Chapter 266 - The Problem of Agricultural Institutions
"If Her Majesty wants to continue the separation of the palace and the establishment of the Minister's Office, it must unite with one of them, reduce the power of the opponents, and accomplish one of these purposes first.
As far as my personal suggestion is concerned, it is more appropriate to unite with Earl Cullen and Earl Stewart and others to take the lead in completing the separation of the throne of the palace.
Your Majesty, if you have no special thoughts about the new Secretary of State for Education and Foreign Affairs, you may consider giving up responsibility to several families, such as Hozia and Lawrence, for these two positions are not as important as those of the Left Minister and the Minister of Industry.
However, the position of Deputy Director of the Education Department needs to be in your own hands, and it is better to divide the three new official positions among the member families of the business alliance evenly, so as to appease them and try to create a constraint on the Director within these offices."
Xia Lin's thoughts raced quickly, and after weighing and considering the current situation, he cautiously gave his own suggestions.
"What you said is very reasonable, if this is not the case, the palace minister of Fosk should not have the confidence to fight against our enlightened faction, I think that those few must have made some deal with His Excellency the palace minister in private, I will carefully consider your suggestion!"
Dorothea listened to Xia Lin's analysis, and her heart suddenly became clear as if she had seen the bright moon through the clouds, and her gaze towards Xia Lin became more and more appreciative and valued.
As a sixteen-year-old second-ring mage, Dorothea thinks that she is quite talented, but after being involved in politics for so long, she has also discovered her own shortcomings, that is, her sense of smell of politics is too dull.
In the past, the enlightened aristocracy was forced to gather under her command under the pressure of conservatives, and she had such a force that was not inferior to the conservatives in the Hurgana region, and as a result, under her management, the power of the royal daughter's faction was gradually declining.
If it weren't for the banquet held by the Greg family that brought Xia Lin into her field of vision, I'm afraid it would be Fairmode who would be sitting on the throne now.
However, Dorothea also believes that she has some advantages, that is, she can see the talent of Charlem Carr and give enough support to such talents, otherwise the Enlightened Faction will not be able to turn the tide and win in just a few months.
It's just that there are too few talents like Xia Lin Karl who can give enough trust, otherwise he would have controlled the situation in the middle realm long ago, Dorothea sighed regretfully, had a plan in her heart, put down the glass teacup in her hand and asked Xia Lin:
"Viscount Xia Lin, you should have something to say about me when you come to visit me today, right?"
"That's true, Your Majesty, I came to Longmian Palace today for a big matter to gain your support, this matter is not clear in words alone, if you have time, please move to the stables of the Sun Palace."
In response to Dorothea's affirmative question, Xia Lin nodded calmly and acknowledged.
Longmian Palace is the core area of the imperial capital, even if he is Dorothea's token, he has won her trust and dependence, and he will not come to him without knowing what to do, just like he has Dorothea's spiritual power beacon, and he will not bother her with some boring little things.
"Stables? Why go to the stables explained? Could it be that you bought some good Warcraft horse?"
Dorothea was curious and puzzled by Xia Lin's words, and even with the intelligence of a mage, she couldn't find the relationship between the stable and the big thing Xia Lin was about to say for a while.
"No, of course it's not a monster horse, Your Majesty, please allow me to leave you a little suspense!"
Xia Lin shook his head and denied.
"It's okay, it's just a relaxation after I deal with government affairs!"
Dorothea thought for a moment, still unable to find something worthy of what Xia Lin called a "big thing" from her memory, so she got up and walked out of the study, and the head lady-in-waiting immediately walked respectfully to Dorothea about two or three paces in front of her, and then began to lead the way with a slow pace.
Xia Lin also followed two positions behind, but Dorothea didn't see his figure when she turned around, but frowned slightly, stopped her steps, turned around and beckoned to him:
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Viscount Xia Lin, in the name of the Empress, I allow you to be at my side, so don't be too restrained, I have some things to ask your opinion on."
"Yes, Your Majesty, what is the matter?"
Since Dorothea had said so, Xia Lin no longer followed those cumbersome court etiquette, quickened his pace and walked to Dorothea's side, slightly behind half a body and asked.
"This matter also has something to do with you, didn't you put forward a plan for countermeasures against conservatives in the coalition meeting before? As you should recall, part of this program is related to agricultural cooperatives and agricultural banks.
The purpose of these two institutions was to win the trust and support of some conservative aristocrats and destroy the foundation of the conservative faction, and before the Chinese New Year's Eve, this conservative countermeasure plan was implemented quite well, and many conservative aristocrats also accepted such agricultural cooperatives that could provide convenient loans and cheap steel farm tools.
However, after Chinese New Year's Eve, the members of the alliance were dissatisfied with the two institutions and wanted to end the alliance's support for agricultural banks and agricultural cooperatives.
But now it is the beginning of spring, spring ploughing is already underway, the Agricultural Bank and the agricultural cooperatives have finally won the trust of the various lords and free farmers, as far as I know, many small nobles who have run the estates for generations want to borrow a sum of money from the Agricultural Bank to plant cotton or other food crops, and even the preparatory work for the early cultivation has been completed.
If these two institutions are stopped at such a time, I am afraid that the trust and confidence of these nobles in me will be damaged, and it will also have an impact on the stability of the cotton and grain markets in the second half of the year."
"Does Her Majesty want me to convince the members of the Alliance to continue to support these two institutions?"
Xia Lin saw that Dorothea was no longer talking, and his heart moved slightly, but he still asked quietly on the surface.
"That's right, the statement you put forward earlier is indeed quite reasonable, and what the people need is nothing more than food and clothing.
After I used the power of the alliance to stabilize the market prices of grain, cotton, and coal, the surrounding areas of Hurgana did quickly calm down, so I think we still need agricultural cooperatives and agricultural banks to ensure control of the first two things."
Although Dorothea does not have a keen sense of politics, she can still distinguish the pros and cons, and it is clear that her views on agricultural banks and agricultural cooperatives are very different from those of many short-sighted or pretending to be short-sighted coalition councilors.
"Your Majesty, before I say what I think, I would like to ask, have you not thought of letting the Agricultural Department take over the Agricultural Bank and the Agricultural Cooperatives? Viscount Gladstone Eugene should be able to sustain these two institutions afloat."
Xia Lin actually had the idea of getting involved in agriculture, the primary industry that is the largest source of industrial raw materials, but he was willing to make a formal statement only after eliminating some interfering factors.