After a morning in the room, Flower finally recovered from the grief of losing his grandson and pulled me to the Capitol.

As soon as I got into the car and fastened my seatbelt, I heard Flower in the driver's seat look at me and sigh deeply, "Yesterday, it was little Rhodes who sat here, and today it will be you." ”

I had black lines all over my head, "Hey, hey, didn't you say you adjusted?" ”

Flower said slowly while driving: "I'm thinking about things, Rhodes just left me, don't you understand how unacceptable this is for an old man?" ”

I looked at Flor with a pained face, "Don't talk as if something happened to Rhodes, he just went to school." You've gone a little too far. ”

Flower immediately changed his face, shrugged his shoulders and said casually, "Oh yes? Then I'll pay attention to the control next time. I thought it would be better to use some exaggeration at such times. ”

Me: "Hehe, MDZZ. ”

A few dozen minutes later, Flower and I arrived at the Reichstag, a classic Gothic building with a long row of staggered buildings. When I got closer, I found that this building is not only a classic Gothic building, but also the ultimate play of British Gothic! Dense carvings climb from the root of the wall to the roof, and not a single square meter is flat!

As if he had entered the Grand View Garden with Grandma Liu, he opened his mouth wide and looked around, and walked to the door of the Capitol under the leadership of Flor, and explained his intention to the young congressional interns who were standing at the door. The intern simply gave me and Flower a green pass. After passing through an airport-like security check process with our passes, we were each given a "Visitor Clearance" badge, and the staff told us that we could only enter the Capitol if we held both at the same time.

As I entered the hall, I habitually looked around and saw the souvenir counter and the free council information desk on the right-hand side. There are materials in different languages at the information desk, and I was pleasantly surprised that there is a Chinese version of it.

After taking a copy of the Chinese version of the material, I climbed the stairs and entered the atrium. On the left hand side is the access to the House of Commons, on the right hand side is the access to the House of Lords, and directly opposite is the access to the special committees of Parliament, which is not open to the public.

When I walked to the atrium, the meeting had not yet begun, so I simply stayed in the atrium for a while, and the floor of the atrium was surrounded by sculptures of famous political figures in British history, beautifully decorated high vaults, and huge oil paintings hanging on the walls, adding a solemn majesty to the Houses of Parliament.

When the time is almost up, under the guidance of the staff, turn left back into the staircase specially designed for visitors to observe. The House of Commons then looks for signs to enter the House of Commons.

After entering the council hall, I found that the council hall was divided into three floors, the first floor was the territory of the ministers of the House of Representatives, and it was divided into two parts, left and right, with the middle aisle as the boundary. On one side are the seats of the ruling party and the other is the seat of the opposition party.

In the middle aisle, there is a scepter and a table, behind which is the Executive Secretary, and behind the Executive Secretary is the Speaker. In addition to presiding over meetings, the role of the speaker is also supervision, and the House of Commons does not limit the time for debate among members. However, if a Member persistently makes a dull and repetitive statement that has nothing to do with the subject, the Speaker has the right to terminate his statement.

The location on the second floor is for parliamentary reporters and reporters. The auditorium is located on the third floor, and sitting in the auditorium feels a bit like sitting in a high-level box in a theater. Numerous sophisticated loudspeakers hanging from the air in the council hall, coupled with the parliament live flat-screen televisions hanging on the left and right walls, make it possible for parliamentarians and government officials to ask questions in great detail.

When I walked to the auditorium with Flower, I found that there were already a few people sitting in the auditorium, and the most noticeable thing was the twenty or thirty elementary school students in the middle who looked to be about ten years old at most.

Under the guidance of the teacher, the children sat obediently in their seats, and there was a council worker in front of them who was introducing the council system.

Knowing one's rights and obligations and knowing the operating mechanism of democracy is one of the main ways to cultivate the consciousness of civil society in Western parliamentary democratic developed countries.

I couldn't help but ask Flower, "Why are there so few people coming?" ”

Flower laughed, "That's pretty good. This is only the discussion stage, and it is not a vote on the bill, and there are usually not too many members of parliament. After all, parliamentarians are usually busy. But when it comes time to vote on the bill, all 646 members of the House of Commons must be present. Because this is the time to decide the victory or defeat of the parties and the opinions, you will find that there are not enough seats in the 437 seats in the council chamber, and the corridors of the council chambers and around the speaker's seat are usually full of people. ”

I nodded and turned my attention to the council discussion that had begun below, and today's issue had to do with transportation. The parliamentarians who have received the Speaker's approval first stand up and ask questions, and then the relevant government officials or their representatives sitting on the side of the ruling party answer the questions.

Although the two sides went back and forth at times, they were elegant and decent in etiquette, without losing their gentlemanly status. It is not for nothing that one has to sigh that Britain is called a country of gentlemen.

The opposition legislators apparently came prepared, and soon the representatives and officials sitting on the side of the ruling party, that is, the government, could not hold back a word for a long time. Often, before an official has finished explaining a question or has just prevaricated, the next question and question from the opposition party will follow, making several officials embarrassed.

And most importantly, no matter which side you are on, someone stands up and shouts "YEA" whenever there is a disagreement with the speaker's point of view, and "NAY" when you disagree. However, today there are many more parliamentarians from the opposition party than from the ruling party, and the officials of the ruling party do not know whether they are trying to save face or shout quietly.

The opposition party was unforgiving, and the dialect slowly began to become intense, and the feelings slowly became agitated. Looking at the increasingly exciting debate below, I couldn't help but be fascinated as I sat in the audience. These guys are sarcastic enough to make most of the world's self-proclaimed vitrious tongues ashamed.

When I heard the wonderful place, I subconsciously wanted to applaud, but as soon as I raised my hand, I was directly stopped by Flower. Flower grabbed my hand and shook his head at me, and whispered, "Applause is not allowed in the council chamber, not cheering. If you don't believe in being kicked out, it's best to be quiet. ”

I glanced at the guard standing in the aisle with a gun in his hand and withdrew my hand.