Chapter 957: The Question of Freshness
Chino's departure from the royal city without any counterattack not only shattered the last illusions of the resistance, but also meant the end of the regent's reign, and Doguland entered a new era with the Queen of Laurel as the sole supreme leader.
Shortly after Chino's expulsion, under the supreme will of the Queen of Laurel, Doguland officially initiated the process of amending the Code.
In this amendment, "Tianwai Technology" is officially listed as an orthodox discipline, standing side by side with "alchemy", enjoying all talents and technical support.
This bill may seem simple, but in fact it has a profound impact, not only opening up a whole new field of research for Doguland, but also fundamentally shaking the hegemony of the transcendent.
The impact may not be visible now, after all, Doguland currently lacks enough basic theories of extraterrestrial technology, so he can only disassemble and toddle according to the existing finished products.
However, it can be imagined that if this kind of research survives for a long time, the basic theories and technologies continue to precipitate, and the development of extraterrestrial science and technology will take hundreds or thousands of years
When the Iron Giant Bird and the Dragon can soar together in the sky, the advanced guns and the ancient swords collide with dazzling sparks, the scorching heavenly fire is no longer the exclusive domain of the soul magician, the gap in power level is infinitely narrowed, and everyone is "extraordinary".
What would that look like?
Far away, unimaginably far away.
But as long as the seed is planted, nothing is false.
If the decree on extraterrestrial technology is too far away, and its influence may not be visible to the generation that is still alive today, then the establishment of the principle of "rule under the law" has really changed the ecology of the entire kingdom.
Under the reign of the previous 25 kings, although everyone said that the law was supreme, no king actually put himself under the law.
The law is made by the king, who is the code of law.
In this amendment, "rule under the law" was officially written into the general chapter of the code, establishing the supremacy of public law, that is, all subjects in the territory, including the monarch himself, were subject to public law.
At the same time, a new level of organization, the Civic Assembly, will be established at the four levels of Dogulland's court, province, main city and town.
The citizens' assemblies at all levels are composed of 24 members, who are elected by a vote of all local citizens, and the candidates are not allowed to hold public office, and no one from their relatives holds public office, and the members are replaced every three years.
The Citizens' Assembly's role is to supervise the observance of the local officials' observance of the law, and if the latter does anything wrong, the Citizens' Assembly has the power to initiate impeachment from above.
In addition, the amendment to the code has limited the power of the ruling class in many fields such as politics, people's livelihood, and law, and its absolute position has been greatly weakened.
The many royal nobles were extremely angry at the passage of the amendments, believing that these decrees were sinful, shameful, contrary to the traditions of Doguland since ancient times, and would cause irreversible damage to the order of the kingdom, and the initiators should be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
However, some scholars believe that this amendment is a long time because it is the first time that a monarch has revolutionized himself in the 526 years since the founding of the Dogurlands, or even thousands of years since the birth of human politics.
As the ruling class, the Queen of Laurel jumped out of class positions and for the first time handed over some of her power in the true sense of the word to the people, even if they had hurt her.
History always has a lag.
Change does not necessarily mean advanced, and conservatism does not necessarily mean backwardness.
Some seemingly outdated laws and regulations will prove their advanced nature in practice for tens or hundreds of years.
There are also many laws that were inspiring at the time, but were discovered to be a legacy many years later.
How future generations will judge this turbulent history of Dogoland, only time will tell.
But one thing is certain, the Queen of Laurel burns everything, lighting a spark for the unknown road ahead.
She will continue on the path she believes in, keep going, and nothing will make her turn back.
The main hall of the palace.
Solandale was on the throne, Madar was on the right, Lorna was on the left, and in front of her were the ministers who were seated.
It was the first meeting since Solandale came to power without the participation of the "Regent", and the first meeting after the passage of the revised Code.
There were many new faces among the ministers present, and there were very few ministers who had been royal and aristocratic left.
The reason is also very simple, these royal nobles could not accept the content of the amendment, and repeated the practice of the queen at the beginning of the throne 10 years ago - collective resignation and forced the palace.
But this time, the queen was already not afraid of them.
In the past 10 years, countless poor students have risen, and millions of talents are available.
Another close friend, Lona, stood firmly behind him, replacing Chino's military deterrence.
Whether it is forcing the palace to resign, or mutiny, the queen is not afraid.
Solandale looked at the new ruling team in front of him and asked slowly: "Many days have passed since the revision of the new law, how is the matter with the citizens' assemblies at all levels?" ”
A minister in charge of the matter stood up and reported: "It is not very smooth, except for some big cities to complete the elections, many places do not even have candidates." ”
Solandale asked, "Why don't you want to sign up?" What is their problem? ”
The minister replied: "There are many reasons, the former regent reigned for 10 years, and the death bird watched over the subjects of the whole territory, and anyone who dared to question the authority was imprisoned or executed. ”
"On the other hand, the new law has been amended for an unprecedented time, and it is difficult for the people to change their mentality for a while, and they dare not believe that they have the power to supervise, and they are afraid that the order will be changed overnight, and they are afraid that 'rule under the law' is just empty talk, and they will be retaliated against if they come forward, so they dare not respond to the policy."
Of the two points the minister answered, the second point was to the point.
Even during Chino's reign, there was no distinction between rich and poor in society, but the power gap still existed.
Even though the judges who have the power to arrest and execute, and the civilians who eat and wait for death every day, they enjoy the same material treatment, but the power in their hands is completely different.
This is also why, after the promulgation of the "Territorial Security Act", there are still countless people who want to become officials, because the sense of superiority brought by power is incomparable to any material thing.
Now, Solandale has established the supremacy of the code and has entrusted a part of the power to the people, which is indeed a good thing for them.
But in the lessons of long history, people are reluctant to believe that a ruler will revolutionize himself and hand over power to the people, because it is antilogical, anti-normal, anti-human, anti-class, and not even in fairy tales.
People prefer to believe that Queen Laurel is no different from the 25 kings of the past and present, and that all policies will be built around the ruling class, defending vested interests above all else.
The distrust of this class pervades all corners of the kingdom.
In this way, the old questions dissipated with the wind, and the new ones were put in front of the young Queen of Laurel.
(End of chapter)