Section 13 Nation and Democracy
Wang Zongxi's suggestion won Wufeng's approval, but Su Qin expressed his firm opposition to this compromise plan. He believed that the two ethnic areas of the Western Regions and the Tengger region must be treated equally and that they cannot be given special power in the early stage. This will damage the fairness of the newly established regime and the national equality policy that Li Wufeng has always advocated, especially the two regions belong to ethnic areas. If they had the idea of thinking that they were free from the special status of governing the regime from the beginning, this would bring considerable harm to future management. Instead of adopting this plan, it would be better to adopt Xiao Tang's plan. Although there was one more level of regime, at least their level of regime was equal on the surface and did not contain any particularity.
Su Qin believed that this ethnic speciality once these local government officials who were subsequently included in the management of the Northwest have a separatist tendency with the local people, and may even gradually develop into separatism in the future, which is extremely unfavorable for establishing a strong centralization. These factors must be taken into account when the regime is first established to prevent problems from escalating and cut off these signs from the root. Although some special historical reasons and ethnic customs may cause some difficulties in government work in the early stage, once they adapt, they will get on the right track and gradually integrate, making them an equal member of the entire big family.
Su Qin also pointed out that he had discussed with Molun and Mifeng on ethnic issues, mainly focusing on the application of law enforcement norms and legal policies in special areas. Molun is a top student in law majoring in Imperial University, and Mifeng, as a military judge and supervisor of the Supervisory Commissioner with rich law enforcement experience, all put forward his own views. But one thing is the same, that is, under the same regime, whether he is in the wilderness or a prosperous city, whether he is a Tang gentry or an ordinary ethnic minority, whether he is a military general or a noble, he is in the enforcement of the law.
All of them must be treated equally before. They cannot impose benevolence outside the law based on their identity or the special area of their location. Especially in ethnic areas, publicity and education in this area must be strengthened. They must never use their ethnic characteristics as an excuse to hinder the implementation of laws and policies. For such signs, they must be severely punished and investigated, and they must never tolerate evil spirits. Of course, in terms of different situations in ethnic areas, the government can provide certain support and support in education and health to encourage them to integrate into orthodox society as soon as possible, but in terms of law and regime, they should resolutely maintain consistency from the beginning.
Su Qin's view won a certain degree of support from Xiao Tang. He did not agree with isolating ethnic areas and empires to implement different policies and laws with different governments. Although he did not support Su Qin's comprehensive integration and abolishing county-level government plans, in his opinion, because the area of several regions is too large, if the administrative regions at each level of prefecture directly deal with one government, it will cause a backlog of government affairs and is not conducive to government management.
Su Qin's opinion forced Wufeng to carefully view the ethnic affairs related to the Western Regions and Tengger. Even Wang Zongxi felt that his view on this aspect might be a bit uncautious enough. Although from the current perspective, the situation of the Western Regions countries has calmed down under the strong suppression of Cui Wenxiu, and the daily work of the Western Regions Government Affairs Office has gradually gotten on track, and the economy has begun to improve. The Tengger grassland is even more prosperous, but this does not mean that there is no problem with these two places. As these ethnic groups with unique national consciousness, whether they are Mots or Bei.
The Canadians have not yet fundamentally integrated into the northwest. In order to integrate them fundamentally, in addition to the measures currently taken, more attention and attention are needed, and more policies and measures are taken to ensure and promote these nations to gradually integrate with the Tang civilization in their ideology and cultural consciousness. Only in this way can we ensure that we have a stable rear when we make great strides into the Central Plains, and we can ensure that we have a solid bridgehead and springboard when we turn our attention to the Eastern Continent in a more distant future.
Su Qin's words made Wufeng, who was originally inclined to Wang Zongxi's view, shaken again, especially this involved his future plans. As Su Qin said, the northwest surroundings were originally a multi-ethnic mixed area, and perhaps more and more ethnic minorities would be included in his management in the future. If nomadic peoples on the Tengri Grassland and the Western Regions countries, such as the semi-nomadic peoples, demanding so-called autonomy or semi-autonomousness on the excuse of their own ethnicity, this will inevitably cause a chain reaction.
In the future, the surrendered nations will require the same treatment. Even the Gaoyue people and the Jeli people who surrendered in advance will have other ideas. In the future, it may develop into a larger number of immigrants in the six northwest prefectures, such as the Indians and Deans, who may make some unreasonable demands, so they must be treated with caution. This is no longer just a matter of the nature of the local government established, but involves the entire ethnic policy of Wufeng. If you are not careful, you will shake your ruling foundation.
