Excluding the Sun-Chaser royal family, which is essentially the largest nobility in the kingdom, the four nobles with the hereditary title of Duke of Replacement are the apex of all the nobles of Quel'Salas.

It stands to reason that the four nobles will defend the interests of the nobles, because these nobles are the basic plate that maintains their influence.

But as Sarren had repeatedly mentioned to Kael'thas and the Cabinet.

Azeroth is now in the midst of a great change unseen in 10,000 years, and the old-fashioned Quel'Thalas must keep up with the pace of the times, otherwise sooner or later he will be left behind by other countries that are eager for change.

As one of the first civilizations to emerge in the Eastern Kingdoms (troll conventions are ignored), Quel'Salas has its own pride.

At the end of Anastria's reign, due to the long-term internal conflict between the Sunseeker royal family and the Silvermoon Council, Quel'Salas was surpassed by the rising star of Lordaeron in terms of overall national power.

However, even so, Quel'Salas still had a unique advantage at that time, and it was not too far behind Lordaeron.

With the accession of the young and energetic Kael'thas to the throne, the great Lordaeron also encountered many storms in the following years, and the gap in national strength between the two sides underwent a miraculous reversal.

The Scourge Rebellion has shattered the originally rich East Wilder (Eastern Plagueland), and the nearby East Tirisfa (Western Plagueland) has also been affected.

After the Battle of Haishan, under the leadership of Queen Galia, the war-torn Lordaeron finally entered a state of full cultivation.

Today, the less battered East Tires method has largely restored its food production capacity, but the East Wilder region remains in a state of chaos.

The reorganized main force of the undead withdrew from Azeroth under the leadership of the new Lich King and relocated to Draenor to settle down, with only the Stratholme region remaining as the last retreat of the new undead organization "Free Will".

For Galia, it is natural that she dreams of regaining Stratholme.

Baron Rivendell had no intention of continuing to fight Lordaeron in peacetime, and he voluntarily relinquished most of his territory except for the city of Stratholme, and Lordaeron reclaimed a large part of East Wild's territory, including Daron County, without blood.

However, the existence of Stratholme, the city of the dead, has always kept Galia in her throat.

Recently, she is trying to convince Baron Rivendell to lead all the remaining undead out of Stratholm through diplomatic efforts, and return the last undead stronghold to Lordaeron.

Obviously, Baron Rivendell could not easily agree to this request, and the two sides would continue to pull on for a long time to come.

For years to come, Lordaeron will focus on rebuilding the country, and it will not be easy to catch up with Quel'Thalas, who has not suffered much damage from the war.

However, that doesn't mean Quel'Thalas can sit back and relax.

After being deliberately weakened by Sarjan, Lordaeron is no longer the primary contender in Kael'thas's eyes.

The seemingly mild-mannered, but in fact soft-hearted, hard-hearted Sun King set his sights on the Old Night Republic, an established power on the other side of the sea.

Even if the blessing of immortality was lost in the Battle of the Sea and Seamount, the foundation accumulated by the Dark Night Republic for tens of thousands of years is still extremely strong.

At least for now, there is still a long way to go between Quel'Salas and the Night Republic.

With such a long-term king at the helm, the heads of the cabinet and the major legions will naturally not only stare at the one acre and three points of land in front of them.

In order to take a full step forward, the old Quel'Thalas must first remove the useless carrion attached to him.

In Kael'thas's view, the founding nobles who were once the pillars of the kingdom have now become a stumbling block to Quel'Thalas's progress.

The leading figures of the four contemporary nobles are Solan Lian, Carbonia, Petra and Mattis, who happen to be two political and two armies.

Kyle Sarste had a private conversation with the four nobles they represented.

The first thing to be sure of is that Kael'thas does not intend to exterminate all nobles.

It's not that Kael'thas can't be ruthless with this temperament, but it's not necessary.

The founding aristocracy has a history of more than 7,000 years, and even with the low fertility rate of the High Elves, such a long time will inevitably cause them to spread out in large numbers.

It is true that the lineage of the backbone of these aristocratic families has been completely corrupted and hopeless, but this does not mean that the entire family needs to be completely eradicated.

Kael'thas made a promise to the four of Solanlian.

As long as a suitable heir can be chosen among the decaying old aristocratic families, he can allow the side tribes of these families to inherit the lineage and continue to serve Quel'Thalas.

