"Then how do you plan to allocate the seats? Or will the seats be given to whoever has the most donations?" Imagawa Kaede closed Yu Qiuping's seemingly unhelpful "Future Outline".
"This is a guaranteed way. If you really can't think of anything else, just use this trick. It will definitely not go wrong." Yu Qiuping nodded, and then heavily crossed out two crosses on the paper he was writing on.
He also threw it into the wastebasket. Sure enough, his previous hunch was correct, this plan was also rubbish.
"But I actually want to change the form." Yu Qiuping turned his head and looked at Kaede Imagawa, "If we only decide who will be a member of the assembly based on the amount of money, many small businessmen will be very dissatisfied, and there will also be suspicions of secret operations and fraud.
.Moreover, from a historical perspective, the allocation of congressional seats should be pushed in the direction of elections, instead of giving them to whoever has more money. Moreover, if seats are allocated only based on more money and less money, those businessmen will
They are very confident, we should do something about the re-election system to restrict them."
"So what do you mean..." Kaede Imagawa straightened the messy hair on her forehead and asked, tilting her head.
"Divide the electoral districts and divide the territory under our rule into several districts, with several quotas for each district. In this way, in addition to the wealthy businessmen of Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town, those businessmen from Kawachi, Izumi, and Kii can also get seats.
"Yu Qiuping pondered and hesitated for a moment, then drew a circle on the paper, "Then let the people choose who is elected in each constituency."
"People? What are you kidding me?" Imagawa Feng laughed dumbly when he heard this, "The people now are no better than those people in the future in your book. The people don't know anything. They only care about whether they can have enough food and clothing. As for the affairs of the Wu family, they don't care.
They are concerned. Not to mention that they don’t know the bosses, even if they are in Yuqiu’s family, they probably only know you, me, and Shang’er. If you ask them to go to the election, who will go?"
"If you don't go, we will increase the tax, or we can exempt part of the tax for those who go to the election." Yu Qiuping smiled evilly and raised his brush in an angry manner, "Didn't we do this in Sanhe Bihai County back then? Come here.
If the people who elect are exempted from taxes, they will be more motivated. You said..."
Before Yu Qiuping finished speaking, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind around him. He slowly twisted his stiff neck with some fear, and then realized that he had just dumped the ink from the brush on Imagawa Kaede's newly bought skirt...
"Ah..." Yu Qiuping's face suddenly showed a smile of embarrassment rather than fear when facing death. He watched helplessly as Imagawa Kaede, whose face was full of black lines, walked towards him with a smile, and then was beaten violently.
After the fight, Imagawa Kaede watched with satisfaction as Yu Qiuping hid in the corner with his head in his arms, sat on Yu Qiuping's chair and started writing on the paper. At the same time, he complained, "At least we were electing the village chief at that time, and the villagers all knew each other.
, some are easy to choose. Now if you ask the common people to elect members, they don’t know anyone and can’t read, so they must be choosing randomly. I guess whoever’s name comes first will be chosen by then. Or
There are people who buy votes and give money to the villagers to teach them how to vote."
"Then what should we do?" Yu Qiuping carefully looked at Imagawa Kaede through the cracks of his arms to ensure that the latter's emotions had calmed down, while quietly moving his body.
"Don't involve so many people. They don't have the ability to vote and don't care. Let only those who care about the election and have the ability to screen vote." Imagawa Kaede was immersed in writing and didn't pay attention.
to move furtively
Rain and Qiuping.
"Only allow some people from the middle and upper classes to vote?" Yu Qiuping deliberately lowered his voice to make it difficult for Imagawa Kaede to distinguish his position. However, Imagawa Kaede seemed to be busy writing and did not pay attention to Yu.
Qiuping.
"Now, look, that's it." After Imagawa Kaede wrote the last few words, he was about to put down the pen with satisfaction, but his body was suddenly hugged. The next second, Imakawa Kaede was hugged from behind.
Yu Qiuping started tickling like crazy.
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! You, you, you... stop! Geez..." Imagawa Kaede was embarrassed by Yu Qiuping's sudden attack. She laughed so hard that she dropped the brush in her hand to the paper, smearing the ink.
It's going to be a mess.
"Ping, let go, please, stop scratching!" Imagawa Kaede, whose strength is usually much higher than that of Yu Qiuping, is unexpectedly very ticklish. As soon as he is tickled, he will immediately lose his ability to resist, so he has to "
He laughed and begged for mercy. However, Yu Qiuping seemed to be deeply resentful of the beating just now and kept scratching him.
"Yuqiu...Ke...Ping! I'm police...Ke...sue you! You...Guke...stop for me!" Imagawa Kaede saw that it was hard to be soft, so she planned to use hard force, but she prepared a scary word...
I was interrupted several times by my own laughter, and it no longer had any deterrent effect.
"What are you writing?" Yu Qiuping, who was tickling to his heart's content, suddenly noticed what Imagawa Kaede had written on the paper and was distracted for a moment. This distraction was good, Imagawa Kaede instantly seized the opportunity to break away from Yu Qiuping,
He handcuffed Yu Qiuping with his backhand.
"Hmph! You just got carried away!" Imagawa Kaede pressed Yu Qiuping in front of the table with satisfaction, and kicked Yu Qiuping's calf in a demonstration, "Let's see, what I thought of."
