Chapter 595: Parliant Establishnt 2
The story about the establishnt of the Parliant spread like a wildfire throughout the Kingdom.
It turned into a hot topic not just in the capital city, but also the other estates.
Those who paid more attention than the general public were the republicans in the kingdom.
A small café in the comrcial city was located.
In the café, talks about the parliant establishnt by the republicans were being held.
“The King has allowed the parliant.”
“I heard that only ‘nobles’ can attend it.”
A young republican replied to the words of his colleague in a deep tone.
There already was a parliant of nobles, in the Baroque Empire.
Besides, it was the sa, the establishnt was agreed in exchange for money.
What was different was, in the Baroque Empire, it was created because of threats against the nobles and taking over the military by the Imperial family. And in the case of Symphonia, it was in exchange for donations for the developnt of the destroyed cities.
“It isn’t a legitimate parliant. Will the nobles really communicate the will of the people? King Luke has always been on the side of the people, but when we look at it, this is the nobles’ intention to take revenge on the royalists, right?”
“Right. This is nothing different than their will to fight it out in a legal battle.”
The reaction of the young republicans was rather skeptical, which made the middle-aged scholar smile.
The words of the young were those of the kids who had still a lot more world to see.
“As you said, this is a parliant where only the nobles can attend. But we are also, ‘Common people only’, right? Aiden, you might be able to do it.”
Aiden was a noble family of a nearby estate and was asked by the middle-aged scholar.
In the academy of the Royal Brandon Academy, he secretly t with republicans and later, dedicated himself to republican principles.
“Of course, that is true, but would anyone, who isn’t the direct lineage of the nobles be treated as one?”
The middle-aged scholar’s smile didn’t rub off even after Aiden’s words.
“I took a close look at the decree. It said that any noble could attend it, it didn’t ntion anything about having a title or being the direct family mber of the titled ones.”
The words of the middle-aged scholar changed the expressions of the young ones.
Republicans weren’t commoners.
Even the nobles were falling into republican ideology, such as those who were far from the inheritance and title, the second and third children who had little power to use.
As such, they were dissatisfied with the current existing noble system and status.
“The seats for the neutralists are around 50 right? The royals and the noblen are already ready with their seats, but the neutral ones are still not full.”
“Must be because the number of seats is a lot more than the real number of neutral.”
“Right. That is why it is empty. But if we decide to stand still, the seats will be passed on to the indecisive n who only want to earn money.”
“Hm…”
As the middle-aged scholar spoke, the young people seed distressed.
“It isn’t as much as we’d want, but this is still an opportunity for us. You need to take advantage of this, though this is small, it can lead to the break in the noble system in the future.”
“I understand what Mr. Hegel is saying. The question, can we take full control of the neutrals?”
The middle-aged scholar—who was their teacher called Hegel, smiled at Aiden’s question.
“It might be difficult to control right away. We need to go and change the system. To do that, we will have to need a lot of money and connections. It is necessary to properly use the given opportunity and use the noblen’s desire for power into our advantage.”
“No way, you want us to compromise with the nobles?”
Aiden frowned asking it.
“In order to graze the green lands, sheep will have to wear the skins of the wolves. In any group, there will be those who have fallen. You will have to get in touch with them.”
Hegel explained to the young republicans on how they were supposed to move in the future.
Their heated debate on the political systems continued throughout the night.
Viscount Larit, a mber of the noblen, was in a poor mood.
It was because he hadn’t been given a seat in the parliant.
“Damn that jerk Joon! He is eating the fruits I made!”
In fact, he was the first to insist on drawing political advantage from the king by starting the donations.
Count Joon went and got permission to establish the parliant, but the one who gave the most money were the ones who were under Viscount Larit—and he was the one who encouraged the people to give money.
Besides, he even went to visit the King with Joon.
However, the number of seats given to the noblen were 125, and only 18 seats were given to the rchant nobles.
That too, after excluding Viscount Larit who was the head of that group.
“Viscount Larit, you are the foundation of our nobility. Only if you can support us from behind, the frontline nobles would be able to work freely.”
Upon saying that, Count Joon didn’t give him the seat.
Instead, he turned into the leaders of the noblen, and he gave plenty of the seats to the n and acquaintances under him.
