Chapter XIII House of Commons

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What is NORD's ability to influence the landscape across Europe? If there were no satellite discoveries, the United States would certainly think so, but since the frequent occurrence of inscrutable situations in Nord, the United States cannot help but wonder whether Nord has received alien help.

The fifth forbidden zone in the United States is very mysterious, according to rumors, there are alien corpses and spaceships in it, but only the president of the United States understands that those are all fake, aliens are just rumors, even he himself is not sure whether there are any, and now Nord has a series of confusing things, which makes the US government cannot but suspect that there are traces of aliens. (This book is not science fiction, it is just an excuse, there will be no alien incident)

The U.S. government does not dare to act rashly, after all, no one knows whether the Duchy of Nord has any hole cards, and if someone has a weapon similar to an atomic bomb, wouldn't it be causing trouble for itself?

If Joseph knew what the U.S. government was thinking, he would have laughed happily, and aliens might be a good reason, especially if they could make the United States jealous, which would be very beneficial to the development of Nord.

Of course, none of that had anything to do with Joseph at this time, and when he heard Marshall mention his name at the meeting, and raise the aid to $300 million, it would be false not to be surprised, after all, it was a huge amount of money given to him for nothing.

$300 million is not a lot, and the richest man in the world now has more than these assets, but for the Principality of Nord, this is already a huge amount of money. On the other hand, the world's richest man has a population of more than 100,000 people to support and only 2,000 of his subjects, and his citizens will undoubtedly live better if they are evenly divided.

Marshall's purpose Joseph could also see it, but he had no reason to refuse this kindness, and even if it were not for this, France's relationship with Nord would not be too close, and with the support of the United States, perhaps Nord would be safer.

The joint meeting in Paris dragged on until mid-July amid such a quarrel, but fortunately Britain and France finally chose to compromise, and a total of about 100 billion dollars in aid was placed on the table of the American president. (The economy of the eighties, therefore, naturally tripled compared to the historical amount.) )

It is impossible for the President of the United States to directly agree to the demands of Europe, and only $87 billion was finally submitted to Congress after the part was crossed out, and the $300 million that Marshall had previously proposed to give to the Principality of Nord was also adjusted to 530 million, the purpose of which was to let Nord develop rapidly and contain France.

Of course, there is also the meaning of letting the Principality of Nord expose its cards, after all, what the Principality of Nord lacks now is funds, and the United States has given him sufficient funds, and the president believes that it is impossible for the Principality of Nord not to show any clues in such a situation.

After the conclusion of the United Parliament in Paris, he did not need to stay in France any longer, and returned to Nord Joseph to begin a new round of planning, meeting with Marshall once before leaving, and taking out a loan of 30 million dollars from an American bank in advance.

The $30 million was different from aid and needed to be returned, and Marshall only used his influence to vouch for the Nord principality, which had little to do with the U.S. government.

The first thing Joseph did when he returned to the Duchy of Nord was to set up the Nord Royal Construction Company, and then Joseph remembered the loopholes he had left behind, and the others could not be repaired, and the surface works still had to be done. And at the very moment when the Royal Architectural Company was founded, a prompt appeared in front of Joseph.

"Hint: After the construction company is built, is the host bound?"

The sudden hint made Joseph stunned, but he quickly reacted, but after reacting, he hesitated, not knowing whether there would be a huge change like the binding bank, especially the good or bad of the change.

After hesitating for a while, Joseph decided to bind, his purpose was to let the construction system have an upright identity, and the construction company was undoubtedly part of the plan, and then Joseph had to pretend to buy raw materials for construction and so on, so that everything was as real as possible......

"Hint: The host chooses to bind, please arrange a ship to transport construction materials as soon as possible, and recruit construction workers at the same time, otherwise the construction system will be unusable."

What does it mean to have nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them? That's what happened.

Although there are still some problems with the source of raw materials, it is no longer enough to arouse the suspicion and detection of the United States, the Soviet Union and other major powers, of course, this matter needs to be delayed a little longer, and continue to keep the Nord Principality mysterious until the Marshall Plan officially begins.

