"What do you want from me?" Queen Remilia of Luoli, who was sitting at the top, looked down at the bustling nobles below, her face expressionless, "Only before I am willing to stop these meaningless temptations."
This is the House of Nobles, where the king of the Lockman Kingdom discusses various national affairs with the nobles who support the country. It is an important building. This is the official statement.
In fact, this is a place used for negotiation and interest exchange. When the king appears in this building, it means that he intends to make some kind of concession or compromise to the nobles, which is a symbol of the decline of monarchy.
In the early days of Muria's reign, some nobles tried to get him to step in here, but then nothing happened. When he had absolute force, all conspiracies and tricks were a joke.
But now, Queen Remilia, who does not have the absolute right to speak, seems to have made a compromise decision in the face of continuous and endless noble uprisings in the kingdom.
Her attitude was no longer as tough as before. She summoned all the nobles with titles above earl and opened the House of Nobles that had been dusty for who knows how long.
The former king of Muria, Beladion, did not even enter this humiliating building.
"Your Majesty the Queen, many nobles feel that the new tax law does not apply to our Rockman Kingdom. The previous tax law system of the kingdom should be restored. Another point is the legislative power of the nobles over their own territories..." Now that the Queen has spoken, she seems to have plans to compromise.
, the greedy nobles will naturally not be polite, they just open their mouths and put forward various conditions.
"Impossible, I will not repeal any decree issued by the ruling prince." Remilia, who seemed to have the intention to give in, was extremely tough in this regard.
Such decisive words made the nobles sitting on the stepped seats look at each other, and then some nobles looked at each other and laughed, showing proud smiles.
These guys all understand the implicit meaning of Queen Remilia's words. There will be no changes to the decree issued by Muria. It will never be abolished, but they can make appropriate concessions in other aspects.
This is very exciting. You must know that the Grand Duke of Muria did not rule for a long time. He issued few decrees and did not seriously infringe the interests of the nobles.
Legislative power, etc., have more face value than actual significance. Only nobles who are not good at managing the territory will want to abolish the new tax law. Nobles who are good at managing the territory are very supportive of this decree. Unfortunately, such nobles are only in the minority. The majority
Nobles and cowards are all good at waiting for death and scheming.
"Then please ask Her Majesty the Queen to take back the decree of grace!" After seeing Remilia's tough attitude, some nobles finally came up with the decree that they really wanted the Queen to repeal.
"Isn't this decree bad?" Remilia asked, pretending to be confused, "This will give all your heirs the opportunity to obtain fiefs and become powerful nobles."
"But according to this kind of enfeoffment, even a duke will be reduced to a low-level noble in less than three generations." A nobleman said conspiratorially.
"This is the result of not being enterprising and relying only on the legacy of our ancestors. As long as you have a little enterprising spirit, how can you become a low-level noble?" Remilia said expressionlessly, "As long as you can continue to make military exploits.
, it’s easy to maintain the title of your father’s generation.”
"You have to rely on your own hard work to keep your title and fiefdom. So what's the point of our ancestors' bloody struggle?"
"Second, why do we have to make sacrifices to keep the title and fief that our ancestors obtained after a bloody battle?"
"And now the drow kingdom next to the kingdom has been destroyed. The Red Wing Principality and the Sherman Dwarf Principality are allies with us. We have no reason to launch a war against them. Without a war, how can we obtain military exploits?
Promote a title and expand your territory?"
"There are many opportunities to make military exploits!" Remilia's face showed a look of disappointment, "In the Underdark Region, the remnants of the Kingdom of Medes after its demise, the monsters in the wilderness, those hidden among humans
Dark creatures, as well as followers of evil gods..."
"These are not enough, and it is not easy to find..." The noise and controversy sounded again, almost all of them asking Remilia to withdraw the grace order. No one wants their family to fall apart after passing it down for several generations.
No one can guarantee that their descendants will have elites in every generation.
"Well, apart from the order of grace, is there anything else you want?" Remilia looked down at the nobles below with an indifferent expression, full of coldness, and a hint of sarcasm in the corners of her mouth.
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"..." There was a brief silence, and the nobles looked at each other, as if they did not expect that Queen Remilia would be so easy to talk to after she surrendered.
"Your Majesty the Queen, I heard that the dark region in the United Kingdom has been basically desolate and uninhabited since it was annihilated by the Archduke Muria with the ancient dragon. There is almost no one to develop the resources there."
"Yes, I've heard that too. Logically speaking, the Medes Kingdom was conquered by the ruling prince as the ruler of the Rockman Kingdom. It should belong to everyone, not just you."
"Oh, you actually dare to take up the idea of the Dark Territory that Brother Muria has made for me. What does this have to do with you? This Dark Territory belongs to me."
"Of course these are all yours, but, Her Majesty the Queen, you don't seem to be very interested in the development and utilization of the Underdark Region. A large number of resource deposits are in a state of neglect and no one is mining them. If you don't have enough manpower, can you consider us?
"
As soon as these words came out, there was an echo in the House of Nobles. Many nobles coveted the resources of the Underdark.
"Your greedy faces are so ugly that they make me sick." Remilia looked down and sneered without any scruples.
"Your Majesty, are you humiliating us?" After hearing what the Queen said, the nobles immediately made dissatisfied sounds.
"So what if I humiliate you? What's the use of dying people caring about this?"
"Tyrant! Do you still want to massacre us?"
"Who are you calling a tyrant?" A palm with a red armor slapped the face of the noble who made a sound, and the broken teeth with blood flew out, and then the palm grabbed the face of the noble with a gloomy temperament.
His hair hit the desk in front of him hard.
"You are..." The nobleman, half of his face smashed into the table, with only one eye exposed, saw the sudden appearance of the red-armored young man, and couldn't help but show a look of horror on his face, "Red Dragon Auston, you
Didn't you leave with the Grand Duke of Muria? Why are you here?"