Fitandila didn't realize that in front of Brienne, her words and deeds were completely different from "Fetanburg", from a smiling lord of a city to a young girl full of grievances

In the afternoon, the witch hunter Victor took her to one of the famous landmarks of "Aldolf", the Imperial Royal Building.

Not far north of the palace, this majestic 20-meter-tall building was home to many of the Empire's government agencies, as well as the National Parliament.

The political system of the empire is unique, and it is the monarchical electoral system established by Sigmar back then.

The electors of each province had the right to vote and to be elected at the same time, and each emperor was elected by vote, not by family.

For well-known reasons, most of the time the emperors elected had nominal supreme rule, and the electors of the provinces maintained a high degree of autonomy over their respective territories.

The emperor is not the supreme monarch, and if he makes a major mistake, he can be ousted, such as the previous emperor, Dieter IV, who was ousted from the throne because of a series of stupid and greedy actions.

Even the emperor himself was so restricted that the so-called imperial government was conceivable, and in many cases even more dispensable.

Although there were many autonomous cities and territories directly under the jurisdiction of the empire throughout the country, their orders were often not effectively communicated, and the concept of empire could only play a small role in dealing with other countries, and the internal presence was weak, which also caused the empire to be fragmented and scattered most of the time.

Unless there is an extremely powerful emperor who is himself an elector of a powerful province.

Like Magnus the "Pious" hundreds of years ago, and William Franz, who was newly appointed a few years ago.

The latter, relying on his status as the Elector of Rick, is trying to change this embarrassing situation and vigorously promote the reform of government institutions.

The first step is to set up a "National Parliament".

This authority, which was accountable only to the emperor himself, refocused and divided the functions of the government, allowing the emperor's orders to be carried out more efficiently throughout the empire, greatly increasing the prestige of the emperor himself.

"So that witch hunter took you to the national parliament?"

Brienne asked with interest.

Only she knew that since William became emperor until the end of the hundred years later, all the emperors of the empire were descended from the "Holy White Wings" family led by Rick, and the famous Emperor Karl Franz was his own grandson.

If it weren't for the Chaos invasion in the end, it might not be long before the country would have become Franz's.

According to the investigation of many scholars, one of the important reasons for this situation is the establishment of the "National Parliament".

So when Fitandila mentioned the agency, Brienne was intrigued.

There are eight seats in the National Assembly: the Imperial Prime Minister, the Religious Leader, the Adviser on Magical Affairs, the Imperial Foreign Secretary, the Imperial Marshal, the Imperial Chancellor, the Imperial Chancellor, the President of the Imperial Supreme Court, and the Minister of the Interior.

Among them, the two seats of religious leader and adviser on magical affairs are more special, unlike the other seats that belong to the emperor's direct courtiers, their nature is more like the emperor's personal advisers, and their candidates are also relatively fixed, and they are always held by the grand chanter of the Sigmar sect and the supreme dean of the Imperial Academy of Magic.

This also means that the Emperor has control and trust in the two major forces of the Sigma Sect and the Academy of Magic.

The eight members of the National Council nominally manage all aspects of the empire's government affairs, religion, magic, diplomacy, military, finance, law, logistics, etc., assisting the emperor to manage the country more actively and efficiently.

Naturally, the affairs of Fitandila are also in their hands.

But when she got there, the things she encountered were not so pleasant.

It can only be said that freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

Although the eloquent Kaiser Wilhelm had discovered the biggest drawback of the imperial government and made the right response in a very short period of time, from the perspective of time, this somewhat cabinet-like institution should have just been established, and because the time was too short, the effect was not obvious.

The long-standing problems of negativity, inefficiency, and inaction have not improved, and all of them have been encountered by Fitandila.

"After going with the witch hunters, they said that my matter was a bit peculiar, first I waited for a long time, and then I was taken to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the receptionist said that "Fetenburg" was not a state, and they were only responsible for relations with other countries, and then they were taken to the Ministry of War, where they said that it was not a military act, and finally it took two hours to meet an official under the Reich Prime Minister. ”

Fitandila's voice was full of anger and helplessness, and it was clear that she had a bad afternoon.

"That nobleman asked me a lot of boring questions, and finally even openly asked me for a bribe, I thought the empire was so enlightened, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

"The end result?"

"The result? I gave him a hundred gold kronor and waited another hour to get this back. ”

The lord of the city took out a document from her bosom and threw it to Brienne, who opened it to see that it was a letter of appointment to the nobility, stamped with the seals of the Emperor and the Prime Minister, stating that Fitandila and her family were officially made barons of the Empire from now on, and that the territory to which she and her family belonged was the territory of the Empire.

"Baron? That's it? ”

"That's right, the lowest knighthood, just such a piece of paper, without any practical meaning."

Brienne almost burst out laughing, looking at Fitandila's expression, she knew how disappointed she was with this result, full of hope, all the way from the "border prince", but met with such treatment.

"What about the witch hunters?"

"Victor originally wanted to be with me, but he was stopped directly at the door, those imperial officials, it seems...... Don't like them very much. ”

Brienne wasn't surprised by this answer.

As mentioned earlier, secular power and religious beliefs are inherently at odds with each other, and although the Grand Chanter of the Sigma Sect is also a member of the National Assembly, like the Supreme Dean of the Academy of Magic, their position is far more symbolic than functional, and in the eyes of other government officials, religious members are not their own people.

Not to mention the notorious organization of the witch hunters, many of whom are judged heretics and officials from all over the country every year, burned alive or publicly executed.

One of the most famous is the Elector of the "Wesson Territory" three hundred years ago, who was identified as a believer in the "Blood God" of abusiveness, and the witch hunters went out to the nest, with the support of the local Sigmar Sect, and the Lord Protector personally executed the Elector, and the entire family was wiped out, causing a sensation in the entire empire for a while.

Therefore, the officials of the empire generally did not welcome the witch hunters, secretly calling them "more disgusting beings than heretics and aliens", maybe Fitandila received all kinds of troubles this time, because of a witch hunter next to him.

Brienne, who knew all about these unspoken rules, was relieved to hear Fitandila say this.

Originally, she was worried that this female city lord would have a good impression of the empire because of the good attitude of the witch hunter, and finally really fell to the empire completely, but now it seems that with the great help of the imperial officials, with today's encounter, at least in the short term, she will not have this idea.