I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 253 Dualist Constitutional Monarchy
Arthur looked around, and he teased, "I thought I would see new members here when I came back."

"What new member?"

Asked Alicia who came out with a big bull leg and threw it in front of Sonny.

"I haven't been here for two or three years, and it's just you two in the castle." Arthur's words stopped here.

And Shaar and Alicia also understood what Arthur meant.

Alicia raised her hips.

And Shaar joked with a smile, "I don't have a throne to inherit."

Arthur shrugged.

"Is there anyone you like?" Xia asked.

Arthur was silent for a moment and said, "My heart has already been given to this country."

"But you always want to get married, and the royal family will find you a suitable person." Alicia walked over and sat down, "Political marriage is something that every member of the royal family has to go through, even you can't make the decision yourself. "

Arthur was silent for a moment, he didn't seem to want to answer this question, but continued, "Let's talk about it later"

Arthur is indeed a lot more mature than before, and his tone of speech is not as immature as before, and he speaks a little bit more seriously.

But it was normal, after all, he was the emperor now, and he really wanted to maintain a little bit of majesty, but it was only because of the little influence of habit, he was still very relaxed talking to them.

But all in all, they had a good chat, the food was delicious, and the rest of the ingredients that Alicia sprinkled on the grilled fish were good enough, even if they were all eaten, some noodles in the soup would be great.

The charcoal fire is constantly heating, and there is no need to worry about cooling the food. It is very suitable for chatting while drinking.

They chatted about life and interesting things over the years. Alicia also told him about the existence of the magic school, the beauty of Sky Island, and the interesting things about fighting wits and courage with those naughty students.

Char told Arthur some future domestic affairs suggestions, and Arthur also told about Britannia he learned during this time.

The Sailimu Lake on one side is rippling with the breeze, and the waves are undulating. The snow-capped mountains in the distance stretch, and it is approaching winter, so it is a bit chilly.

They gathered around the warm stove, eating delicious food, drinking fine wine, enjoying the beautiful scenery, and chatting with their family members whom they had not seen for a long time. It was extremely comfortable and cheerful.

They chatted until Sailimu Lake was illuminated by a fiery red glow.

Arthur also bid farewell to Char and Alicia, and left the castle with Sonny.

Although this war is over, it is also at this time that domestic government affairs are the most.

Another longer journey has just begun, and Arthur's fate will also go in another direction today.
Whether it is more brilliant, or gradually declining, at this moment, even Xia is not 100% sure.

However, what is certain is that at this moment, Arthur has firmly established a certain belief in his heart, and he has made a certain awareness and decision
However, Shaar is still not sure what this decision is.
Alicia ordered the dishes to be cleaned up automatically and jumped into the sink to wash herself.

And Xia Ya lay on the hanging basket full of food and drink, lazily watching the sunset in the distance, the sunset glow kept turning red, the clouds and mist in the sky and the undulating mountains all turned red, the scenery of Sailimu Lake The setting sun dyes the calm lake surface into a colorful and magnificent world.

After tidying up, Alicia also climbed into the gondola, lay on his body, rested on his shoulder, and also enjoyed the sunset.

Shaar turned his head to the side, gently rubbing his face against her hair, but his eyes remained on the beautiful scenery all the time.

Food can heal people's hearts, but Xia Ya thinks that beautiful scenery is something that heals people's hearts even more.

When you are depressed, all the mountains, lakes, grasslands and sunsets in front of you are asking you with a vitality stronger than anyone else: "What are you sad about?"

When gazing at these beautiful scenery quietly, you will feel that your soul has merged with these mountains, rivers and lakes, playing a silent rhythm of life together with them.

It was an indescribable emotion.

"Char." Alicia murmured softly, "Do you want a child?"

"If there is a blood relative, it will bring more fate entanglements." Xia Ya whispered softly, "But the problem is not very big, I should be able to handle it well."

"If...you really want it, I know a secret technique that can increase the probability."

Hearing this, Alicia raised her head and looked at him expectantly.

"what?"

Alicia hadn't actually mentioned anything about these things since seeing Helen last time.

Xiaya always felt that Alicia didn't care, but now it seems that she still looks forward to it.

Of course, Char knew Alicia very well.

It is not because she has the traditional concept of "carrying on the family line" that she does not want a child.

They are all immortals, they don't need these things, and they don't need such descendants to support them.

However, if there is such a life with their common blood coming, she will feel joy and happiness.

That is the miracle of life, derived from the joy of biological instinct.

Of course, she will not force it, but will always keep a sense of expectation.

Shaar raised his hand and groped for a while from his sleeve, then took out a box from it and put it on the ground.

Shaar set up a space expansion technique in the sleeve of his magic robe, which was the kind of magic used by Tony's box, which created an effect similar to the universe in the sleeve.

"What's that?" Alicia straightened up and sat by the basket, her bare feet hanging down naturally.

"The preparations for this secret technique." Shaar said.

