The moment the two officers arrived at the conference room, the door was closed by waiters from outside. There were exactly ten people in the spacious and bright conference hall, including Cabinet Prime Minister Say, Minister of Finance Tiffany, Speaker of the Lower Assembly Holt, Barcelona Mayor Aldia, General Carls, Military Intelligence Commander General Shener, Colonel Redes, Commander of the Second Infantry Brigade, Police Secretary Colonel Passel, Colonel Ramos, who did not know what functions he performed, and Anthony, the Secretary of the Cabinet Secretary, who served as clerk.

When the eight people in the conference hall turned their eyes to themselves, Colonel Passel and Colonel Ramos felt a little embarrassed. They stood there, thinking about how to speak to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the Speaker of the Parliament and the old bosses, but they had heard Professor Say greeting them.

"Two late gentlemen, please take your seat immediately. We will be very busy tonight, very busy!"

Colonel Passel hesitated for a moment and decided to sit next to Colonel Redes, still seemingly showing that he belonged to the military.

Colonel Ramos also wanted to follow his example, but he was called by Tiffany, the secretary of the Finance Minister on the opposite side. The latter pointed to his position and said, "Mr. Ramos Ordnance Industry, please come to me. Some headaches require face-to-face communication."

"Minister of Ordnance Industry?" After resigning from the Catalan regiment, Ramos understood that he was about to take on another position, but he did not expect that he would be the Minister of Ordnance Industry. To be disappointed, the Ordnance Ministry is as powerful as the Ministry of Police, and accepts the dual leadership of Duke Hruna and Prime Minister Say. However, Ramos prefers to take up military positions himself, even in charge of a local security brigade. Starting from mid to late this month, more than 10 local security brigades are being reorganized into four security brigades.

After everyone sat down, Say announced the beginning of the meeting, "Gentlemen, personally, I don't like the name of the Nine, although it belongs to a new term that our irresponsible monarch throws out casually. However, I still ask everyone here to keep their sacred duties in mind, because every resolution issued here is about the fate of the emerging kingdom."

Amid the chuckles of the crowd, the Prime Minister personally issued several cabinet personnel appointments "proposed" by the Duke of Hruna, in addition to the known First Minister of Police, Colonel Passel; Colonel Ramos, Minister of Ordnance Industry; and the outgoing mayor of Barcelona, ​​Aldi Ah Hui, serves as the cabinet Minister of Interior (their responsibilities are to guide industrial and agricultural development and domestic and foreign trade); Baron Descha Sanluge, who was originally scheduled to be the Speaker of the Parliament, will serve as Minister of Transport, Mining and Postal.

In addition, Professor Say, as Prime Minister of the Cabinet, will automatically serve as Minister of Public Affairs, which has several independent executives in science and technology, culture, education, publishing, medical care, and health. So far, in addition to the other four or five important positions: Deputy Prime Minister, regardless of ministers, foreign ministers, army ministers and naval ministers, they are still in the hands of the future monarch themselves, Desai has basically delegated most of the internal powers of this emerging country to Prime Minister Say's responsible cabinet.

In fact, the deputy prime minister, regardless of whether the candidates for ministers and foreign ministers have been decided, but they will not be officially appointed until the end of the year. As for the Minister of Army and Navy who dominates the foreign war, Desai has decided not to hand it over to the Manresa Cabinet led by Prime Minister Say, but to form a military command and decision-making body similar to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the future, and be directly responsible for itself. In this sense, the cabinet's Ministry of Ordnance Industry will also assume some of the responsibilities of the Ministry of National Defense.

The entire appointment process of the cabinet members, the Prime Minister who put on reading glasses again read slowly. He explained his respective division of responsibilities to the ministers in detail and patiently answered the questions raised by everyone. In addition to the Minister of Transportation, Mining and Postal, Baron Decha Sanluge, who was absent tonight, the reason for the latter's absence was that he was still recuperating at home and was inconvenient to attend.

