I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

Facing their husbands' boastful look, the shapeshifters' wives immediately said:

"You'll soon find out, judging by the polls."

His wife's sabotage apparently helped Tracy recover a little. After careful consideration, Tracy tried to think about it. If he were an ordinary citizen and had to face the expansion of roads, the construction of airports, or the demolition of his house, what should he do?

Eventually he concluded that he should write to his local council representative.

"Will this work?" Tallulah couldn't help but ask.

"Of course it's useless, but that's what ordinary people do." Tracys took it for granted, and naturally, with a strong sense of superiority as a superior, he made an extremely sharp comment:

"Because ordinary people are stupid."

"--Is this why they chose you?" The wife immediately chose to sabotage her husband, as a signal to her husband not to be too outrageous.

When Tracy saw that she had no way of understanding her ideas, Tallulah went straight to the point and put forward her own point of view, which was called "Returning power to the people."

"We should set up more small constituencies, and every 200 households should elect their own administrative committee, turning the city into a village. The person with the highest say recognized by the administrative committee will be their representative in the local government."

"Then each town will have 500 committee members." Tracy immediately realized that the implementation of this policy would be difficult and complicated, and asked quickly.

"Yes, and then they elect an executive committee, so the local government has a cabinet and a parliament."

“Then these people have too much sense of participation.”

"This is our goal!" Tallulah also pointed out this key point and immediately added: "Every congressman can maintain close contact with his neighbors and everyone who elected him."

"That way, everyone's interests are connected, and the representatives they elect can truly represent the ideas of everyone in the local area."

In this way, there is no doubt that "they (local government) become us (the people)", and local governments can truly implement the people's ideas. This not only solves the problem of local government officials dominating the market, but also ensures that the people's demands are truly addressed.

"Huh..." In Yan Country, the Grand Tutor copied down the entire passage said by Tallulah in "Yes, Prime Minister". Looking at the brief explanation of "returning power to the people" in his hand, he knew that in the future, they would have to work overtime to study the interests and advantages involved.

"I never expected that a TV show would allow me to see an unprecedented proposal for governing the people..."

"Director Chen Qi, really, is a world-class genius."

In the eyes of senior officials of various countries in the Terra continent, "Yes, Prime Minister" has long been more than an ordinary TV series. There are so many things to learn and draw lessons from it, and every point has benefited people and the country a lot.

There are so many things worth studying here... At this moment, Taifu feels a little reluctant to see this drama end...

Chapter 146: The most satirical episode of "Yes, Prime Minister"?

"Returning power to the people? What a bold strategy. I'm afraid your majesty will not agree to it."

And when Liang Xun and Miss Ning in Shangshu heard Tallulah's strategy of "returning power to the people" on TV, they were greatly shocked by this proposal as they were living in the prosperous feudal era - but after the shock, they couldn't help but think about the feasibility of this matter.

However, after thinking about it, they both shook their heads, indicating that this would not work.

"Although this allows the public to participate in the selection process, it will add many more departments to each locality, as well as many 'representatives' who are not professional and have not undergone rigorous selection."

“Although they have reflected public opinion, they do not know how to make the right choice. This kind of return of power to the people will not benefit the people and will only lead to more chaos.”

"——Besides, the officials of the imperial court would probably not accept it, as it would greatly reduce their power." Miss Ning nodded. She naturally did not think that such a system could be implemented, and said lightly:

"But it's quite interesting, isn't it? Let the people feel involved... Although it can't be applied to politics and officialdom, if it's not contaminated by these, letting the people spontaneously form representative groups is also an effective way to convey public opinion."

"…Perhaps, I can advise Your Majesty that this method is not completely without merit."

Miss Ning and Liang Xun also had their own ideas in mind, and they all felt that the viewpoints put forward in "Yes, Prime Minister" were enlightening - this was something they had never thought of before.

It should be said that it is fortunate that the two are still young and their minds are still active, otherwise some older officials with slightly more pedantic ideas would have begun to criticize such "treasonous" ideas with their pens.

