Chapter 1539: Four. Chess (4)

Holding a handful of cold water and throwing it on the face, with a bit of a tingling touch, the sourness of the eyes and the drowsiness that had been entangled in the head for a long time, it faded a little, and he endured yawning, and hurriedly hurriedly used a towel on his face After wiping a few times, Minerva began to freshen up her makeup work.
Until the age of 16, similar things were done by full-time maid. But now it is no longer the era of the king. In the Republic, the princes and nobles are just an identity label, with no privileges and no territory. Except for showing off the once prominent family background, the practical significance is limited. Minerva, who is your queen, is neither a queen nor a regent, but the speaker of the Senate of the Republic. Although it is the head of state and has administrative power, in a republic with three powers, the head of state is only one end of the power check and balance in the iron triangle, and "decision in one word" has long been a thing of the past.
The power triangle of the Republic is the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court of the Republic. The House of Representatives has legislative powers, the power to impeach the Speaker, and the right to deny the officials nominated by the Speaker; the Senate has executive powers, the power to veto laws passed by the House of Representatives, and the power to appoint Supreme Court officials; the Supreme Court has judicial interpretation powers, which can be announced The law signed by the Speaker or the law passed by the House of Representatives is unconstitutional and invalid;
The original intention of this system is to prevent the royal family or the military from intervening in national affairs at will, and to repeat the tragedy that dragged the entire country into a state of unresolved disaster. Enough of the suffering of the "Wufu in the country" and "unity of the country", the Charlemagne remnants are determined to avoid any reunification of the military or royal family by splitting power, checking each other’s powers and isolating the military’s participation in politics. Big chance. Losing the power to intervene in the budget, the active servicemen can no longer be the head of the department to intervene in politics, and the royal family has lost the power of legislative and judicial interpretation, thus eliminating the possibility of arbitrary regulation of national policies. Only from the standpoint of "avoiding a certain party to take absolute power with the whole country to run away", the republic's system that references the empire but is very different from the empire is quite successful.
That being said, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. In order to avoid excessive concentration of power and militarization, the system of the Republic is impeccable. But when it comes to reason and efficiency... it seems difficult to find the highlights.
Decentralization of power and mutual checks and balances-To say good is to avoid the various disadvantages caused by too concentration, to say that it is not good, that is to complicate the original simple things, and spend a lot of time and energy in discussion, review, verification, Balance, distribution of benefits, judicial proceedings, voting... and other cumbersome (sometimes even completely unnecessary) things. Nominally to ensure that the process is open and transparent, fair and equitable, in fact, each party is repeatedly bluffing, blaming, and stumbling in order to ensure their own benefits and losses are minimized... and outside the dispute of departmental power, there are still The participation of various party groups for their own interests and chasing power has further increased confusion and reduced administrative efficiency.
In fact, the Empire and the old Charlemagne have similar problems. It is unfair to accuse the Republic of internal consumption. However, in the old kingdom, Prime Minister Richelieu took over the whole situation, and the empire had emperors sitting there. Under their control, the following demons and ghosts could not be turned up no matter how troublesome they were. In the republic, everyone is both a referee and a player, and one can imagine what will happen.
Normally it’s okay, but when it comes to making decisions on major issues, you will only feel powerlessness, trouble, and anxiety.
For the past five days, Minerva had to resort to sleeping pills every day to fall asleep. Every day not only to participate in various questions and hearings of the Senate and the House of Representatives, but also to face the endless criticism of the envoys of the various countries, and finally to bear the invisible pressure of the empire-the cruiser, destroyer and submarine formation of the empire The republic’s territorial waters were launched, neither war nor negotiations were conducted, and patrols were carried out. Whether it is a ship that the Republic tries to go to sea or a ship that another country tries to approach the Republic will be subject to a temporary inspection. After explaining the ship’s membership, members, and cargo contents, after the destination, where will it come from and where will it go back. To put it bluntly, it is a blockade by force.
For the republic, the empire's actions will not only bring serious economic losses and material shortages, but also mean serious humiliation. The scene in front of them will undoubtedly remind them of the blockade of Charlemagne by Alfheim three years ago, and the emperor's flaunting power at the door of the house will seriously stimulate national emotions throughout the country. The enraged citizens will further demand that the government show a tough stance towards the empire and refuse any form of weakness.
