Chapter 915: The Queen's New Deal

(Three-in-one chapter, three days after today and tomorrow)

The battle of the two kings, the end of the old king, the coronation of the new king, the ignorant and innocent little girl finally grew up, and appeared on the stage of history in the true meaning of the name of the queen of laurel, pushing the kingdom of Doguland to the next chapter.

Solandale is now the rightful monarch of the kingdom, both the legitimacy of his heirship and the result of war.

However, unlike the new atmosphere after the coronation of previous kings, Solandale faced a worse situation than even compared to the beginning of his father's reign.

Perseus's coronation was turbulent at the time, but he managed to defeat all the competitors with his own strength, and took the throne step by step with all the loyal henchmen.

Solandelle was different, she had never been involved in court affairs before, she had not amassed political resources, and her few supporters were killed by AndrΓ©.

On the battlefield, she did not defeat Andre head-on with her own ability, but relied on Chino's decapitation operation to complete the counterattack.

It is true that the king will be defeated and the king will be able to take the throne in this way, and Solandale will also face a very serious problem - there are no henchmen inside and outside the court.

The ministers who are now serving in the court are all followers left behind by Andre, and as a result of the war, they ostensibly recognize Solandale's legal status, but in fact they are on the opposite side of her regardless of their political views and positions.

What is the effect of Solandale's aspiring governing program, which can be said to be an unprecedented change? I don't know, because there is no practice yet.

But one thing is certain, those in high positions are not willing to accept such changes, and it is conceivable what these ministers will think of Perseus when he saw her politics and almost died on the spot.

Solandel is high on the throne, seemingly on the throne, but in fact it is isolated and hanging, completely in a state of overhead.

It's not that she didn't think about changing the blood of the palace ministers, but the problem is. No one is available.

Those ministers have been replaced, who will make up for them?

Her supporters were hunted down and wounded when AndrΓ© usurped the throne.

The rebel soldiers who fought side by side also died almost in the war, although some soldiers survived in the battle of Sad Wind City, but can those people be used?

They were deceived, abandoned, left there as outcasts and sacrificed, squandered with all their blood, and now they are left with only hatred in their hearts.

Chino even had plans to secretly dispose of the survivors and cut down the grass to prevent future troubles, but Solandale stepped in to protect herself, she really didn't want to see those warriors bleed first, then shed tears, and finally die in this way.

Rao is like this, and the concession made by Chino must also send people to monitor them 24 hours a day, so how can they be reused with such a rumor.

Under the current monetary system, the class channel has long been blocked, and the common class cannot earn a silver moon, cannot afford to read, and it is naturally impossible to enter politics without reading a book.

And those intellectuals who can study and enter politics have nepotism with the current officials at the family level.

A group of ministers were removed, and they were replaced by nothing more than the same kind of people. …

Today, the tyrant Andre has withdrawn from the stage of history, but the ruling group represented by the aristocratic class is still like an insurmountable mountain in front of Solandelle, suffocating her.

The war was won, but everything . None of it seems to have changed.

The Supreme Chamber of the Royal Palace, the first heavyweight meeting after the Queen's coronation, the 57th Plenary Assembly of the Kingdom, is taking place at this time.

The plenum included powerful figures from all areas of the kingdom, from court ministers to provincial dignitaries, and the outcome of the meeting often influenced the future of Dogurand.

However, for such an important meeting, as the regent of the general army and political affairs, Chino was not present and did not know where to go.

Solandale sat alone on the main throne on the stage, with no one around, which was extremely miserable compared to the posture of the former king Perseus, who was surrounded by ministers.

The parliamentarians from all sides sat in the audience and looked at Solandel from a distance, with the members of the royal family in front and the rest behind.

In the War of the Two Kings, except for the Dagon family, all the leaders of the previous generation of kings have fallen, and the current successors are all new faces.

The leaders of the new generation of kings and leaders were all looking at Solandelle with a lukewarm gaze, and the sense of estrangement made the air a lot more solemn.

The plenary meeting had been going on for a while, and Solandale picked up the proposal he had drafted in front of him and said silently: "Do the ministers still have any objections to what was just said?" If not, go back and do it according to the assignment. ”

"Absolutely." Soon, someone spoke up.

The man who sat on the throne of the Troyin family, the eldest son of the previous leader Edward and the heir to his posthumous family, named "Adam", stood up.

Adam looked at Solandale without emotion, and his tone was full of business: "Your Majesty, such a big change, is it better to settle down for a while longer?" ”

Solandelle: "The time I gave in the proposal is enough to make it happen, if you feel that you are in a hurry, you can put it forward, and we will discuss the change." ”

Adam's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze became deeper: "According to His Majesty's will, this proposal has entered the implementation stage?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, any proposal should be voted on by members before it enters into force, and a proposal that has not been voted on has no legal effect."

