Chapter 98 The National Assembly

Hart was reluctant to part with Kaguya, but standing face to face like this would not only not solve the current problem, but also delay the witches from returning to the dormitory to rest. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info helpless, Hart could only leave a sentence, and then he took his personal guard, reluctantly, and left in three steps and one turn.

I will come back.

At hearing this, Kaguya felt a swelling pain in her brain. After Hart disappeared from sight, she rubbed her temples in frustration.

His Royal Highness the Prince is really persistent, which is a headache.

On December 8, 157 New Calendar, Hart returned to the Bluestone Palace. Yun Xin scolded him harshly, and found Deella and Raella to leave Hart in their care.

The two of them had been keeping an eye on Kaguya's movements, and as soon as Hart's departure from Byron City was revealed, they knew that Hart had gone to Rimi City to find Kaguya. After getting Yunxin's permission, they immediately tied Hart back to their room and "tortured" Hart in a lively manner.

The so-called torture is to keep kissing with his lips, rubbing his body against Hart's body, constantly stimulating him, but not giving him what he wants most. This kind of torture is a painful and happy cruel punishment for men, and Hart feels a powerful force running through his body, and the feeling almost makes him miserable, and even feels that he will degenerate into a beast in the next second.

In the end, Hart couldn't stand the torture and could only tell the truth. When Deella and Rayla saw that the truth was the same as they had guessed, they became jealous and "tortured" Hart even harder. It wasn't until Hart begged for mercy again and again that the two helped Hart solve his physical problems in a "way other than the rules".

On February 1, 158 AH, the Kingdom of Elt began to dig tunnels in the Rimi Mountains. The Elt nobles, who were very economically savvy, said that since the tunnel was shared by the two countries, the Kingdom of Byron should also contribute half of its efforts, and Maier readily agreed. Both countries believe that this tunnel is used to transport supplies during the invasion and war, and the other side can help them share half of the labor and expenses, which is already a big profit. Therefore, when digging the tunnel, the engineering teams of both countries did not laze or cut corners.

Due to the excavation of the Rimishan tunnel, the Elt Kingdom hoped that the anti-Byronic alliance would delay the declaration of war. This is because the military alliance treaty between the Kingdom of Elt and the Kingdom of Byron has not yet expired, and once the war breaks out, they who have decided to join the anti-Byronic alliance encirclement network must tear up the military alliance treaty, and then this tunnel will not be completed.

This tunnel is of great significance to the Elt Kingdom, without which the army's supply lines would either bypass the long Rimi Mountains, or they would have to climb the mountain slowly and descend cautiously, which was extremely inefficient. The kingdom of Byron was scarce in manpower, but it was undeniable that it was a powerful country, and the kingdom of Elt could not defeat it in the short term.

Since there is to be a long war, the efficiency of the delivery of supplies has become particularly important. At the current level of supplies, in the absence of tunnels, ten truckloads of grain will be transported from the country to the front, and only five truckloads will remain. But when there is a tunnel, ten carts of grain can be transported from the country to the front, and five carts can be easily left.

Suppose that the Elt army attacking the Kingdom of Byron has 100,000 men and 20,000 war horses, and the daily food consumed by it is an astronomical amount. The amount of food delivered by the supply troops each time is huge, and even if it is only one percent, it can save a lot of resources in a few months.

When the Elt Kingdom won the war, this tunnel became even more important. Their armies can quickly pass through the tunnels to defend territory on the other side of the Rimi Mountains, or to provide support to friendly forces. Supplies obtained from the new territory can be transported back through tunnels, which are more efficient and less attritional.

However, time is of the essence for the anti-Byrons coalition network, and if they can't inflict heavy damage on the Byrons alliance before the "Ilibi nation" is integrated, then this war will become extremely difficult. Therefore, the demand of the Elt Kingdom is vexatious in the eyes of the forces participating in the siege, but it is such an unreasonable demand, which is finally supported by the majority of the people.