This is also the last grace of the Sunseeker family to the descendants of the old brothers who supported their eastward crossing to build the country.

Is it easy to succeed a large one with a small one?

Of course it's hard.

Taking Solan Lian's Morning Star family as an example, the total number of branches of the huge Morning Star family adds up to thousands of people.

With such a large family, it is certainly impossible to distribute resources equally among everyone.

Those who can get focused training and resource tilt are usually only the descendants of the family.

In order to prevent someone in the side line from threatening the status of the lineage, they will even deliberately suppress the talented side lineage, which is not uncommon among large families.

What? The Deep Shadow Family?

The Deep Shadow Family is a noble who has been honored for their military exploits in the Battle of the Trolls, and they are only in their third generation when they arrive at Sarean.

Due to the shallow background, there are only two branches in the entire Deep Shadow family, Willis and Julian, and there is no dispute between the concubines at all, and the relationship between the family members is very close.

It is for this reason that Kael'thas did not seek Sarren's opinion when planning this conspiracy, because he lacked sufficient knowledge of the struggle between the descendants of the extended family and the clans.

From Kael'thas's standpoint, he didn't care whether the founding nobles inherited the title were descendants or concubines, his only concern was whether the heirs of these nobles could continue to contribute to Quel'Thalas.

The experienced Anastria stopped Kael'thas just in time to get off the pitch himself.

A very simple truth.

If you can support other clans to seize power, the side branches of the Sunseeker family will also be staring at the throne you are sitting on.

After all, you do the first year of junior high school, and others do the fifteenth, and you always have to pay it back when you come out to mix.

Kael'thas was not thoughtful enough to be frightened into a cold sweat by his father's analysis, and immediately dismissed his intention to take action himself, and he decided to let the four nobles who had already bowed to the royal family deal with the inheritance issues within these nobles.

The Sunchaser family was worried that they would find an excuse to seize power because of this matter, and the heads of the four nobles also had this concern.

This time, Solan Lian summoned the major founding nobles to discuss important matters, mainly to give these fat pigs to the slaughter a chance one last time.

Obviously, the fat pigs who are still spitting and talking nonsense at the moment do not realize the crux of the problem.

"Hey~"

After several attempts to induce the guidance to no avail, Caponia finally gave up and returned to the taciturn Solanlian, Mattis, and Petra and collapsed in her chair with a look of lovelessness.

"Tired, destroy."

……

"Poof~"

The day after the end of this "secret" closed-door meeting, Sarren learned about it from Verles, and burst out laughing on the spot.

"So didn't I say a long time ago, those old aristocrats who were raised with fat brains have long been hopeless, and the pure mud can't support the wall."

"At this point, we can only give them an internal change, otherwise those wastes who are obviously incapable but have a lot of resources in their hands will sooner or later do even more ridiculous stupid things."

Vellais nodded with a smile, and then said with emotion: "Now that the Deep Shadow family is also a double lord, we must also be wary of this." ”

"That's right."

Salian agreed: "Therefore, I intend to set up a family motto in my generation, so that those who do not work shall not eat." ”

"Want to inherit the title? Okay, show your worth, the Deep Shadow family will not let incompetent descendants inherit the title, that will only harm everyone up and down the family. ”

Verles looked at his nephew with a strange expression: "...... You're talking to me, aren't you? You are an immortal demigod, if you don't take the initiative to speak, who can take the title from you? ”

"Ah......h

A slightly embarrassed smile appeared on Sarjan's face: "The truth is the same, uncle, you don't want your incompetent offspring to tarnish the family's reputation, right?" Therefore, education still has to start from the baby. ”

"Okay~ I'll listen to you."

Vellais patted Saljan on the shoulder angrily: "In a while, I will send your little cousin to you for education, and then you don't have time to prevaricate." ”

"Oh, yes, there's one more thing."

In order to stop Sarren's refusal, Verreis turned to get down to business before leaving.

"I heard you went to Quell Denus to meet Anvina Denis earlier? The Sun King invited you to the palace for an interview, saying that he wanted to hear what you, the sharp-eyed Grand Duke, had to say about her. ”

Saljan looked speechlessly at the mobile phone on the table that was silent: "...... Can't I get in touch with my mobile phone? ”

Vellais shrugged his shoulders: "Your Majesty said that some things are more reassuring to him than to interview them in person." ”