Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 60 Politics (1)

What troubles Wufeng is not military issues, but the governance and management of the two urban republics of Moro and Eastern Samoa. Wufeng, who has seen some urban republics along the Baltic Sea coast of the western continent, is no stranger to this political model with urban business forces as the ruling class. In Wufeng's view, the two republics of Moro and Eastern Samoa were also established on the basis of industrial and commercial power. The so-called democratic republic on the basis of prosperity is similar to those urban republics with developed industries and commerce in the western continent, except that landowners still occupy a large proportion of seats in the parliaments of Moro and Eastern Samoa urban republics, although they cannot control the cities Parliament, but it should not be underestimated, because the two city republics still have a considerable area of ​​land outside the urban area that belongs to the agricultural area.

Due to the prosperity of industry and commerce, most of the councilors who control the power of the city council come from the business class, especially some big business families, which play a pivotal role in the council. They either send family members to serve as officials, or send interest spokespersons Running for parliamentarians, or combining interests into groups to influence parliamentary policies, the power of the city republic is actually in the hands of a few big families that control the lifeline of the city's economy.

Taking Eastern Samoa as an example, the control of city power is basically three-horse, almost controlled by three families and their allies. pass.

The Medici family, which controls about 40% of the city's shipping business, not only has its own private wharf, but also owns more than 80 ships of all sizes. The transportation network covers the three continents, and it has a strong economy like the Tanghe Empire. Basically, Quanzhou and the Isaka port in Wodi are important trading bases of the Medici family, while his important ally, the Giggs family, is mainly engaged in shipbuilding and repair industries. The Giggs family, the three major shipyards in Eastern Samoa One is controlled by itself, and the other is jointly controlled by the Giggs family and the Medici family. The shipbuilding and transportation industry headed by the Medici family is the most powerful, and it is also the most powerful in the city council.

Another group that can be compared with the Medici family alliance is the Modai family, which is mainly engaged in pearling and fishing. The Modai family controls half of the fishing industry in Eastern Samoa, and 60% of the pearling industry. It can be called a well-deserved Yuzhu family. The various sea pearls produced not only occupy an important position in the Eastern Continent, but are also exported to the Central and Western Continents. The Modai family's in-laws, the Seli family, control the largest shipyard among the three major shipyards in Eastern Samoa. , and also owns a large amount of forest and mountains in Eastern Samoa, and is also a large landowner and timber exporter in Eastern Samoa. The two families came together due to their in-law relationship, which is enough to compete with the Medici family alliance.

The other family is the Gray family. This family was originally a large plantation owner in East Samoa and owned a large number of coffee and sugar cane plantations. However, it has always been a politically disadvantaged group and can only be represented in the city council for a long time. With respect to the last seat, when the Gray family took advantage of the tsunami losses in the salt industry of the Eastern Samoa City Republic and were on the verge of bankruptcy, they spent a lot of money to buy a large number of salt farms, and became the salt giant of the East Samoa City Republic in one fell swoop, which also affected the entire industry. The salt industry and the salt sales industry thus rose up in the city council and became the other pole of the triumvirate.

The three major families and their alliances and some forces affiliated to them control more than 70% of the entire city council, while the remaining 30% are composed of representatives of small businessmen, handicraftsmen, freelancers, citizens, fishermen, and farmers. According to the city law, the institution that directly exercises the administrative power of the city republic is the executive government. The executive government has seven officials, namely the chief executive officer, the assistant chief executive officer, the finance minister, the interior minister, and the business minister. The consul is restrained, and there are also the Grand Judge of the Republic and the Marshal of the Republic. These two are not subject to the jurisdiction and constraints of the chief executive, and are directly elected by the parliament. The power to appoint and remove the above seven officials belongs to the city republic council.

General affairs are handled by the executive government, while important affairs and legal policy revisions require the approval of the city council, and particularly important affairs require the consent of more than two-thirds of the members of the city council. The parliament has a total of 100 members, which means that a particularly important matter requires the consent of more than 67 members before it can be approved.

The situation in Moro and Eastern Samoa is similar, except that Moro has always been the financial center in the eastern part of the Peninsula Alliance, where the financial aristocrats are more powerful, and their ties with the Nanyang Alliance are closer. Many commercial aristocrats in the alliance countries and city-states are inextricably linked with the financial aristocracy of Moro.

