"Father, do you know why the land of Alasia is comparable to our alchemy country, although the population is several times that of our alchemy country, their soldier ability is not as powerful as ours, but in the past thousands of years, why are they so strong?" Nicole said, "On the contrary, why did the thousand-year-old Imperial Forest Nation decline? Their state system is the same as ours, and the aristocracy is in power and has a lot of wealth, but why is there such a gap between the two countries? ”

"Why?" Ainsey was also curious.

"Because of the sense of distress of the people of Erathia!" Nicole said, "Every once in a while, there will be a large-scale war in Alasia, for decades, more than a hundred years, more than two hundred years, on the contrary, the forest country under the rule of the elves, but infinitely comfortable, there will be no war for thousands of years, resulting in the elves being driven out of their land by the druids thousands of years ago!" ”

"You mean, war is what makes a country strong?" The queen exclaimed, "Nonsense, unreasonable! ”

"I didn't say what the war would bring to the country!" Nicole said, "But if you look closely, you will find that although the war that broke out in Alasia caused great damage to the country itself, the country developed rapidly after the war, and every time there was a war, the national strength could be raised to a new level, and after reaching a certain balance, the country's development was sluggish, and then war broke out!" Father, and mother, think about it, isn't that so? In fact, although the war itself has done great harm to the country, every war is the transfer and resolution of domestic contradictions, and the redistribution of national wealth and power. If such an interest group exists, it means that the civil war in Alasia is approaching! ”

Ainsey thought for a moment and said, "After talking for a long time, you just want to tell this king that the biggest obstacle to the development of the Alchemy Kingdom is the aristocratic class, including the royal family?" ”

"On the other hand, the alchemy country, although the father made great efforts to improve the national strength, but the national strength has been weak and ineffective for decades, not because the father's policies are not far-sighted, but because these national policies were eventually used by the aristocracy, and did not benefit the common people at the bottom, nor did they transform into national strength! Without changing such a country's physical structure, it will never be possible to fundamentally solve the problem of more national strength of the alchemy country! Nicole ignored Ainsey's question, and continued, "As a recent example, the father and mother used Higg and Blue Fairy's sleigh skis to greatly increase the productivity of the Alchemy Kingdom, which was originally a good thing, but the benefits were completely absorbed by the aristocracy. A farmer, after using the technology of the sled car, worked hard for a year, and collected three or five buckets more, in previous years, each bucket of these grains could be exchanged for a gold coin, but because you collected three or five buckets more, other farmers also collected three or five buckets more, and the grain merchants who purchased the grain were attached to the aristocracy, and the price of the grain was determined by them, and they could price the grain as two buckets for one gold coin, you don't sell, some people sell, such a bumper harvest, and the result is that the nobles received more grain with less money, However, because of the bumper harvest, the farmers' own income is even more bleak than in previous years, and the proportion of wealth owned by both sides has been increased again! Hehe, my father is kind to the people, but others have turned all of my father's good intentions into their own interests! The more this continues, the more the people of the Alchemy Kingdom will lose confidence in this country, lose confidence in the royal family, what is the benefit of the country and the people? ”

"Are you going to incite a civil war in the Alchemy Country?" Ainsey thought for a moment, the current situation was indeed the case, and he really had no way to solve it, so he said, "Just like the Alasia Empire? This king wants to ask you, Alasia can adjust these contradictions through civil war, but this kind of thing will not happen in our alchemy country? ”

Nicole laughed and said, "Hehe, if you talk about this, I'm afraid my father will be unhappy again!" ”

"You say, I listen to everything you say today!" "Today we are behind closed doors to discuss a path to a rich country and a strong country!" ”

"The people do not resist and do not automatically adjust these contradictions, of course, it is related to the father and the kings of several generations!" Nicole said, "First, in order to reduce the civil war, the alchemy kings of the past generations adopted the strategy of fooling the people, so that the people of the alchemy country think that they are justified by such exploitation, and that the nobles and rich should be rich, should enjoy, should point fingers at them, and should live more dignified than them, this kind of thinking is deep-rooted; Second, the population of the Alchemy Kingdom is much smaller and sparser than that of Alasia, and due to the geographical relationship, it is difficult for these people to be connected to form a large-scale confrontation with the aristocratic class, coupled with their low consciousness and long-term servility; Third, the aristocratic class of the alchemy country is too strong compared to the civilian class, and the disparity of this strong power is still increasing, and the commoners want to adjust the contradictions by themselves through war, but there is no possibility of success at all, and in the long run, a vicious circle has caused the current situation; Fourth, if the people in the country want to rebel and start a war, they must find loopholes and opportunities in the country, but the fathers and the kings did too well to prevent these opportunities from appearing.

