Chapter 423 Everything is ready
Chapter 423 Everything is ready
"Of course I know what I'm talking about."
Facing Princess Veronica's question, Leon blinked and continued:
"And I haven't finished speaking yet. In addition to the officer selection order, aren't you also planning to push for a proposal to expand universal suffrage for citizens in the parliament the day after tomorrow?
In addition to diluting the voice of merchants and preventing them from continuing to compete excessively with the royal family and the nobility for profits, this proposal also actually expanded the power of parliament and gave more groups the opportunity to speak out.
I've read in the newspapers. Among the policies you've implemented in recent years, you've strongly supported the energy industry, reduced taxes for small handicraftsmen, subsidized farmers, and recently set a minimum hourly wage for factories. So big businessmen don't support you very much, but it's hard to say about other groups.
I don’t know what you think, but I think that once the bill to expand universal suffrage is passed, the new parliament, which is no longer completely controlled by businessmen, will probably welcome a new queen who has been fighting for their interests. ”
"..."
This... can it be viewed this way?
Looking at the princess with her rosy lips slightly opened and a look of astonishment, Leon said meaningfully:
"In fact, after listening to you talk about the officer selection order and the proposal to expand universal suffrage, I even thought that you were preparing to ask the old king to abdicate.
After all, the royal family will not really support you, but the middle and lower-level officers in the military, as well as the new parliamentarians representing artisans, farmers, and workers, can only choose to support you in order to maintain their status and power.
So as long as we wait a little longer and push these two things forward thoroughly, the middle and lower-level officers in the military and the new members of parliament after the expansion of universal suffrage will be completely tied to your chariot... To be honest, are you really not doing this on purpose?"
"I...I really haven't thought about these..."
After listening to Leon's words with her mouth open, Princess Veronica said with a dazed look in her eyes:
"My purpose in rectifying the military is that the military controlled by the old aristocracy is too corrupt, causing the kingdom's military to slacken. I am also expanding universal suffrage because there are too many councillors who are businessmen. The proposals in the past two years have been too biased... This... This..."
"This proves that you chose the Kingdom, and the Kingdom in turn chose you."
After defining this coincidence, Leon stared into the princess' eyes, switched to the corresponding badge, and persuaded her seriously:
“No matter whether you did it on purpose or accidentally, what you have been doing all these years has indeed given you feedback and has become your strongest support!
So you don’t need to feel uneasy or have any psychological pressure. After all, you are not an ambitious person who wants to seize power. You just did the right thing. "
"..."
I just…did the right thing?
Lyon's words made her feel confused. After repeating these words twice in her mind, the princess unconsciously clenched the corner of her clothes, bit her lower lip and shook her head, saying:
“The middle and lower-level officers and new councillors, they… they are indeed strong supporters, but they are only supporters after all. They have not yet truly grasped the power. Over the past few hundred years, the kingdom has always been dominated by the royal family and the nobility. They will never tolerate such behavior.
If I really did that, it would be fine if it succeeded, but if it failed, the whole kingdom would be in chaos, and the Ice Kingdom had just experienced a severe winter. Once the weather warms up, what if they take advantage of the civil unrest in the kingdom..."
"It won't get messy."
Leon shook his head, then pointed at himself and said:
"Have you forgotten? I am the greatest of the old nobles! You are worried that the House of Lords will declare your throne invalid, but I, the Duke of Lionheart, am the Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. Even if you need it, I have a very good relationship with the last member of the Baohua family, and I should be able to get her support. This means that the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords are now on your side!"
“This is different!”
Facing Leon’s proposal, the princess, whose breathing was somewhat rapid for some reason, quickly shook her head and said:
“During the Ryan Bloody Night, many important members of the Ryan family died, and only Miss Emma was left with Baohua. The two pillars of the kingdom no longer have the status they once had.
Although according to the laws of the founding of the country, as long as there are still people from your two families, the seats of Speaker and Deputy Speaker must be retained, but when the time comes, you two will not be able to determine the outcome of the House of Lords."
"That doesn't matter. According to the laws of the kingdom, if the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker agree, it will be directly passed by the House of Lords. If it fails, then there is something wrong with the House of Lords itself."
Leon, who had thought about this question a long time ago, said without blinking:
"If the House of Lords goes against the wishes of the two speakers and forcibly declares your throne invalid, then can't you just use the kingdom's laws to declare the House of Lords' decision invalid?"
"what?"
"What I mean is, you shouldn't follow their rules. At times like this, everyone should fight their own battles."
Leon looked directly into the princess’ eyes and explained earnestly:
"You don't need to get the House of Lords to recognize your throne. You just need to make a plausible argument and start dragging the House of Lords into a quarrel so that they can't legitimately rule that your throne is invalid. That will be considered as achieving your goal.
After all, as long as your throne has not been declared invalid, you are still the queen in name only, and the House of Lords has no power to directly dispatch troops to drive you out of the palace. However, you have the support of middle and lower-level officers, so you can dispatch troops to surround the House of Lords... After all, they have already violated the law, right?"
"..."
Ah, this... is it possible to be like this?
Seeing that the princess's mind was not fully open and she was still thinking about "following the rules", Leon, with sparkling eyes, could not help but remind her:
“You said that there is only one garrison in the royal palace in the entire capital, and the rest are all outside the capital. Even if the guards of the noble manors are elite, what can they do when facing an organized army with heavy weapons?
Logically speaking, according to the current situation, if you don't care about legitimacy, you don't even need to surround the House of Lords. After all, no matter how powerful the old nobles are, they only have a team of guards in the royal capital.
All they needed to do was to dispatch two teams of soldiers, one to block the estate on Redwood Avenue and prevent the people inside from coming out, and the other to block Lowther Arcade, and throw anything they could find into the river, and the House of Lords would be disbanded on the spot.
After all, anyone who can have a say in the House of Lords must be a viscount, and there are only so many nobles above the rank of viscount in the entire capital, and they all live in those two streets. You surrounded their entire family, and you're still worried that they won't listen to you?
To put it more bluntly, you are only going to take over your father's throne, and you are not prepared to kill those old nobles. Do you think that given their loyalty to the royal family, they will risk the lives of their own families to fight to the death with you who can mobilize troops?"
(End of this chapter)