Chapter 78: Round Tables

On December 12, 1407 in the Valoran continental calendar, the highest political meeting of the Noxian Empire, the round table was held as scheduled! The five major families of the Noxus Empire, as well as the big lords and nobles from all over the world, joined this meeting to discuss and make decisions!

At the beginning of the conference, four questions were formed: First, should the monarchy be restored, which had been idle for more than half a century? 2. Who will replace General Burnham after General Burnham and continue to control the authority of the Noxian Empire; 3. What strategy will the Empire adopt towards the other countries of Valoran? 4. What attitude will the Empire have towards the Black Rose Order, which is rooted in the Noxian Empire and has infiltrated the Empire? Embrace or eradicate the roots?

On the first day of the Roundtable, these four questions were coldly raised by General Svein, the wise man of the Noxian Empire, in calm but absolutely sharp words. Later, after succeeding the commander of Sveinst, Hegelst, the important minister of the empire, once again raised another question in sharp and sharp words: who will be the center of the empire in the future? The patriarch of the Darkwell family, James Terdam, the patriarch of the Bacon family, Comodoro, is still the most trusted commander of General Burnham's life, or Her Royal Highness Princess Kirise Stuart!

After these two questions were raised, the round table was silent for a while! No one dares to open their mouths to touch these two very acute questions, and no one knows what strange changes will take place in the next moment in the politics of a joke! And this weird change is destined to knock a group of people out!

Those who have reached their position have long lost the enthusiasm and momentum of young people in their minds, and their minds are nothing more than to maintain their own transcendent status in the empire.

After a long silence, the patriarch of the Darkwell family of James Terdan slowly got up, faced the dozens of people in front of him who were influencing the entire empire, and said, "Maybe it's time to restore the constitutional monarchy that has been vacant for more than half a century!" I think that the leader of the Noxian Empire can only be the leader of the noble Princess Kiris of the Stuart family, and as for the prime minister in charge of the cabinet, it needs to be carefully considered by our group! ”

James Terdam is known for his taciturnity. But this old man, who had an inextricably complicated relationship with General Burnham and the leader of one of the five major families of the empire, once he spoke, no one dared to show a contemptuous expression.

All of them are seriously discussing this!

Glancing at the unsmiling face of his old rival and old friend James Terdam, who was known for his wisdom, Komodoro Bacon also slowly stood up and said: "Whether or not to restore the constitutional monarchy still needs to be carefully discussed, but I can make a suggestion here that can be used for reference!" The constitutional monarchy somewhat curtails the rights of the leaders of our empire. And the system of separation of powers proposed by a legal scholar named Montesquieu a hundred years ago seems to be more suitable for the uneasy situation of our empire today, and I have here the written materials of this doctrine, which wise and profound nobles and lords can refer to! ”

Immediately, several attendants handed the rice paper, which was full of records, to the hands of each of the nobles at the round table.

In the same way, no one ignores this Bacon family, who not only has great power, but also terrible wealth!

The sharp contradiction that appeared at the beginning immediately led to the subsequent meeting passing in silence! After half a day, almost all the discussions were going in circles, and no one was able to make a decision. No one dares to make the final decision.

Although it is just a decision, it can cause an empire to change dramatically, leading to the rise and fall of a family!

At the round table, the patriarch of the Du Quecao family, General Du Kecao, remained silent, while the representatives of the Constantine family and the Rotonchild, who also belong to the five major families, did not seem to speak at the round table because of their restraint or perhaps for other reasons.

As a result, the first day of the round table fell into a strange atmosphere and logic. It seems that there are only two major families left of the five most important families in the Noxian Empire: the Darkwell family and the Bacon family!

And in fact? Rather than the aristocrat who thought that Rottonchild, a giant family that had been excluded from the Round Table by General Burnham for more than half a century, but who had emerged in a large number of politicians, would remain silent because they were not accustomed to the atmosphere of the Round Table, but that the young representative of the Rottonchilds, who was very determined to be the last to strike, was waiting for a suitable opportunity. Perhaps this opportunity was the same as Her Royal Highness Princess Kiris, who was also silent at the banquet and focused on taking notes.

This woman who is very easy to overlook!

A woman who has no background in politics. Even if she has the status of a noble princess, she can only be ignored!

