Yes, Madam Prime Minister

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He picked up his pen and began to write a draft on the establishment of the Seresian unique guild and farmers' association.

Ambrina, having some free time, picked up the draft Ronan had written and started reading it.

"This farmers' association is a little different from ours," Ambrina asked, puzzled.

In the kingdom, farmers' associations existed in various places, layered one on top of another. At the top was the National Farmers' Association, and at the bottom were the small village farmers' associations. The National Farmers' Association was a simple management and supervision body, but in reality, it was already a semi-official body. The small village farmers' associations mainly coordinated and handled some production and livelihood disputes, and to a certain extent, they replaced the role of the church in the past.

The true core of the farmers' associations is the large farmers' associations in each province and city. In addition to serving as management bodies, these large farmers' associations also own financial institutions such as farmers' association banks, fertilizer and seed sales companies, construction and development engineering companies, postal and transportation companies, and a whole host of other miscellaneous branches.

It can be said that a farmer's entire life, from birth to death, is encompassed by the farmers' association.

Of course, all these services cost money, and you have to pay for them from birth. If you don't want to be a farmer anymore and want to work in the city, you can, but you have to pay a "redemption fee".

It can be said that the local farmers' association is a group company, with the shares mainly controlled by the farmers' association bank, and the major shareholder of the farmers' association bank is the state.

Therefore, in theory, the king could control the farmers' association.

Trade unions are basically only in some core cities. On the one hand, there are industry trade unions, whose functions have replaced the role of the former guilds, and on the other hand, they are truly trade unions. Then there are local general trade unions, and above that is the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

The trade unions didn't control as many resources as the farmers' associations, but their power was greater. This was because Ronan endowed them with the function of political consultation. The Kingdom of France was a monarchy, and to strengthen centralization, it naturally could only have one leader and one voice. However, there were too many feudal remnants in France. Despite its small size, there were different customs and cultures in the east, west, north, and south. The most annoying thing was that the north and south had different religious beliefs, one Protestant and the other Catholic.

If you don't give them the channels to do so, these people might not necessarily rebel, but they'll easily instigate mass incidents, just like eating and drinking. Especially in the capital, where all sorts of people gather, there are small disturbances every three days and big ones every five days. There's no other way but to offer them amnesty.

But Ronan could not allow these people, these organizations, these factions to directly participate in politics, nor could he allow them to go their separate ways. He had to gradually reform them and integrate them into the country.

So, you can have the right to political consultation, but only if you can unite a group of workers.

Ironically, before Ronan left France, the most powerful force within the unions was not the lackeys supported by the businessmen, nor the impoverished nobles who were somewhat educated, enthusiastic about progressive ideas, and always ready to criticize the king, but rather the members of the church.

After Ronan ruthlessly stripped the Church of its educational and grassroots governance, it chose to join forces when it couldn't win. In another hundred or two hundred years, when there's a democratic republic, who knows what kind of Seven Saints Workers' Party will emerge.

“It is indeed different. My idea is that in Seris, the farms will become another kind of ‘hereditary fiefdom’,” Ronan replied to Ambrina.

The feudal hereditary system has its advantages, as it makes people cherish their own livestock, but it also has its disadvantages, as it makes people willing to kill their own livestock.

Based on his previous experience in France, Ronan kept the overall framework unchanged. The farmers' association would still be a behemoth, but under it, he created several relatively independent associations, such as the large rice association and the sugarcane association, and the smaller ones such as the pig industry association and the chicken industry association.

These industries are called "fiefdoms".

These members of the associations are, of course, granted hereditary titles, but no single industry association can be dominant. The more important and larger an association is, the more democratic it should be, or rather, there should be internal competition and coordination.

The feudal system was actually a good system in the short term for exploring new territories, as it could maintain a sense of ambition for quite some time.

Take Lin Wenhua's family as an example. His family has the most sugarcane fields, but besides his family, there are other large and small ones. After the farmers' association is established, there will be a sugarcane association under it. Luo Nan will cut off a part of his family's sugarcane fields and distribute them to others, forming seven or eight sugarcane planting landowners with similar strength. That will complete the distribution. They will then compete and cooperate on this basis.

