Blackstone Code Chapter 779: Process

After the Prime Minister walked around the Privy Council, he entered a further inner conference room.

Since the Privy Council is an administrative body, there must be a distinction between superiors and subordinates.

In the past, when the Privy Council could still perform its duties, the highest authority in the Privy Council was called the "senator".

The Privy Council was also called the "Senate" for a period of time, implying that this institution is the territory of the "senators", and everything has to be obeyed by them.

Under the elders, there are "elders". The way to distinguish the elders from the elders is very simple. It would not be like now, when the nobles are particularly particular about their appearance.

At that time, the nobles were still wearing linen robes, so the robes of the elders would have golden barley ears, and the elders' robes were silver ears of wheat to distinguish the status of the two.

The rest are ordinary nobles. They also wear robes, but the robes only have the family emblem and no ears of wheat.

Later, the power of the Privy Council was gradually abandoned, and the elders also began to put down their airs and wanted to unite all the nobles. Unfortunately, the changes in the political system and the transfer of power made it meaningless even if they did so. .

The conference room here is for the elders and the elders. As for the nobles in the outside hall, they are not allowed to enter here without permission.

The Prime Minister is not a member of the Privy Council, but he can come in directly without the permission of others. This is the nature of power and can ignore most rules.

After the people sat down separately, the Prime Minister looked at the great nobles around him, with a very vivid smile on his face, "Have you come to a conclusion during this period of time, who should be appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer?"

The big nobles sitting around the conference table briefly communicated with their eyes. The big noble sitting in the first seat coughed lightly, attracting everyone's attention.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we have been discussing this issue for a while, but after all, it involves an important position, and we don't have enough time, so..."

The prime minister directly shook his head and said, "So there is no result, is there?"

The surrounding nobles nodded, and some of them explained, "There are too many outstanding people, and it is difficult for us to make a choice. There is only one position. If you choose this, you can't take care of that."

"There will definitely be people arguing about it, and even doubting whether our election is fair and just, you know, there will always be many reasons for the loser."

The prime minister didn't deny it after listening, it's like gamblers, anything can be a reason for them to lose money.

Unfortunately today, I didn't wash my hands after going to the toilet, faced the window or turned my back to the window, and someone borrowed money from myself and didn't pay it back...

Those gamblers can easily find dozens or hundreds of reasons to be responsible for the money they lose, and the same goes for those aristocrats who lose the election. need to be considered.

So it will take a long time to select this candidate.

The prime minister's brows furrowed. "What we lack most now is time. It is impossible to keep the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer vacant and wait for you to elect someone before arranging work. This will delay a lot of our affairs."

"This is not some other position, it is related to the planning and allocation of the entire national budget, and there is no way to give you so much time."

"Before the end of the month, you must elect a candidate."

At this time, one of the nobles suddenly reminded, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, it is already the end of the month."

"It's already the end of the month?", the Prime Minister's expression was taken aback for a moment, he looked down at his watch, which had a small window for a calendar.

Nowadays, such watches with calendars are very popular. Only a few companies master the key technology, and it is difficult to find a watch on the market.

He glanced at the calendar before exclaiming, "It's really the end of the month, and I don't even feel it!"

He said and shook his head, "I've been too busy during this time, and there are too many things for me to deal with. I really miss the calm days before."

"It's boring, but has a lot of personal time."

The nobles in the room just smiled and didn't take it seriously, just like what they are discussing now, it is just a discussion, which does not mean that the content of the discussion has any direct relationship with the outcome of the matter.

"It's been a few days, I'm really nervous, why don't you give it a try?", the Prime Minister asked again.

It looks like he's actually asking about it, but in reality everyone knows what he's asking and how to answer it.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, although the Privy Council is nicknamed a nursing home, it does not mean that we have no sense of responsibility. We cannot choose a suitable candidate in a short period of time. Why not..."

The chief noble looked at the nobles around him and said softly, "You should take up this position first."

The Prime Minister was a little stunned. He looked at the nobles in front of him, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "This is not possible. I suggested to His Majesty before that I should take a part-time job first, but...he refused."

The chief nobleman continued with a smile, "This time we will discuss this matter with Your Majesty in person, presumably His Majesty should agree."

The Prime Minister was a little moved and hesitant, "But those people outside..."

