Everyone slowly understood the principle of speaking at the conference. Here, there was only truth and truth. If what was said was right, everyone would listen. Under this framework, many people had their own ideas and began to speak.
At first, it was the aristocratic family representatives against the commoner representatives. Then, the commoner families also targeted the aristocratic families. The aristocratic family representatives were defeated on many issues. In the end, there were people who supported the aristocratic families and commoners. Everyone spoke for their own group. When they realized that Hua Kai and the committee members did not stop them, all kinds of problems and contradictions were raised.
When a Connate aristocratic family representative heard that the commoner representative wanted to revoke many of the aristocratic families' privileges, he stood up angrily and raised his True Qi.
"You, leave!
This is a warning. If there is a next time, you will be disqualified. "Chinese Ink looked coldly at the Connate aristocratic family representative.
Only then did the representative realize that he had been impulsive. He stood up and left the hall. He stood outside and waited. He could not participate in this conference!
When the commoner representatives saw this, they were even happier. Who among them could make the aristocratic family experts lose their composure?
The commoner representatives were the most eye-catching in this conference. Many sharp problems were pointed out. Unknowingly, it was already past noon. No one had any intention of stopping. Chinese Ink interrupted everyone's discussion. Only then did the first meeting come to an end.
"The first meeting is over. Tomorrow, we will continue with the first and second meetings."
Chinese Ink stood up and left. The 20 committee members also stood up and left. Only then did everyone get up and leave the Great Hall.
After leaving the Great Hall, there were people who were happy and people who were sad. Many problems were raised that involved the interests of all classes. Some even involved the Hua family.
"Patriarch Yi, the commoner representatives won today. We were not prepared enough. What do you think Hua Jiazhu means? Does he really want to raise the status of commoners?" a Northern Mountain aristocratic family representative asked.
"We all know about the problems that the commoner representatives mentioned. However, who has solved them before? There have been many problems in recent years.
Wasn't writing the first time a problem was raised?
When the second preliminary vote is held, if the number of people who agree is not more than half, it doesn't mean that there is no problem. There are only a few commoners, "Patriarch Yi said.
Everyone knew that if this meeting reached a decision, it would affect the entire High Willow County. These changes would change the lives of all the people of High Willow County. Their status and power would also change.
In the afternoon, all the representatives returned to the inn. They all gathered in groups of three to five. There were about four more meetings to be held in this conference, and today was only the beginning. They were divided into different groups, and they were all discussing how to raise constructive questions in the conference tomorrow.
On the second day, Hua Kai saw that all the representatives had slowly adapted to the rules of the conference. They were all looking for some of the problems that existed in the High Willow Prefecture. On the fourth day, the problems that everyone brought up were basically the same as before, and the conference ended.
In the following eleven days, all the representatives could leave the inn. They only needed to continue the meeting on the twenty-fifth day.
Hua Kai had already printed out the 281 questions that had been passed this time. They needed to carefully study each question over the next ten days to see if they could pass.
In the first meeting, the most outstanding performance was the commoner representatives. The aristocratic families were attacked to the point that they seemed to be fragmented. In those occasions where they could only raise questions, the aristocratic family representatives felt aggrieved. Now, they could find someone to discuss and answer all the questions one by one. When the time came for the second meeting, the commoner representatives would be blocked.
The commoner representatives were together with the representatives of Xia City every day to discuss how to let the commoner's proposals pass. The aristocratic families, families, and scholars' proposals would definitely pass, which ones were unfair to the commoners, and which ones could be blocked.
The scene of violence and threats that everyone imagined did not happen. Everyone knew that whoever did so would be going against the Hua family, and the Hua family would absolutely not tolerate it!
When the second meeting began, the aristocratic family representatives appeared to be full of confidence, while the commoner representatives were very nervous. In the first meeting, the commoners raised the most questions, but after their analysis, the second meeting's rate of passing was less than ten percent. Among them, thirty percent had a chance of passing, and the remaining sixty percent basically had no chance of passing. The main reason was that the commoner representatives accounted for more than ten percent of the total.
Sure enough, according to the number printed by the Hua family, the people who made the proposal would stand up and begin to explain the contents of their proposal and the solution.
When the proposal that was very reasonable and beneficial to the development of High Willow County was finished, and no one raised any objections, Chinese Ink had everyone raise their hands to vote. Everyone raised their hands, and the topic entered the third meeting.
As for the unrealistic proposals, Chinese Ink had everyone vote as soon as possible. Only a small portion of the proposals were unified, and the topic ended there, and they moved on to the next one.
Everyone used their time on the topics that could be done, but were not worth doing. After five days, 281 questions had been raised, and in the end, only sixty-seven questions passed the second meeting.