Acquiring others is no longer their priority in the short term, because everyone is now within the same organization and at the same level of "officialdom." Improving production capacity and quality is the way to enhance competitiveness.

Under these circumstances, farmers' associations are in a more advantageous position, capable of both regulation and support, making it not difficult to improve agricultural productivity.

Ronan went to great lengths to manipulate the election for this very reason.

With the development of agriculture and the commercialization of agriculture, industry will naturally follow. With industry, there will be people who will pursue technology even without Ronan himself. And with people pursuing technology, new ideas will emerge.

In this process, Ronan's only task was to control the bureaucracy and prevent them from directly using their power to plunder.

Farmers' associations, and later labor unions, were established precisely to counter the bureaucracy.

Seris already had enough centralized power; what Ronan needed to do now was to decentralize power.

Ronan wanted to implement this decentralization from the very beginning.

On the day the power grab is successful, this system will become an integral part of the new regime.

Ironically, Ronan did increasingly "socialist" things in France, but after arriving in Serres, he did increasingly "capitalist" things.

“…That’s about it.” Ronan repeated his thoughts to Ambrina.

“The idea is good, but how do you manage bureaucracy?” Ambrina asked.

“Before they successfully seize power, they can still be managed, but they don’t need to be managed too much,” Ronan said. Before they succeed in seizing power, even if they are not of one mind, they will work together. “Afterwards, they can’t be managed, but they can be checked and balanced. The labor unions and farmers’ associations are the institutions that check and balance them.”

"Trade unions are the capital for a minority of elites to speak out, while farmers' associations are the capital for local industrial owners to speak out. They are naturally unlikely to truly cooperate with the mainstream and the central government, and no one is willing to give up the power they have gained."

Ronan said.

He wanted to force a minority of elites to cooperate with the workers they looked down on the most, and to force local tyrants to cooperate with the farmers they looked down on the most.

Awkward? Awkward is just right.

A minority of elites can never truly stand with the workers, and powerful local magnates are even less likely to stand with the peasants; they are merely being used. But at least the workers and peasants have become valuable to be used, don't they? Ideological reform? Useless. A minority of elites and local magnates are naturally detached from the masses. No matter how much you reform them, their positions are not in those places.

What Ronan could do was to add a little bit of united front value to the workers and peasants, avoid a one-size-fits-all approach, and turn the reform into a "movement".

This does not affect the fact that the government still possesses absolute authority.

"The key point is to completely nationalize the right to education, gradually eliminate local private tutors, and directly kill those who teach within families."

Chapter 930 Taking control of education, preparing to go back and do it first.

Ronan did not achieve the same thing in France by consolidating educational power; he simply added some state schools to provide quality education to talented people who might not have had the opportunity to receive education under the previous system. In short, he picked up the shares that others didn't want, and these shares were mostly given to women.

In both the East and the West, the vast majority of talented men have the opportunity to receive an education, while many women do not.

Because talent is a relatively fair thing, even though the overall population has more men than women, the difference isn't significant, so the number of talented women isn't much less than the number of men. Therefore, they were able to recruit quite a few female students.

Later, the national school was jokingly referred to as a girls' school.

However, in Seris, Ronan is confident in consolidating control over education because he now possesses the gift-granting technology that can solve a problem that infuriates countless superhumans: they are superhumans, but their descendants are not.

The kind of trope involving stepsons and sons-in-law is not something that extraordinary individuals from common backgrounds can pull off.

At this moment, in bed, Ronan and Ambrina are engaged in foreplay.

Ambrina was wearing black stockings with a hole torn in the crotch, her slightly fleshy calves spread apart. In this position, her rather wide, round buttocks were facing Ronan's face, and the thick lips in the lush black forest were right in front of Ronan's eyes.

Because the crotch of the pantyhose had been torn, the surrounding black stockings were no longer stretched and opened, revealing a completely dark black color. Only the thighs were still stretched and opened, showing the color of semi-transparent black stockings. The calves were slightly transparent, and the heels were also slightly transparent.

Ambrina was in front, completely absorbed in the experience, savoring the large penis she hadn't had in days. Ronan, on the other hand, inserted three fingers of his left hand into her vagina, activating the suction function and slowly thrusting in and out, while his thumb continuously stroked her clitoris.

