As July passed and storm-prone August arrived, Backlund, no, to be precise, the entire Kingdom of Loen, ushered in another grand event following the marriage of Princess Delina and Crown Prince Ma Xi in June.
The annual general election has officially arrived, and the entire voting process lasts for five days.
The results of the general election will be announced in five days. Who controls the power of this country is the Conservative Party, which has been in power for three terms, or the new party that has gained the upper hand after the reform of the electoral system. Major newspapers in Loon have sent reporters to follow up on each constituency.
The voting process was reported on the front page. In addition, the two parties also sent personnel to monitor the election process in real time.
No matter what the system is, electoral fraud can never be avoided.
Especially after the electoral reform, some ineffective constituencies were abolished, electoral seats were reduced in cities with a low number of residents, 83 electoral seats were added to emerging industrial cities, and the number of voters increased by 50% compared with before. Especially the last one,
It takes a lot of time just to verify the qualifications of each voter.
Four weeks before the start of the voting, the House of Commons is dissolved, which is also the final time for the two parties to canvass votes. During this period, members of the Conservative cabinet who are the ruling party will not be allowed to provide electoral support based on policy advantages. During the voting period
, the behavior of candidates seeking votes will also be prohibited.
However, there are loopholes in any rule that can be exploited. Newspapers with support from both parties began to publicize that the Conservative/New Party had an advantage in today's vote, in order to induce a herd mentality among voters.
Therefore, Duke Negan, the biggest supporter of the Conservative Party, and Rolls Adrian, who is his political adviser, did not rest idle just because the voting began. While they were waiting for the real election data to be sent from all over the country, they
Pay attention to the recent Backlund region election.
After the reform, the number of seats in Loen's House of Commons has not increased. It still maintains 710 seats, of which the Backlund region occupies 86 seats, not to mention the radiating influence.
But compared with half a month ago, the pressure on the Conservative Party has decreased a lot, and some optimistic members are even certain that the election result will ultimately be a victory for the Conservative Party.
It's not that they are overly optimistic, but that Backlund's situation has changed too much in the past half month.
First, the conflict-ridden Conservative Party ushered in reconciliation. The Leavitt family took the lead in bowing its head, followed closely by the Wolfe family, who no longer fought on their own. Secondly, Baron Hindelas, who originally supported the Conservative Party, first appeared in
At the party at Macht's house, a member of the New Party, he was considered to have switched his support to the New Party, but in the end he chose the Conservative Party.
In the end, except for a few newspapers that firmly supported the new party, Rune chose to support the conservative party and promoted the conservative members who ran for election.
With this series of changes, the Conservative Party's electoral advantage became more obvious, which can be judged from the real election data received by Rawls and Philip.
Although the newly added seats in those new industrial cities are almost monopolized by the New Party, the original seats belonging to the New Party's traditional constituencies have experienced great fluctuations.
"Thanks to Viscount Derian's proposal, otherwise no one would have thought that the traditional constituencies of the New Party would be so dissatisfied." Earl Wolfe held up a glass of champagne and walked towards Philip who was standing next to him.
Rolls greets.
Agushed, who was tall and thin with thin hair, took a sip of scarlet wine:
"It's no wonder that when the new party continues to promise benefits in order to win those newly added seats, the voters in those traditional constituencies will inevitably be dissatisfied. Coupled with our propaganda, in order not to be ignored next time, they will naturally be willing to
Vote for us.”
He is the leader of the Conservative Party and knows that this is an unsolvable problem, which is why Conservative MPs sometimes oppose party proposals and support the new party during parliamentary votes.
It is very difficult to maintain the internal balance of a huge interest group, especially when the interest group can no longer expand further, and those who see no hope will naturally turn their targets to internal vested interests, and civil strife will occur.
"Earl Hall's response has been very fast, but it is too difficult to change the attitude of those voters within half a month, not to mention the emerging industrial cities that they cannot give up."
