Could a pure merchant country exist?
Sui Xiong felt that it should be possible. Although there were all kinds of wonderful powers and dangerous monsters in this world, as well as powerful gods, the lives of mortals were not much different from those on Earth. There were many countries on Earth that were dominated by merchants. There was no reason why this world couldn't have them.
Before Sui Xiong traveled to this world, the most powerful country on Earth was running for president. Of the two candidates, one had a big financial group behind him, and the other was a big merchant himself.
But he didn't say this out loud. Instead, he was thinking about how to solve the problem of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins.
Although the Goddess of Wealth made the problem sound serious, Sui Xiong felt that there should be a solution. Or rather, there should be a way to temporarily ease the conflict.
On Earth, when the merchant class rose, it did not start with a war and people were killed.
Although no matter how much he tried to ease it, there would eventually be a time when the conflict couldn't be suppressed and a war had to be fought. But no matter how he looked at it, it wasn't that time yet.
Sui Xiong's world history wasn't good, but he at least remembered that the "capitalist revolution" should be after the "industrial revolution."
The world hadn't even started the industrial revolution yet. How could it develop to the point where there was a war to overthrow the feudal system!
If Marx knew, he would definitely laugh at them.
"What do you plan to do next?" He thought for a while, but still couldn't think of a way to temporarily resolve the conflict. So, he found a random topic.
"Nothing. Let the church try to mediate, or delay as much time as possible," the Goddess of Wealth said. "Delay as long as you can."
Sui Xiong nodded. Delay as long as he could. Of course, this wasn't a good idea, but it was the most practical one.
At least … if he could delay until there was a better way to solve the problem, wouldn't that be fine?
"By the way, can't you let them sit down and negotiate with each other?" he asked.
"We've already talked many times. Both sides think that they've regressed to the bottom line and won't go any further," the Goddess of Wealth said with a bitter smile.
At this moment, Sui Xiong had a flash of inspiration. He thought of a way.
"How about a council?" He said. "Let's list the various problems of the country one by one. Let representatives from all regions and all classes form a council and discuss them one by one. How about that?"
The Goddess of Wealth was stunned. She asked in confusion, "Won't they still turn against each other in the end?"
"It's different." Sui Xiong smiled. "First of all, the rule of the Parliament is that the minority obeys the majority. For example, if you want to build a bridge over a river, some people will support it, and some will oppose it. In the end, everyone will vote. If the majority is in favor, it will be built, and if the majority is against, it will not be built. Everyone will have to abide by this result … "
"This practice has been around for a long time." The Goddess of Wealth sighed. "The Federation has always been doing this. Between the big merchants and the big aristocrats, there has always been this kind of open discussion and voting method."
"It's different!" Sui Xiong smiled. What he had learned in politics class in the past had turned into inspiration at this moment. "Only big businessmen and big nobles can easily break down a discussion. Because both of them held great power and had the support of the entire class. So the parliament's first step was to break up their social classes! "
"Separated?" The Goddess of Wealth frowned. She was deep in thought, and her eyes lit up.
The wisdom of a God could not be underestimated. Just a little hint was enough for her to understand Sui Xiong's plan.
"I know what you mean. Separate the big merchants, middle merchants, and small merchants. Separate the big aristocrats, powerful aristocrats, and small aristocrats. Then, according to the different regions, select a large number of representatives to form a huge parliament." She nodded and said, "Once there are more people, it will be difficult to reach a consensus. Even if there are any conflicts, they will often fall into internal intrigue. They will no longer form two strong battlefronts to fight each other."
"Not only that," Sui Xiong said. "In this parliament, we need two other types of people. The clergy and the commoners. "
The Goddess of Wealth nodded vigorously. "Yes! The clergy will always stand in a neutral position, and the commoners will stand in a position that is most beneficial to them. They don't need a lot of people, but at every critical moment, they will be enough to decide the outcome of the vote. Then, the merchants and the aristocrats will have to try their best to win them over in order to suppress their opponents in the parliament. But to win over the clergy and commoners, we definitely need to give up some benefits — the former is the benefit of faith, and the latter is the benefit of material things. Since we have to give up some benefits, we might as well compromise with each other. "
"Yes. And we can also separate the various matters of the country. We can separate the big things into several small things and discuss them bit by bit. In this kind of discussion, we can wear down the spirit of both sides. Even if we can't reach a compromise in the end, at least we can delay it for a long time, "Sui Xiong said with a smile." No matter what, there will always be things that can be compromised. Let's finish those things slowly first, at least one or two years later. By then, if they still want to fight, then we can think of a way. "
"Although one or two years isn't very long, for mortals, it is long enough," the Goddess of Wealth said as she nodded. "Maybe there will be some changes, or maybe both sides will find some new content that can be compromised …"
"Yes, if it really doesn't work, we can still transfer the conflict outside …" Sui Xiong said with a smile, but he didn't notice that the Goddess of Wealth's eyes flashed slightly again.
Both sides continued to discuss for a while and discussed many details.
For example, what should the votes of the big aristocrats and the big merchants be? How many votes should each class have? What method should be used to vote? How to drag as many social classes as possible into it? How to publicize and create an atmosphere of "hope to solve the problem peacefully"?
All these problems needed to be discussed one by one to design a more reasonable plan.
Just relying on Sui Xiong and the Goddess of Wealth, they felt that it wasn't thorough enough. So they invited other allies, plus those wise and farsighted kings and ministers among the believers. Everyone discussed carefully for a few days and finally came up with a set of plans.
When this set of plans was finally drawn up, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth, who had long been prepared, immediately announced this set of plans. The Goddess of Wealth even directly descended her incarnation and ordered the aristocrats and the merchants, who had been quarreling to the point of wanting to draw their swords to return to the negotiating table and form a parliament to discuss solutions.
Be it the aristocrats or the merchants, from the bottom of their hearts, they all cherished their lives very much. It was just that in the face of huge interests, the two huge interest groups that they had formed no longer allowed individuals to cherish themselves. In other words, they were forced by the "general trend" and couldn't act on their own.
At this time, as soon as the "grand parliament" was proposed, it immediately gave those worried merchants and aristocrats, especially those with mid-level strength on both sides, an opportunity. They spared no effort to publicize and advocate. Soon, even the big aristocrats and big merchants felt that this method was indeed more reasonable and temporarily put aside the idea of using knives to solve the problem.
So, the establishment of the grand parliament of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins began vigorously.
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