Volume 6 Recruiting people to hear Luocheng flute, Chapter 748, General Election (6)
"Your Highness! What a coincidence! You happen to be here!" The guard was a little surprised to see Yu Qiuping. "This gentleman came from the Ming Dynasty. He took your seal and said that he was visiting from an old friend."
"I understand, let's go." Yu Qiuping glanced at the young man, waved to the guard, and then led the young man to walk to the deserted beach until he was sure that no one could hear the two of them.
During the conversation, he spoke in a low voice: "Are you from His Majesty?"
"That's right, I am Lu Ming, the commanding officer of Shenji Battalion." The young man saluted Yu Qiuping, "I have met Mr. Yu Qiu."
"Yu Qiu Hongye, nice to meet you." Yu Qiuping also saluted Lu Ming, but he was a little confused in his heart as to why the message such as the oral message should come from the Shenji Camp instead of Jinyiwei or Dongchang people. "I wonder if your majesty can
Have something important to convey?"
"I would like to ask His Highness for support regarding the reform." Lu Ming bowed again and said.
"I have already told Your Majesty all my knowledge. If you ask me again, I am afraid that I will be the one who has exhausted my skills." Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly, "What kind of problem did Your Majesty encounter?"
"No, the industrial establishment in various places is in good order, and the guild reform and tax reform are also progressing smoothly. It's just that your Majesty has encountered a big problem." Lu Ming left half of his words unfinished and looked at Yu Qiuping meaningfully.
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"Political enemy?" Yu Qiuping noticed Lu Ming's subtext.
"Yes, the deeper the reform, the greater the resistance. This year, Zhang Xueshi is no longer willing to continue to implement the reform, believing that it will damage the rights and interests of the gentry. Zhang Xueshi believes that it is enough to stop at colonial industry and simple tax system and guild reform
, but Your Majesty wants to go all-out. But Xueshi Zhang used the rebellious voices of the courtiers to threaten Your Majesty. Your Majesty is now in a dilemma."
"Ah... Bachelor Zhang." Yu Qiuping frowned when he heard this. The situation in the Ming Dynasty on the other side of the ocean was really unpredictable. After thinking about it, it was reasonable for Zhang Juzheng to oppose deepening reforms. Even if he knew the future, let him
It is really difficult to carry out reforms under huge pressure and even harm one's own family.
"What does Your Majesty need?" However, Yu Qiuping did not hesitate. As a time traveler, he would naturally side with the reformists.
"Your Majesty wants you to advise him on how to attack the opposition." Lu Ming whispered without changing his expression.
"If the opposition is mainly composed of the gentry... maybe the key is to cut off the connection between the scholar-bureaucrats and the land, or to attack the imperial examination system. However, this is also very harmful and may lead to subversive actions. It must be matched with other social mobility mechanisms, so please be careful.
"Yu Qiuping could only put forward an opinion conceptually, and the expression on Lu Ming's face was obviously confused. Yu Qiuping knew that Lu Ming must not have read Yu Qiuping's "Future Outline", so he did not understand what Yu Qiuping meant by this sentence.
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"Just tell this to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will understand." Yu Qiuping motioned to Lu Ming not to ask any more questions, and Lu Ming wisely did not continue to talk.
"By the way, there is a question about Academician Zhang." A flash of light flashed in Yu Qiuping's mind, and he suddenly remembered something, "Remind Your Majesty, even if the conflict with Academician Zhang has intensified to the point of being irreconcilable, do not break out into a conflict. Let Your Majesty wait 4 more
Years, four years from now, when the time comes, your Majesty, please take action immediately, without hesitation."
"Got it." Although Lu Ming was still confused about the time proposed by Yu Qiuping, as a person who accepted a secret mission, he was obviously very professional and just nodded in agreement.
"If there is nothing else, please come back as soon as possible. There may be a ninja master from my master's family in Japan in Sakai Town. It is not convenient for me to talk to you for too long for fear of getting suspicious." Yu Qiuping finally gave Lu Ming's instructions.
After a few words, he was hurriedly put on the return ship.
