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Volume 2: Under the Warlords Chapter 1140: Draft Constitution

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    Wang Maoru and his three men walked to the nearest place of Gu Hongming in a childlike manner and looked over through the glass.  When Zhang Kui'an walked out, it started to snow, first there were small snowflakes, and then large flakes fell.  Zhang Kui'an quickly walked a few steps holding an umbrella, and came to Gu Hongming with an admiration on his face and said with a smile: "I have seen a woman's feet, you can't chase me away."

    The old man Gu Hongming became angry and said: "You? I know you, Zhang Banguo. People say that having you as the president is equivalent to having half the country, right? You and Jiang Fangzhen are called the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix of the Republic of China  "

    ¡°I¡¯m too ashamed to deserve it, I¡¯m too ashamed to deserve it!¡± Zhang Kui¡¯an hurriedly raised his hands and said modestly.

    Gu Hongming sighed: "It's a pity that I'm a good person and I didn't take the right path."

    Zhang Kui'an said: "Why?"

    Gu Hongming said: "It's just that President Wang Maoru doesn't like women with small feet, but he forces others to not marry women with small feet like him. Isn't this forcing public opinion? Ah, does everyone have to follow his temper? I think so  Let¡¯s see, is he going to be the second Yuan Shikai?¡±

    "Mr., do you like small feet?" Zhang Kui'an said with a smile.

    "nature."

    "Your hobbies are really special."

    "Traditional culture must be inherited and carried forward. It is said that you have never left the country, why are you messing with this with the president?" Gu Hongming accused.

    Zhang Kui'an said: "I can't help it. Besides, we all have to listen to Congress. Although we are a presidential republic, the president has no decision-making power. Have you forgotten? Everything is Congress's fault. It was one of them who suggested,  That¡¯s when the president decided to support it.¡±

    "You said that a senator suggested to the president that foot binding be banned?" Gu Hongming seemed to have heard it for the first time.

    "Of course." Zhang Kui'an said, "I won't lie to you (who am I lying to). Old man. Think about it, the presidential office is the executive branch, and the legislative branch is needed to deal with people with bound feet. You must think this law is wrong  , you should go to the legislative branch. By the way, this method seems to be on trial for three months. You go to the door of the legislative branch to protest every day. After three months, people will naturally support you."

    Gu Hongming thought for a while and said happily: "Then I will go to the Congress."

    Old man Gu was finally kicked away by Zhang Kui'an, and the big brand was changed.  It was changed to "serious protest against Congress' support for the president to interfere with women's feet with his own likes and dislikes."

    ¡°This old man is extremely stubborn, and it¡¯s even harder to talk to the Congress. They didn¡¯t attack the Congress, they just held up signs to protest.  Doesn't make any noise yet.  Congress didn't dare to say anything and just regarded him as a piece of scenery.  At this time, a reporter from the "Yenjing Daily" exposed the incident, and the photo was placed on the headlines of the newspaper and published under the title "Battle of Foot-Binding Cloth".

    ??Suddenly, Old Man Gu became even more famous. Some old scholars and gentry who upheld the old ideas came thousands of miles away to stand with Old Man Gu in protest.  However, these people were not so lucky and were taken away quickly. Only Gu Hongming was special.  Wang Maoru was afraid that he would be exposed to wind and sun, especially the cold in winter.  So he asked someone to give him a set of cotton-padded clothes.

    Old man Gu held up another sign amusingly: "Even if the president bribes me with a cotton coat, I will not stop protesting!"

    ¡°Well, no one can persuade this old man.

    Using fines to punish bound feet is an artificial interference with the freedom of the country¡¯s citizens.  But no one protested. The congressmen are all intellectuals. Intellectuals are naturally exposed to Western culture and civilization. They know that China's foot-binding is actually a twisted and bad habit. They are often ridiculed by foreigners because of this. This time  Instead, they all announced in unison that it must be implemented.  Wang Maoru's motion was randomly supported.

    In local areas, because the fines for binding feet are under the control of local governments, local governments are also willing to implement the fine system, especially in Henan Province and Zhili Province, two areas with strong traditional culture. This custom has been maintained for many years and has been established in the country.  Think about how much fine you will be able to pay after three years.  As a result, in just one year, all provinces and regions in China had their feet bound, and no one took the initiative to bind their feet anymore.

    Coupled with the role of modern propaganda and cultural literacy, more and more literate people have made people realize that foot binding is actually a kind of destruction and persecution of women.  After this (beginning in 1924), China's custom of binding feet was also abandoned by the Chinese people.

    President Wang Maoru, who left the trouble to Congress, met with provincial representatives one after another at the Presidential Palace. Basically, he met with four groups a day. He spent half a month understanding the difficulties and opportunities faced by each province, and also encouraged each province to develop industry and agriculture.  And it is not idle to ask provinces to limit agricultural taxes and reduce the burden on farmers.

    Now Congress is busy, mainly with the formulation of the Constitution. Facts have proved thatThe Provisional Constitution was not enough to support the entire legal structure of the Republic of China, so the senators worked together to formulate the real Constitution of the Republic of China.

    After a month of discussion and research, the "Draft Constitution" has been discussed, with a total of twelve chapters, namely:

    Chapter 1: The Constitution of the Republic of China, as the fundamental law of the country and the parent law of all laws, enjoys the highest right of interpretation. No laws or regulations may violate the spirit of the Constitution. No one may violate the Constitution under any excuse. The Constitution can be supplemented but not changed.

