Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 621: Parliamentary Public Opinion War

The affairs of the National Assembly spread across the North like a gust of wind. With Perfectot's intentional or unintentional connivance and instigation, the matter quickly became a hot topic among the people of the North.

The Parliament of Nobles and the Elected Parliament are not unfamiliar to the citizens of Victoria. The former is considered the highest authority in the empire.

Both of these were largely the result of the Industrial Revolution, but Victoria did not start a revolution like France and overthrow the rule of the aristocracy.

This can be regarded as the result of the wisdom of the royal family and nobles of Victoria at that time, as well as the efforts of Perfectcot's parents and their generation.

The feudal aristocracy ceded power to the emerging bourgeoisie, with parliament being the most important manifestation of this.

Although the aristocratic parliament still holds great power and the elected parliament does not actually have any particularly great power, it is still seen as a symbol of social progress.

Even in the eyes of both sides, these two are actually the products of political compromise.

And now, someone is finally going to break this old compromise and realize "democracy" in the true sense. How can this not make some people feel excited?
"This is really great!"

"It's time to show those noble lords who has the final say now! Their time is over!"

"It is undeniable that the nobles have received elite education and possess sufficient knowledge and ability, but this is only a part of the nobles. The majority of nobles are uneducated and unskilled. The empire should employ talents based on their abilities, not because of their bloodline and origin!"

"Not only the nobles, but also the days when capitalists manipulate public opinion are over! We need parliamentarians who can represent ordinary people!"

Looking at the various comments in the newspaper, Perfect shook his head, put down the newspaper and went back to his breakfast.

"It seems that there is no news today that interests you, young lady." The old butler watched Perfect put down the newspaper, so he reached out to tidy up the newspapers and put them aside to prevent them from disturbing Perfect's breakfast.

In response, Perfect simply shrugged and said with a smile: "These are things I already know, so naturally they have no appeal to me."

A considerable portion of these remarks were actually released at her behest, and the rest were basically published with her permission.

After all, all newspapers and other media in the entire North are under the control of the Northern Territory Lord's Mansion. Want to bypass her to speak out? It can only be said that he is overthinking.

However, some people are aware of this and try to set up their own newspapers to publish newspapers, or try to distribute leaflets and pamphlets on their own. However, if they do not register, it is illegal, so most of those who do this are unsuccessful.

Only some tabloids with real backgrounds or those that Perfectcot thinks can be kept as catfish to stimulate the public opinion environment in the North can obtain official approval and have legal licenses to publish newspapers.

But even so, the voice of the North is still in the hands of Perfect.

After all, the logistics in the North all rely on officially controlled caravans, and all caravans belong to the lord's mansion. In this case, the delivery of news and newspapers depends entirely on Perfectcot's mood.

If she didn't care, all newspapers would be delivered on time, and if she wanted to interfere, she only needed to delay the delivery of the newspapers she didn't like for a day or two, and things would be completely different.

News is time-sensitive. For some things, the effect will be completely different if you know them immediately or a few days later.

The logistics controlled by Perfectcot can ensure that the messages she wants delivered in a timely manner are delivered within the time limit, while the messages she doesn't like may be delivered later.

After all, given the current environment in the North, it is normal for a caravan to be delayed for a day or two due to snowstorms.

It's not that no smart people thought of this, but before the cold winter, some people could still use the channels they controlled to smuggle. But after the doomsday winter, under the blockade of wind and snow, except for the Northern Caravan equipped with robots controlled by Perfectcot, it is a pipe dream for others to establish a stable logistics channel.

Although it is not impossible, it would require huge costs and resource investments, as well as the availability of means of transportation that can maintain normal traffic even in wind and snow.

In the entire North, apart from the robots made by Perfectcot, only airships can do this.

But the use of airships requires the cooperation of airports. It’s impossible to drop cargo directly by air, or for airships to land in the wild, right?

Some people have indeed tried it, but it is okay to transport a small amount of supplies and maintain a not very stable smuggling route, but it is difficult to establish a stable logistics channel in this way.

Therefore, with Perfectcot's two-pronged approach, it cannot be said that the entire North's news media is completely under her control, but it can also be said that she can arbitrarily influence the information people can receive.

As for content such as "social elites are more qualified for the position of parliamentarians" and "the rich have assumed more responsibilities and should enjoy more power", these are present in newspapers, but most of them are not in prominent positions, and the content does not account for a large proportion of the newspaper, making it difficult for people to notice them at a glance.

This is also a little trick of Perfecto. She makes the front-page headlines of the newspapers under her control flow out to those political views that she supports, and puts those that contradict her on other pages or even in the newspaper margins. The length and font are also compressed, making it difficult for readers to notice them at the first time when reading the newspaper.

So naturally, the opinions that newspaper readers can accept are more focused on the content reported on the front page of the newspaper.

After all, many people may not necessarily buy the entire newspaper and read it directly. Instead, they may just take a look at what is written on the front page at a newsstand and consider themselves to have read today's newspaper.

Especially for the nobles, they would not read the entire newspaper directly. Instead, their butlers would briefly summarize the noteworthy content in the newspaper for them at the breakfast table, or make clippings.