Back to the TV series, the high-level officials from various countries are now full of interest and are curious about how Chen Qi will describe the next plot, because it is obvious that such a strategy will cause "Humphrey" played by the Blood Demon Lord to strongly oppose.

How would Humphrey turn the tide and change the prime minister's mind?

Nowadays, basically all the viewers who have been following "Yes, Prime Minister" for a long time have noticed the framework of this drama, which is actually to put forward a proposal, Humphrey opposes it, Humphrey tries to make the Prime Minister change his mind, Bernard takes sides, and finally "Yes, Prime Minister".

Although the framework is like this, there is still something new every time, especially the character of Humphrey, who always has surprising words, unique insights and sharp revelations, which makes the Blood Demon Lord more popular and welcomed by the audience than the other two leading actors.

In the TV series, the current Blood Demon Lord also seeks out Bernard, played by Manfred, to discuss with him the new policy of "returning power to the people".

However, before the Blood Demon Lord could speak, the simple Manfred said without thinking: "Yes, I think the local government should be reformed."

"Really, Bernard?" "Yes."

However, after receiving Manfred's seemingly serious answer, the Blood Demon Lord immediately put down what he was doing and looked at Bernard with an extremely incredible look in his eyes, as if he was shocked to have discovered a new species.

"...At least, I think I agree." Being stared at by the Blood Demon Lord, Manfred's confidence suddenly dropped, and he spoke with some hesitation.

Fortunately, the Blood Demon Lord thinks highly of Manfred and has even started to train Bernard, a "promising" junior, as his successor. He hopes that when he retires in the future, Manfred can help him.

Therefore, the Blood Demon Lord spared no effort to explain to Manfred why he opposed this policy: "Berna, because once you create a truly democratic local community, it won't stop here."

"If you think about it, once these institutions are established, they will certainly strive for greater power. Politicians will not dare not delegate power, so small regional governments will be formed."

"…Is there a problem with this?" Manfred, whose role in the play is to "raise questions for the audience", did not realize the problem. However, high-level officials from various countries who were paying attention to the situation nodded frequently, and felt that the analysis of the Blood Demon Lord was quite objective.

Fortunately, as a very professional "teacher", Lord Blood Demon knew how to explain the harm of something in the most understandable way. After asking Manfred to sit down, he gave examples to explain;

"Bernar, suppose there is a vacant lot in County Toronto today, and there are several competing plans to use it, to build a hospital, a school or a factory? What should we do?"

"We will set up a joint committee of departments, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Environment, etc., and ask them to write reports, hold meetings, submit proposals, discuss, revise, write reports again, and redraft proposals."

Manfred also demonstrated his work ability, which attracted frequent nods from senior officials of various countries. This is indeed a very complete process. Even if the system is different, the process remains unchanged.

"That's absolutely right. It's several months of fruitful work." This is what the Blood Demon Lord said, but most of the civilian audience who didn't understand all this chuckled at the word "fruitful".

All this work alone would take several months? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with being effective, right?

The difference in perception between civilians and officials was reflected at this moment. In the eyes of civilians, things that can be solved in a few meetings are often not that simple.

The Blood Demon Lord's next words also verified this point, and continued: "Finally reached a mature and responsible conclusion."

“But if there is a local government, they can decide within the County of Toronto!”

“Maybe it took a few meetings to decide. That’s pretty unprofessional!”

"...But that's their (local people's) area?" Manfred still didn't seem to understand the essence. At this time, the Blood Demon Lord also went straight to the core of the problem and continued to ask: "What about us civil servants?"

“…The workload has been significantly reduced?”

"Yes! The workload has been greatly reduced!" Lord Blood Demon said this word for word: "It can be completed by just a few ministers!"

“We’re going to lose a lot of power!”

After Lord Blood Demon pointed out this most crucial point, officials of all countries, regardless of their rank, who were currently watching "Yes, Prime Minister" immediately realized the seriousness of this policy.

Let’s not talk about whether it will benefit the country and the people. This will greatly weaken the power of these people, which is simply unacceptable to those in power today.

