Chapter 14 Decentralization and Protection of Rights and Interests (1)
Sure enough, after the content and explanatory documents of these two issues were issued, it caused a huge response among the veteran members. Each member knew the weight of these two issues, so he read these two documents very carefully, understand the contents, and consider whether it is in line with the interests of the entire Time Travel Group, the groups they represent, and their own personal interests.
And on the next day, Wang Yunpeng came to the Senate and first explained the reasons why the Executive Yuan raised these two issues.
First of all, it is explained that the Advisory Yuan has only Shandong Province in the first five-year cycle, with a population of about 35 million. Therefore, relying on more than 6,000 time travelers can control the situation better. Even if it is a collective dictatorship, there will be no big problems. However, after the Far East War, the territory and population controlled by East China have increased by multiple times. If you want to rely solely on more than 6,000 people, it is of course impossible to control such a large area and such a large population.
Moreover, the goal of East China ** in this five-year cycle is to establish a country. Once the country is founded, the territory and population will increase further, and it will be even more impossible to rely on these time travelers to control it. Some people must be selected from the local naturalized people to assist the time travelers in management, and power must naturally be released. Now, in the army, local naturalized people have begun to serve as regiment-level officers or captains of small and medium-sized warships in the navy. This is already a middle- and senior officer. In the administrative system, local naturalized people have also become county magistrates. Therefore, in daily life, the power of East China ** has actually been released. And with the expansion of East China **, we will definitely be promoted again.
Once power is released, it will be difficult to take it back, and it is impossible to take it back, because the time travelers are now unable to control it at all. Although the local naturalized people who have obtained power are politically reliable and absolutely loyal to the East China **, before that, they were just acting under the guidance of the time travelers, and no one could predict what changes would happen after they truly grasped power.
But one thing is certain, that is, people's yuwang is endless. It's okay when they don't have power. Once they get power, they will inevitably pursue higher power. Even if this generation of local naturalized people may be grateful to time travelers, they can satisfy the current power and will no longer have higher requirements. However, their next generation and next generation will inevitably pursue higher rights and space. This is because the starting points of the second and third generations are different. The second and third generations of people will gradually decrease, and their requirements for their own rights will naturally be higher, and their demands for power will naturally be different.
Faced with this kind of demand, it is of course not good to rely on suppression, because there are only many time travelers that cannot be suppressed at all. Time travelers cannot expand on a large scale in a short period of time. Moreover, for the huge China, the number of time travelers is expanded several times. Therefore, instead of remedial when the conflict intensifies, it is better to take the initiative to give up a power when the time travelers can still grasp the situation and formulate a set of rules and systems that are relatively beneficial to the time travelers, but also give local naturalized people room to make progress. Everyone acts under the same rule system, shares power, and then seeks development based on their own abilities. China is so big that even if it gives up a power to the local naturalized people, the rest is enough for time travelers.
The establishment of the Advisory Council and the recruitment of the Advisory Council are the first step in this regard.
Next, Wang Yunpeng introduced the [Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Elders]. First, Wang Yunpeng clearly defined the correct meaning and usage of several titles.
The elder refers specifically to 6,357 time travelers. Everyone else, including the descendants of time travelers born in this time and space, even if both parents are time travelers, they shall not use the title of senator as long as they are born in this time and space. For local naturalized people who are loyal to the East China ** and have made great contributions to the establishment and development of the East China **, they can use heroes as a substitute.
In fact, East China has long confirmed that time travelers are called veterans, but they have not formed a special title for travelers. This time, the word "senator" is defined exclusively in the form of legislation, becoming a unique title for travelers to show the difference from local naturalized people.
The descendants of the elder refer to the children of the elders who are directly related to blood relationships in this time and space, including adopted children who have no blood relationships but have adopted procedures and regulations in relevant departments to determine the adoption relationship. If there are children with direct blood relationships and adopted children, they can be considered descendants of the elders. However, adopted children must be orphans to obtain the identity of the elders. Otherwise, even if the adoption procedures are completed, the identity of the elders cannot be obtained. If the elders are determined and terminated, they will no longer enjoy the identity of the elders.
