Verse 509: Norman's ambitions
If this temporary human settlement wants to develop in a sustainable and orderly manner for a long time, it is certainly not possible to rely on the current chaotic system alone - it is still a beautification to describe it as "chaos", strictly speaking, this team has no system at all. Therefore, it is very necessary and important to develop a complete system, and the reason why Norman has not started to work on this until now is mainly because his leadership position has not yet been secured. However, after so many days of his secret layout, absorbing and consolidating his strength, he is now solid in both strength and prestige, so he finally made a move.
"Following the deliberations of me, Mr. Demps, Mr. Monk, Mr. Jacob, and Mr. Rusen, we have decided to establish a House of Commons. Among them, the House of Lords is the highest decision-making body, and all important decisions can only be implemented after the House of Lords has passed them, and there are currently five members of the House of Lords, namely me, Mr. Temple, Master Monk, Mr. Jacob and Mr. Rusen, do you have any opinions on this?"
The crowd below listened, and there was silence.
Since ancient times, it has always been a big fist to speak.
Now these people above control all the power, and these people in the audience have no choice but to leave this way except for obedience, so they naturally have no qualifications and courage to object to this, so they can only accept it.
In the crowd, although the man with whom Norman had spoken to him during the protracted war was also listening silently, his eyes flashed with a strange light, and he looked thoughtful.
Norman saw that the people below had no objection to what he had just said, and continued: "Since everyone has no opinion, then I will talk about the House of Commons again. ”
"Unlike the House of Lords, the House of Commons has the power to put forward proposals and opinions, and then the House of Lords decides whether they can be passed or not, and as it stands, we have unanimously decided to open the House of Commons for the time being with 12 seats. In addition to becoming members of the House of Commons, these twelve members of the House of Commons will also have the title of baron and be promoted to nobility, and these twelve will be elected from among you. ”
As soon as the words fell, the crowd was in an uproar, like boiling water.
The House of Lords has nothing to do with them, naturally it is none of their business, and they hang high, but this House of Commons is different, and the members of the House of Commons have to be elected from among them!
Of course, according to the simple ideological and cultural level of these people, they are unlikely to understand the meaning of the power of the House of Commons, but they understand the meaning of nobility.
If you become a member of the House of Commons, you will become a nobleman!
That's enough for these people to go crazy.
Under the influence of the idea of the kingdom, becoming a nobleman is already the biggest goal in the life of these commoners, and the vast majority of people have given up because this goal is too far away and difficult to achieve, and can only bury it deep in their hearts, but now someone has given them this opportunity to ascend to the sky in front of them, how can they not be excited and crazy?
Only the man remained calm, for he knew very well how ridiculous it was to canonize twelve nobles in such a small area, and those so-called nobles were estimated to get nothing but honor.
Still, there were ripples of disquiet in his eyes, because of the House of Commons.
He deeply understands the way of power, and he also knows that all those who hold power are eager to hold on to death, and they are not willing to relax at all, but the person in front of him has generously released so much power. If it were him, he wouldn't be able to do it even in the current situation.
"Quiet, quiet!"
Norman waited for them to riot for a while, and then shouted several times before finally bringing the situation under control.
"What I want you to know is that, apart from being a nobleman, your power lies when you become a member of the House of Commons. ”
"For example, if you don't feel that the food is good, if you don't have enough food, or even if you don't have enough to eat, in the past, you couldn't do anything, but now, you can go through the House of Commons and put forward a proposal to improve the food so that everyone can be fed, and the House of Lords will discuss it, and after the discussion is passed, we will improve the food and increase the food supply so that everyone can be fed. ”
Norman's simple and clear explanations finally made these people understand the meaning of the House of Commons, which made them even more excited.
Under a regime like the United Kingdom of Augustus, these civilians have always been insulated from politics and have no political power, but now Norman has given them political power so that they can also participate in decision-making, can it not be exciting?
So the following cheered uncontrollably, and finally, led by the sycophant Darik, everyone shouted Norman's name.
"Barton! Barton......"
Their simple brains don't care about the House of Lords or anything, and in their opinion, these things were announced by Lord Patton, and naturally the credit goes to Lord Patton.
The tsunami-like shouts made Demps, who was sitting next to Norman, a little restless, and involuntarily glanced at Norman standing beside him, and muttered in his heart: This guy was originally just a slave of his own, but he didn't expect it to be like this now. Not to mention the tattooed slaves standing behind him, even his own family mage cultivator is now unclear with him, looking closer than with himself, and now even these people who were originally his own have fallen to his side, he has never seen these people so sincerely and fervently calling his name. It seems that the idea that I once wanted to suppress him is becoming more and more difficult to achieve......
Everyone on the stage had different thoughts, but Norman ignored them, and directly danced and shouted several times to suppress the wild shouts of the scene, and then asked Atramicia to take out the white flags he had prepared a long time ago, and put them up in front of him, teaching them on the spot as he had taught Jacob and them last night.
"I understand how much people love me, and if I, as a mage, it would be more comfortable to listen to the old language, so if you want to shout it again in the future, then shout it in the way I'm used to. ”
"Now, I'll teach you how to shout ...... in the old language."
Archaism?!
The eyes of everyone present lit up in an instant, even Demps, who obediently learned the pronunciation of those old words with Norman.