However, if the autonomy policy in the entire Western Regions and Tengger region is cancelled in a hurry, it is likely to lead to turmoil in the situation in these two regions, especially in the Western Regions. Wufeng is unwilling to cause trouble for himself at this time. How to balance the contradiction between the two seems to need further discussion.
Seeing that the head coach had not expressed his opinions on the three people, the three felt that the matter was difficult. However, although there was not consistent view on how to treat ethnic and localities, there was one thing that everyone reached a consensus, that is, it was impossible to continue to manage the original area of the Northwest Administration and establish a separate management agency in Kansai. It was necessary to form an administrative agency that could manage the entire jurisdiction. As for directly managing the government at the first level of the government, or establishing a county-level government agency, or adopting Wang Zongxi's idea, Wufeng still could not make a decision.
Ling Tianfang arrived and immediately joined the discussion, which made the scope not only limited to government affairs or even expanded to military affairs. In addition to the government structure issue, the five people discussed a series of difficult issues such as the candidates for government agencies in the six Kansai Prefectures, the issue of economic policies that should be applied in the Kansai region, and the issue of the formation of security forces in the Kansai region. They changed from tea to coffee and coffee to tea. Three consecutive meals were used in the conference room. The discussion of the five people was still not over, and there were still too many topics waiting to be carried out, but Wu Feng no longer had such good energy to deal with these. As long as a few major directions were determined, the rest should be what the four of them implemented and formed.
After a day and night of discussion, the opinions on establishing the Western Xinjiang Protectorate was creatively brought out. The Tanghe Empire Western Xinjiang Protectorate was established in the entire Wufeng-controlled area, and the Jiedushi Office and the Governor's Office were abolished. The Protectorate's Office was divided into three major sequences: the Government Affairs Office, the Legal Affairs Office, and the Military Affairs Office. The State Administration of Intelligence and the State Administration of Security belonged to the separate agencies. Although the State Administration of Intelligence and the State Administration of Security were not included in the Government Affairs Office and were directly under the direct management of the Protector, he had the obligation to inform the Government Affairs Office and the Military Affairs Office of Important Intelligence and Information involving government affairs and military affairs to the Government Affairs Office. However, the scope of the notification personnel was limited to the Directors of the two departments and the Executive Deputy Directors of the two departments and shall not be kept in the two departments. The State Administration of Security was directly responsible to the Protector himself.
The powers under the jurisdiction of the Government Affairs Department and the former Jiedushi have not changed much. The Administration Department, Finance Department, Economic Development Department, Construction Department, Agricultural Affairs Department, Internal Affairs Department, Cultural and Health Department, and War Readiness Department, while the Legal Affairs Department has jurisdiction over the Judicial Office and Supervision Department. The Military Affairs Department is a false agency and does not have a permanent agency. It has a joint military service meeting, the General Staff Department, the Ministry of Military Law, and the Joint Military Affairs Committee are non-established institutions, and the candidates remain unchanged. The General Staff Department is responsible for the daily training of the army, planning and military command after being authorized by the custodian during wartime. The Ministry of Military Law is responsible for handling military discipline issues.
At the same time, a Consultative House was established under the Protectorate. The Consultative House was temporarily composed of 72 representatives. The twenty-four separate administrative regions in the area controlled by the Protectorate of the Western Xinjiang (Six Northwest Prefectures, Six Kansai Prefectures, Five Western Regions, Two Northern Luzon Prefectures, Two Northern Yuan Prefectures, One Heshuo Prefecture, Mot Autonomous Prefectures, and Tubu Autonomous Prefectures) can elect three public opinion representatives. Public opinion representatives are not allowed to be held by government officials. Business people, land owners and ordinary people each occupy one quota. The representatives adopt a elective system and can be re-elected every two years.
Meetings are held every six months to discuss important government affairs, important events and development directions within the jurisdiction of the Protectorate's Office in the next six months. After half of ordinary affairs are passed or two-thirds of the representatives of major affairs are approved, a proposal can be formed and submitted to the Government Affairs Office and the Legal Affairs Office, but military affairs are not included in the discussion. In the Tengri Luobei occupied areas with special relations with Western Xinjiang, the Qiuer tribe, the Berin barbarians, and the Indian and German tribes can select one to two representatives as observers to attend the meeting of the Advisory House, but do not have the right to discuss, propose proposals and vote on the annex.
After the bill formed by the Congress of the Advisory House is submitted to the Government and the Legal Affairs Department, the Government and the Legal Affairs Department shall send representatives to the Assembly to explain at the next Congress, but the bill does not have legal effect and mandatory binding force. If the bill believes that the bill submitted by the Advisory House involves national security and confidential content, those who have obtained the consent of the Protector may not answer or explain.
Chapter completed!