Adopted children can also be regarded as descendants of the elders. On the one hand, it is in line with the habits of the old time and space, and on the other hand, it is also to take care of a group of elders who are older when traveling through time or have no direct blood relationships for other reasons; on the other hand, it is also to expand the scale of descendants of the elders. Although the traveling through time has taken place for 7 years, there are only more than 1,300 children of the elders. Of course, with the stability and expansion of East China **, it is expected that in this five-year cycle, the number of children of the elders will increase significantly, but the base of the elders is only so many. Therefore, for a considerable period of time, the total number of children of the elders will not increase in breakthroughs. If adopted children are added, the number of descendants of the elders can be increased in a short period of time.
Currently, there are about 600 adopted children of the elders who have completed and paid attention to the adoption procedures. However, after the Far East War, the number of people killed in East China was about 60,000 to 70,000, leaving a group of war orphans. The Executive Yuan has decided that the East China ** will raise these orphans. Among them, those under 10 years old will be adopted by the elders according to the principle of voluntary adoption. In this way, since the scale of descendants of the elders can be expanded, the elders can also gain good reputation as a whole.
The elder spouse refers to the spouse who determines the relationship between husband and wife in this time and space, including the so-called concubine. At the same time, the Executive Yuan also requires that the elders register and archive the concubine to determine the identity of the elder spouse. Of course, as a difference, the first spouse, the second spouse can be used... and so on. If the registration is not carried out, but if there is an actual relationship between husband and wife, such as living together and having children, although it cannot be considered an elder spouse, it can also enjoy certain rights and interests, and the daughter of the elders still enjoys the identity of the elder descendants.
After divorce, the elder spouse will automatically disengage the identity of the elder spouse, but the children born to the elder still enjoy the identity of the elder descendant. If the elder remarries after death, the identity of the elder spouse can be retained, but the children born after remarrying cannot enjoy the identity of the elder descendant.
This is the first time that East China ** recognizes the existence of a concubine. Before that, East China ** has always adopted a vague attitude towards taking concubines, but now it is necessary to formally determine the protection of the rights and interests of the elders, and it is impossible to blur it anymore. Therefore, according to the principle of admitting the actual marriage in the old time and space, the concubines are also considered as the spouses of the elders. The elders are required to register the concubines, for one reason to facilitate management, and for the other hand, some mistresses who are kept in the outer room and keep in charge of the woman are used to become formal. Out of respect and protection of women's rights, those who remarry after the elders die can still retain the identity of the elders spouse. After all, East China ** has no interest in the chastity archway.
In this way, the three categories of elders, descendants, and spouses constitute the ethnic group with elders as the core. In addition, other people, such as wives and students, are not included.
The first right that the elders have is to run for the elders, which is also one of the largest and most useful rights of the elders. Now the Senate House is the highest authority in East China, with legislative power. The veterans have the power to initiate bills and surrender in the House of Commons, which is of course very important.
However, with the expansion of East China's **, the Senate could not always occupy the legislative power. The Consultative Council, which is now being discussed, is to prepare for the new legislative body in the future. Although the Consultative Council currently only has the right to propose but does not have the right to make decisions, its future development direction will definitely be the new legislative body. Of course, whether it is still called the Advisory Council or not will be discussed at that time.
But at that time, the Senate would not abolish it, but would coexist with the Advisory House. The actual design of this system is very similar to the bicameral system in some countries in the old time and space. The Senate House is equivalent to the Senate or the House of Lords, while the Advisory House is equivalent to the House of Representatives or the House of Commons. In this way, at least one House of Representatives is forever controlled by the Senate, which can ensure the legitimate rights of the Senate.
The second is the right to share the veteran fund. That is, to establish a veteran fund. The veteran fund will be divided into 6,357 shares, each veteran accounts for 1 share, and the equity cannot be transferred. A fund board is established to be responsible for managing the operation of the fund. The source of the fund is to classify a part of the enterprises founded by East China ** as subordinate enterprises of the veteran fund, or to extract part of the profits of the enterprises founded by East China ** and inject it into the veteran fund. In addition, the benefits obtained from foreign wars will also be extracted as veteran fund. For example, this Far East War, 5% of the compensation will be extracted from the compensation, which is the veteran fund.
Now it is not counted as Russia's compensation. The compensation received by East China from Britain, France, Japan and the Netherlands has reached 180 million pounds, 5% is 9 million pounds. It is about 1,400 pounds, which is about 13,000 silver dollars. This is also a considerable amount of funds, and this is only part of the veteran fund.
Chapter completed!