Rise of Australia

Chapter 10 Monarchy

If the prime ministers didn't know Arthur's thoughts before, they have to know now.

In the original plan of several prime ministers, they only needed to coax Arthur into agreeing to establish a federal government united by autonomous states, and they would be able to retain a lot of their power.

Even if he cannot enter the national government of Australia, he can continue to retain his status as governor, and even try to evade Arthur.

But according to Arthur's proposal, the House of Commons will be in Arthur's pocket, and the cabinet elected by the House of Commons will naturally not run away.

The states that evolved from the colonies have no other rights. They can only be a governor and wait for the end of the term to seek re-election or give up.

Several prime ministers were silent, but looked at the leader, Prime Minister Evan.

Prime Minister Evan smiled wryly, but did not dare to stand up and speak out.Why didn't he understand what the other prime ministers meant, but in fact they were all colonial prime ministers sent from the British Empire to Australia. Although they gained a lot of power in Australia, in fact the control was divided into two, and they controlled executive power, while the commanders of several armies controlled the remainder.

Now that Arthur has arrived in Australia, the Australian army is bound to hand over to Arthur.

Plus Queen Victoria is still here, who would have the guts to jump out and sing against Arthur?
Queen Victoria's destination was the Isle of Wight in New Zealand, and she did not stop long at the Suez Canal and India.

But in Australia, Queen Victoria has stayed for three days and has no intention of leaving. Isn't this an expression of standing for Arthur?

"Very well, since everyone has no other opinions, then the preparations for changing the colony to a state and forming the House of Commons can begin. It is now approaching May, and I hope that the House of Commons will officially start nationwide in mid-May Election." Arthur said with a smile seeing no one refute.

Now it seems that these guys are also very sensible, and there is no idiot who dares to jump out and sing against Arthur.

You must know that even the entire Australian garrison has only more than 6000 people, and it has been dispersed to the six major colonies.

The combined guards of Queen Victoria and Arthur totaled 4000 people, and even if someone instigated a rebellion, they could immediately suppress it.

"Yes, Your Highness." The six had no choice but to agree.

"Before the national government is formally established, Prime Minister Evan will serve as the interim prime minister for the time being, and several other prime ministers will be interim cabinet members. The construction of Australia still needs the joint efforts of everyone. At the end of May, we will be able to completely change our appearance and complete the Government building," Arthur said with a laugh.

Arthur still understands the reason for giving a sweet date with a stick. After depriving the six prime ministers of the state autonomy they wanted, Arthur promoted them to the cabinet members of the interim government in order to let them form a government. Contribute to the process of government formation, which can speed up the progress of government formation.

If they are really capable, Arthur doesn't mind waiting until the government is established to give them a push so that they can really sit on the throne of the cabinet or even the prime minister.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Sure enough, after hearing Arthur's arrangement, several prime ministers responded as if suddenly motivated.

"But at the same time, the establishment of a national government needs a charter to guide it. It's time to promulgate our own constitution, which is called the Australian Constitution. The content of the constitution is based on the major European monarchies, and is revised in light of our domestic actual conditions. .Did the Federal Council have any proposals for the constitution before?" Arthur asked.

The Constitution is the basis for specifying the detailed division of rights among various state agencies, and it also fully defines the rights and obligations of each class.

Whether it is for ordinary Australians or for Arthur, a detailed and clear constitution is needed to determine their rights.

"I have considered formulating a constitution, but it is obviously not in line with our current national conditions." Prime Minister Evan replied.

The previous Federal Council was more inclined towards a federal republic, completely different from the current Principality of Australia.

Prime Minister Evan was also very sensible and did not mention the constitution they had envisioned before. Otherwise, if he angered Arthur, I am afraid his interim prime ministership would be gone.

"Then let's have a short discussion now. Do you have any good suggestions for our constitution?" Arthur asked with a slightly meaningful smile.

When it comes to the constitution, Britain is a rather special country.Unlike other countries with a clear constitutional system, the UK does not have a written and clear constitution, but a system composed of statutes, customary laws and practices.

This has also led to the fact that the British monarch has a lot of rights in form, including appointing and dismissing all officials, colonial governors, bishops and senior church clergy, and has the power to convene, stop and dissolve parliament, approve laws, declare war and negotiate peace.

But in practice, a large part of these rights were transferred to the cabinet, and the power of the British monarch was severely limited.

But it cannot be denied that if the British monarch has a lot of discourse power, he can indeed easily use these formal powers.

Take the current British monarch, Queen Victoria, as an example. If Queen Victoria wants to appoint and dismiss any official of the British Empire, the British political circle will hardly refute it.

But if Crown Prince Edward wants to quickly appoint and remove important officials after he takes office, he will have to see whether the impeachment of the parliament will punish him.

"Your Highness, I think our first constitution must first clarify the division of rights and responsibilities of various departments, as well as the system and system of our country. Out of respect for you, your rights also need to be explained in detail." Ai Premier Wen said with a slightly respectful smile.

Although Prime Minister Evan said it well, clarifying Arthur's rights is out of respect for Arthur.

But in fact, everyone understands that once the power of a monarch is clarified, it actually means that the power of the monarch has been restricted.

After all, only the rights in the constitution are legal, and the rights not in the constitution are illegal, right?
"I think the German system with a clear constitution is very good, and Australia is also suitable for building a principality of a dual monarchy." Arthur said with a smile: "The House of Commons is responsible for legislation, elections, and the House of Lords is responsible for supervision and removal of officials and review The laws passed by the House of Representatives and the results of elections. The House of Commons is accountable to the voters, and the House of Lords is accountable to me. At the same time, the ruler of Australia, which is me, has all the powers of the House of Commons and the right to dissolve the Cabinet and the House of Commons at any time."

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