Chapter 51 Parliament
The glorious empire, the sun never sets in the city!
Black Jinhua Palace.
A hundred years ago, an emperor built this palace. It looked like a burning black sun, standing in the center of the city without setting sun, looking strange and mysterious.
This palace is also the political center of the Glorious Empire.
Over the years, major political events have been discussed, discussed and finally voted here.
Dangdang!
On this day, the bell rang
Continuous sound of eight times.
There is sadness in the voice, and it seems that there is a supreme existence, heading towards death.
Listening to the bell, everyone was silent.
Members of the House of Commons, members of the House of Commons, top nobles, royal members, etc., all heading towards the Black Jinhua Palace.
Something big happened.
Everyone brought heavy and depressed to the Black Golden Flower Palace.
The interior of this hall is pyramid-shaped, with a golden throne at the forefront, where His Majesty the Emperor sat upright, high above, and at the highest position.
Then, the stairs appear, and the members of the House of Lords sit here.
Finally, at the bottom, mainly members of the House of Commons.
Everyone entered the parliamentary hall one after another and took their seats one after another.
Finally, His Majesty the Emperor appeared, wearing a golden dress, a sword at the waist, and a top hat with a high and sharp height, sitting on the golden throne.
"stand up!"
Under the order of the Speaker, the members of the parliament stood up one after another.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Everyone spoke and bowed.
"The ceremony is over!"
"Please sit down!"
Everyone sat down again.
His Majesty the Emperor was silent and looked at the Prime Minister of the cabinet.
The Prime Minister of the Cabinet said: "Not long ago, the naval fleet was attacked by the Star Falling King, and about 38 ships were sunk or destroyed; about 15,32 naval soldiers were killed or captured. This is the pirates' provocation to the empire!"
"During the battle, the fleet commander and Lieutenant General Andrew Bryn were brutally killed by pirates."
"The dignity of the empire is not allowed to provoke."
"The existence of the King of Falling Stars seriously threatens the interests of the Empire, forms island arc chains in the waters of Falling Stars, seriously threatens the Empire's maritime trade, and threatens connections with Lone Stars, South Lihe, and even the Ancient Continent. In order to safeguard the interests of the Empire, we cannot show any mercy to pirates."
"When a naval fleet is dispatched to occupy the sea of falling stars, dispatch cruisers, parade at sea, and annihilate pirates."
The Prime Minister of the Cabinet said, "I am so murderous."
Then, the Navy Minister stepped forward and said: "Because of rampant pirates, the number and quality of existing naval warships are no longer enough to eliminate pirates. It is necessary to expand the scale of the navy and increase the financial expenditure of the navy..."
The Navy Minister said a lot to the text.
But the essence is only one extra money.
When the Navy Minister sat down, the Army Minister said, "On the Eastern Front, we are facing the threat of the Iron Empire. The Iron Empire is a barbaric country. In order to safeguard the interests of civilized countries, the Army must increase its expenditures and increase its construction of the continental army."
"The army's weapons are a bit backward. We must strengthen the transformation of light and heavy weapons and upgrade them!"
The Knights and Minister said again: "The Glorious Empire has a population of 300 million, of which 50 million are in Xiyanzhou, 20 million are in Lone Star Constellation, 80 million are in southern Lizhou, 40 million are in ancient continents, 100 million are in eastern Shenzhou, and 10 million are in northern Hanzhou!"
"Xiyanzhou is the core of the rule of the Glorious Empire, but its territory is small, and it only occupies less than one-tenth of the empire; its population is too small, and it only accounts for 16% of the empire. This is extremely unfavorable for the empire."
"In addition, the distance between the south and the continent is easy to control. However, the Lone Star Constellation, the Ancient Constellation, is lonely overseas, and the East Shenzhou is too far away, and there are signs of out of control at any time. Once these overseas territories are lost, the Glorious Empire will inevitably decline. It requires strong naval construction, but the number of naval forces is obviously insufficient now."
"Data statistics show that the population of the Glorious Empire is 300 million, but the number of knights is only over 300,000, which also means that only one knight can be born among a thousand people. This number is too low!"
"The Iron Empire has a population of 70 million, but the number of knights reaches 150,000; in the Kingdom of Olympus, there are 30 million, but there are 400,000 knights; in the Aurora Empire, there are only a little over 100,000 knights."
"In terms of the proportion of knights, the Glory Empire is too low and has entered the Knight cordon... Once the number of knights drops to a certain level, the Glory Empire will be in danger, and we must increase the training and subsidies for knights. In terms of knight welfare benefits, the Glory Empire is the worst and should be improved!"
The Knights and Minister entered the squirting.
Many members of the parliament nodded and agreed.
According to a certain theory, when the proportion of the number of knights to the country's population is less than one thousandth, the country will fall into a crisis due to the insufficient number of knights.
Due to various reasons, the proportion of knights has decreased and the cordon has entered, which is very dangerous.
After the Knights finished the story, the Industrial Secretary said: "Since the Industrial Revolution, technology has been developing, and the power of some firearms has been increased, so that ordinary people can control firearms and kill knights. I think firearms can already replace low-level knights."
"It costs an average of fifty gold coins to train a knight. High-level knights cost money, food, training medicinal materials, etc., and there are more."
"You can make a flintlock gun, only twenty copper coins; you can make a Gatling machine gun, only ten silver coins; you can make a Vulcan cannon, only five gold coins. On the battlefield, ten ordinary soldiers can kill a knight with a flintlock gun; five soldiers can use a Gatling machine gun, only ten knights can kill a big knight; if seven soldiers use a Vulcan cannon, they can kill the Black Iron Knight!"
"In terms of cost-effectiveness, product costs, the cost of manufacturing firearms and army is far lower than the cost of the Knights."
"Three hundred thousand knights are enough to be used on the battlefield, and there is no need to spend too much money to cultivate knights. The focus should be on in-depth development of industrialization and upgraded various light and heavy weapons such as guns and artillery. Recently, the research and manufacturing of airships, gliders, aircrafts, etc. can already replace Sky Knights."
"The number of Sky Knights is rare, and it is only over a thousand. But these flying weapons can be manufactured in batches and on a large scale!"
"At that time, during the First World War, the Kingdom of Olympus had a large army of knights. However, after encountering the firearm army of the Glorious Empire, it suffered a crushing defeat for the first time, and the elite suffered huge losses. Because of this battle, our Glorious Empire also established world hegemony and occupied half of the world's territory."
"The future path should focus on the development of firearms!"
"Here, it is not that knights are useless, but that 300,000 knights are enough to adapt to wars that are mainly firearms. As for the number of knights, it is enough to maintain 300,000, and there is no need to expand the scale."
Not long after, the Minister of Commerce, Culture, Education, etc. spoke one after another.
The Navy Minister advocated expanding the scale of military expenditure, the Army advocated increasing the military expenditure, the Knight Minister advocated increasing the number of knights, the Minister of Industry Development as the center, and the nine ministers quarreled and quarreled for their respective interests.
His Majesty the Emperor sat on the Golden Throne, silent, as if watching a group of clowns acting.
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Chapter completed!