This made the officials who had watched "Yes, Prime Minister" and thought that this policy was feasible, after the Blood Demon Lord exposed this point, the little bit of thought they had was immediately extinguished - the power in their hands may not be great, but power is something that no one can easily give up once they have it in their hands.

However, Manfred in the play seemed to be unaware of this, and even said something very outrageous for someone in power:

“But I’m not sure I want power.”

"——Bernard! Do you know what will happen if the person who should be in power does not hold power?" The Blood Demon Lord also gave the most straightforward warning in a decisive manner, asking himself and answering:

“People who shouldn’t be in power are in power!”

"Politicians! Commissioners! Ordinary voters!"

However, the more the Blood Demon Lord said so, and the more he revealed the real reason, the more nervous the expressions of the top leaders of various countries became, because they all realized that it was not a good thing to release these words to the people under their rule.

Although it is basically the same in all countries, ordinary people have very few ways to access power, and they also know that they are under the rule of the ruling class and are unlikely to have access to power, but knowing and being exposed are two completely different things.

As long as the official does not admit it, the balance can continue to be maintained, but once this layer of window paper is broken, the problem may be serious.

At this moment in Londinium, Theresa and her companions were concentrating on the message conveyed in "Yes, Prime Minister". Although they had performed it once, when they watched it again from a third-party perspective, they found that the impact of many of the lines in it was even greater than they thought.

Theresa and Theresa felt that this line touched their hearts and nodded.

Yes, if the people in power don’t hold power, then the people who shouldn’t hold power will hold power. The brother and sister both understand this sentence very well.

If they hadn't stepped up, would Kazdel have been destroyed countless times before? The brother and sister who were watching Kazdel rebuild and the Sarkaz revival knew all too well that it was not easy.

What if the Sarkaz were not led by them, but were directly guided by the kings of the royal court? What would be the future of the Sarkaz?

Sometimes, it is really important who is in power, but not everyone can be in power.

"...But isn't this natural in a democracy?"

"We are Victorian democracy! Bernard!" The Blood Demon Lord almost shouted this sentence. Facing Manfred who looked confused, the Blood Demon Lord also spoke thoroughly and said:

"Victorian democracy believes that we need a system! To protect the important things in life and ensure that they do not fall into the hands of outsiders!"

The term "barbarians" is really too sharp, full of the natural arrogance of the Victorians. Most people born in Victoria look down on people from other countries, and think that people from other countries are country bumpkins.

Now, the "barbarians" in the mouths of the ruling class like the Blood Demon Lord can be said to include a large number of civilians in Victoria. The strong sense of superiority of the elite class can be said to be overwhelming.

"For example, opera." The Blood Demon Lord also stood up and slowly gave an example: "Londinium Radio 3 (specializes in interviews with politicians or civil servants, involving politics, and has fewer listeners)."

"Victorian country, law, and university—both."

"We operate a civilized, aristocratic machinery of government, occasionally moderated by popular elections."

“But since the parliamentary reform, we have gradually excluded ordinary voters from the government institutions!”

"Now we have reached the point where we only allow them to hold elections every five years, and there are still some clowns who use this avenue to interfere in our policies."

"And you're happy to throw it all away?"

As the Blood Demon Lord spoke more and more, he revealed more and more things. Slowly, the nerves of the top leaders of various countries began to be irritated, but there was no way to stop the Blood Demon Lord on TV.

There is no doubt that Lord Blood Demon's words were a soul-questioning revelation to almost all the countries on the continent of Terra.

Vina, who was taking notes, was slightly stunned for a moment, and fell into deep thought facing the records in her hands.

Liang Xun and Miss Ning, who were far away in Shangshu, responded with silence, not knowing how to refute.

There is no doubt that this episode of "Yes, Prime Minister" is even more exciting than the previous season and a half, because this episode reveals the structure of the government to all the people of Terra, and reveals in one breath the real reason why the government's stable interior can operate smoothly.

"Every word is so heartbreaking..."

When Zhong Yue saw this scene, even though he had such knowledge and state of mind, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat at Chen Qi's writing style. He now understood that the realm of writing is much higher than the realm of martial arts...