I do not want to encourage the Alchemy Kingdom to solve the problem through war, war is the last resort to resolve contradictions, because there are no winners in war! Another important point is that the common people of the Alchemy Country are not without resistance, but invisibly accumulate contradictions, accumulate strength, an inflatable sheepskin bag is pressed into the water, the deeper it is pressed, the easier it is to lose control, and when it is out of control, the greater the force of the rebound. Therefore, if the common people of the alchemy country do not resist, as long as they resist, the alchemy country will be in danger of overthrowing. Because the rebellion of these commoners will eventually be exploited by the aristocracy to form a confrontation between higher interest groups, father, will you still be able to control it at that time? ”

Ainsai pondered for a long time before he nodded and said: "In the final analysis, the crux of the alchemy country is still the uneven distribution of interests, and there is no place to vent these contradictions of uneven distribution of interests, and there is no form of war to transfer and digest these contradictions, so it will be like an inflatable sheepskin bag in water, and sooner or later it will rebound out of control." However, the national evils have accumulated for a long time, what can you do to resolve them? If it is not handled properly, it will lead to war, a war that will get out of control, and the Alchemy Country will be really dangerous. ”

"These cruxes are not only the crux of the alchemy country, but also the common crux of all countries in the world, but some countries are more powerful, and some countries are more relaxed!" Nicole said, "I have discussed these problems with Higg, Blue Fairy, and Daniel, since the country has been ill for a long time, then the serious illness is delayed, and the intensity is too great, which will lead to the intensification of the conflict in an instant." I'm going to use three to five years to adjust slowly, boiling the frogs in warm water, slowly combing them so that the frogs are cooked before they know it, and by the time they realize it's already too late! However, the royal family must first set an example, because the royal family is the biggest nobleman and the biggest beneficiary of the alchemy country. Since my father wants me to be the regent, then the first cake I want to move is the royal family, which is afraid that it will disappoint my father and mother, so it is too late for my father to regret it now! ”

"Hmph, you underestimate your father too much!" The queen smiled, "You don't have to say anything about what you want to do, how can you benefit the common people with these cakes, you can't just confiscate other people's property and distribute it to the people, right?" If this is the case, and the money earned by the rich is given to the poor to spend, who wants to make money? And the poor don't make money but have money to spend, who wants to make money? ”

"Of course you can't do that!" "You can slowly adjust the proportion of wealth by adjusting taxes, both to encourage making money and to prevent excessive concentration of wealth." I intend to set up a national chamber of commerce in the alchemy country, which is linked to the money bank, which is state-owned and no longer exclusive to the royal family. The so-called state-owned means that the wealth earned by both the money bank and the chamber of commerce is shared by the whole people, and these wealth are used for the construction of infrastructure in the alchemy country, the development of education, the development of people's livelihood channels, and the assistance of natural and man-made disasters in various places, etc., which are distributed by the state in a unified manner. With the existence of the All-People's Chamber of Commerce, it is possible to regulate and control the national price and avoid the aristocracy from monopolizing a certain industry, just like the situation of overcharging three or five buckets, and the All-People's Chamber of Commerce can completely purchase grain through the reference of the prices of previous years, so as not to damage the peasants who have worked hard for a year; In addition, in a bad harvest year, when the people have no grain to eat, they can open a warehouse to prevent unscrupulous grain dealers with grain from raising prices and making the people unable to buy grain! In addition, I also intend to revise a national code of the Alchemy Nation to protect the interests of the citizens of the Alchemy Nation and bind any citizen of the Alchemy Nation to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities! This code will become the highest code of conduct that the alchemy people must abide by, no one can be an exception, including nobles, members of the royal family and even the father and queen mother, those who violate the highest code of conduct - the national code will be punished by the code, this is called the rule of law! ”

"National Code? Rule of law? Ainsey's eyes lit up, then he shook his head and asked, "Then what do you want me to do as a king, and what do you want you to do as a regent?" Hmph, it's unheard of that the national code can be superior to the king! ”

The queen smiled and said, "I am very interested in hearing what you call the code of the state and the rule of law, what is new!" ”

Nicole said, "Actually, I didn't create this code, I just borrowed it!" The person who really proposed the rule of law was Blue Fairy, who proposed a revision of the new Elven Code for the Forest Nation! Two years ago, Prince Benjamin, the heir of the Elf King, was making every effort to realize it, but the forest country was different from my alchemy country, the forest country was in a chaotic state of war, and the alchemy country did not have the threat of internal and external troubles, at least not yet! So Benjamin's implementation is different from ours, he is through war to implement his own elven code, compared to us, his way is much more thorough, much more direct, he leads people to consciousness through war, through war to eliminate the aristocracy, and then through war to push himself to the peak of prestige at the same time, forcibly roll out the elven code! And if there is no war factor to take advantage of in our country, the aristocratic class will be very strong, and the commoners will not change the status quo for the time being, and take the risk of obeying us. Hehe, Father and Mother, we are already behind others! ”

