"National debt? What's that?"

Earl Stewart, who was in charge of finance, asked Xia Lin with some concern when he heard this, and the other officials and nobles in the Aran Hall also had inquiring expressions on their faces.

"The so-called treasury bonds are bonds issued by the state, and when the country needs funds for development, bonds are issued to the private sector or other countries for people to subscribe to, set interest rates and tenors, and then return them to the subscribers with interest after maturity."

Xia Lin briefly explained the meaning of the national debt, and the many enlightened nobles in the Aran Hall who were skilled in business immediately turned to each other and began to discuss the possibility of this idea.

Empress Dorothea, who was sitting on the throne, also thought silently for a moment, and then said:

"It sounds a bit similar to the loan sharks that the intermediary merchants give out, but can this method really raise that much money?"

"Your Majesty, the willingness of private funds to buy treasury bonds depends on their recognition of the credibility of the Reich's National Bank, in other words, the Sassen royal family and the Empire's rule.

If Her Majesty the Empress were willing to formalize the Coalition Parliament and make it the Imperial Parliament, giving it legislative and supervisory powers, I think the members of the Coalition would be willing to subscribe enthusiastically.

Personally, I am willing to subscribe for the treasury bond of 3,000 gold lunt in the name of the New Leaf Chamber of Commerce."

Xia Lin came up with his true purpose. To put it bluntly, this is to trade political power for surplus money in the hands of enlightened members.

This year, the financial statement of the Xinye Chamber of Commerce has come out, although there are many expenses, there is still a balance of more than 7,000 gold lunt on the books of the Chamber of Commerce, Xia Lin took out 3,000 gold lunt to invest in Her Majesty the Empress who has just ascended the throne, it is definitely a worthwhile move.

「…… Baron Charin, you first formulate this idea into a decree and submit it to me, and let me consider it carefully!"

Although Dorothea had just become the empress and did not know much about the sensitivity of many affairs, the legislative power mentioned in Xia Lin's words made her hesitate and hesitate.

The Sassen Empire was faced by the sea on both sides, and the developed trade brought complete contract laws and court institutions, and Lunt the Great even proposed the existence of a grand arbitrator in his reforms, and the emperors of the past empires were naturally not unfamiliar with or despised the power of legislation.

The other ministers were originally quite interested in Xia Lin's idea, but when they saw this, they could only glance at each other for the time being and stopped talking about this topic.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xia Lin knew that it would be extremely difficult to get an emperor to accept the division of his power, but that the empress would not have to deal with him, but with all the members of the Coalition Council who would be interested in increasing the power of the council.

These councillors were important members of the Enlightened faction, and without their support, Empress Dorosia would not be able to carry out her will even if she succeeded in ascending the throne.

In the current turbulent situation, Charin believes that Empress Dorothea will one day choose to make concessions to the Union Parliament, and at that time, a new political pattern will emerge in the Sassen Empire, under which Charin will have the room to break the imperial court political tradition and exert his abilities.

"Your Majesty, the next things that need to be dealt with are the funeral of Emperor Plitter, your official enthronement ceremony, and the filling of the vacancies of the four major bureaucrats after the rebels have been purged."

Seeing the meeting at the Fosk Palace, Empress Dorosia put aside the most important question for the time being, and continued to speak to the Empress and the courtiers quietly.

This matter immediately attracted the attention of countless nobles and officials, and the official enthronement ceremony did not matter, but a large number of nobles and officials who supported the conservatives died, and they were quite concerned about the vacated positions, titles and fiefs.

In particular, some enlightened nobles who thought they had played a major role in this change, such as Eugene, Brooke, Isaac, etc., were quite concerned about the reward given to them by Her Majesty.

"The funeral and enthronement ceremonies will be handled by the Faylan Elder University scholar as the ceremonial officer. Now that the treasury is not running out of money, and the middle border has not stabilized, don't do all those red tape affairs."

As soon as Empress Dorothea heard about her accession to the throne

According to the words of Archmage Agnes Fidretstrika of this generation of "grave keepers", the emperors of the empire need to hold bloodline purification ceremonies through dragon crystals to enhance their strength and potential.

Now that the dragon crystal has been stolen, even the bones of the ancestors have been defiled by the evil necromancer, and a large pit of hundreds of ars has been created in the north of the dragon sleeping palace, causing the collapse of two nearby palaces and need to be repaired.

The originally tight Dragon Sleep Treasury has also become a completely open-air ruin, and although the various treasures collected by the royal family over the past generations have not been stolen, they still have to organize people to excavate them, just thinking about Empress Dorothea is a headache.

"As for the vacancy of the officials, the Minister of Agriculture will be Viscount Gladstone Eugene first, and after the four acting ministers have sorted out the specific situation, they will draw up a list of candidates for me to consider.

In addition, without your support, I, Dorothea Ahlica, would never have been able to ascend to the throne.

Hereby I declare that I will grant the fief of the House of Hozia three hundred ars, the fief of the family of Laurent two hundred and fifty ars, and the fief of the family of Kolin one hundred and fifty ars.

Baron Charin Karl was made a hereditary viscount of the Empire, with a viscount fief of two hundred and fifty arls.

Viscount Xia Lin, originally your fief was not arranged because your father had already determined that you were dead, but now where do you want to arrange your fief?"

"A viscount's reward is truly enviable!"

"The original fifteen viscount families in the imperial capital, after the seven viscounts of the conservative faction were stripped of their titles, it seems that there is going to be another family!"

The Sassen Empire now only has four titles, and in the territory directly under the imperial capital, the earl is already the existence of the sky.

Now it is about to add a rare viscount, and this newly released viscount is still so young and has such a meager background, which naturally makes many noble officials who have not been promoted to the knighthood for decades or even hundreds of years feel a little sour in their hearts.

However, now the officials and nobles in the Aran Hall already knew Xia Lin's status in the empress's heart, so although this move was somewhat contrary to tradition, no one stood up against it without opening their eyes.

"If you can, please give me the slum bounty on your majesty!" I promised Her Majesty that I would make the slums into new districts no less than the North and South districts, and now is the time for me to fulfill my promise."

In the midst of tonight's turmoil, countless conservative nobles in the imperial capital have been identified as traitors and have lost their titles and fiefs, including even the excellent fiefs run by the Arnold family for generations, such as the Earl of Arnold.

If it was purely for territorial considerations, it was obviously better to choose those fiefdoms, but after thinking for a while, Xia Lin still chose the slum where he started.

"Viscount Charin, are you sure you want the slums as your viscounty fief?"

Dorothea raised her eyebrows slightly and asked in surprise.

"Yes, Her Majesty."

Xia Lin stood up and made a noble salute and affirmed.

「…… That's what you want! If the size of the slum is less than two hundred and fifty ar, I will allow you to demarcate your territory to the west."

Although the slums, which are adjacent to Helgana, are not rewarded as fiefs according to royal tradition, Empress Dorosia thought of the young man who had all kinds of visions for herself, and the fact that the slums were barren compared to the territories run by several other conservative nobles for generations, hesitated for a moment, but nodded in agreement.