Chapter 28: Imperial Society

After returning to the camp, everyone inevitably asked for a while, when Grace proposed that I go to live on the boat for a while, Su Yuliu and Zhou Anan were also unhappy, although I also knew in my heart that with these girls, it may be just a subtle and inexplicable ambiguity, but someone is still very happy to worry about me.

At the critical moment, it was still an old comrade like Uncle Wei who stood up to overcome public opinion, he said that Comrade Xiao Han's arm injury can be light or serious, and the environment of the camp is naturally not comparable with the ship, Comrade Xiao Han's temporary departure does not mean that he will leave forever, and after his injury is healed, he can still come back and lead us to overcome obstacles and become well-off.

Uncle Wei's nonsense made me want to be the same as parting with everyone else, but the effect is really good, Su Yuliu and others no longer objected, but reminded me that the identities of these people are not 100% certain, and everyone should be careful, especially foreign women.

This long-range ship of the British Empire already had more cabins, and some of the workers and soldiers who accompanied the ship moved to the seashore to set up camp, so there were even more rooms vacated.

Lieutenant James was shocked when he heard that Grace was going to take me to live on the ship, but he did not express any objection. We briefly talked to him about the spotted tiger, and James's expression was complex and intriguing.

There are a total of four military doctors on this cloud sailing ship, in addition to Grace and the big-nosed military doctor who played with fire and set himself on fire, there are two, one is the military doctor Floyd, who escaped from the battle, and the other is a girl named Alyssa.

Alyssa and Grace lived in the same cabin, and Floyd and I lived in the same cabin, and I slept on the same bed as the Big Nose Medic.

The Freud who had escaped seemed a little ashamed when he saw me, and he always didn't dare to look at me with his eyes, and I was a little disdainful of this big brother, but I thought that I would have to sleep in the same room every day for the next period of time, and it was not appropriate to ignore each other.

So I took the initiative to talk to him and start greetings.

Freud was born on George Island in the northern British Isles of the British Empire and graduated from George Medical College on the island. In the British Empire's national system, the imperial king is the supreme being, and the king can be either male or female, but only if the royal family has a pure blood for generations. With the exception of the king, all citizens of the empire, including members of the royal family, were determined by the titles they held and the public offices they held.

The titles of the British Empire were divided into dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, and each title was subdivided into three classes, with the first class being the highest, and the third class being the lowest. Once a citizen is given a title, he or she can get an unequal amount of land and servants according to the rank of the knight, and the title of viscount and above can also receive various subsidies from the empire every year, and the duke title can also be allowed to form his own personal guard, in short, the higher the title, the higher the benefits.

In addition to the title system, the empire also had a bureaucratic system, because the title was only a symbol of nobility, and there were no specific rights and positions, and it was the cabinet of the empire that was really responsible for the operation of the entire empire. The Imperial Cabinet has dozens of cabinet ministers with different division of labor, the head is called the Prime Minister, in addition to the Empire also has the House of Lords and the House of Commons, the House of Lords can only be held by nobles, and it is a lifelong parliamentary system, except for birth, old age, sickness and death and special designation by the king, otherwise there will be no change. Members of the House of Commons are re-elected every three years and cannot be re-elected for two consecutive terms in principle.

In terms of the division of work, the Cabinet is responsible for the specific day-to-day management and operation of the Empire, the House of Commons is responsible for the examination and approval of the Cabinet's plans and bills, and the House of Lords is responsible for supervising the work of the Cabinet and the House of Commons, and the House of Lords has the right to veto any decision passed by the House of Commons with one vote.

Therefore, if you want to get ahead in the British Empire, you must either get the status of a nobleman, or you must hold a public office in a government agency, and you can only be an ordinary citizen of the empire.

Ordinary citizens of the empire will also be allocated land, but compared to the land divided by the nobles, it is pitiful, and the various taxes that ordinary citizens need to pay to the empire are much higher than those of the nobles, but as a citizen, they still have their own freedom and land, even if they are a little harder, they can be self-sufficient through hard work, if they don't even have the status of a citizen, it will be more miserable.

In the British Empire, there were many immigrants, including prisoners of war, prisoners deprived of citizenship, and slaves bought from other places, who were collectively referred to as inferior. The inferior people did not have their own land, could not hold any government position, could not engage in any social occupation, could not enter and leave the theaters, restaurants, etc., and the only thing the inferior people could do was to become servants of the nobility or citizens. Servants of the nobility were distributed by the empire, while servants of ordinary citizens were purchased at their own expense.

In a hierarchical society such as the British Empire, the inferior class is the lowest level of existence, and the inferior class can only be the inferior class forever, except for the nobles above the viscount or with the special approval of the House of Commons.

I asked Freud, "Are you a nobleman?" ”

Floyd smiled awkwardly and said, "If I were a nobleman, I wouldn't be here as a military doctor." It was difficult for a citizen to become a citizen in the empire, and it was even more difficult for a citizen to become a nobleman. ”

I asked, "Is James a nobleman?" He commanded such a large warship, he should be considered a big official, right? ”

Floyd shook his head again, "Although Lieutenant James is the commander of the pioneer battalion, he is not an aristocrat, he can only be regarded as a public official. ”

I nodded as if I didn't understand, the whole social structure of the British Empire is quite complicated, but it is not complicated or complicated, and it is a bit of a mixture of modern and modern Western social structure systems.

Floyd approached me suddenly, looked around, and made sure there was no one else in the cabin, and then whispered, "Beware of Lieutenant James, who is Miss Grace's faithful suitor." ”

"Oh?" I said, "Does Grace know James likes her?" ”

"Of course, Lieutenant James has confessed to Miss Grace several times, but he has been rejected." Freud gossiped.

At this moment, James suddenly walked in from the outside, and after looking at me, he smiled and said to Floyd, "I have some personal topics to talk about with Mr. Han." ”

Floyd immediately stood up, looked at me with a sympathetic look, gave me a GoodLuck look, and ran away.

James waited for Floyd to run out and then went to close the hatch again, and I felt a little weak when I saw this posture, this grandson wouldn't want to do it, right? I've got an arm injury, and it's a shame to fight him alone.

James looked at me with a nervous face, the corners of his mouth raised and smiled, "Don't be afraid, I'm not here to trouble you, you should have heard about me and Grace, but in fact, I've long lost interest in her, or my interest is no longer in women." ”

As soon as he said this, I suddenly felt a tightness in a private part of my body, and my heart was even more panicked, thinking that I had been guarding my body like a jade for more than 20 years, could it be that I was going to be ruined by a rough man like him in this ghost place today?

"I want you to work with me." James said to me suddenly, in a serious manner.

"Cooperation?" I didn't understand, "What do you need me to work with?" ”

"I don't intend to be the commander of the Pioneer Battalion anymore, I want to stay on this island and become the governor of this new territory." James raised his head and said with a resolute gaze.

Governor of the Island? But what does this have to do with me? We shipwreck survivors still haven't figured out what's going on, and there aren't many people in the Communists who can help him get into the governor's seat.

"In a few days, Duke Jackson's follow-up fleet will be able to reach the island, and then the Duke will start to form the Island Cabinet, in order to show the Empire's respect for the aborigines of the newly conquered territories, several of you will definitely be appointed to the cabinet, and for the new Governor, the Duke will definitely ask for the opinions of the cabinet members, so I hope you can cooperate with me when the time comes."