To be honest, Wufeng still appreciates the political model of the two urban republics of Moro and Eastern Samoa. No matter how many disadvantages there are, at least one thing is certain. The system must be quite advanced compared to the council that he has gradually implemented in his territory. Although this model is not suitable for the interior of the empire due to regional differences, Wufeng believes that this model will gradually become stronger as time goes by. Showing its advantages, it can reflect public opinion more clearly and truly, and those who try to use the government's privileges to seek the interests of everyone and infringe the interests of the public will also be considerably restrained.

However, there are still many problems in this model. For example, due to the different economic levels of the people and the uneven quality of the population, the election of members of parliament is easy to be manipulated, especially those with economic strength can use various means to to achieve their own goals. And this model is not suitable for the current situation of turmoil. In this era, the so-called democratic system can easily delay major events due to low efficiency. When there is such a system, especially in the hinterland of the empire, it requires a gradual change in the thinking mode of the people before they can gradually adapt and accept it.

But what should these two cities do now that they are in their own hands? This is quite a headache for Wufeng. It should be said that from the current point of view, the political operation mode of the two urban republics of Eastern Samoa and Moro is quite smooth, although the actual power of the two urban republics is in the hands of several families , but on the surface they have at least realized their power control through a relatively concealed method, and now their own ownership has completely subverted their inherent political model, and the balance of forces formed by the various forces has also been broken immediately, perhaps They have never thought about how the Tanghe people, who were thousands of miles apart, would suddenly come to the city and suddenly become their masters. They are probably at a loss at this time, not knowing what their future will look like. But they didn't know that they were equally at a loss, thinking of this, Wufeng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

My purpose is very simple. It is to establish a stable outlet in the South China Sea, so that Western Xinjiang products can have a convenient access to the sea, and also allow my navy to grow up as quickly as possible. They need a stage suitable for their growth. At the same time, you must also have the ability to control the southern channel. With this ability, you can not only form a flanking situation against those enemies (Machi Khans) and potential enemies (South Sea Alliance) from land, but also cut off their land routes at any time. For the transportation channel, once the strength of our naval forces reaches the level that can block the Great Nanyang, the entire Eastern Continent will become a chessboard that we can arrange arbitrarily.

At present, this strategic intention has been basically achieved, but Wufeng does not want to base the realization of this strategic intention on the chaos and decline of the two urban republics of Eastern Samoa and Moro. He hopes to find a suitable balance This requires innovation in the political model and the compromise of various forces~IndoMTL.com~ Hearing the slight sound of footsteps behind him, Wufeng knew that it was Su Qin who had arrived. Su Qin just transferred from Situ Biao to Milan, boarded a boat from Milan and sailed straight to Eastern Samoa. When he was in Milan, the cities of Eastern Samoa and Moro had not yet fallen, and he did not pass until he arrived in the Nanyang Alliance halfway. When the locals heard the news, they went straight to East Samoa by boat and landed.

"Su Qin is here?" Without looking back, Wufeng's eyes still fell on the distant place where the sea and the sky meet, where the light blue and gray and white gradually merged into one color, and the coming sea breeze brought a faint smell of the sea. Only people who have lived in the depths of the continent for a long time will be so sensitive to this smell, and people who have lived here for a long time have lost their sense of smell to this faint smell. Perhaps they feel that this fishy smell exists in every corner of this world. let's go.

"Yes, Your Highness." It's not the first time Su Qin has gone out to sea by boat, but he still feels a little tired after sailing thousands of miles like this. Although he has rested for two days, the feeling of discomfort Still not all gone. However, the complicated affairs in front of him prevented him from having more rest time. He had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of communicating and coordinating with the industrial and commercial forces in the two cities of Eastern Samoa and Moro, while Wang Liao took on the responsibility of coordinating with the Nanyang Alliances come to make bargaining quests.

"How about it, these guys are not easy to deal with, are they?" Wufeng was still staring forward, with his hands on his back, the breeze was blowing, and he raised his clothes. , the north is already cold and windy, but here, it's like a gentle lover's hands gently caressing your cheeks, warm and numb, this feeling is like Wufeng who has not tasted the ocean for many years. change.