Chapter 298 General Election
On January 1, 2000, the Nord Kingdom election.
The real-name ballot allows every district councillor to count and publish the ballots in his hands. The official website of Nord Kingdom can query through his ID card based on his vote.
If the published vote is different from the one they chose at the beginning, they can leave a message website or call a special supervision number. The supervisors are composed of various parties and royal families, and fraud is almost impossible here.
Of course, fraud is impossible here but does not mean it is impossible elsewhere. Charlie influences the employees of the Royal-owned company through his own abilities and encourages them to vote for those Charlie wants to support. Therefore, during the election, a dark horse appeared out of thin air, shocking the entire Nord Kingdom.
Only at this time did people understand what influence the Ragna family had in the Nord Kingdom. There is no need to say much about military affairs. It is simply the Ragna family's one-man rule. Even nuclear weapons are controlled by the king. The Prime Minister does not even know where the nuclear weapons are located.
There is no need to say much about the House of Lords. Although James served as the Speaker of this important department, all members are almost royal members or steadfast members of the royal party, which is no different from military dictatorship.
House of Commons... Originally, the Cabinet believed that House of Commons belonged to citizens and their own, but now it seems that when they belonged to them, it was only when the Ragna family did not want to affect the general election. Once they intervened, the House of Commons was the most loyal subject of the Ragna royal family.
Eric, the less well-known royalist party leader before the election, shocked the Nord Kingdom, Europe and the whole world through the election, because before he was about to become the prime minister, he was just a district mayor of Nord City, a small district mayor, but now...
Mayor Nord also expressed his shock. As Eric, who is about to serve as prime minister, it is difficult for him to imagine that his subordinates will become the prime minister of the kingdom and his biggest boss in one day.
But if you don’t believe in many things, you have to believe, and if you don’t want to obey, you have to obey. Eric became the fourth prime minister in the era of Joseph in the Kingdom of Nord, and was also the most unexpected prime minister.
When the new prime minister took office, the cabinet began to make major changes. First of all, there was something about the award of the former Prime Minister Smith. He hesitated whether to accept the title of Lord of the Royal Family. At the same time, he ran to become the deputy speaker of the House of Lords of the Nord Kingdom, and Prime Minister James's deputy, just like the time of Prime Minister James.
There are also changes. The Home Secretary successfully ran for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons. At the proposal of the new Prime Minister Eric, Minister of Education Lee Chi-shen served as Minister of the Interior, Deputy Foreign Minister of Nord, and Ambassador of China Claire was nominated as Prime Minister's Chief of Staff. Others have not changed for the time being.
Just when everyone thought the Kingdom of Nord was calm, a few days later a series of new changes appeared in the official announcement of the Kingdom of Nord. William Otto, deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense and commander of the Royal Guards, served as minister of the Ministry of Defense, and former Minister of Defense Bach Heisenberg, served as minister of the Ministry of Justice. As for former Minister of Justice, Bonova, who ran for member of the House of Commons, this series of changes completely drove radical members out of the cabinet.
The only ones in the cabinet that have not changed are Foreign Minister Schumann, Propaganda Minister Mark Thomson, and Commerce Minister Robert. This can be regarded as a compromise between the Royalists and the radical party!
It seems that the radical party still has a great influence in the cabinet. After all, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Propaganda, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are all departments with considerable influence. However, a careful observation reveals that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs to handle diplomatic events according to the wishes of the royal family and the prime minister. The true core of the Ministry of Propaganda and the Ministry of Commerce both have royal shares. The result is self-evident.
The cooperation between Charlie and the new Prime Minister Eric has concentrated the rights of the Nord Kingdom in Charlie's hands, and the Charlie era has officially arrived, even if he has not yet inherited the king's throne.
"Dad, aren't you worried that Charlie will take your throne?"
In the Swiss mountain villa, Joseph, who was playing chess, couldn't help but smile when he heard Flander's words: "Even if I give Charlie the throne to Nord, I can get it back at any time as long as I want. Moreover, Charlie is too immature and has no influence of his own. Even if he wants to take the throne, it is impossible."
"Then... do you mean to let Charlie inherit the king now?"
Joseph, who was playing chess, then looked at Charlie, and then asked for a while, "Why do you say that?"