Solandale said calmly: "The result is the same, the proposal that was not passed by the unanimous vote, I can initiate a skip review and declare it effective, this is my authority as the queen." ”

Adam's voice became cold: "Your Majesty, we can understand that you wanted to do something when you took the throne, but with all due respect, this proposal is very unreasonable. ”

"First of all, you want to unify the monthly coin regulations and cancel the scope of goods purchased restricted by the gold, silver, copper, and iron months. Have you ever wondered how much of a shock this will have on the kingdom's market? ”

"If all types of monthly coins are unified and there is no longer a scope limit, the existence of high-end commodities such as jewelry, land, precious metals, etc. will be seriously devalued, and this impact may be unbearable."

"Who can't bear it? Thousands of people? Solandale was expressionless, and the childlike reflected the vast aristocrats in the audience, "Or you?" ”…

The ministers were silent, just looking at Solandale coldly.

Solandale ignored this gaze and changed his words: "You may think that after the promulgation of the new monetary system, your interests will be damaged, but in fact, it is not. ”

"Under the current monetary system, many people have accumulated a lot of wealth through business, trade, etc., but because they have low-grade currency in their hands, the scope of purchase is limited, and high-end goods cannot be bought, resulting in the overall consumption ** is seriously suppressed."

"If consumption is suppressed, production will lag behind, and the end result can only be the stagnation of various industries."

"If we can unify the monthly currency regulations and open up the scope of purchases, we will be hit by the market in the short term, and your assets may depreciate, but why not take a long-term view?"

"By promoting production through consumption and circulation, and seeking development in all fields, the cake will only get bigger and bigger, and not only will the people become richer, but you will also get more benefits, right?"

None of the ministers spoke, and their eyes became more and more depressed.

First of all, Solandale is right, consumption stimulates demand and promotes the expansion of production, which is a very simple economic principle, and everyone here understands it, and knows that this can improve overall wealth.

But what Solandelle didn't say was that in the process, the absolute status of the nobility was weakened.

The aristocracy was aristocratic because they had a monopoly on the resources of the upper classes, and there was an insurmountable gap between them and ordinary people, and this gap ensured their dominance and superiority, which could be passed on from generation to generation.

If every household becomes rich and can enjoy the resources of the upper class, and those who are lower than you today can climb on your head tomorrow with hard work, then what is the meaning of the existence of the aristocracy?

The aristocracy in this situation is not called an aristocrat, at most it is called "an ordinary person who is richer than ordinary people".

There are 10 portions of the cake in total, and you take 9 portions.

There are a total of 100 portions of the cake, and you take 20 portions.

These are two completely different concepts.

The monthly coin classification system is a barrier that ensures that the aristocracy is above the capital at the bottom, and once this barrier is broken, there is no point in making the cake bigger.

Even if more benefits are shared, the total proportion will be completely diluted, the absolute advantage will no longer exist, and the status of the nobility will plummet.

Adam's face was gloomy at this time, and he didn't know if he was angered by Solandale, so he directly pierced the window paper between the princes and ministers: "Please ask Her Majesty to make it clear, is your new policy to eliminate the nobles?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Solandale was pushed into a very awkward position.

Even if everyone knows some things, as long as they don't talk about it, there is still room for it, but once it is put on the table and completely pierced, it will be difficult to end.

If Solandale shows that she wants to eliminate the nobles today, she will completely stand on the opposite side of the aristocratic group, and there is no room for mediation, and all the nobles will regard her as a mortal enemy.

Solandale was not stupid, knowing that this kind of words could not be taken hard, so he replied tactfully: "I don't want to eliminate the nobles, everyone here, including me, is a nobleman, and you and I are allies on the same front, why do you say such things?" ”

Adam grabbed the copy of the proposal on the table, and his voice became high-pitched: "Then please explain positively, Your Majesty, the second module of the proposal - buying back the fief - what is this for?!" ”…

Solandale's new deal proposal has two drastic modules, one is the previously mentioned reform monetary policy, and the other is to buy back aristocratic fiefs.

It is well known that land bounties were the exclusive privilege of the Dogurand nobility, who enjoyed a certain degree of procedural autonomy in their fiefs, as well as an absolute right to produce.

The repurchase of fiefs means that the royal family will come forward to buy back those fiefs at the current public price and accept them as public ownership.

The nobility would gain great wealth in the process, but would lose ownership of the fief.

Why did Solandale enact this never-before-seen New Deal? This begins with a reference to a decree she had previously issued.

As the XXVI of Doguland, Solandel is the most special one compared to the previous 25 kings, she is the first queen and the first king to ascend to the throne by relying on a slave revolt.