On the evening of June 5, the sixth year of Tianzheng (1578), the election for the House of Commons ended. Early the next morning, the results of the vote were already placed on Yu Qiuping's desk.
"The highest vote turned out to be Kihachiro." Yu Qiuping looked at the election results in Sakai Town and clicked his tongue in surprise, "Those big and wealthy bosses never elected this illiterate worker in the end."
"However, although those big bosses did not have the highest votes, they were basically elected. Most of the 60 places in Sakai Town were original businessmen, and the newly elected ones were just some workers and small businessmen, as well as a few samurai
A person of good origin." Naoe Nobuhei added from the side.
Naoe Touhei temporarily took over Naoe Tadayei's role and handled the documents for him beside Yu Qiupei. And perhaps because Naoe Nouhei was coming, Yu Qiucen, who had never liked to look at these documents, actually sweetly proposed today, "
I want to help daddy." I asked Yu Qiuping to study ink at the table, which made Yu Qiuping extremely beautiful.
"I didn't expect that I, a father, would take advantage of my son-in-law." Yu Qiuping complained secretly in his heart, looking at Yu Qiucen who had become a beauty - her eyebrows were full of her mother's appearance when she was young, and
The outline of her facial features is as three-dimensional as Yu Qiuping's. She can definitely be said to be one of the best beauties in the world - on par with Princess Ashi.
"You're taking advantage of this guy." Yu Qiuping glanced at Naoe Nobuei next to him bitterly, then pushed a pile of documents in his direction, watching him sigh with satisfaction.
"Yucen, look at these for me." Naoe Nobuei was really too busy, so he took out a bunch of documents and handed them to Yu Qiucen. Yu Qiucen pouted angrily and gave him a blank look.
After taking a quick look, I took the brush and started annotating it at will.
"Hey, hey, don't mess around, you stinky girl!" Yu Qiuping saw Yu Qiucen starting to scribble on the paperwork, hurriedly put down the election form in his hand, and grabbed the pen from her hand, "You better study obediently.
Go to the ink."
"What is this?" Yu Qiucen turned the piece of paper in front of Yu Qiuping in a circle and brought it to himself. "This is the election situation in Hanoi! Let me see who is in front...
Huh? Who are these? They don’t even have the word Miao, are they all farmers? Why are they ranked so high?"
"I asked the president, and the farmers' election method is really 'smart'." Yu Qiuping laughed when he heard this, and glanced at Lonzo Konishi, who had spent a lot of money and effort but was only ranked seventh, "
They don't publicize anything, they just keep saying that they are honest and that their families are harmonious, and then tell others what number their names are in. Hanoi is not as enthusiastic as Sakai Town, where there is a little more enthusiasm for elections. There are many people in Hanoi who are simply
Farmers who vote randomly just to get a tax exemption don’t care who is more powerful among you. Instead, it’s the honest people who get the votes by repeating themselves.”
"Ah? It can still be like this?" Yu Qiucen shook his head in shock when he heard this, "Then why don't you just find a beautiful dancer to canvass for votes? Can't you get more?"
"You're right!" Yu Qiuping laughed loudly and touched Yu Qiucen's head, "I'm telling you, it's really possible for someone to do this in the future, and the effect will definitely be great! How about, let's
My little beauty, are you interested?"
"I don't want it!" Yu Qiucen snorted and turned away. His long hair shook Yu Qiuping's face, "That kind of thing is not done by a person of my status. I am lowering myself!"
"Yes, many old congressmen lost their seats in this election because they were afraid of lowering their worth." Yu Qiuping didn't know whether he was lamenting this election or the situation in his previous life. "Those who were elected in the election are all
They are those who know how to publicize and are thick-skinned. Some are unwilling to please voters due to their status and dignity, so they cannot be elected at all."
"But can a parliament elected in this way work?" Naoe Nobuira raised his head worriedly, "Those farmers and workers may not be literate yet, so how can they be members?"
"Assign a secretary to each of them. What else can we do?" Yu Qiuping knocked on the desk with a wry smile, "That can't be done. But although they
Although he is illiterate, he does represent the interests of workers and farmers."
