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Deferral of Opium Prohibition Plan and the Wave of Resignations in the First Provincial Parliament:The Archives of Guangxi Opium Prohibition Case
ZUO Pan
2018, 0(1):
82-95.
After the establishment of Guangxi Provincial Parliament, it issued an immediate prohibition on opium together with the governor Zhang Mingqi, which banned opium in stages region by region. Unexpectedly, before the ban was completed in the area surrounding Guilin, Zhang Mingqi already extended the period on his own, which triggered the vehement anger of the parliament. However, as Zhang Mingqi was away reporting to the imperial court, Wei Jingtong became the deputy governor to act. Wei Jingtong took measures, like refusing to pay cable fees, to force parliament to give in,which causedgreater resistance. In order to uphold the dignity of the motion and constitution, all the members of Guangxi Provincial Advisory Bureau resigned collectively. As a consequence, the annual meeting could not convene normally. The Parliament did not resume the session until it finally received the verdict of the Advisory Council and the personal imperial edict of the Prince Regent. This incident made the Guangxi Provincial Advisory Bureau the leader and model for every Provincial Advisory Bureau in China, and thus promoted the political environment of radicalism.
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