In the third meeting, they discussed the solutions to the sixty-seven questions together. Everyone threw away the problems and found the root cause. Many regulations that had not been there before began to be established one by one. The series of regulations that Hua Kai had written previously served as the basis for this meeting's discussion. In the end, after nine days of discussion, including Hua Kai's many explanations on stage, only forty-nine questions were left that could be approved by half of the people.
At the end of the third meeting, the entire meeting was nearing its end.
The forty-nine questions were sent by Chinese Ink to the [Family Space], and the fifty core family members discussed it together. In the end, only six of the questions were raised. After Hua Kai received these six questions, he gave some suggestions. In just two days, all the representatives gathered in the great hall and began to discuss the changes to the final questions. After three days of intense discussion, the final six questions all came up with practical solutions, and then the meeting entered the final agenda.
After two months of hard work, everyone found a solution to the forty-nine questions. This solution was the result of everyone's discussion. As for whether or not it would be passed in the end, it all depended on today.
Originally, everyone thought that there would be no problems with the final forty-nine questions, but at the final moment, many people were dumbfounded.
It required seventy percent of the representatives to approve a question to pass. In the end, as long as it involved the interests of all parties, none of the questions could pass. No matter what, everyone still put their own interests first.
In the end, only thirteen of the forty-nine questions were passed. Everyone argued for two months, and those who lost were secretly laughing. The commoners raised more than two hundred questions at the beginning, but in the end, only eleven of them were passed. Moreover, these eleven questions didn't cause much harm to the aristocratic families.
Many of the aristocratic family representatives bowed their heads, not daring to look at the committee members and Hua Kai. Whether it was reasonable or not, the result was like this. This year, all the questions that were discussed would be archived. The meeting was over, and these thirteen decisions would be announced by the House of Representatives to the cities of High Willow County.
At the end of the meeting, there were countless disappointed people. Everyone was discussing the composition of the meeting. In the end, they clearly understood that the Hua family's meeting was a platform for people to raise questions. Everyone raised their questions, and as for the final decision, it would depend on the proportion of people in each class. The aristocratic families and families of High Willow County occupied more than half of the seats. To form a decision that harmed the interests of these two groups would not work in High Willow County.
Next year, the second meeting would be held on November 10th.
From today onwards, the various regions would begin to discuss a series of issues. They had ten months to think about how to pass their proposals. Furthermore, the Councilors were elected once a year. Many people had begun to work hard in order to become the next First Class Representative and enter the Great Assembly Hall.
Although the results of the first assembly didn't have a big impact on the entire High Willow Prefecture, when everyone was discussing the policies of the High Willow Prefecture, they were able to find out the problems that existed in the High Willow Prefecture. Which groups were hindering the development of the High Willow Prefecture, and which issues were not passed by which representatives. Although these problems were magnified, there wasn't any chaos. Everyone was thinking about how to solve these problems. Next time, they would choose who would be able to solve the problems they were concerned about.
In the middle of January, the first meeting of the House of Representatives was successfully held. Although the thirteen decisions that were passed weren't that big of a deal, all kinds of ideas were brewing in High Willow County. Many commoners were looking for people with knowledge and ability, hoping that they would be elected as the next first class representative.
There were also some people who thought that the ratio of the committee members was unreasonable. The Yue family cavalry and the ten major tribes didn't participate in this meeting. Many shop owners said that the business district and the city's development weren't brought up.
There were also many problems with the caravan's safety that weren't brought up.
Hua Kai told Xue Chen to let the House of Representatives begin to seriously study the composition of the next batch of representatives and strive for a more reasonable ratio. However, the number of representatives from aristocratic families and ordinary families had to be more than half. Otherwise, this meeting would be meaningless.
This year, the snow was heavier in High Willow County. The number of wild beasts was slightly higher than in previous years. However, it didn't pose any threat to the safety of the cities.
Because there was enough fodder, the livestock didn't lose weight too much in the winter. In Hua City's Pegasus Farm, Hua Kai upgraded three divine horses today. One batch broke through to the sixth level, becoming the third batch of sixth-level divine horses after the Heavenly Dragon Colt and the Luma Horse in the Hua family.
When a horse entered the seventh level, it was called a Pegasus. In other words, a seventh-level horse could walk on air. The Hua family's only chance of becoming a Pegasus was the Heavenly Dragon Colt. However, that would require Hua Zichen to succeed in building his foundation.
This year, one of Hua Kai's direct disciples was promoted to the School of Novels. Two other disciples were promoted to the School of Novels. Cao Zirui still hadn't finished his training in the world of "Journey to the West". Now, he was living quite comfortably in the Heavenly Court. The Stone Monkey had been born and his reputation was growing. Hua Kai hoped that his disciple could persevere in the world of "Journey to the West". As long as he could persevere until the end of this world, he would definitely succeed in building his foundation.