Mystery: Shadow of Order

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Ma Xi's political system is a wonderful flower, with upper and lower houses, nobles and kings, but no party. The ideas of the members of the House of Commons who hold power are somewhat similar to the Taoist rule of inaction in his previous life, and it is even worse. It has developed to the point where they only hold a routine meeting once a week and then let go of it.

This is of course not that the people in power and people in Ma Xi have developed to the stage where everyone is a sage, but that these people in power have enough confidence to dare to do this without worrying about being ostracized.

Members of the House of Commons who hold power are often professors, principals, and well-known scholars. In a country like Ma Xi, which believes in the **** of knowledge and wisdom, they naturally have a very high status and many supporters.

Most of the fields they are in charge of are their students and colleagues. The administrative orders they issue are like teachers assigning homework to students.

In addition, the Masik Kingdom's own advantages have also given support to these parliamentarians. The land area is small, but the population is smaller. Although there are not many resources, they are enough to meet their own needs. There are only a lot of key resources such as food and clothing. The former are exported to Intis and Loen every year.

As a result, the Masik Kingdom is very similar to the Nordic high-welfare countries in Rawls's previous life, but the respect for knowledge will not raise too many moths, and there will be no impacts such as refugee waves, and the development prospects are still very objective. Of course, this is only a time of peace, and Ma Xi does not have many advantages in military power, except for the separation of military and government, it can be said that it is full of loopholes.

But the parliamentarians who hold power only meet once a week, which is definitely not possible even for a country with a population of less than five million like Ma Xi.

This is also the reason why Ma Xi's cabinet was born.

Although the cabinet members are also members of the House of Commons, they are specially selected. Although they are not scumbags in their own research fields, they are just average, and the degree of love is not high. On the contrary, they have certain talents in corresponding administration.

The cabinet they formed maintains the basic operations of various departments at ordinary times. It is somewhat similar to the clerk system that Ruen just started, but it also needs to be elected.

But politics is a game, it contains many factors, but in fact it is to gain more power. But gaining power does not mean that you can make full use of the power in your hands. Even if the emperor is in power, unless he can split tens of thousands like Amon, he must distribute the power he has to his subordinates and let them carry out specific measures.

After handing over the power, it is not certain whether the courtiers can follow the emperor's ideas.

Because courtiers are not just one person, but a group of people. Behind them is a huge interest group. These courtiers are just elected representatives. They must be responsible for the interest group behind them.

Just like Ruen's New Party and the Conservative Party, the former must be responsible to their supporters, those bankers and large factory owners, while the latter is responsible to the landed nobles headed by the Negan family, otherwise they can only was replaced.

This is also why the Twilight Hermit will attack the Conservative Party by assassinating Duke Negan instead of Prime Minister Agassid.

In the country across the sea from Rawls' previous life, the presidents who were assassinated and killed could make up a mahjong table, but for the parties behind them, the loss could only be temporary. What's more, the temporary successor is also from the same interest group.

The same is true for these cabinet members. They cannot get support in their respective fields, so they can only turn to the nobles and wealthy businessmen in Masik. Although the decision-making power is not in their hands, it can also help nobles and wealthy businessmen to reap benefits.

Although these people occupy high positions, in Rawls's view, they are more similar to officials, officials among officials, and even worse than those officials.

Unless they are those who are interested in history, few people know that the six departments of the central government have their own projections in every county government, but they have been changed to six rooms. Two, they were taken as petty servants.

At the county level, although Liufang is inconspicuous, if he colludes with the local gentry, it is enough to overthrow the county magistrate. After all, when the county magistrate went to his post, there were not many people with him, and someone had to carry out his orders, and if no one carried them out, he was no different from a puppet.

Even if the county magistrate was tougher, removed the people from the sixth room and found new people, most of the people who were recruited would still obey the orders of the gentry. Even if there are people who don't listen, it's not realistic to do a good job, after all, there are only two people in each room.

But for Ma Xi's cabinet members, the nobles and wealthy businessmen did not give much support, because the latter themselves were restricted by the church. In addition, those parliamentarians who really hold power in these areas will only know more about matters in this area than they do, and such things as false reporting and concealment can rarely be hidden from them.

So, even if the cabinet members wanted to be Sir Humphrey, they had to have Jim Harker.

But for King Rawls, they can play tricks, because the parliamentarians who really hold power have a detached position with the support of the Church of Knowledge, and they can completely watch the battle between the king and the nobles and wealthy businessmen. It's just that they didn't expect that Rawls' method would be so decisive, and he directly arrested people without leaving any room for maneuver.

In the expectation of them and the nobles and wealthy businessmen behind him, although Rawls's ascension to the throne was endorsed by the Church of Knowledge, he was still a stranger to Ma Xi, and he should not adopt such drastic measures for temptation.

But things have already happened, and these cabinet members have to change their attitudes, for fear that Rawls's notice today is the last patience. More importantly, they also knew that if something happened, few nobles and wealthy businessmen who supported them would be willing to continue to support them, and would only treat them as abandoned children.

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So, for the meeting at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at 2:45, but almost two hours later, the king still did not show up. They asked, but only got the perfunctory "the king is busy" from the royal steward. If you ask again, you will be even more impolite, "If you have something to do, you can go back first.".

Looking at the time on the clock, it has come to 4:45, and Eskil Sberg, who is in charge of agriculture, lightly hammered his waist. The sofa is too soft for him, who is already 63 years old. I really can't hold on anymore.

Among all the cabinet members, he is the one with the greatest influence. This not only comes from the important position of agriculture in the Masik Kingdom, but also from Eskill's 21 years of cabinet experience, which means that he has "in charge" of the agricultural sector Twenty-one years.

