The "Constitutional Convention" of the Xichuan Republic is still in progress - this is the birth of a republic! Everything needs to be carefully discussed, and of course it cannot be done in one meeting.
Therefore, from late March to the end of April in the 26th year of Hongxing, in Yining City, which belongs to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, the republican greats and republican pioneers who founded the Western Chu Republic held meetings for more than a month, and not only decided on the Western Chu Republic The political system of the Republic of China established the constitution of the Republic and divided the boundaries of the 7 Ten Thousand Household States and 70 Thousand Household Counties under the Republic - each of the 70 Thousand Household Counties can elect a senator to the Senate of the Republic! And of course the Senate has the highest power in the republic...
In addition to these political arrangements, the Constituent Assembly also passed an "Order on Dividing Farms and Dividing Lands" that will be remembered by future generations.
This is an amazing law!
This law caused a sensation at the time, and many years later, it was praised to the heavens by historical and political scholars. They unanimously believed that this "Order of Dividing Fields and Dividing Land" was the fundamental law of the Western Chu Republic and its importance. It even surpassed the "Republican Law" of the Western Chu Republic, which is the so-called Constitution.
Because the "Republican Law" of Xichu only superficially guaranteed the republican system of Xichu... In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, many similar constitutions appeared, but few were actually followed. .
However, the Western Chu Republic, which was located in the hinterland of Central Asia and was very backward in economy, culture, science and technology, strictly abided by the "Law of the Republic" in its subsequent history. In its hundreds of years of history, its republican system has never been challenged!
If we look into the reason, there is no doubt that this "Order on Dividing Fields and Dividing Land" has given the citizens of the Western Chu Republic the greatest equality - economic equality - for a long time!
At the same time, this "Order of Dividing Fields and Dividing Lands" also ensured that the gun-toting citizens of Western Chu had enough economic strength to support themselves and their families, and to serve the country.
Because the gun-toting citizens of the Western Chu Republic have owned a similar amount of land for a long time, but the absolute amount is quite large - the average household has 1,000 acres, and the average per capita has about 200 acres! Therefore, in the Republic of Western Chu, there are no particularly rich citizens, and there are no particularly poor citizens.
Almost all gun-toting citizens of Western Chu have guns, land, and food and clothing, but they cannot become extremely rich. Of course, the inability to become a wealthy man was not due to the "Order on Dividing Fields and Dividing Land", but because of the unique geographical location of the Western Chu Republic.
In the Age of Discovery, Central Asia was no longer the only way for exchanges between the East and the West, and its commercial value was almost zero. The high cost of land transportation has also made Central Asia a relatively closed space. No matter how much the land produces, it cannot be exported, so citizens who are allocated 1,000 acres of land cannot accumulate wealth by selling agricultural products.
Although this closed terrain restricted the economic progress of the Western Chu Republic, it also, together with the "Order of Dividing Fields and Dividing Lands", helped ensure the country's economic fairness - at least in the context of the population expansion of the Western Chu Republic. Until a certain number of people are reached, the citizens of Xichu can be economically wealthy and average. It can be said that we are in an ideal state pursued by ancient sages.
And in this generally affluent and average state, even the overlords of Western Chu would find it difficult to use their positions to accumulate considerable wealth... because the trouble is not small (the surrounding countries are not weak, below citizens with guns and difficult to serve), and at the same time there was not enough oil and water, so the overlord of Western Chu, which sounded very bluffing, became an unattractive position after Zhu Cijiong's 10-year term ended - the unlucky Zhu Cijiong After the end of his first "overlord" term, he did not seek the crown as originally planned, but resolutely returned to Datong Mansion. After that, he returned to Beijing, where he was born, and spent the rest of his long life there. .
Zhu Cixuan, who later succeeded this position, also did not seek a second term after his 10-year term. Instead, he and his wife Li Yuee went to live in seclusion in a manor on the coast of Hot Sea, and spent the rest of their lives there.
