Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 624: Dispute over Interests
Such a major event as the reorganization of the National Assembly cannot be finalized in a one-day meeting.

In other words, after arguing for a whole day, the imperial officials attending the imperial conference only reached a consensus on the establishment of a National Assembly.

As for a series of important matters such as how to establish it, in what form it should be established, what to do after its establishment, what rights it will be in charge of, etc., none of them were mentioned.

These contents will be the subject of arguments in the next few days or even half a month.

Perfect was mentally prepared for this and didn't care at all. He just ordered Befa to prepare enough snacks and the best black tea, and listened to their quarrel with the mentality of watching a show.

She even brought a novel with her so that she could entertain herself while listening to their boring arguments.

From some perspective, Perfect seemed to have inspired or stimulated these people. They began to argue with each other without restraint, and their faces became red and their necks became thick because of a difference that might only be in form.

Perfect had this attitude in the meetings for several days in a row, which made many people think that she might not care much about the National Assembly, or that it was not yet something that Perfect would care about, so they felt free to argue boldly, so that in the first few days of the meetings, Perfect was more like a background board in the meeting room.

But even so, the quarreling forces tacitly agreed not to provoke the North or Perfectcot, and all the places that belonged to her interests were kept well for her.

After all, it is a good thing for everyone that Perfect is willing to be just a decoration. If she is forced to do something because of profit issues, it will not be good news for everyone.

After all, the cake is so big, if Perfect only takes the share they reserved, they can get a bigger share, but if Perfect wants more, then the others must give her part of their share.

As the Northern Lord who controls the most powerful political force in the entire Victoria Empire, Perfectoct's influence is so exaggerated.

However, she did not really care about the issues that various forces were arguing about in the past few days, such as the full name of the National Assembly and the number of seats in the parliament, so she did not say much.

But today, the topic of discussion was how members of parliament should be elected and who had the right to participate in the election, which made Perfecto listen attentively.

"Members of the National Assembly should be elected from all citizens, and all citizens of the Empire should be eligible to be elected! Restricting the qualifications of the elect and requiring only those with a certain amount of property to run for election, what's the difference from before?"

"What do ordinary people know about politics? How can those grassroots workers and civilians who are elected understand the complex international situation and politics? Governing a country is not something they can participate in!"

Listening to the quarrel between two officials in the meeting, Perfectcot suddenly frowned slightly and knocked on the table to interrupt their quarrel.

Perfectcot's action immediately attracted everyone's attention. Many officials who originally had relaxed expressions suddenly became serious, and even looked like they were ready for battle.

However, Perfect didn't say anything extra. She just continued to flip through the book in her hand and said casually, "Ordinary people don't really understand politics, but they know what they really need. Since the National Assembly is named after the people, at least all classes in the empire should have their own elected representatives to speak for their class and collective. Otherwise, if everything is handed over to the so-called bureaucrats who understand politics, how can the voices of the grassroots people be conveyed to Her Majesty the Queen? How can we, the rulers of the empire, figure out the real needs of the lowest level people in the empire?"

Perfectot's questioning immediately changed the expressions on many people's faces. Some people's faces seemed to become very ugly, but after their faces turned red with anger, they suppressed their anger.

There's nothing I can do. I can only be angry for a while. I can't afford to offend Perfectocte and the others.

Another group of people were relatively excited. After all, Perfecto's views were very similar to theirs. They hoped that other forces would enter the National Assembly rather than turning the National Assembly into a one-man show for the aristocracy and capitalists.

After all, if that were the case, there would be no need to reorganize the National Assembly, right?

Originally, the influence of this group of people was too weak. The nobles and big capitalists still accounted for a large proportion and represented a large number of interests among the important officials of the empire, which led to their original voices being mostly ignored.

Originally they had no hope today, they just wanted to argue their case and find a way to gain some benefits for their faction.

Unexpectedly, their views were supported by Perfect, which made them excited and felt that there was hope for this issue again.

As expected, someone immediately stood up to agree with Perfectot's point of view, believing that it was fine to allow the nobles and big capitalists to hold the majority in the National Assembly, but at least the lower-class people and people from other classes should be able to have their voices heard in the National Assembly. In this way, the voices from all classes could be heard, allowing the empire's decision-makers to have more basis when making decisions.

In a sense, this is the main reason why some people are pushing public opinion to reform the National Assembly.

Before, these people did not speak because they felt that the time had not come for them to step down. However, now Perfecto's words undoubtedly brought influence and change to the entire meeting, forcing these people to step down early and express their attitudes.

Under such influence, this topic naturally tended to introduce members of parliament from all walks of life and eventually ended up on paper.

The nobles and representatives of the big capitalists who had lost a city were naturally unwilling to just throw away their own interests, so they spoke up again: "I wonder how many seats the representatives of all classes will take up in the parliament? The parliament is where the elites of the empire govern the country. We cannot tolerate trivial matters like a few fewer trash cans on the street or street lights that need repairs taking up the time of the National Assembly."

The implication is that the National Assembly is a place for discussing major issues, and giving one or two seats to those people from the lower and marginalized groups is just a token of their presence; their existence is just a political mascot.

But Perfect spoke up again at this time: "Governing the country depends on the parliament? I don't know anything else, but three years ago when I reported to the Noble Parliament to warn you about the doomsday crisis, you dismissed it as nonsense, wasting several months!

It is indeed fine for the parliament to discuss national affairs, but if there are important matters that need to be decided immediately, do we have to wait for the parliament to discuss a result before voting on it? Sorry, that is too inefficient! "

(End of this chapter)