Once, I Wanted To Be a Good Person

   Chapter 229 146. Tens of billions of resources a year for nothing!

  Although he didn't understand what the old man had to do with the Si family, and why he helped him in this way, Fang Ze was certainly happy to have someone who understood to help him in this situation.

   So he quickly said respectfully, "Okay. Your Excellency."

  The old man had the highest status among the people present. As soon as he opened his mouth, the people below immediately began to clean up the chat room for the two of them.

   in a minute. Fang Ze and the old man came to a reception room.

   helped the old man to sit on the sofa, the old man nodded, and then asked slowly, "Are you Jiayou's child or Jiashi's child?"

   Fang Ze, who had a certain understanding of the Si family during this period, knew that these two were the third-generation heads of the Si family. But Fang Ze didn't know whose child Miaomiao was, so he could only be silent.

   Seeing Fang Ze like this, the old man obviously had a bit of a misunderstanding. He said with a little annoyance, "Look, I'm so confused, and I actually asked about your sadness."

Speaking of this, he sighed slightly, patted Fang Ze's shoulder lightly, and said, "No matter whose child you are, now there is only one person left in the Si family. You are the future of the Si family, The burden on your shoulders will be very heavy."

   After he finished speaking, he stretched his hand forward, and several documents suddenly appeared in his hand out of thin air. Then, he handed the information to Fang Ze and said, "Let's take a look. This is what we fought for you."

   Fang Ze responded, then took the information and looked at it carefully.

The content of    is similar to what the Secret Service said.

First of all, on behalf of the Si family, Fang Ze has the right to choose a high-level city outside the top 20 in the economic ranking of Xida as his family's sub-city, and choose a low-level city among the low-level cities under the high-level city. as a family home. And can have a private army of no more than 1000 Awakened.

  Secondly, as a noble recognized by the federation, the Si family has a federal financial reimbursement limit of 1 billion lini every year, which can be used for the daily needs of the family owner. Including dining, travel, shopping, tourism and so on.

   Finally, and most importantly, is the seat of the right of the family in the state assembly and the regional assembly.

   Indeed, as someone from the Secret Service said, Sijia has one seat in the jurisdiction and one seat in the executive seat in West Da. However, these two positions are not achieved overnight.

  Because the members of the state legislature change every two years, there are still 4 months before the next change. Therefore, the position currently granted to Fang Ze by the Federation is temporarily [Alternate Member of Xida State], with only limited rights to observe meetings and supervise the affairs of various departments.

   It will not be until January next year, when the council members change, that Fang Ze will be officially promoted to [member].

   After becoming a [Member], in the middle of June of the same year, there will be a re-election of the executive councillor. Only then can Fang Ze get the official position of [executive councilor] in Xida State and be promoted to the core of Xida State.

   As for the number of members in the jurisdiction, it is similar to that in the state.

   Although the jurisdiction and the state of Sida belong to a subordinate relationship, in peacetime, the jurisdiction cannot directly manage the affairs of the state. The two are more like in a parallel relationship. So the number of members will not conflict.

  Fang Ze was also an alternate member of the Eastern Jurisdiction Region when he was an alternate member of the State of West Da. It also has the right to "point fingers" to various departments in the jurisdiction.

   Just because the Eastern Jurisdiction Region’s parliament is elected every four years, there is still more than a year before the next election. Therefore, if Fang Ze wants to be promoted to the official member of the Eastern Jurisdiction Region, it will take January of the following year.

  Thinking of this, Fang Ze couldn't help but count the days. It's the end of August, and it's almost September. His current interim position is Alternate for Western Da and Alternate for Eastern Jurisdiction.

After three months, he will officially become a member of the State Assembly of Cedar, in nine months he will become an executive member of the State of Cedar, and in fifteen months he will become a full member of the Assembly of the Eastern Jurisdiction, officially stepping into the Eastern Jurisdiction. District's core layer of rights.

