Chapter 931 Constitutional Monarchy

Several big nobles in the cabinet used to think that they were outstanding politicians, but their common sense of "territorial governance" seemed childish and ridiculous in front of Roddy.

"I have already said about the 'bank' before. In the future, all banks will need to cooperate with the current commercial banks in the Karen Kingdom to open it. It will pave the way for the issuance of 'paper money' in the future."

Luo Di took a sip of water while talking, and every time he talked about these things, his mouth would dry up, because people in this era lacked economic knowledge, and many people couldn't even calculate the loan interest rate, let alone related businesses such as bank loans. up. Fortunately, he didn't come here for science popularization today. He wrote all the relevant knowledge on paper and sent it out. He just went back and waited for these people to figure it out on their own.

"The most important thing for us now is to improve the 'Civil Service Examination' system." Luo Di said in a serious tone the key points of today's meeting: "At the same time, we also need to control all speech... from top to bottom to instill the content of the cabinet's decrees, There is only one thing to publicize in the future - to tell the people of the whole country that it is no longer just nobles who will manage them in the future, as long as they are outstanding enough, they can become managers themselves!"

This sentence stunned all the nobles in the cabinet, but Sally sat there in thought. After a few seconds, she asked, "Roddy, what do you mean... trying to open the passage for the common people to go up?"

"right."

Luo Di nodded and explained: "Before this, the lord divided the land and ruled, and the passage to the top was completely controlled by the nobles. Only by making military exploits or making great contributions can one have the possibility of becoming a noble—but think about it, everyone, Are nobles really all good at management and administration?"

"Prime Minister Luo Di, even though many of the nobles are incompetent, the commoners don't know a single word... What kind of administration do they know?"

Earl Black asked a little puzzled.

"Civilians can't read, isn't it because the nobles have monopolized knowledge?"

Luo Di raised his eyelids slightly, "Is it difficult to read? It's not difficult, but why are so many people illiterate? Because under the protection of most lords and nobles, only the nobles are qualified to learn this kind of knowledge. Commoners want to learn, and they have to pay An unbearable price."

"Humanity wants to develop, and the selection of high-level executives is only limited to a small circle that is not very expanded. It is completely self-defeating."

His words made several cabinet nobles ponder. When they were in their position, they would naturally see more. The most important thing is that they are all politicians, and they are more sensitive to grasp and smell the direction of the wind. One of them said: "Then what does the Prime Minister mean... ordinary people can even enter the cabinet in the future?"

"The cabinet itself is a temporary product. It is not easy for the few of us to coordinate everything in the kingdom, but I will only answer your question now: an ordinary person—especially an ordinary person with excellent governing ability, if his knowledge and Mobility can enhance the strength of the country, why can't it enter the cabinet center?"

Luo Di pointed to himself: "You also know that I am not a hereditary nobleman myself."

Others dare not answer these words. After all, there is still some market for "theory of bloodlines" in today's era. Many old nobles... descendants of the ancient founding fathers like "Luciferon" often look down on those new nobles. Not to mention the civilians with mud legs.

This sense of superiority has been accumulated over hundreds of years of human development in this world. No one refuted Roddy's remarks because he first had the ability to let everyone sit down and think about the essence of this issue, not because he was sitting on the side of the "nobility" and had to defend the interests of the class without thinking.

Sally's face was serious, and she also belonged to the kind who knew that what Rody said was right, but she couldn't accept it emotionally—so she raised a sharper question for the first time: "If ordinary people enter the cabinet in the future, So is he going to accept the canonization and become a nobleman?"

"No, that's the point I'm making...We divide people into classes, and there's nothing wrong with that, because it exists in any society. Members of management,

It should not be restricted by class. What we need is a smart man to manage, regardless of his status. Ordinary people go, then ordinary people go, there are smart people among the nobles, so why refuse it? "

"If it is as His Majesty said, if it is deliberately emphasized that only 'nobles' can enter the management, then the 'civil servant assessment system' will have no meaning to implement. People will only try their best to become nobles, not those who study the 'civil servant assessment' Knowledge."

Rody finally pointed to the round table in front of him: "I hope that all of us will consider issues based on the interests of the majority of the people. Unfortunately, people tend to defend their own class interests, so if I am not here in the future, Everyone is not here, but the young people who are still aristocrats of the descendants are here... Will they still think about the people's livelihood fundamentally like today?"