The chief noble raised his hand and pressed his hand, "The struggle for power is never as important as the stability of the empire!"

This matter is actually a process, as Lynch and others have said, from the beginning the emperor did not think about fighting the Prime Minister to the end, he was conceding from the beginning.

It's just that this concession doesn't give up everything, and the Prime Minister doesn't give anything.

If their current conversation leaked out, most of the nobles outside would definitely be resentful.

During this period of time, they have drawn relationships everywhere, held various secret meetings, and operated everywhere, just for that position.

If you can't get that position, you have to be able to grasp a little bit of benefit.

What I didn't expect was that the big nobles in the Privy Council sold them as soon as they turned around and helped the Prime Minister get this financial power. He was so happy and lost some things. If His Majesty the Emperor released them at this time. With the proper kindness, some of these nobles will fall to His Majesty the Emperor without hesitation.

In other words, the Prime Minister actually pushed a part of the aristocratic group to turn to the emperor as a price to gain the opportunity to concurrently hold financial power and realize his plan of power.

Has the Emperor lost money?

It seems, but not quite.

Although he lost his financial power, the development plan of the entire country is now there, and the Prime Minister cannot violate it at will, and everyone is in the same direction, all for the sake of this country.

The power in the emperor's hands has been reduced, but in exchange for the support of a large number of nobles, these nobles will become his trump cards next time.

Be aware that the Prime Minister is very old, no one knows how many years he will stay in this position.

Three to five years, up to ten years!

In ten years, a new war will inevitably break out, which will affect the whole world. At that time, the Prime Minister, whose physical strength, energy and brain power have begun to decline, how can he continue to rely on this position?

As long as he steps down and has the support of the noble group, His Majesty the Emperor will have the opportunity and possibility of dictatorship to a certain extent. As long as there are enough nobles to support him, he can even serve as Prime Minister and Treasurer himself when the war breaks out Minister's job!

With the imperial power granting him control over military power, administration, finance, military administration, and a high degree of unity, a dictatorial emperor will be born!

Even if those nobles do not support him in realizing his dictatorial dream, he at least has a chance to regain financial power. As long as the financial power is in hand, even if the prime minister compromises, he still has the power.

With the present opportunity in exchange for infinite possibilities in the future, the emperor's business is not a loss.

The Prime Minister is very aware of His Majesty the Emperor's plans, but he doesn't mind. He even cooperates very well. They are all betting on who will reveal their flaws first!

The contents of the conference room have not been revealed for a short time, but it has not been long since they were revealed.

Wait three days, that is, next week when the court meeting will be known to the whole country!

At that time, a big drama will be staged, and the "victim" of His Majesty the Emperor will start to win over those resentful nobles to stand by him.

Of course, the Privy Council will try to unite the nobles as much as possible. It is impossible for them to let all the nobles fall to His Majesty. That is irresponsible.

The Prime Minister stayed in the Privy Council for less than an hour before leaving. Not long after he left, some gossip flowed into the Privy Council from the outside world.

Something that people have heard about, something Lynch has to do with it.

They heard that Lynch was planning to take the money they earned to develop in the province of Amelia, and His Majesty the Emperor gave them some preferential policies.

If this message was put on someone else, it would be just a normal message, but it happened to Lynch and it had to get people's attention.

You know, not long ago, Lynch took the group of waste nobles around him to swallow hundreds of millions of dividends in the financial market, and now thinking of other nobles, his eyes are a little red.

Those big nobles don't care, but not all nobles are so rich~IndoMTL.com~ There will always be some nobles who only have the face of nobles and don't have much money.

Just as everyone was about to leave for lunch, a few nobles found Lynch.

"Mr. Lynch, I heard that you are planning to invest in the province of Ameria?"

Lynch looked at these people, and the little earl wisely introduced them to Lynch. These are minor nobles, and most of them are more or less related to the royal family, such as blood close.

No matter how cruel the emperor is, he is also a human being. As long as he is human, there will be some "little problems". For example, they are more willing to trust blood relatives than strangers.

So throughout the current small aristocratic group in the Gafra Empire, almost half of their ancestors were once members of the royal family, or had a very close relationship with the royal family, so they continued to receive graces.

After the little earl introduced these people to Lynch, Lynch nodded with a smile, "It's true!"

The leading little aristocrat behaved very modestly, "Can you talk to us about things in the province of Amelia!"