"Perry Norman, the only son of the Duke of the Norman family in the imperial capital?"

Although I heard Su Ya mention her relationship with Perry before, she can probably guess Perry's identity is not simple. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But at this moment, hearing Gould say this, José couldn't help but be surprised.

He stayed in Moxi for a few months, and also got a general understanding of the political system of the Bright Empire, and the duke was already the highest title in the empire after the royal family. Although the Empire of Light is an imperial system, compared to other kingdoms, the imperial system of the Empire of Light is quite incomplete and complex.

First of all, the central government and the local government, the central government naturally has the emperor as the supreme ruler, but the actual situation is much more complicated.

Because at the beginning of the unification of the continent, the Bright Empire was a country formed by the unification of several small countries, although it seemed to be huge and unified, but after all, the empire occupied almost half of the land on the mainland, and the territory was too vast for the central government to form effective management. In order to solve this problem, the founding emperor had no choice but to give the local military and political powers, divide them into various provinces, and appoint provincial governors to facilitate the central management of the empire.

But after all, the Founding Emperor still held the power to appoint provincial governors firmly in his hands, and rarely caused any turmoil. However, this seems to be centralized, but in fact, the power of the local government has fallen into the hands of the provincial governors, leaving a great hidden danger to the Bright Empire: if the emperor is a wise monarch, he can still deter the locality, but if he encounters a mediocre emperor, the local government is easy to empty the central government.

Sure enough, less than two hundred years after the founding of the empire, the contradictions within the empire became increasingly prominent because of the increasing power of the local government. The power of the central emperor was weak, and at this time, the Macedonian province in the west, Isbi in the north, and the steppe people in the center became independent one after another, and the unified empire of mankind was divided into four.

After the great changes, the Bright Empire learned a lesson, and its control over the eastern region was still relatively strong, but it did not die, but after being managed by successive emperors, it gained a firm foothold in the four countries. Subsequent successive emperors added a feudal system to the nobility on the basis of the provinces, granting titles and land to the royal nobles, and taking advantage of the situation to recover the power of the provinces.

Such a system has evolved to the present, forming a strange situation in which aristocratic politics and imperial politics coexist in the political power of the Bright Empire. The title system is an important part of aristocratic politics, and the highest rank of dukes is even rarer, like Su Ya's dukedom is also inherited, and it is generally rarely changed.

However, when he learned that Perry's father was also a duke, Jose couldn't help but be a little surprised: I didn't expect the identity of this cold-faced man to be not low, hmph, he is really the legendary rich and handsome!

Just when Jose was snorting a little unpleasantly, Gould looked at Perry and Suya in front of him with some surprise, and couldn't help muttering: "There's no reason, if this guy is really the son of Duke Norman, how can he get so close to Lord Duke Casa? Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

José listened to him muttering, and looked at Gould with some surprise: "What's the matter? Why doesn't Perry get close to Su Ya because he is the son of the Norman duke, as far as I know, he should still be Su Ya's cousin, right? ”

Gould shook his head, glanced at Joseph a little mysteriously, and said in a low voice, "Boss Jose, you don't understand this matter...... Although the Norman Duke is the son-in-law of the old Duke of Ellios, that is, the uncle of the Duke of Casa, the two families have never been very harmonious......

The fat man then told Jose about the relationship between the two families: it turned out that although this Norman Duke was Su Ya's uncle, that is, the son-in-law of the former Duke of Ellios, it was because of the political marriage between the two families, and it was not very harmonious at all.

After the death of the old duke, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, after all, once a son of heaven and a courtier, it seems that His Majesty the current emperor has always distrusted the Ellios family. Instead, he is consciously cultivating his own power to suppress old aristocratic families like Suya, while Perry's father, the Norman duke, is now trusted by Montevideo IV.

The emperor not only made Norman's father a duke to suppress and balance the power of the Ellios family, but even let Norman inherit the title of duke after Norman's father died. All this makes the two families look inseparable, but in fact, they are already on the same page.

Hearing Gould say this, Jose was also a little surprised, if it was really like what Gould said, the relationship between Suya and Perry was indeed a little strange. At this time, he also thought that although he knew that Su Ya and Perry were cousins, he had never heard them talk about family affairs, so it turned out that there was such a relationship here.

Jose shook his head, but in his heart he felt that Su Ya and Perry didn't seem to be acting, although the two didn't talk much on weekdays, they also knew each other very well, and it didn't seem to be deliberate. On the contrary, it was that Perry, who had a little concern for Su Ya everywhere, which made Jose see it clearly.

Thinking of Perry's indifferent attitude towards himself, Jose's heart moved, and he couldn't help muttering: Could it be that this Perry still has any thoughts about Su Ya, otherwise how could he have an attitude towards himself as if he had met a rival in love?

Thinking of this, José couldn't help but shake his head, forcibly suppressed the cranky thoughts in his heart, and looked at the side streets and shops. Because it was not affected by the war in the west, the capital of the province in the west of the desert was relatively safe, and the war did not have much impact on this important commercial town, except that the trade routes in the west were cut off.

Speaking of which, this is also the first time that Jose has come to such a prosperous town, whether it is the former Boulder Town or Valen City, it is not as prosperous as such a large town. The streets are lined with shops and storefronts, and there are many vehicles and horses passing by the streets, and you can see many merchants dressed in exotic costumes.

It is indeed much more prosperous than Valen City, not only is the city bustling with commerce, but the suburbs outside the city are not only a lot of cultivated fields, but also a large number of salt pans around the Mucuo Lake, so there are not many rich northwest towns.

Joseph and his party entered the governor's mansion from the main street, and the road was naturally bustling, and there were many people on both sides of the street looking at them, but they were stopped by the soldiers who opened the way, and they just looked at it from a distance.

Passing by the corner of a street, Chaseer even saw a rather lively street with colorful buildings. On the railings of the street and upstairs there were many women with heavy makeup, who were now scratching their heads at the men coming and going on the street in scantily clad clothes, and they could smell the smell of perfume from a distance.

Needless to say, José could also guess that it was a fireworks street.

"Sure enough, it's the old society of all evils!" Joseph scolded in a low voice with some indignation, but his eyes unconsciously glanced a few more times into the fireworks street to express his righteous indignation. (To be continued.) )