If no special attention is paid, many people may subconsciously ignore the content filled in the newspaper gaps.

Those who were inciting public opinion to promote the reform of the National Assembly did not expect that Perfect would play such a shady game. They thought that their propaganda was not strong enough and their voices were not loud enough.

However, there are also some among them who are quick to seize opportunities. After all, there are real political animals among them. Having a keen sense of smell and being able to detect changes in wind direction in time are also the basic skills of these people.

They were keenly aware that someone in the North was fanning the flames, and they could also feel the strength of this force, which even involved the officials of the North. This naturally made them think of the existence of the Lord of the North, and they also naturally understood that the Lord of the North had his intentions.

Naturally, some people no longer insisted on promoting elite politics, but instead focused their energy on promoting the reorganization of the National Assembly and electing members of parliament they supported.

In their view, since this was the will of the Northern officials, or perhaps even the Northern Lord himself, there was naturally no way to disobey it.

Moreover, they wanted to force Perfect to support the reorganization of the National Assembly. Now that she has secretly expressed her attitude, there is no need to worry about whether to support elite politics or to allow ordinary people to become members of parliament.

What really deserves attention is to secure a seat as a member of parliament in advance and successfully convey one's influence and voice to the National Assembly, which has not yet been formed.

It can be said that this group of people are smart. They have seen that the general trend cannot be reversed, so they immediately turned the ship around and began to gain as much benefit as possible for themselves.

But smart people are often only a minority, and there are always some people who think they are the smartest and the most awesome.

They think they are the ones who should rule the country and even the world, and they don't care about anyone else at all.

Even Perfecto, they only stood in awe of her power and means, but never truly respected her as a person.

Even if they noticed Perfectot's implicit statement at this time, they still chose to ignore it and insisted on excluding ordinary people from the election of members of the National Assembly.

It can be said that the reorganization of the National Assembly is still a work in progress, but these people think they can control the National Assembly and even manipulate the country to make Perfect submit to them.

Both the Assassin Brotherhood and the Northern Intelligence Agency have a lot of information about these people, and even brought all of them under their control.

It can be said that if Perfecto wanted to, he could physically eliminate them overnight.

But Perfect didn't do that. She didn't like using terror to control and influence everything, even though she knew it was very useful and efficient.

She just had someone make the biggest idiots an offer they couldn't refuse.

Some of them quickly learned to shut up, but some thought that Perfecto wouldn't dare to kill them, so they continued to jump wildly, and even showed their fearlessness as if they were not afraid of anything.

To these people, Perfect could only say that it was okay to leave some noise occasionally, at least it would make the situation seem like she was not the only one who had the final say.

In Perfectcot's opinion, as long as one can ensure that he can control the majority of the parliament and ensure that the proposals he supports are passed smoothly during voting, while the proposals he does not support will be rejected, that is enough.

As for those who disagree with us, keeping them is actually a convenience.

At the very least, he can clear himself of the stigma of being a dictator, and at the same time show that he supports freedom of speech.

In fact, this is indeed useful, and at least a considerable number of people appreciate that Perfecto allows different opinions to emerge.

There was even a newspaper that was originally an illegal tabloid that took the initiative to register and obtain official permission to publish the newspaper, which indirectly demonstrated the other party's support for the rules established by Perfect.

This is the impression that Perfectoct wants to give people.

As long as you follow the rules, Perfect will not target you and will treat you equally.

This is not a show for Perfectcot. For her, as long as the other party obeys her and does not confront her, Perfectcot will not deliberately target him even if he has some opinions.

After all, she is not the kind of person who completely refuses to listen to opposing opinions, and if she wants to play politics, blocking people's mouths is actually the lowest way to play it.

Allowing freedom of speech has given Perfect a very high reputation among the lower-middle and lower-class people.

Not to mention that the members nominated by Perfecto in the National Assembly election this time do, to some extent, truly represent the grassroots people.

Amidst such turbulent circumstances, a tug-of-war between various forces has begun, and preliminary elections for members of parliament have already begun in major cities in the North, with the selection of people who can represent the city to become local councilors.

Not all elected members of the National Assembly can directly participate in national governance. Instead, they must pass through the ranks of local councilors and city councilors before they can truly become members of the Northern National United Council.

This method of election certainly has its drawbacks. After all, Perfectoct has experienced enough elections in later generations. Even things like casting fake votes and stealing votes can be done. What else can't be done?

But it must be admitted that such an electoral system is more or less useful. At least the members of parliament that Perfectok wanted have been pushed out by her and have begun to participate in the process of promoting the reform of the National Assembly.

As for the various means used to achieve election goals, they are still relatively mild at present, and are relatively not as exaggerated as direct poisoning.

In response, Perfect could only say that those who violated the law would be punished, and at the same time ordered the military and police in the North to take action and begin to strictly control the social security issues in several major cities in the North.

As the process of reorganization of the National Assembly progresses, some criminal conflicts are also gradually increasing, and naturally there are people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

Naturally, Perfect would not be merciful to them. As long as everyone was playing within the rules, she didn't mind playing with them, but if someone didn't follow the rules, she could also put the table back.

At least in the North, she is so confident.

(End of this chapter)