“Anli, after the meeting here is over in a few days, I plan to take you and Didi back to France to teach Lucien the skills that have been given to him.”

Ronan said as he worked on it.

He still needs to maintain a balance of power and prevent Seris from becoming too dominant.

Ambrina looked up. "His child should be able to walk and talk by now."

In the blink of an eye, almost three years have passed since they left France.

"Don't you care about national affairs?" Ronan asked with a smile.

Ambrina continued working, "Anyway, that's how it is. We've fought all the wars that needed to be fought. As long as he doesn't want to expand further, there should be at least ten or twenty years of peace."

The peace she spoke of was not about fighting with the surrounding major powers, but about completely avoiding war. Under Ronan's leadership, France did occupy the northern Rhine region, part of Belgium, and also extended its influence to the other side of the Mediterranean, namely Egypt.

It's impossible for these places to be free of rebellions. No matter how good their policies are, there will always be people who are overlooked or whose interests are harmed. Moreover, other major powers will support the opposition behind the scenes and act as troublemakers.

Stirring up trouble isn't unique to any island nation; every country on the western continent has extensive experience in this area.

The New World was also in turmoil. Ronan had established a caste-based indigenous comprador state there, and Weyland and Villa copied his approach. The result of this copying was that Weyland, which occupied the northern part of the east coast of North America, the Kingdom of Fas in the central region, and Villa, which occupied the south and parts of South America, began a proxy war.

The Kingdom of Phos, caught in the middle, is undoubtedly in the worst position.

Ronan sat up. "It's not just about war, but also about new sea routes. The power struggles between several countries over India are quite intense right now."

Ambrina spat out the penis with lingering pleasure, stood up, grabbed it with one hand, and sat down with a thud. "Ahhh~" she let out a long groan as if her whole body was in comfort. "That's for the young people." she said, and began to sway slowly.

Ronan grabbed Ambrina's breasts with both hands, kneading and stroking them while caressing Nettie. "Anyway, we've given him this technology, enough for him to train a loyal guard, at least for the time being."

"Let's not talk about it now, let's finish this first." Ambrina leaned down and kissed Ronan's lips.

Ronan also embraced Ambrina and kissed her deeply.

Decades have passed, yet their passion remains undiminished. Firstly, their bodies are youthful, not just in appearance, but in their entirety; Ambrina still has the body of someone in their twenties, and Ronan is still in his twenties. Secondly, although they've never truly separated, they rarely spend every day together; most of the time, their marital intimacy is spaced out for many days – how could they not spark? But more importantly, their mindsets are youthful. Ronan is always on the road, having explored France, and he also has Serris to play with. Ambrina, being an artist, is like a child in her everyday life.

This applies to most of the other women as well. Alice goes without saying; the world of female intellectuals is always full of new ideas. Zhao Yingqi is truly young, only in his early twenties. Didi is similarly always on the move; while she's on the road, Elena and Agustina can't just sit around doing nothing. Isabel is also a passionate young woman, along with Ashley and Grand. The three members of the technical team are scientists, forever on the path of exploration.

As for Xiao Lu, needless to say, she's a young widow experiencing her first love.

“Come here,” Ambrina said, looking up.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” With that, Ronan stood up, turned around and pinned Ambrina down, grabbed her ankles and spread her legs apart, and began to thrust rapidly.

Before long, the two began to engage in even more exciting activities.

Ronan stood up, picked up Ambrina, held her buttocks and thighs, and tossed her into the air. His huge penis completely disengaged, and as she fell, it was fully inserted. He caught her and tossed her up again.

Ambrina was so overwhelmed with pleasure that she was trembling all over.

After a while, the two changed positions again. This time, Ambrina lay face down on the bed, sticking her buttocks out. The pantyhose that had been torn open earlier were now even more open due to the violent movements, completely exposing the middle of her buttocks. Ronan reached out and sucked the jar of ointment over, smeared a large dollop of ointment on his finger and then inserted it into her anus to apply it. Then he grasped his huge penis and inserted it into Ambrina's back door.

Ambrina let out a soft "oh," her hands involuntarily tightening around the sheets. As the thrusting began, Ronan's hand simultaneously slipped inside, starting to probe and dig.

