At 8:61 today, the 97th Sulfur Mountain City Judiciary Ministerial Meeting was held on time at the Supreme Court. The meeting was presided over by the President of the Supreme Court, Wu Mianzhe. The meeting conducted a one-by-one study on the major issues facing the current judicial system.
, the important matters agreed upon at the meeting are summarized as follows:
The meeting determined that all judicial staff should conscientiously study Adam City Lord’s document on the Four Strives for Sulfur Mountain City, earnestly perform their duties and functions as judicial organs, abide by disciplines and laws, and carry out law enforcement work in accordance with laws and regulations.
At the end of the meeting, the old pacesetter and role model of the judicial system, our most respected old judge, the Insomniac, made an important speech, asking all party and government agencies and staff to truly understand the spirit of the superiors and unite under the leadership of Anne Levine as the core
The second-generation Party Central Committee in Sulfur Mountain City will not waver or waver, and will adhere to one core and two fulcrums...
Okay, I can't make it up any more. Except for the last sentence, about letting Anne be the boss, all the above are lies...
"Don't call me dictatorial, I'm here to ask for everyone's opinions. Let me tell you a big news, don't tell the outside world for now. From now on, Anne, um, is the precious illegitimate daughter of Margaret and Adam, and the future boss of Sulfur Mountain City.
It’s best if you don’t have any opinions. If you have any opinions? Haha, of course I will humbly accept your opinions. Well, I just accept them.”
I slandered those two fools without any hesitation. I thought they would be extremely shocked when this bombshell dropped, but at this time, the Four Heavenly Kings sitting below were strangely and inexplicably silent.
They looked at each other for a long time, you looked at me, I looked at you. Finally, everyone looked at Kane, who had always been honest, and he bravely stood up.
"Sir...don't you just know this? The whole city knew about this half a month ago. We thought you were notifying us that you were preparing to seize power."
"What!!"
So, I was speechless.
Then, it took me a long time to figure out what was going on.
Originally, Margaret had already guessed that I would not take over the power, and discussed with Adam the candidate for the successor, and decided on Anne. Originally, she planned to have a lightning handover, and complete the exchange of power before everyone reacted... But
That big-mouthed Adam let it slip in public, and then, naturally, the whole city knew about such breaking news...
"Who is Anne? If the city lord plans to step down, wouldn't Grant, the Speaker of the Citizens' Assembly, the Sleepless Man of the judicial system, and Margaret of the Executive Yuan, not be more powerful candidates? What do they think? So will the other guardians.
Leave? Then, who will protect Sulfur Mountain City?"
For ordinary citizens, they never worry about who will come to power. They only worry about whether the price of vegetables will rise tomorrow and whether housing prices in the city center may come down.
Well, what they really care about is never the rotation of political parties or the rise of big figures, but whether their lives will change and whether tomorrow will still be full of hope...
And Adam, the leader of the three giants, plans to resign as the protector of Sulfur Mountain City. However, the person who takes over is a little girl who has never heard of it. So, will she be able to control the living situation? Others
Will the Dungeon Master take this opportunity to intervene? Will the other big guys in the city listen to her orders?
This seems to have nothing to do with the daily life they care about, but if the entire city is turbulent or even triggers a war, then the ordinary daily life that was almost luxurious compared to other cities in the past will probably come to an end.
These days, citizens who are sensitive to political life feel an inexplicable low pressure above their heads. The depressing feeling of an impending storm makes people breathless.
"That idiot!!!"
I gritted my teeth. If I had heard the news yesterday and saw Margaret and Adam busy with their feet in the air, maybe I would have celebrated. But now that I have accepted the task, what that fool did is done to me.
It's causing trouble.
After a little evaluation, I guessed that the outside must be in chaos now. There will be no shortage of careerists and thugs anywhere. In the past, the Big Three were able to suppress the situation. Now Adam plans to hand over the baton. So, I want to take advantage of this opportunity.
There will definitely be many people who come forward.
I lay on the chair, with countless bad ideas wandering in the back of my mind, but my fingers habitually tapped the table.
"Someone should have jumped out. Who is opposed and who is in favor."
The King's Office is also the intelligence department of the judicial system. When I asked about it, Lilith stepped forward without hesitation.
"The leaders of most official institutions have expressed their opinions, and at least on the surface they agree with Anne's appointment as city lord. However, there are two powerful figures who have not yet spoken, and everyone is guessing whether they have any ideas."
"who?"
"Grant, Speaker of the Citizens' Council..."
"He? He is really stupid. When ambition exceeds one's ability, he will destroy himself sooner or later."