From a personal emotional point of view, Minerva can understand the people's ideas very well. To be honest, she is also dissatisfied with the imperial domineering style. Leaving aside the impulsive actions of the militia, the imperial merchant ship’s invasion of the Republic’s territorial waters with radio monitoring equipment without any notification is itself a serious violation of the Republic’s sovereignty and violation of international law. It is nothing wrong to arrest the ship and transfer the relevant personnel to the immigration management and national security agencies for investigation. In addition, the empire sent warships for confrontation and military blockade without diplomatic contact afterwards. Even if there is a cause, this behavior is still untenable. From these two points, the Republic is certainly wrong, but the empire's disposal is absolutely not justified.
However, international order is not always maintained in accordance with international law and axioms. Most of the time, maintaining international order is the comparison of the strength of countries and the rational judgment of the leadership of each country. The former is far more important than the latter. As for strength... apply the emperor's famous quote-when it comes to strength, feelings and logic can be avoided.
Three years after the armistice, through technical exchanges and logistics trade with various countries, the Republic’s finances are turning a profit. But compared with an empire that monopolizes industrial product trade and trade settlement currency hegemony, this level of improvement is not even worth a lot of money. What's more, in order to stimulate domestic demand, find new economic growth points, and at the same time avoid giving the empire interference in the internal affairs, the government of the Republic has clearly invested heavily in infrastructure and manufacturing in the new four-year plan. By imitating various products manufactured by the empire, the pirate's industrial products trading system was eroded by the cottage products with lower performance and quality, but the price was much lower, and the alliance system with the countries was established with close economic ties.
This is the first step in a grand set of strategic planning. Only with the establishment of an international cooperative economic system with separate divisions of labor can the Republic and the nations establish a truly close relationship, and only then can they barely have the capital to compete with the empire. Prior to this, the powers of the Republic and even the various countries could only act with their tails in their tails, and never gave the empire any interruption to interrupt the process. No matter how provocative the empire, or how to invade the door, you must beat your teeth and swallow blood until...
The result was just finished, so there was such a thing. One was not handled properly, and all the previous work was done in vain. It also gave the empire the opportunity to expand its arms and prepare for war, once again widening the gap between the forces.
The technical strength and industrial strength of the empire are there. After three years of integration, the industrial capacity of the empire has expanded even more during the period of Biarfheim. If an arms race is launched at this time, the war will be detonated. Together with the war, regardless of the final outcome, the first goal of the empire must be to destroy the republic, and never give the former men the opportunity to defeat any fishery and salty fish.
In summary, the only way for the Republic to continue to exist is to swallow the air and meet the requirements of the empire as much as possible without harming sovereignty.
This is humiliating, but reasonable. Any politician with a higher IQ level than pigs can see this clearly. However, the public-thinking about problems likes to follow instinct rather than reason. The vast majority of the people of the Republic are shallow, people are like people, they are enthusiastic about coaxing with others, and they like to talk nonsense in a safe place. Citizens of the Republic cannot see this clearly, or know the problem, but He is unwilling to accept and recognize reality, and does not care whether all issues will change with their free speech. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
If it is an era of information explosion in which the printing industry is developed and the Internet is popularized, anyone willing to seek knowledge can obtain as much knowledge as the ancient sages (whether understanding is another matter). However, in the newly born republic, subject to social habits, backward information transmission speed, limited printing and distribution channels, ordinary people are far from being naive and ignorant, they will be instinctively ostentatious, The impassioned speech and the bewilderment of the idols, and then became the voice of the cloud. The public has far less information than politicians, so the two people's understanding of political issues can never be in the same dimension. In fact, many republican political salons and street podiums are regarded as justified views that are justified, and they will appear extremely ridiculous in real international relations, and the public accepted these people’s views and combined their own emotional reactions. It's a slapstick performance.
The people must make progress in their studies, and history will use various lessons to tell them to stay away from extremes. But before that, the people will still be covered by ignorance. They will wrap their country's enthusiasm but the wrong direction into the country's icy high wall and hit the reality.
Minerva correctly foreseen the results, and has already formulated a solution, even the channels for contact with the empire through third parties are prepared (the empire and the republic do not recognize each other’s legal status, and there is no official diplomatic relationship between the two parties) Seeing that things are going to become big and small, and little things are gone. But a cyclical event made Mineva and all the efforts of the government of the Republic drift. Then he watched as the situation drew a little bit towards the dangerous cliff but was helpless.
That event is called "election". 8)