Chapter 136: The New Eラン Federation

  With Mo Yan's detailed explanation, and with the help of the instruction manual with simple pictures distributed to them, these city masters and village heads who came to Leifengya finally understood the difference between the New Federation and the Eran Council. The Eran Council, which had no rights whatsoever, was, in Mo Yan's words, merely a confederation rather than a federation, and although they looked similar, there were significant differences between them.

  The Arland Parliament can only play its unique role in specific situations, such as when Arland was invaded by Marlo in history, and the military coup of the Speaker of the Parliament City endangered the entire Arland. Its role is not great at ordinary times.

  The resolutions of the Aelan Council have no legal binding force, and if a city is unwilling to comply with the resolutions of the Aelan Council, it will only cancel its rights in the council and condemn it nominally. The heaviest punishment is not allowed to participate in the Aelan Council until the city's parliament is re-elected.

  And this time, Mo Yan's proposed new federal state of Eran is even more stringent than the demands of the Eran Parliament. Although each city can retain its own parliament and maintain its existing laws as long as they do not violate the overall constitution of the federation, both taxation and military affairs must be unified under a single command elected by the people.

  The immigrants, while being under the jurisdiction of each city council, are also subject to the entire Eran New Federation. The welfare of all cities will be the same, and the salary levels of all immigrants will also be confirmed by the entire federation. The financial needs of the cities will also be uniformly distributed by the new federation, and diplomatic rights will also be entirely in the hands of the new federation.

  Mo Yan listed all the benefits of the Federation in the manual, but at the same time also explained what they had lost without any concealment or ambiguity. The entire manual was filled with the sincerity of Leiting Cliff. Even Salte, who was the most fastidious in Ailan, couldn't find any fault with such a detailed explanation.

  "Can we receive fiscal allocations far exceeding our current tax revenues?" The head of a small village, who had seen what interested him, asked the bull-headed one, who was waiting for questions after finishing his speech: "That is to say, in fact, we don't have to pay the taxes we receive, and we will also get some extra gold coins for urban or village development?"

  "For the time being, yes." Mo Yan nodded and said: "Once you join the new Eland Federation, I will develop a special development strategy for you based on your environment, and provide you with a significant financial allocation for initial development. Soon, whether in terms of entry or income, you will have the potential to reach the standard of Leiting Cliff."

  Mo Yan's response brought joy to the faces of most village heads, who were worried about the continuous loss of entrance fees and decreasing taxes in their villages. If what Niu Tou said was true, their villages would be saved from disappearing and with a large amount of funding, they could also develop into small towns like Luobita and Kabinda.

  "Is the entire New Federation to be under your rule?" The Lord of Lobito seized on the key phrase in the Minotaur's words. Clearly, some cities like Lobito that had already developed were not concerned about financial allocations. Thunder Cliff had factories in their city and their taxes were much higher than before, what they really cared about was who would control this so-called New Federation.

  They have fully understood the benefits of establishing a new Elan Federation from the narration in the book and the Bull's Head, where each city retains its own freedom while being more united than ever before, having a significant impact in many aspects, and the number of member states will continue to increase in the future, until the entire Elan truly becomes a whole.

  But the question of who will control this new federation is the most important. The ruler of the federation should be elected from among the people, rather than being dictated by this monster in front of us, otherwise it's not much different from being enslaved.

  "Yes, for the time being. Mo Yan said without negation: "As the one who proposed this new federal idea, no one is clearer about the operation of the new federation than me. I will be responsible for building the framework of the true government system and perfecting the entire federal system within half a year. Of course, after half a year, there will be a public vote on the entire new federation, and all citizens have the right to become the president of the federation."

  "We need to monitor your build." Sula, who had been thinking with her eyes closed, opened them and said: "Your words don't have any problems, but we need to organize a federal council. All of your actions will be handed over to the council for review. If we find anything unreasonable, we have the right to strip you of your power."

