Chapter 1040: New Deal for the Far East (III.)
Whether it is the typical right-wing "Party of Order" or the left-wing "Party of Justice" in opposition, Roland is no stranger. He has seen a lot of so-called partisan politics on the earth, and the structure is many times more complicated than this. However, he also knew that if the party of order and fairness, or the more complex partisan model of the earth, were to be copied to the present Far East, the result would be unsuitable and undesirable.
"The political system of any country must be based on the premise that it suits its national conditions, otherwise it will not only fail to achieve the purpose of promoting the prosperity and strength of the country, but will become a drag on the rise of the country," the political system is the basic structure of a country's superstructure, and there is no room for compromise on this issue, Roland made his attitude straightforward to his father: "Please let Aunt Genia tell the restless fellows of the Club of the Awakened - as far as the current state of the Far East is concerned, we cannot accept party politics yet, whether it is the right-wing order party or the left-wing fairness party, I don't even want to see them appear in the political arena of the Far East, and whoever insists on taking this path has to ask him to get out of here as soon as possible! β
Rudolph raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then smiled dumbly: "Why are you younger than me?" I have recently read several political articles published in newspapers, and it seems that intellectuals generally believe that partisan politics is the inevitable direction for the development of political life in the future......"
Roland tugged at the corners of his mouth disdainfully, and his face looked a little gloomy: "Those advocates in the newspaper only claim that party politics has such and such benefits, but they will not tell you that party politics will never be able to overcome the chronic disease of 'party strife'...... Partisanship will bring deadly internal strife, and I will never tolerate this happening in the Far East. β
Rudolph laughed: "If you spread these words, you will be scolded by the literati as a 'little autocracy'." β
Roland looked at his father, his eyes full of innocence: "Of course these words will not be what I said, opposing the 'party struggle' can only be your attitude." β
Rudolph raised his forehead and sighed: "Okay, I knew I had to carry the black pot for you again!" β
Once the framework of the polity was determined, the father and son discussed in greater depth. In this era when the magical industrial revolution was in full swing, the major powers of the world in Vares, whether they were absolute monarchies represented by the Yashan Empire or constitutional monarchies represented by Fizhen, differed only in whether the monarch's power was limited by the constitution, and the highest administrative body of the country was similar - they all adopted the cabinet system.
The head of the Cabinet is called the Prime Minister or Prime Minister, who assists the Prime Minister in the domestic affairs of the monarch and has ministers under the Prime Minister. As for the selection and appointment of prime ministers and cabinet ministers, different countries have different systems. The monarchy of the Assanian Empire is supreme, and the prime minister and cabinet ministers are theoretically appointed by the emperor himself, and then they have to be assessed by the Holy See, and the candidates are confirmed to be pious and reliable Pero believers, but in actual implementation, it may not be all handled by the emperor, especially in modern times, most of the great nobles and high-ranking priests recommend multiple candidates, and the emperor makes the final choice from the list to appoint the prime minister, For example, Count Muller, the current prime minister of the empire, was recommended by the bureaucrats of the Holy See and the diplomatic system to enter the eyes of Emperor Charles, and successfully entered the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister.
But in Fizhen, the situation is very different, the king of Fizhen (who is also the marquis of the empire) does not have the power to appoint the prime minister, the leader of the ruling party automatically enters the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, and the list of candidates for cabinet ministers is also recommended by the ruling party, and the appointment of the king is only a stamp and a formality. Of course, according to the constitution, King Fijin had the power to refuse to appoint through the cabinet, but no king in modern times has exercised this power, so that the royal family's presence in political activities has become less and less, and the symbolic role is greater than the actual power.
Roland believes that the Far East is not suitable for partisan politics at present, otherwise it will be the "Party of Order" that will be in power in the new vests of the "Awakening faction", and it can be seen from the name of its party that it is a conservative party representing big businessmen, factory owners, bankers, and intellectual elites, and its conservative nature is the embodiment of its conservatism.
Roland was not opposed to order, in fact he was in agreement with the Party of Order on this issue, that a stable and united social order was the basic guarantee for the rise of the country, but that the Party of Order clearly represented the interests of the big bourgeoisie, and that these people could do anything ruthless to maintain the so-called order, and their attitude towards the lower classes, especially the peasants and workers, was even more brutal than that of the landlords and feudal aristocracy.
"If the cabinet is full of orderists, they will inevitably regard the development of business and finance as their goal, in order to develop industry and commerce, we must ensure a cheap and sufficient supply of food and raw materials, we must obtain sufficient labor to work in the factories, our country does not have the ability to expand to the outside world, what do you think the orderists will do?" Roland asked his father.
Rudolph stroked Aomori's stubble and muttered: "Grain and raw materials mainly refer to agricultural products, and the cabinet of the Party of Order is afraid that it will use cruel means to squeeze the peasants and forcibly expropriate grain at extremely low prices...... Of course, it's brutal. β
"The primitive accumulation of capital, as you say, inevitably has a bloody and cruel overtone, and the oppression of the peasants bankrupts and the exploitation of the workers to work fifteen or sixteen hours a day, and if this does not satisfy the thirst for profit of the orderists, then of course they will drive women and children into the factories and mines to work day and night." Roland calmly deduces the prospect of the Party of Order in power, "These people preach order because order gives them a veneer of legitimacy for their exploitation of the people at the bottom, but they don't care if it's fair or not." β
Rudolph tapped his pipe, his expression a little contradictory: "It sounds very unfair, but it will bring real wealth, the interests of the rich and the interests of the poor are like the two ends of a rocker, it is always difficult to have both, too much attention to social justice and the interests of the people at the bottom may make our country bear a heavy financial burden, on the contrary, the cabinet of the Orderists can at least bring our country industrial and commercial prosperity and sufficient fiscal revenueββ"
"and to intensify social contradictions, to create class hatred, to force the peasants to rise up in revolt, and the workers to rise up in strikes and even revolutions, so that our country will lose the order that the party flaunts, and we will continue to fall and bruise on the road to prosperity and strength." Roland then asked his father, "In such a situation of civil strife, may I ask us, can our regime withstand the pressure from the Assanian Empire without collapsing?" If we are forced to abandon Krasbourg and retreat to the countryside under the pressure of the Imperial Crusade, will the peasant brothers continue to support us? β