Although the time span is a bit long, this is actually in line with Fang Ze's understanding: after all, the Federation is a superpower that rules billions of people. It would be too hasty if such a high-level officer can be appointed casually. .

   In addition to the above three treatments, there are a series of related treatments at the back of the document, including travel specifications, etiquette, servants, clothing and other matters are written on it.

   When he first crossed into this world and was trapped in the Sect Destruction Task Force, Fang Ze knew that there were nobles in this world, and nobles also possessed various privileges and real power.

   But he didn't know much at the time, but now that he looks closely, he understands how terrifying the privileges of the nobles in this world are.

   After Fang Ze looked down at the document, the old man kept looking at Fang Ze silently.

After waiting for Fang Ze to read it, he slowly said, "I heard that you can remember it. So I won't talk about what is on paper. Next, I will tell you what is not written in the materials. of."

   Hearing the old man's words, Fang Ze hurriedly sat upright, and then said seriously, "Okay, Your Excellency."

Hearing Fang Ze's words, the old man nodded graciously, then pointed to the first item on the document [Fiefdom, Private Army], and said, "Do you know why this is written in the first place in the treatment of nobles? "

  Fang Ze thought for a while and then said, "Because this is the foundation of a family."

The old man nodded slowly, "Yes. The world is real and bloody. Only the big fist has the right to speak. Just like the reason why our nobles can get so much preferential treatment is not due to the poorness of the Federation, nor is it due to merit. , but by strength!"

   "Only the strength attributed to itself is the foundation that the Federation has to pay attention to."

   "The demigod strength of our ancestors and fathers, and the potential that we can grow into demigods, are the cornerstones of all strength. And the financial power and army attributed to the family are the foundation for us to grow and grow without fear of any forces."

   "A high-level city, if it develops poorly, will have a fiscal revenue of more than 10 billion lini a year. If it develops well, it may even have a fiscal revenue of 50-100 billion lini a year."

"Although a large part of this fund is to maintain the operation, development and social welfare of the city, no matter how little it is, at least 10%-30% of the income can be extracted for our families to draw. If there are special circumstances, direct violence It is not impossible to withdraw more than 50%.”

   "In addition to supplementing the family's daily consumption, this money is mainly to cultivate the power of the family."

   "1000 Awakened, does not mean that the strength can only be Awakened. If the family is strong enough, it is not impossible to raise 1000 fusion rank, or even 1000 ascended spiritual rank."

   "So, this tax city, you have to choose and develop well, and you also have to choose the candidates for these private armies. This is the cornerstone of the noble family, and it is also the real heritage of each family."

   "Most of the aristocratic factions within the Federation who are not of noble blood are talents cultivated by various families since childhood."

   After listening to the old man's words, Fang Ze nodded silently.

  The old man saw that Fang Ze had listened, and then pointed to the third item, and said, "After talking about the most important thing, I will talk about the second important thing: that is, the power and status of our nobles in the Federation."

   Speaking of this, he did not explain directly, but first asked, "Do you know how the state legislature works, and what is the difference between alternate members, regular members and executive members?"

  The question of the old man is really asking Fang Ze's knowledge blind spot. He shook his head quickly, expressing that he was not sure.

  The old man is not surprised. After all, these are too far away from ordinary people. Fang Ze has lived in the private sector since he was a child. Even if he becomes the director of the Security Bureau, he is a little far away from the parliament, and it is normal that he does not understand.

   So he explained slowly, "There are 57 states in the federation. The systems of each state are different. Some are monarchical, some are presidential, some are republic and the most are parliamentary."

"However, even if it is a parliamentary system, each state has subtle differences. For example, some state legislatures have multiple factions, and some state legislatures are divided into upper and lower houses, not to mention the number of state legislators and the sources of candidates. It's all different."

   "And among them, the parliamentary system in West Da is relatively simple. The entire parliament has a total of 72 members. Among the 72 members, there is a speaker, two deputy speakers, nine executive members and 60 ordinary members."

