Warlord: King of All Clans

The Great Council of the Orlantis Empire originated from the Round Table Council in the early days of the empire.

The emperor of the empire would regularly summon the empire's most powerful legion commanders, holy light bishops, and ruling ministers to sit around a round table to decide national affairs.

As the empire grew in size, the number of participants in the Round Table Council increased, and the membership became more and more complex, eventually forming a large house of representatives consisting of hundreds of members.

The parliamentary system, which was originally used by the emperor to gather ideas and opinions, has now gradually become a tool for powerful nobles to limit imperial power.

The proposals passed by the Grand Council can be regarded as the joint decision of the powerful nobles of the empire. Even if the emperor of the empire wants to reject it, he needs to think twice.

According to tradition, the Earl of the North and the Burke of the West both have a seat in the Great Council.

However, in the past hundred years, the empire has been divided into three parts. The Burke in the West and the Earl in the North have long been independent and unwilling to participate in the political games of these southern nobles.

As the first heir to the throne, Princess Gullveig attended the parliament under the protection of the Rose Knight.

The electoral system was not proposed by a few powerful earls such as Brutus and MacDonald, but by an inconspicuous minor member of parliament.

Listening to this congressman, whose name he could not even remember, giving a passionate speech below, explaining in detail how to divide the imperial power, Gulveig sat upright and did not move.

The little hand hidden behind the table kept gesturing with the little dagger in its hand.

If it weren't for the need to maintain his composure in public, Gulveig would have stabbed him to death with a dagger on the spot!

The so-called electoral system is better described as a regency system!

The proposal stated that now that His Majesty the Emperor is old and his offspring are weak, the empire has reached its most dangerous moment, and as the upper nobles of the empire, they must stand up bravely and turn the tide.

The senators proposed to confer the title of marquis on the seven oldest, richest and most powerful archbishops and nobles, giving them the power to supervise and elect the emperor.

At the same time, it reaffirmed the political independence of the fiefdoms and proposed to clearly define independent sovereignty in the areas of justice, coinage, mining, taxation, and recruitment in order to safeguard "people's livelihood" and respond to the barbarian threats from the west and the north.

In fact, most of these state powers had long been usurped by the feudal nobility, but at least they were not written into the imperial charter.

If this bill is passed, the seven electors will officially have the power to elect the emperor.

The territories of the seven electors also gained de facto independence and no longer needed to perform vassal obligations to the imperial royal family.

On the contrary, from now on, the royal family will have to live according to the Elector's wishes.

During the years that Charles VII was on the throne, his power had almost been sidelined, and his decrees could not leave the imperial capital.

Fortunately, the royal power is not completely gone, and there are still many royalist members in the Great House. As soon as this congressman proposed a motion, he was drowned out by the royalists' scolding.

Most of the remaining nobles watched the show in silence, waiting for the royal family's reaction.

After finally waiting for the end of the conference, Gulveig hurried back to the palace with the Rose Knight. In front of a large group of parliamentarians, he looked a little embarrassed.

Noreen and Denise accompanied Gulveig in the carriage. The former consoled him, "Don't worry. Every issue in the Great House of Representatives takes a year or half a year to pass. We can't rush in. We need to understand the situation first."

Compared to Knight Norin, who was good at leading troops in battle, Denise was better at politics. Hearing this, he was speechless and said, "Even a fool can see that such a risky topic is not something a small councillor could come up with. Behind this is either Earl MacDonald or Earl Brutus, or even the Pope of Holy Light."

"This sudden attack must have been secretly prepared long ago."

"As long as half of the parliament members agree, the electoral system will be in place."

Denise sneered and said, "Your Majesty only has one heir, the princess, but they insist on creating an elector. Isn't this a slap in the face of His Majesty the Emperor?"

Norin's face was gloomy. "It's not about electing a regent, but electing an elector. It's been made very clear. There is only one regent, and whoever becomes the regent will be opposed by other forces. But seven electors are enough for the southern nobles to take sides."

“This time, they are imperative.”

There are only a few powerful nobles in the South Territory, and they took up seven positions at once, with even one or two extra positions for small groups of people to take over.

Which nobleman would not be tempted by such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

There will be problems within the royalist faction!

The existence of the Great Council system has already severely restricted the imperial power. Now with the introduction of the electoral system, the imperial power has been basically completely hollowed out.

When the little mouse takes office, I am afraid that he will really become a mascot on the emperor's throne as the nobles wish.

Denise was so angry that she raised her knife and slashed at the air. "I'm really pissed off. Why don't I ask Lord Algernon to kill him so that a river of blood will flow? Kill, kill, kill!"

After assisting the princess in politics for several years, Denise has become much more mature, and only in private does she reveal her childish side.

On the contrary, Gulveig was calmer than his right-hand man. He looked out the window and said, "It's mainly because we acted too much and alerted the nobles. We all wrongly blamed Leo."

Denise and Noreen were silent when they heard this.

In the beginning, the princess was only responsible for building an orphanage, establishing a royal academy of sciences, and rectifying the security of the imperial capital, all of which were insignificant and trivial matters.

At this time, all the nobles in the southern region were praising the princess for her precocity and natural qualities as a queen.

At this stage, Leo wrote a letter to advise the little mouse to accumulate strength and not to act rashly.

But the little mouse was alone in the imperial capital, surrounded by radicals, and his role model was an anomaly like Hewan. How could he hold back?

In the past two years, Gulveg began to learn from Hewan to rectify the administration, register the people, check the land, and even formed a musket corps.

This completely infringed upon the interests of the nobles in the southern border. The big nobles were afraid of the rise of the royal family, and the small nobles were afraid of being annexed by the royal family.

Public opinion throughout the southern region began to lean towards one side, saying openly or secretly that Her Majesty the Princess was impulsive and ignorant, and was making reckless moves. If this continued, the people would sooner or later suffer.

The electoral system emerged in this context.

Since His Majesty the Emperor has no way of disciplining his son, let the empire's upper-class nobles discipline him together and train a "qualified" emperor!

From a royal and long-term perspective, there was nothing wrong with every policy of Gulveg, but in the eyes of vested interests, it was a clear target.

After a moment of silence, Denise spoke first: "The electoral system must not be passed! We must find a way to break this situation."

Noreen and Mouse looked at each other.

"Go?"

"Go!"