Extraordinary Voyage Chapter 587: Members of Upper Parliament
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Queen Isabella, who has always been calm and unrestrained, has suddenly stood up regardless of the king's manners. Even because the speed of getting up was too fast, the powerful power of the great knight suddenly set off a gust of wind in the study.
The pages of the books on the table were blown into the air, fluttering and scattered all over the floor.
Sitting next to her, even Li Wei Na, who had expressed emotion for Irvine's wizarding talent several times, opened her eyes wide, and she seemed to be in a dream at this time. I thought that Aiwen came so fast because he happened to be on the road when he spread the letter.
But he didn't even dare to think that he might be far away when he received the letter from the spirit world.
Immediately.
The queen is aware of her gaffe, she lightly reads the golden-red hair falling from her ears, and restores her former graceful posture. She looks at the members of the think tank present here:
"Dear consultants, come here for the time being for today's meeting. Go back and sort out your ideas before continuing the discussion tomorrow.
In addition, everything seen here is top secret, no one can disclose it to the outside world, understand? "
When she said the last sentence, a stern look appeared on Queen Isabella's face, and the heavy majesty she almost breathed.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Although the consultants of the think tank are lonely as scholars, they also know what the priorities are.
There is another high-level wizard in the kingdom besides Princeton. This is a power like nuclear deterrence, and its importance and significance to the kingdom are far greater than the turmoil in neighboring countries.
In the past countless years.
The place that wizards most fear those in power lies in the terrible methods that cannot be prevented. Mosquitoes, poisons, curses... and even the air around them are the mediums for them to perform witchcraft. What makes mortals even more desperate is that most of the time, regardless of whether the opponent is a person or an army, there is not much difference in the eyes of the upper wizard.
And the place where those in power can't stop most is the kind of "productivity" that transcends the times!
The steam industry system that tops the entire continent, the various potions issued by the military, the equipment of the arakkoa troops, and even the peak dominance of the kingdom’s maritime power-the legendary battleship "Steam Fortress", are all sourced From Princeton and his "Eye of Violet".
Alvin’s contribution in this area is also obvious to all. "Scurvy Practical Therapy", "Reloaded Cruise Ship", "Brigentin Type Brig", "Song of the Sea Monster", "Coral" "Steel", "Seabird Mind Network", battlefield drug "penicillin" and so on.
The kingdom has deeply benefited from it.
Now after being promoted to a high-level wizard, this is simply a big gold mine in human form, enough to make the kingdom inexhaustible!
On this point, Francis, the second think tank who holds the concept of "powerful science and technology and coordinated development of the country", can actually understand it best.
After a group of consultants saluted and left, only the queen, the crown prince, and Irwin were left in the study.
When Isabella looked at Aiwen again, her face had quietly changed to a different color. It was blooming like spring back to the earth, and what she said was very beautiful:
"Galliott, starting today, the number of seats in the Kingdom Council will be increased from 58 seats to 59 seats!
Although the "Knightship Management Act" stipulates that non-combat titles cannot be promoted continuously, but after the last three years of being a viscount, I will preside over the earl promotion ceremony for you.
The greater the ability, the greater the power, what do you think? "
Her Majesty the Queen clearly knows the way of the superior, and is not prepared to explore the secret of Ivan's rapid promotion. Opening her mouth is the most real official Xu Jue.
Although Ivan would not be like many dignitaries, sharpened his head and drilled into the "Upper Council", the center of the kingdom's power, his lifelong wish was to lead his family to the Council.
But this time, as the power grows, the kingdom recognizes its status, and the benefits that are delivered to the door should not be in vain.
Furthermore, you can follow the example of some great nobles, just find a reliable agent to stay in the capital.
Although I don’t have enough high-end talents in my hands, the Emore family is not lacking. Anyway, the old father-in-law's wool has been stalked thousands of times, which is not bad.
I don’t even have to pay for the agent’s salary, which is great.
Members of the Upper Council can say that the most powerful people in the kingdom also enjoy many privileges. All of them are great nobles above the earl family. The implementation of any policy in the kingdom can only be carried out if most of them cooperate.
However, accidents such as the exclusion of nobility, the severance of children, and the decline of the family also occur from time to time. The number of members of the House of Lords is not fixed. Even co-elections usually require fierce or even fierce political struggles to succeed.
The understatement that came to Aiwen is obviously the convenience brought by power.
Wow, la la la...
Raising his hand gently, the papers scattered on the ground have fallen back onto the queen's desk like butterflies flying, and piled up into a neat stack by themselves.
Ivan bows solemnly and salutes:
"Thank you for your approval, I will do my best to live up to your trust!"
Isabella then added that in addition to political rights, there will be some national policy tilts. Based on its own characteristics, part of the kingdom’s annual arms purchase order will be handed over to Georgia.
In other words, after entering the top-level elite club, the legal cannon-making power he has always wanted is already at his fingertips! The ship-borne heavy guns that were sneakily trial-produced in "Steel City" can also be taken out openly.
Of course, rights and obligations are equal. If you are willing to work for the landlord's family, there is absolutely no problem with Nymph getting a seat.
After taking Aiwen into the power center of the kingdom, after relocating him. Looking at the two ghouls on the floor who looked dumb and knowing, Isabella finally started talking about another business:
"Incited by the emerging aristocracy, which you call the ‘bourgeois’, a new trend of thought has spread among the lower classes of the Ilya Kingdom.
The ambition is unconcealed, and the slogan of "personal freedom and equal rights" is publicly shouted, which is extremely attractive to civilians.
