Several of the big nobles in the cabinet used to think that they were also excellent politicians, but their common sense of "territorial governance" seemed childish and ridiculous in front of Roddy.

"I've already said about 'banks', and in the future, all banks will need to cooperate with the current merchants in the Karen Kingdom. Pave the way for the issuance of 'banknotes' in the future. ”

Luo Di took a sip as he spoke, and every time he talked about these things, his mouth would be dry, because people in this era are extremely lacking in economic knowledge, and many people can't even calculate the interest rate of loans, let alone related businesses such as bank lending. Fortunately, he didn't come to popularize science today, he wrote down all the relevant knowledge on paper and sent it down, just go back and wait for this group of people to figure it out for themselves.

"The most important thing for us now is to improve the 'civil service examination' system. Roddy spoke in a serious tone about the focus of today's meeting: "At the same time, we must also control all speech... Instilling the content of the Cabinet Decree from top to bottom, there is only one thing to be publicized in the future - to tell the people of the whole country that it is no longer just the aristocracy that will run them in the future, but that they can become managers themselves as long as they are outstanding enough!"

These words made all the nobles in the cabinet stunned, but Sally sat there thoughtfully, and after a few seconds, she asked, "Roddy, what do you mean... Efforts to open the way for civilians to go up?"

"Yes. ”

Luo Di nodded and explained: "Before that, the lords divided the land, and the upward passage was completely controlled by the nobles, and only by making military achievements or making great contributions could they become nobles - but think about it, are all nobles really good at management and administration?"

"Prime Minister Roddy, even if many of the nobles are incompetent, but the commoners can't read a single word... What kind of administration do they know?"

Earl Black asked, a little puzzled.

"Commoners don't know how to read, isn't it because the nobles have a monopoly on knowledge?"

Luo Di's eyelids raised slightly, "Is it difficult to read and write? It's not difficult, but why are many people illiterate? Because under the maintenance of most lords and nobles, only nobles are qualified to learn this kind of knowledge." Civilians want to learn, and they have to pay an unbearable price. ”

"If humanity wants to develop, the selection of high-level managers is limited to a small circle that is not very expanded, and it is completely self-defeating. ”

His words made several cabinet nobles ponder, and when they reached their position, they naturally saw more and saw more. Most importantly, they are all politicians who have a better grasp and sense of smell for the direction of the wind. One of them spoke up, "What does the Prime Minister mean... In the future, the cabinet can even have ordinary people enter?"

"The cabinet itself is a temporary product, and it is not easy for us to coordinate everything in the kingdom, but I will only answer your question now: why can't ordinary people, especially ordinary people with excellent governing skills, enter the center of the cabinet if their knowledge and action can strengthen the country?"

Luo Di pointed to himself: "As you know, I myself was not a hereditary nobleman. ”

After all, the "bloodline theory" still has some market in today's era, and many old aristocrats... The descendants of an ancient founding father like "Rusifron" often look down on the new nobles, let alone the commoners who were born in mud.

This sense of superiority has been accumulated over the centuries of human development in this world. Roddy's remarks are not refuted because he has the ability to make everyone sit down and think about the essence of the problem in the first place, not because he sits on the side of the "aristocracy" and has no brains to defend the interests of the class.

Sally's face was serious, and she also belonged to the kind that knew in her heart that what Roddy said was right, but she was emotionally unacceptable - so she asked a more acute question for the first time: "If an ordinary person enters the cabinet in the future, will he accept the canonization and become a nobleman?"

"No, that's the point... We divide people into classes, and there's nothing wrong with that, because there are such hierarchies in any society. But the members of the management should not be constrained by class. What we need is a smart person to manage, regardless of who he is. Ordinary people, then ordinary people, there are smart people in the nobility, so why refuse?"

"If, as Your Majesty said, it is deliberately emphasized that only 'nobles' can enter the management level, then there is no point in the 'civil service appraisal system', and people will only try their best to become nobles, instead of learning the knowledge of 'civil servant appraisal'. ”

Roddy finally pointed to the round table in front of him: "I hope that all of us will consider the problem in the interests of the majority of the people. But unfortunately, people tend to defend their class interests, so in the future, if I am not here, you are not here, and the future generations of young people who are still nobles... Will they still fundamentally consider people's livelihood issues as they do today?"

