Chapter 688 The farce about freedom
Perficott had already investigated the congressman who gave the speech, and even knew clearly whether there was support from other forces behind him.
Before he was elected, this congressman was a well-known local donor. This time, someone paid him to return to his old business. He found someone to give an inflammatory speech in front of the National Assembly, instigating the public to oppose Perficott. hostility.
Originally, this job should be assigned to a subordinate, or a suitable agent should be found.
But this congressman didn’t know whether he drank too much or deliberately wanted to monopolize the bounty, so he hired someone to give a speech and gave the speech himself.
For the matter itself, it doesn't make much difference whether he gives a speech himself or hires someone else to give a speech, but it is different for the people behind the scenes.
Although even if the former donor found someone else to do the job, Purficott would still be able to find out who was behind it, but one more detour could eventually cover up some clues and let Bei The intelligence personnel at the border need to spend more effort.
As for the person behind the scenes, Purficott was somewhat dumbfounded after investigating.
What is driving all this behind the scenes is a group of young aristocrats and the emerging bourgeoisie. They believe that Purficott's existence hinders the process of freedom and democracy, and that she is reversing the course of the feudal monarchy.
So in order to carry out bourgeois reforms and quickly transform the Victoya Empire from an ignorant and backward feudal monarchy to an advanced capital constitutional government, they must remove the stumbling block of Perfect Court.
These people are not entirely motivated by their own desire for power, but they are similar to the Decembrists in Tsarist Russia in the original world. They were influenced by the Francis Revolution and believed that the feudal monarchy was a stumbling block restricting the development of the country and that power should be handed over. To the people.
This idea cannot be miscalculated. Purficott’s parents were also reformers who supported this idea. Even before Purficott was born, the Victoya Empire was also on the road to transforming from feudalism. During the transition from monarchy to constitutional monarchy.
It was only the emergence of the Doomsday Catastrophe and Purficott that affected this process. As a feudal lord, she was stuck in the process of constitutionalizing the country.
Originally, these people felt desperate and felt that they could not defeat Perficott.
But with the reform of the National Assembly and the establishment of the prime minister-cabinet system, they seem to have seen hope again, believing that as long as they limit Perficott's power through the National Assembly and the cabinet, they can gradually bring him down. , thereby further restricting the power of the old nobility and royal family, and reforming the country.
In this regard, Purficott could only sigh, it's okay to just say some things, don't really believe it yourself.
The National Assembly and the Cabinet have power because Perficott supports them in power.
If she does not support the parliament and cabinet in taking power, she can dissolve the National Assembly and cabinet at any time, or even remove the prime minister.
For the ruling class of the Victoria Empire, this is something that everyone knows clearly.
Perfect’s confidence in ensuring that she can do this is the army and force she has at her disposal.
Before there was the power of the Steam Rider that could compete with Purficott, it would be somewhat naive to try to put any restrictions on her.
Perfect may compromise and give in for various reasons, but that is based on the premise that the other party does not infringe on her interests or exceed the bottom line that she can accept.
If someone really violates her bottom line, Purficott will not play political games with the other party, but will directly eliminate his enemies from the physical level. But now, Purficott doesn't mind seeing what tricks they can come up with.
After all, Purficott has clearly investigated this group of people. They are just a group of overfed young nobles who think they have awakened and want to reform the national system and implement The so-called capital constitution.
Purficott didn't object to this, but she wanted to see if these people were really capable, or if they were just empty-handed and idealistic.
So she didn't stop it, nor did she let the Duke of Gloucester and others stop it.
Just judging from the current situation, I am afraid things will disappoint her.
The ability of these people to incite public opinion is limited to giving speeches and distributing leaflets. They behave very naively and lack political skills.
There seems to be a beauty that is not contaminated by the dirty tricks and routines of politics.
This is one of the reasons why Purficott can tolerate their troubles. After all, these are a group of very simple guys who simply believe in those propaganda things and think that this can make the country better.
However, they do not have the means and ability to implement all of this, let alone the ability to truly improve the country.
They seem to think that the fault of the system is the fault of the country. As long as the system is changed, everything will get better in an instant. The originally sluggish economy will quickly prosper, and the originally barren and scarce materials will quickly fill up. The entire shelf and even the food on the table will become rich again out of thin air.
Obviously, they do not realize that the system is never the key to determining the problem, but the people in power are the key.
The system may be advanced or backward, but the difference between advanced and backward is not as big as imagined, and this difference is only in administrative efficiency.
As long as the efficiency of policy implementation and the effectiveness of policies can be ensured, even the most primitive tribal chieftaincy system can still govern a country well.
Of course, if a truly primitive tribal chieftaincy system governs a country, there is a high probability that it will not be able to govern well, or it will only be able to govern a small country.
Relatively advanced political systems can indeed effectively raise the lower limit, but it is impossible to raise the upper limit indefinitely.
What really makes a country better is not a certain system, but whether the person in power is doing it for his own selfish interests or for the sake of the country as a whole, and whether the system he implements can carry out his will. .
The reason why democratic elections seem better than feudal inheritance is because the elected ruler represents the interest class that supports him, and there are more beneficiaries than the original feudal system.
And democratic elections can ensure that the elected leader has at least a certain lower limit and will not be a fool born from a close relative.
But some people who do not really understand the nature of democratic elections simply believe that democracy must be better, and that as long as there is democracy, everything will be fine.
But I have never thought about it, is there a possibility that forcing democracy in a place without democratic foundation will only get a piece of chicken feathers?
“What the people need is not freedom. What they need is rules, boundaries and protection. What people need is a leader who can provide both restraint and support...” Purficott walks in the national In the corridor of the parliament building, she repeated a famous saying she had heard in the original world.
(End of this chapter)