Chapter 129 Margaret's Little Thoughts (1/2)
Seeing the disgusted expression on Roger's face, Frankenstein burst into laughter and said, "You must have given up on this idea. We must have prevented you from becoming the younger brother of the nation."
Turns out she was just joking.
When the Secret Order designed the Oath of Glory, they also considered this aspect, so they took enough preventive measures to prevent the imperial officials who hold important positions in the future from treating Roger as the most important relative in their hearts...
At that time, he had really become the "little queen", and all the administrative officials were his sisters. So he was not allowed to run rampant in the empire?
So, Frankenstein just casually told a strange joke about the alchemist.
Roger sighed helplessly. He discovered that after getting acquainted with Frankenstein, although there were various benefits in alchemy, the bad taste of the mechanical girl was that of a carbon-based creature.
This may mean that although she has carried out very crazy mechanical transformations on herself, at least her brain is still close to that of a human...
Because robots have no sense of humor, right?
But watching Frankenstein browse various data and reports at a speed that exceeded the reaction limit of the human eye, Roger lost confidence in his judgment again.
Is this what a human can do at this reading speed?
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The next day, the headline of "Long Live the Queen" reported that the Queen of Evernight and the nobles reached an "Imperial Charter" and the precious scene of the nobles swearing an oath of honor.
In this report, the author used a positive and optimistic tone, claiming that this was a great progress for the empire.
The current empire has become the most advanced country in the Evernight World, with a unique and excellent system. Under the leadership of the Queen, they will build a more powerful Ivy Empire...
The following pages are an analysis of the specific contents of the "Imperial Charter", such as:
[Although our Queen holds supreme force and power, she is so calm and restrained. She established the Imperial Parliament to control legislative power and divide and limit her absolute power.
This move will turn the empire into an empire for all people. Whether it is the new noble class or civilians, they will have the opportunity to protect their rights and interests.
This is the far-sighted wisdom of the Eternal Night Queen. This is a change that the ancient, evil, conservative and decadent empires cannot achieve. This is a unique attempt made by the Ivy Empire to protect the people at the bottom. This is the advancement of the Ivy Empire. direct manifestation of sex. 】
Dior's self-decorated small western-style building and restaurant in the business district.
Margaret sat opposite Dior, holding the newspaper, looking at this analysis, she couldn't help but frown, and made a modest gesture of asking for advice:
"It's really strange. We have all won, so why do we still keep this crap thing like the Parliament? Master Dio, you must know the answer, right?"
Roger's shadow puppet was pressing against Dio's face, stirring the coffee carelessly. His face was polite, but the inexplicable doubts in his heart were piling up.
This is the fifth day in a row.
This little half-blood devil would come to him every morning at the same time he woke up, bringing a sumptuous breakfast, and then they would start chatting while eating.
The topics include the work of the two people, as well as current political news and interesting gossip. In short, Margaret's emotional intelligence has enough opportunities to reflect, and she will never be left alone.
But the shadow puppet really doesn't need to eat. It only needs to wander around the shadow plane every day to complete its charge and continue to appear alive and kicking.
After charging for five minutes, you can work all day long. The battery life of the Shadow Puppet is really top-notch.
But after all, Margaret is eyeing him, and the shadow puppet has to accompany the senior to eat and answer her questions.
After all, Dio is the minister of history and is also responsible for the compilation of the "History of the Ivy Empire". If he can't answer such a free question, that would be too problematic.
Especially when the little white-haired beauty opposite her looked at me with innocence and curiosity in her eyes, a look of admiration and trust on her face, and there was no hint of acting, it was really hard for people to refuse this opportunity to hold a cup... …
When facing Dior, Margaret's attitude was much better than that towards Roger, and the charm of the mixed race was finally reflected.
"As the article said, this is a means to reflect our advanced nature." Roger simply replied.
"But for the sake of advancement, we have to give away the power we finally won, and there are still a lot of MPs dictating us. Angelina has gone too far!" Margaret was still very dissatisfied.
