Blackstone Code

After the Prime Minister took the people around the Privy Council, they entered the conference room further inside.

Since the Privy Council is an administrative agency, there must be distinctions between superiors and subordinates.

In the past, when the Privy Council could still perform its duties, the most powerful person in the Privy Council was called the "Senator".

There was a time when the Privy Council was called the "Senator", implying that this institution was the domain of the "seniors" and everything must be obeyed by them.

Below the senators, there are "elders". The way to distinguish between senators and elders is very simple. It was not like now, where nobles are particularly particular about their appearance.

At that time, it was still popular for nobles to wear linen robes, so there were golden ears of barley on the robes of senators, and silver ears of wheat on the robes of elders, to distinguish the status of the two.

The rest are ordinary nobles. They also wear robes, but there are only clan emblems on the robes and no ears of wheat.

Later, the power of the Privy Council was gradually abandoned, and the senators began to put down their airs and wanted to unite all the nobles. Unfortunately, changes in the political system and the transfer of power meant that even if they did do so, it would not make much sense.

The conference room here is for the use of senators and elders. As for the nobles in the hall outside, they are not allowed to enter here without permission.

The Prime Minister is not a member of the Privy Council, but he can come in directly and does not need permission from others. This is the characteristic of power, and he can ignore most rules.

After everyone sat down respectively, the Prime Minister looked at the nobles around him, with a very vivid smile on his face, "Have you come to a conclusion during this period of time, who should be appointed as the Minister of Finance?"

The nobles sitting around the conference table briefly communicated with their eyes. The noble sitting at the head coughed slightly, attracting everyone's attention.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we have been discussing this issue for a while, but after all, it involves an important position and we are not given enough time, so..."

The Prime Minister shook his head and said, "So there is no result, is it?"

The nobles around them nodded, and some of them explained, "There are too many outstanding people. It's difficult for us to make a choice. There is only one position. If you choose this one, you won't care about that one."

"At that time, some people will definitely quarrel because of this, and even question whether our election was fair and just. You know, the loser will always have many reasons."

The Prime Minister did not deny it after hearing this. This is like a gambler, anything may be the reason for them to lose money.

I had bad luck today. I didn’t wash my hands after going to the toilet. I faced the window or turned my back to the window. Someone asked me to borrow money and didn’t pay it back...

Those gamblers can easily find dozens or hundreds of reasons to be responsible for the money they lose, and the same goes for those failed nobles, such as secret operations and so on, without even thinking about it.

So it will take a long time to select this candidate.

The Prime Minister frowned, "What we lack most now is time. We can't keep the position of Finance Minister vacant until you elect someone and then arrange the work. This will delay a lot of our things."

"This is not any other position. It is related to the planning and allocation of the entire national fiscal budget. There is no way to give you so much time."

"You have to elect someone by the end of the month."

At this time, one of the nobles suddenly reminded, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it is already the end of the month."

"It's the end of the month already?" The Prime Minister's expression suddenly became clear for a moment. He lowered his head and glanced at his watch, which had a small calendar window on it.

Nowadays, watches with calendars like this are very popular. Only a few companies have mastered the key technology, and it is difficult to find a watch on the market.

He glanced at the calendar and sighed, "It's really the end of the month, I don't even feel it!"

He shook his head as he said, "I have been too busy during this period, and there are too many things for me to deal with. I really miss the peaceful days before."

“It’s boring, but there’s a lot of personal time.”

The nobles in the room just smiled and did not take it seriously. Just like the matter they were discussing now, it was just a discussion. It did not mean that the content of the discussion had any direct relationship with the outcome of the matter.

"I've been a little nervous for a few days. Why don't you give it a try?" the Prime Minister asked again.

It looked like he was really asking about this, but in fact everyone knew what he was asking and how to answer.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, although the Privy Council is jokingly called a nursing home, it does not mean that we have no sense of responsibility. We cannot select a suitable candidate in a short time. How about..."

The chief noble looked at the nobles on his left and right and said softly, "Let you take on this position first."

The Prime Minister was a little stunned. He looked at the nobles in front of him, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "This is not possible. I have proposed to His Majesty before that I should work part-time first, but...he refused."

The chief nobleman smiled and continued, "This time we will discuss this matter with His Majesty in person. I believe His Majesty will agree."

The Prime Minister was a little moved, but also hesitant, "But those people outside..."