Maybe if his faction were given enough seats, Viscount Larit, would’ve tried to convince himself.
‘But 18, just 18 seats! 18 seats!’
Viscount Larit and his n weren’t satisfied with the number of seats given to them.
‘What should I do now? Should I end up becoming a royalist? No, I heard that the dispute for the seats there is fierce. Also, it will make look like a traitor, and I won’t be placed in a good position in the future.’
With all those thoughts in his heart, he wanted to bring the army in his estate and the n of the rcenaries to wipe out Count Joon and his n.
However, because of the military reform, his entire force had ended.
King Luke had no intention of seeing a civil war rise within his nation.
Maybe if the situation hadn’t changed, he would have surely applied for war with the royal family. However, with the reform, it was impossible.
Because it would be forbidden to create a dostic conflict when the nation was preparing to go for war against the Baroque Empire.
However, it was his dire need to restore the trampled honor, but that didn’t an he would ruin the nation.
“Huh, I was a fool. Joon, I shouldn’t have believed that fox-like guy…”
The butler approached and spoke to Larit, who was sighing a lot.
“Viscount, a guest has co.”
“Guest? Who could that be?”
“Well, a young man called Aiden, a blood relative of Baron Haier.”
Baron Haier was one of the noble families with estates to the south of the Kingdom and had a grain trade relationship with Larit.
Although not of the sa faction, they were still in a good relationship.
“Aiden? Who is that?”
Larit’s question was answered by the butler.
“He isn’t directly related, but is currently the nephew of Baron Haier.”
“Is that so? Then I guess we have no reason to entertain, send him back.”
If there was no real power over the estate of the family, there was no need to et that person.
However, after hearing from the butler, he changed his mind.
“He said he had sothing to offer about the election of mbers in the parliant?”
“… let’s et first and know what it is, sir.”
The butler imdiately brought in Aiden.
With a dignified impression, the man greeted Larit.
“I am Aiden de Haier.”
“Uh, yes, nice to et you. I heard you had sothing to offer. What could that be?”
When Viscount Larit asked about the subject right away, Aiden smiled and spoke.
“I am studying at the Royal Academy, I t a lot of people and ca to know a lot of things through them. And this ti, we neutralists had an offer about electing the leader.”
“Really?”
The face of the Viscount went wide.
He was already a sack of barley because of the grains he used to cultivate, but this ti it was because soone had co to ask him to be a mber of the Parliant.
“Congratulations. You people will have to work hard.”
“This isn’t the ti to celebrate yet. I just received the offer.”
“I ant it like…” Said Aiden and continued.
“You need to have support to secure the seat.”
At Aiden’s words, Larit’s eyes shone.
He noticed what the man was suggesting.
“I am not sure if Viscount already knows this, but most nobles would prefer to have you behind them than to place you directly in the seat of politics.”
“I know, they are fools.”
“Yes, which is why I was able to talk to a neutral noble. However, the competition of the representatives for neutrals is also difficult.”
“So would you like to support you with my funds so that you can win over the seat?” Asked by the Viscount.
“That is right. If you can help and my friends to get elected, then you will be given a political stake over the matters the neutrals have influence in.”
It was a very encouraging story.
However, humans and animals were the sa kind of beings whose hearts change in a matter of seconds.
After being elected into the parliant on their own virtue, the young man and his group of friends would probably act like they were unaware of the Viscount.
He was concerned about it, but…
‘But, there is nothing bad about investing. Because I will be able to exert so influence on the neutrals, and it will increase my political position too.’
The number of seats for Royalists and the Noblen were 125.
In order to win the vote, the neutrals had to be drawn to either side.
Which ans both the Royalists and the Noblen would have to bow down to the Neutrals.
‘Kukuku! I don’t know about the others, but I’d like to see that jerk Joon beg !’
It might be a failure too, however, he wasn’t going to give up because of the fear of failure, there was also the possibility of succeeding too.
Viscount Larit accepted the hand of Aiden.
“It is impossible to abandon the spirit of the young man.”
“Thank you so much. You will have a long way in history as the savior of the new future for this nation.”
“Huhuhu. That would be great.”
Viscount Larit smiled as he dreamt of the delusion of governing the politics of Symphonia.
Without even thinking that the words of young Aiden could have other anings.
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