Chapter 702 Special Advisor
"Did Earl Brandlis really say that?" At the cabinet meeting, a royalist cabinet minister's face was so solemn that he was about to drip with water.
"Earl Brandlis has made a huge contribution to the empire, and I think her special status can be discussed." A cabinet minister from the Northern Territory faction had a happy face and expressed his attitude very proactively.
As a result, in the cabinet meeting room, two completely different emotions were clearly displayed.
For the royalists, Purficott's request cannot be agreed to under any circumstances, because it will shake the authority of the royal family, and even to put it mildly, it will not matter whether Victoya will listen to the royal family or Purficott in the future. Two said.
Of course, they would never agree to such a request that shakes the most fundamental interests of their royalists.
But for the northern faction in the cabinet, this is great news.
Does your lord finally want to take a step further?
Although the idea of following the dragon's power is unique to the East in the original world, this kind of thing can be found in all countries in the world, and many people want to do it.
They don't do it, not because they don't want to do it, but because they don't have the chance to do it.
When the royalists supported Princess Anne, didn't they also seek the merit of following the dragon?
As long as they support Princess Anne to successfully ascend to the throne, then the interests of the royalists, as die-hard supporters of the new emperor, will naturally be protected.
Naturally, the same is true for the Northern Territory. They made their fortune following Purficott. Within a few years, the Northern Territory developed into what it is now. Those who initially followed Purficott have achieved the results they thought they had before. Benefits that no one dares to think about.
In this case, how can they be satisfied with their existing interests?
So this has created the current situation. The northerners want to go further, while the royalists are guarding against it.
However, although the members of the two parties were arguing lively, the people who could really make the decision were still frowning and saying nothing.
The Duke of Gloucester represents the National Assembly. To be more precise, he symbolizes public opinion. Although how much this public opinion can represent the people at the bottom is another matter, at least after the National Assembly system has been adjusted by Perfectcott, it can still represent part of the bottom class. the interests of the people.
It doesn't matter to the people at the bottom whether Purficott has a special status. Even the capitalists and reformists will support this, because it shakes the foundation of the royal family's rule. As long as Purficott takes one step further, he will be able to Abolish the royal family and directly change the monarchy into a constitutional republic. They are too late to be happy, so how can they oppose it!
However, the Duke of Gloucester himself was a royalist and represented the interests of the great nobility, which led to a conflict between his ideas and the interests of the National Assembly.
After all, the National Assembly itself is not monolithic. It is more like a place where all parties reconcile their interests, or simply an enlarged version of the cabinet.
This also makes it difficult for the Duke of Gloucester to express his opinions clearly on this matter. After all, if he stands on the opposite side of the National Assembly, the Assembly can impeach him as the speaker and ask him to step down.
Relatively speaking, the attitude of Princess Anne, Prime Minister Wellington and heir to the throne from the Northern Territory, is much clearer.
Of course, Prime Minister Wellington was willing to support Perfectcott. He still knew clearly how he secured his position as prime minister and whose interests he represented.
But as a qualified politician, he also has his own ideas and calculations.
Therefore, although the position showed support for Purficott, it did not make a clear position. Princess Anne on the other side was a bit more naughty.
Her own position certainly does not allow her to support Perficott. The royal family has not declined yet, and even some of the power that was gradually transferred to the emerging bourgeoisie has returned due to this disaster.
For the current Princess Anne, relying on her prestige in suppressing the colonies, as long as she can successfully and smoothly inherit the throne, she can regain power and continue to rule the country.
Under such circumstances, Princess Anne certainly did not want powerful ministers to appear in the country and shake the foundation of royal rule.
But from a personal emotional point of view, she wanted to support Perfectcott.
Because she clearly knows how important Purficott is to this country and how much she has contributed to this country.
For Princess Anne, giving Purficott a special status was nothing at all. She even felt that it would not be a problem to hand over the country to Purficott to govern if Purficott was willing.
After all, she would not have been able to build such a prosperous city in the north from scratch in three years, with such brilliant achievements.
Compared with Purficott, she is like a fool who knows nothing.
If the country is handed over to Purficot to govern, it should soon return to the prosperity it enjoyed in the past, right?
Although Princess Anne thought so in her heart, she could not express that she wanted to do so.
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After all, she is still a princess of the royal family, and a responsible one.
Coupled with the instructions given to her by her staff during this period of time, Princess Anne still knew what she should do and what she shouldn't do.
Therefore, she could not express her support for Purficott on this matter. There was only one attitude she could express, and that was firm opposition.
But for personal reasons, Princess Anne does not want to directly express her opinions now.
This resulted in the silence of the three people who could decide the direction of the matter, and the royalists and northern factions within the cabinet were about to break their heads in quarrel.
At this time, it was Karen, the deputy prime minister representing the workers' federation, who finally ended their quarrel: "Regarding this matter, I suggest that it be put to a collective vote in the National Assembly. This is no longer something that the cabinet can decide easily. ”
"But to submit it to the National Assembly for a show of hands, we have to form a resolution, right? To give Earl Brandlis a special political status, there must be a name, and there must also be opposition, right?" A worker union member The cabinet minister at the meeting was cooperating with Kallen, although he didn't yet understand what Kallen was planning to do.
"In this case, let's hire Earl Brandlis as the national special adviser. If the National Assembly votes to pass, then she will enjoy special powers and status. If the vote does not pass, then she will only have the title of a consultant. " Princess Anne suddenly spoke at this time, finalizing the whole matter.
(End of chapter)