Chapter 354: The Political Situation in England
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Following the ancient tradition of England, local gentlemen held official positions and volunteered to serve the king.
In addition, in the local county, the county council only has the right to supervise, and the number of members is determined by the central government, so that the local county council can be controlled to the greatest extent.
At present, the power of local governments is somewhat too large, or much greater than in the past, so that county officials cannot control their own desires, and even collude with local families to collude.
And if a county council is established, those nobles and gentlemen who originally disdained officials will be the opposite of those officials, artificially.
One supervision, one administration, so that the local government will not be a pool of stagnant water, which is conducive to the control of the central government.
Moreover, in order to centralize power, the Privy Council also issued a decree requiring all officials to serve for no more than four years, after which the appointment will be decided by the central government.
The first year is used for adaptation, the second and third years are for the administration of local officials, and the fourth year is the end.
In this era of short lifespans, this is almost one-tenth of the life of the average person.
The head of the 100-household district is appointed by the county and then submitted to the central government's transfer file, while the head of the 1000-household district and the ministers of the county who follow the central government are drafted by the Privy Council and approved by the king.
The candidates for the magistrates of the thirty-nine counties of England are selected by the Privy Council from among the many governors, three in each county, and then approved by the king, then they can be appointed.
After that, the local magistrate can be promoted to the central level, and he can become the deputy director of the departments of the Privy Council, and then he can be promoted to the position of director, deputy minister, minister, minister of the Privy Council, vice-president of the Privy Council, and president of the Privy Council.
As mentioned above, the Central Committee has the Privy Council as the general authority, and its jurisdiction is divided into nine departments, namely, foreign affairs, finance, agriculture and commerce, engineering and construction, religion, supervision, social security, education, and the organization department for the promotion of officials.
According to the ancient tradition of England, England is divided into eight parts: North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and Humber, West Central England, East East of Central England, South West of England, South East of England, South East of England, and South East of England.
Each department has a minister, two deputy ministers, and eight more halls, each of which corresponds to each section on it, that is, each department is responsible for a share of affairs in those counties.
Each office has a Director and two Deputy Directors, as well as a number of personnel.
If you took the English Officers Entrance Exam, your promotion route would look like this:
100 District Governors - District Heads - County Ministers - Deputy Directors - Department Directors - Deputy Ministers - Ministers - Privy Council Ministers - Vice-Presidents or Speakers.
If you stay in each position for four years, congratulations, after thirty-two years, you will probably be the Privy Council's top official, the Privy Councillor.
Of course, this is just a smooth sailing situation, and it is inevitable that there will be some accidents in this world, ups and downs, which is the norm in officialdom.
However, if there really is such a person, after such an experience, then he must be the elite of the elite, with extremely high EQ and IQ, and it must be easy to manage the whole of Britain.
In this era, although the king is still the main factor in determining the strength of a country, it is important to have a group of capable and knowledgeable ministers who are an important support for a strong country.
We know that in this era, the aristocracy is the elite of society and an important helper in governing the country.
But the aristocracy, the hereditary system, is extremely easy to corrupt this class, and the chances of giving birth to an elite are too small.
For example, in later France, in the eighteenth century, why did the Bourbon dynasty fall, among them, the aristocracy, as the ruling class, was corrupt and greedy and stingy, and they contributed to the end of the Bourbon dynasty.
In addition to the shire, there are a large number of municipalities in England.
Of course, the existence of the municipality is the result of the Magna Carta, and Article 13 of the Magna Carta stipulates that all free cities in London shall enjoy the right to freedom, and the king shall not interfere with or encroach upon.
And, importantly, the Free City can elect members of the House of Commons.
In order to further disperse the power of the House of Commons and strengthen the royal power, Henry VIII and later Elizabeth I granted some new cities free cities.
As a result, the House of Commons slowly swelled, and the control of the crown over the parliament was greatly enhanced.
The consequences came to the Stuart dynasty to enjoy, and the House of Commons began to challenge the royal power.
After seeing these three barons, Edward breathed a sigh of relief after acting in this scene.
For the time being, the nobility of England was still somewhat thin, and unlike in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, the power of the aristocracy was too thin.
When a large number of commoners enter the government, they will inevitably seize a large number of rights, and at this time, the existence of the aristocracy forms a balance with the power of the commoners.
And the king is between the two powers, left and right.
Later, in the Glorious Revolution, the aristocracy advocated keeping the royal family, and the bourgeoisie wanted a republic, so that the Bill of Rights was created and the royal family was preserved.
In fact, even before the First World War, the British royal family still had a lot of power, unlike the stamps of the 21st century.
During the First World War, a large number of noble sons joined the army, but the huge casualties caused many nobles to lose their heirs, and for the royal family, it was no less than the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century.
But at this time, the attitude of the royal family is completely different.
The excessive consumption of the power of the aristocracy means that the power of the commoners officially dominates the power of Britain, and the royal family has truly become a rubber stamp.
In general, by now, the power of the nobility needs to increase to become a boost to the royal family's rule over the country.
At the local level, the county government and the county council check and balance each other, and at the central level, the nobility and commoner officials check and balance each other, and the balance is Edward's pursuit.
On the whole, the capitalists began to rise, and the bureaucracy was an important force in containing capitalism.
Or it can be said that it was under the watchful eye and control of the bureaucracy that capitalism in England developed.
The carriage of England can continue to develop only under the leadership of His Majesty the King.
For Edward, if Britain became the world hegemon, but he was not the leader, then everything would be meaningless.
Instead, Edward preferred England to be a European power, under Spain and France, to England under the Crown.
For the most part, it can be said that the interests of England coincided with those of the Tudor royal family.
Sometimes, however, Edward preferred to sacrifice the interests of England to preserve the interests of the Tudor crown.
The best example of this conflict is in the Soviet Union.
The officials wantonly betrayed their national interests, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, they became oligarchs one by one, never taking the situation of the Soviet Union to heart.