Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 45:
Can a pure merchant country exist?
Sui Xiong thinks that it should still be possible. Although the world has all kinds of wonderful powers, dangerous monsters, and powerful gods, the life of a mortal is actually not much different from that of the earth. There are many merchant-dominated countries on the earth. There is no reason why this world cannot have them.
Far away, before Sui Xiong crossed, the most powerful country on earth happened to be running for president. One of the two candidates is a big consortium, and the other is a big businessman himself.
However, he didn't say these words, but figured out how to solve the problem of the gold coin federation.
Although the goddess of wealth said the problem was serious, Sui Xiong felt that there should still be a solution, or in other words, there should be a way to temporarily alleviate the contradiction.
On the earth, when the merchant class rises, it's not like fighting at the beginning and killing people.
Although it is said that no matter how much it is alleviated, there will eventually be a time when contradictions cannot be suppressed and have to fight a battle, but no matter how you look at it, it is not that time yet.
Sui Xiong's world history is not very good, but he at least remembers that the "capitalist revolution" should be right after the "industrial revolution".
The world hasn't even started the industrial revolution yet, how could it develop to the point where the feudal system needs to be overthrown?
Marx knows, he will laugh at them.
"What are you going to do next?" He thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out how to temporarily resolve the conflict, so he first found a random topic.
"There is no way, but first let the church mediate as much as possible, or delay as much as possible." The goddess of wealth said, "as long as it can be delayed is as long as possible."
Sui Xiong nodded, as long as it can be delayed. Of course, this is not a good way, but it is the most practical way.
At least...If it can be delayed until there is a better way to solve the problem, wouldn't it be enough?
"By the way, can't we let them sit down and negotiate with each other?" he asked.
"We have talked a lot, and both sides think that they have regressed to the bottom line, and they refuse to retreat." The goddess of wealth said with a wry smile.
At this moment, Sui Xiong's heart flashed, and he came up with a way.
"How about setting up a parliament?" He said, "How about enumerating the various issues of the country one by one, and forming a parliament composed of representatives of various regions and classes, and discussing them one by one slowly?"
The goddess of wealth was taken aback, and asked in a puzzled way: "Don't you still want to turn your face after the discussion at the end?"
"It's not the same." Sui Xiong smiled, "First of all, the parliamentary rule is'the minority obey the majority'. For example, if you want to build a bridge over a certain river, some people support it, and some people oppose it, then finally everyone vote for it. If those who are in the majority, we will build, and those who oppose the majority, we will not build. Everyone must obey this result..."
"This practice has existed for a long time." The goddess of wealth sighed, "The Federation has always been doing this. The big businessmen and the big nobles have been engaged in this practice of public discussion and voting. ."
"It's not the same!" Sui Xiong smiled. What he learned in politics class in the past turned into inspiration at this moment, and it all came to his heart. "There are only big businessmen and big nobles. Of course, it is easy to talk about it when discussing. .Because they hold each other's power and have the support of the entire class. So the first step of the parliament is to break up their classes!"
"Take it apart?" The goddess of wealth frowned, her eyes brightened thoughtfully.
The wisdom of the gods should not be underestimated, just a little hint is enough to make her understand Sui Xiong's plan.
"I know what you mean. Separate big merchants, medium merchants and small merchants, separate big nobles, powerful nobles and small nobles, and then select a large number of representatives according to different regions to form a huge council "He nodded and said, "As there are too many people, it will be difficult to agree again, and even if there are any contradictions, they will often fall into internal intrigue, and will no longer form two powerful fronts and fight each other."
"Not only that." Sui Xiong said, "In this council, there are also two other kinds of people. Priests and civilians."
The goddess of wealth nodded vigorously: "Yes! The priests always stand in a neutral position, while the civilians stand in the position that is most beneficial to them. They don’t need to be too many, but at every critical moment, It is enough to determine the outcome of the vote. Then the merchants and the nobles will have to try their best to win over them in order to overwhelm their opponents in the council. But to win over the priests and civilians, they must give up the benefits-the former is based on faith. The latter is a material advantage. Since we have to give up the benefits anyway, it is better to compromise with each other."
"Yes. It is also possible to disassemble various matters of the country, breaking the major events into several small matters, and discuss them bit by bit. In this kind of discussion, the spirit of both parties is consumed. Even if a compromise cannot be reached in the end, At least it can be delayed for a long time." Sui Xiong said with a smile, "Anyway, there are always things that can be compromised. Let those things be discussed slowly, at least in one or two years. Then if they still have to fight , Then think of a solution at that time."
"Although one or two years is not very long, it is long enough for mortals." The goddess of wealth nodded and said, "Maybe things will change, or both parties will find new content that can be compromised. ..."
"Yes, if it doesn't work, you can still transfer the contradiction to the outside..." Sui Xiong said with a smile, but did not notice that there was a light flash in the eyes of the goddess of wealth.
The two sides continued the discussion and discussed many details.
For example, how many votes should the nobles and merchants have? How many votes should each class have? What method should be used when voting? How to pull down all strata of society as much as possible? How to promote and create an atmosphere of "hope to solve the problem peacefully"?
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Relying on Sui Xiong and the Goddess of Wealth, they still felt that they were not thoughtful enough, so they invited other allies, plus the foresighted sages and ministers among the believers, and they discussed carefully for several days. , And finally came up with a set of plans.
When this plan was finally drawn up, the church of the Goddess of Wealth, which was already prepared, immediately announced the plan. The Goddess of Wealth even lowered her incarnation and ordered the nobles and merchants who had quarreled so much that they wanted to draw their swords. Back to the negotiating table, set up a parliament to discuss the settlement.
Both nobles and merchants, they cherish their lives from the bottom of their hearts. Only in the face of huge interests, the two huge interest groups formed by them no longer allow individuals to cherish themselves. In other words, they are forced by the "general trend" and cannot be autonomous.
At this time, once the "big council" was put forward, it immediately let those worried merchants and nobles, especially those middle-level powerful factions in the two sides, found opportunities. They spared no effort to publicize and preach, and soon even the big The nobles and big businessmen also felt that this method was indeed more considered, and temporarily calmed down the plan to solve the problem with a knife.
Therefore, the preparations for the establishment of the Gold Coin Federal Council began vigorously.