Every inch of the luxurious and exquisite room exudes the smell of money. There are precious works of art and gold and gemstones everywhere, giving people who enter here an illusion -

Those things that can be seen everywhere are actually not very valuable!

But this is limited to here. After they leave this place where wealth is everywhere, and when they stand in the cold wind outside and calm down, they will realize that some things are not what they imagined.

So beautiful.

Art is valuable, gold and gems are also valuable, but noble titles are more valuable.

There are two kinds of titles in the Gaevra Empire. The first is the hereditary nobility. Most of these nobles are the lords who have been active in Gaevra during the lords' melee.

They have been nobles for generations, and they are still nobles to this day.

The titles of these nobles cannot be changed at will by His Majesty the Emperor. Only after the vote of all the nobles in the Privy Council can they be slightly changed, but only once, not all of them.

Hereditary nobility is the foundation of the existence of the Privy Council, and the nobles in it know this very well. They will not allow His Majesty the Emperor to change the titles of hereditary nobility at will.

There is also a kind of nobility that was born in the "post-Gevra period", that is, it appeared after the royal family began to enter the political stage and unified the entire Gevra.

During this period, "lords" have not completely withdrawn from the stage of history, but it is almost at the end. When the emperor canonizes nobles, he no longer canonizes hereditary nobles.

In essence, hereditary nobility does not bring many benefits to a country.

They have all kinds of privileges. Just look at the capitalists. If the capitalists want to develop and grow, they cannot do without the support of the nobles.

This has also caused Gaevra's domestic market to lose its competitiveness, and everyone is engaged in a monopoly-like business without competition on their own territory.

What's even more frightening is that these nobles will continue to exist for generations, eventually causing this structure to become a distorted structure.

Since then, His Majesty the Emperor has never conferred the title of hereditary nobility, only non-hereditary nobility.

There are also two situations among these nobles. One is the nobles who inherit at a reduced level. Every time a generation is passed down, the title will drop by one level. The nobles who inherit at a reduced level can only be canonized to an earl at most.

Marquises, dukes and princes at higher levels will only be granted the title when there is a royal marriage, in order to elevate the status of the minor nobles and make them at least worthy of the royal family in appearance.

These titles, marquis, duke and even prince, are not inheritable. In other words, the children of this kind of nobles do not inherit the titles of their parents. Instead, the princess asks the emperor for another favor.

This is the second type of noble among non-hereditary nobles. There is only one generation. When they die, their titles and privileges will be revoked.

But rules are rules, and sometimes enforcing them is another matter.

When the prince dies, his title will not be inherited. If the princess is very close to the royal family and the emperor, then the emperor will choose one of the prince's descendants whom he likes and continue to ennoble her.

If the emperor is not very close to the princess and refuses the favor, then this "prince family" will end for the rest of his life, and his descendants will be reduced to "ordinary people with aristocratic blood."

In addition to those who are married to the royal family, there are actually some people who can also receive favors from His Majesty the Emperor, such as the emperor's lackeys, those jesters, and those who can make the emperor happy.

For example...Lynch.

These people are all minor nobles, barons, viscounts or earls, and they will live forever. But if they have a good relationship with the emperor, and the emperor is still in power when they die or are about to die, they can beg the emperor for another favor.

, can continue to the next generation.

But in any case, in the eyes of the traditional "lords and nobles", these people are all minor nobles and lower-class nobles. They will lose their status as nobles anytime and anywhere because the emperor dislikes them or the emperor dies.

If these people usually behave fairly well, are not ostentatious, and do not make others annoying, they can still become rich men after losing their aristocratic status.

If their predecessors behaved arrogantly when they had titles, the nobles would set out to deal with them after they lost their titles.

Sometimes aristocrats are not as beautiful as people imagine. Those who can be beautiful are only a few after all.

Therefore, when they still have some privileges and can be regarded as a noble class, they try to stick together as much as possible, and the Privy Council also has the opportunity to make suggestions and plead for favors.

In short, if you want to be nourished and have long-lasting power, you must make a choice.

The well-groomed gentlemen and the gorgeous ladies gathered in the small room. The aroma in the room was very good, it was the incense of flowers and plants, not as pungent as chemical perfume.

The men gathered together to discuss things. It seemed that all nobles were naturally interested in various current affairs.

Ladies also gathered together, but they were discussing more about a handsome young man in the crowd.

Some of them would say surprising things from time to time, but everyone was not too surprised and had long been accustomed to it.