Secretary-General Anthony, who was making records of the venue by the Prime Minister, finally felt relieved. Miss Litisia's concern did not happen. Because of Baron Sanluge's mistaken position two months ago, he almost sent him to jail. Fortunately, Duke Hruna missed Miss Litisia's feelings and gave her uncle a chance to reform.

Since late July, Baron Sanluge has been staying at the Barcelona residence, imposing self-house arrest and never seeing guests again. In addition to his wife and children, he went to the Manresa Palace twice a week to visit his pregnant niece, Miss Litisia.

Four weeks ago, Baron Sanluge, who was instructed, took the initiative to write a letter to Duke Hruna, hoping to reorganize the parliament and turn the original bicameral parliament (Parliament and Lower Parliament) into a single parliament, requesting to remove himself from his post as the Speaker of the Parliament and nominate the Speaker of the Parliament Holt as the new Speaker of the Parliament.

Obviously, Baron Sanluge's concession made Desai feel very satisfied. Immediately, the joint arrest list between the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Military Police deleted Sanluge's name, but the Baron and his official residence were still under the secret surveillance of the military police. Now, Prime Minister Say gave the position of Minister of Transport, Mining and Postal, which confirmed that the Baron was about to leave the closed space under house arrest.

After the above personnel appointment was completed, Say said to Speaker Holt, who was directly opposite him: "Speaker, please forgive me for your overreach of authority. That is what I will personally explain to you on behalf of our common monarch, Prince Andrew Desai!"

After hearing this, Speaker Holt quickly lowered his forehead and showed a humble and respectful look. Although the Constitution of the Kingdom of Catalonia-Aragorn has not yet been established, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and the Speaker of the Parliament are usually the same in terms of political and legal principles. However, Speaker Holt was very clear in his heart that the so-called politics and legal principles are just for outsiders to see, and he cannot take it seriously.

Because for a long time, the so-called parliamentary system was just a good-looking form. All cabinet members, including the Prime Minister, were appointed by Andrew Desai himself, and had nothing to do with the election of the national parliament, and would not be responsible for the latter. Not to mention the main legion, the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of Military Intelligence, and other state violent institutions that are either open or secret.

Say first told Speaker Holt that it was Duke Hruna who decided not to accept the crowning of the United Kingdom of Catalonia-Aragorn, but to serve as the regent and retain the title of Duke Hruna.

"Why?" Holt and Aldia asked in unison, their expressions were very shocked. However, the others at the scene were indifferent, which was that everyone already knew this fact.

The Prime Minister signaled the Secretary-General around him to stop recording, and he gave three explanations:

First, Pope Pius VII was still imprisoned by the French army in Savona Castle and could not rush to Manresa to hold a coronation ceremony for Andrew Desaij. The monarch who was not appointed by the Roman Privy Council was not justified for a Catholic country. Therefore, he could only settle for the second best and take on the role of the Regent Prince, and avoid unnecessary cracks in Manresa's relationship with Paris.

Secondly, the Regent will grant the title of Grand Duke Hruna to his heir after Miss Litisia's childbirth. When the heir reaches 15 years old, he (she) will be crowned as the real king of the United Kingdom of Catalonia-Aragorn.

Third, in order to appease the feelings and emotions of the Poles, the other identity of the Regent Prince is His Royal Highness of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. Perhaps next year, or the year after, the Regent Prince will become the king of the Polish Kingdom.

Hearing this, Holt and Aldiah were both happy and disappointed. What was happy was that the Catalan monarch eventually belonged to the Catalans themselves; and the reason for the loss was that in the mind of the Regent, Poland had a higher status than this emerging Mediterranean country.

Fortunately, the following passage from Prime Minister Say made the two feel relieved. According to the preliminary agreement reached by the Regent (Personal Envoy) with the United Kingdom, the Cadiz Government, and the Holy See, the above three parties will publicly recognize the United Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragon. Perhaps in the near future, the rich and fertile land, the Valencia region will also be incorporated into the United Kingdom.

"I would like to ask the Speaker to take charge of many preparations for the Kingdom!" Say said at last.

"This is my supreme honor!" Speaker Holt immediately stood up and saluted.

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Chapter completed!