The nobles frowned and pondered this question, in fact, before Charles II, the atmosphere of the entire Karen Kingdom had begun to gradually degenerate. The greatest role of the aristocracy is to fight, and the long peace has made the nobles lose their will and indulge in pleasure all day long. The only bravery was used in cannibalism... The greatest role of the monarch is to balance the scale of power among the various nobles and ensure that they are in a dominant position.

If the country continues to behave like this in the future, what is the point of the dragons' cooperation, and what is the point of centralizing power today?

Sally could probably figure out what Roddy meant, and she asked tentatively, "So... Do you want someone in the cabinet to always take into account the interests of the people at the bottom?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Luo Di took a deep breath, he used to be just an otaku who played games on the Internet, but the times make heroes, and now standing in this position, those political knowledge that he once disdained can experience an indescribable deep meaning when he thinks about it now.

The strength of the people determines the foundation of the substructure, and the top building without the foundation below can always only be a castle in the air. It is impossible to erase this class gap between the "upper and lower", and the only thing that can be done now is to work the "ideology".

"Man does not betray his class, whether he is clever or stupid. If the country wants to thrive for a long time, it has to put the interests of the people at the bottom first—to be honest, it's easy at first, but as time goes on, the people who sit here tend to move further and further away from the bottom. ”

Luo Di casually took out a table, which was about the statistics of the current hedron cannon in the Karen Kingdom: "We are not as powerful as the dragons, but we can develop weapons that are enough to deter the dragons-by whom? Without them, these things are empty talk. ”

"The Cabinet is now a 'ruling body', and my idea is to eventually form a 'parliament' with the Cabinet as the core. But the parliament was divided into two, one was the upper council, which was composed of nobles, and the other was the lower house, which was composed of commoners. Cabinet members must have members of both the upper and lower houses to be formed. ”

As he spoke, he took out a schematic diagram and began to distribute it to cabinet members, in a way that was actually emulating the British political system. After all, there are still countless nobles in the Karen Kingdom, and if they are directly deprived of their power, it will definitely be a rebellion. Therefore, the political system must maintain the "aristocracy" as a class and group, but at the same time accommodate the participation of the common people. Although it was certainly difficult to get started, this step was the foundation for the development of the entire kingdom, and there was no room for compromise.

Sally already knew something about the "constitutional monarchy" before, so she was not surprised by the plan that Roddy came up with at the moment. The cabinet members also understood after reading it... The kingdom is no longer changing its rulers, but a radically shuffled political structure.

In fact, none of the nobles present were fools, and after careful consideration of Roddy's words, they could all confirm that this was the most reasonable solution for the long-term prosperity of the kingdom. If they are unhappy, it is because they cannot betray their own class, and they cannot accept the drastic reduction of the power of the aristocracy.

"Prime Minister, what does this 'Supreme Court' mean?

When a question was raised, Roddy explained: "In the past, the decision of any case was decided by the lord, but the result of this is that nobles often do not have to pay much for crimes, while commoners often have severe penalties for crimes, and in the long run, the accumulation of contradictions often produces evil consequences." So I hope that in the future, the body that adjudicates all cases will be completely independent of other bodies – including the Cabinet, the Upper and Lower Parliaments, and even Her Majesty Sally. ”

"In other words, if I commit a crime, I will be tried by the Supreme Court, and neither Your Majesty nor you have the right to pardon me, and everything is subject to the judgment of the Supreme Court. ”

Roddy's words surprised the cabinet members, they thought that the "Prime Minister of the Cabinet" was already at the peak of power, almost above King Sally, but they didn't expect Roddy to be willing to take the initiative to create a department that hindered him?

"The monarch establishes the constitution, the prime minister is elected by the group or party with a majority in parliament, and the cabinet is convened by the prime minister and approved by the upper and lower houses before it can be formed. The Supreme Court is independent of the monarch and parliament, and it will be the three vestings of power at the top of our kingdom in the future. ”

This is not a "separation of powers", in fact most of the power is still in the parliament, but it has taken the whole whole away from the backward feudal system of lordship.

"Only by guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary can 'fairness' in the legal sense be ensured. Otherwise, the future constitution will be just a joke. ”

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