Facing Rodney's gaze, the other three nodded hurriedly, with expressions of approval on their faces.

Seeing this, Rodney showed a smile, and the tense atmosphere in the air suddenly dissipated, and everyone became happy.

This screening began throughout the city of London.

Inside and outside the city of London, a total of 264 100 households and 22 1,000 households, all obeyed the orders of the City of London, began to screen people, and reported to the City Council.

Thus, less than a week later, a total of 286 outstanding officers were assembled at the City Hall in London, waiting for the final news from the City Council.

And the origin of this event comes from our Majesty the King, the King of England, the young Edward VI.

The riots had been quelled, and the whole of England had begun to maintain general social tranquility again, and the war had died down in England proper.

Therefore, our Majesty the King has decided to embark on a huge political reform that has been long-awaited and is the trend of the times - the reform of the local system.

If we are not in England, we will not be able to appreciate the indifference of English people to their country and their stubborn love for their homeland.

In other words, the people of England are only willing to take care of the affairs of their own region, and the largest range has just reached their own county.

Moreover, this stubborn rustic feeling has created a terrible consequence, and the cohesion of the country is not strong.

Each county is like a small independent kingdom, which is governed and protected only by the people of their own county, and it is difficult to tolerate the interference of people from other counties.

For example, in Kent, 90 percent of the gentlemen came from Kent itself, and only 10 percent came from other places, and most of them migrated by marriage.

If there is one sentence to describe the hearts of the Kent people at this time, it must be this sentence: Kent is the county of the Kent people.

This tradition of separation, yet independence, is not dangerous for the unification of England, which is a common nation.

But if this tradition is maintained, it is a powerful obstacle to the centralization of the king's power, and even slowly weakens the king's power.

And this traditional custom of the English people was finally brought to North America, and the narrow world view of the Americans who only cared about their own one-third of an acre of land was cultivated.

Therefore, at this opportune time, His Majesty the King, who had endured for a long time, finally began the next step of his reform.

Reform method, Edward did not carry out a comprehensive reform of the whole of England in one fell swoop.

Rather, it is the Great Celestial Empire after learning, which is gradually expanded from point to surface, so that the pressure and resistance are reduced not too much, and it is more secure.

So, as an experimental site, Edward chose it in the East of England, an area where there had just been a riot.

East England: Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

These six counties are basically under the influence of Robert. As a result of Kate's uprising, the region was somewhat devastated and the local power was weakened a little.

So, our Majesty the King has made some preparations and has begun to carry out local reforms that will change England.

And this reform requires a lot of talents, but where did our King find so many grassroots officials.

At the moment of his confusion, London, which had been reformed for a long time, was placed in front of him.

As a result, the City of London began to remove personnel from 100 and 1,000 households as the basis for reform.

Therefore, referring to the later reforms of Elizabeth I, Edward made the following reform plan, which is called the county guard system.

First, a county guard was established in each county to exercise executive power in place of His Majesty the King, and the following counties were established:

Personnel Management Committee: Evaluates, evaluates, appoints and records the members of each committee.

Household Registration and Land Management Committee: Responsible for the county land management, registration, review, and registration of household registration management.

The Industrial and Commercial Management Committee: manages, supervises, reviews prices, and protects and promotes the management of industry and commerce.

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Forestry Management Committee: Deploy, manage, support and supervise agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry.

After that, I will not go into detail about the six major committees such as the Tax Administration Committee, the Traffic Management Committee, and the Public Security Committee, so everyone will take care of it themselves.

On the other hand, the county lieutenant is in charge of the military power in the county, and the newly established supervisor is in charge of the supervision power, and the administrative: supervision: military, the three are opposed to each other and check and balance each other.

In this way, together with the county courts, which are directly under the royal court, and the district courts of 100 households, the power structure of the county is skillfully balanced, and the power of the county is concentrated.

In addition, at the county level, the original 100-household districts were reformed and merged, and 1000-household districts and 1000-household districts were established, which means that if they were realized, the king's rights would extend to the depths of the countryside.

As a result, what will be presented to us will be a political structure map like this: village - 100 households - 1000 households - 1000 households - county - king.

In other words, the original two establishments of manor and town were eliminated and replaced by 100 and 1,000 districts.

The centralization of power in the counties, and the centralization of power from the localities, would make the whole of England deeply under the control of the king, and the possibility of being overthrown would be extremely small.

The King of England would be the most powerful king in Europe, and the first country to centralize power and monarchy.

Some people say that it is precisely because of this relaxed environment in Britain that capitalism was born, so that England became the hegemon after two years.

However, I would like to say here that the absolute monarchy does not mean that capitalism is stifled.

On the contrary, it was only after the centralization and centralization of monarchy in European countries that domestic capitalism developed vigorously and bourgeois revolution was born.

Because, in this era, the monarch and the capitalists, at this time, were in an alliance with each other, and together they dealt with their common enemies, the feudal aristocracy and the local separatists.

For example, during the reign of Henry VII and Henry VIII, there was a large number of municipalities, and merchants were encouraged to govern the city, as long as they paid their taxes on time.

In addition, they enacted various laws to encourage the development of business.

For example, during the reign of Henry VII, shipyards were subsidized by one shilling per ton for ships with a tonnage of more than 500 tons.

In addition, he actively negotiated with various countries, negotiated trade exchanges, and actively expanded the living space of English merchants.

And if Edward's reforms were successful, then all counties would have the same tax rate and more active business dealings.