The death knell for the kingdom to guard the ‘Raging Sea Tide’ is the signal for their ‘uprising’. A large number of ghouls have flocked to the capital of Viana in batches, which is destined to be the starting point of a great vortex. "
The royal family's intelligence network is obviously stronger than Ivan had imagined, and it has penetrated into the body of the kingdom of Ilya from top to bottom.
Livina handed him a written document marked top secret, so that he gradually got a comprehensive understanding of the situation in this former home country.
The people in Ilya are like the three areas divided by the heavy city wall in Viana, the capital of Ilya, and they are clearly divided into three levels.
The first level: the royal family represented by the king and his relatives. The second level: high priests and nobles in the church. The third level: citizens, including the bourgeois, peasants, and proletarians, and the lower-class people.
In fact, it's not just Ilya, most of the countries on the mainland are like this.
In the past many years, Ilya’s title of nobility has been open, and the title can be obtained through political donations (sales), giving some wealthy and capable third-class people the opportunity to become nobles.
Since then, as the royal family gradually tasted the sweetness, it was discovered that this group of emerging merchant class (bourgeois) was so rich, and the price of knighthood became higher and higher.
But they still can’t stop them from pursuing identity and social status after they have money. Especially with the development of ocean commerce and steam industry, in the last 80 years or so alone, the Kingdom of Ilya has increased Fifty thousand new nobles!
On the other hand, some declining nobles are also very dissatisfied with these new nobles.
Traditional aristocrats themselves will also invest in commerce, mining, real estate and other industries. However, as the conflict between emerging commercial aristocrats and traditional aristocrats has become more and more serious, traditional aristocrats have been beaten by this new class that unites and has common demands. Retreat.
The Garriott family ten years ago was a trivial victim of this struggle.
The conflict between the old and new class forces has also contributed to the so-called "great uprising" to a certain extent, and the ultimate spearhead is directed at the representative of the traditional class-the royal family.
As Ivan once said, this is a social problem at the root, rather than a lack of peak combat power on the surface.
With this tangible documentary evidence, coupled with the theoretical guidance provided by Ivan, it can be said that this group of them is the group of people who have seen the turmoil in Ilya most clearly.
I can even guess one or two about the direction of future developments.
"In the third level, farmers and urban civilians are the main body, and they are also the main force of the upcoming ‘uprising’.
The emerging business aristocracy is what you call the bourgeoisie, who is in a leading position by virtue of their extraordinary power, economic strength, political talent and cultural knowledge.
Maybe a few months, no more than half a year at most, no matter whether the "Raging Sea Tide" can last until that time, everything will be blown up like a huge gunpowder storehouse burned out by a fuze! "
Queen Isabella also became a "prophet", but this was based on detailed information, and no one would doubt the correctness of her statement.
Ivan, who came here for this, tentatively said:
"Then you mean...?"
Her Majesty the Queen smiled and uttered a word meaningfully:
"Watch the changes."
Although she didn't express her position clearly, Irvine understood her meaning the first time.
The royal family has inherited the blood of titles, and the side effect of the powerful talent is that the people are not very prosperous. Although marriage between the tulip royals is a norm, the blood relationship between Falettis and Ilya was at least several generations ago.
Moreover.
In a world where extraordinary powers dominate, it is the most cost-effective choice to bundle and absorb enough talented and extraordinary people to join their own camp in various ways.
For Falettis, the most cost-effective marriage at the moment is the father of the contemporary queen, the titled knight "Sword Saint of the Rose" Ilvid. Nowadays, for the sake of the stability of the throne of his daughter, it is no longer enough to describe this hundred-year-old "old man."
Of course, it's not impossible to concentrate completely on the secular relationships linked by in-laws. The consequences...just like the current Ilya, the patron collapsed!
For Isabella, seeing the bad luck of the royal family of Ilya is no obstacle in terms of emotion. Moreover, in the face of interests, the indifferent blood relationship is really not worth mentioning.
Very simple example.
A ship with priceless cargo without a strong guardian, everyone wants it. After letting the pirates complete the looting, the navy fires again, and everything is logical and perfect!
This is also in line with Aiwen's plan.
But before he is happy, I suddenly heard Her Majesty continue to say:
"By the way, Secretary Galliot, I remember that the ancestral land of the Galliot family fell into the hands of the representative of the emerging aristocracy, Earl Wright? Do you want to take back the land that belongs to you?"
"Uh..."
Looking up at the graceful and beautiful Queen wearing a platinum crown, Ivan already had a bad premonition in his heart. And the eight generations of the ancestors of the Galliot family are still buried there, do you want it?
"From now on, the kingdom will start preparing for war and purchasing arms, but the construction of Ugol Island has taken up a large amount of funds in the kingdom, so you know..."
Speaking of which, Isabella blinked her beautiful lake green eyes at him, and the meaning could not be more obvious.
"Arms?!"
I, Irving Garriott, had the day when I was stubbed out? Awkward.jpg
Half an hour later~IndoMTL.com~Alvin and Livina also bid farewell to the queen.
Only when he came, Livina was half a step ahead of Ivan, but when he left, he walked with him naturally.
The changes in status are vividly reflected in every detail.
Looking at the back of the two people leaving.
Isabella was a little lost, but she sighed quietly after a long time:
"The birth of a high-ranking wizard is indeed a good thing, but unlike Princeton, who relied on the kingdom's training and signed a corresponding contract throughout the entire process, this rising star has not received too much royal funding."
I picked up the last letter Ivan left on the table from the "deceased" eldest daughter Stephanie, and muttered to herself almost inaudible:
"Galliott would be great if he hadn’t gotten engaged! Isn’t it just thirteen years old? Contrast this with the one hundred and thirty-year-old who was not worried before, and Livina walked with him. I am not totally unacceptable!"