Chapter 2 Notices and Ordinary People
The political form of the Dondor, which appears to be dictatorial, is actually more democratic, which is related to their original form of statehood.
Dongduo was first founded by five ethnic groups: the Shinto clan, the Heavenly Dao clan, the Humane clan, the Ghost Dao clan, and the Demon Dao clan. In order to balance the power, the patriarchs of the five ethnic groups joined together to form a joint government hall, and all matters were decided by the government hall. Later, due to their own reasons, the three clans of humanity, ghosts, and demons gradually declined, and gradually withdrew from the political arena, but were jointly taken over by the Shinto clan and the heavenly dao clan. Naturally, this is very different from the original way of governing.
The current Dong Duo, the supreme ruler, is the Mai family, they are the descendants of the Heavenly Dao clan, and they are also the current royal family. But unlike the feudal dynasty, their royal family only has the right to make decisions on some things, and most of the rights are also in a state of being hollowed out. For below the royal family, there are also high priests, chief guards, chancellors, and the three elders.
The high priests of the Dondor, in addition to mastering astronomy, rituals, divination, etc., also manage the religious affairs of the entire country, as well as foreign policy, that is, the diplomats of the Tondors are all monks. And the position of high priest, like the royal family, is also hereditary, that is, the Dong family, they are descendants of the Shinto clan.
The chief of the guard is the highest military governor of the Dongduo people, he is jointly appointed by the three elders and the royal family, and controls the military affairs of the entire country, including the appointment and dismissal of local military officials, military transfers in some areas, etc., which can be regarded as an independent department, but it is not completely independent, and major military operations still have to go through the royal family and the three elders.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was also appointed by the royal family and the Sam Elders, but for nearly 100 years, it was from the Huang family. They held the economic lifeblood of the kingdom and had become a completely independent entity, neither under the direct control of the royal family nor under the orders of the Three Elders. But they have no real political or military rights, so among the people, people call them middlemen, not up or down, in the middle.
In the entire Erdondor, the most powerful is actually the Three Elders' House. They represent the will of the people and are directly elected by the people of each region. They have the right to know, participate, and decide almost everything that the Dondorians do. Personnel appointments and dismissals, criminal and criminal laws, military management, and so on in various departments must go through their hands. Since it was elected by the people and directly responsible to the people, all the actions of the Three Elders' House were also supervised by the people, which ensured political fairness and avoided some mistakes to a certain extent.
The form of the royal family, the god clan, the chief of the guard, the chancellor of the exchequer, and the three elders, there is only one such family as the Dongduo people in the entire Er Kyushu continent, which belongs to an extremely unique political system, but it has created a stable situation for hundreds of years, and even in a period of constant turmoil, they have always been in a state of peace in a corner of peace. Most of the people, who were accustomed to a comfortable life, suddenly wanted to participate in the war, and most people felt incomprehensible, so after the notice of support for Mingsha Mountain was posted, the reception room of the Three Old Houses was overcrowded every day.
"A notice must be issued to explain it", Dendrobium said to Medivan and Tu Su: "Appeasement will not solve the problem. In its present form, if the anti-war sentiment is not appeased and the people do not receive a satisfactory answer, not only will the dispatch of troops be obstructed, but the position of the Three Elders' House and even the entire kingdom among the people will be affected, and even more serious will appear"!
"Who will write it"? Mai Diwen looked at Dendrobium and said in a steady tone: "The notice to the people is different from the official language, not only must it be easy to understand, but it must also be able to involve the vital interests of the people.
Dendrobium and Tu Su listened to his words, and they also looked at each other, they have dealt with the people for so many years, and they know that they attach importance to their own interests, as well as the trade-offs in the face of justice, and the people are very smart, and the so-called foolish policy will not work at all.
"I think of someone."
"Who"?
Lin Shidong, as the notekeeper of the Three Old People's Hospital, has always gotten along with everyone very well, and he is also one of the many people who dare to speak, so when he hears them make trouble for the announcement, he can't help but think of a person.
"Li Youlan of Loulu Village, have the three of you ever heard of it"?
How many people in the Three Elders have heard of this name? It's like thunder. Just five years ago, at the birthday tournament of McIron Staff, Li Youlan's younger brother Ba Niu defeated Madison's son McGregory and became the first warrior of Dongdor. Li Youlan, as a parent representative, said a passage that spread all over the country when he was drunk: "How big is Dongduo"?
At that time, he looked at the audience under the arena with drunken eyes, raised his right hand, and said with contempt on his face: "The slap is so big, only the slap is so big!" And what is a warrior of Dondor?"
He bent down, picked up a very small stone, put it in the palm of his hand, and raised it to show everyone: "A grain of sand in the palm of your hand!" The warriors of the Dondorians are but a grain of sand in the palm of their hands"!
At this point, he burst out laughing: "What's the use of a grain of sand? Building a house? Repair of dikes? Growing crops? A grain of sand is useless! It's useless"!
By this time, the audience below the arena was already whispering and laughing. But as if he hadn't seen it, he continued his performance, and uttered the words that have been sung to this day: "Ba Niu, you are just a grain of sand"!
"Ba Niu, you are just a grain of sand"! Children say this when they play games, farmers in the fields make fun of each other, and even women do this when they do laundry and cooking. At any time, anyone, anywhere, when they have nothing to do, may think of this sentence, and the name Ba Niu is also a household name and everyone knows it. And Li Youlan is only known in another way, - Ba Niu's brother.
This accident had a very great impact on Li Youlan's family, they were already from humble backgrounds, and they suddenly stood on a stage that did not belong to them, and they did not act in a low-key manner, slandering their country and belittling the highest honor in the eyes of the people in front of everyone, which made them directly become the public enemies of the people of the whole country, and it was natural that they were excluded and ridiculed. The ancients loved the house and the black, so why not hate? Li Youlan's mistake, even his parents, and brothers, were implicated, the family could not stand in the city, had to go back to their hometown to farm, disappeared in the past few years, people have almost forgotten about this matter, I don't want Lin Shidong to suddenly mention it today, and in order to understand the urgency of the upside-down, Medivan and the other three felt a little incredible, so they kept looking at him with suspicion.
"Shibei should be impressed for three days, and Li Youlan is not a big evil person, but a drunken gaffe. Qi Huan is not responsible for the meticulous line, Zhuge Wuhou Rong Fazheng, take its function, is that everyone has shortcomings, and has strengths, learn from each other's strengths, this way of employing people, what do you hesitate about"?