Chapter 2537: The Assembly Concludes

Just like that, half a month later, the second agenda item of the first plenary session of the Seventon Council under the new order—that is, the issue regarding the establishment of the council's subordinate standing bodies—finally reached a definitive result.

Following this were some agenda items concerning specific affairs, such as the establishment of diplomatic relations between Yimaska, Calimshan, and Netheril, the resettlement of returnees from the Tianshui Three Planes, and the protection of the Tianshui Three Planes themselves, among others.

Since this session had already lasted for over half a month, the councilors were already showing signs of fatigue in their mindset, not to mention the lords, who had to report to the venue on time every other day, yet they had not waited for an opportunity to perform even now.

On the other hand, the representatives from various circles observing from the periphery could be swapped out in batches; although the session lasted a long time, the discussion of this session in Seventon became increasingly heated toward the end, and more and more people went to the Arcane Plaza to observe the session on-site.

But the protagonists of this session were ultimately the councilors themselves; starting from the third agenda item, which was the issue of establishing diplomatic relations between Yimaska, Calimshan, and Netheril, there were obvious signs of councilors slacking off.

Coupled with the fact that these issues had actually been discussed for the better part of the past month and were just waiting to go through the motions, almost no one caused any trouble during the session.

After Badijiaer introduced the background of the agenda item, there was almost no debate, and it went directly to the voting stage; in such a situation, the agenda progressed extremely rapidly.

Even the issues regarding restricting the lords' power to kill (punishment) and clarifying the decree on the migration of free citizens were passed slowly under those circumstances.

And there was no more resting every other day like before; instead, the session continued without breaks.

Just like that, only eight days after the councilors unanimously passed the decision for Netheril to establish diplomatic relations with Yimaska and Calimshan, it reached the agenda item proposed by Xia Shao regarding the addition of a remote meeting format.

It was mostly still viewed as a consultation mechanism for coordinating resources within Netheril, rather than a competent department with actual power.

The reason why the 【Resource Planning Committee】, one of the council's subordinate standing bodies, was able to be established was enough to explain the attitude of each councilor.

At the very end of the session, Badijiaer proposed the time and main agenda for the next session; the next session would no longer be a plenary session, but a session with only councilors participating.

But Aiwa was currently still traveling and conducting research across Netheril; once he finished, perhaps he could go to work at the Councilor Secretariat. As for now, sending a liaison was enough. However, which remote meeting plan to adopt had not yet been decided at this grand assembly; everyone just unanimously agreed that such a thing was needed.

The Legal Research Association and the Grand Library could have a significant impact on various parts of Netheril after their establishment; Xia Shao would not miss the chance to exert influence on these two new institutions, and they were also two institutions he had the ability to influence.

He had full confidence in winning the competition for this council public project!

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Regarding Badijiaer's initiative, the councilors of course passed it unanimously; it was not mandatory, and since it cost nothing, the councilors certainly did not mind showing their sense of the big picture in front of the public.

The main agenda items for the next few sessions would mostly be related to the new institutions.

The main agenda was the review of the operation of the council's new subordinate institutions, which also involved a series of personnel appointments; if councilors intended to send people into the relevant institutions, they needed to state it in advance.

It was mainly up to the Tower to be responsible for organizing and leading these new institutions; councilors stuffing people in could not affect the normal operation of these institutions.

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"The Main Plane has nurtured countless civilizations, but in the end, only we have achieved something. Through the ruins buried deep underground that were excavated later, it is difficult for us to explore the specific reasons why those lost civilizations disappeared in the long river of history, but their existence did indeed sound an alarm for us: that is, civilization is not naturally able to continue."

Of course, the Tower, as an example, would return the section of the mountain peak that had been intercepted from the Strait Mountains for the construction of Xin Saiwendun; from now on, at least in this matter, there would be a template for reference.

Having had the experience of the previous session lasting over half a month, the attitude of many councilors toward this matter had quietly changed; when it came to the final vote, it was passed with almost unanimous approval.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, the results of such an attempt are not bad, and in the foreseeable future, it will still have a positive effect."

This was actually an intelligence department; Xia Shao was of course willing to participate deeply, but he really did not have many talents in this area under his command; counting them over, only Aiwa barely met his requirements.

"Then in other aspects, should we also have corresponding attempts?"

"This initiative includes many aspects: there are those in talent cultivation, those in external relations, and those regarding the natural environment. In fact, the New Covenant is a sustainable development attempt in terms of the system!"

After the agenda item on remote meetings, this grand assembly had completely entered its final stage. Badijiaer looked at the participating lords in the venue who were showing signs of fatigue, as well as the observing representatives on the periphery who were filled with excitement, and finally stated the last agenda item—

Not to mention, he had developed a complete and perfect plan based on the remote meeting experience from his hometown, rather than just a communication Spell that connected the many attendees.

"In the process of development, we need to pay attention to many problems. Among them, what I think is very necessary is restraint. In order to be able to develop for the long term, I think it is necessary to propose a sustainable development initiative."

That was enough for Xia Shao. This matter was proposed by him first, which gave people a preconceived impression. Once his Communication Mythallar was released, it could more or less increase the probability of being chosen.

Although it was Badijiaer speaking eloquently from the Speaker's seat, in reality, the viewpoints he expressed all came from Xia Shao, and regarding sustainable development, Xia Shao had already exchanged views with each councilor over the past half month.

But after all, it concerned the real interests of every councilor and lord, so each councilor was still relatively conservative on this issue, and the actual authority granted to the Resource Planning Committee was very little.

As for the Councilor Secretariat, every councilor was required to send at least one liaison; those who were willing to participate deeply could of course send more people, and if they were unwilling, they could just leave it to the Tower to handle.

And now, Badijiaer brought up sustainable development again; everyone of course knew what this meant. It was a protection initiative for non-renewable resources, with less of a mandatory nature, and more of a tendency to form a bottom-up orientation.

Sustainable development in a broad sense does indeed include many aspects, but in a narrow sense, specifically speaking, it is still about how humans and nature get along.

The attempts at sustainable development in a broad sense, as Badijiaer said, had long been included in the negotiations for the New Covenant and the establishment of the new system; what was being discussed now was mainly how to view and handle the relationship between humans and nature in a narrow sense.

For Xia Shao, the areas involved in these new institutions were all different; he only planned to stuff a few people into the Legal Research Association, the Grand Library, and the Councilor Secretariat, and would forget about the others for the time being.