Section 151 Secret Deliberation (I)
The heavy door was slowly opened. Solomon walked into the conference room of the Duke of Medici's residence in St. Quentin's house, and saw the people who were already waiting a little anxiously.
The door is closed again, and the mute spell enchantment takes effect.
The people in the room were not the only three Dukes of Medici, but in addition to their successors, there were also the former heads of the Disraeli and Childs families, who should have been able to retire after transferring the position of head of the family to Benjamin and Osten, but with the two of them in prison in an accident, they had to appear at this time.
"Solomon, you have finally arrived. The Duke of Medici said in a deep voice.
Solomon spread his hands and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you have been kindly invited to see me tonight, and I don't know what is the matter?"
"If you have something to say, just say it. The Duke of Byron went straight to the point, "I guess you know what happened at Perth Palace?"
"Yes. Solomon withdrew his hands and clasped them together, his face calm, and he could not see any emotion.
"It can't go on like this. "So we want you to stand up and be on the same side as us." β
"Wait, it doesn't seem to matter much to me?" replied Solomon.
"Marquis Solomon, it is true that you are not involved now, but you are one of us. The Duke of Bourbon did not speak, but his son Clausa stepped forward and said, "Her Majesty is now challenging the charter and the law of nobility, and she has dissolved the Parliament. For you personally, if this continues, she can do whatever she wants, and we will all be defeated one by one, and you are no exception. She doesn't like your lady. So I don't like you either. β
"So what do you want me to do?"
"The first is to rescue Benjamin and Austin. Hear Solomon's answer. The crowd perked up, and the Duke of Medici continued, and the Disraeli and Childs families looked grateful.
"Then, we deliberated on the results. β
The Duke of Bourbon, who had not spoken, said coldly: "Everyone thinks that the best way to not go on like this is perhaps to consider changing His Majesty." β
"The Norman family is not only Margaret who can inherit the throne, but also your wife, the Marquis Solomon. Now is the most critical time for the kingdom, and Her Majesty Margaret has made a mess of it. And the balance with the nobility was broken, and we needed another man of Norman blood to inherit the throne. β
"Marquis Solomon, this is also the most beneficial for you, if Lady Zun can ascend to the throne, you will be the prince. β
"Let's be practical. Solomon interrupted them, "You should not be able to impress me with these words, unless you intend to put my wife on the throne directly after Margaret has stepped down." β
Everyone fell silent and looked at the Duke of Medici, of course things were not so rosy. If they can take down Margaret directly, then they can do it directly. Coming to the throne again, it is precisely because it is not so easy and requires Solomon's efforts to have this secret discussion.
"Of course it's not that simple, we can't make a clearly unsuitable majesty willing to abdicate with our strength alone, so we need you to do your part, and the previous ones are the benefits you will get. The Duke of Medici pondered his sentence.
"And what do you need me to do?" asked Solomon the second.
"First, join forces with us, and it would be better if you could convince Regina and them to rescue Benjamin and Osteen from His Majesty first, and second, we plan to change His Majesty, and Madame Ling is the best candidate, as long as you are willing to help from it. Her Majesty Margaret will certainly not be willing to give up the throne to Madame Ling, so this may require a struggle, the use of force, Marquis Solomon, you have a new legion on your hands. "Also, you have a high reputation among merchants and citizens, and if there is a war, you can get their support, we need this support, and now you are the most suitable coordinator in all aspects." β
"Hehe, you want me to do a lot, but what I get is not satisfactory to me. Solomon sneered, "I've heard what you want, but I'm sorry that if it's just the aforementioned, I'm not going to be involved in it." β
"Wait, Marquis Solomon, say whatever you want. Ludendorff said hurriedly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you can't just want to get what is best for you, and always ask others to pay. Solomon said slowly, "In this case, Tifanie and I will have to take great risks for the throne, but if we succeed, it will be you who will benefit the most, and you can restore your former position." And Stephanie, you can put him on the throne, and you can do it again. β
"We absolutely do not have this kind of thought, and the reason why we treat Her Majesty Margaret like this is really unbearable any longer. "If you think our sincerity is not good, we, the Bourbons, are willing to give you thirty percent of the benefits of the Liguri plane, which is being developed." β
They glanced at the Duke of Bourbon and Krausa, and the former nodded slightly, indicating that he did not disagree with Kraussa.
