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Volume 4 Leviathan 102 Friends in Mountain County

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    Mountain County Mansion.  There were two people kneeling in the room, separated by a charcoal stove and a tea set, waiting for the water to boil to make tea.  Compared with Ito Hirobumi, who is thin and fair-faced, the man in a kimono sitting opposite him is only of medium build, but has a strong build, angular face, and electric eyes. He is sitting there kneeling with his back straight, as if he is a sword.  The unsheathed Japanese sword looks like the top boss of the Choshu clan, the father of the Japanese army, and the head of the Inoue Cabinet's Ministry of War, Aritomo Qingshan.  "Ito-kun, you are finally back from Yokohama!" "I am already a Shimono person, isn't it the same everywhere!" Ito Hirobumi smiled: "Yamaga-kun, you should be the busiest now, why?  Do you still have time to meet me, an idle person?" Yamagata Aritomo took the boiling kettle off the charcoal stove, filled the tea bowl, and said in a deep voice: "Ito-kun, no matter what kind of person you are,  No matter whether you are in power or in power, you will not be idle!" Having said this, he pushed the brewed tea bowl over: "Please taste my tea!" Ito Hirobumi picked up the tea bowl, took a sip and asked: "  You sent someone to Yokohama to deliver a message to me, and you invited me to see you today. Inoue-kun should know that, right? Aren't you afraid that he is overly concerned? You know that he is now the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, His Majesty the Emperor.  The first person! " "So what? Inoue-kun is just a servant of His Majesty the Emperor like me. He is equal to me and Ito-kun, but now he has won the support of the British and has done the most.  Okay." At this point, Yamagata Aritomo paused: "But that doesn't mean he will always be the best!" Ito Hirobumi didn't answer. He looked at Yamagata Aritomo's face that was always expressionless.  , I couldn't help but sigh secretly in my heart: "This 'Big Tengu' (a monster in Japanese legend, here refers to a person who likes to cause trouble), always wants to hold on to power." "Yamagata-kun, what about you?  What's the reason for inviting me here?" "I need Ito-kun's help!" A look of disgust appeared on Yamagata Aritomo Furui Muha's face: "It's already August, and the new budget is about to be passed.  It¡¯s time, Inoue-kun decided to make concessions on the budget figures and reduce the total budget by 20% in order to gain the support of those Democratic Party members. This is not allowed!¡± ¡°That¡¯s what happened!¡± Ito Hirobumi smiled slightly,  It turns out that in the modern history of Japan, Yamagata Aritomo had a nickname - "The Enemy of the People". This man came from a humble background. His father was a warehouse associate with a lower status than Ashigaru. Legend has it that when he was young, he once fell into a heavy rain.  Zhonghe was walking toward a high-status samurai and accidentally splashed muddy water on the skirt of the samurai's kimono. As a result, he was forced to lie down in the mud and apologize. This was one of the reasons why he participated in the movement to respect the king and resist the barbarians.  Because of his humble background, even after he reached a high position, Shanxian Youpeng was very amiable to the servants at home, and liked the farmers and workers who worked hard, and the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the war, but he was not interested in those who had freedom and civil rights  Campaigners were disgusted.  In his view, the government should be independent of political party organizations, be in a detached position, and treat all people impartially.  However, those civil rights activists pretend to speak for the people, but in fact they are seeking profits for the small groups behind them. They spend their days "focusing on civil rights, slandering political affairs, slandering officials, and making violent comments and slanders. They do everything."  The country¡¯s silverfish!¡± In Japan¡¯s first national general election in 1889, the Democratic Party members accounted for the majority in the parliament. These Democratic Party members demanded to save government funds, recuperate the people, reduce land rent, and reduce the burden on farmers.  ; This is contrary to Shanxian Youpeng's policy of increasing government subsidies, supporting military industries, strengthening armaments, and preparing for external expansion.  In order to gain the support of these Democratic Party members, Inoue Kaoru decided to make concessions to the Democratic Party members after receiving British support and being able to issue government bonds in the London market. This made Yamagata Aritomo, who represented the interests of the military, very dissatisfied.  "Is the Lord of Yama Prefecture going to overthrow the cabinet?" Ito Hirobumi asked.  "No, now the empire still needs Mr. Inoue. In the upcoming war with the Chinese, the empire cannot do without the support of the British, and the British trust Mr. Inoue more. If we destroy this balance, it will destroy the empire.  It is my destiny to defeat China and lead Asia! This is something I will never allow!" After hearing Yamagata Aritomo's decisive answer, Ito Hirobumi showed a slightly surprised expression. As he expected, Yamagata Aritomo invited him this time!  He met, either to unite with him to overthrow Kaoru Inoue's cabinet and replace him; or to form a private alliance with him to wait for the opportunity.  But he didn't expect that the other party denied his conjecture from the beginning. It was obvious that the "Big Tengu" whom he didn't think highly of in private had much bigger plans.  "Then what is Yamagata-kun doing?" Yamagata Aritomo suddenly straightened his back and said in a deep voice: "I hope to get Ito-kun's support."Establish the local self-government system, the active-duty system for the army and navy ministers, and the civil service appointment examination system to lay a solid foundation for the EMI of the Japanese Empire!  " "Local self-government system?  "Ito Hirobumi couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and asked. "Exactly!  "Yamagata Aritomo nodded, and then he explained: It turns out that Yamagata Aritomo, as a die-hard totalitarian statist, hates the party system deeply. In order to prevent those "silverworms" in his mind from making trouble and destroying the Empire of Japan.  