  "In fact, you don't have that power." Mo Yan laughed at Su La's words and explained before Su La could refute: "The parliament only has the right to impeach me, and then the specific judgment will be handed over to the Supreme Court. Oh... by the way, the judges of the court are appointed by me. And..."

  "What's the difference between this and what you said?" Su La frowned and said: "The parliament wants to impeach you, but it still has to go through court judgment. But the official is also your entrance, isn't this equivalent to saying that you can be president for as long as you want? I don't agree with such a system."

  In response to Su La's question, Mo Yan had no choice but to start again from the basics, like teaching a primary school student, and gave a simple introduction to the separation of powers and how this government works. As a graduate of MIT, Mo Yan was very familiar with this system, after all... you can't graduate if you don't understand it!

  In the process of explaining to these city owners, the color gradually turned black. Unbeknownst to Mo Yan and the city owners, they had been in the room for a whole day. The enthusiastic Ox Head and the delighted representatives all forgot that there was still lunch and dinner.

  "Isn't it already so late?" Mo Yan took a sip of water to moisten his slightly hoarse throat and said: "As for the details of the government's structure, I won't elaborate. If I really want to tell you everything, I think it will take a lot of effort to explain. Why did you come to see me? I specially set aside an entire day for this, I don't have time to give you lessons."

  "You're a genius!" Sura's eyes shone with a dazzling light as he savored the words he had just heard. He placed his hands on either side of his head, as if trying to grasp something, and his mind kept thinking about this system, staring at the cow-headed man in disbelief. "How did you come up with these things? This is far more advanced than the system Elan is currently using... I... I almost want to go back right now and establish this system in Kabinada."

  "This is what I wanted to say when I called you all here, and I'm glad you understand my intention." Niu Tou Ru looked at the excited representatives with a smile and said: "So who wants to join the new Elan Federation?" The answer was a sea of raised hands. It took Niu Tou Ru an entire day to thoroughly convince these seasoned city lords with his vast knowledge.

  "You are the wisest person I have ever met in this life." After having dinner with Mo Yan and those overly excited city masters in the dining hall, he ran into Emily on his way back to the bedroom to rest. It was already quite late, so she only wore a white nightgown. The moonlight shining from outside the window made her body look like it had a layer of soft glow.

  "You're referring to what I said earlier." Mo Yan knew that Emily had been eavesdropping outside the door for a while, so he wasn't surprised by what she said. Niu Tou handed the manual in his hand to Emily and said, "I'm actually standing on the shoulders of giants, those things aren't something I came up with myself."

  The ox-headed man pointed to the lower right corner of the manual, where several names were written in Earth script, and said: "These are the ones who proposed those things. I just wrote them down. But you definitely don't know these people, their names you've never heard of in this life, nor will you hear about them in the future."

  "It's a very strange text." Emily stroked the cover, which still retained some warmth, and looked at the names under the moonlight. "Is this knowledge excavated from that ruin? I don't recognize these characters at all. Even if what's in the book isn't something you came up with, being able to understand such a text makes you clever."

  "Haha... alright." Mo Yan smiled and said: "So you're specifically waiting for me here just to tell me that I'm very smart? There must be something else you want to say, right? Is there some kind of emergency situation? However... from your expression and attire, it doesn't seem like that's the case."

  "I've come to talk to you about something important." Upon hearing Mo Yan's words, Emily's face began to flush slowly. She looked down at her toes and hesitated for a moment before saying: "Let's just keep things as they are for now... regarding the issue of our marriage."

  "Oh dear!! I forgot again." Upon hearing Emily's words, Niu Tou suddenly realized and said: "Is it about the divorce issue? Sorry, sorry... I got busy and forgot again. Previously, I was going to ask Aruba, but later on, because of the relic issue, I forgot about it. Tomorrow, I'll go ask, or... you can tell me?"

  "I know you heard that!" Emily's face turned bright red, she looked up and waited for the teasing to begin, "Don't make me say it again! It's just...it's just too embarrassing."