The news of the death of His Majesty Alfonso I, the second emperor of Santis, spread throughout the city with the sound of mournful bells, and quickly spread to the governments of the New World and even the major countries of the Old World through magical transmissions.
All countries attach great importance to such major changes that affect a country. Embassies, intelligence personnel, and even businessmen will report the news back as soon as possible. After all, the sooner the news is received, the better that country may be able to implement policies against Santis in the future.
took advantage of the policy.
For a time, people's moods were complicated, some were happy, some were sad, and some were inexplicably melancholy.
But generally speaking, the people of Santis still have a little respect for the emperor Alfonso I, and feel sad for his death.
At least when Alfonso I was in power, although the small landowners and bourgeoisie were tortured by him during the reform, which also caused a certain degree of social unrest and an increase in the crime rate, ordinary people lived a pretty good life. Compared to history
The situation of Alfonso I was relatively good for those fatuous tyrants and his surrounding neighbors.
The number of ordinary people in a country naturally far exceeds those of landlords and capitalists.
Like the East, Westerners are relatively tolerant of the dead. After all, the dead are the most important. Even the landlords and capitalists who originally suffered losses due to Alfonso I's reforms, many of them were surprised and at the same time also had feelings for the emperor.
I feel a bit regretful and sad.
Although some of them wished to curse Alfonso I to die early, they were all caused by temporary anger and hatred.
At least morally speaking, what Alfonso I did in his life was indeed blameless, but a little too idealistic.
When the emperor passed away, Theresa immediately called the palace nobles, ministers, generals and other figures who stood in the upper echelons of Santis power as the princess and the first heir to the throne to the palace to discuss matters.
When the palace nobles, imperial ministers and generals responsible for the security of the palace and royal industry all arrived, even the local warlords and nobles who did not serve in the government came uninvited.
Theresa was seen wearing a black court dress and a black veil. She came to the empire with her sister Maria Christina, who was also dressed in the same dress, and Crown Prince Emsdan who had changed into a black dress.
Above the meeting hall, the emperor sat on the throne very impressively.
John and Christina stood on both sides of the throne admiring each other. For a moment, the princess was very domineering and looked like a queen!
Originally, when the princess arrived, everyone sitting on the left and right rows of the hall, even though they had noble titles, had to stand up and salute to show respect for the royal family, and Theresa also needed to return the gift.
However, Thearesia sat down on the emperor's throne so domineeringly, causing everyone who had originally stood up to raise their buttocks halfway, neither standing nor sitting. Many powerful nobles who were interested in the emperor's position were angry and simply sat down.
No more standing up to salute.
Only a group of supporters belonging to the royal family and Theresia actually stood up and saluted respectfully. Among them was Enrique Santos, the chief guard of the Santis royal palace, the only official figure in Santis' golden kingdom.
Thearesia turned a blind eye to this and just returned the greeting to her own people. Then she glanced down and said loudly:
"Your Excellencies and gentlemen, unfortunately my father has just passed away, but the stability and inheritance of the empire are more important than grief. Therefore, as the first heir, I summon you here on behalf of the royal family to discuss the emperor's funeral and succession to the throne.
question!"
There is nothing wrong with Thearesia's statement. She is indeed the legal first heir to the throne, and her sister will not compete with her.
However, as Santis people, or in other words, men originating from Spania and Bolduga, two men who live in the southern peninsula of Europe, it seems that they naturally have prejudice and discrimination against women, and believe that women should do housework at home.
Regarding having children, John guessed that it may be because these two countries were invaded by the Star and Moon Cult country in the Middle Ages, so they were affected by the male-dominated atmosphere of the Star and Moon Cult country!
As a result, the competitiveness of female heirs became much weaker in Santis.
If Theresia is a prince, then according to Europa's legal tradition, no matter how many careerists are present, if you don't want to be the target of public criticism and become a rebel who everyone shouts for beating, you have to admit Theresia even if you hold your nose.
The inheritance rights of West Asia, and then relying on their own strength to become a powerful minister, the emperor's position will not be their turn.
But the bad thing is that Alfonso I only had two daughters. Although Theresia also had a group of supporters, such as most of the ministers in the government and the officers promoted by the emperor in the military, they accounted for the majority of the army's strength.
However, the local powerful nobles have other ideas.
At this time, one of the local nobles said in a strange tone:
"Although Her Royal Highness Maria Luisa is a princess, she has taken the position of emperor without even wearing a crown. Isn't this a bit against the rules?"
Theresia glanced at the speaker and saw that it was a baron from the local nobles sitting at the back. Although he was also a powerful noble, he was just a pawn of the big bosses. He only had an army of less than a thousand men, and his strength was not close to that of the big bosses.
Not worth mentioning for the royal family.
So she asked:
"Isn't it possible that Baron Bailey has other candidates for the emperor's heir?"
These words made Baron Bailey choke. Although the local powerful men all have that meaning for the emperor's crown, it is not easy to say this clearly. Whoever says it will definitely become the target of public criticism and will be joined by everyone.
Hit, lose that opportunity first.
After all, they were nobles conferred by the first emperor. Whether it was due to legal reasons or the most basic loyalty to maintain the aristocratic system, they could not usurp the throne in such a way that would be despised by others.
Only a few nobles who have been married to the royal family have a certain legal basis to compete for the position of emperor, but compared with Theresa, the emperor's eldest daughter and first heir, they have no advantage at all. The people of Santis
Although he may not necessarily support the Santis royal family that much, he would not agree with a local noble being the emperor.
Seeing that the pawn pushed out by himself and others was squeezed out by the princess with just a few words, he fell into an embarrassing situation where he had nothing to say.
The crowd looked at the big shots and understood that they seemed to have underestimated the eldest daughter of King Santis, who was rarely seen in public and looked like a nerd. So they couldn't sit still and made eye contact frequently. The most powerful warlords among them
One of them, Count Caicedo, who occupies hundreds of large and small mines, couldn't help but be the first to stand up.
"Everyone, I do not deny the inheritance rights of Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Luisa, but I do not think that Her Royal Highness Maria Luisa is suitable to lead us to rule this empire. Instead of waiting for the princess to get married, the power of the empire will fall to someone with a foreign surname.
In my hand, I think it’s better to choose another prince from the Borduga royal family as the emperor?”
The earl's words hit Thearesia's weakness. After all, in the minds of the Santis people, compared to the cousin prince of the royal family, she, the legitimate princess, is not irreplaceable.
Moreover, a male emperor is often more powerful and can better rule the empire as an emperor.
Of course, there were those who were in favor and those who were against it. The Foreign Secretary immediately stood up and spoke.