Nord Cabinet:

"Recruiting workers in large numbers? No race or nationality? Can I have Nord citizenship after 3 years? ”

Looking at the new law in his hand, Prime Minister Kress had a complicated look in his eyes, Joseph was becoming more and more casual about state affairs, and such an important matter was actually just a notice rather than a negotiation, Kress had a feeling that he needed to leave Nord as soon as possible, otherwise, he would ......

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister?"

"Since it is His Highness's intention, then let me order it to go down!"

What can Cress do? Now Joseph is in power and wary of him, even if he wants to oppose it, he is powerless, and France can't borrow help and can only let Joseph go. Of course, the most important thing is that he understands that even if he opposes it, it will not work, the people below will not listen to it at all, and Joseph is just polite to put the proposal in his hands.

The assistant who sent the proposal had a meaningful look in his eyes, nodded appreciatively as if he had received a satisfactory answer, and turned away, which made Kress a little crazy, when could a little palace assistant treat him like this.

The new law of the Duchy of Nord caused a slight dissatisfaction, and the smaller the population for them, the better, after all, only then could they allocate more resources, and once the population increased, then they would receive less benefits?

This matter was discovered by Joseph for the first time, and he met with the cabinet members to discuss this issue, the population must be increased, but these old Nord citizens are the basis of Joseph.

"The best thing to do now is to raise the status of the Nord citizens and reduce their hatred of the workers who have immigrated to them, Kress, what do you have a good suggestion?"

"Your Highness means to distinguish? But this must be unfair to the workers who are preparing to emigrate, and it is not good for the reputation of our Principality of Nord. ”

"Your Highness, it takes three years for migrant workers to become true Nord citizens, and we can try to improve the status and wealth of old citizens in these three years, and the formation of the House of Commons in the future can be regarded as a disguised improvement of their social status and welfare."

It was James's son Andy who spoke, but at this time he was no longer the ordinary college student he used to be, but the deputy director of the Nord Royal Guard, and it was precisely because of this status that he was qualified to attend the meeting.

Joseph wants to increase the population of Nord Kress has not thought of a way to stop it, and now there is another House of Commons, and sure enough, Nord's water is getting harder and harder to mix.

"Your Highness, Deputy Director Andy just said that the House of Commons ......"

Glancing at Kress who was cautiously asking, Joseph pretended not to care and said: "I just had the idea recently, the times are developing, and we can't stick to the rules, so I am going to form the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and carry out the separation of powers together with the cabinet......"

Before Joseph's words were finished, Kress had an excited expression on his face, but soon the excitement was gradually replaced by doubt, Joseph had the absolute right to speak in the Nord Duchy, why would he disperse his power? Sure enough, Joseph's next words made Cress suspicious.

"I was going to wait and talk about it, but since Prime Minister Kress asked, let's discuss it together! Members of the House of Commons are ...... by Nord Honorary citizens are elected and enjoy the power of freedom of opinion, personnel, and supervision of administrative officials. ”

Speaking of which, Joseph glanced at the ugly Kress, and there was no doubt that the matter was directed at the Cabinet, but it didn't end there.

Joseph coughed lightly, and Andy hurriedly continued: "The members of the House of Lords are appointed by the Grand Duke, and the House of Lords has legislative power and the right to veto bills passed by the House of Commons. ”

All right! Through the explanations of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, Kress understands that Joseph is not ready to divide power, but to concentrate all power more closely in his own hands, and even weaken the cabinet and the government in disguise and reduce his own affairs.

The House of Commons has the ability to personnel and supervise administrative officials, which means that the future Prime Minister of Nord must first gain the support of the people (members of the House of Commons), and then satisfy Joseph (the veto power of the House of Lords) before he can become the Prime Minister of Nord, and such a Prime Minister must be loyal and capable to Joseph.

Why the future Prime Minister Nord? Because Kress is already preparing to leave Nord, he knows that there is no place for him here, and if he stays, he probably will not have a chance to leave.