The National Assembly in the center of Ursus's capital always holds several Imperial Parliaments every year. His Majesty the Emperor and many national leaders gather here to discuss the future development of Ursus.
Of course, this is just a nice way of saying it to the outside world. In today's world, there are too few nobles who follow the glory of the past and serve His Majesty the Emperor. Who among the new nobles is not a snobbery guy, and who is not someone who follows money?
As long as there is benefit, they will come like flies. But without benefit, even if it is an order from His Majesty the Emperor, those people will consider it again and again to see if it will harm their own interests, and then decide based on whether they can benefit from it. How much profit you will gain will determine your ability to implement His Majesty the Emperor's orders.
Rotten, bloated, obsolete... Anyone who has a certain understanding of the Ursus government system can easily get these unexplained answers.
Ursus, who has not yet completely reached the end of his country, is always trying to give himself a shot in the arm, trying to get rid of these bad 'diseases'.
The reformists are a very energetic group in the National Assembly today. They have replaced the original royalists, but they are driven by the interests of the emperor's policies and are trying to reform this huge and decaying empire.
Opposing them is the Conservative Party, a coalition of old aristocrats and some new aristocrats in the past. In political parties with the same interests, most of them still hold implicit rights in the army. They once gave Bozoka the guerrillas. The guys who support it can be considered one of these people.
If nothing unexpected happens, today's national parliament will be another meaningless squabble. The Conservative Party and the Reform Party are always holding each other back, making it impossible to achieve the problems and policies that each other wants to solve and implement. A good solution, or a concrete implementation.
Generally speaking, no matter who proposes something, as long as it involves a struggle of interests, it may be delayed indefinitely until a balance point is found so that both parties can reach a compromise. It can be implemented.
"Can anyone tell me why my country suddenly lost a city?"
Fyodor, the current emperor of Ursus, who only came to power more than ten years ago, is still very young, but the young emperor's eyes are also majestic. He glanced at the many important ministers attending the national parliament. Those who were originally in power The people who were gossiping about some things noticed and slowly shut up.
Some people's eyes were fluctuating, while others' eyes were very calm, as if they knew something, but more people's eyes were blank. They didn't understand why His Majesty the young emperor, who was sitting on the main seat and just acting as a mascot, suddenly suddenly Just say such incomprehensible words.
But no one directly asked the emperor, 'Why did the city disappear?', or said stupid things like, 'Did it suffer some terrible natural disaster and was destroyed?'
They all looked at Lord Witte, the Speaker of the Imperial Parliament, who was standing on the side, hoping that he could translate the meaning of our young Emperor's words.
Speaker Witte stood up. He was a man over fifty years old, but he was neither a reformist nor a conservative. He was an intermediary who acted as a buffer and lubricant between the emperor and various parties. He first clarified With his voice, he translated the words of His Majesty the Emperor to the representatives of local nobles attending the Imperial Parliament.
"In the southern border of the empire, a city with a population of nearly one million has gone missing. After the Empire's Central Taxation Bureau discovered that it had not received taxes paid by that city this year, it sent personnel to investigate. As a result, it was no longer a city, let alone a city. , the personnel sent to investigate did not find even the shadow of the ruins of the city. The city named Chernobog mysteriously disappeared within the territory of the Ursus Empire..."
Speaker Witte paused, and Emperor Feodor looked over. He nodded and looked at a person from the conservative party on the right.
"Your Excellency Vincent, if I am not mistaken, a year ago, your nephew Trubney, the director of the Southern Branch of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, was still working hard there and reported that he wanted to make a great contribution to the empire. , it seems that an important research project was discovered in the research institute over there.
For this reason, you also submitted documents through your relationship and requested the empire to mobilize a team of internal guards to carry out operations. As a result, your nephew and those internal guards disappeared together with the city. Don’t you have anything to say? Want to say something? "
"I am not from the Intelligence Bureau or the Internal Security Bureau. I just submitted the documents from Director Trubney in a formal manner. Although he is my nephew, the two of us are also separate individuals.
And because of his special status, ministers like me who help the empire rule local areas dare not get too close to him even if we are related to him. "
"Vincent, are you trying to say that the disappearance of an important city in the South has nothing to do with you, the Marquis of the South?"
"Don't dare, Your Majesty Feodor, I was guilty of oversight. Before Speaker Witte said what he just said, I didn't pay much attention to that, um, the city of Chernobog, please. You punish me..."
Vincent stood up, and the Marquis of the Empire, who was responsible for guarding the southern border of Ursus, bowed to the young emperor sitting on the high throne.
This man's eyes were as calm as before, there was nothing unusual about him, and his attitude of admitting his mistake was very sincere.
An attack started by the emperor towards him and the conservative parties behind him was blocked by him by retreating.
Even if His Majesty Emperor Feodor of Ursus must throw the blame for Chernobog's mysterious disappearance on his head.
In front of the Marquis de Vincenre, who has a sincere attitude towards admitting his mistakes and only admits his mistakes, and who has a high status, it is difficult to obtain any more effective punishment other than verbal punishment and some insignificant fines.
The Ursus nobles have a high degree of autonomy. It is impossible to kill a marquis who actually controls the border military power because of the disappearance of a city that has no direct jurisdiction.
Fyodor's fingers were pointing on the mahogany handle of the seat reserved for the emperor in the Imperial Council.
He learned about Chernobog's disappearance a month ago.
At that time, Fyodor had already sent loyal royal guards to investigate, but nothing was found.
"You did make an oversight, but besides that, there must be other people who must be responsible for betraying my trust and responsible for this mysterious disappearance in the city!"