Because he was just learning pronunciation, Norman tossed for a long time, and finally taught these people these pronunciations, and commanded them to come twice, and after hearing the tsunami-like "old immortals of the stars, boundless mana, immortal blessings are forever enjoyed, and longevity and heaven are qi", this is satisfied.
If this kind of scene last night already resembled a cult missionary scene, then it is now a large-scale cult missionary scene.
Everyone present was also very satisfied, after all, this was really learning precious knowledge of ancient languages! I made a lot of money! I was not only heartfelt, but also high-spirited.
After this little episode, the meeting resumed.
"So now let's start with the election of members of the House of Commons. ”
"It is up to you to decide who will be a member of the House of Commons, except for yourself, children under the age of sixteen, and our five members of the House of Lords, everyone else, the old man, the woman, the warriors standing next to you, and even my and Mr. Temple's slaves. ”
"Now give you some time to think about the discussion, and after a while, I will send someone down to collect the results of your discussion. ”
Can a woman be? A slave can too?!
The crowd shook again, especially the women, and the few slaves, who were even more shocked and ecstatic.
Then there was a loud buzz in the crowd, and everyone started talking to the people around them and began to try to convince others to choose them. Even the warriors who stood guard on the sidelines were no exception, all looking left and right, and lowered their voices to communicate.
The big guys seemed to have endless words in an instant, and the few Lords were idle and had nothing to do, just sitting in their respective positions and thinking about it.
The same goes for Norman.
He sat behind the table, his eyes on the crowd in front of him, his mind racing.
Now he can indeed be described as "compassion", but not to the extent of rotting a good man, and the reason why he decided to adopt the system of the upper and lower houses and open up some of his powers is simply because it can open up a clear class in this chaotic group.
There are different pros and cons of class, and it is impossible to talk about things for three days and three nights, but in the current environment, a clear class is far more beneficial than disadvantageous for their group.
If there is no clear subdivision of the class, just the five of them are high above and the others are mixed together, then this small society will become a backwater, no matter how much he exerts his strength externally, the effect he can achieve is half the effort, but it is different if there is a clear subdivision.
Opening up part of the power to the people and creating a clear subdivision can give these people a clear goal to strive for, and this goal can be seen and touched, each of them has such an upward channel and such an opportunity to change their fate, so they will spontaneously generate the motivation to struggle, so that as long as Norman gives them a little force from the outside, they can let them take off, and the effect will be twice the result with half the effort.
According to the Knights Templar, this is "the unearthing of the subjective agency of the people themselves".
This is from a medium-to-early perspective, and in the long run, Norman has done a lot of things, such as the banners that were erected all over the camp overnight, and his act of having them all slap him on the back with Nakshatra quotes.
Norman didn't really like to hear people pat him on the back...... Well, maybe there's a little bit of that in that, after all, who doesn't like to listen to good words, but more often than not, he wants to infiltrate the old language into the lives of these people in this way.
The ancient language is a barrier in front of most mages, whether it is the dragon magic system, the human magic system, or the new magic system, they can't escape the shackles of the ancient language, but the learning of the ancient language is very difficult, which can be seen from the number of mages on the continent, as well as what Norman has seen and heard.
The reason why the old language is so difficult to learn is largely due to the context, which the Templars summed up, and Norman agrees.
The dominant language of the kingdom is the lingua franca, and everyone is a lingua franca, so it is of course difficult for them to learn the ancient language, but in the context of the widespread use of the ancient language, it is different, and Norman himself is the best example of this.
Norman has always been tormented by those ancient languages in the live broadcast room since he was a child, and it can be said that he grew up in the context of ancient languages, which made him born with a strong sense of ancient languages. After he began to formally learn the ancient language, the audience in the live broadcast room talked to him day and night without interruption to help him become familiar with the ancient language, which made the learning more solid, which is why he was able to learn the ancient language so quickly.
However, it is impossible to share the live broadcast room with these people in Norman's body, but Norman can try to create an ancient context. What he did, such as shouting archaic slogans and posting archaic banners, was slowly creating such an archaic context.
Next, he has more measures to improve and strengthen this ancient language context, according to the model of the Templar Order, when the people living in this environment will learn the ancient language faster than the normal teaching method of mainland mages!
In the past, there was Xiu who was persuaded by him to liberate manpower, and then there was a rapid learning speed of ancient languages, and a new magic system that had been proven to be effective, and at any time, the Sea of Stars would become a breeding ground for mages, and one mage after another would appear in this land......!
Of course, none of these people present knew the grand universe in Norman's mind, and they were still struggling for a seat in the House of Commons.
However, time was limited, and it was not long before Norman sent people down to register them, because many people were illiterate, so he sent literate people to supervise each other to register them for the election. And after such a long time, the election results were not long in coming, and the twelve members of the House of Commons were finally elected.
Those who were successfully elected were naturally overjoyed, and even cried with joy, and those who were not elected beat their chests and feet, lamenting that they had missed a great opportunity.
After Norman canonized the twelve members of the House of Commons, he quickly moved on to the next aspect of the meeting.
"Next, there is the establishment of specific functional departments, first of all, the legal department. ”
"The nation cannot stand without it, and it is the same here. There needs to be a clear set of rules so that we all know how to do things, what can be done and what cannot be done, so that everyone's personal safety and rights can be protected, and the legal department is dedicated to dealing with these, and its function is to draft bills, maintain the law, and enforce the legal ......."
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