Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The parliamentary system was actually a very old and ancient mode of discussion in the history of mankind. From the time of the ancient Greece, there had been an elementary form of parliament, and the senate of the Ancient Rome was also a kind of political system with a parliamentary character.

The council, the council! It is an effective way to fight dictatorship in the history of mankind to determine the direction of policy through argument and debate.

After all, a person's IQ and energy were limited. Furthermore, a dictator would only consider their own interests in many situations. This would conflict with the interests of many people.

In order to avoid such a drawback, mankind chose the business of the world, using collective wisdom to make up for the shortcomings of the individual, and using the strength of the group to resist the shortcoming of dictatorship.

Parliament is a political tool that reflects democracy. It is not a political system. There is a parliament under the constitutional monarchy in England, a parliament in the United States, and a parliament in the French Republic. Even in the two empires in the Bonaparte Family, there was a brief appearance of a council.

Even the Tsar Russia, who was famous for her dictatorship, had the aristocratic Duma system. In fact, it could also be considered a variant of the parliamentary system.

It could be said that the parliamentary system was accompanied by the entire human civilization. Apart from the abolition of the feudal dictatorship in the Middle Ages, all other countries in the history of the human race had parliamentary systems that dealt with the common affairs of the country.

However, in the nineteenth century, the country with the most influence in the parliamentary system was only the France.

The origins began during the Revolution. The vigorous development of the bourgeoisie, the oppression of the feudal emperors and corrupt priests, finally erupted into a world shocking revolution.

The first idea of human rights began to spread through France!

Seeing the king's head rolling in the mud, all the French people knew that the era of dictatorship was over.

Even the divine right could not suppress the idea of awakening the people. During the Great Revolution, there was a period of violence in France where the priests were massacred.

The awakening of the civil rights naturally greatly restrained the appearance of the dictator, and the most effective system to embody the civil rights at that time was the council.

France was divided into more than five hundred constituencies, each with two constituencies. One had to know that the French provinces were completely different from the Chinese provinces. The area and population of the provinces were much smaller.

The actual area of a province could sometimes be equivalent to two or three counties!

The members of each constituency were elected to the National Assembly, also known as the House of Representatives, which was the supreme authority in France during the Republic period. They had the right to veto bills, amend laws, and impeach national leaders.

But the rights of the House of Representatives also need to be restricted, and governing the country requires a lot of professional knowledge and experience, and the House of Representatives is elected by local universal suffrage.

This is problematic. Local universal suffrage sometimes selects moral role models or locally prestigious people, but such people are not necessarily the best professional people in governance.

So in order to balance power, there was still a need for fewer Senate outside the House of Representatives. Although the authority of the Senate was lower than that of the House of Representatives, most of the time it was the Senate who proposed the bills, because the politicians here were more professional.

To put it simply, the House of Representatives was a popular vote for members, and uneducated farmers could vote for members from their constituencies.

On the other hand, Senate was a representative elected by the political parties. In other words, a politician was elected by the people, so the elected politicians would definitely be more professional and have a greater reputation.

Right now, Thiers was desperately trying to save the most powerful representative of the Senate!

Since the Council was elected by all the people of France, they naturally became the most prestigious body besides the Emperor.

At the moment, the France was in a state of anarchy, in a state of war. At this critical juncture, who would the people choose to believe?

Of course, the French chose to believe in the power of habit. They were already used to the system of parliament, and many of the people of France had sacrificed their lives to defend this system!

One could imagine how important the council was in the hearts of the people!

That was why at this critical moment, all the politicians would think of every possible way to fight for the control of the council. It was because the entire French people was supporting the council.

You, Blanqui, can speak well in the working class of Paris, but can you go to the countryside of the Pyrenees to speak again? See if anyone else listens?

The same government script, the two parts of the decree signed by the council and your, Blanqui's, signature were all delivered to the governor. Who do you think he would listen to?

A council that doesn't listen to the choice of the people, do I have to listen to you, Blanqui?

That is to say, with the support of the council, you can gain the support of the entire France, and you can integrate all of France's power for my use.

On the other hand, Blanqui merely received support from the working class. Other than those few representative cities that were well-developed, Blanqui and the others from other regions had extremely weak authority.

One was the power that could integrate the entire France, the other was the power that could only integrate millions of working class … With such a comparison, the chaos was naturally resolved.

"That's why!" The first battle of this conflict must be the Bourbon's palace, it must be the Grand Council of France! "

"Blanqui is a smart person, how can he ignore the power of the council …"

Xiang Ying was not stupid, he was an outstanding talent with just one point, he had put most of his effort into naval affairs, and had completely ignored the political aspects of the research.

Today, after his master had analyzed him so thoroughly, his mind suddenly opened up!

"Aiya …" I have indeed neglected the power of habit, the unique history of France and the affairs of the people... Just as Master had analyzed, France was now a country in a difficult position. In the midst of chaos, people could only choose to believe in familiar voices, the power of habit! "

"The council may be full of brain-dead idiots, but these idiots have the glory of being members of the council... When the French Emperor, the biggest force of habit, disappears, they will naturally ascend to the top and become the number one power the people will trust! "

"Hahaha …" "It's enlightened, this is great enlightenment!"

"However, Master, I still think that Blanqui should prepare with both hands. While fighting desperately to gain control of the council, he should also control more martial power …"

"If I were you, I would kidnap the commander of the highest defense in France and keep those generals within range of their pistols!"

"Three hundred thousand National Guard, plus one hundred and eighty thousand regular soldiers … Only then will we have the confidence to win! "

The ferry had already reached the shore. Xiao Letian threw the map into Xiang Ying's hands and laughed, "All we have to do now is to ride a horse and personally take a look …"

"Maybe it's just as you guessed! Or maybe the situation is even hotter than you think... Perhaps by now Paris has started to bleed. "

"Speed up the march!" We must get to Paris within twenty-four hours! "