Chapter 358

In August, the British Parliament passed a vote of no confidence. The Conservative Party tried to change the cabinet again to change the term, but was rushed into the chamber by the furious public. In the end, Parliament had to decide to reopen the general election.

In September, the People's Livelihood Party won major constituencies one after another, defeating the Conservative Party and the Labour Party with an absolute advantage, becoming the only winner of the British general election and occupying 80% of the seats in Parliament.

Patrick, as the leader of the People's Livelihood Party, naturally took office as the new Prime Minister.

As soon as he took office, Patrick immediately started the compilation of the constitution.

As the first country with a constitutional monarchy, Great Britain did not have a complete "constitution."

Its so-called constitution was a series of laws and cases starting from the "Magna Carta," many of which had lost their application scenarios, and the expressions were outdated. But to avoid trouble, the British had always adopted a state of "not abandoning but not using," running these laws in the form of some conventional "conventions."

Originally, it would be very troublesome for Patrick to do what the British hadn't done for hundreds of years, but with Murphy's help, a large number of wizards moved into Parliament, and the Prime Minister's will was well passed to Parliament by the cabinet and smoothly pushed down by the parliamentary officials.

Thus, just over three months later, a constitutional code was produced.

Some parts of this law seemed very outrageous to many conservative British people, such as abolishing the governing power of all parties except the People's Livelihood Party. From now on, Great Britain would only have the People's Livelihood Party in power.

For example, in the future, Parliament would only be responsible for legislation under normal circumstances, and the Prime Minister would continue to serve after the election period ended, with Parliament basically having no power to impeach or interfere.

This was just the first version.

Subsequently, Patrick also prepared a second version. In this version, he didn't even pretend anymore, directly abolishing the so-called monarch and abolishing the House of Lords. Great Britain would transition from a constitutional monarchy to a presidential country.

The first version of the constitution was released, and of course, there was no lack of opposition, but Patrick directly announced a state of war, carried out public opinion and parade control, and at the same time vigorously publicized the strengthening and clarification of the new constitution for the rights of the people through the media.

At the same time, the government also quickly began to introduce policies, such as vigorously investing in health, education, infrastructure construction, etc. As for funds, it drastically cut various tax avoidance policies and imposed heavy taxes on the top 10%, especially the top 1% of the wealthy who occupied half of the country's wealth.

As for whether this would lead to capital flight, it doesn't matter. Let them run. Umbrella is enough to eat the market they left behind.

And more than a month after announcing the state of war, Britain did another thing that shocked the world: forming an alliance with the Soviet Union.

In fact, the Anglo-Soviet alliance had many benefits for both sides.

First, Great Britain could gain a certain degree of autonomy by relying on the Soviet Union's strong military strength, at least not being restrained by the United States in military and national security anymore.

Secondly, Great Britain's manufacturing industry was very prosperous at this moment. As an old industrial country, Great Britain's light industry was much stronger than the Soviet Union's, which could help the Soviet people improve their lives and at the same time drive the Soviet market.

Finally, as two important components of Murphy's plan, after uniting, Murphy could unify the pace, realize the reasonable allocation of resources, and gradually broaden the application scope of magic within the two countries, in order to achieve more results while promoting the development of the two countries.

10 Downing Street.

Murphy took a turn inside and finally returned to the tea table.

"How does it feel to be Prime Minister, Mr. Patrick?" Murphy teased.

"Busy, too busy... If my family hadn't moved here, I wouldn't have time to see Ares every day." Patrick sighed. "And, I can feel that many people want to kill me. Are our steps a bit too big?"

"Time waits for no one, Patrick." Murphy sighed. "The time left for us to develop freely might not be too long."

"What do you mean?" Patrick frowned.

"The existence of magic cannot be hidden for long. Soon, more competitors outside our alliance will participate in the research of magic. The good days of running horses and enclosing land in this virgin land are only now. Therefore, we must take advantage of the fact that those guys haven't come yet, expand the territory as much as possible, and lead as much as possible."

"No wonder I feel that your style of doing things has become much more aggressive recently."

Murphy smiled bitterly. Whether it was blowing up a hundred or so wizards of the Wizards' Union, inciting a local war between Britain and the United States, or letting Patrick take office, amending the constitution, forming an Anglo-Soviet alliance, etc., these were all decisions with far-reaching and significant influence, but he didn't have time to consider them thoroughly before doing them.

The reasons certainly included the part he told Patrick.

But in fact, for him, there was an even more important worry.

Gods.

The destruction of the Statute of Secrecy was a historical inevitability.

The development of Muggles would inevitably squeeze the living space of wizards step by step. Unless wizards take the old path of Grindelwald's "fight" again, slaughtering, conquering, and domesticating "aliens," that is, Muggles, into harmless slaves, otherwise, magic would eventually be discovered by Muggle society.

Murphy's choice, to a certain extent, was selfish, but it followed this inevitable historical trend. In this sense, he even chose a way that was most beneficial to humanity as a whole and had the least harm.

However, the consequences of the destruction of the Statute of Secrecy, or the consequences of the destruction of the "Fidelius Charm," might bring a terrible enemy.

That is, gods.

Whether it was Dumbledore or the Virgin Mary, they had already explained this consequence clearly enough.

His path to godhood through the combination of science and magic was still far away. It could only be said that he had made a start, and he hadn't even reached the middle of the mountain. Now he was about to face real gods. Although Murphy was already mentally prepared, he still felt a little helpless.

Reality is just like this. The enemy won't wait for you to reach full level before killing you.

But, the enemy is strong, so we won't fight this battle?

Just continue to shrink back, close the country, self-restrict, self-castrate, self-zero, and spend a lifetime in this cradle with eyes closed and ears blocked?

Many people might be able to do it; maybe the British can.

But Murphy can't.

That is not his path.

Among the numerous experiences and lessons left to him by his true ancestors, nothing is more bloody and naked than this. This is something that has penetrated deep into his soul. Facing threats, compromise and concession will only lead to more bullying and humiliation. Only by resisting can one survive and win dignity.

Therefore, he had no hesitation about his direction.

It's just that I don't know how long it will be before the enemy comes. Before that, he must make the most sufficient preparations possible.

"Patrick," Murphy said. "Umbrella should enter the military field. It just so happens that we suffered a loss in this matter with the United States. Look, such a big missile can be lost. Is this okay? What if the next one bombs Downing Street? What if it bombs Buckingham Palace? It is logical to take the opportunity to engage in some military technology research. Let's get a few large defense projects."

"..." Patrick was between laughter and tears. Didn't you create that, young master? Can you still bomb me?

"But... military spending..."

"You can collect Umbrella's taxes as much as you want." Murphy waved his hand, then said: "You can't just collect Umbrella's. The tax rates of high-profit industries can all be raised a bit."

"Don't worry, you raise taxes, Umbrella will be the first to support." The wealthy donate first, familiar.

Patrick rolled his eyes. Collect Umbrella's taxes, then turn around and send them back in the name of defense procurement, right?

As for those other companies, naturally, it's a three-seven split.

"How about it?"

"Wonderful!"

(End of chapter)