"Out of the 150 people, 87 are the original businessmen councilors, and 13 are newly elected businessmen. There are also 18 workers, 17 farmers, and 15 warriors." Yu Qiuping took out the final summary table, "
It’s pretty much what I imagined. The future House of Commons will be interesting. Those businessmen will no longer be able to unite to punish me.”
"So His Highness wanted to promote this election in the first place, in fact, to divide the House of Commons?" Naoe Nobuhei looked at Yu Qiupei with sudden realization.
"To be honest, I didn't think that far at the time. I just vaguely thought it was possible. I didn't expect the effect to be so good." Yu Qiuping laughed, shook the paper and laid it flat on the table, "Go ahead and put the election together."
Announce the results and let the newly elected members go to Sakai Town to take office within 10 days."
"I also wanted to stop by to see Guang'er. A guest suddenly came yesterday, so I didn't leave."
June 6, the sixth year of Tianzheng (1578), Sakai Town.
"Aguang, His Majesty Hongye is here to see you!" Chang Zongga's Nobutika, who happened to be on the balcony on the second floor, saw Yu Qiuping's carriage from a distance, and shouted excitedly to Yu Qiuguang inside the house. Yu Qiuguang was originally in the room.
Sitting at the table and reading a book, when he heard the news, he immediately jumped up and ran downstairs. As soon as Yu Qiuping finished greeting the guard, he saw his little child rushing towards him.
"Daddy!"
"Guang'er! He's grown taller again!" Yu Qiuping hugged Yu Qiuguang and spun him around in the air. He found that he actually had to raise a little higher to get his feet off the ground.
"Hehe!" Yu Qiuguang smiled and made a face at Yu Qiuping, "I will be taller than both the eldest brother and the second brother in the future!"
"How have you been lately!" Yu Qiuping lovingly touched Yu Qiuguang's head.
"I usually read books and practice swordsmanship with Nobuchika-chan! Nobuchika-brother is very powerful, and I am no match for him!"
"That's because I'm 2 years older, otherwise I wouldn't be the Third Young Master's opponent." Chang Zong's Nobutika was a little embarrassed by Yu Qiuguang's praise, and hurriedly saluted Yu Qiu.
"Tiger father has no dog son, Chikumamaru, you don't have to be humble." Yu Qiuping smiled encouragingly at Chang Zongga's noobika, and then said to the two children, "How about it, will you miss home?"
"I don't want to!" the two children shouted together as if they were competing, "This is the duty of the children of the Wu family!"
"Hahahaha... How old are you, you are just one of the martial arts disciples." Yu Qiuping was so amused by them that he couldn't help but laugh.
"That's what Brother Naruhimaru told us!" Yu Qiuguang proudly reported Naoe Touhei's name, "Brother Naruhimaru came to see us once two months ago. He told us that although he really wanted to
Naoe-sama wants to be stationed on Awaji Island, but he will never say it in front of dad, because it will make dad embarrassed! It is the duty of the martial arts children to share the worries of the master's family!"
"Ah..." Yu Qiuguang's words just touched the heart of Yu Qiupei that has been troubled recently. Naoe Nobuhei took Omaezaki Nakahide's Hosilyanagi preparations and Ogawa Yutō's wine preparations to Awaji Island Iwaya Port outside the Guxuan territory.
It has been stationed for almost two years. The communication between the island and the mainland is basically through letters, and there is no personnel exchange. In the past two years, fighting has continued in Iwaya Port. The Miyoshi Army organized several attacks on Iwaya Castle and Iwaya Port, and they were all intensively attacked.
The forts and solid city defenses were repulsed, but the defenders still inevitably suffered casualties. Many family members were very concerned about the safety of their relatives on the island, and came to the barracks every day to inquire about the latest situation. Yu Qiuping also learned that Xiliu Bei
The homesickness was as severe as the one in the winery, but it was only suppressed by the Hongye Army's strict military discipline.
"It's time to rotate a group of garrison troops." Yu Qiuping secretly thought, "Let them go home and rest."