Chapter 190 The Parliament is convened
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At the same time, a conversation was taking place in the office of His Excellency the President of the Privy Council, but in a different content.
Privy Council President Farris. Alexander sat at the top, and behind him, an old man with snow-white hair and a slight sparse sparse hair sat on his right hand with a cane. Speaker of the House of Lords - Parr. Duke Houghton.
Then sitting on the left-hand side is the Speaker of the House of Commons, Thomas. Sir Moore.
"Your Excellency! Sir Sir, this time I really trouble you, tired of you running! ”
As the youngest, untitled Privy Councillor, Farris was the first to speak.
"It's nothing, it's just to serve Your Majesty, it's just our obligation!" Duke Horton waved his hand indifferently, and his voice was a little hoarse.
"The Duke is very right, for the sake of His Majesty's service, what does it matter if we let us run, this is what we should do!" Sir More took the words, and spoke them so beautifully that anyone could see his devotion to His Majesty.
"Thank you two for your size!" Farris said gently, thanking the two of them.
"This time, I invite you two adults to come, just for the sake of tomorrow's council!"
"We know about this, you can tell me in detail!" Duke Houghton blinked, revealing cloudy eyes, interrupting Farris's words.
"Yes!" Farris nodded helplessly and said, he didn't have the courage to quarrel with the Duke.
"This parliament has been convened for the purpose of passing the union of Scotland with England, and His Majesty has added a number of seats for Parliament, which requires the consent of Parliament, and also to determine by law the succession of the United Kingdom as prescribed by His Majesty the King!"
Faris finished speaking in one breath, and there was no ambiguity in between.
"Yes! We all understand this, and this is what our parliamentarians should do, and I think it will definitely be passed in the end, and I hope that Your Excellency the Minister and His Majesty the King will express our intentions! ”
Duke Horton bowed his head slightly, indicating understanding, and then said what he meant.
"Your Excellency's words are also what I mean, the House of Commons will definitely pass this resolution, please tell Your Majesty and let him rest assured!" Sir Moore chimed in.
"I will convey your meaning to Your Majesty, I think Your Majesty will be satisfied!" Farris said with a smile at the two of them.
In fact, there is no doubt that there is no doubt that the bill will pass Parliament with a 100 percent chance of passing it.
However, he invited these two big ones to come, not for this purpose.
Thinking about it, Faris's smile suddenly retracted, his expression solemn.
Duke Houghton and Lord Moore also restrained their smiles and looked serious.
"His Majesty not only needs the parliament to pass the bill this time, but also the parliament to approve His Majesty's taxation!"
The tone of Faris's last sentence began to increase in tone, and then his eyes were fixed on Sir More's face, and so did Duke Houghton beside him.
The House of Commons has the power to approve taxation, while the House of Lords does not, which is why Sir More's opinion is so important at this time.
When Sir More heard the news that His Majesty was going to levy taxes, his heart was relaxed.
Generally speaking, His Majesty the King would have approved the levy of the tax as long as he had a reasonable reason, but wasn't the war over?
"Your Excellency, isn't the war over?" Sir Moore felt a little strange.
"The war against Scotland is over, but His Majesty is very angry at the French attack on us, and has begun to send troops to prepare for a counterattack."
As he spoke, Faris came out with a look of righteous indignation to express his hatred for the French.
"That's just as well!" Sir Moore could only agree, but there was still some bitterness in his heart.
In England, due to the long war between the two countries for hundreds of years, a large number of English people were killed by the French, which caused the entire English society to hate France, which can be regarded as a kind of political correctness!
It's just that each war for England is not only a large number of casualties (of course, for the casualties of these civilians, the nobles do not care), but more importantly, it requires a lot of money.
Therefore, the tax can only be raised, and most of the nobles start to do business, and as soon as the tax is raised, the loss will be great.
"I think the councillors will agree to this!" Sir Moore did not hesitate and nodded.
"However, this time is a little different!"
……………… The dividing line of all evil..................
The next day, there was a light rain in the early morning in London, and the air was much fresher.
Civilians running around for food all day long have long since gotten up and are ready to work.
It's been another lively and busy day in London.
However, starting this morning, horse-drawn carriages slowly converged in front of Westminster Abbey, and down came well-dressed gentlemen.
If it's an old man in London, you know it's the day of Parliament again.
The richly dressed nobles and the proud high clergy went to the House of Lords.
Emotional, relatively plainly dressed gentlemen walked into the House of Commons.
At the beginning, after the speaker read the document aloud, the House of Commons began to vote.
All MPs voted in favour of the integration of Scotland into England to form the United Kingdom.
After that, the House of Lords voted on the results of the House of Commons, and the result was unexpectedly unanimously approved.
This was followed by the passage of the United Kingdom's Succession to the Throne Act by Parliament.
The inheritance law stipulates the principle of male priority, and the first in the royal family is the king's heir, and the male heir has priority over the female heir, and if there is no prince, the female heir will ascend the throne.
If the king has no heirs, the king's siblings are the candidates, and the male inheritance also takes precedence.
However, unlike other countries, there is a premise that the law drafted by Edward this time stipulates that the order of succession to the throne is arranged by the king, and if the king does not arrange it, the succession will be in the order specified in the law.
Although Edward knew the benefits of the elder system, he still wanted to use the meritocracy.
Besides, if it doesn't work, it's better to follow the old rules in the end.
And for fear that the parliament would be the same as the Stuart dynasty, he set up a daughter even though James II had a son, and finally even directly chose a relative who did not know how many generations to inherit the throne.
Everything is arranged, according to the table, whoever is on this succession table has the right to inherit, and whoever inherits the throne is ranked first, who is the most qualified.
As for the matter of royal succession, the parliamentarians could not interfere, so they also passed it unanimously.
Then there's the main thing – approving the King's levy grant, and it's different.