The nobles frowned and thought about this question. In fact, before Charles II, the atmosphere of the entire Karen Kingdom had already begun to decline. The greatest role of the nobles is to fight. The long peace makes the nobles wear down their will and indulge in pleasure all day long. The only bravery is used to kill each other... The biggest role of the monarch is to balance the scale of influence among the various nobles and ensure that they are in a dominant position.

If this country continues to act like this in the future, what is the point of Dragon Clan's cooperation? What is the point of centralization today?

Sally could probably understand what Rody meant, and she asked tentatively: "So... you want someone in the cabinet to always take into account the interests of the people at the bottom?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Luo Di took a deep breath. He used to be just an otaku who played games online, but the times make heroes. Now that he is in this position, those political knowledge that was once dismissed can feel an unspeakable feeling when he thinks about it now. deep meaning.

The strength of the people determines the foundation of the lower building, and the top building without the foundation below will always be a castle in the air. It is impossible to erase the class gap between "upper and lower", and the only thing that can be done now is to work hard on "ideology".

"A person will not betray his own class, no matter whether he is smart or stupid. If you want this country to prosper for a long time, you must put the interests of the lower class people first. To be honest, it was very difficult at the beginning. Easy, but as time goes on, the people who sit here tend to get further and further away from the bottom.”

Rody casually took out a form, which was the statistics on the current crystal cannons of the Karen Kingdom: "We are not as powerful as the dragons individually, but we can develop weapons that are enough to frighten the dragons - who develops them? It depends on cleverness People rely on people who are willing to work hard, and at the same time rely on ordinary people who transport resources. Without them, these things are empty talk."

"The cabinet is now considered a 'ruling group'. My idea is to eventually form a 'parliament' with the cabinet as the core. But the parliament is divided into two, one is the upper house composed of nobles, and the other is the lower house composed of common people. The cabinet Members must have members of both the House of Representatives and House of Commons to form."

As he spoke, he took out a schematic diagram and began to distribute it to the cabinet members. This method is actually to imitate the British political system. After all, there are still countless nobles in the Karen Kingdom. If they are directly deprived of all their powers, they will definitely rebel. Therefore, the political system must maintain the class and group of "nobles", but at the same time, it must also accommodate the participation of ordinary people. Although the start is definitely difficult, this step is the foundational road for the development of the entire kingdom, and there is no room for compromise.

Sally already knew something about the "Constitutional Monarchy" before, so she was not surprised by the plan that Rody presented at this moment. After reading it, the cabinet members also understood... What has changed in this kingdom is no longer the ruler, but the political structure that has been completely cleaned up.

Are they happy? In fact, the nobles present here are not fools. After careful consideration of Luo Di's words, they can all confirm that this is the most reasonable solution to the long-term prosperity of the kingdom. If they were not happy, it was because they could not betray their own class and could not accept the drastic reduction of noble power.

"My lord, what does this 'Supreme Court' mean? Is it not included in the framework of the Parliament?"

Someone raised a question, and Luo Di explained: "In the past, the ruling of any case was decided by the lord, but the result is that nobles often don't pay much for crimes, while civilian crimes are punished severely. If things go on like this, the accumulation of contradictions will often lead to more serious crimes. It will produce bad results. Therefore, I hope that the institutions that will adjudicate all cases in the future will be completely independent of other institutions—including the cabinet, the upper and lower councils, and even Her Majesty Sally.”

"In other words, if I commit a crime, I will still be judged by the Supreme Court, and neither Your Majesty nor you have the right to pardon my guilt. Everything is subject to the Supreme Court's judgment."

Roddy's words surprised the cabinet members. They thought that the "Cabinet Prime Minister" was already the pinnacle of power, almost surpassing King Sally. They didn't expect that Rody would take the initiative to create a department that hindered him?

"The monarch establishes the constitution, the prime minister is elected by the group or party with the majority in the parliament, the cabinet is convened by the prime minister, and can only be formed after approval by the upper and lower houses. The Supreme Court is independent of the monarch and parliament. This will be the top level of our kingdom in the future. The three powers belong."

This is not a "separation of powers". In fact, most of the power is still in the parliament, but this has made the whole a big step forward from the backward feudal system of feudal lords.

"Only by ensuring the independence of the judiciary can we ensure 'fairness' in the legal sense. Otherwise, the future constitution will be just a joke."