Since the Sun King, the chief of the gods, set the iron law, slaves are born as beasts, and there is no status at all, and now, the appearance of Solandale has shaken the situation that has lasted for thousands of years.

On his first day at the court, Solandale issued his first decree to abolish slavery throughout the territory and give slaves citizenship at the legal level, freeing them from their lowly status.

Cutting the shackles and granting equal rights should have been an extremely bloody matter, but the result of this decree was unexpected by Solandelle.

Yes, slavery was abolished in Dogurland, and there was no slave class anymore.

And then what?

With the abolition of political identity, did slaves really rise?

These slaves were once as lowly as animals, with no connections, no status, no property, no power, nothing.

What about the abolition of slavery? I still can't afford to eat, I still don't have a house to live in, and I don't even have a warm piece of clothing.

The abolition of the system not only did not bring freedom to slaves, but even had the opposite effect.

Many aristocratic families used the New Deal as an excuse to evict their slaves and drive them to the streets.

These slaves used to be able to live like animals, but now they have been expelled from the house, and they can't even be animals, and their lives are a matter of survival.

In order to survive, they had to beg for mercy from the nobles again, hoping that the old men would give them a way to live.

And what was thrown at them was a work agreement - no way, if the queen wants to abolish slavery, then there can be no deed of sale, you are not here to be slaves, but to "work".

Due to the dismissal of a large number of slaves and the severe saturation of cheap market labor, slaves did not hesitate to reduce their own value in order to compete for jobs, resulting in the treatment conditions of the work agreement even more harsh than the original deed of sale.

In this way, the slaves went around in circles, saying that they became legal citizens, but in fact, their lives were worse than before, not slaves but slaves, and even squeezed the competition space of civilians.

The people at the bottom are now complaining and resentful of the Queen's abolition of slavery.

The reason for this absurd phenomenon is rooted in the soil.

As the most basic means of production, land can be said to be the lifeblood of the economy.

Why can the aristocracy occupy an absolute position and be difficult to shake? It's because they have a lot of land. …

This field is mine, and whatever it produces on it, the harvest is mine.

If you want to have enough to eat, you can only work for me, and the fruits of your labor will be mine, and the meager salary is a gift to you.

What? Are you not convinced? Then you get out, you don't do it, some people do it.

Successive kings of Dogurand had a tradition of fiefdom and merit, and today, the nobility in the kingdom owns far more than half of the land, and these people enjoy the hard work of others on the one hand, and monopolize resources on the other hand, blocking the upward channel of society.

This accumulation of disadvantages makes it difficult to redistribute benefits at the root, and no matter how good the policy is, it will not be effective.

If the land problem is not solved, the abolition of slavery and the new policy are all empty talk.

In this regard, Solandale's proposed solution is to "buy back the fiefdom".

Money, I'll pay you in full.

Sell the land back to me.

In Solandale's plan, she will spend a few years or more than ten years to gradually reclaim the private fiefdom, turn it into the public ownership of the kingdom, and then the royal family will allocate it to the laborers.

Not to mention the goal that is too far away, at least let those who are sweating blood and sweat no longer have to rely on other people's charity to live with dignity.

Solandelle met those pairs of secretly hostile eyes and said to Adam, "You let me explain it positively, I don't know what that means?" ”

"The planning objectives, time points, and specific measures for each stage have been written in the proposal, which is clear. If you still don't understand something, you can ask it up, and I'll be happy to answer it. ”

Adam had a cold face and said heavily: "Your Majesty, don't pretend to be a lake, you know what I'm talking about." Since the founding of the ancient kings, successive kings have had a tradition of granting fiefs to heroes from all walks of life. ”

"The existing fields of our family are all exchanged for the blood and lives of the ancestors of our ancestors, and carry indelible merits and glory."

"Her Majesty is going to take away our fiefdom now, is it not a matter of royal affection?!"

Solandel avoided the attack, and replied tactfully again, "No one wants to take away your fiefdom. As I have already said, this is a buyback, and the monthly coins will be paid in full. ”

"Today's land price has risen I don't know how many times since your family got the fief, and you not only don't lose money when you sell it back, but you make a lot of money. If we are really dissatisfied with the current public price, we can negotiate again and increase the repurchase price. ”

Adam's face twitched, I really don't know if the queen's brain is not fully developed, or if she thinks that all the nobles present are mentally retarded.

Use real land to exchange dry money?

From "the master who sits on everything" to "the ordinary man with money"?

