Father Mavie

Chapter 699 Female Friend (Two in One, Please Subscribe!!!)
London is doomed to sleep tonight.

In the middle of the night, many people’s houses were still brightly lit, and the crying of babies and the quarrels of couples were constantly heard in the house. The culprit of all this was the latest issue of The Times.

The newspaper published the entire content of Ma Wei's speech in Archbishop's Park. When they saw Ma Wei's remarks about supporting women's rights, many men laughed disdainfully and did not hesitate to sarcasm.
They saw his wife's indifferent gaze.

Putting aside the matter of giving women more jobs, let’s talk about the voting rights and property inheritance rights highlighted by Ma Wei. These are closely related to life. Most people don’t care whether their wives have voting rights. Inheritance does matter.

The life pattern of a family of three is very common. The husband and wife jointly conceive a child. If it is a girl, then the wife and daughter have no inheritance rights. Once the man has an accident, the property will be inherited by the man's brother or father or male relatives.

At that time, a man's wife and daughter could only be reduced to each other's vassals and depend on others.

How good of a life can they live?
When it comes to the issue of property, many men take a serious attitude. As husbands, they prefer to inherit property to their own children rather than brothers. Who would want their wives and children to live a life of spectator What about winking life?
But if you agree with Ma Wei's remarks on improving women's rights, you must agree to provide more jobs for women, which makes many men unwilling.

Starting from the actual situation in the Kingdom of Windsor, the economy is indeed growing rapidly, and the jobs are far from saturated. Even if some of them are allocated to women, it will not hurt. But some people just don't want to set this precedent.

"Nicholas must be stopped!"

In Clarence Palace, the eldest prince slammed the newspaper onto the table and said angrily, "We must not let him succeed! If women are given the right to vote, his approval rating will surpass that of Donald in an instant!"

Who proposed to improve women's rights?

Nicholas von Manstein!
When women get the right to vote, who do they vote for?

This seems to go without saying.

Even the eldest prince had to admit that Ma Wei took him to the bottom and caught him off guard!

"Your Highness, with all due respect, Nicholas' move is too ruthless. He provoked a conflict between men and women. Who doesn't have a woman? Who doesn't have a mother or a wife?" The housekeeper Nix said with a serious face: "It's like the abolition of slavery. Just like the proposals, when the era develops to a certain extent, it will naturally lead to many incredible situations.”

"Do you agree with Nicholas' idea?" The eldest prince asked in surprise, "Do you think he is right?"

"Yes, Your Highness. I think what Mr. Nicholas said is right. If you put aside your personal grievances and think from the standpoint of a bystander, you will find that it will be a matter of time before women's rights are improved."

The eldest prince was silent. He was indeed not calm. When the general election was involved, his mood swings were too severe.

think carefully
The Knicks were right, and so was Nicholas.

Once this layer of window paper is pierced, it can no longer be filled, and it must be faced directly.

It is obviously unwise to oppose Nicholas at this time.

"But if we agree with Nicholas' remarks and really improve women's rights, the ultimate beneficiary will be Nicholas, which will be extremely detrimental to the general election." The eldest prince pondered.

"Your Highness, we can also quote the remarks made by Mr. Nicholas today. This is not his property alone. He was just the first to put it forward." Nix said: "We can definitely ask Mr. Donnel to strongly support it. Women's rights, and try to get legislation in place so that the votes are spread out and don't all go to Mr Nicholas."

"What you said is very good." The eldest prince nodded slowly: "Inform Donnel, let him hurry up to prepare the proposal, and submit it to Congress before Nicholas."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Also, send someone to ask Mr. Steward, why he hasn't done anything after so many days have passed? As long as Nicholas is dead, no one can threaten us!"

"clear."

"interesting."

In the villa of the Chevalier family, the candlelight flickered in the lampshade. Under the dim light, Freya read the newspaper report about Mavie's speech, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

As the leader of a political party, she certainly knows what kind of turmoil this report will cause. This is a major event that can subvert the situation in London!