   "The parliament has the core financial, personnel, and supervisory powers of the entire state."

   "The annual budgets, division of powers, and personnel appointments and removals of various departments, such as the Security Bureau, the Probe Agency, and the Inspection Department, are all in the state legislature."

   "If a department is not doing well enough, the state legislature can be dismissed directly from top to bottom."

   Speaking of this, the old man added indifferently, "Of course. In the past fifty years, this kind of thing has almost never happened."

  Fang Ze nodded silently, and then asked, "Is there a reason for this?"

  The old man saw that Fang Ze was listening, smiled, and nodded, "Yes. Because the composition of the members of the council itself includes the heads of various departments."

   Speaking of this, he pointed to Fang Ze, and said, "For example, your security bureau has six members."

   Fang Ze turned his head slightly, "Our director and five deputy directors?"

  The old man nodded with satisfaction, "Yes.

   Speaking of this, he paused, then added, "Actually speaking, given the importance of the Security Bureau in West Da, your director can compete for executive councilors."

   "The previous directors of the Security Bureau were all executive members of the State of Cedar."

"However, the whole of Xida knows that the Security Bureau is the basic business of the Bai family. Your director listens to Mr. Bai. Therefore, when the Bai family has a deputy speaker and an executive member, other families make collective efforts to Keep your chief from being an executive member."

  Fang Ze listened silently, nodded, and then asked, "What about the other members? What's your identity?"

The old man said, "The patriarch of a large awakened family, the first committee member of the top 20 high-ranking cities in the state, the commander of the federal garrison, the representative of the federal and jurisdictional regions stationed in Xida, and some optional others. class representation, etc."

   Hearing the old man's words, Fang Ze nodded silently: Sure enough, the rules of this world are so bloody, without any cover up.

The old man continued, "The executive councilors are generally the three nobles, representatives of the populist faction, plus the Secret Service, the federal garrison, the Security Bureau, the Investigation Agency, and several top-level Awakened families. "

   “And the operation of Parliament is very simple.”

   "A regular meeting is held every quarter. Before the meeting, each member of parliament will submit a proposal in advance, which will be reviewed by the executive members and the speaker. The proposal includes but is not limited to amending the law, restricting departmental rights, dismissing department chiefs, etc."

   "And after the executive councilor + the speaker has passed the deliberation, the proposal will be discussed in the parliament and voted by a show of hands."

   "If there are more than half of the ordinary proposals, more than two-thirds of the proposals involving the law, and at least one of the three speakers raises their hands, the proposal is passed and the implementation begins."

"And when there is no regular meeting, affairs are generally handled by nine executive members with great authority. Except for the personnel of several important departments and major affairs in the state, the executive members can handle almost all the affairs. affairs. Of course, the processing results of these affairs will all be sent to the Speaker for review before they are sent out.”

   "The Speaker has the right to veto the relevant processing results."

   "So generally speaking, if the speaker has about half the votes of the executive members, then the entire state is almost equivalent to his voice."

   Speaking of this, the old man gave Fang Ze a deep look, "How to be the Tao"

  Fang Ze: .

  From Qianze Ze only heard that He Weidao was the emperor of Xida, but he didn't know anything about his "how soil".

   Now after listening to the old man's narration, Fang Ze finally has a certain understanding of what is the power of Dao.

   And then think about his current identity: noble + descendant of the Si family. No matter which one, for He Weidao, it is a proper hatred absorber!

   Fang Ze feels that his future life as a member of parliament may be very difficult

   While Fang Ze was thinking about it, the old man told Fang Ze all the content that was not on paper.

   In general: the privileges of the nobles are far more than what is written on paper, but the hostility and competition they face are far beyond imagination.

  The simplest one is: Although the nobles have private armies and various treatments, they are also responsible for the external defense of the Federation.

   On the Lingjie Mountain, every noble family has an area to help defend, and in the spirit world of the real world, the nobles also have a fixed area that needs to be regularly cleaned of disaster creatures.

