My British Empire

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Following the ancient tradition in England, local gentlemen held official positions and obliged to serve the king.

Moreover, in the local counties, the county council only has the right to supervise, and the number of members is determined by the central government. In this way, the local county council can be controlled to the greatest extent.

At present, the power of the local government is a bit too large, or it is much greater than before. In this way, the officials in the county cannot control their desires, and even unite with the local families to conspire.

And if a county council is established, those nobles and gentlemen who originally disdain to be officials will artificially oppose those officials.

One supervision, one administration, in this way, the local area will not be a pool of stagnant water, which is conducive to the control of the central government.

Moreover, in order to centralize power, the Privy Council also issued a decree requiring all officials to serve no more than four years, and after four years, the central government will decide on the appointment.

In the four years, the first year was used as an adaptation and understanding, the second and third years were used as the governance of local officials, and the fourth year was the end.

In this era of short human life expectancy, this is almost one-tenth of the life of ordinary people.

The head of the Hundred Households District is appointed by the county, and then submitted to the central government's files. The head of the Thousand Households District and the ministers of the county follow the example of the central government, and they are drafted by the Privy Council. After the king approves, they can take office.

As for the candidates for the sheriffs of England's thirty-nine counties, the Privy Council will select from among the many district chiefs. There will be three people in each county, and then they will be approved by the king.

After that, the local county chief can be promoted to the central government, and then he can become the deputy director of each department of the Privy Council, and then promoted to the director, deputy minister, minister, minister of the Privy Council, vice president of the Privy Council, and speaker of the Privy Council.

As mentioned earlier, the central government is dominated by the Privy Council, which is divided into nine departments, foreign affairs, finance, agriculture and commerce, engineering construction, religion, supervision, social security, education, and the organization department that manages the promotion of officials.

According to the ancient tradition of England, England is divided into eight parts: North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Central England, East Central England, East England, South West England, and South East England.

Each department has a minister and two deputy ministers, and there are eight departments under it, and each department corresponds to each section above it, that is to say, each department is responsible for a set of things in those counties.

Each department has a director and two deputy directors, as well as several personnel.

If you have taken the England Official Admissions Test, your promotion route is as follows:

Chief of Hundred Districts - District Chief - County Minister - Deputy Director - Director - Deputy Minister - Minister - Privy Councilor - Vice President or Speaker.

If you stay in each position for four years, congratulations, after thirty-two years, you may become the top official of the Privy Council—the Speaker of the Privy Council.

Of course, this is just a smooth sailing situation. Some accidents and ups and downs are inevitable in this world. This is the norm in officialdom.

However, if there really is such a person, after such a lot of experience, then he must be an elite among the elite, with extremely high EQ and IQ, and it must be easy to manage the whole of Britain.

For this era, although the king is still the main factor that determines whether a country is strong or not, it is important to have a group of ministers with outstanding abilities and broad knowledge, which is an important support for a country's strength.

We know that in this era, nobles are the elites of society and important helpers in governing the country.

However, the hereditary system of the nobility makes it extremely easy for this class to be corrupted, and the chance of an elite being born is too small.

For example, in France later, in the 18th century, why did the Bourbon dynasty fall? Among them, the nobles as the ruling class were corrupt and greedy and stingy. They contributed to the end of the Bourbon dynasty.

In England, in addition to counties, there are also a large number of municipalities.

Of course, the existence of municipalities is the result of the Magna Carta. Article 13 of the Magna Carta stipulates that all free cities such as London should enjoy the right to freedom, and the king must not interfere or occupy them.

And, importantly, the Free City can elect members of the House of Commons.

In order to further disperse the power of the House of Commons and strengthen the royal power, Henry VIII and later Elizabeth I granted some emerging cities as free cities.

As a result, the House of Commons slowly expanded, and the crown's control over the Parliament was greatly enhanced.

It was the turn of the Stuarts to enjoy the consequences, and the House of Commons began to challenge the crown.

After seeing the three barons and finishing the scene, Edward was relieved.

At present, the English aristocracy is still somewhat weak. Unlike the times of Henry VII and Henry VIII, the power of the nobility seems too weak.

When a large number of civilians enter the government, they will inevitably seize a lot of power. At this time, the existence of the nobles will form a balance with the power of the civilians.

And the king is between the two forces, both ways.

In the later Glorious Revolution, the nobles advocated keeping the royal family, while the bourgeoisie wanted a republic. Only in this way did the Bill of Rights come into being and the royal family survived.

In fact, even before World War I, the British royal family still had great power, unlike the stamping of the 21st century.

During the First World War, a large number of noble children joined the army, but the huge casualties caused many nobles to become extinct. For the royal family, this was no less than the War of the Roses in the fifteenth century.

But at this time, the attitude of the royal family is completely different.

Excessive consumption of the power of the nobles means that the power of the common people officially dominates the power of the United Kingdom, and the royal family has truly become a rubber stamp.

Generally speaking, until now, the power of the nobles needs to increase to become the help of the royal family to rule the country.

On the local level, the county government and the county council check and balance each other, and on the central level, the nobles and civilian officials check and balance each other. Balance is Edward's pursuit.

On the whole, the capitalists began to rise, and the bureaucracy was an important force to contain capitalism.

In other words, capitalism in England developed under the watchful eye and control of the bureaucracy.

The coach of England can only continue to develop under the leadership of His Majesty the King.

For Edward, it would mean nothing if Britain became the world's hegemon and he was not the leader.

Instead, Edward preferred to have England become a European power, under Spain and France, and to have England under the rule of the crown.

It can be said that, for the most part, England's interests were aligned with those of the Tudors.

However, sometimes, Edward would rather sacrifice the interests of England, but also to preserve the interests of the Tudor royal family.

The best example of this kind of conflict and contradiction is the Soviet period.

When the officials sold out their national interests wantonly, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, they became oligarchs one by one, and never cared about the situation in the Soviet Union.