"Extra!"

In the early morning, accompanied by the shouts of the newsboys, the morning became lively. The newsboys were running on the streets of Baoding, shaking the copper bells in their hands and shouting..././

"Extraordinary! Extraordinary... The nation will convene a constitutional convention soon!"

"Excuse me! Congress passed the Constitution Drafting Committee..."

At this time, people were shouting enthusiastically in the streets and alleys: "Extra number, extra number! Read the newspaper, there is important news! ... Read the newspaper quickly! ..."

After staying up all night to deal with the case, Li Guangchen was feeling dizzy at this time. When he heard the call for "extra numbers", he stopped and snapped up one. He thought to himself: "Maybe it's the news of the expeditionary force's victory?"

Although radio stations can spread the latest real-time news throughout the country before the outside news, for many people, the channel for them to learn information is still newspapers, and the urgent small papers such as outside news often deliver the latest breaking news.

News, the Chinese are no strangers to extraterrestrials. The last extraterrestrial report closest to them was the victory report of the expeditionary force, and it was already two months away from the victory report. It should be another victory...

With this in mind, Li Guangchen eagerly opened it and saw the headline: "Congress established a Constitution Drafting Committee, and the government and the Yuan jointly issued the Constitutional Statement"...

Li Guangchen was a little distracted when he saw the extra number. He didn't expect to see such a piece of news so early in the morning. However, he didn't rush to look at the extra number. Instead, he walked directly towards the office across the street.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Dashan sitting at the table and reading a newspaper. When he saw Li Guangchen walking in, he threw the newspaper to him and said:

"Come and read the newspapers, the constitution is about to be drafted!"

For anyone in the legal profession, they clearly know the significance of the constitution to a country, especially for a new republic like China with thousands of years of feudal tradition. The lack of a constitution has always been their regret.

In their view, in China, there is no constitution, so how can we talk about constitutional government? And now, this time, will the national constitutional conference be convened, will it end in vain again?

"According to the provisions of Article 20 of the National Congress Organic Law, the drafting of the Constitution of the Republic of China shall be carried out by the two houses of Congress electing an equal number of members from among the members..."

Reading the newspaper reports, Li Guangchen was not surprised. This was similar to the draft of the "Tiantan Constitution Draft" in the second year of the Republic of China. It also followed the provisions of Article 20 of the National Assembly Organic Law, but this provision did not clearly stipulate that the two houses

Each election committee has a number of members, so in the end, the Senate first decides on the thirty members each and seeks approval from the House of Representatives. Once the number is established, the two houses separately decide on the rules for the mutual selection of the Constitution Drafting Committee. There are thirty members each and an alternate committee.

Organize a constitution drafting committee with fifteen people each.

"Each province, regardless of its population, shall have three local constitutional representatives. The number of members of the two houses of Congress shall be equal to the local constitutional representatives..."

Li Guangchen, the local constitutional representative, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this clause. This is an extremely new term.

"The local constitutional representatives shall nominate six candidates by the generals of the province and vote by the provincial assembly. In view of the seriousness and professionalism of constitution-making, two of them are specifically required to be legal professionals or practicing lawyers..."

Li Guangchen, a practicing lawyer, stared at these four words and felt a surge of excitement in his heart. As a lawyer, he always thought that he regretted the lack of the constitution. But now, the Constitutional Assembly has reopened. Local constitution-making has been introduced for the first time.

Representatives participate in the constitution-making, and specifically require legal experts or practicing lawyers, and this, isn't this an opportunity!

"Mingxin, look, now we have a chance!"

Li Dashan pointed to this clause in the newspaper and said with a smile on his face.

"We in Hebei are no different from Jiangsu. Jiangsu has 20 million people and more than 5,000 lawyers. In Hebei, we only have over a hundred practicing lawyers. According to the requirements of these two people, the ratio is almost 60 to one..."

As he spoke, Li Dashan's face was full of longing. It seemed that at this moment, he saw a brand new future. At the same time, an unprecedented sense of mission appeared on his face to participate in formulating the constitution of a country.

, for him, who graduated from the Nagasaki College of Justice and Political Science, he had never imagined it in the past, but now, this opportunity that will be remembered in history is placed in front of him, how can he not be excited.

But although he was excited, he knew that his chances were extremely slim. The reason was very simple. He was not a well-known lawyer in Hebei or even Baoding. However, the friend in front of him was a native of Hebei.

A well-known lawyer even became famous for speaking for people whose land was expropriated and suing the central government during the construction of the Dagang Economic Development Zone. Such an opportunity is undoubtedly greater for him than for others.

"Ming Xin, you are a top student in the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University, and you are also a well-known lawyer in Hebei. You will definitely have a chance..."

"Chance?"

Looking at the newspaper, a wry smile appeared on Li Guangchen's face.

"What chance are there? Didn't you see? These local constitutional representatives are not elected in a normal election. Instead, the provincial general proposes six candidates. The provincial assembly can only choose among these six candidates."

With a wry smile, Li Guangchen began to speculate on the politics behind this clause.

"If the predictions are correct, I am afraid that General Manager Xiao Li fought hard for this one. With the temper of our great president, it is estimated that what he wanted was to be directly recommended by the general, and Xiao Li

General Li’s ideal must be to recommend candidates from the provincial council, and in the end he must have made corresponding compromises for the sake of the overall situation. This is how the general recommended candidates and the provincial council voted.”