This is because the forces participating in the siege network have their own evil intentions and do not want to be the first birds. Especially for those front-line forces, once a war breaks out, their country will either be reduced to a battlefield or become a base for coalition forces, and in either case, the normal development of the homeland will be seriously affected.

Liang Ben thought that this time it would take a lot of words and some means to get the forces participating in the siege network to accept the demands of the Elt Kingdom, but he didn't expect those front-line forces to come up and raise objections. They said it was okay to go to war, but they had to pay them a "development loss fee" in advance, otherwise they would withdraw from the fence.

At this time, Liang Ben immediately stood up and sang blackface, saying that in order to prepare for this war, the Ira Empire even took out the materials at the bottom of the box, and there were no extra materials to support the front-line forces. Now that His Majesty the Emperor has spoken, the Ira forces, who are unwilling to pay the "development loss fee", naturally want to follow suit. After understanding Liang Ben's intentions, the Ira faction among the front-line forces expressed even more firmly that they must accept the request of the Elt Kingdom. In this way, if other forces still want to fight, all Ira forces can delay their participation in the war on the grounds of lack of preparation and reduce war losses.

The selfish attitude of the Ira people made the Tura people very unhappy, and they didn't want to be cannon fodder for the Ira people, so the Turgu forces in the encirclement network also said that their country was not well prepared, at least until the Elt Kingdom dug a tunnel. The territory of the Taeyong nobles was basically on the front line, and when they saw that the forces participating in the encirclement network were so stingy that they refused to even pay the "development loss fee", they thought about surrendering to Maier again.

The Anwicks, accustomed to looting, thought that the front-line forces must have benefited the most, because they were the most convenient to grab. So they think that these front-line forces are moaning about the absence of illness and want to get more benefits. The Anwick people have no political acumen, they participate in the siege network to loot, since the forces in the siege network are not sincere, it is better to disperse and do their own thing.

Seeing that this siege network was about to be dispersed, the people of Leiting hurriedly stood up and became peacemakers. They said that since everyone was not ready, they would wait until they were ready to go to war. In this way, the anti-Byronic League encirclement accepted the request of the Kingdom of Elt.

On June 18, 158 AH, the union of the Kingdom of Byron with the Republic of Bujin was successfully completed. This news caused dissatisfaction among the kingdom of Tayron, and also provoked contradictions between the Ilibians and Tayrons in the sphere of influence of the Byrons family.

Demonstrations began in early July, and by mid-August, demonstrations had erupted in the Tajon settlements in the Kingdom of Byrons. The Tayrong people thought that since the Byrons family could accept the Bujin Republic, they should accept the Tajon Kingdom, which was considered fair.

At the end of August, demonstrations also broke out in the Ira and Leiting settlements in the Kingdom of Byrons. Originally, the Ira and Letin were the main races of the Byronic Kingdom, and the less populous Ilibi and Tairong could only be regarded as minor races. Now that the situation in the country has suddenly taken a 180-degree turn, these two races naturally cannot accept it.

In fact, before this news was released, Byron had already talked to the representatives of the Ilibi countries, the representatives of the Taerong goblins, and Teng Yuan, who was the representative of the Taerong people.

Since the integration of the Ilibi Kingdom was about to be completed, the Ilibians were not prepared to hide their plans anymore and directly invited Gray to be the king of the Ilibi Kingdom. Gray did not accept the invitation of the Ilibi, but he did not refuse either. He said that if the Ilibians really needed a king, they could skip him and let Mel be the king.

In fact, the Ilibians originally wanted to find Mer to be the king, because if Gray was to be the king, the kingdom of Byron might become a country of the Tairongs. But Grey is their father of the nation, and in any case they can't go past Grey and invite Maleh directly to be king. Now that Gray had made such a suggestion directly, the people of Ilibi were naturally happy to accept it.

The Taeyong goblins listened to Maier's words, and the Taeyong elves, who had been looking forward to being led, heard that Maier was interested in being their leader, and their little heads clicked faster than pounding garlic.