But Solomon was not moved at all, and said to himself, "So if we want to participate, there must be a system of re-checks and balances on future power." β
"Whatever you want, Solomon, speak. β
"Equal rights in the House of Commons. Solomon said.
Everyone couldn't help but change color slightly, and after a while, the Duke of Medici said slightly: "Solomon, I don't understand why you want to fight for the power of the lower council?"
"For as I have just said, how do I know that you will not come again as you did to Margaret?" said Solomon, "and will you be worried about another king like Margaret? We need to renegotiate a mechanism to strike a balance between the king, the nobility and the citizens. The king can no longer have the power to do as he pleases, to avoid harm to the nobles and citizens, but the supreme power can no longer be monopolized by one person or some people, and if you want the parliament to really check the king from now on, then the upper and lower houses must have equal power. β
The dukes looked at each other silently, and the Duke of Medici said with a little difficulty: "Well, if you want to get something, you will always lose some of what you already have." What about you?"
"We agree. Ludendorff and the head of the family said in unison.
Duke Byron and Duke Bourbon nodded slowly.
After the nobles agreed to equal rights, the negotiations that followed were much smoother.
Solomon laid out a constitutional monarchy in front of them, the simple content of which was that under the charter, the power of the parliament would be higher than that of the king, and the king would completely hand over the power of the legislature, and would no longer have the right to veto the legislation of the parliament, and once the parliament passed the law, it could only be modified by the parliament; in addition, the kingdom was unified with the outside world, and the power to collect taxes and the use of taxes, the right to declare war on foreign countries and the supreme military power were also in the hands of the parliament; the king could not infringe on the parliament's right to collect taxes, interfere with the freedom of speech of the parliament, and not arrest his subjects without legal processγ
On the executive side, the Cabinet will be accountable to Parliament, not to the King, who cannot decide who will be his greatest "aide" to the Prime Minister, which must be voted on by Parliament, but for other members of the Cabinet, the King can propose and impeach, and the final result of impeachment will be decided by Parliament under the Charter, and the King has the right to participate in the decision on any political or military action related to the Kingdom.
At the same time, although the collection of taxes and the budget of the kingdom are controlled by the Parliament, and the king can no longer intervene directly, the charter clearly recognizes the hereditary monarchy, and the parliament must reserve expenses for the royal family in the budget every year that do not affect the activities of the royal family.
After Solomon proposed it, everyone present had to admit that this was a plan that would take into account the interests of many parties.
With Margritte's experience, the future royal power should be restricted, this is almost the consensus of everyone present, and the lower parliament will not oppose it, but the lower parliament is in favor of limiting the royal power, does not mean that the lower parliament is willing to weaken the royal power and concentrate the power by the upper house, and the lower parliament does not even have the right to make proposals, how can the lower parliament compete with the upper house?
Merchants and citizen representatives, who could only be taxed but did not enjoy the corresponding power, would not support this change, and the royal power also needed new powers to check the power of the great nobles.
Solomon sighed in his heart and said that if he had known that Tiffany could become a king, what he should have done after crossing over was to strengthen the royal power, weaken the nobles and lords, and centralize power as much as possible, but the world is unpredictable, and if Tiffany is qualified to inherit the throne early on, then he will not have a chance to become a royal husband.
In the present, the best outcome can only be the present, the weakening of the royal power in exchange for the weakened stability of the royal power, and the power in the modern era is even greater, Tiffany becomes the queen, but Solomon can exert influence in the parliament
As the dukes digested Solomon's proposed bill of rights, Solomon waited patiently.
After a long time, the Duke of Medici let out a long breath and said, "I think, this is a good, no, very good result, what do you think?"
Byron, Bourbon, and the Disraeli family and the Celles family also nodded heavily, this bill of rights will not let one family dominate, but it is certainly better than when power is concentrated in the hands of someone like Margaret, it should be enough to convince himself and the nobles who are attached to him.
"It seems that we have cleared the ideological barriers. The Duke of Medici raised his voice, "Marquis So, can we talk about how to achieve it?" (to be continued......)