Earl Levitt looked at Philip and Rawls standing together, a trace of helplessness flashed in his blue eyes. He originally wanted to continue to maintain the split within the Conservative Party, even if he lost the election for this, he was willing to do so, thinking that this would be good for the future.
The Levitt family benefits.
But he had to consider the attitude of his brother Amyrius. In the end, he could only compromise with the Negan family in exchange for more support within the navy, because the war might be coming. If he wanted to go further in the war, the Negan family
support is indispensable.
Rawls held the wine glass, smiled and listened to the praise of the three conservative giants, and said humbly:
"This method can only be used once. The new party will definitely grasp the balance between the two next time. Those voters are still willing to support the new party in their hearts. This time they are just venting their dissatisfaction."
In fact, the inner dissatisfaction of these voters is not that much, it is all the result of Rawls's use of off-the-table tactics.
After Ma Xi used his extraordinary ability to interfere with politics and gained benefits, Rawls naturally would not give up such an effective method, but he had to change the object of use.
If the "audience" has an advantage in driving the people, then the "arbitrator" is not much different, at least on the same level as the "hunter". With the support of the "arbitrator" of the Tamara family, there is no
Rawls has shown some restraint in triggering large-scale demonstrations in traditional constituencies of the New Party.
"So, in the past five years, it will be up to you, Agushid." Count Wolfe chuckled.
"I'm afraid I can't do it anymore..." Agushid shook his head and his eyes stayed on his nephew Philip for a few seconds. "I'm too old. In the past ten years, my hair has become less and less, and my energy is less than
It’s not what it used to be.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, he is not too old. Among the five people present, he is only more than the two young people Rawls and Philip. This is just his
It was just an excuse. He knew very well that the conflict between him and Philip was only temporarily put aside. If he continued to insist on running for the position of prime minister, Philip would definitely not support him.
This is better, I can also go to the House of Lords to enjoy my leisure time... Agushid comforted himself.
Philip, who had always been silent, still did not speak. After Earl Wolfe and Earl Levitt looked at each other, they both saw the relief in each other's eyes. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the two people and the families behind them.
After the private gathering of five people ended, Rawls, who followed Philip back to the study, closed the door and said with a hint of helplessness:
"Actually, you don't need to be so obvious."
"This will make my uncle completely give up!" Philip said decisively, "Once he still has ideas about that position, he will definitely fight for votes in my name."
"Well, since you think Lord Agushid is not good, who should we choose? Earl Wolfe and Earl Levit will not continue to stand with us this time."
"Do you have any idea?"
"There is no specific candidate, but I hope we should choose someone tougher." Rawls pulled up a chair and sat across from Philip.
"What's the reason?" Philip touched the hairline that was rising day by day.
"Do you still remember what your intention was when you asked me to test Earl Levitt's change of attitude?" Seeing Philip nodding, Rawls' voice became deeper, "I want to get more support for Amyrius, but the deeper
The reason is that the admiral realized that war might be coming."
The youngest daughter of Philip and Admiral Robert Davis is about to get married, allowing him to stabilize the Negan family's position within the Navy.
As for the topic of an imminent war, it did not appear suddenly in the top circles of Loen's political circles. It has been there since the failure of the East Balam naval battle last year. It was only shelved because the current focus is on reform.
Although this topic has been shelved, from the perspective of Loen, they are the party that started the war, not the Fusac Empire. In other words, Loen is not actually prepared for war. Whether it is food or
There are not many reserves of warships, weapons and ammunition.
"Do you think that war will break out in the next five years? So you want to choose a tough prime minister?"
"This is just one reason. We need this prime minister to consolidate the party during his term. After all, our chances of winning the next election are not great."
Naturally, Rawls cannot say that it was the Fusac people who provoked the war. Without a strong prime minister, problems would easily arise.
"I see."
…
Rawls' consciousness separated from Edward Laito and turned to think about the other two things that he had put on hold for the past half month.
