"Fierce debates also took place within each party. As a party that holds high the banner of nationalism, most people in the Republican Party support the repeal of the Immigration Act, but there are also a small number of party members who do not support it. These people were expelled in the extreme atmosphere at that time.
Expelled from the Republican Party. These people who were expelled from the Republican Party later joined the Solidarity Party, or later the People's Party."
"The Unity Party has not reached a consensus, and there are many people who support and oppose it, and they are arguing with each other. However, this motion does not involve the purpose of the Unity Party, and it will not cause the party to split. When consensus cannot be reached, Zhang
Ji Shan simply allows members of his own party to vote freely."
"The most heated debate is the Labor Party. The Labor Party is a left-wing party that advocates equality, not only domestically, regardless of high or low, but also within the empire, the federation and internationally; it advocates high welfare to ensure the interests of the middle and lower classes; it advocates the establishment of big government regulation
social wealth, expanding taxes on the wealthy, etc.”
"However, not everyone within the Labor Party supports the above-mentioned proposition. In the past, some slogans were just shouted with mouth, and did not involve vital interests, so members pretended not to object; but this time after the motion to cancel the Immigration Bill was proposed,
, but their vital interests are involved. They can no longer pretend that they are not opposed. They can only publicly say: 'We do not support the cancellation of the "Immigration Act", even if the people in the northwest and Nanyang vassal states are Han Chinese. We can appropriately oppose the "Act"
》Amend it to allow more immigration quotas, but we will never support allowing them to move freely to the Central Plains and embezzle the wealth belonging to all Central Plains workers, farmers, and waiters.'"
“The leader of the Labor Party tried to reconcile, but how could such a thing be tolerated? The leader quickly lost control of the situation, and the Labor Party also split into two major factions: the international faction and the local faction. Among them, the international faction is represented by Lang and
, headed by brothers Lang and Lin, not only advocated the abolition of the "Immigration Act", but even believed that religious restrictions should be abolished, freedom of belief should be allowed, and immigration restrictions on citizens from countries outside the imperial federation should be relaxed; the local faction was represented by Lin Shuangwen, who spoke in Congress,
It opposes the abolition of the Immigration Act, even if it is revised, it can only slightly relax immigration conditions; it also opposes the lifting of religious restrictions and the immigration of citizens from countries outside the Imperial Federation to the Central Plains."
"The gap in views between the two sides was too big to be bridged. After another quarrel, because his side was in the minority, Lang He angrily announced that he would lead his supporters to withdraw from the Labor Party and establish a separate People's Party. From this point on, the Labor Party became difficult to judge.
Is it a left-wing party or a right-wing party? The Labor Party has only one purpose: to support local workers, farmers and other groups with lower incomes."
"Other small parties with seats in Congress have also held intra-party meetings to discuss and reach a unanimous opinion to determine the votes of members, or if they cannot reach a unanimous opinion, the parties will split."
"On June 1st, the Lower House of Parliament held another meeting. All the members of the Lower House came to attend this meeting. Many members of the Upper House of Parliament, provincial parliaments, Yingtianfu Parliament, and vassal parliaments also came to observe. As for the media,
In addition to the media in the Central Plains, Japan's Kyodo News Agency in the Imperial Federation, the Han United News Agency in Hanzhou, Reuters in England outside the Imperial Federation, France's AFP, Prussia's Press Agency, TASS in Oros, and Italy's ANSA
News agencies and other media all sent their best photographers and reporters who were best at interviewing to interview the congressmen."
"195 members of Congress from 34 provinces across the country voted on whether to repeal the Immigration Bill. The votes were counted immediately after the vote. In the end, 23 abstained, 69 voted against, and 103 voted in favor."
"According to the rules of procedure of the House of Commons, something as important as the repeal of the Immigration Bill must receive more than 60% of the votes to pass. So a second round of voting was immediately held, and abstentions were not allowed in the second round of voting. After the second round of voting,
In the second vote, 81 voted against and 114 voted in favor, still not reaching 60%."
"In this case, the Lower House of Congress submitted the bill to the Upper House of Congress for a decision. However, the Upper House did not make a decision and referred the matter to His Majesty the Emperor; but His Majesty the Emperor refused to exercise the final decision-making power. In this way, only
There is only one last option left: a referendum."
"In June and July, the empire's major media outlets concentrated on reporting on this matter, and they tried their best to sell their ideas to the public, encouraging them to support or oppose the repeal of the Immigration Act."
"A referendum will be held from August 15th to 17th. All adults in the country who are over twenty years old, do not suffer from mental illness, and are not serving sentences will vote at a polling place near their place of residence. Obviously most people will not
We are willing to bring many people to the Central Plains to share the benefits, even if these people are of the same race as them, the final result of the vote is to oppose the repeal of the Immigration Bill."
