Chapter 12 Rumors
Under the influence of Nanjing, the news that He Xi wanted to usurp the throne spread throughout Beijing.
But He Xi didn't pay much attention at all. What he paid attention to was the Beijing newspapers.
The development of newspapers in Beijing is not as good as that in Nanjing, but it has grown rapidly in the past two years. He Xi is estimated to be on par with newspapers in Nanjing. In two or three years, it will become the largest newspaper center.
There is no other reason than literacy rate.
Beijing newspapers could not develop before because the number of literate people in Beijing was far less than that in Nanjing.
Parents in the South will send their children to school first, so that they can be literate even if they have no achievements. In Beijing, which is desolate and the people have little savings, they naturally do not have this habit. But there is no such thing as compulsory education. In addition, the military has been promoting literacy education.
The increase in literacy rate has also led to greater coverage and scale of newspapers.
If this continues, the literacy rate in Beijing will surpass that of Nanjing. It’s only a matter of time before Beijing’s newspaper industry surpasses Nanjing’s.
He Xi doesn't care about these rumors, but it's not like they haven't dealt with them.
The best way to deal with it is cold treatment. Overwrite this message with other messages.
He Xi can now be covered without any other news. Gein Hexi had high hopes for this article.
There was enlightenment education first, and then there was democratic revolution.
He Xi is actually the opposite because of what he does. Many things have been accomplished in practice before theory.
He Xi also knew that many things were not done by him alone. He needs the support of more people. He likes his article, which has become the beginning of an enlightenment movement, allowing many people to theorize and discuss. Only then can public opinion replace God's will and be deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Once this becomes a social consensus. There are many things that He Xi does not need to do by himself.
It’s just that this issue is too ambitious. At first almost no one dared to express their opinions in the newspapers. ap.
He Xi could only take action on her own, using a pen name to express her opinions, and then another pen name to refute, creating the appearance of a fight between left and right. Soon many people were involved. This kind of argumentative atmosphere arose.
There are several specific topics.
First, that is the relationship between heaven’s heart and people’s heart. Is the people's heart the same as the heaven's heart?
Second, how should public opinion be expressed?
Third, the inheritance, pros and cons between the parliamentary system and the school system.
etc.
For a time, countless readers asked questions in newspapers. There were even discussions in the streets. It is in sharp contrast to Nanjing.
When He Xi is in Beijing, he is afraid that others will not comment on him. Whenever you see a good article, pay attention to the name. As for many people who write under pseudonyms for fear of retribution, but for He Xi, these vests are useless.
Demo, can I still not know who you are?
The upper echelons of Nanjing are talking a lot about things in Beijing and have their own feelings, but there is no reflection at all in the major newspapers in Nanjing. It’s like no one knows what’s going on in Beijing.
Under such discussion, the news that He Xi wanted to usurp the throne was suppressed.
During this process, He Xi discovered that Zhu Xiongying in the palace had also taken action. Block this news.
Although Zhu Xiongying knew that conflicts between him and He Xi would break out sooner or later, neither party wanted it to be this time.
He Xi wanted to trigger a new debate among hundreds of schools of thought, but He Xi had seen too much and had seen many theories from later generations. However, facing the messy discussions of these people, he always felt that they did not go beyond the boundaries of Confucianism. Many people are just supporters of He Xi. Nothing new. There are no big figures who founded a sect.
He Xi secretly thought: "It seems that it will take some time for the talent to grow."
It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. The talent growth cycle is very long. The students He Xi trained in the Nanjing Imperial College were actually all halfway through becoming monks, and their foundation was laid in Confucianism. It is related to He Xi's theory, but not much.
He Xi truly promotes education and learns He Xi’s new learning from childhood.
In fact, it was after Liaodong. Even Hebei has only started to promote it in recent years. And wait for a person who has studied He Xi's course since he was a child, and then experienced many things, growing up step by step to become everyone. It is probably after the age of thirty or forty that one can be considered mature in thinking, open to all kinds of things, and develop his own abilities.
Although it is admitted that there are geniuses in this world, most people are like this.
Some people ask, when will China have the Nobel Prize? The answer lies in this. China’s education normally started in the 1980s. The group of people in the 1980s had to work for decades to reach their peak and produce their own Nobel Prizes. Level achievement, the rest is waiting. Wait until he has the longevity to wait for the Nobel Prize.
This is without discrimination.
Therefore, He Xi hopes to truly produce the essence of his nation's political thought, rather than copying it from later generations. We have to wait twenty or thirty years.
Why does He Xi expect such talents to appear? Because only with the emergence of such talents, He Xi can ensure that Ming Dynasty embarks on a new path. As for how far it will go, we can only believe in future generations.
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After a series of deliberation and development.
It was finally time for the first meeting of the conference.
Fortunately, the city of Beijing has been undergoing large-scale construction projects. Although it has gradually decreased as the construction of Beijing City has come to an end, it has not completely ended. It is also very simple to transform a house in a short period of time.
This time, it was the first parliamentary meeting.
There was an honor guard from the First Army to protect the venue. These people were actually the former Han generals and originally belonged to the Jinyi Guards. Now it's being stripped. The Jinyiwei is an intelligence agency that is solely subordinate to the emperor, and the violent institutions within the Jinyiwei are stripped away.
When Jin Yiwei needs force, he can mobilize the army. However, the Jinyiwei cannot have force alone, that is, it becomes an organized army.
Now there are quite a lot of people coming this time.
Almost everyone in Beijing who was a third-rank official or above came. And the MPs have arrived.
Originally, He Xi wanted to design some quotas. But I want to avoid doing so many things the first time. Anyone who can afford 100,000 yuan to purchase national debt can become a member of the parliament. But this threshold is not low.
One hundred thousand yuan is not a small amount.
Although the national debt will be repaid. It is also valuable in itself. But now there is no treasury bond trading market in Beijing. It is not easy to sell national debt. If one hundred thousand yuan is occupied for a long time, it is impossible for many people to afford it.
Because of time.
The House is not well built and is even in a semi-complete state. It's open air.
After all, when He Xi planned the city of Beijing, he did not plan the parliament. The method adopted by the House of Representatives has also come here step by step. Moreover, the chamber is very large and must accommodate at least thousands of people.
In fact, it is not that there were no occasions to accommodate thousands of people in ancient times.
After all, the three main halls can accommodate hundreds of people for meetings, or even more, without any problem.
But no.
Because of the size problem, the three main halls are in the palace, which is the kind of palace where something big happens to the emperor. It can only be used for important events such as ascending the throne and marrying a wife. It is simply impossible to build a House of Representatives in this way. Not to mention, the House of Representatives is completely different from the three main halls.
In a hurry, there was no good building plan.
Although, now there is cement and steel bars. Able to create some architectural wonders.
But He Xi did not work hard in this area. Although many craftsmen used new materials, they were still using old techniques, so there were naturally areas for improvement. But this kind of venue that can accommodate one or two thousand people is really something they have never thought about.
After all, in the past, such a large-scale meeting place was actually the imperial gate. All the civil and military officials stood in the open air.
But He Xi knew that ordinary meetings at Yumenzhengzheng were ceremonial, but there would be too many conflicts of interest in future meetings. I don’t know how many times I’ll be arguing for days and still not be able to figure things out.
Of course it can't be outdoors.
Therefore, we decided to build a venue.
As a result, it will take a long time to build the real venue. However, what they need more is a technological breakthrough. In terms of design ideas, new developments must be made, otherwise this venue will not be renovated until how long it will take.
Now, let these people meet in the open air.