He decided to use the above three systems to build his ideal country. The so-called local self-government system in Shanxian County is a completely different political system from the existing central election system, which can prevent the influence of political parties.  In order to achieve this goal, Yamagata Aritomo openly introduced the hierarchical electoral system into local elections.  According to government regulations, those who have the right to vote are limited to men over 25 years old, who have lived locally for more than two years and paid more than two yen in direct national taxes. This excludes a considerable part of the highly mobile population from the voting population.  In addition, he also adopted a "three-level electoral law" for municipal administrative units.  "That is, the total amount of direct national tax payment is divided into three equal parts, and then the taxpayers are sorted according to the amount of tax paid. When the cumulative amount of tax payment reaches one-third of the total amount, a level is assigned, and those in this level are the first-level electors; next  A third of the total amount is divided into another level, and the taxpayers in this level are the second-level electors; the remaining first-level electors are a very small number, and the city councilors are elected from these people.  One-third of the total; the second-level electors are slightly more, the third-level electors account for the majority, and one-third of the city councilors are elected respectively. In the elections of town and village administrative units, they are divided into two levels.  What's more, two-thirds of the council members in a county are elected indirectly by the town and village councils, and the remaining one-third are elected by mutual assistance among large landowners (those who own land worth more than 10,000 yen).  Under this system, the voting rights of the rich are far greater than the voting rights of the poor. Naturally, the local government councils are always in the hands of local prominent families, and those political party members who advocate civil rights cannot insert their hands into the local governments.  As long as the local government is controlled by those who are "mature and practical" in the eyes of Shanxian Youpeng, there will naturally be no shortcomings of "emptying the central government" and empty talk about national affairs. The active service system of the Army and Navy ministers and the civil service appointment examination system are the same.  One requires that only active military personnel can serve as Minister of the Army and Navy; one requires that all senior civil servants must pass certain assessments before being appointed, blocking the power of the political party from the bureaucracy and the military, the two pillars of the emperor's system, and turning it into a political party  The area where power is inviolable. Ito Hirobumi listened to Yamagata Aritomo's words without saying a word. With his intelligence and understanding, it is not difficult to understand the idea behind Yamagata Aritomo's plan. With Ito Hirobumi's intelligence and talent,  At this time, I had to admit that the person opposite Shanxian Youto who always claimed "I am just a martial artist" was not the kind of vulgar politician who had no moral integrity and no bottom line for the sake of power. In his heart, he also had his own  Ideal, his own goal, for this goal and ideal, he can temporarily compromise and give in, but he will never give up. In a sense, he is the kind of great politician who regards Japan as his own empire. ¡°But.  Is this ideal correct?  "Ito Hirobumi rarely hesitated. After decades of training and learning, Ito Hirobumi was very confident in his vision and had proven his vision in many things. But he hesitated on these three things.  Because he knew that many policies were very beneficial at the beginning, but as time went by, various harms showed up little by little. Even if people in later generations discovered it, they were often unable to take action because the situation was already established and the involvement was too large.  I can only watch helplessly, and Ito Hirobumi has a very bad feeling about these three things. ¡°Ito-kun, what do you think?  "Seeing that Ito Hirobumi remained silent for a while, Yamagata Aritomo couldn't help but urge. "Yamagata-kun, these three things of yours are very involved. I'm afraid there will be potential harm in the future, so I have to consider it carefully!  " A friend from Shan County raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Ito-kun, everything in the world has pros and cons. Is it because of this that we don't do anything?  It¡¯s nothing more than taking advantage of it and eliminating its harm.  With these three points, this empire is within our control. Don¡¯t you have the confidence to control this empire?  Compared to you and me, can those congressmen who talk about civil rights do better?  "Speaking of this, a friend from Shan County had a look of pride on his face. First of all, I would like to thank the book friend trainee police officer for the reward. Someone said in the discussion forum that there is no sense of immersion. How should I put it? The protagonist Chen Zaixing is having a very high time.  , married to a beautiful wife, with a lot of money in hand, the future is bright, if it is said that China has not killed all the people, it is like destroying the sun and killing the United States.??The protagonist is not brilliant.  Then I have no choice. History has its own logic. The situation at that time determined that China could not do it.  The education I received since childhood is to oppose the "heroic view of history". Individuals are never the driving force of historical development. What determines the direction of historical development is deep-seated social and economic reasons.  If the underlying reasons don't change, there's really little a person can do.  In other words, what you need is not a sense of substitution, but an illusory sense of success. Close your eyes and avoid looking at the bloody facts. There are too many such books now, and I am not lacking.  terribly sorry!
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