Chapter 623 Imperial Meeting
After Purficott and the Duke of Gloucester reached a consensus, the two parties entered the venue of the royal meeting together without saying anything more.
As a royal meeting, the Queen should have attended the meeting, and as the royal heir, Princess Anne should also attend the meeting.
But now, the Queen is absent due to illness and Princess Anne is away on an expedition. Instead, the Duke of Gloucester, the Speaker of the Noble Parliament, is presiding over the meeting on behalf of the royal family.
As for whether there are other members of the royal family who can replace him, this kind of thing is nonsense to all parties.
The current royal family relies entirely on the prestige of the Queen herself. Although Princess Anne has been recognized by all parties and recognized as the heir to the imperial throne, that is all.
Princess Anne still has a long way to go if she wants to truly have the prestige of the Queen herself. She still has a long way to go before she can conquer all forces with prestige alone.
As for the rest of the royal family? Then there is really no one that is successful.
Even at the meeting of important ministers at the center of the empire, except for the Queen and Princess Anne, there was not a single member of the royal family present, which speaks volumes.
In the past, Prince Edward had this prestige, and his identity and status were sufficient. However, because of his willingness to retire to the countryside, Prince Edward had never actively participated in the political situation.
As for him secretly cultivating power, that is beyond the scope of discussion.
It can be said that the absence of the royal family in this imperial meeting cast a less optimistic shadow from the beginning.
As soon as the meeting began, an elderly royalist veteran denounced the royal meeting as irregular and demanded that the meeting be held at least until Princess Anne returns or the Queen recovers and is able to attend the meeting.
Instead of being like this now, completely ignoring the existence of imperial power.
This is obviously unacceptable to all parties, even the royalists themselves.
The reason is very simple, because for all parties, the key is to promote the reform of the National Assembly as soon as possible. As for whether it is in compliance with the rules and whether it respects the royal family? They already have a parliamentary system, but they still respect the royal family?
For all parties, this respect is only a nominal respect.
The royalists' desire to maintain the power and status of the royal family is closely related to their own interests, rather than because they are truly loyal to the empire and loyal to the royal family.
To a large extent, this old man's speech is disrupting the situation, making the situation chaotic so that everyone can fish in troubled waters.
Faced with the old man's disturbance, Purficott said directly in front of everyone: "If you put it that way, I remember that Prince Edward seemed to have given me a nominal right to inherit the throne.
Although I am very low in the pecking order, according to the current imperial succession laws of the empire, I should have the right to inherit the throne and theoretically can represent the royal family. ”
Purficott's statement immediately surprised everyone, because the amount of information contained in these words was still very large.
But it was obvious that no one really wanted to see Perficott ascend to the throne, so someone immediately said: "Earl Brandlis, I remember that your nominal right to the throne is in the 20th. How many?
No matter what, it's not your turn to represent the royal family, right? There are so many people before you! ”
"Are there really many people? Are you sure?" Purficott gave the other party a look to let him know for himself. There is no doubt that Purficott's rhetorical question silenced everyone.
For the current empire, if Purficott really wants to ascend the throne, except for Princess Anne who may pose a threat to her, no one else has the possibility to threaten her.
In particular, Purficott also added: "And if my inheritance rights are not enough, what about Prince Edward's granddaughter? I can always invite her if you need her."
Obviously, Purficott was deliberately blocking the other party's conversation.
Prince Edward's granddaughter did not want to get involved in politics. The arrangements for her after the old prince's death were only to let Perfectcott ensure that she could live a safe and prosperous life, and no political assets were left to her.
But I have to admit that the other party's bloodline is still noble. If necessary, the granddaughter of the old prince can become a strong contender for the throne at any time.
As long as Purficott is willing to support her and fight for her due treatment, then the old prince's granddaughter can even inherit the old prince's prince title, making her suddenly ranked in the top five in the order of succession to the throne.
Of course, this is a game of overturning the table. Purficott can threaten him like this, but he won't actually do it.
But no one dares to bet on whether she really thinks so, because Purficott is really capable of doing this.
Seeing that the topic had gone off the rails from the beginning, the Duke of Gloucester hurriedly knocked on the gavel in his hand and brought everyone's attention back before speaking: "Don't talk about these digressions. Now we need to The discussion is about parliamentary reform! ”
The Duke of Gloucester still had enough prestige. He opened his mouth to make everyone quiet down and listen to him carefully.
"About reorganizing the existing two parliaments of the empire into a national assembly, this topic has now become the hottest topic in the entire northern border and the New World. Whether it is nobles or workers, everyone is discussing this topic and is also looking forward to the empire. Changes can occur." Seeing that everyone was listening to him carefully, the Duke of Gloucester continued: "From the current situation, the empire has indeed entered a new stage since the crisis of the last winter, and we have indeed entered a new stage. Some changes should be made.”
This can be regarded as setting a tone for today's meeting, that is, change is inevitable.
In fact, this is a well-known thing. Although the various forces argue endlessly because of their respective interests and positions, there is basically no objection to the need to reorganize the National Assembly.
After all, the general trend has been established. Anyone with a little vision can see the current situation, and no one can go against it.
As for those who are not clear-headed and want to go against the trend of the times, such idiots are not qualified to sit in this conference room today.
After the Duke of Gloucester spoke, all parties naturally expressed their opinions, either euphemistically or directly expressing their approval and support for the reorganization of the National Assembly.
But even so, this nonsense still lasted for several hours.
Purficott was naturally too lazy to listen to these tormenting nonsense. She just sat there with the old god in mind, and even had the leisure to let Befa make tea for her.
But intimidated by the majesty of the northern lords, no one even said a word about it.
(End of chapter)