Soon, Ambrina was completely dazed and lost in thought, her consciousness completely consumed by lewd words.

A short while later, Ronan changed positions again, inserted himself into the hole, and manipulated the anus with his hand.

Finally, as the moment approached, they switched places again, by which time Ambrina was already in a semi-conscious state.

Ambrina didn't come to her senses until Ronan had already ejaculated behind her, gone soft, and pulled out quite a while ago.

Ronan sat cross-legged on the bed, gently caressing Ambrina as he asked, "How are you, Anri? Are you comfortable now?"

"I almost died." Ambrina's breathing was still a little erratic, but a smile remained on her lips.

"Then why don't you call a halt?" Ronan asked.

Ambrina sat up. "All I can do is yell 'Don't stop!'"

Chapter 931 Debt and Money, The Importance of Banks to the Agricultural Revolution, People Are Not Pawns

In Ronan's time, many Chinese people believed that the rise of Western powers was due to their colonial plunder, while the ancient Eastern power had a low starting point for development because its gold and silver were stolen.

This cannot be called a mistake, but it is clearly an incomplete view.

The rise of Western powers can be largely attributed to their masterful manipulation of the concept of "debt".

Modern China learned some technologies and even some political systems, but deliberately avoided this one.

Perhaps due to an inherent hostility towards "debt," the Chinese people have overlooked its important role in economic development.

When a debt is incurred, an IOU is also incurred. The debtor is naturally obligated to redeem the IOU, and it is not only the person in charge who will pursue the IOU.

By using debt and credit to stimulate the economy, the scale of the market economy will be freed from the constraints imposed by the total amount of precious metals.

Debt can be converted into credit money, a process that requires banks to complete.

And by completing this process, paper money was created.

For a large number of debt claims to be generated, it must begin with the commercialization of agriculture.

This is why Ronan wanted nothing but to establish a farmers' association and a bank.

Reciting scriptures from certain official documents, engaging in class struggle and ideological movements, and promoting a distorted view of family background are not suitable for the current situation.

The replication approach is even more unrealistic.

The fundamental need of the people is to obtain what they need, which requires economic development. Economic development means producing what others need. By continuously repeating and expanding this process, ideas and policies will naturally emerge without the need for external input.

Ultimately, Seris in this world is not a backward and weak country, and it is far superior to any kind of dorky or naive nation.

In the process of economic development, the state, as the primary organization for maintaining order, can largely guarantee its own operating costs by obtaining tax revenue from continuous transactions.

Of course, it is impossible to not restrict the rampant growth of "debt," because if the rate of expansion of this thing exceeds the rate of economic growth, it will have very serious consequences.

It is unrealistic to rely on ideas.

To be entirely based on the individual is the foul thinking of American scoundrels, while to only talk about dedication and lofty ideals is the feudal dregs of Orthodox Russians.

Centered? Thoughts that aren't extreme aren't really thoughts.

Relying on government intervention is also unrealistic.

A bureaucratic system composed of mobile civil servants is better suited to concentrating resources on consistently implementing the same policies in a short period of time, rather than adapting to local conditions.

Relying on the extraordinary performance of a few outstanding officials? That's as ridiculous as expecting officials to criticize themselves.

Ronan's idea was to combine local peasant associations, which retained feudal remnants, with urban labor unions, which were rife with all sorts of shady characters, to confront and cooperate with the massive government, thus achieving a delicate balance and adapting to local conditions.

"Old Wang, this matter with the bank can't be left unresolved without you." At this moment, Ronan asked Wang Pingzhen, the head of the Foshan Agricultural Administration, at his home.

It could be said that Wang Pingzhen, the official in charge of agricultural affairs, was the most economically savvy person Ronan had ever met in Seris, and even Lu Ming could not compare to him.

After all, Wang Pingzhen was the one who saw through the drawbacks that banks would bring, namely the "debt" transactions, and expressed his opposition.

"I can't stop you from doing whatever you want, but I won't participate in anything that aids and abets evil." Wang Pingzhen refused decisively.

"Then let's talk about the economy. As you know, over the past thousand years, the overall economy of Seris hasn't expanded. In fact, the situation is similar in the West. And the real expansion in the West wasn't simply due to a wave of plunder..."