After gaining the approval of the Ilibi and Tayrong elves, Maier approached Tengyuan and told him the truth about his intention to establish a superpower. Tengyuan really wants to make the Tairong people the main race, but compared to the population, the Tairong people can't even compare to the Yilibi people, let alone take out a random settlement that is the Tairong goblins of millions of people.

The situation is stronger than people, and after the Byron family has the support of the Ilibi and Taeyong goblins, the support of the Taeyong people can only be regarded as the icing on the cake. Tengyuan, who has thoroughly seen Meier's hole cards, knows that even if the Tairong people rebel collectively, the Byron family can conquer them again, and then the Tairong people will have the hat of "rebel" on their heads, and their status in the country will be even lower. In desperation, Tengyuan could only support Myer's decision.

Teng Yuan brought the news back to the Tairong Kingdom, and the high-ranking officials of the Tairong Kingdom basically knew about it. So when the demonstrations broke out in the kingdom of Tayrong, everyone chose to stand by and watch, because this was originally part of the plan of the Byrons family.

The sense of competition between races is inevitable and indelible. Rather than allowing the inter-ethnic contradictions to be hidden and accumulate to a dangerous level before exploding, it is better to dig them out from the beginning and try to solve them. From the perspective of the Byrons family, the siege war could break out at any time, and they certainly did not want to ask for trouble by bringing out the hidden racial contradictions in this situation. By doing so, they only show that they have thought of a solution.

On September 10, 158 AH, the Kingdom of Byron established the "National Assembly". It is a body dedicated to the protection of the interests of the people, and has the power to challenge the king in relation to the rights and interests of the people. The King must not ignore the doubts of the National Assembly, but must consult with the deputies of the National Assembly and, if necessary, attend meetings of the National Assembly to make a reply, and if more than 70 per cent of the members support the King's views, a bill or decree can be implemented.

If the King and the National Assembly cannot agree on an opinion, then the National Assembly has the power to convene a "dismissal meeting". If more than 70 per cent of the MPs do not support a bill or decree issued by the King, the bill or decree is forcibly rejected and cannot take effect.

There are 100 members of the National Assembly, so this body is also called the "Parliament of Hundred". There are five main races under the rule of the Byrons (the Tairong goblins are still not the main race in the New World), namely the Ilibians, the Ira, the Letines, the Tairongs, and the Turgols.

Each of these five races, regardless of their numbers, occupies 20 seats. Members of the Clan are elected by the Clan and are elected every five years, and in the event of death or accidental death during the term of office, a by-election is held within the Clan. During the by-election, the votes of the deceased are still in the hands of their own parliamentarians, and it is up to the members of their own families to choose who votes for the deceased.

With the development and expansion of the Byrons family, the integration of races and the differentiation of monoracies, and the proliferation of minorities, the structure of the Council of Hundred underwent several changes. After the conquest of the Elts, the Council of Hundred added twenty seats and became the "Council of One Hundred and Twentie". After Taeyong Elves were officially included as the main race, the National Assembly became one hundred and forty seats. At the time of the expansion of royal power, the royal family also gained ten seats, making the National Assembly one hundred and fifty seats.

Later, there was no such thing as a predominant race, and the National Assembly was reverted to 100 seats. Seats are no longer divided along ethnic lines, but by administrative districts. When the administrative region system was first established, there were only 50 administrative regions in the country, and each administrative region elected two deputies on its own. After the reform of the administrative district system, the administrative districts were redivided into the current 100 administrative districts, each of which elected only one representative.

The establishment of the National Assembly did not mean that the Byrons had been transformed into a republic. The limits imposed on the king by the National Assembly were very limited, as they could only reject the king's acts and decrees, could not change them, and could not issue any bills or decrees. As long as the king can convince more than 70 percent of the parliamentarians, his bills and decrees can be implemented, which means that the National Assembly can only play a supervisory role and cannot directly influence the country's decision-making.

However, the introduction of a parliament in a monarchy that could protect the rights of the people and limit the power of the king was a huge change in the eyes of the people at the time. The people of all ethnic groups, who are fighting for their own rights and interests, immediately stopped and prepared with great anticipation for the election of members of parliament, which will be held in February next year.