March.

Sacramento.

The California State Assembly has reconvened.

40 senators are beginning to battle over funding.

In the United States, getting money has an order.

Many public intellectuals praise the U.S. for its adherence to the rule of law.

From a certain perspective, this is indeed true.

The United States Constitution is the first written constitution in human history.

Many people might not believe this.

What about the United Kingdom?

Indeed, we have all studied historical politics.

The United Kingdom is known as a constitutional monarchy nation.

The first one.

With 'constitutional' in its name, it must have a constitution.

The United Kingdom does have a constitution, that is undoubtedly true.

However, the UK's constitution is unwritten.

Meaning, it doesn't have a document titled the United Kingdom Constitution.

So why is it said to have a constitution?

Because it originated from a thing called the 'Great Charter', something akin to a contract.

This was something a king of England named John made a mess of at the time.

Then a group of nobles attacked him and forced him to sign this thing.

The contents are quite bizarre, like the king cannot randomly take others' sheep, etc.

This King John of England really stirred up public anger, so they dealt with him.

And because of this, no subsequent King of England was named John.

The name John is a good name in Christianity, a name of saints.

Yet no English king reused it, which shows how garbage this King John was.

However, there were other legal documents combined with the 'Great Charter'.

Thus, the United Kingdom had a constitution.

Therefore, the UK's constitution isn't truly written.

Unlike the United States Constitution.

There's truly such a legal document, truly a file called the United States Constitution.

It's even used by many countries; East Japan directly translated it for their Meiji Restoration constitution.

Later rewritten by MacArthur, but that's another story.

Since the U.S. has a constitution, how is it utilized?

Amendments!

Many, including Americans themselves, might not fully understand these.

But, they often hear terms like 'First Amendment'.

Simply understand, amendments are interpretations or expansions of a line or meaning of the constitution.

Various amendments came later, like the first, the second, and so on.

And about funding?

Similarly, legislation first!

To put it simply again.

If you want to repair California's subway stations, then you need to push a bill probably named 'California Subway Station Repair Act'.

The bill's content might just say, 'We need to repair subway stations, give money quickly'.

But, that's considered content and needs to be collectively voted on by legislators.

Once passed, it reaches the governor, and if the governor agrees, they sign it off.

That's called taking effect, and then funding can be allocated.

That's the basic process.

Used by every state in the United States, and even by Congress.

Congress is more complex, though.

It's the House of Representatives and the Senate, structurally identical to the UK's two houses.

The flow is roughly like this, there are certainly many small details in between, hard to explain all.

Looking at the process comprehensively, it's clear to see.

Legislators indeed have power.

But to truly push a bill, you have to rely on 'committees'.

In Congress, due to the number of legislators, there are numerous committees.

Legislators form various small groups to push bills.

At the state level, it's somewhat less but still many in number.

Everyone has to form small groups.

Paddy represents San Diego.

But San Diego is a big city.

Paddy isn't the only senator representing San Diego.

But Paddy doesn't take the usual path.

He directly finds others to team up with.

"Lady Li, could we join forces this time?"

Impressively, Paddy directly found Jenny Lee.

"Ah, this..." Jenny Lee was evidently surprised.

In this statewide senate election, Jenny Lee won as she wished.

However, Congressman Paddy approaching her seemed a bit off.

Paddy did his homework before; he knew Congresswoman Jeanne's husband is a famous doctor.

And this time, the main bill Paddy wanted to push was... a medical bill promised to Carlos.

Since that was the case, forming a committee with Congresswoman Jeanne.

Isn't that great?

But Paddy got it wrong; Jenny Lee had promised earlier to help Los Angeles media secure funding.

That's really about dividing the spoils.

But even dividing needs methods.

Paddy and Jenny Lee's directions differ; can they really form a committee?

A person with the surname Zhao, named Ying, came over.

"Hello, I'm Zhao Ying, and plan to push a medical-related bill this time too."

This Zhao Ying is Chinese, with very distinct facial features.

She hails from San Francisco, likely planning to secure benefits for San Francisco hospitals.

Paddy's hospital drama.

Jenny Lee looked somewhat troubled.

The opening of California's assembly seemed somewhat awkward this time.

...

Descent Sect?

Zhou Mo Sen couldn't help but think of 'Three-Body' upon hearing the name.

Perhaps because of his recent novel writing.

Literary atmosphere... ahem... he hadn't even written a single word.

But regardless, indeed, Zhou Mo Sen had another identity outside.

Novelist.

Both a doctor and novelist.

It sounds quite appealing.

However, Zhou Mo Sen checked it out.

Historically, there were indeed many doctor novelists.

Among them, the famous one is Mori Ogai from East Japan.

Mori Ogai is truly famous.

Yet, he treated Japanese soldiers, curing was beriberi.

And the results were very glorious.

He managed to kill more than thirty thousand soldiers.

Evidently, Mori Ogai was better suited for novel writing; moreover, his daughter was also a renowned novelist, whose novels were... quite bizarre.

Let's not dwell on these now.

Zhou Mo Sen arrived at the Descent Sect's sermon site, he also wore a mask.

A silver half-face mask.

Does anyone remember Aaron Kwok's silver fox?

Zhou Mo Sen felt quite pleased with himself.

Just like that, he mingled in.

And this time's sermon...

"Dr. Zhou, absolutely keep your mind steady."

It was Richard Daddario speaking.

Evidently, Zhou Mo Sen was developed into an agent by this famous New York prosecutor.

"Rest assured, Richard."

This guy naturally called by his first name.

In Europe and America, this is indeed a way to address a father-in-law.

While they are quietly chatting here, the woman wearing a ram skull mask appeared.

Those who know the truth would certainly be shocked.

This Jenny Lee moved pretty quickly.

Luckily, although Sacramento is in Northern California.

It's still California, so transportation is relatively convenient.

Then...

"A demon will descend upon the world!"

Zhou Mo Sen immediately understood, this enchantress was just swindling!

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