However, the citizens' assembly is at least a nominal representative body of public opinion. If he insists on opposing Anne, it will be really troublesome.
And the reason why we say "nominally" is that there are some allusions to it.
After the establishment of Sulfur Mountain City, in order to mediate the increasingly acute conflicts among various ethnic groups, Margaret imitated the Elf Kingdom on the ground and established a citizens' assembly to allow representatives of various ethnic groups to discuss among them. It did achieve certain results at the beginning, but
The result is that the tail is too big to lose.
Only the patriarchs and elders of each race were eligible to enter the original parliament. They had a high reputation among their own races, and when they became representatives of their own race, they naturally expected to obtain more benefits for their race.
But the total cake is limited. When several powerful races unite, the living space and resources of the small tribes will naturally be occupied. Slowly, as small circles and small teams are established, the interests of all parties are exchanged.
After getting entangled, the parliament will have a higher and higher say.
And when a proposal to establish a "human zone" and "dwarf zone" was put forward, and watching these arrogant "big men" get excited for their own interests, the forces behind them could no longer be ignored. "Wisdom"
The great sage finally realized what it was like to shoot oneself in the foot.
So, she asked the devil for help...well, that was me.
So, based on my experience in two lifetimes, I gave her the answer sheet known as the Devil's Letter.
At that time, people were marching on the streets every day, and various groups organized speeches and caused troubles. It was as if the people's rights were above all else and public opinion was inviolable. The evil dictator could be defeated tomorrow and the citizens' assembly could be in power. But in fact, it had already been
It has turned into a kind of violence by the majority against the minority.
Seeing this situation, I knew that if I arbitrarily banned the parliament, there might be direct riots, and then all the efforts of the past decades would be in vain, so I thought of a trick.
Aren't you asking for an increase in the strength of the parliament? Okay, I agree. I'm still afraid that you don't have enough manpower, so I will allow you to expand the number of members and increase the total number of seats.
At that time, old Barr, who was the speaker at the time, was overjoyed. They even designated that day as Parliament's Victory Day, but...
...Now, it is defined as a stupid day by them...
There were only 30 members at the beginning, and only large races had the population base to elect members.
"How can this be done? The parliament is the representative of every citizen. Thirty people are not enough. Small races also need to have their own members. There should be more."
So, I made a big move and directly expanded it ten times to 300 people!
So, they were extremely happy. After all, in their minds, if there were more members, their voice among the people would naturally be louder.
But then, we ran into some trouble. Suddenly there were ten times more members, so where did the remaining members come from?
So, for a while, the big kobold businessman, the second son-in-law of the elder of the gray dwarf clan, and the second uncle of the goblin clan leader all wanted to be a powerful and powerful parliamentarian.
"Approval. We are all representatives of public opinion. Why would I block it?" I received the list of members and gave the green light.
As a result, there were more and more members, but I still felt that there were not enough.
"Well. Let's add another hundred people to the quota this quarter. You can divide it yourself. Don't always let the strong take the responsibility. If you eat the meat, others should also drink the soup. Let the big craftsmen, ordinary citizens, and teachers,
Scholars also have the opportunity to participate in political discussions."
As a result, the number of parliamentarians increased. At this time, some people had already realized that something was wrong. But at this time, everyone was frantically competing for new seats. Anyone who said he wanted to block the expansion of the parliament was everyone's enemy.
"Hmph, there are only a few of you half-dragons, so naturally you don't want other races to increase the number of members. Bah! Selfish lizards!"
"Okay, if we don't want to add more seats, then you damn black charcoal heads and sharp ears, give up your seats to us, the sons of the earth."
Okay, ignore this boring process and let's take a look at the results... Today, the total population of Sulfur Mountain City is less than three million, but there are 10,000 members...
Okay, can you imagine what it would be like when more than 10,000 people are meeting in a small auditorium? Can you imagine how long it would take for 9,000 people to sign and approve a proposal? Can you imagine that it would take a whole day for the members to just light up?
Well, due to excessive bloat and inefficiency, when it takes them a month to complete the simplest issue, today's Citizens' Council is already a pure decoration...
Of course, they are also trying to reduce the size of the parliament, but it is too difficult to take back the rights that have been given up. Everyone is a representative of public opinion. Who do you want to let out? Why should I go out? Doesn’t it mean that all members are equal? Why should it be me?
Go out, instead of you going out?
As a member of parliament, you represent direct interests, and there are at least a few businessmen sponsoring you behind the scenes. Whoever you let out will fight you tooth and nail.