She believed that her right-wing pig teammates had tricked her this time. They could have wiped out the nobles, but in the end, they were given some breathing space and a bunch of parliamentary seats were cleared.
For her to write it, the "Imperial Charter" only needs two articles:
First, everything the Queen said is right;
Second, if you have any questions, please refer to item 1.
As a result, the current charter, just like Angelina's slimy and warm-hearted character, says that the Queen is supreme, but not completely supreme.
Margaret expressed doubts and openly expressed Angelina's dissatisfaction.
Roger was not surprised to hear this. The conflict between the left and right prime ministers had been going on for a long time and could not be bridged in a day or two. In addition, the setting of the "Imperial Charter" was indeed confusing.
Moreover, there are many and long entries. Given Margaret's personality, she has no interest in reading them all, so it is understandable that she might have misunderstood them.
Seeing the anger and confusion shown by the small ceiling fan, Roger couldn't help but analyze his proud settings for her like a teacher:
"Don't worry, those parliamentarians can't tell you what to do. The Imperial Parliament has no right to interfere in the administration and military affairs. All they can do is legislate. And the legislative procedure stipulates that the proposal must be made by the Queen before the parliamentarians can vote. So in most cases, you won't feel their presence at all."
Margaret is also very smart, but she is not good at the twists and turns in this kind of internal affairs procedure. Roger said this, and she suddenly realized: "That means they can only passively defend and will never take the initiative to attack?"
"Yes, they can only passively defend. The most important value of the Imperial Parliament is to set up an insurance to prevent Your Majesty from being impulsive, a procedural cooling-off period."
Roger pointed out the most important role of the Imperial Parliament: the special dog chain for the Queen of Eternal Night.
"Your Majesty is...her intuition is stronger! Then what are the other benefits of this Imperial Parliament?" Margaret tried to defend her idol feebly, so she didn't dwell on this issue, because she knew in her heart that Roger was right.
However, it is precisely because of the small flaws that my Majesty is so real, so cute, and so charming!
Roger replied: "Of course there is. The parliamentarians give the nobles, commoners, and magicians a feeling that they can participate in the formulation of the highest power in the empire. Ambitious people will take the initiative to submit.
Especially the common people. As their education and wealth improve, they are exposed to more information, and their wisdom is awakened. Everyone will identify more with this empire and have a stronger sense of belonging.
Externally, the existence of the Imperial Parliament can raise the banner of democracy and attack all autocratic empires. As long as we make every effort to declare it, the people of the surrounding countries will be envious and yearning, and there will be a reason to attack those backward countries in the interests of justice."
Margaret slapped the table and stood up excitedly: "Great, in the future, we don't have to trouble the Earl of Glamorgan to start a war. We only need to say that you are too backward and we come to solve the suffering of the lower-class people... That's it!"
She suddenly realized the unlimited right to fire of the human rights defender.
Roger smiled: "So, Lady Angelina's design of the Imperial Charter is well-intentioned and has created many advantages for the Empire, right?"
Margaret's face suddenly turned red, avoiding Roger's playful gaze, and snorted: "Well, well!"
Damn, this wave was played by that blue-haired saint again!
She felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately she had almost finished her breakfast today. The little devil stood up and saluted, saying crisply: "Lord Dio, see you at the cabinet meeting later."
She used magic to clean up the table and left with her tail wagging.
Roger looked at her back and felt a little confused. He still didn't understand what Margaret was up to.
She asked me to have breakfast every day, but she didn't tell me what was going on. It couldn't be that she was just here to brush up her favorability, right?
However, Roger never rejected her, and he had his own plans:
When they were working together in the military before, he felt that Margaret was not hopeless, and there was still a chance to pull her back from the narrowing road and avoid the tragedy in the game plot.
There are endless opportunities in the empire, and there is no need to compete with Angelina all the time, no matter how venomous she is. There are so many blue oceans to be explored, and then to gain the favor of the Queen of Eternal Night, why bother to squeeze on the single-plank bridge?
