Chapter 525: The New Prime Minister
On December 28, the new cabinet members were announced.
First of all, the new Prime Minister of the Cabinet has been confirmed as the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Anthony, the rest of the cabinet members are also up to the task.
For example, the previous Scottish government, the Earl of Argyle stepped down from the Scottish government this time and served as the deputy prime minister and foreign secretary.
And former Prime Minister William. Selsi served as the regional governor of Scotland, becoming the first nobleman to govern Scotland in history.
In honor of William. Sercy's ten years of exploits, His Majesty Edward, at the age of twenty-seven, made him a baron for life, and rewarded him with an Irish ranch.
It's comparable to Farris. Alexander's lifelong knighthood was much better, which shows the love of His Majesty the King.
The most interesting post of Chancellor of the Exchequer was the Governor of Ireland, Thomas Murphy. Marne, surprising and inexplicable.
He has only served as an official for more than ten years, and he has jumped up and stepped into the pinnacle of the kingdom, which makes everyone very envious, jealous and hateful.
In John. When Lord Anthony was sworn in at the Palace of Westminster, nobles and officials from all over the United Kingdom rushed to London to attend the inauguration.
Barons and above from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and French nobles who have not yet sworn allegiance to Normandy and Brittany will come to the Palace of Westminster to participate in this rare event.
The magistrates, who are the county magistrates, county lieutenants, county councillors, and county inspectors, can enter the Palace of Westminster and attend the inauguration.
Although there were not many nobles with titles in England, there were hundreds in Scotland, dozens in Ireland and Wales, and hundreds of county officials in the United Kingdom, and the entire Great Hall was crowded and overcrowded.
Even so, there are still people who want to participate, but they don't have the status, and no matter how much money they have, it's useless.
Of course, ambassadors from various countries in London also attended and participated.
To the surprise of the diplomatic ambassadors, there were only two dukes standing at the forefront of the entire United Kingdom.
One is the Duke of Norfolk and the other is the Duke of Edinburgh.
The former is a century-old aristocratic family, and the latter is a new aristocracy.
Even the marquis are a very few, and the counts and barons occupy the most.
Taken together, the total number is just over two hundred.
Some French aristocrats in Normandy and Brittany in France were dressed in fancy clothes and sat in the audience as spectators.
It is astonishing that a kingdom with a population of nearly eight million should have only more than two hundred nobles, two dukes, and several marquises.
The ceremony took place as usual, with the final arrival of His Majesty and the Queen, and then the Cabinet Ministers took the oath of allegiance and took office.
His Majesty Edward and Queen Mary were here to witness the birth of a new cabinet.
With the passage of time, the birth of a new cabinet in the United Kingdom has also become the focus of attention at home and abroad.
After all, although His Majesty the King rules the kingdom, the prime minister is a direct executor and an important advisor, and has a deep influence on the kingdom's policies.
For example, the predecessor William. Sersi, who gave the kingdom and the nations of Europe the impression of reform and boldness.
In the face of conservative forces at home and abroad, he has always loyally adhered to the will of the king, implemented reforms, carried out political and economic, and diplomatically boldly and unscrupulously sent troops to France.
It can be said that although His Majesty Edward has taken the pulse strategically, the actual executor is William. Selsi, the difference in the way of execution must be the style of the prime minister.
For example, in the face of aristocratic power, if the first prime minister, Farris. Alexander, he must have been slow, hesitant and side-knocking.
And William. Sersi has no scruples, and will definitely decisively apply both soft and hard, and solve it neatly, quickly and refreshingly.
After all, Farris. During the reign of Henry VIII, Alexander had already developed a soft temperament, and progress in reform was very slow.
Subsequently, throughout the month of December, nearly a third of county and county officials throughout the United Kingdom, nearly a third of them reached the three-year term, and began their official careers of promotion, demotion or leveling.
And this month, it was also the cabinet ministers who began to use their powers to start the review of county officials.
The promotion and demotion of a number of officials quickly established the prestige of the central authorities, and the newly formed cabinet began its five-year period.
As the new Prime Minister, John . The first reforms carried out by Antony, with the tacit approval of His Majesty the King, began with fiscal taxation.
For example, the Cabinet of Ministers gave strong support to certain projects, such as shipbuilding, which increased the subsidy to six shillings per ton, to ten shillings; grain imports, from a subsidy of five pence per tonne, to eightpence; The timber industry, especially good wood for shipbuilding, as well as sulfur, saltpeter, etc., is exempt from taxes.
For the kingdom's traditional textile industry, more tax breaks were introduced, and wool continued to emphasize a series of taxes such as the ban on exports.
In addition, the whole cabinet invited mathematicians from the Royal Academy of Sciences, as well as major businessmen, to start a new round of adjustment of the commodity tax, and prepared to compile a model of commodity taxation, which will be circulated in the newspapers and the official system.
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The sky was slightly bright, and Edward broke away from the tender hand that looked around his waist, and gently prepared to get up, not wanting to disturb the beautiful woman on the bed.
And his arm accidentally touched the pair of turbulent towering peaks, and there were layers of mountain waves, as if they were about to collapse, which was extremely exaggerated.
"Your Majesty, are you ready again?" The beautiful woman seemed to be disturbed, and a lazy, hoarse voice sounded from beside him.
Seeing this, Edward unconsciously climbed up with both hands, and the pair of huge peaks, which could almost bury his face, were elastic and slippery, and full of feel, which was very different from ordinary European women, and a sense of satisfaction suddenly came to his heart: I'm afraid, this is happiness!
The owner of the giant peak, with a slightly dark complexion, delicate facial features, brown wavy hair, a delicate waist, and smooth and slender legs, is simply the best companion for men.
"No, I've decided to rest a little longer!" The whole person was lying on a huge soft body, and Edward felt that this was the paradise of life, and there was no such thing as getting up early.
"But, Manla, your English is getting better and better!" Edward ** held two slightly reddish soybeans and praised them in his mouth.
"Of course, I'm the Abyssinian aristocratic lady, the smartest, and English is very simple to me!"
Although the girl was lying flat, her face was still full of pride, and she didn't care about her situation at this time.
"Do you still want to go back now?" After playing around for a while, Edward asked a disappointing question.
"No!" The girl pondered for a while, then opened her black and white eyes, and said decisively:
"My father is not only my daughter, besides, even if he loves me the most, I am still his daughter!"
As she spoke, the girl looked at Edward's handsome face, stroked his erect nose, and said softly:
"Abyssinia has no carriage and no newspapers, so what is there for me to be nostalgic?"
"He won't pay a big price for me!"
Speaking of this, the girl suddenly burst out laughing softly, and she still remembers that she had recklessly spoken to the man in front of her, and had mentioned that she would give him a large bounty! How ridiculous it seems now.
Edward seemed to remember the scene and laughed.
The two glanced at each other, blue against black and white, and for a while, both of them had the desire to do it again.