"Well," Yun breathed a sigh of relief after reading this paragraph. Even if it was just some simple written records, he could see, or guess, how many games there were in the process, and the final result before the referendum.
It has been decided. Anyone who knows something about the national situation can see that most people may support relaxing immigration conditions when their lives are good, and may donate money and materials to strangers, but absolutely
They would not agree with the hundreds of millions of people in the vassal state sharing their welfare with them.
Yun can understand why the emperor did not exercise the final decision-making power. The current emperor is not an emperor with monopoly power. Although some power was restored after the death of Zhang Ziqian and others, democratic politics has been formed, and the emperor must not get involved in the incident at will.
, especially on matters such as immigration, where the difference in opinion between the two parties is too large and irreconcilable; once the emperor expresses his position on such a matter, he will offend the people of the other side and shake the foundation of the imperial system.
But Yun doesn’t quite understand why the upper house of Congress did not approve the repeal of the Immigration Act. Repealing the Immigration Act may not be a good thing for ordinary people, but it must be a good thing for the upper class. Most of the upper house of Congress are college students with noble backgrounds, and they are all upper class. Why don’t they approve it?
This motion is beneficial to me?
Yun thought about it and thought it might be because of the following reasons. First, at that time, the population of the Central Plains was 1 billion, and the population of the vassal states in the small empire federation was about 400 million. Allowing 400 million people to freely migrate to the Central Plains would bring about security problems.
, health problems and other social problems, and they are not easy to solve; secondly, the influx of immigrants will lower the wages of local workers and cause social unrest; thirdly, the large influx of immigrants will solve the problem of insufficient labor force and insufficient pensions.
Problem, but it may lead to a substantial increase in unemployment benefits, work-related injury benefits, and medical benefits, which may not necessarily make the country better.
After thinking for a while why the upper house made such a decision, Yun continued to read. "After the referendum, the lower house of Congress voted again on whether to amend the Immigration Act and relax the immigration conditions for people from the vassal state. This time it was passed with the support of 135 votes
The bill was passed. The House of Commons held another long discussion and finally completed the revision of the "Immigration Bill."
"On July 1, 430, the revised "Immigration Act" officially came into effect. On that day, there was a wave of people from the vassal country immigrating to the Central Plains. Countless people submitted applications to the newly established Immigration Bureau. However, in fact, the immigration conditions were not
No matter how much you relax it, not many people can successfully immigrate, and the craze gradually recedes. From 429 to the present, the "Immigration Act" has not been revised. Of course, there is no need to revise it."
"After this incident, the parliament formed a situation where the People's Party, the Unity Party, the Republican Party and the Labor Party co-existed. However, this situation did not last long. A new political party soon appeared and rose rapidly. This is the Datong Party."
"According to existing records, the Datong Party appeared as early as around 400 years ago, but it was very small and a small party at that time. It was only after a group of new party members joined and the party's purpose was revised that the party grew.
According to the analysis of the purpose of the new Datong Party, the party members who joined later are likely to uphold the ideas of the 'Comminist' Party before the second social revolution. However, because of the mixed praise and criticism of the 'Comminist' Party among the people,
, in order to unite the people as much as possible, they abandoned the name "Comminister" and joined the Datong Party. As for why they chose the Datong Party, the word Datong comes from the Datong Chapter of the "Book of Rites", "The Journey of the Great Road".
, The world is for the common good, selecting talents and talents, adhering to faith and cultivating harmony,..., it is called "Great Harmony". The Great Harmony society in Confucianism is similar to "Comminist" doctrine, so it is not enough for them to choose this party.
Strange.
"The purpose of the Datong Party is to create a harmonious world. It advocates the establishment of a big government. All enterprises related to the national economy and people's livelihood should be nationalized. Non-residential land should be nationalized. Residential land transactions should also be restricted. It also advocates the establishment of a big government for workers with relatively low incomes.
To ensure the welfare of the people, to ensure low prices for food and other commodities; to promote reforms in the vassal state so that it can implement the same system as in the Central Plains, etc."
"The purpose of the Datong Party is still attractive to ordinary people. After the reorganization, it quickly surpassed other small parties and became one of the five most important political parties in the empire. The current party politics of the empire have also been formally formed. If no major events happen, in the future
It probably won’t change.”
"Because people believe that college entrance examinations are the fairest, and those who are admitted to college are social elites. If they are allowed to serve as parliamentarians, senior officials will feel more at ease, and they will be more willing to vote for college students when voting. Faced with this situation, various parties have recruited people who agree.
The party’s purpose is to encourage college students to join the party, and when the prefecture and county councils elect provincial council members, and when the provincial council elects members of Congress, members of the party are asked to vote for college students, which results in the vast majority of members of the lower house of Congress and provincial councils being college students.”
(I found out that I miscalculated the time when posting Extra 13 yesterday and changed Zuo Jigao to Lin Shuangwen)