The first thing was that "Demon Hunter Admiral" Andrejevich was taken away by a man in a white suit. He once asked Klein to divine the whereabouts of the other party, and the result was that the other party was in Backlund, which also meant
The man in the white suit who is related to Abyss and Fabuti may also be in Backlund.
At first, Rawls didn't pay too much attention to this matter. Andreevich didn't know his identity, and Backlund was the famous "City of Angels", so it didn't matter if there was one more.
But at the Tarot meeting two weeks ago, Mr. "World" announced something. With the help of Mr. "Fool", he cooperated with Mr. "Star" to eliminate Amon's clone in Backlund.
At the same time, he told Rawls a piece of news. Amon's clone had an encounter with the missing "Demon Hunter Admiral" Andrejevich. The latter has been promoted to a Sequence 4 "Demon Hunter" and is suspected of being attacked.
The pollution of the abyss and the power of the "devil" merged with each other. In fear of each other, no more violent conflict broke out, and each of them retreated.
But this was refuted by Derrick "The Sun", who said that "Demon Hunters" cannot be integrated with the power of "Devils", and gave an example. Spiritual materials related to the "Demon" path, including blood and bones, can be "
"Demon Hunter" makes potions and essential oils, but these potions and essential oils cannot be used and will only be purified by the power of "Demon Hunter".
Only then did Rawls realize why Andreevich was taken away. He was a descendant of the giant tribe that guarded the abyss. He had traces of the trial left by the "Night Emperor" Trunsoest in his body, and the trial fabu
The power of lifting comes from the same source.
Only in this way will the "demon hunter" merge with the power of the "demon" instead of directly purifying it.
If the man in the white suit is really related to Fabuti and is a back-up man of this ancient god, then she must be trying to save herself from being judged by the "Night Emperor" and contaminated by the "Mother Tree of Desire". Although the chance of escape is very low
Small, but even a little more initiative is not a good thing for Rawls.
He chose "Judge" as the path to becoming a god. The ritual required him to judge a being with the status of a true god. The most suitable target was naturally Fabuti, who had already been judged once. If this demon king
With a certain degree of initiative, the dangers Rawls needs to face suddenly increase too much.
He is not the "Emperor of the Night". In order to help her complete the ritual, the Six Gods personally stepped down and became part of her establishment of order to achieve the ritual requirements of separate trials.
Rawls thought it would be good if he could get the support of two gods. After all, it is not a situation where six gods jointly support one country. Even if there are gods willing to support him, they cannot turn this support into the order under his control, which violates the law.
Ceremony requirements.
Therefore, finding Andreevich as soon as possible became what he had to do, so he found a way to entrust this task to Mr. "Star". Under the law of extraordinary characteristic aggregation, he wanted to find a way to find Andreevich in Backlund.
For an Extraordinary of the "Warrior" path, there is no one more suitable than the "Sleepless One".
As for the second thing, news also came from the Tarot Society, from Miss "Justice" Audrey, who revealed that Hvin Rambis wanted to understand some people's attitudes by hypnotizing her.
Originally, Rawls didn't think this matter had anything to do with him, but when he received two legal requests from the "Loon Student Fund" within a week, he realized that he had also become the target of Hvin Rambis.
.
In fact, with the beginning of the general election, Viscount Derian's reputation has become bigger and bigger. Otherwise, how could Hvin Rambis and His Highness Prince Govington pay attention to a young nobleman who had just received a title?
Compared with Andreevich's problem, Hvin Rambis's problem is easier to solve.
Rawls is a nobleman and a key believer of the Church of the Night. Hvin Rambis cannot take the risk of hypnotizing him, so he can only take a roundabout route like Audrey.
But after Rawls already knew that the opponent's target was him, he turned to the dark side, and Hvin Rambis was placed on the bright side, becoming a more suitable hunting target.
More importantly, he also wanted to try the two demigod-level sealed items he had just obtained.