Chapter 225: The Direction of Political System Reform

"In addition to the judicial power, the legislative power is also dealt with in the same way, and the government will set up a special legislative yuan of about 100 people to oversee the matter.

Unlike parliament, they do not need to vote and vote on legislation, but are divided into groups for different projects.

This increases efficiency and professionalism. ”

Alfonso finished speaking in one breath and took a sip of water, he had been thinking about this system for a long time, and it was a relatively realistic autocracy.

Although parliament has historically been more advanced than absolute monarchy, this depends on the circumstances.

Anyway, since Spain copied a dualistic monarchy, Alfonso has not seen the parliament play any role, but has provided a stage for all kinds of nobles to play, and the corruption has become more serious.

Campos nodded, did not say anything about the reversal, but asked, "Then where do the members of the 100-member Legislative Yuan come from?" Or is it elected from all over the country, as in the House of Commons before it?

If all of them were appointed by the government, the people might not be too happy. ”

Having said that, Campos's face did not show a worried look, not to mention that the prestige of the government has been full, and more importantly, there are very few people in Spain who are sick and starving.

Not only did the Red Cross make Spain its headquarters, but the country was also deliberately training physicians so that plagues of all kinds would not cause much trouble.

For the Spanish people, it is a rare prosperous era to not die of disease or starvation, and to have stable law and order.

Not democratic? It's a small problem.

Alfonso waved his hand when he heard this: "No, no, no, we still have to listen to the opinions of the people, but we can't all be elected like before."

As in our case, if the people put out full-time parliamentarians, it is equivalent to creating another aristocracy, which cannot represent the interests of the masses at all.

If the kind of part-time parliamentarians in some countries are able to devote themselves to the people, they are not professional enough, and it is difficult for them to spare enough energy to deal with national affairs in their spare time. ”

"So? What are you going to do? Campos was even more confused when he heard this theory, and the king's words gave him a bit of a feeling: he wanted autocracy, and at the same time he wanted to behave more democratically.

Campos had a faint expectation in his heart, not knowing what kind of subtle solution the king would give.

Alfonso naturally did not disappoint him, he smiled slightly, and said: "I will give some people the opportunity to give their opinions...... Equivalent to a government adviser.

Every once in a while, these people are called together for a meeting, where they can put forward any ideas and opinions, and the Legislative Yuan is responsible for dealing with them as appropriate.

These people do whatever they should, and the government can give them a small subsidy to compensate for the time they have lost.

For these people, you can call them councillors, councillors, deputies, advisers...... It's all as you please. ”

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“!”

Campos was very excited right now, and for a man of his stature, there were few things that could cause him strong mood swings, but this novel conference system was clearly one of them.

It's not that this has much effect, in fact, for Spain now, whether or not there is such a meeting is just a matter of face, and it has little impact.

It was mainly this council system that allowed him to see the direction in which the monarchy was headed.

At this stage, the contradiction between the democratic parliamentary system and the absolute monarchy system can almost be regarded as one of the main contradictions in European society.

After all, the development of capital and firearms has gradually changed the balance of power between nobles and commoners, and with strength, they naturally want to be the masters of their own affairs.

Although he himself was a staunch royalist, he could not help but worry about the development of future generations, and at the current trend, the royal family and nobility did not know how long they would be able to maintain their dignity.

But as soon as this conference system came out, it gave a great buffer between the two sides.

The executive power remained in the hands of the royal family and the cabinet, but the commoners had a clever way to get involved.

Not to mention, an absolute monarchy that could only last for 80 years can live for at least another 20 years with this system.

"Your Majesty, what a good idea." Campos said from the bottom of his heart:

"We have to do this well, every meeting has to be beautiful, and we can arrange for some people to put forward the problems we originally wanted to solve, and when the time comes, we will publish them in the newspapers, and who will dare to say that we are not a democracy."

Alfonso smiled and didn't speak.

In fact, there was a similar system very early on, and the "assembly meeting" in ancient China can be counted as one.

It's just that there were no civilians involved at that time, and even people who had no official status were elected by local wealthy families, and the effect was far worse than what he was going to implement now.

Campos's excitement gradually passed, and he hesitated and asked, "There are proposals, there are legislations, but what about overseers?" Can't the Legislative Yuan judge itself? ”

"Actually, it's okay to judge yourself." Alfonso says:

"Originally, the parliament was not very professional and the interests of the representatives were not uniform, so it was necessary to add supervision.

If the court is set up instead, there should be no mistakes in the bill introduced, and it is really impossible to add an internal review team. ”

Speaking of this, Alfonso groaned:

"But considering that the steps should not be too big, the supervision power should be cut out.

In this way, the bill enacted by the Legislative Yuan will have to be examined and approved by the Cabinet and signed by me, so that nothing will go wrong. ”

Campos nodded happily, he couldn't ask for it.

In the past, the Cabinet had only executive and supervised powers under the Constitution, and was no match for any of the upper and lower houses.

…… Of course, in fact, it has never been operated in this way, and even the concepts of cabinet, party, parliament, etc. are very vague, purely depending on who has bulging pockets and sophisticated skills.

Now that it has changed, the cabinet has directly turned over and become the master, under one person, above ten thousand!

After that, Alfonso and Campos discussed some more details, and finally finalized the direction of future reform of the Spanish system.

In principle, there are basically professional bodies in all areas, and they are only accountable to the Cabinet.

And how did the Cabinet come to be?

The majority of the party is in the cabinet.

Now the parliament is gone, and the concept of a majority party no longer exists.

Alfonso therefore plans to introduce a one-party system in the future.

Nor do we engage in anything that is degraded to a local party, retains the power of participation, and the power of parliament.

Abolish them all!

It's so domineering.

This also has the advantage of destroying the bases of the independent parties in a reasonable and legal way.

Since the Catalans saw them as having unified Spain, there was little trouble now, but the Basques never stopped.

That is, the current economic development is okay, so they don't make a big fuss, but it is a hidden danger after all.

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