He opened the case.

Alicia looked at it, and there were some clothes in the box, but the style was completely different from the clothes of this era.

"This is something Tony synthesized using alchemy." Shaar said.

After Shaar helped him refine the Philosopher's Stone before, he gave Xiaar this box, and said that Xiaar would definitely like it.

But Shaar never took it out.

"Clothes?" Alicia said.

Shaar nodded, he said solemnly.

"In some special ceremonies, you need to wear some specific clothes, you should understand?"

Alicia nodded, "Some druid sacrificial ceremonies I have seen are similar."

She got off the hanging basket, squatted down next to the box, and took out something from the box. It looked like pants, but the material was very thin and transparent, and it felt good.

"Is this pants?"

"It's pantyhose." Xia Ya said, "To be precise, it's called stockings."

Alicia suddenly realized that there are stockings in this era, but they are not so long and look like pants, and they are also so thin.Thin almost as if it doesn't exist.

She thought about how this thing would look when she put it on, and her earlobes couldn't help but turn red.

"Can this thing really be worn?"

"Of course it's impossible to wear only this." Xiaya said, "There is still a skirt."

Alicia nodded, she stretched out her hand and took out a blue and white checkered pleated skirt from the box.

She compared the skirt to her body, and found that the skirt was so short that it could only cover some key places, and there was almost no obstruction to the lower thighs.

"There should be other clothes?" Alicia asked.

"Of course." Xia Yayong took out a short-sleeved white shirt from the box. The white shirt was also very thin but clean. "This is the top."

"No, what I'm talking about is" Alicia blushed, "Is this skirt too short?"

"This kind of clothes is called JK, which is derived from the abbreviation of an alien creature. It is a must for the ceremony." Shaar said seriously, "Of course, you can wear it if you don't want to."

Shaar took the skirt from Alicia's hand and put it in the box to pack it up.

"Wait." Alicia said, she was silent for a moment, "There should be no one else in this ceremony, right?"

"It's just me and you." Shaar said.

Alicia let out a foul breath and said, "That's okay, where should this ceremony be held?

In the druid sacrificial classics, I have seen that many sacrificial ceremonies need to go to special places, such as some sacrificial pillars used to communicate with the gods. "

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome." Shaar closed the box, held the box in one hand, and took Alicia's hand with the other, "Just follow me upstairs."

As he spoke, he directly pulled Alicia up the stairs.

After sealing the Sleeping God, the power of destiny on his body was completely consumed, and the few fates weaved basically entered a quiet period, and there will be no major events in the world in a short time.

So Xiaya can only wait for the passage of time, and then do some other things to pass the time.

On the day Hypnos comes out, Shaar believes that the power of destiny he can recover should be huge.

After all, it is the fate of a god, so it goes without saying.

But during this time, Xiaya has been watching Arthur with clairvoyance.

The imperial capital of the Spanish Empire was moved to ruins after the last war, but Thanatos restored it to its original state and resurrected all humans who died because of the war of gods.

After Arthur attacked the imperial capital that day, the defenders inside the imperial capital asked for help, and the nearby defenders rushed over as quickly as possible. Some of them were affected by the war of gods, while the other part also saw Arthur release The holy sword is brilliant.

When the radiance of the holy sword fell, it wasn't just the host body of Hypnos that was crushed, but also the will of the country's army.

Next, the Spanish Empire declared defeat and surrendered, and signed a surrender agreement. Arthur exempted the Spanish Empire from compensation, but in order to give an explanation to the country, Arthur asked for several Caribbean islands.

The following year, the Spanish Empire announced its disintegration due to domestic conflicts and was divided into three countries.

The frontline war was dealt with, and Arthur gradually shifted his target to the country.

So far, Britannia's domestic power structure is still very complicated. It can be roughly divided into four types. One is the big aristocratic class with fiefdoms, and the other is the gradually rising bourgeoisie and imperial power.

Arthur still needs to consider the balance between the people of this country and these forces, which is still very brain-intensive.

The nobles of Britannia are very similar to medieval Europe, probably because they originated in Britain.

Some are pure nobles who have no fiefs and only have titles, and some are big nobles who own a lot of land.

These great nobles are also lords. Their territory is not just a piece of land, but a combination of property, rights, income and power.

Through the possession of most of the land, they support their local political and economic influence, and sometimes they can even use this to compete with the central imperial power.

Farmers or serfs on the land need to pay land rent to the nobles, money for hunting and collecting firewood in the nobles' territories, as well as the cost of using tools such as mills, and various feudal obligations.

In the early days, these nobles even had the power to collect taxes.

But because these nobles don't have to work, they only care about collecting land rent. Most people don't care about how to manage the land and improve technology, but simply increase the burden on farmers.

The fundamental reason is that Britannia's land is too vast, and it cannot be managed if it is not divided.

In the past, the royal family relied heavily on the nobles. In case of war, the nobles had to be summoned to lead their soldiers to the battle.