"Mr. Sberg, His Majesty wants to see you."

A middle-aged man with gray hair came in and made a gesture of invitation.

"good."

Eskil stood up immediately, almost dodging his waist. He ignored his colleagues and followed the royal butler out of the drawing room.

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"Eskil Sberg?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In another living room, Esquier bent his back, which was a little wider than normal etiquette.

Rawls just nodded slightly, but didn't mean to get up at all, pointing to a single sofa opposite and said:

"Sit down, this sofa should be better for your waist."

Eskil swallowed, thanked him, walked over and sat down, but kept his back straight. From the moment he stepped into this living room, he felt the tremendous pressure and the majesty emanating from Rawls.

As a Ma Xi executive, he naturally knew Extraordinary, but he knew very little about the King. The king in front of him was dressed in formal attire, young and handsome, with a bat brooch pinned to his chest, which looked a bit strange, but what made him feel even more uneasy was the document in the king's hand.

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Rawls flipped through the document in his hand. Although he had already memorized the things on it, flipping through it from time to time could still have a good effect. He looked up at Esquier who was so frightened by the sound that he wanted to stand up directly, and smiled softly:

"Don't be so nervous. I don't know much about you. In order not to say anything wrong, I still need to read more information."

He even knew that I had an injury on my waist, and said he didn't know much... Eskil smiled wryly in his heart, lowered his head and waited for the next sentence.

"I looked at the information and found that during the 21 years of Mr. Sberg's tenure, Masik's agriculture has developed greatly. During the period when the "Corn Law" was implemented in Ruen, the amount of grain exported did not increase. Instead, it has increased, and the output has increased by 23%..."

"It's all thanks to Professor Selwyn and Principal Swann. I'm just following their orders." Eskil puffed out his chest proudly.

Professor Selwyn is Minister of Agriculture, President Swan is Minister of Trade and Eskill is Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

"A person's power is always limited. Even a genius needs the help of others, doesn't he? Mr. Sberg." Rawls looked at the information in his hand without looking up.

Eskil, who felt that he meant something, felt a shudder in his heart, wondering if Rawls was referring to the person standing behind him.

He can become a cabinet member at the age of forty-two, and he is still in charge of the most important agricultural department, and he has occupied this position for 21 years. How could he have no one behind him to help him.

In fact, this is not a secret in the upper class of Marsh, because behind Eskil Sberg is the Highfield family.

Before Rawls arrived, his aunt Daisy Lei was the heir in line, and her husband was from the Highfield family. So, it was an open secret that Eskill was behind the Highfield family.

As a family with a future king, it is naturally reasonable for the Highfield family to intervene in Maxi's most important Ministry of Agriculture.

But now, Rawls has inherited the throne and has the support of Pope Albert Mendoza, which puts Highfield in an embarrassing situation.

But Eskil Sberg's situation is more difficult than theirs!

Without the support of the Highfield family, how could he have been in the important position of Deputy Minister of Agriculture for 21 years. You must know that the agricultural income of the Masik Kingdom accounts for one-fifth to one-fourth of the annual income, and he wants to squeeze out His people do not know how many.

Therefore, when the Highfield family instructed him to rebel against the new king, he agreed without hesitation, and he had no other choice. It is not realistic for him to want to retire.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"You are in charge of the daily operation of the agricultural part. Can you tell me how much food Ma Xi has stored now? How long can it last?"

Of course, Rawls didn't just want to grab more power and enhance his prestige. He also had other considerations. A war will break out this year, and in addition to the comparison of the military strength of the two sides in the war, logistics is also the most critical.

However, for Ma Xi, food security has never been the focus. It is a major grain exporter, and its annual grain output is enough to last five years. This is due to Ma Xi's vast land and sparsely populated, fertile natural environment, the planting technology inherited from Feneporte, and the steam engine invented by Russell. Now there are steam tractors and steam harvesters. (both 19th century inventions)

But for Loen, food was the crisis they had to face in this battle.

Ruen was about to import grain from Feneporte, Lemburg, Masek, etc. The protection of the "Corn Act" increased the domestic grain production to a certain extent, but after the abolition last year, the grain production dropped sharply.

Taking into account certain factors during the war, the food crisis must erupt. If Rawls can successfully become the King of Loen, food is one of his trump cards, and he can even use this to cut off a group of nobles and further regain power.

"About a year and a half."

As the deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Eskill still has basic abilities. He was afraid that Rawls would not understand the key, so he quickly explained:

"In terms of our country's grain production, this figure is a bit small. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com But because of the large export volume, it needs to be re-transported every year, which is extremely troublesome. It is not bad to have the current scale No matter how many demands there are, neither the farmers nor the farm owners will agree.”

Rawls is not surprised by this. For Ma Xi, whose annual grain production is enough to feed for five years, he is naturally more willing to export the excess grain. Anyway, even if the next year's production is only half, it will be enough. On the contrary, those countries that need to import food will continue to store food to prevent natural disasters from causing grain failure.

If only Ma Xi is considered, there is no need to worry about food security. But Rawls also needs to take Ruen into consideration. You must know that there is only one Backlund region, and its population exceeds the entire population of Ma Xi.

"I remember that this year's grain export has been re-planned?"

"Yes, after Loen's "Corn Law" was abolished, he continued to import grain. Because of your marriage to Princess Delina this year, we are discussing related plans with Loen."

The marriage between the two countries naturally needs to strengthen cooperation, but the benefits cannot be compromised too much. It is precisely because of this that the plan has not been finalized for a long time, but neither party is worried about failing to reach a cooperation.