Seeing that Ainsai and his mother were thoughtful and did not speak, Nicole continued: "The so-called national code, I can only temporarily propose a conceptual framework based on the content of the elven code that I know, because this code is not trivial, it is not something that anyone can make up with their eyes closed, it represents the interests and will of every citizen in the alchemy country, so it cannot be handed over to a certain interest group or a certain class of people to formulate." This code needs to be formulated one by one with the wisdom of all the people in the Alchemy Country, but fortunately, the Elven Code is used as a reference, and we can get twice the result with half the effort as long as we have a little guidance! At the same time, the provisions of these codes are not static, and they will be constantly repaired, changed, and deleted according to the different stages of national development and different national conditions, so as to adapt to the national interests and will of the same era. I would like to mention a few points about the legislative fundamentals of the code: first, since the code represents the interests and will of the entire alchemy country, it is necessary to make the dignity and status of the citizens of each alchemy country equal, and the interests of all people must be protected, whether it is a nobleman or a commoner, it is the same, and whoever violates the dignity and interests of others must be punished! Secondly, the enjoyment of power entails obligations, and all persons who enjoy the powers conferred by the national code must also perform duties for the country, such as military service, and no one, as long as he meets the conditions, must respond to the army's call for the state at any time, and the prince is no exception. Third, the abolition of any privileges, that is, the abolition of the aristocracy, through which the assets, land, cattle, sheep, houses, etc. of others have been appropriated in the past, must be returned within a limited time; Fourth, the establishment of new state power institutions and the reform of the existing state power structure......"

"What? State authorities? Ainsey asked in surprise, "What does this mean?" What is the new state authority? Are you going to take the throne? ”

Nicole said unhurriedly: "The so-called supreme authority of the state is no longer the royal court, but is slowly transformed into a government by the whole country. In the past, personnel appointments were made directly by the king or the imperial court through inspection, so the people who were appointed were all nobles or wealthy merchants, but this new way of organizing the power organs I intend to exist in three forms: the first unit of power is the parliamentary body, and the lowest level of the township council is composed of twenty to thirty people, and these councillors are elected by all the people of the township through election, and the councillors of the cities and large cities that govern these townships are elected from the councillors of these towns. The parliamentary body of 30 to 40 members is formed, and the parliamentary body of the provincial level is elected by the councillors of the city, and the power body of 40 to 50 people is formed, and so on, the highest level is the national parliamentary body, and the members of the lower parliamentary body are elected through election, forming a national parliament of about 100 people, all of whom perform their duties and are in charge of different professions; The second body is the chairman's body, which is the core head of the power organ, and the lowest level is also the township level, note that the analogy is to the highest level of the country, and the chairmen at each level are also selected at various levels, although the chairman is a person, has the right to be the maker and decision-maker of many policies, but all his important decisions and the issuance of policies must be fully approved by the parliamentarians at the same level before they can be submitted to the higher level of parliament and the chairman's body for review and implementation; The third body is the judiciary, in order to prevent the chairman from having too much power or colluding with the parliament, to form an independent supervisory body, the whole body is also divided into the township level and the national level, and the judicial staff is also selected from the township to the national level, this body does not participate in the policy formulation and decision-making of any country, but has the right to supervise whether the parliamentarians and the chairman act for the country and the people in accordance with the national code, if any violation of the national code is found, Or if they believe that the competence of the member and the chairman is not enough to fill their positions, then the judiciary has the right to impeach any member and chairman at the same level, and report to the judiciary at a higher level for approval and implementation! ”

That is to say, although the aristocracy still exists, they no longer have privileges, they have not passed elections, and they cannot participate in the management of the country, right? Even the royal family and the royal family can't sit in any authority if they don't pass the election, right? Einsey couldn't sit still, waited for Nicole with his eyes, and said, "Then where are you going to put the royal family?" Where are your fathers and your mothers? ”

"My father said in the court that he was selfless, as long as he was strong for the country, he could do anything!" Nicole was unceremonious, and also said-for-tat, "It's okay to move other people's cakes, but when you move your own cakes, you have to have opinions, is this what my father said about selflessness?" If everyone is like this, how to implement the new policy, how to implement the alchemy country code? Since my father is unwilling to use the form of war to damage the interests of the people to make the country rich and strong, and he is not willing to sacrifice his own interests to contribute, but he wants me to do the absurd thing of cooking without rice, hehe, I want the horses to run, and the horses do not eat grass, how can there be such a cheap thing, since the father regrets it, then please take back the matter of the regents above the father's court, and continue to maintain the status quo of the alchemy country. ”

"You...... You...... Ahem, ahem......" Ainsai left his seat in anger and roared almost unsteadily, "You get this king out...... cough cough cough ......"

Nicole saw that Ainsai was coughing severely, and she was also remorseful, and immediately stepped forward to support Ainsey, but was thrown away by Ainsey's arm......

The queen immediately stepped forward, held Ainsai in her arms, and said to Nicole, "Go back first, and I will persuade your father, and he will figure it out!" ”

"Yes—" Nicole saluted and turned to leave the palace......