Chapter 11 The Queen Leaves
"Our cabinet government is elected by the House of Commons, approved by the House of Lords, and appointed by me for a period of three years. In theory, each cabinet official can be re-elected for up to two terms and up to five terms. The cabinet government has administrative power and is responsible to me. Except for the Guards, all the armies of our country are managed by the Ministry of Defense. On these basis, I, as the ruler of the country, have the highest power, including the highest military power. If the cabinet government does nothing, I can dissolve the cabinet government and ask the House of Commons to re-elect. What do you think?" Arthur smiled and said, but his words made several prime ministers feel cold all over.
The idea of several prime ministers is very simple, that is, to build a federal country based on their original colonial rights.
Even if Arthur will take away some of the rights, they can also become the top leaders of the new principality with the original colonial foundation.
But according to Arthur's plan, except for their original ruling experience and status advantages, they will have to compete with all Australians for everything else.
In other words, all their privileges will be deprived, and if they want to enter the top level of Australia, they can only rely on their own abilities and reputation in the hearts of Australians.
"Your Highness, according to your proposal, is the power of our monarch too high? Of course, I don't doubt your ability. But when the next ruler, or the next ruler, has a monarch with mediocre ability, our country is likely to fall into a trough." Prime Minister Evan said tentatively.
It is now obvious that Arthur wants to establish a full-time principality with a dual monarchy, but the prime ministers want an autonomous federal union, which are two completely contradictory concepts.
"This is not something we should consider now. Besides, if the monarch is not capable enough in the future, he can also hand over his rights to the House of Lords for exercise. I believe that with the help of the House of Lords, the country will not fall into crisis." Arthur said with a smile, directly rejecting Prime Minister Evan's temptation.
The country's political system and its own rights are Arthur's bottom line. Australia is Arthur's biggest base now and in the future. Arthur will never allow anyone to dare to threaten his position.
What's more, now is the easiest time for Australia to establish a high monarchy. If Arthur gives in now, it will not be easy to enhance the monarchy in the future.
Seeing Arthur's determination, the prime ministers had no good solution for a while, so they could only keep silent and frown secretly thinking about countermeasures.
"Finally, it is the change of the states. The largest administrative region in Australia is the state. We will have a total of six states, which are the existing six colonies. The position of governor is very important for both the states and the government. Therefore, the selection of governors of each state must be cautious. The governor is elected by the state legislature and officially takes office after being approved by the upper house. The term of office of each governor is four years. In principle, he is allowed to be re-elected for four terms and a maximum of six terms. The governor has administrative power within the state and is responsible to the upper house and me. The judicial power of each state is taken back, and the judicial system adopts national unified rules. This can quickly eliminate the isolation between the original colonies and quickly promote cultural exchanges and economic communication between the states." Arthur said with a smile, but his words were like a heavy bomb, exploding in the hearts of the six prime ministers.
If Arthur asked them to serve as temporary cabinet members before, which made them feel that Arthur was giving in, then now the new regulations on the states are like a sharp weapon inserted into their chests.
According to Arthur, in the future, each state will only have administrative power, and will be responsible to the House of Lords and Arthur. Although he was re-elected for four terms, if he did not have great achievements, it would be difficult to keep the position of governor.
This also means that if the six prime ministers want to strive to enter the top level of Australia, they can only find a way to attack the position of the House of Lords and the new cabinet government.
But it is not so easy to enter these two institutions, and more importantly, they must get Arthur's support.
In this way, all their back roads have been cut off by Arthur. If they want to continue to stay in the top level of Australia, they can only gain Arthur's trust while showing their abilities.
It's not that several prime ministers have not thought about resistance, but in the face of Queen Victoria's presence and the fleet stationed outside the port, they wisely gave up this idea.
After several prime ministers chose to accept their fate, the progress of the meeting became very fast.
After Arthur and several prime ministers simply determined the government system, the power of various institutions, and the reforms of each state, the meeting was officially declared over.
In the following days, Arthur accompanied Queen Victoria on a stroll through the streets of Sydney and reviewed the Australian army, which had become a whole.
After a few days of recuperation, Queen Victoria's complexion finally improved a lot, and she began to smile from time to time.
During these days, several prime ministers, who were also members of the temporary cabinet, began to reform the colonies under their jurisdiction.
All residents of the colonies also received the news that the colonies were reformed into states, and for a while, Arthur's contribution was hotly discussed everywhere.
Yes, Australians have longed for the colonies to unite and form a complete country. Although it is not the expected democratic republic, Arthur has also officially announced that he will form the House of Commons and the House of Lords to give Australians their due rights.
Under such circumstances, how could Australians not be grateful to Arthur, the ruler who allowed them to trade and travel freely throughout Australia?
May 7, 1900, Sydney.
It had been ten days since Arthur arrived in Australia. In these ten days, Australia had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The progress of the colony to state was very fast because it was welcomed by all Australians.
In just over a week, the original borders and outposts of the states had been completely cancelled and turned into state boundaries and patrol posts.
The residents of each colony had begun to call themselves state residents and began to shuttle and travel freely in other states.
The formation of the House of Commons and the House of Lords had also taken shape, and the state governments had begun to notify all residents to participate in the upcoming House of Commons elections and to find a place for the state parliament to be stationed in the capital.
But at the same time, there was also bad news for Arthur, that is, Queen Victoria was about to leave.
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