Feodor's eyes were fixed on other conservatives. It didn't matter if he didn't find anything. This did not prevent him, the emperor of the empire, from wanting to throw some bad things that happened in his empire to the people he wanted to eliminate. On the body.
What, you said that in a country with an autocratic monarchy like the Ursus Empire, it is not easy for an emperor to eliminate someone?
Indeed, if you just want to eliminate an ordinary person, it is indeed very simple. It is just a matter of one sentence. But what Fyodor wants to eliminate is not an ordinary person, but some high-ranking and powerful people who still have power in their hands. Military power, guys who have always been against him in some aspects.
There is no reason to kill those people at will, and it is indeed easy to do so under the orders of the emperor and the powerful Ursus internal guards, but doing so will undoubtedly cause a backlash.
Once that group of people join forces, they will form a powerful force that can imprison the imperial power, or even subvert or change the imperial power.
Although there is no evidence, Feodor has always suspected the real reason behind the mysterious death of his father, the ancestor Ursus...
In the past, before the young Feodor came to the throne, he always believed that the imperial parliamentary system was a very good system that could restrain the ever-expanding desires of the most powerful emperor in the empire and keep the Ursus Empire stable enough. Basically, it is a system that can be called advanced or even great in a country with sole power.
But after actually taking control of the huge empire of Ursus, Fyodor discovered that the imperial parliamentary system, a system that can promote national stability in a healthy country, is simply useless in a decadent and rigid imperial regime. It was just a piece of dog shit, and he stepped on it, binding his hands and feet as tightly as shackles.
Therefore, whenever a legitimate reason appears, as long as he, the emperor, is not coerced, the young Emperor Ursus will not let go of the opportunity and let his reformist forces frame the matter on the conservative side. The party's group of cancerous guys are lying on the empire's body to suck blood.
The mysterious disappearance of Chernobog can be regarded as the biggest incident in recent years.
Although for an emperor who nominally owns a huge empire, the disappearance of one or two mobile cities with a population of close to one million is not a 'big deal', but Fyodor wanted to use this Make a fuss about it and make it a reality for the Conservative Party.
Even if some important figures in the Conservative Party cannot be eliminated as a result, as long as it can suppress and weaken the momentum of the entire Conservative Party, it will also allow him to order the reformists to do certain things with greater scope.
Perhaps, some people may think that as an emperor, it is too disgraceful for him to use such despicable methods to deal with his country's ministers, but no one knows that this is actually a helpless move. If Fyodor had any other options...
It has been fourteen years since he took over the position of Emperor of Ursus. No one knows how Feodor spent these fourteen years.
Sitting on the throne every day, subject to the coercion of different forces in the country, he is obviously the emperor of a powerful empire, but he lives like a puppet. Many people allow him to be a mediocre king who is greedy for pleasure, but do not allow him to be the one who revives the empire. Ming Jun, but he is afraid that after he revives the Ursus Empire, he will become a tyrant who will liquidate all problematic people!
However, even with these difficulties and obstacles, after more than ten years of hard work, Fyodor still controlled part of the empire's power and obtained some rights as emperor. And now, what Fyodor is doing is to The influence of this right continues to expand.
Suppressing conservative parties is a kind of political correctness, even if it relies on frame-up. No, this is not frame-up.
Chernobog is the city of the neutral faction, the faction represented by Speaker Witte’s old fox who likes to get along with each other.
And since he, the reformist faction of the emperor, did not take any action against Chernobog, who else could make a city disappear silently in the Ursus Empire?
To be clear, except for the guys from the Conservative Party, who else in the Ursus empire has such ability? !
Although it is not clear why the Conservatives made Chernobog disappear, His Majesty Emperor Fyodor would not let go of such an opportunity, and now he is looking at the Conservatives with peace of mind. noble councillors.
The important roles of the aristocratic members of the reformist faction who can participate in this imperial parliament have been notified in advance. At this time, they are also gearing up and preparing to cooperate with their noble emperor to put pressure on the conservative guys on the opposite side. The Conservative Party became alert, the atmosphere in the Imperial Parliament suddenly became cold, and a tense atmosphere also arose.
"Maybe I know who is responsible for Chernobog's disappearance!"
Just when this kind of political struggle in the court was about to begin, when the centrists and the reformists seemed to join forces to attack the conservatives, a soft, high-pitched voice interrupted. They are about to 'go to war'.
Everyone looked over and their eyes were fixed. He rarely attended the Imperial Parliament and had been somewhat low-key at the political level in recent years, but his existence that absolutely no one in the entire empire dared to ignore came into their sight.
"My lord, Duke of Cosiche, I wonder what you have to say?"
A smile appeared on Speaker Witte's face. Although it was a fake smile, there were not many people in the entire Ursus Empire who could make him smile. His Majesty the Ursus Emperor was one, and so was the Grand Duke of Cosich. one.
Kosich, however, is a hard-to-judge guy. He seems to be outside of Ursus's regime, but also seems to be closely related to Ursus's regime.
Kosich does not belong to any of the three factions currently visible in the Ursus Empire regime, but any of the three factions seems to have an unclear relationship with this person behind the scenes.
Even as the leader of a neutral faction, Speaker Witte is still not sure how many people from his own faction are from the other side.
This is a terrifying guy. Anyone facing the other party should adopt the most cautious attitude. Even the current Emperor Ursus, the oppressive gaze in Fyodor's eyes has also restrained.
In some sufficiently formal occasions, such as the current National Assembly, Fyodor even has to call Kosiche "His Excellency the Grand Duke" to show his respect.