Thinking about the unknown political struggle during this period, Li Guangchen could imagine that in order to achieve this goal, the seemingly harmonious government and court had an invisible struggle in this political secret fight.

"Well, that's possible, but for legal professionals or practicing lawyers, this rule probably came from the State Council!"

Although he agreed, Li Dashan once again admired his master.

"Why did we go abroad to study law? Is it just for our own glory? It was not because the Manchu law was dark and the people were overwhelmed, so we wanted to learn from outsiders. We devoted ourselves to the law with a fair heart.

Instead of thinking of self-interest, lawyers often see judicial shady practices in their practice. They also hear about the suffering of the people..."

Amidst Li Dashan's "bragging", Li Guangchen began to think about the possibility that people couldn't help but think about.

Any chance?

If you want to become a constitutional representative of Hebei Province, you must be nominated by the Hebei general. Without his nomination, you will have no chance to participate in this constitutional meeting that may even affect China's well-being for thousands of years in the future.

But how can I get nominated as General of Hebei?

The original sleepiness faded away in this kind of thinking. While Li Guangchen was thinking hard, he heard Li Dashan speak in a higher tone.

"...The best thing about being represented by a lawyer is not that, it's because of another thing!"

"oh?"

After coming back to his senses, Li Guangchen looked at Li Dashan, showing some curiosity.

"Ming Xin, since you opened this law firm and started practicing law, how many times have you dealt with the general's office and the government?"

Slightly stunned, Li Guangchen didn't quite understand what he meant.

"Last time, in the Dagang land expropriation case, you went to court with the State Council. Prime Minister Li is a lawyer himself and is stubborn about the law. Forced land expropriation is inherently illegal, so the State Council

It was expected that he lost, and in the end he even apologized to the public for his work mistakes through the newspaper. He is upright and fair."

While praising the State Council and that person, Li Dashan finally sighed.

"But speaking of fairness does not mean that all officials are fair. At least, I have not seen a few who are reasonable, let alone a few who are against us. If you try to be reasonable with these officials, they will act like a gangster with you.

, if you act like a gangster with him, he will break the law with you. If that doesn't work, he will directly tell you about the knife or the barrel of the gun!"

With a wry smile, Li Dashan helplessly shrugged his shoulders.

"He is talking to you about the barrel of a gun, but he is also talking about law and why he needs lawyers. Let me ask you, how many generals in the country have legal advisers, and how many of them need lawyers?"

Having said this, the original helplessness and bitter smile on Li Dashan's face disappeared and turned into a smile.

"They don't need it, so there are no such people around, so..."

Lowering his voice, Li Dashan continued.

"As long as you make the right statement, it's not difficult to be a candidate!"

Appropriate statement? Feeling slightly surprised, Li Guangchen turned his attention to Li Dashan.

"In a word, do what you like!"

"you……"

Frowning slightly, Li Guangchen didn't expect his friend to say these words.

"First do what he likes, and when he becomes the constitutional representative, how can he make a decision? How can he, the General of Hebei, have no control over it!"

"this……"

"Ming Xin, look at this. Each provincial constituent group has one vote. If a province fails to pass a certain clause, this clause needs to be discussed again. The voting rights of each provincial constituent group are determined by a vote of the three-member constituent group.

…”

Li Dashan put down the newspaper again, raised his head and looked at his friend, Li Dashan said.

"This clause can be said to be extremely caring for the local area. It can be seen that although its clause contains Yuan's conspiracy, it does not lack Li's expectations. He wants to formulate a perfect constitution that satisfies the people. First, he must coordinate

The interests of each province require constant consultation, and in the future, this constitution will need to be approved one by one by all provinces across the country. Therefore, this is by no means the hastily drafted Constitution of the Temple of Heaven. If it can be formulated, it will definitely be an effective one.

Thousands of years of good practice!"

Walking into the five open north rooms, there was a serious atmosphere in the light. Many people were smoking cigarettes and sitting there in silence. No one had a smile on their face, although most of them were very happy.

He was young, but no one looked youthful. Although everyone knew each other, no one talked to anyone. It was as if this conference room was performing a depressing pantomime. Only the wall clock on the wall was ringing.

It means that there is still something moving there. Everything else is silent, like the white cloth covering the conference table silently.

When asked, three or four comrades looked at Liu and nodded quickly, then continued to smoke without moving.

As the head of the Shanxi National Socialist Party Headquarters, Liu Jiji walked into the silent crowd and sat on an empty seat. He also took out a cigarette from his pocket and smoked it as depressedly as the others.

Then he heard a low-pitched conversation to his right.

"Definitely, no matter what, we must ensure that at least one person is ours, and there is also someone who is at least biased towards us."

When he said this, his tone was unquestionable, but the difficulties he faced were beyond others' imagination. The generals of Shanxi were different from other provinces. Yan Xishan himself was born abroad and was among the generals of other provinces.

, the only Kuomintang general. Even after the "Miner's Rebellion" and the Kuomintang was disbanded, he still maintained his Kuomintang membership, and many of his staff in the general's office graduated from the Japanese College of Justice and Political Science or studied in

For the legal profession, it can be said that in this case, the National Socialist Party, a political party that does not have a dominant position in the Shanxi Provincial Assembly, is difficult to play a big role, which means that they are likely to lose the chance to formulate the constitution.

Right of representation at meetings.

"...Now, for our most important strategy, we must ensure that we have a certain say in the Shanxi representative group."

After pondering for a moment, Liu Jiji lowered his voice again.
To be continued...