Perhaps from now on, women can enjoy the same rights and interests as men
"I'm afraid there is no better opportunity."

Turning her eyes, Freya picked up the bell on the corner of the table and rang it.

Jingle Bell.
click.

The door opened, and a butler wearing white gloves walked in, and said respectfully, "Madam, what are your orders?"

"Inform Roselater, Pique, and Haimanuo to come here immediately. I have something important to do."

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment: "Madam, it's so late, you call the party leaders to meet."

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Freya said with a smile: "Once women gain the same political status as men, it proves that they have their own value, and in order to obtain rights, there must be outstanding people who stand up to urge legislation, and I want to What we do is to gather the best of these women, set up a women's union, and seize the opportunity!"

"Understood, I'll do it now."

The next day.

Several proposals were sent to the Congress early in the morning. The contents were basically the same. They were all bills on improving women's rights. Those who sent these proposals had the Eldest Prince or the Second Prince behind them.

In less than a day, the matter of improving women's rights caused an uproar in London. Many people were unwilling to work, and many women gathered together to talk about their dissatisfaction with their husbands, as if it had become a crusade. At this moment, all vented out.

In the afternoon, the "Evening Times" once again published Ma Wei's new remarks-about whether women receive the same education as men.

This report intensified the conflict again, but this time, Ma Wei's target was not ordinary civilians, but nobles who were watching from the sidelines!
The women who are eligible to go to school are all the lucky ones from a wealthy family. They have no shortage of food and drink since they were born, and the only daughter is even regarded as a jewel in the palm of their hands. However, no matter how hard they try, they cannot get the same opportunity to go to school as men. Enter the school as an 'auditor', or go to a so-called 'boarding school'.

This is an unfair system, but no one dares to mention it. Now that Ma Wei raised it in public, it is undoubtedly challenging the rules of the Kingdom of Windsor since ancient times. According to common sense, pioneers like Ma Wei should be burned alive, but this time .
There are many voices of support behind him.

Several female students organized clubs and launched a parade on campus. This brave move aroused the response of other public schools. In just a few days, a feminist movement started vigorously. Female students whose father blocks and holds a sign to parade.
Parades are not allowed. According to the laws of the Kingdom, large-scale gatherings must be reported in advance. In order to maintain law and order, the government sent Scotland Yard police, but when the police arrived at the scene, they found that most of the people participating in the parade were daughters of noble families. Only those who have received an elite education have the courage to challenge the 'rules'.

Just when the police were hesitant to arrest or not to arrest.
Freya appeared.

She rode an expensive carriage and joined the parade as a duke. The female students flocked to the palace and the Congress as if they had a backbone. Seeing this scene, Rhodes IV sitting in the palace and Prime Minister Winston and others were silent.

"Your Majesty, I seem to have seen the figure of Duke Freya." Prime Minister Winston took a deep breath on his cigar: "What should I do? Are you going to arrest her?"

"What is she mixing with it!" Rhodes IV coughed angrily. It was his order to dispatch the police, but he didn't want to see Freya arrested.

Even if you don’t care about affection, it depends on the title of the Duke of Freya. The Duke is already the highest-ranking nobleman in the Kingdom of Windsor except for the prince. His influence is not trivial, and he represents the interests of the old nobles. If the king ignores the title of nobleman today and orders Arrest a duke.
What would other nobles think?
Have their titles become a display?
Having gone through the Glorious Revolution, the power of the king of the Kingdom of Windsor has long since disappeared. It still has appeal and influence, and it all depends on the support of these nobles. If the nobles jointly oppose it, he, the king, will be emptied.

Even the Prime Minister Winston Churchill sitting next to him came from an ancient noble family!

Being caught but unable to be arrested, and being chased away but unable to be driven away, Rhodes IV had a great headache and hurriedly called the cabinet to discuss.