This is simply cutting your meat and taking it to make soup, and after boiling, I will share a bowl with you, saying: "Look, how good I am to you, I have shared such a big bowl with you, and other people can't drink so much~"

Adam adjusted the rhythm of his breathing, his thoughts surged in his heart, and his tone became gloomy: "Your Majesty, can you answer me a question - is your so-called buying back of land, is it robbing or buying?" ”

This is an extremely insidious linguistic trap.

First of all, it must not be "grabbing". …

Looking at the twenty-five generations of kings in front of him, even the most evil tyrants, they didn't say that they were going to grab the fiefs of the nobles, that was an act of flipping the table, and in the end, they could only get everyone to flip the table together.

But if it's a buy, it's a business transaction, which means

Seeing that Solandale was silent, Adam's eyes showed a look of triumph, and his tone became melodious: "Her Majesty is a talent, presumably not the kind of thug who ignores the law, and will not rob openly. ”

"Since it is a purchase, the principle of your affection and my willingness is emphasized in commercial transactions, and if the buyer agrees to buy, the seller must also agree to sell. In that caseβ€”" Adam replied bluntly, with his chin held high, "we don't sell." ”

Adam's blow really hit Solandelle's soft underbelly.

As the new king, Solandale must follow the law and uphold the dignity of the law if he wants to govern the kingdom well and set an example.

Then the problem is, the commercial principle is equal in buying and selling, even if you are the queen, you don't have the right to buy fiefdoms from the legal code, and you can't do anything if you don't sell them.

If the nobles are forced to sell their land now, it will be the queen herself who leads people to break the law, and the code will become a joke, so don't think about governing the country well in the future.

Adam used Solander's status to cleverly equate the New Deal with business, making it difficult to implement.

Solandale was beaten to the sore spot, and she couldn't deal with it for a while, she was obviously out of order, and her emotions were a little out of control: "I really don't understand, why are you unwilling to make even a little concession for the overall development of the kingdom?!" ”

"Without those fiefdoms, you still have a lot of money, even if you don't work all your life, you can live in a mansion that ordinary people dare not imagine, drink the best wine, wear the warmest clothes, eat one bowl of food and pour ten bowls of rice, and you will not starve until you are old."

"Have you ever thought about how many hungry and cold people are waiting to die in the kingdom when you are clothed and fed?! There are many people who work on the aristocratic fields until they die, and they don't even feel the taste of fullness, don't you even have the slightest pity?! ”

I have to say that even though Solandale has been smart since childhood, his political methods are still extremely naΓ―ve.

The new king is crowned, but the foundation is empty, but he does not win over allies first, and makes enemies everywhere.

wants to implement a new policy, but the earth-shattering change is unwilling to cross the code thunder pool and tie his hands and feet.

There is also the confrontation with Adam, where others openly talk to you about interests, and you have no way to break the defense on the spot, shouting for righteousness to others.

The ministers looked calm on the surface, but they had already laughed off their big teeth in their hearts, and they looked at Solandale like they were looking at a monkey with an empty crown and incompetent rage.

Solandelle's gaffe gave Adam the chance to win, and he put down the proposal in his hand and gave her the final blow steadily: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, if your new policy is so messy, we can't do it." ”

Solandale suddenly turned pale, and stood up suddenly: "Do you want to rebel?!" ”

This impulsive sentence fell into the trap of the old foxes again.

Jashan, the new head of the Huffy family, stood up, his voice steady and soft, but there was a hint of attack: "Your Majesty, our deliberations are deliberations, and please don't convict people for no reason." ”

"When the first king was still alive, there were often disagreements between the king's ministers and ministers, and I never heard that disagreeing with the king's proposal was called rebellion."

"If you say what you really think, you will be punished, and it will only lead to silence, which is devastating for government affairs. Therefore, if you say something like that, please be cautious. ”

Solandale realized that she had lost her temper, and she couldn't help but lower her eyes and remain silent.

At this time, Adam secretly exchanged glances with the rest of the kings, and suddenly took out an official document from his bosom and presented it forward with one hand.

"Your Majesty, I think that I am not capable enough to take on the heavy responsibility of implementing the new policy. A letter of resignation is hereby submitted, voluntarily resigning from all positions and giving way to those who are able. ”

Before Solandale could react, Jashan and the new leaders of the Dagon and Eric families took out the same resignation letter from their arms, and said in unison: "We will voluntarily resign from all positions and give way to the capable." ”

More and more people got up, and the ministers followed the king's leader, and took out their resignations one after another, and their voices were in unison.

"We voluntarily resign from all positions and give way to those who can."

"We voluntarily resign from all positions and give way to those who can."

β€œ.”

The people in the synagogue were all in a daze, and as many as seventy percent of them were asking for their resignation!

Suddenly, Solandale only felt a chill running from her back, and her blood seemed to be frozen.

They're going to do it.

Forcing the palace!