If Margaret can think more open-mindedly, Charles's family will have one less enemy.
It is not a good feeling to be worried about a prime minister who suggests cutting off your head every day...
However, Roger has never had a good idea of how to enlighten Margaret.
Well, to be more precise, he has never thought about this matter.
After all, he has too much work to do, wouldn't it be nice to have the time to date Little Joey?
If it doesn't work, log in to the magician camp and chat with Tasika!
Margaret is often just a little hedgehog, not showing off to you at all. It is really difficult to find a way in for Roger, the brother of the enemy.
Moreover, he is now trusted by the Queen of Eternal Night, and I am afraid that Margaret will dislike him even more.
But now, this small ceiling fan has been sent to Dio, which gives Roger an opportunity.
Maybe he can use this identity to make a fuss and reconcile the conflict between Margaret and her sister?
Although there is still no specific idea, but if we go with the flow and continue to observe, there may be a chance...
Roger made up his mind to wait and see, so he put Margaret's matter aside and began to sort out the topics to be discussed in the palace next.
Although the path of centralization of the empire has been determined, how to go specifically, even Roger, a modern man, only knows the result, not the process.
China's history is too long, and the big things are just a few words in the history books, and the interests, courage and wisdom behind them are all simplified.
He did not have a completely correct answer as to how the Qingteng Empire should proceed in the future.
Just like the Imperial Charter, he gave some general direction references, but the specific items were still discussed by Angelina and the cabinet ministers.
They, the imperial people, understood the national conditions of the empire the best, and under Roger's strategy that transcended the times, they specified specific tactical execution.
So in the subsequent development, Roger helped the empire establish the general direction, but he could only establish the general direction.
Then correcting whether the empire has gone astray from the results is already the whole value, and it is impossible to foresee every specific thing.
So now, the more he participates in the governance of the empire, the more he feels that his accumulation is insufficient, and he regrets why he didn't read history textbooks and political textbooks more?
Or make more paradoxical game commentary videos to expand relevant knowledge and become more wise (* ̄︿ ̄)
So now, even if Roger has the awareness of modern people, he must be humble, learn more, think more, and improve basic skills in his own position, so that he can talk more in the cabinet meeting.
It is true that he has many beautiful pictures in his mind, but how to realize them is a long way to go.
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After walking out of Dior's house, Margaret did not leave immediately. She stood at the door, showing a bit of confusion, and her tail drooped listlessly.
What have I been doing these days... Why do I feel like I have forgotten my original intention?
She came to Roger because Roger and Angelina agreed to the imperial policy in a meeting in Fergus Castle, leaving her aside, making her feel weak, pitiful and helpless.
So Margaret felt that she was in urgent need of an outsider in the cabinet.
Finally, the outsider she chose was Dio Brando.
Compared with other noble cabinet ministers, this cabinet of commoners was the closest to her, a demon half-blood, and did not show such great discrimination and hostility towards her.
Of course, they were not particularly close. They chatted a few times, but they were just indifferent, just like normal colleagues.
But it doesn't matter, she can take the initiative.
She knew that she was not popular in the imperial officialdom, but this was not a problem of her personal charm.
It was because she was an extreme fan of the Queen of Eternal Night. Facing those greedy, vulgar, and profit-driven nobles, she naturally had to take a tough stance, not afraid of offending people, to protect the interests of Her Majesty, which ruined her popularity.
But Dio is different. He was born a commoner and did not have the bad habits of the nobles. He dared to write such an imperial history and speak out the flaws of the Queen's decision in the court.
Margaret was very angry at the time, but now she thinks that this is also a manifestation of loyalty and absolute responsibility to the Empire and His Majesty, so she dared to put her personal honor and life and death aside and make such a move.
After understanding this, Margaret's resistance to actively approaching Dio became less and less, and she finally decided to break the ice and get closer to Dio.
Let's start with delivering breakfast every day~
However, as they ate breakfast, the two of them communicated more and more, and she found that her thoughts were not as simple as making an ally...