Chapter 694: Prime Minister
The parliamentarians may understand that Lei Luo does not want to be the prime minister, or they may not understand, but in short, the twenty-one parliamentarians who represent the power of the parliament all elected Lei Luo as the prime minister, and under the expectations of the public, Lei Luo had to reluctantly accept the appointment.
It was Lei Luo who defeated the power of the Daimyo, it was Lei Luo who supported the capital forces, and it was him, the fourth Hokage, who controlled the power of the Konoha Ninja, in this case, as long as anyone with a little brain, would not stand up and compete with him.
Lei Luo calculated all the situations that might arise in the first Congress, but he ignored himself, ignoring what he meant now to the Land of Fire, to the bureaucrats, merchants, and people, ninjas.
"Well, since you must choose me as prime minister, then I will be this prime minister......"
After taking the oath to the Constitution, Lei Luo looked at the crowd below, and unexpectedly saw a pair of eyes full of anticipation, which made his mood a little complicated.
But soon, he adjusted his mentality and changed his words: "However, the prime minister's energy is limited after all, so I am inclined to elect another prime minister to manage the cabinet and exercise most of the state power on behalf of the prime minister." ”
"As for the candidate for the prime minister...... "Raising his eyes and scanning the people in the room, Lei Luo thought for a moment, and then continued: "It will be jointly elected by everyone present." ”
Hearing the meaning of Lei Luo's words, the capital parliamentarians and the bureaucratic parliamentarians glanced at each other, and then turned their heads in unison, looking at the social strata sitting in the hall of the Congress in the back, and the eyes could not help but appear with a longing light.
The prime minister must be the leader of Lei Luo, and it has to be the case with reason, but the prime minister and all the parliamentarians have the opportunity to fight for it, and this is the connotation they perceive from Lei Luo's attitude.
As Lei Luo just said, the election of the Prime Minister is no longer decided by the MPs, but by everyone in the hall, which means that ......
"The old man intends to run for the post of prime minister, please raise your hand if you support the old man!"
At first, he gave Lei Luo a meaningful look, and after receiving an affirmative reply, Chida Yu suddenly stood up, turned his head, and shouted solemnly at everyone in the Congress hall, causing a commotion.
As if realizing something in an instant, Maeda Takashi also stood up quickly, and shouted with a momentum that was not weaker than that of Chida Yu:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I also want to be the prime minister of the cabinet the day before yesterday, as long as everyone can support me, then I am willing to use all the 200 acres of real estate in the capital to build schools, hospitals and other public welfare facilities, and provide services for everyone for free, without taking a penny!"
Since most of the people in the hall were ordinary people living in the capital of the Fire Country, except for a small number of ninjas from Konoha, Maeda Takashi's words caused a large uproar as soon as he said it.
In the following period, the parliamentarians stood up one after another, the bureaucrats used fame and reputation, the capitalists resorted to economic means, and the parliamentarians on both sides tried their best to win the support of the people in the hall in order to gain the power of prime minister.
It is clear from the current situation that Relo genuinely does not want to run the cabinet, and that his prime minister is more nominal, a symbol of the country's leader.
Therefore, the position of prime minister is the most important thing, and to some extent, it can even be said that under the capitalist system, the actual ruler of the country of fire, the power is infinitely close to that of the previous daimyo.
The hall of the National Assembly was boiling in an instant, and one after another members were shouting their lines, eager to promise all the benefits, and the Konoha ninjas present had obviously never seen this kind of formation, and they couldn't help but fall into a state of looking at each other.
Glancing left and right at the crowd around him, and then at the group of hoarse parliamentarians in front of him, his eyes were full of confusion, and then, for some reason, he asked Fu Yue, who was sitting next to him:
"What's going on? Don't they know that Hokage-sama is the true ruler of the Fire Nation? Does it make sense for them to fight around? ”
Fu Yue was silent for a moment, opened his closed eyes, glanced at him lightly, his lips moved, and it took a long time before he could barely spit out a few words:
"Hokage-sama, I don't have time to manage specific things."
Noticing that Bei Liuhu's face was still dazed, Fu Yue's heart did not fluctuate, and he organized a language, and took the trouble to explain:
"According to Hokage-sama's vision, we Konoha will expand the scale in the future, recruit a large number of ninjas from the Fire Country, form a standing ninja army, and occupy a place in the political arena of the Fire Country."
"These things alone are enough for Hokage-sama to be busy, where does he have time to take care of other things? Properly dividing the power can also unite the hearts of the people in the Fire Country. ”
"The position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet is equivalent to being the great steward of the Fire Country, and he is indirectly in charge of the Fire Country for Hokage-sama, and his status is probably no less than that of the previous Daimyo."
"The most important thing is that becoming the prime minister of the cabinet is equivalent to getting the full support of Hokage-sama and Konoha, so can you understand?"
Looking at Beiliu's thoughtful nod, in fact, his eyes still revealed confusion, obviously he didn't know how to deal with himself by pretending to understand, Fu Yue didn't bother to pay attention to the other party anymore, and instead observed the situation in the lobby.
As a result of the impassioned statements made by the parliamentarians, the people of the Fire Nation present at the scene, regardless of their status or class of class, were suddenly a little eager to try it out, and it was obvious that they were very interested in this electoral system.
But after all, the country of fire is a traditional feudal country, and the change of ideology and concepts cannot be achieved overnight, even if the atmosphere in the hall is very warm, but when it really comes to the step of voting by show of hands, the people still fall into unprecedented hesitation, resulting in few responders.
The career of the big man, the fate of the country, and the choice of the ruler are really in the hands of ordinary people like themselves at this moment, and the people of the Fire Country will be apprehensive, uneasy, and afraid, but they will not raise their arms as a matter of course and exercise this sudden election right.
Before you know it, the halls of Congress fell silent.
The first person to run for the election, a former high-ranking official of the Fire Nation named Yu Chida and a current member of parliament, stood quietly on the chair erected next to Lei Luo, waiting for the people of the Fire Nation to elect their new ruler.
In the front row, the parliamentarians on both the capital and bureaucratic sides were very nervous, but the parliamentarians on the Konoha side were very calm, Lu Jiu sat on the chair, looking at the capitalists and officials next to him with blushing faces and thick necks with indifferent faces, and a faint trace of thought flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a long time, Chida Yu looked at the scene where no one raised his hand, his face fluctuated, as if he understood something, he looked back at Lei Luo, who was silent, and whispered:
"Hokage, the people of our country still don't seem to be used to this kind of power appointment system, so I suggest ......"