But a smart politician will never ignore any of his opponents, and Kiris's silent and serious actions have already attracted the ideas of many people who are ready to speculate! If Her Royal Highness the Princess had already stood by Her Royal Highness the Princess before she inherited the seat of General Burnham, would that mean that she had a chance to ascend to the sky?

Politicians are gamblers, sometimes even crazier than gamblers!

So after the end of the first day of the round table. Many nobles, large and small, came to visit outside St. Peter's Castle, but I don't know whether it was because of pride or because they had never received such treatment, and the noble Princess Kirise did not receive any of them.

Doesn't this princess a political idiot know that this is indirectly opening a diagonal rift between the mainstream aristocracy? ?

The round table is held annually on 12 December and lasts until 30 December, followed by 31 December. All the nobles who participated in the round table would go to the Cathedral of Egustín for a solemn Birthday of God and pray to God Almighty.

As a result, many experienced old aristocrats were not at all worried about the awkward confrontation on the first day, and the real decisions and answers were made in the days leading up to December 30, when the core of the roundtable was the time when even any words could create a disaster or become a bargaining chip for a gambler's victory!

After the first day of the round table on December 12 ended in a blunt atmosphere, the official personnel of the Noxian Empire recorded the issues discussed at the round table in the "Noxian Empire Weekly", but the specific names were not leaked!

On the same day, the "Noxus Imperial Weekly" was sold out in less than three hours after its release! The seven questions of the round table were immediately disseminated throughout St. Peter's City, and the big and small nobles, the bankers and the wealthy who had access to this class were all very interested in analysing the seven questions and three proposals raised at the round table.

Some intuition politicians and bankers have been keenly aware of the serious antagonism that has arisen among the upper classes of the Empire! This situation is likely to affect the future of the Empire.

Some curious people couldn't help but start to go to the White House to inquire about the specific information of the spokesmen in the Empire Weekly, although the Noxus Empire's classified information is very complete, but driven by money and profit, some names have also been exposed, but it has caused widespread discussion.

Svein, who had returned to the castle of Konsa Winter, had a very pleasant smile on his face, and the sharp antagonism at the round table did not in any way have any unpleasant effect on his pleasant mood.

"The heirs of Rotonchilde and Constantine really have the demeanor of two families! Hehe, Her Royal Highness Qilisi is really unexpected, the first time to participate in such a large-scale meeting, can be so calm, really worthy of the woman who is qualified to sit in that seat! ”

Ergart stood aside respectfully, and Ergart was not at all interested in Svein's self-talk! Although Ergarte has not participated in the round table, he has always had an inexplicable rejection of the scene in the round table where deception is better than sword and sword competition in his eyes!

Therefore, even though he was qualified to go to that kind of meeting as the lord of Alder City, the main reason why he didn't go!

Roundtables? That's just a special way for the teacher to win! Urgat looked at Svein in front of him, his eyes full of confidence.

The teacher had fought for many rights at the so-called round table, among which was the right to independence of the army, which was the most important in the eyes of General Darius and Du Qucao, and the right that politicians were absolutely not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the army!

Therefore, Urgart has reason to believe that no matter how the round table ends, the final result is that the teacher will be the winner!

As for how to win, Urgart didn't know, he only knew that his teacher had given up the opportunity to sit in the supreme position.

Svein glanced at the disciple who was standing respectfully beside him with his head bowed, and said, "Until the end of the round table, Ergat, your task is to sort out some folk remarks about the round table, and then hand them over to me!" An empire needs not only strong military leaders, but also elegant and hypocritical politicians! Maybe I can find the latter among them! ”

Urgart nodded, he never asked for any reason for what Svein ordered, and for Svein, Urgart had an almost busy trust!

Svein looked at Urgat, who had already left, and squinted his eyes to open the very familiar book "Pillars of the Empire", which was not the one that Kiris gave to Augustus, but the one that General Burnham had given to Svein in front of him!

To this day, he still remembers what General Burnham said to him when he handed him the Pillars of the Empire: "Svein, what does Noxus mean to you?" ”

Looking at this book, which he would turn over almost every two or three days, and recalling in his mind the words that Berner asked him, Svein sighed softly: "General Burnham, I still don't have an answer!" (To be continued.) )