"Your Majesty, both the eldest prince and the second prince have sent proposals to improve women's rights, and Congress has accepted it." Prime Minister Winston smoked a cigar and said depressedly: "On this matter, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party are surprisingly unanimous." , even Duke Freya is the leader of the political party, and the three of them will join forces and this proposal will probably be forcibly passed."

What lies ahead is reality.

The Conservative Party and the Liberal Party have taken more than half of the seats in the House of Commons. On the issue of improving women's rights, even though many nobles insist on adhering to the ancient 'rules', they cannot withstand the joint pressure of the First Prince and the Second Prince. growing number of marches
More and more MPs agree with the proposal, and it is only a matter of time before the House of Commons passes it. As for the female students parading outside the House of Lords, they are all daughters of noble families, and many of the nobles are members of the House of Lords. What can they do?
Is it possible to sever the relationship between father and daughter?

After the House of Commons compromised and passed the proposal, there was only one last hurdle left.

Once the cabinet and the king sign off on the document, the proposal will be officially passed.

While the documents aren't in front of them yet, that day isn't too far away.

Rhodes IV didn't know what he was insisting on, maybe he just didn't want to be led by the nose, but the situation was beyond his control.

Even if the king does not sign it, the cabinet can forcefully pass the bill. If the cabinet does not agree, the bill cannot be passed, but the problem is...
The House of Commons, like the king, has the special power to re-elect the cabinet!

The arm cannot twist the thigh.

"What does the church say?" Rhodes IV pinned his last hope on the church. He hoped that Pope Umbly I could come forward and settle the matter for him.

Speaking of the church, the corner of Prime Minister Winston's mouth twitched: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten something very important?"

"what's up?"

"The god the church believes in is a goddess."

"."

"The Church has absolutely no interest in advancing women's rights, and not only that, Pope Ubli I held a week-long Mass during which he would not meet anyone." Winston He took a puff of the cigar and exhaled thick white smoke: "Your Majesty, don't count on the Church, they have already hidden."

Did Pope Ubli I dare to insult women?

Why is the goddess called a goddess?

This is a very delicate question.

If Ubli I supports Rhodes IV and does not agree to improve women's rights, then he is not loyal enough to the goddess.

Even if the goddess didn't care, Ubli I didn't dare to take such unnecessary risks.

What does it matter to him whether women's rights are raised or not?
He represents the church, not the nursery!

Because of the goddesses, the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny hid directly and resolutely refrained from making any remarks or expressing any attitudes on this matter.

Go with the flow.

The last hope was shattered, and Rhode IV no longer struggled: "Okay, since the matter has come to this, let's speed up the passage of the bill and quickly end this farce."

"Your Majesty, Duke Freya seems to want to set up a women's union, what do you think?"

"Let her go, the bill has been passed, can it stop her?"

"Yes"

With the acquiescence of the king and the cabinet, the "Women's Rights Act" was quickly passed in less than three days, and the attitudes of the Congress were astonishingly unanimous. When the news of the passage of the bill came out, the women cheered and celebrated their victory one after another.

"The bill passed."

At the flower street grocery store, Ma Wei finished reading the latest issue of the newspaper: "Women have the right to vote, property inheritance and work. Although the content of the bill is still a bit sloppy and needs to be optimized, it is already very impressive to be able to achieve this step in such a short period of time. Easy."

"Brother, it's a good thing for us that women have the right to vote!" Levin said excitedly, "You proposed this bill, and the women in London will definitely give you the vote!"

Ma Wei smiled: "As far as I know, Congressman Donnel also made the same remarks as me, and even expressed his willingness to fight for women's rights on my basis. He has received a lot of support."

"It's still not as good as you, brother." Levin shook his head and said, "Brother, do you know that your new nickname has been rumored in London recently?"

"New nickname?" Ma Wei said in astonishment: "I really don't know, what nickname did they give me?"

"Friends of women!"

(End of this chapter)