At that time, the nobles had absolute power in the territory, were loyal to the pope, and put the country second.

So later, several emperors of Britannia started to weaken the power of the nobility.

For example, turning the church into an organization obeying the imperial power, weakening the power of the great nobles, establishing a standing army, strengthening the military power of the imperial power, and mastering the power of taxation, effectively guaranteeing internal rule and external expansion.

Absolute monarchy is established, that is, the dictatorship of the monarch, and the monarch has the greatest, generally speaking, supreme power.

The era of absolute monarchy is an era in which the military power of nobles is gradually deprived and a standing army loyal to the king develops.

However, after many twists and turns, although the standing army is extremely strong, Britannia has not cut off the hidden danger of mercenary rebellion by nobles and autonomous cities.

Even if the monarch establishes a standing army and attacks the big nobles, the system of the nobles acting as middlemen to recruit and command the army has not fundamentally changed.

The emperor needs to use enough funds, privileges and personal prestige to appease those nobles to ensure that the military power is in his own hands.

Later, in the Moria period, he was also working on taking back the power of the nobility.

He intends to follow the example of the county system in the East, take back the administrative power of the nobles, strengthen the centralization of power, and intends to put all the nobles in the imperial capital and become a group of special groups that receive fixed wages.

However, he did not carry out this kind of reform at the beginning, but first reformed the military power, and the legislation did not allow the nobles to organize the army in non-wartime.

Only nobles who are "permitted" can organize armies and garrison frontiers, and the Marquis of Oss is such a person.

The nobles in Britannia basically need to serve, because they or their parents used to become nobles by relying on military honors. In this era when quality education is not yet popular, they are rare generals.

The aristocrats actually did not reject this, because many aristocrats had a sharp drop in feudal income in the past due to factories, and could not afford to support an army at all.

After the recovery of the general power, Moria is ready to start the recovery of the administrative power.

However, this news was leaked by Victor, and the nobles were naturally unwilling to lose their power and become a group of mascots, so he united the rest of the nobles to resist Moria.

The country fell into civil strife. Moria used the army to counter the rebellion, but it still couldn't be solved. Britannia was too big for the army to manage.

There were even some great nobles who vaguely wanted to declare independence, but Moria obviously couldn't agree, so he chose to make a partial compromise with the nobles.

This is also the reason for the existence of today's noble council.

Yes, Britannia actually has a parliament, and enjoys certain legislative and administrative powers, and even has a certain right to recruit soldiers. It is similar to a constitutional monarchy, but it is the power of the nobles and the emperor.

However, this parliamentary system is imperfect, leading to partisan politics, the tendency of nobles to form groups becomes more serious, and the increase in the power of nobles also makes the people more seriously exploited.

But it is also undeniable that with the establishment of the noble council, the previous conflicts of the nobles have changed from solving problems through civil strife in the past to solving problems through rules, reducing violent social turmoil.

And also because of the establishment of the noble council, Moria's revised county system was also implemented, and the power was recovered, although it was recycled to the noble council.

However, this has also successfully implemented "one country, one law", that is, one country uses one set of laws, and judicial justice is also promoted. At the same time, it also increases unity and reduces the possibility of division.

However, after Moria failed to regain the power of the nobility, it did not do nothing. Instead, it carried out a series of economic and military reforms, which promoted the professionalization of the army.

The reason why Arthur was able to fight with the West French Empire and the Spanish Empire for so long at the same time was his ability on the one hand, and the family heritage left by Moria on the other hand.

After Arthur succeeded to the throne, he started to reform this parliamentary system, adding a House of Commons composed of civilians to the aristocratic parliament.

The main purpose is to give common people a chance to have a voice and to compete with the House of Lords.

Of course, the civilians here do not refer to the workers and peasants, but to the non-aristocratic class.

Most of them are the newly rising bourgeoisie. They have higher education and wealth comparable to that of the nobles. These are the basis for competing with the nobles.

Initiating the rule of the people in the era when quality education for all has not yet been popularized will undoubtedly lead to mob politics. This is a lesson he learned in the Western French Empire.

And at the same time, Arthur also strengthened his imperial power on this basis.

The monarch is the head of state and has real power. The monarch appoints cabinet members. The government is responsible to the monarch. The parliament exercises legislative power but the monarch has veto power.

Under this form of government, although the country has also formulated a constitution and established a parliament, the monarch still maintains the authority of the feudal autocratic era, holds state power alone, and is the center of power and the highest actual ruler.

The constitution is often determined by the emperor and reflects the will of the monarch; the parliament is the monarch's advisory body, and the legislative power is formal. The monarch not only has the power to veto the legislation of the parliament, but also controls the parliament by appointing or designating members.

The cabinet is the body through which the monarch exercises executive power, and the prime minister is appointed by the monarch.

This system is known as a dual constitutional monarchy.

(End of this chapter)