1104 Some Changes

After everyone's party was over, Lynch returned to his Earl's Mansion alone with the little Earl.

The former countess brought some sweet and sour drinks. The Gefra people believed that honey can relieve the discomfort caused by drinking, while lemon can improve the condition of the mouth.

So after drinking alcohol, they often prepare some honey lemon water to relieve the hangover.

Some people say that this is just an excuse for the nobles to enjoy themselves. Before sugar appeared on a large scale, honey was one of the few sweeteners available to the nobles, and they would find various reasons to eat honey.

The sweet and sour taste was really enjoyable. Lynch said thank you and put it down after taking two sips.

Then she brought another hot towel, and Lynch took one and said, "You can let the servant do it."

The former countess just smiled, said nothing, and then left.

She knew the men had things to talk about and she wasn't going to be an eyesore here.

After taking a sip of the sweet and sour honey lemonade, the hot towel was placed on my face. It felt great to have all the pores on my body open in an instant.

After about twenty seconds, the towel cooled down, and then he wiped his face and put the towel back on the plate.

Then the servant took away the plate.

"You must not have paid attention to some situations on the island of Gefra recently." The first sentence of the little earl was very interesting.

Lynch nodded, "Yes, I haven't paid enough attention to the situation on the island recently. I have a lot of things to do, including planes."

The little Earl was a little enlightened. Yes, the whole world was discussing this, and he also knew that it was no wonder that Lynch had no time to pay attention to the situation on the island.

Then Lynch also asked "What happened on this island", and then the little earl officially started the conversation.

"There is a rift between the Privy Council, the Prime Minister and the Royal Family..."

Lynch frowned. He had visited the Prime Minister before leaving Gafra and said some things that might have seemed rebellious at the time.

The Prime Minister was not interested in his idea at all and hinted that if he said such bastard things again, he would be arrested.

But now it seems that the situation seems to have changed.

"The Prime Minister has been very close to the Privy Council recently, and some big nobles seem to be working together. I can sense that some things are getting out of our knowledge and control."

"This feeling makes people very nervous. The last time something like this happened is in the history books. Now I feel scared when I think about going back!"

Lynch spread a cigarette to the young earl, and the two of them smoked the cigarette together. Lynch slowly exhaled and asked, "Are they planning to overthrow the royal family?"

The little earl stood up in shock. He stared at Lynch in shock. The next second, he suddenly lowered his head and stamped out the cigarette butts that fell on the carpet.

In such a sudden move, he destroyed a carpet worth 3500 lav.

But he didn't feel bad at all, he was just shocked how Lin Qi knew.

The eyes that were about to pop out seemed to still have some attachment to the sockets, otherwise they would have fallen off. Lynch raised his hand and pressed it softly, "You are a noble, you have to maintain your demeanor and calmness at all times. Sit down."

It took the little earl a few seconds before he sat back down, "I..." He didn't know how to express this feeling. He thought it should be a secret, but he didn't expect that Lin Qi actually knew more than he seemed to know. .

"How did you know about this?", after a brief pause, he changed his words.

Lynch shook his head slightly, "You told me that the issues between the nobility and the royal family always revolve around power."

"The nobles want more power, but it is obvious that the emperor will not allow the nobles to have too much power. This is the core, irreconcilable contradiction. Coupled with your performance, I can guess it casually."

The little earl was really convinced, "It sounds like I'm a fool..."

Lynch glanced at him, which made the little earl couldn't help laughing, "The look in your eyes tells me that I am right?"

He laughed twice and relaxed again, "Last time I went back, someone contacted me privately and asked me what I thought of the current situation in the country."

"They asked a lot of questions, and finally asked me what I thought. They were connecting in tandem."

This is normal, actually.

Before any large-scale political struggle begins, connection is a necessary process. To put it simply, it means accumulating strength and attracting more people to one's side.

When there are enough people, political strife will begin and political struggle will break out.

When he proposed the idea of ​​a constitutional monarchy to the Prime Minister, Lynch realized that the Prime Minister would definitely take action, and the specific time would depend on when he could think of it.

A person who has been a mascot for decades suddenly seizes the financial power of the empire. Do you think he is just a decoration?

No, this kind of person is a politician. He can wait silently in the long dead night for the light that doesn’t know when it will come, and he can blend into the darkness better than anyone else.

Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor did not expect that the person who finally challenged him and succeeded was the Prime Minister whom he had never looked at. Such people are the real politicians. They can go to the extreme for power.

The prime minister has a flaw that many may not realize yet, but Lynch has.

That's because he is too old, so old that he won't be able to work for long before he retires.

You can't let a seventy-year-old or even eighty-ninety-year-old man serve as the Prime Minister of the Empire. Even if he can live to that old age, what about his energy and ability to handle things?

Can you still ensure that he remains at his peak?

No, it can't, which means that the time he will actually hold power will be very short.

He spent his whole life waiting for this opportunity, but was unable to stay in power for a long time. Everyone would feel unfair and angry about this!

So does the Prime Minister!

He will not be willing to wait for the day when he is really old and old to return power to the royal family. He has to fight for it. What he fights for now is not to hold power for himself, but to let his descendants or people related to him hold power. .

The simplest way is to permanently deprive the royal family of its power, and then continue the power through political exchange or some means.

How to do?

This is not a problem!

If the nobles of the empire each have their own things to do, it is actually very difficult for the Prime Minister to do this. You cannot let everyone follow you.

However, in order to counter the infiltration of power by the aristocratic group, the royal family established a Privy Council, and then threw a large number of nobles into it, gradually depriving the Privy Council of its power.

So much so that the Privy Council is now a nursing home for the aristocracy, where a group of aristocrats without any power drink tea, chat, and complain all day long.

It was the royal family that betrayed the nobles first, and this allowed the Prime Minister to find what can be said to be a natural ally.

These nobles who were betrayed and lost power by the royal family had no chance before, but now that they have the chance, they will not give up.

The Prime Minister combined the constitutional monarchy with the past Privy Council system to create a new theory, which is simply a more complex parliamentary system.

Hereditary nobles naturally have a seat and voting rights. Non-hereditary nobles can participate in elections and get a temporary seat. Daily work is handled by the prime minister and cabinet ministers. When there are major events, the Privy Council votes to decide.

As for the royal family... maybe they'll like the new identity of a mascot.

This theory soon won over some big nobles. After all, hereditary nobles have hereditary seats. They are no strangers to the federal parliamentary system. It can be said that it has added a lot of benefits to them without damaging their current interests. Less power.

Why not?

Anyway, someone took the lead, and it was the prime minister's fault that it failed. The emperor did not dare to take action against the Privy Council, otherwise a civil war would break out in Gefra.

Succeeding, each of them regains their powers.

Failure, all guilt and punishment has little to do with them.

This business is so capable!

As a result, the nobles began to communicate frequently, and the royal family was also wooing the nobles. The emperor of the empire also noticed some subtle atmosphere. He kept inviting some nobles to the palace for banquets, and said in his words that he was considering handing some matters over to the Privy Council in the future. Do it.

These statements...actually have little credibility, at least the nobles are not so easy to deceive.

The royal family has already betrayed the aristocratic group once, and the aristocratic group is not a fool, so they will not be easily persuaded by the emperor.

The emperor also began to taste the bitter fruits brewed behind dictatorial power. Only a handful of small aristocratic speculators were willing to side with him, and none of the big aristocrats supported him.

Without the support of the great nobles, the royal family seems... difficult to support, but this is not entirely the case.

Since the Gaevra royal family originally considered the possibility of a counterattack by the aristocratic group when they betrayed the United Parliament, in many rules and systems, although the navy is nominally controlled by ministers, in fact Gaevra's military is loyal to the royal family. .

They are loyal guards of the royal family. Didn't you see that the fleets all have names like eldest princess or knight captain?

As long as these people still support the royal family, the royal family cannot be considered completely finished. At least the royal family still has the confidence to fight against the aristocratic group.

It's great, let's just fight a civil war, but fighting a civil war is actually not realistic.

Now fighting a civil war means that Gaevra will fall behind in the international competition, so the current situation on the island is extremely complicated.

The nobles tried to intervene in the army, and the emperor understood his situation. He now ran to the naval headquarters all day long.

In addition to constantly meeting with nobles of all sizes, he also constantly summoned naval admirals and naval officers. He could not get the nobles to stand on his side, but he could get the navy to stand on his side.

As for the Army... no one takes them seriously. Maybe the police are more capable than them!