The chief noble raised his hand and said, "Struggle for power is never as important as the stability of the empire!"

This matter is actually a process. As Lynch and others said, from the beginning, the emperor never thought about fighting the prime minister to the end. He was giving in from the beginning.

But this kind of concession does not mean that everything is given away, and the Prime Minister does not give nothing.

If their current conversations were leaked, most of the nobles outside would definitely become angry.

During this time, they were building relationships, holding various secret meetings, and doing business everywhere just to get that position.

If you can't get that position, you still have to be able to gain some benefits.

But what I didn't expect was that the nobles in the Privy Council turned around and betrayed them, and helped the Prime Minister obtain this financial power. They were happy in vain and lost something. If His Majesty the Emperor releases the appropriate power at this time, With good intentions, some of these nobles will fall to His Majesty the Emperor without hesitation.

In other words, the prime minister actually pushed a part of the aristocratic group to turn to the emperor in exchange for the opportunity to hold financial power and realize his own power plan.

Did the emperor lose money?

It seems so, but not quite.

Although he has lost his financial power, the development plan for the entire country is now there, and the Prime Minister cannot violate it at will. Moreover, everyone is consistent in the general direction, and they are all for this country.

The power in the emperor's hands has been reduced, but he has gained the support of a large number of nobles. These nobles will become his trump card next time.

You must know that the Prime Minister is very old, and no one knows how many years he can still sit in this position.

Three to five years, ten years at most!

Ten years from now, a new war will inevitably break out and affect the whole world. By then, how can the Prime Minister, whose physical strength, energy and mental power have begun to decline, continue to stay in this position?

As long as he steps down and has the support of the aristocratic group, His Majesty the Emperor will have the opportunity and possibility of dictatorship to a certain extent. As long as there are enough aristocrats to support him, he can even serve as prime minister and finance minister when the war breaks out. !

Coupled with the imperial power granting him control over military power, administration, finance, and military affairs, with a high degree of unity, a dictatorial emperor will be born!

Even if those nobles do not support him in realizing his dream of dictatorship, he at least has a chance to regain financial power. As long as he has financial power, even if the candidate for prime minister compromises, he will still have power.

By exchanging the present opportunities for unlimited possibilities in the future, the emperor did not suffer a loss in this transaction.

The Prime Minister is very aware of His Majesty the Emperor's plan, but he doesn't mind, and he even cooperates. They are all betting on who will reveal the flaw first!

The content in the conference room was not revealed for a short time, but it was not long before it was revealed.

Three days later, that is, when the meeting is held next Monday, the whole country will definitely know!

At that time, a big drama will take place, and His Majesty the Emperor, the "victim", will begin to win over the resentful nobles to his side.

Of course, the Privy Council will try to unite the nobles as much as possible. They can never let all the nobles fall to His Majesty the Emperor. That would be irresponsible.

The Prime Minister stayed in the Privy Council for less than an hour and then left. Not long after he left, some gossip flowed into the Privy Council from the outside world.

People don’t know where they found out some content, some content related to Lynch.

They heard that Lynch planned to use the money they earned to develop in Amelia Province, and His Majesty the Emperor gave them some preferential policies.

If this news happened to others, it would be just ordinary news, but when it happened to Lynch, it had to attract people's attention.

You know, not long ago, Lynch led the group of useless aristocrats around him to gobble up hundreds of millions of dividends in the financial market. Now that he thinks about the other aristocrats, their eyes are still a little red.

You don't have to care about the big nobles, but not all nobles are so rich. There will always be some nobles who only have the face of nobles and don't have much money.

Just when everyone was about to leave for lunch, several nobles found Lynch.

"Mr. Lynch, I heard that you plan to invest in Amelia Province?"

Lynch looked at these people, and the little earl cleverly introduced them to Lynch. These were all minor nobles, and most of them had more or less connections with the royal family, such as closeness by blood.

No matter how cruel the emperor is, he is still a human being. As long as he is a human being, he will have some "small problems". For example, they are more willing to trust blood relatives than strangers.

Therefore, looking at the current small noble group in the Gaevra Empire, almost half of their ancestors were once members of the royal family, or had a very close relationship with the royal family, and they continued to receive favors from this.

After the little earl introduced these people to Lynch, Lynch smiled and nodded, "That's true!"

The leading young noble behaved very modestly, "Can you talk to us about the affairs in Amelia Province!"