Todd put a small piece of fish into his mouth and chewed it carefully. While sighing that the food in Muxicheng was more refined, he asked: "I heard that the main competitor of this election is the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. Who are they?"

Emosen cleared his throat: "Let me introduce it. The business alliance consists of forty-nine large chambers of commerce, and the industry covers industry, textiles, maritime business, printing, breeding, winemaking, etc., basically including all industries except alien affairs."

"The senior officials of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance have a variety of backgrounds when it comes to their origins. For example, the president of the Nielsko Mining Chamber of Commerce was a priest personally authorized by the Pope, and the president of the Shusha Sea Merchant was a retired officer of the Empire..."

Todd asked suddenly: "Do these people meet the conditions for the cabinet election?"

Huggins, who was standing aside, explained softly: "According to the investigation of the Security Bureau, they have settled in Muxi City for more than three years, and have all obtained the status of honorary knights..."

Emosen shook his head and said, "But the relationship between these people and other forces is mixed, and many of them have industries and families in cities in other kingdoms."

Todd asked: "Who is the leader of the business alliance?"

"Ratridge Dolson." Emmosen said this name with a headache: "An old nobleman from the Silver Ring Kingdom family once led troops in the Northern Legion, lived in Muxi City as a prisoner for a period of time, and later became a Knight of Honor."

Todd was a little surprised: "How did such a person become the leader of the chamber of commerce?"

Huggins helped explain at this time: "The Dolson family itself is the great nobles of the Silver Ring Kingdom. Rutridge's father and grandfather have made great contributions in the battle against the north, so they have a close relationship with many old noble forces. In that battle to destroy the country, the Dolson family saw the weakness of the Silver Ring Royal Family and transferred the family's wealth to other places early, and were the first noble family to defect to Muxi City."

Todd looked at Huggins and questioned: "How did his honorary knight come from?"

Huggins lowered his head and said, "After entering Mugxi City, the Dolson family sponsored universities, built academic societies, supported artists, and helped the poor... The citizens of Mugxi City had a great impression of this family. At the first enthronement ceremony where the citizens elected the Knights, the Dolson family occupied six places."

Todd nodded at Emosen with a frown, "You keep talking."

"The Dolson family controls the entire Muxicheng with nearly 27% market share of daily processing products, 25% market share of smelting and processing industry, 14% market share of textile industry, about 9% land ownership, and about 5% land transportation industry."

Following Emosen's topic, Terrence added: "The Dolson family is also the largest funder of Mugwy University. He has sponsored more than 90 professors, nearly 600 students. The studios and research rooms named after his family are almost 130 in the entire university."

Emmosen glanced at Todd and said, "Your Majesty, just mention it, the chairs you are sitting on and the tableware you use are made by Dolson's manufacturers."

Todd put the silver fork in his hand in front of him, and a special sign starting with the character D at the handle made him silent.

"Not only that, in recent years, Dolson has used marriage and equity exchange to form a solid business group organization with the Sanchez and Tobieris families in Mugxi City. Whether it is negotiations, disputes, demands, etc., they have clear rules of interest and division of roles within them."

Todd rubbed his forehead with his hands: "We have been busy dealing with external threats over the years, but we never thought that such a giant would grow by our side."

Seeing Huggins's guilty expression, Emosen explained: "Your Majesty, we can't blame us for being careless. The Dolson family has registered multiple merchant names and used agents and indirect control to control many assets and industries in Muxicheng. Even if we check, we can only find many unrelated controllers, and we cannot find the real master behind them at all."

Todd waved his hand: "No need to say anything else. Let's talk about how likely you are to win this time the election is to see how good your chances of winning?"

Emosen looked at the others and said in embarrassment: "The chances of winning are not great."

"Why?"

"Some of the campaign slogans and governance policies proposed by Dolson have won the approval of the vast majority of citizens."

Emosen stretched out his index finger: "The first thing to bear is the diocese war. The Dolson family proposed to launch a "war against God" to completely erase the dirty messes of the church from the world. They said that the liars in the church, using a false god who did not exist, deceived and exploited believers and deprived them of their wealth and humanity, and it is time to repay everything."

The head of Musi Cathedral, Moore Rupert, who was sitting at the end of the dining table, couldn't help but speak: "The remarks made by these people are not only attacking the Church of Heavenly Father and the Orthodox Church, but also attacking Protestantism, and also questioning your sacred identity. Now, at the door of Musi Cathedral, there are a group of ignorant students who are ignorant of heaven and earth every day, distributing leaflets to believers who come and go, claiming that God does not exist, and religion is just a concealment scam."

Hearing this, Cumberland, who had been patient for a long time, finally couldn't help but feel the anger in his heart.

The old knight with a bad temper slammed the table and shouted loudly: "I want to tell you, just send out soldiers and send all the people who are in trouble to the gallows! Then hang the body on the flagpole in the center of the square to let the gangsters see what the outcome would be like to be honest!"

Elijah, a scholar-born scholar, immediately stood up and opposed: "If we do that, what is the difference between us and the cruel and incorruptible heretic referee?!"

Terrence touched Elijah with his elbow, signaled him to sit down, and said slowly: "Killing can only solve temporary difficulties, but it cannot completely eradicate the source of the problem."

Mrs. Ragren, who manages the economy of the Kingdom, suddenly suggested: "Isn't it all possible to solve the problem?"

Emmosen and Cumberland looked at each other, and the two turned their inquiring eyes to Todd at the same time.

The latter smiled bitterly and shook his head, whispering: "The kingdom of heaven is only open to the devout believers."

That's it, but Todd knew it was just a slander.

The real reason is that he placed his hope on people's autonomy. If he used the soul space as a means to attract believers, Muxicheng would return to the old path of monarchy.

When Todd was still alive, he might be able to maintain the sacred palace of the kingdom of heaven; but once he dies, the soul space completely collapses, the faith in this kingdom will end, and society will return to darkness and turmoil.

This is not the result he wants to see.

Seeing everyone in silence, Emosen coughed and continued: "Declaring war on God sounds like a passionate thing, but it will completely destroy the religious image that Muxicheng has been working hard for many years and push this kingdom to the opposite of other diocese kingdoms."

Cumberland shook half a sausage in his hand and said coldly: "Those idiotic merchants only have the eyes of occupying land and finding workers. They thought that fighting was as simple as a child playing house. If we really went to war with all the diocese kingdoms, we would no longer face the direct army of the church, but the coalition forces of the 190,000 secular kingdoms!"

Moore Rupert continued: "And the plan to use Protestantism to differentiate the diocese kingdom has initially achieved results. Twenty-six kingdoms have left the Father's Church and joined the Protestantism, and this number is still growing faster... But if Musikki points his finger at God, then our enemies will change from the Father's Church to all diocese kingdoms, and the so-called Protestantism will become a joke."

Todd put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at the cabinet members in front of him, and asked, "Didn't you mention these reasons to the public? Anyone with common sense should know that starting a war is the worst decision at this time."

Emosen sighed heavily: "Your Majesty, common sense is one thing, but public opinion is another thing. There will be a political debate the morning after tomorrow. If you have time, please come and visit it. Then you will understand what I mean."
Chapter completed!