His Highness plans to turn the committee into a parliament?"

Bai Mingxiu shook his head and said, "I don't believe in the representative system. If the people's committee is given too much power at this time, and they can even directly interfere with the government's budget or make legislation, I think we will soon It’s a mess. But as an institution for public opinion consultation, or as a channel for coordinating the relationship between the government and the local people, there should be no problem at all. Of course, how to select representatives, the duration of the meeting and the agenda, all need to be revised by the Legislative Yuan. In-depth research and design."

Tang Beilu said that Bai Mingxiu's opinions were neatly recorded in his notebook, and replied, "Okay, Your Highness, the Council of Political Affairs will set up a special team to deal with this matter."

In many things, Bai Mingxiu is actually not sure whether his too much experience in future generations can be useful in this era, and whether some things that are useful in future generations are not suitable for the present.He himself is very open-minded politically, and his diligence and openness to speech have already been well received by the majority of intellectuals.After all, scholars' criteria for judging the emperor are not as strict as later generations for the head of a country.

The Legislative Yuan itself is a huge cultural management institution, and the cabinet has a prime minister and six associate ministers, plus various ministers.In fact, the Lizhengyuan also has a shelf similar to the local People's Committee. A series of scholars and former elders have the power to hand over papers to the Lizhengyuan. Celebrities meet to discuss some business.

Judging from the various systems of the Legislative Council, many outsiders believe that Huang Lizhou has a great influence on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.Because the Council of Liberal Affairs established a prime minister, just like Huang Zongxi talked about the establishment of a prime minister, in fact, the power of the Nanming cabinet is greater and more complete than what Huang Zongxi talked about.Huang Zongxi also advocated that "the tools for governing the world must come from the school" and "the public should not come from the school". The school here is actually somewhat similar to the parliament.The inquiry system of the Legislative Yuan is very similar to Huanglizhou's "school".

But what surprised the outside world is that the prince did not reuse Huang Zongxi.Unlike Gu Yanwu who has already served as the magistrate of Yingtian Mansion, Wang Fuzhi has served as the Deputy Priest of the Guozijian in Guangdong Province.Huang Zongxi has no official position, but he is helping the imperial court to open Zhejiang University with his reputation.

For responsible and ambitious intellectuals, the current Nanming is the best era, with clear politics and open views. If they have the will, there are many places to display.However, for the group of people with the legacy of Donglin, this era is at most only a little bit better than the Manchu Dynasty, but there is no need to shave their hair and change their clothes.And their privileges basically no longer exist. Nanming has abolished the so-called meritorious service. After obtaining the status of civil servants through the imperial examination, they were immediately recruited.Without fame, the extended economic privileges such as non-taxation are also gone.More supervision and development of industry and commerce also broke the monopoly of the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River on industry and commerce.

However, the same is true of the major changes in the past dynasties. The vested interests are pulled down, and the aggressive emerging classes are strongly promoted.In Nanming, the emerging bourgeoisie is growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

(End of this chapter)