Chapter 147: Blood Demon Lord: We can't try to clean up the dung, or we'll fall into it

"presumptuous!"

However, among the high-level officials who were nervous about this paragraph of "Yes, Prime Minister", there were naturally high-level officials of Yan State. But the one who was shocked this time was the highest level of power in Yan State, our Emperor of Yan State.

The dragon roared out in anger almost subconsciously. For a moment, the entire palace was penetrated by the dragon roar of the Yan Kingdom Emperor. The dragon roar with the blood of the true dragon emperor was immediately transmitted to the ears of everyone in the palace, and everyone in the palace felt a shudder from the bottom of their hearts.

If in Chen Qi's world, "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers born with a special kind of blood?" is a classic slogan, then in the world of Terra, it can only be said that the True Dragon Emperor does have a real bloodline, and it is an overwhelming bloodline.

Almost everyone in the palace felt a tremor from the soul. They immediately put down everything they were doing and rushed to the emperor's bedroom. They knelt on one knee in fear and trepidation, bowed their hands, and lowered their heads.

Although the suppression of the bloodline was only for a moment, everyone in the palace was terrified. They didn't know what had happened to make their Majesty, who had always been strict with himself as a wise ruler, so angry after so many years.

The last time was when I heard that my brother had run away...

However, other people in the palace did not know what had happened. In the emperor's bedroom, the Grand Tutor had already bowed to the furious emperor and said in a rare nervous tone:

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Your Majesty... please forgive me." Zhong Yue was also frightened. He was not frightened by the true dragon bloodline. He was just frightened because of the emperor's anger at the moment, which made him realize that the content of this episode had touched the emperor's nerves.

Zhongyue was also feeling bitter in his heart - Sister Nian, Sister Xi, what on earth are you doing?! He was trying his best to protect his two sisters, appease the emperor's sensitive nerves, and try his best to prove that his two sisters were so close to the current "self-propelled strategic propaganda weapon" not for rebellion at all.

And I was about to succeed... and the dawn of victory was right in front of me, but all my efforts were wasted because of this episode.

Chongyue was no longer thinking about how to persuade the emperor to use Chen Qi. His first goal now was to protect his two troublesome sisters. Once they were charged with "treason", with the thunderous means of Simuitai, they would immediately wipe out his two sisters as long as the emperor gave the order.

However, when Zhongyue was still thinking about how to excuse his two sisters, the Emperor of Yan immediately turned his gaze to the Grand Tutor and asked sternly:

"My dear, let me ask you, is my Da Yan also like this?"

"…Your Majesty, how dare I answer this question? I believe Your Majesty has already made up his mind."

However, after some hesitation, the Grand Tutor did not know how to answer the emperor's question, so he continued:

"Before Your Majesty ascended the throne, the late emperor had already popularized education among the people. Colleges and schools were established everywhere among the people. Education has become a top priority in the eyes of the people of Yan State."

"After Your Majesty ascended the throne, he attached great importance to education. This is to benefit the great cause of future generations. It will help us, the people of Great Yan, to no longer have to live in a situation like the past when the 'behemoth' was shrouding us and the wealthy families monopolized all knowledge."

"It's just that... universal education is still unavoidable. Schools are divided into different levels, and the talents of the people are also divided into different levels. The children of wealthy families have better resources, and they can develop systematically through tutoring and resources. With the support of their families, they can definitely enter colleges with better resources."

"As for the officials in the court, whether big or small, they are naturally the best among their peers in terms of talent alone...nearly 90% of them were born into wealthy and powerful families."

The Grand Tutor stopped talking here because he knew that he could not find any reason to refute the Blood Demon Lord's point of view in the TV series. This so-called "civilized, aristocratic political machine" could only mean that Dayan was not immune to vulgarity, even in its heyday.

The emperor did not speak again, but just sat back down in a somewhat dejected manner. Seeing this, Zhongyue was greatly relieved... Fortunately, he did not blame his two sisters, but focused on the issue of teaching.