"A person who has the status of a samurai and has held a Yuanfu ceremony, or a man who is over 20 years old and whose annual tax payment exceeds 5 ken. However, he must have settled in Hanoi, Izumi, and Kii for more than 3 years, and he must have no criminal record or other irregularities.
Those whose actions are beneficial to the Yuqiu family can vote."
Yu Qiuping read through the conditions listed by Imagawa Kaede, "It always feels a bit familiar."
"What looks familiar?" Imagawa Feng looked at Yu Qiuping warily, fearing that he was deliberately distracting Imagawa Feng so he could escape.
"It is similar to the system before various electoral reforms. For example, in the UK and Japan, in the first elections, only middle- and upper-class men were allowed to vote. Later, it gradually became one person, one vote, and women were also allowed to vote."
Yu Qiuping recalled the historical knowledge that was already a long time ago.
"That's not normal. Letting everyone vote now will only lead to an unmanageable mess." Imagawa Kaede snorted, and then finally freed Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping wailed and moved his sore arms, while
Pointing to Imagawa Kaede's paper, "Let's just use yours as a blueprint. I'll draft a document."
On the morning of April 17, the sixth year of Tianzheng (1578), Yu Qiuping formally proposed the re-election bill and submitted it to Congress for approval.
The bill stipulates that within three months after the bill is approved, a general election will be held in the House of Commons, with the number of seats remaining at 150.
Elections are held every four years and may be postponed under special circumstances.
The Yuqiu family's territory is divided into six major districts: Sakai Town, Ishiyama Town, Wada Port District, Kawachi District, Izumi District, and Kii District. Among them, Sakai Town is the largest district, with 45
quota, followed by Ishiyama Town with 25 quotas
Subsequently, Kishiwada Minato Ward has 15 seats, Kawachi Ward has 25 seats, Izumi Ward has 25 seats, and Kii Ward has 15 seats.
If anyone wants to be elected as a member of the House of Representatives, they must go to the electoral registration office recognized by the Yuqiu family to register for a certain constituency election and pay a deposit of 5,000 yuan. If elected, the money will be returned to the national treasury. If defeated,
If elected, the original amount of the money will be returned. 5,000 yuan is not a lot for businessmen who have the ability to run for election. It is mainly to prevent someone from signing up randomly and disrupting the situation.
Candidates must be people who have lived in the Yuqiu family territory for five years, or people who have lived there for a long time before Yu Qiuping captured the area, so as to avoid hostile forces sending people to the election.
At the same time, at the request of Amano Keitoku, review regulations were also added to the bill. Crow has the power to investigate candidates to find out whether there is support from hostile forces behind them and whether they have any experience of violating laws and disciplines.
In each constituency, Yu Qiuping did not adopt the simple majority decision-making system in small constituencies, but used the large constituency system. The elected candidates were ranked by the number of votes in the constituency and selected from top to bottom.
When it comes to specific voting, only those who have the status of a samurai and have held a Yuanfu ceremony, or men who are over 20 years old and whose annual tax payment exceeds 5 ken, are eligible to vote. And they also need to be in Hanoi, Izumi,
Jiyi has been settled for more than 3 years and has no criminal record or other behavior that is detrimental to the Yuqiu family. Voters who want to participate in the election must go to the election registration offices set up by the Yuqiu family 10 days before the official election to accept the investigation and register as a candidate.
Voters can then hold elections. Each person has a ballot, and only 3-5 people in the district can be selected on the ballot. However, active military personnel of the Yuqiu family are not allowed to vote.
Those who meet these conditions are basically the original samurai from Kawachi, Izumi, and Kii, as well as rich farmers from well-off families, large and small merchants, and skilled workers who work in many factories around Sakai Town, Ishiyama Town, and Maple Leaf Mountain Castle.
Their income is much higher than that of ordinary farmers. In order to encourage elections, Yu Qiuping gave each candidate a 10% annual tax exemption. I believe everyone will be moved.
After the bill was submitted to the House of Commons, it immediately caused an uproar. The businessmen who had been members of the House of Commons for almost 10 years immediately felt that their status was in danger. They jointly protested to Yu Qiuping, demanding that the allocation of seats should still be determined based on the amount of political donations.
. However, Hatakeyama Takamasa immediately stood up and pointed out that the case of fraud in the last election had not been settled with them, and they were not allowed to operate in secret again. And Ame Qiupei also spread the public opinion to Kishiwada Port, Kawachi, Izumi, and Kii.
Merchants all support the new quota allocation - as for those voters, they don't pay much attention to the specific election process such as ballots. But no matter what, with a large number of supporters on their side, Yu Qiuping's confidence is also
He became a lot tougher and began to put pressure on the House of Commons.
At the same time, Yu Qiuping also sent Naoe Nobuhei to lobby, in the spirit of carrot and stick, to give the House of Commons some sweetness. Naoe Nobuhei said that if the House of Commons is willing to pass this new election bill, Yu Qiupei will
The Aki family was willing to adjust the quota allocation: 60 from Sakai Town, 35 from Ishiyama Town, 10 from Kishiwada Port, 25 from Kawachi, 10 from Izumi, and 10 from Kii. This greatly benefited the merchants of Sakai and Ishiyama.
Chapter completed!