Chapter 713 Internal Affairs Reform
In the cabinet meeting room, although it was not the first time that Purficott sat here for a meeting, it was the first time that he sat in the core position like this.
Purficott, who had now taken office as the Imperial Regent, sat in the seat where Prime Minister Wellington should have been, while Prime Minister Wellington sat beside her, and the Duke of Gloucester sat on the other side.
As for the others, they were sitting under the two men, waiting for Perfectcott to speak.
Purficott looked at everyone with a calm expression. This was the first time she looked at the people in front of her like this.
Among the people, some people have expectations for her, seeming to think that she will bring different changes to the country after taking this position.
Others viewed her with suspicion, appearing to worry about her ability to lead the country.
Of course, some people showed resistance to her, but Purficott didn't want to go into why these people were like this.
This coup launched by the royalists implicated too many people and caused too many deaths and killings. It is normal for some people to resist her ascension.
Compared with these, Purficott noticed that Princess Anne was not there.
Although she should be called the Queen now and is indeed not suitable to be in the cabinet, her absence still made Purficott frown a little.
She asked the Duke of Gloucester: "Where is our new queen? Why is she not here? Today we are going to discuss matters about her succession ceremony."
"Queen Anne said she was not feeling well, so she was absent from today's meeting." The Duke of Gloucester quickly explained.
Although anyone with a discerning eye would know this was an excuse upon hearing it, for the sake of everyone's face, the Duke of Gloucester could only pray that Perfectcott would believe this reason and not hold on to it.
Perfectcourt gave the Duke of Gloucester a somewhat thoughtful look, but didn't say much.
She just turned to look at the Chancellor of Finance and asked him: "What is the current surplus of the treasury? Can it support the expenses of a succession ceremony?"
"The Ministry of Finance has just taken stock of the treasury before. The empire's financial situation is currently functioning normally, and there is no problem in supporting a succession ceremony." The finance minister hurriedly answered.
When Purficott proposed the five-year economic development plan, the empire's financial situation was actually able to achieve balance of payments and even a slight surplus.
The national treasury has also gotten rid of the previous dilemma of being completely drained of the family's wealth in response to the doomsday crisis, and even requiring the Queen to use royal assets to subsidize it. It already has a little surplus, and there is no problem in supporting Princess Anne's succession ceremony.
Moreover, even if there is a real problem with this kind of thing, it is impossible to bring it up at this time and occasion.
Not to mention anything else, just the appointment of Perficott as a new official is enough for the finance minister to say that there is no problem with the empire's finances even if he pays for it himself.
After all, he didn't want Perficott to make three fires when he took office, and the first fire was to burn down the Ministry of Finance.
Hearing the answer from the Chancellor of Finance, Purficott nodded slightly, and then said: "In that case, please make a budget for me based on the Queen... No, I should say the succession ceremony of Her Majesty the former Queen. If there are no problems, please do it as soon as possible." Let’s set the time and process for the succession ceremony!”
Having said this, Purficott turned his head and glanced at the Duke of Gloucester who was sitting aside: "Your Excellency, you will have to pay attention to this matter. I hope that these things can be completed as soon as possible." "Yes, Lord Regent. "The Duke of Gloucester changed his title wisely.
Although Purficott didn't care about it, the Duke of Gloucester's initiative to change his title still aroused the excitement of others.
"Lord Regent, what should be done with the body of the former Queen? Does it need to be transported back to the Royal Cemetery in Langton for burial?" At this time, a cabinet member suddenly asked this slightly sensitive question.
Purficott did not have any emotions because of this issue. The former queen did need to be buried, and according to the tradition of the Victoria Empire, the royal family members needed to be buried in the royal cemetery in Langton.
But the current situation in Langton...Perfect hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Contact Langton, confirm Langton's current situation, and if conditions permit, then transport Her Majesty the Queen's body back to Langton .”
"Yes, Lord Regent." The cabinet member said nothing more and just nodded to express understanding.
After these two people spoke, others seemed to think that Purficott was easy to talk to, so they raised or reported various government affairs issues to her, and Purficott answered and dealt with them one by one.
After everyone had finished speaking, and the large backlog of government affairs had been properly handled, and everyone felt that this was almost the case, Purficott suddenly said: "Now that everyone has finished speaking, let me ask you Listen to me! ”
Purficott's speech immediately made everyone tense up, feeling like a big crisis was coming.
Sure enough, after giving them a few seconds to adjust their emotions, Purficott said: "I am very dissatisfied with the current working status of the cabinet."
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As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly became nervous.
Originally, they thought that this matter would be over after Purficott carried out the great purge and ascended to the position of regent.
It seems now that things have just begun.
"The purpose of my original proposal to establish a cabinet was to reduce the constraints on you in handling key government affairs, thereby improving administrative efficiency. After all, if everything needs to be voted on by the parliament, it will only delay things." Purficott said here At this moment, helplessness and strong dissatisfaction appeared on his face: "But what about you now? Without my supervision, you can't even execute a flying battleship plan in a mess!
Not only was the progress far lower than expected, it even caused a lot of errors and waste!
This makes me wonder if the empire has appointed a group of idiots to form the cabinet! Otherwise, how could you do such a stupid thing! ”
Purficott banged the table so hard that everyone couldn't help but startled, fearing that the next second she would call someone to drag them out and execute them with a guillotine.
This is not impossible, after all, Perficott has a nickname called Bloody Earl.
Generally speaking, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.
However, Purficott did not intend to purge the cabinet. She just looked at everyone and said coldly: "Since your work is so disappointing, I have decided to reform the empire's internal affairs system to improve administrative efficiency. Specific reform measures As follows..."
(End of chapter)