Steel Dynasty - Chapter 589

[Chapter 589: Talk about political system]

The bedroom was wrapped in the sweet smell of roasted sweet potatoes.

Xiao Ming and Fei Yue’er each took one and ate it deliciously. Of course, he did not forget Concubine Zhen. He had sent some roasted sweet potatoes to Concubine Zhen just now.

“Your Highness, these sweet potatoes are so delicious and high-yielding. This is really a blessing for the country of Chongqing.” Fei Yueer chewed slowly, the smile in her eyes getting thicker.

Xiao Ming nodded: “Now that we have potatoes and sweet potatoes, the agricultural king of the feudal country will feel at ease.”

For him, he mainly introduced these two high-yielding crops. As for other cash crops, he There is no rush, after all, the people of Great Chongqing now only pursue food and clothing, rather than extravagant nutrition like modern people.

Fei Yue’er nodded, and then she said: “Now His Highness not only does not need to worry about agriculture, but now His Highness does not need to worry about the textile industry. After the steam engine entered the textile mill, the cloth output of the textile mill increased greatly. Now the cloth sent from Chudi We don’t have enough cotton.”

As she said this, Fei Yueer brought a piece of blue cloth from the table to Xiao Ming.

“Is this the cloth spun in the textile workshop?” Xiao Ming spread the cloth on his hand and stroked it. Although the cloth was dyed, the surface of the cloth was very smooth, and each cotton thread was very close to each other.

Taking the cloth, he tugged hard again, which showed that the cloth was very strong. Overall, this was the most exquisite cloth Xiao Ming had ever seen in Dayu.

“This is still false. Only the textile machine in the textile mill and the steam engine can produce such cloth. Now I am preparing to use these cloths to produce military uniforms for the army. It’s just that the steam engine has greatly increased the output of the textile mill. This cotton is actually There is not enough, and the price of cotton in Chudi has become more expensive because of this.”

At this point, Fei Yue’er was a little unhappy, probably blaming the cotton merchants in Chudi for taking the opportunity to raise the price.

Xiao Ming didn’t take it seriously. He said, “Actually, it’s very simple. The price of cotton has increased, and the price of this cloth has become more expensive. When the time comes, let our merchants sell it to Chudi at a high price, and the profit will be made.” Back.”

Fei Yue’er laughed immediately when she heard this, and said, “Your Highness is right, I will ask Luluo to raise the price of the fabrics sold to Chu Di merchants tomorrow.”

During this time, Xiao Ming was because of Wei Di. The time spent with Fei Yue’er during the war was short, and now that she is free, Fei Yue’er seems to have endless things to say.

After talking about the sweet potatoes and cloth, Fei Yueer suddenly asked with great interest: “Your Highness, when I was giving a lecture to the women’s college yesterday, a female student said something about the feudal system and the constitutional monarchy.”

“Who? That’s right!” Xiao Ming frowned upon hearing this.

Fei Yue’er saw that Xiao Ming’s expression was somewhat solemn and did not dare to hide it, so she said: “This female student is none other than Yang Shiman, the daughter of Yang Chengye, the governor of Dengzhou. I also asked her about it, but she was talking about a Dutch businessman. Tell her about the dualist constitutional monarchy and the parliamentary constitutional monarchy.”

“Dutch businessman.” Xiao Ming nodded, “It’s not surprising. Yang Chengye has interacted with the Dutch a lot, and it is inevitable that he will learn something about the West from the Dutch people. Something.”

Fei Yue’er is his pillow, and Xiao Ming usually teaches her a lot of knowledge that is not available in the Great Yu Kingdom, but he has never told Fei Yue’er about these country’s political systems.

When Feiyueer asked about it, he explained: “The feudal system among the Dutch people refers to the current state system of Dayu. This system is based on the aristocratic ruling class enfeoffing layers of land and occupying wealth such as land and farmers. System, as for the constitutional monarchy, it is the political system of many Western countries. Generally speaking, the constitutional monarchy is divided into dual system constitutional monarchy and parliamentary constitutional monarchy. “

Fei Yue’er showed an interested look. After reading the books of Bowen College, she said. Gradually I became interested in other parts of the world.

After taking a sip of tea, he continued: “The essence of monarchy is to establish a parliament to limit the rights of the monarch. However, the difference is that in a dual constitutional monarchy, the emperor’s rights are higher than those of the parliament, while in a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, the emperor may lose some of his rights or even be reduced to power. “For decoration.”

“What is this parliament?” Fei Yue’er asked.

“Simply put, it is the highest authority representing the interests of businessmen. This organization has all the rights of the emperor.” Xiao Ming explained.

Fei Yue’er frowned and said, “It’s really strange in this Western country. Why can an institution representing the interests of businessmen rule a country? If so, wouldn’t this country become a tool for businessmen to make money?”

Xiao Ming was a little surprised. He looked at Fei Yue’er and asked, “Do you think this kind of national system is bad?”

“It’s not good.” Fei Yue’er answered resolutely, “Businessmen pursue profit, and they will do anything for profit.”

Xiao Ming smiled and said: “It’s just that feudal autocracy also has its own shortcomings. It’s just that the people who make money have changed from businessmen to powerful people. There is no difference in essence.”

Fei Yue’er said: “Your Highness is right, so a generation of wise kings can To prosper the country, a generation of foolish kings can destroy the country, but the king’s destiny is given by heaven, so why should His Highness be interfered by Western countries?”

Xiao Ming sighed. For him, the real crisis is far from the civil strife in Dayu, nor the covetous powers. The biggest one. The crisis actually comes from within Da Yu.

Now, in order to improve the level of civilization, he popularized education in the feudal country, and the result of this is to open up the people’s wisdom. Once the people’s wisdom is opened, the people and merchants will actively participate in state affairs.

It is unknown whether the British Glorious Revolution or the French Revolution will occur in the Dayu Congress.

Because of this, Fei Yue’er’s mention of this incident made him feel a sudden haze in his heart, because maybe one day his enemies would be the people who once supported him.

Because he would not allow events similar to the British Glorious Revolution and the French Revolution to occur in Great Chongqing, nor would he allow capital to control the country.

In his opinion, the system is not the decisive factor that determines the rise and fall of a country, because no matter what system is implemented by people, the ultimate problem will be in the hands of the people who implement it. Because of this, contemporary China has respected talents since ancient times. Governing the country.

However, it is not appropriate to still maintain the feudal autocracy of the king’s destiny. Therefore, he will follow the footsteps of the times and make some changes in the political system of Dayu, but he will not follow the West. For him, he is more inclined to combine Chinese and Western methods and adopt The golden mean is to use the best of two families to govern the country.

However, it is too early to talk about political reform before Dayu is stable. He now needs a stable environment to concentrate power to end the current chaos among the vassals. Otherwise, if civil strife breaks out, he will lose his own arms.

(End of chapter)