    Chapter 2: The political system of the Republic of China is a presidential republic. The supreme head of state is the President, who is elected by all members of the National Assembly. The House of Representatives is elected by the citizens of each province. The senators are jointly recommended by the administrative departments of each province.

    Chapter 3: All legal citizens of the Republic of China enjoy the freedom of safety, fine clothing, food, movement, speech, marriage, childbirth, pension, election and the right to be elected within the scope of the Constitution.  No foreigner in China may enjoy rights that exceed those enjoyed by his own citizens.

    Chapter 4: Within the Republic of China, people of all ethnic groups and regions have equal rights and enjoy all rights granted by the Constitution. Any speech or behavior that causes ethnic discrimination, genocide, regional discrimination, or regional attacks will be severely punished.

    Chapter 5: Any religion that supports the national unity, territorial integrity, government governance, and inheritance and development of Chinese civilization of the Republic of China enjoys the right to spread religion granted by the government of the Republic of China. Any religion that violates the appeal requirements will be banned from the right to spread religion and be severely punished.  sanctions.  The Republic of China is a country for all Chinese people. Any political party or individual has the responsibility to safeguard the power and image of the country. Those who maliciously slander the motherland will be severely punished.

    Chapter 6: The Constitution guarantees the sanctity and inviolability of the private property of legal citizens of the Republic of China.  All mineral deposits, water flows, forests, mountains, grasslands, wasteland, tidal flats and other natural resources within the scope of the Republic of China are owned by the state, that is, owned by the whole people. Citizens enjoy the rights to cultivate private land, fish and hunt.

    Chapter 7: The Constitution guarantees the spirit of contract among Chinese people. Once a legal contract is signed, it will be permanently protected by the Constitution.  Citizens and commercial units of the Republic of China complete tax activities, and any tax evasion and tax evasion will be severely punished.

    Chapter 8: Education is the hope of the nation. Citizens of the Republic of China enjoy the right to education and continuing education. The Republic of China implements a free and compulsory education system for junior and senior primary schools. In any case, education funding shall not be less than 5% of national revenue.  .

    Chapter 9: The Chinese nation is based on filial piety, and children must respect their parents and elders.  Chinese civilization is a civilization that integrates multiple civilizations. The people are mainly based on Confucianism and Legalism, supplemented by the traditions of various ethnic groups in the construction of national civilization, and respect each other's cultural differences.

    Chapter 10: No political party may spread partisan ideology to minors, and no political party may form armed forces.

    Chapter 11: The National Defense Force is the national defense force of the Republic of China, ensuring the security of China¡¯s territory, territorial waters, and airspace. In the event of a national war, the National Defense Force has the right to declare the militarization of the Republic of China.  During non-national war, the military is not allowed to interfere in politics.  When the motherland is harmed, all Chinese must immediately take defending the motherland as their first priority and unite as one to resist foreign humiliation. Any behavior that avoids war and flees from war will revoke their citizenship.

    Chapter 12: The administrative regions of the Republic of China are divided into seven levels: country, province, state, county, town (or city), township, and village.  The flag of the Republic of China is the five-color flag of China, which represents the five qualities of the Republic of China, namely country, order, freedom, sacrifice, and wealth.

    The draft "Constitution" was not drafted in detail. After watching it, Wang Maoru felt that it was generally satisfactory, but the details still needed to be discussed, and praised the senators for their dedication these days. He saw the Senate President Shi Shaoyang's eyes were red like rabbits.  , asked in surprise, why did you get pinkeye?

    Shi Shaoyang sighed: "President, the twelve chapters of the founding constitution need to be broken down. We discuss each chapter in detail, and we only have a few hours of sleep every day."

    Wang Maoru looked at the "Draft Constitution" and exclaimed: "This is just a few dozen words, and we actually discussed it all day and night?"

    Shi Shaoyang shook his head and said: "This is because the Senate is composed of its own people, and this is just a draft. Every word needs to be carefully considered. It will take until the middle of the year for the constitution to be drafted. In the first year of the Republic of China, it only took ten days to formulate the provisional constitution. At that time, the members of the North and South  We are all scheming, and compared to the chaos back then, we are extremely relaxed."

    Today's Senate has a total of 56 senators. These 56 senators represent 28 provinces and 1 autonomous prefecture. However, the two senators from Jiangsu, Yu Qiushi and Liao Keng, are a little strange. After Wang Maoru left the Senate, the two joined hands.  He came and said he wanted to invite him to a banquet.  Wang Maoru asked whose banquet it was, and Liao Keng said it was the banquet of Zhang Jingjiang, the former Minister of Industry and Commerce, to celebrate the marriage of his daughter.

    Wang Maoru understood what was going on after just a moment¡¯s thought.Well, this Liao Keng is from Songhu. Although Zhang Jingjiang is a member of the Democratic Party, after Sun Liwen resigned as president due to illness, he quit the Democratic Party and stayed in the government to continue to serve as the Minister of Industry and Commerce until the end.

    Previously, Gu Weijun and Lu Zhengxiang also proposed to him that Songhu Prefecture should also be established as an independent state, with the same status as Yanjing Prefecture (Beijing).

    Songhu Direct Affiliation must be here for Songhu Direct Affiliation.  (To be continued)
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