Although in the following hundreds of years, the descendants of Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cixuan (the descendants of their female descendants) almost monopolized the position of "overlord", they still did not damage the republican system of Western Chu.
And starting from Zhu Cixuan, every overlord of Western Chu was elected through the vote of the Thousand Households Council...
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When Zhu Cijiong, the king of the Ming Dynasty, became the father of the Western Chu Republic, more than 10,000 miles away in the Bay of Bengal, next to the Xinliuqiu Island under the jurisdiction of the Western Military Envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the annoying season of raining every day came again. .
The so-called New Ryukyu Island is Phuket Island. Because the Shang Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom was transferred here by Zhu Cixiang, the name of the island was changed to New Ryukyu Island.
At the end of the 25th year of Hongxing's reign, this charming island changed its owner again - due to repeated pleas by Shang Zhen of the Shang Dynasty, Zhu Cixiang finally agreed to move the Shang Dynasty back to their hometown of Ryukyu Island. However, Shangzhi was no longer the king of a country, but became the hereditary king of Ryukyu County. The title of King of Ryukyu is just a title, but it does not mean that Shang Zhen can rule Ryukyu...
In other words, the Ryukyu Shang family paid the price of "subjugation of the country" in exchange for permission to return to their hometown. But such a huge price, in the eyes of the Shang family, is completely worth it!
The reason is simple. In the past ten years, although the Shang family has tried its best to develop and transform Pupu Island, there is still no way to change the situation where malaria is rampant on the island. As many as 80% of the people who immigrated to Ryukyu with the Shang family died of illness in the past ten years! Shang Zhen's father and mother also died within three years of being transferred to Phuket... More than 60% of the Shang family's children who immigrated to Phuket also died in the past ten years.
Because too many people died and the development of the island was also very bad, when the Ming Empire was preparing to use New Ryukyu Island as a base to attack Xiaoxiyang, the Ming Marshal's Office discovered that the infrastructure on this island was very poor. Almost impossible to exploit.
That's why Zhu Cixiang had to agree to the withdrawal of the Shang clan. However, he did not turn New Ryukyu into the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he transferred it to his fifth brother Zhu Cizhao and made it his principality. Zhu Cizhao will also serve as the Duke of Puji.
Zhu Cizhao, who became the monarch, has now turned into a dark-skinned, tall and thin middle-aged widowed uncle who always has a little sadness on his face.
Yes, he was widowed and lost Zuo Mengmei!
Zuo Mengmei died of malaria three years ago... In addition to being widowed, Zhu Cizhao also lost a son! One year before Zuo Mengmei died of illness, the son born to Zhu Cizhao and Zuo Mengmei also died of malaria!
Unlike Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong who had many heirs, Zhu Cizhao had very few children because he was in love with Zuo Mengmei. Only one son or two daughters were able to grow up.
Zhu Cizhao, who suffered the loss of his son and spouse one after another, became a little taciturn and depressed. But he still cheered up and continued to work hard to do the errands given to him by his elder brother Zhu Cixiang.
Because he also has a grandson named Zhu Yijin, who is just four years old this year. He is currently playing on the white beach under the care of the nanny of the Yihe tribe.
Zhu Cizhao was looking at his grandson not far away, with a rare smile.
"Boom boom..."
A sound like rolling thunder sounded in Zhu Cizhao's ears, maybe a thunderstorm was coming. He looked up at the sky. It was a rare cloudless day.
"Father, this is Fortress Mountain..." Beside Zhu Cizhao, a dark-faced man with an embroidered spring knife slung in his waist and wearing a Siamese-style silk short coat reminded loudly, "There should be some The ship is approaching...perhaps a rogue navy or a Western fleet!"
The person who called Zhu Cizhao his father was of course not his biological son, but Zhang Yong's second son, named Zhu Yunyi (Zhang Yunyi). After Zhu Cizhao's biological son died, he recognized his father-in-law.