"Hey, the parliament needs more grassroots representatives. I think every grassroots unit should have its own say."
And when there are a large number of neighborhood committee aunts and fish vendors among the members of the parliament, and when the status of parliamentarians becomes cabbage, the so-called seizing power and fighting for family and ethnic interests become a joke.
Nowadays, most congressmen can fight to the death just over small livelihood issues such as whether to collect tariffs on fish products brought by fish people. Those "big family leaders and big shots" are often sprayed in the face by ordinary people.
spit, and even stage a full martial arts show.
As for major resolutions involving development? Haha, starting from half a year, other government departments have often completed their work before the resolution is completed.
"What? Do you want to wait for your decision? Sorry, if we don't deal with it, all the agricultural products will rot/the city wall will collapse/the diplomatic city-state will declare war on us."
In addition, if you want to amend the parliamentary system, it must go through the legislative body, and the legislative power of the Supreme Court is in my hands... Haha, the parliament will continue to argue and quarrel. I did bring snacks and
Friends, go to the parliament to watch the wrestling match... Well, um, watch the democratic deliberation.
Well, the members who represent the public opinion are indeed great, but today's parliament can't do anything. 90% of their energy and time are completely honed in endless internal consumption. The voices of those big shots? Haha, I'm sorry, everyone
They are elected representatives of public opinion. Everyone is the same, but there is no big shot.
As a result, the powerful and ambitious were drowned in the vast sea of people
It’s not that there aren’t smart people, but the parliamentary system is a new thing in this world, but I am a veteran. When they find out that something is wrong, there is no turning back.
"Isn't it your public opinion to increase the number of seats in the parliament and expand the voice of the parliament? Why, now you plan to go against public opinion. How do you plan to explain it to the citizens who elected you to power?"
Well, they just break their teeth and swallow it.
But at this point, you didn't know that you were really stupid if you were fooled by me. Therefore, I was also called "the cunning sleepless man" and "that devil-like masked man" by them. Naturally, those MPs and Speakers
The relationship with their forces and our judicial system has always been very poor.
"Grand's opposition is expected. He is as ambitious as his stupid father Old Barr, but unfortunately, at least his father is somewhat shrewd, but he is as stupid as a pig. He really doesn't know
After Adam and Margaret made up their minds, no one in this sulfur mountain city could stop them. The fool who used a mantis as a cart really thought that a tiger had stopped eating people for three years and then became a vegetarian. Humph, who is the other idiot who doesn't speak up?
?”
Suddenly, Lilith, who had been boasting just now, became silent again. There was silence below, and everyone's eyes turned to Kane again...
This time, the honest knight looked at the sky and pretended that he did not exist. After a long time, after I had guessed that I had said something stupid, Lilith had a brave face and said it bravely.
"It's you. That's why we thought you wanted us to prepare to seize power..."
So, I am speechless here.
"Eliza, why didn't you tell me? Maybe I should reduce the funding of the intelligence organization."
In line with the principle that the Four Heavenly Kings must have a fifth, my fifth Heavenly King is Eliza, the "auditor" of the subjective intelligence department.
The answer from my head maid came through the spiritual link.
"I'm really sorry. The day the news came, you happened to be staying overnight in the urban management detention center. I couldn't sneak in to deliver information to you. After that, the information should be placed on your desk. Didn't you see it?"
Remembering that I haven't been working for a long time recently, I glanced at the mountain of documents that was weighing down the thick willow desk, and I silently cut off the connection with the venomous maid.
Even though we were far away, even though the words were filled with surprise and respect, I could still imagine the proud look on the other person's face, who was smiling and bending over.
With my eyes closed and lying on the chair, I fell into deep thought. Don't think too much about the past, the important thing is the future!
Although the parliament itself is ineffective, if those big families with complex roots oppose it, it will indeed be a big trouble. To compete with those old guys, force alone is not enough. That's why Adam came to ask me.
Wonderful thoughts flashed through the back of my mind one after another. Of course, it was not a bad idea to call it a conspiracy... Gradually, a perfect plan gradually took shape.
"Okay, let's listen to my plan..."
After I proudly explained my plan, they were stunned.
"Isn't this...sir, a little too much?"
"Sir, Sleepless Man, although it is not illegal, it is... against common sense? Against morality?"
"I am against it. This idea is too crazy. If the outside world finds out, our reputation will be tarnished."
"I find it very interesting. Come on, boss. I'll do whatever you want me to do."
Looking at the noisy Four Kings of Justice below, I smiled proudly.
"Haha, as a parting gift, let's have a good fight."