It is difficult to say whether some customs are good or bad. We can only say that when there is demand, it is good, and when there is no demand, it is bad.

Lynch, who was sitting in the crowd, was not very aware that he had become a topic of discussion among the ladies. He would occasionally look towards the place where the ladies were gathering and smile and nod in greeting, which often made the ladies laugh out loud.

"The prime minister has obtained the ticket, and now he will form his own team."

It was no surprise that what happened in the Ruler's Hall in the morning came out. The Ruler's Hall and the Parliament Building are both called "rooms without walls", which means that what happened here cannot be hidden at all.

A nobleman responded softly, "Mr. Lynch, do you think it's possible that we..." He said without continuing and looked at Lynch with an enthusiastic expression.

The others were also slightly startled, and their eyes also changed a bit.

The Prime Minister wants to form his own team, which means that if he can win the next struggle, then these people under him will get a share of real power.

The most painful thing for nobles is to have money, status, and influence, but not any power.

They are indeed more noble than ordinary officials, but ordinary officials hold power that they cannot obtain, real power.

If they get close to the Prime Minister at this time and become the Prime Minister's "own people", once the Prime Minister succeeds in seizing power, they and others will be able to grasp the real power.

None of these little nobles became so peaceful, and their eyes looking at Lin Qi were a little "fiery"

Lin Qi shook his head, "This is impossible."

After he finished speaking, he explained in detail to prevent these idiots from making some small moves in private to destroy his plan, "First of all, the prime minister is a great nobleman, and he will only place his own people in the real core position."

"As for other less important positions, they will be left to the Privy Council to select talents. He went around the Privy Council last time to express his closeness to the nobles."

"If the Privy Council can stand on his side and put pressure on His Majesty, then he will have to make appropriate concessions."

"As for us, we have not yet entered the eyes of His Excellency the Prime Minister. He can at most give us two or three minor positions such as deputy chief of police."

"If you take these positions, they will have no practical effect. If you don't, it will hurt the Prime Minister's face. So at this time, you must be able to hold back and don't move."

Looking at the expressions of these people, Lin Qi felt that they could only be minor aristocrats, and it was not unreasonable for them to be the poorest aristocrats. Their IQ was a flaw.

The person who asked the question was a little discouraged. He nodded and closed his mouth, not knowing what he was thinking.

At the same time, someone raised a question, "Mr. Lynch, do you think the Prime Minister's power struggle can be successful this time?"

This question was asked suddenly. Both the young nobles around and the ladies a little further away were attracted by this question, and the room suddenly became quiet.

Although it seems that the struggle for power between the Prime Minister and the Emperor has nothing to do with the people here, in fact it is not the case. Not only is it related, it is also very close.

Lynch pursed his lips, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of holding the cup. The 19-year-old fanatical young earl immediately poured a glass of wine for Lynch and put it in his hand without feeling at all.

Doing so would damage the count's image.

Moistening his throat with fragrant wine, he smiled and said, "The Prime Minister can win to a large extent..."

There was a lot of buzzing discussion in the room, and people's expressions were all kinds of weird, but they were still very satisfied with the result.

Lynch had told them before that if the Prime Minister wins, everyone will make more money.

If the emperor can win, then everyone can almost get rid of it. If you continue to hold it, you will suffer losses.

Based solely on this profit, it is more in their interest for the Prime Minister to win.

The nobleman who asked the question went on to ask, "So are we going to side with the Prime Minister?"

The room fell silent again, and everyone looked at Lin Qi with bated breath. Every word he said seemed to be the truth.

He smiled and shook his head, "I haven't decided whose side we are on yet."

The noble who asked the question wanted to say something, but Lynch raised his hand to stop him, "I know what you want to ask. You want to ask me, since the Prime Minister can win, why don't we stand with the Prime Minister..."

The noble nodded, and the others were also a little curious. They thought the same thing. Only a few of them had different expressions of thinking on their faces.

Lynch chuckled, "When we solve a problem, we often look at the problem as a whole."

"If the problem itself is not complicated, then there is obviously no problem in doing so, just like the simplest math problem, what is one plus one equals."

"Suppose a problem is very complex, and if we look at it as a whole, we may make some mistakes in the process of dealing with it."

"We need to break this complex issue apart and look at it."

"For example, we isolate the short-selling financial index. It is a very simple matter. We short-selling and the Prime Minister pulls the index down. Apart from this factor, we will not refer to any other factors."
Chapter completed!