"You should be clear about several allusions from the East. It's okay that Charlie has no right. If he keeps making him nameless like this, then I'm worried..."
"You think this is unfair to Charlie?"
“Yes, it’s very unfair.”
"Then give him the king's position."
"Give it to Charlie?"
"Yes, if he's doing well in these five years!"
Joseph doesn't care much about the position of a king. After all, Charles is no different from the king now. The only thing he lacks is a title. Although Joseph possesses a title, he has never managed domestic affairs. There is no difference between giving and not giving.
Since returning from China, Joseph has been thinking about what the Taoist priest had said to Joseph. Maybe he should stand on the identity of a bystander and look at the world, feel its changes and guess the possible crisis.
"Are you still thinking about that?"
Flander was clear about the Taoist priest, so when he saw Joseph in a daze, he understood what his father was thinking, so he was very dissatisfied with his chess game.
"Flander, are you interested in being the Speaker of the House of Lords?"
"Me? I don't want to leave it to Louis in the future! His position just fits him."
Recently, Flander has become obsessed with computer programming. His perverted intelligence makes him feel like a fish in this industry. Although he has not reached the top yet, he is already well-known in the circle. However, no one knows that this terrifying hacker is just a little guy in his teens and has an extraordinary identity.
“How is your logistics company going recently?”
When Joseph mentioned his company, Fland couldn't help but shrugging: "It's pretty good, but this is a naughty industry and the technical content is not too high, and the competitiveness is too strong, and the future development is very limited."
Joseph nodded and agreed with Flander's idea, but it was still okay to make some wealth by relying on it. Thinking of Flander's recent actions, Joseph couldn't help but say: "I heard you are investing in an online game? And the funds involved are very huge and the years are also long."
Fland was not surprised that Joseph knew about this. Joseph was King Nodd. If he didn't even know these things, then he could only say that there were a group of shit-eating guys in the mig.
"The virtual online game system, technicians say that this technology can be achieved, but conservatively estimates that it will take 2020 to realize such technology. The time span is too long and the investment is too large. This is why many people think but do not do this in the end."
"The 200 million euros you invested are just an initial one, and there are still twenty years left to support you?"
"I have to support myself even if I can't hold on. My mother has agreed to support me 30 million euros every year on this project, and so is Aunt Xiaohan, but she is much more generous than my mother. She directly promised me 50 million pounds a year after my plan. I haven't gone to Aunt Kate's place, but I think the possibility of her supporting me is very low."
As Flander speculated, Kate was indeed unlikely to support Flander in doing such a thing. He had nothing to do with money and just simply didn't want Flander to fall.
"Kate is quite old-fashioned. It's useless for you to ask for help from her in such a thing. I am your father! I support you 20 million euros a year. I understand why you don't look for me, but I don't do it as you are worried, right?"
Fland nodded awkwardly. What was he worried about? He was naturally worried that Joseph would invest too much to occupy most of the shares. Although Joseph didn't care about such things, Fland couldn't do it.
"Actually, your life is good now. Listen to concerts and attend some noble banquets and auctions. Although the king's position is very good, it is too tiring."
"It's indeed my son, and it's exactly the same as mine."
The members of the Nord kingdom clan did not like to fight for power and profit. Charlie is just preparing in advance now because he understands that this is his duty. If possible, he would rather give the throne to his younger brother and be free and easy in the world.
There are many entertainment projects in the New Century and many game projects. The world is beautiful. Why do you want to trap yourself in a palace? This is the main reason why there are few seizures of power in the throne now.
As princes of the Nord Kingdom, they have countless wealth and anything they want. What else do they pursue in such a situation? Naturally, freedom and playing around the world, and unifying the world was the idea before the 19th century.
Why are politicians still fighting for power? Because they can't stop once they start. For example, in the current Nord Kingdom, Joseph can be lazy and let his son do those irritable things, but Charlie cannot refuse, because once he refuses the Ragner family will die without a burial place. If he wants to make other royal members feel comfortable, he can only choose to suffer himself.
"There is a new breakthrough in the LCD screen of Apple computers. I think you can replace your computer with it, at least it looks more beautiful."
Flander was very excited when he heard this. He was not even interested in playing chess. Looking at his back as he hurriedly ran to make a phone call, Joseph coughed lightly and quietly changed the two chess positions, and then waited seriously for Flander to come back. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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