Chapter 151: Pioneer (Part II)
"The honor of the ancestors of the nobility can shelter them for generations, but often after a few generations the nobility deteriorates. Why?"
At the week's regular morning meeting, government workers gather to sit in a theater-style conference room and listen to the maid on stage say 'great rebellion'.
They had long been accustomed to this, and the maid had a very different way of thinking than they did, no matter how outrageous it was, and at first they were a little nervous, because there were nobles and noble children in this room.
Although many jobs were added after the establishment of the major administrative departments by the chief maid and the announcement of the adoption of people other than the nobles as officials, and many commoners became officials and civil servants, the aristocratic officials were still the main body of officials.
At first, they were afraid that the aristocratic officials would have any opinion on this, and even make them angry and start a war against the Sorrowful Wind Family, but later it turned out that they were thinking too much, and those nobles did not have the courage to do so.
Later, they gradually got used to the deviant statements of the maid master, and even many people listened to the advice of the maid master and began to take notes, and reflect on how the work of the week was and how to correct it.
The maid gave them a fair chance to compete - almost all the noble officials did not change anything, but many civil servants of civilian background were promoted because of their efforts.
While this may have been a way for the maid to weaken the aristocracy, it did give the commoner-born civil servants a chance, so they were grateful to the woman who was now standing on the podium to speak.
"Because they live a good life of surviving in a daze all day long with the noble titles that their ancestors have earned with their hard work, so why do they have to work hard?" The maid mercilessly pointed out the nature of the nobles, but she couldn't help but laugh angrily when she saw that many nobles were not ashamed, but proud.
"Of course, it was their ancestors who bought it with their lives and efforts, so it is also their freedom to squander as much as they want......
Many of the civil servants stopped their pens and looked up at their maid in amazement.
The maid sat behind the rostrum, took a deep breath, and chuckled: "But I won't let the waste continue to occupy an important position in the 'corpse vegetarian meal', and then I am going to issue a decree!"
"If three generations of a nobleman have not made any significant contribution to the construction and development of the realm during the period of their tenure, then from the third generation onwards, the nobleman will begin to be demoted, and each generation will be reduced to one title until it is reduced to a freeman. ”
"Waste should abdicate, occupy a position but do nothing, so how should the country develop?"
As she spoke, she glanced around the audience with contemptuous eyes, but all the nobles were silent and did not dare to speak.
In the end, it was the deputy finance minister who sighed and persuaded: "Maid master, this is not in accordance with the rules......"
"Dear Treasurer, what rules are you talking about?" asked the maid with a smile.
"That's it, it's ......"
The finance minister 'is' for a long time before he whispered: "It's the rules of the nobility......"
"What are the rules of the nobility?" asked the maid.
The Treasurer's mouth was open, as if he was considering whether he should continue, and the gaze of the nobles made him feel a thorn in his back, but in the face of this powerful head maid, he really didn't dare to continue.
However, he didn't have to think about whether to answer or what to answer, and the maid sneered at that time.
"What kind of rules are the rules that I don't agree with!"
The maid's words startled the nobles, so frightened that they suddenly felt their tongues dry and their hearts pounding.
The Treasurer, who was being stared at by the maid, bowed his head in fear, and his lips trembled.
He knew very well that the head maid had always been unhappy with their nobles, and liked to trouble them if they disagreed, and had been weakening the power of their nobles, but he had to stand up, because his boss was also a nobleman......
The silent finance minister picked up a warm glass of water, took a sip of water to moisten his tongue, and stared at his deputy with blank eyes.
The maid said expressionlessly: "Here, in the Goure Principality, I am the rule!
Cervantes, who was sitting on the side, opened his eyes slightly, looked at the silent finance minister, and said slowly: "Finance secretary, if you don't have any opinions, please sit down, everyone is still waiting for the meeting." ”
After hearing Cervantes's words, the Treasurer shuddered and sat down slowly.
He had been one of the nobles who had fled during the great battle in Winder City the other night, and he had not even dared to stand up if it had not been for the hint of the Minister of Finance.
He is afraid of being liquidated, and the Minister of Finance is even more afraid, they both know each other's situation, but for the current matter, if he is liquidated, the Minister of Finance can take care of it a little, but if the Minister of Finance is liquidated, then he may be suppressed by the family behind the Minister of Finance.
For a nobleman, family inheritance is more important than anything else, even if he loses his job, he still has a family, but if his family is suppressed, then no matter how high his position is, it is not of much use.
The deputy secretary of finance is a typical idea that can't keep up with the times, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the chief maid wants to further weaken the power of the nobility, but they can't do anything yet, otherwise the knights of the Sad Wind Collar will be directly crushed.
"Next, a few upright knights and a few impartial officials will become members of the monitoring team and go to various places in the Sorrowful Wind Territory to search. Since some people didn't perform very well before, and their appearance was extremely ugly, so the assessment started from this generation, if you didn't do anything, then I'm sorry, your next generation will be demoted, everyone'Baron', I hope you can think about this issue carefully, and now the Sad Wind Leader is ready to be independent!"
At this moment, the nobleman with the title of 'baron' almost couldn't even hold the pen, and he drank water to moisten his mouth, and he didn't pay attention to the water flowing down his chin to his clothes.
But the maid didn't stop her because of their loss of soul.
"The second thing is that we're going to launch the 'Pioneer Program,' which is the focus of this meeting. ”
The maid pointed out the point directly, meaning that everyone should understand and remember it.
In the past, this situation was linked to the development of the Sad Wind Collar, and this time, it should be no exception.
The 'barons' woke up, they finally remembered that it was the 'Winds of Sorrow' who ruled this land, that was the lord of this land, and they were just 'vassals', and after the establishment of the country, let alone a demotion to the lord, it was not impossible to take off their noble hats directly - judging from the previous practice of the chief maid, it was even very possible!
Those nobles who are stronger than them probably need not be afraid, but will those nobles come to their aid?
If the head maid really wanted to expel them from their aristocratic status directly, the other nobles would probably look on coldly and come to help them.
So they can only save themselves!
Since the nobles of the opposition will not help them, it would be good for them to take refuge in the head maid, at least they are satisfied with their current life, and there is nothing bad except for a little less power.
It is impossible for everything to go as expected in life, and it is no problem to be wronged, at least you can keep your status as a nobleman.
"I will gather the poor in the Sorrowful Winds to reclaim the wasteland. Given the nature of the Black Forest, there are three things to keep in mind when we need to transform that area into a living settlement before the Black Forest recovers. ”
"First, I mean the poor class in the Sorrowful Wind Territory, not the poor class in Wende City, I have sent people to investigate on the spot before, although there have been some obstacles, but the results are not bad, anyway, the poor people can't provide you with much tax, everyone present remember to inform the other nobles and let them release them;
Second, our Grief Leader has hired new druids and mages, and obtained some new improved seeds, and the Ministry of Finance and the monitoring team are keeping an eye on them, and whoever wants to move those seeds will put me in prison, no matter what their status;
Third, Knight Commander Kyle will send troops to protect the pioneers, the Ministry of Finance remembers to allocate funds in time, and I will calculate with you how much you have embezzled before!
"The first pioneer team will set off in 10 days to purchase a batch of new farm tools, and then we will lease land and farm tools, and distribute improved seeds that are difficult to mutate, and the people of the monitoring team will pay attention to the deployment ......"