  The Federation considered that the Si family had been severely damaged and had not recovered, so it did not ask Fang Ze to immediately take over the relevant responsibilities. However, there are also two deadlines: one year and three years.

   Within a year, the Si family must have the strength to clean up the disaster creatures in the spiritual world.

   Within three years, the Si family must have the ability to assist in the defense of Lingjie Mountain.

   Fang Ze almost turned around and left when he heard this request!

   He said it! There can be no pie in the sky! There is indeed a pit!

   Can you clean up the spiritual world disaster creatures within one year, and can help defend in the spiritual world mountain within three years? It might as well just let him become a demigod for three years and go out and do it! Isn't that embarrassing! If it weren't for the Flower God not beside him, Fang Ze could not wait to let the Flower God scold him!

   Seeing Fang Ze so angry, the old man had expected it long ago, patted Fang Ze's shoulder with a smile, and said, "Don't be too anxious."

   "Since the Federation has set this condition for you, it is definitely not impossible."

   Hearing the old man's words, Fang Ze couldn't help looking at him, curiously waiting for the old man to come up with an idea.

The old man smiled slightly, and then said gently, "Although the Si family was hit hard back then, in fact, many people from the peripheral forces escaped. Over the years, these people have quietly developed in the various states of the Eastern Jurisdiction Region. and come out from time to time to retaliate against the Federation."

   "Maybe because of hatred, their strength is progressing very fast."

   "Now that you rebuild the Si family, you can recruit them back, won't everything be resolved by then?"

   Hearing the old man's words, Fang Ze couldn't help but wake up suddenly: he suddenly understood why the Federation was so happy to rehabilitate the Si family, and the treatment was not discounted at all. It turned out to be killing three birds with one stone!

   Not only won the hearts of the noble faction, but also cleaned up the "bandits" in the eastern region, and can also turn these "bandits" into regular troops for the federation! Simply making money!

   And the problem is that their ideas still have a point of support: that is, there were five Huayang-level guards around Fang Ze. Although this matter was finally covered up by the Jiang family, the jurisdiction area must be well aware of it. Now that Fang Ze's identity was "exposed", they immediately guessed the true identities of those Huayang ranks. Therefore, they will feel that the plan is feasible!

'Oh shit. A group of old foxes.' He secretly scolded the decision-making level of the Federation, and Fang Ze felt that the hunch in his heart was gradually being realized.

   He felt that not only the Federation, but even the noble faction, including the old man in front of him, probably didn't know that he was plotting something for himself or the Si family. It just hasn't been revealed yet.

   How can there be so much affection. This world is always such a **** reality, only interests are seen

   But probably because of this, Fang Ze felt a lot more relaxed. He thinks it's good to only look at interests, at least not need to consider feelings, everything only depends on whether the price is suitable, and everything will be much simpler!

   And after talking with the old man, the rest is very simple.

  Because the affairs of the Si family back then were the secrets of the Federation, the award ceremony this time was not a big one. Only representatives of the Federation and the jurisdictional districts, representatives of several nobles from several nearby states, and representatives of the noble court were present.

   Holding the Federal Code to take the oath, put on the medal awarded by the Federation, and after receiving the relevant documents, the whole ceremony is completed.

   And because his identity was officially recognized, the custody of the Secret Service was also lifted. Fang Ze regained his freedom again, which was a complete relief from the recent crisis.

   And because the alternate member is only a title, not a specific position, Fang Ze's job in the Security Bureau has not been relieved. Therefore, after the ceremony was over and the important people were sent off, Fang Ze also directly got into the accompanying convoy that the Federation had already prepared, ready to go to the Security Bureau.

  Jinyi does not travel at night. Fang Ze was captured by the Secret Service before, but he still panicked the people in the whole bureau. Now that it's all right, he has to reassure his subordinates.

   In addition, Xiao Bailing's money should be paid back.

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   (end of this chapter)