Okitara 20nen Nandesukedo! Akuyaku Reijo no Sono Ato no Sono Ato

Episode 47: Ripples in Abandoned Territories

Abandoned Territory Prefecture.

A major reform that abolishes aristocratic territory and makes all of the Kingdom of Tristan the direct domain of the Crown.

The political policy shown with Fioria's acting Prime Minister upset a small number of Tristan nobles.

"Are you going to drive us out of the seat of nobility!

"You finally showed your true nature, you fox!

"As it is, the whole kingdom of Tristan will be taken over by Fioria!

Naturally, revolting voices rose everywhere...... but there were three things in common in this noisy aristocracy.

For one thing, territorial management is doomed.

Two, but it's repeated luxury and accumulates debt.

Mitsu, I do not reflect on the above two at all.

To sum it up briefly, incompetence, it would be exhaustive.

"Dear,"

Knowing the reaction of the nobles, Fioria sighed small.

"You haven't made the effort commensurate with your status, so it would be natural to get paid. If you don't like that, you can still work on improving your territorial government.... Well, I guess not."

Her predictions met.

When it comes to what the nobles of the opposition have started, the back work to push Fioria into resignation.

Only a very small number of people are committed to the reform of the territorial government - sooner or later the nobles will be given the hammer of judgment.

On the other hand, people accepted the policy of the obsolete territorial province.

"The point is, Master Fioria will also think about our city, right? All hail."

"That fucking lord, all I care about is luxury. Of course you're fired."

"Fuck you!

Ichii's reaction is largely favorable, and this not only involves Fioria's popularity… but also a great deal of something called a newspaper.

Valentine's Day Newspapers.

A newspaper founded by Fioria twenty years ago, it no longer extends its share not only to the Kingdom of Tristan but to the whole of the Belgian continent.

Its influence is tremendous, and the fact that it took on an information strategy in the establishment of Fioria's Protestantism is new to memory.

Valentine's Newspapers strongly backed up Fioria this time too.

… although not always instructed by Fioria, it is a so-called "single degree".

Against that background, one proclamation is made against the nobles in the name of King Vincent.

- A briefing will be held between the court and the floor for the obsolete territorial province. Attend whenever possible.

The briefing was held the week after the announcement - around the middle of April.

Though the grass is springing, sometimes the remnants of winter or the chilly wind blows through.

Between the chambers there was a line of more than a hundred nobles, from the Baron to the Duke.

Currently, there are 112 aristocrats in the Kingdom of Tristan.

Roughly more than 90% of the aristocrats will have attended.

If it is a regular aristocratic meeting, attendance does not reach 60%.

Attendance is close to a miracle this time, but so many aristocrats will be interested in something called abandoned territory, or they will remember the crisis.

"I apologize for letting you take the time. Fioria Di Florence, acting Prime Minister."

With a gaze from over a hundred people, but without fear at all, Fioria began to talk...... but.

"You can count on it! Explain it now! For what reason are you trying to take the seat of nobility from us!

A skinny, middle-aged man raised his anger.

Count Tanjes di Signe.

A man famous for his stubbornness, but contrary, the house's finances are a fire train.

"That's a misunderstanding, Count Signe."

Fioria's voice color was only mild.

"I am only abolishing aristocratic territory (...). Who the hell told you to abolish aristocracy?"

"Wha......!?

Count Signe makes his eyes black and white.

I am bewildered by the unexpected response and the words stop.

He's not the only one.

In the days of the nobles of the venue, confusion spreads.

"Be quiet. Did you also forget the manners you learned at the aristocratic school? When people talk, they shut their mouths."

He shrugs embarrassingly, then Fioria resumes her explanation.

"Since I took office as Prime Minister, I have been asked to examine the financial situation of each house until today. Is there a house in here that you can call black with your chest up? - You don't have to reply. Because your bowed faces are the answer."

In fact, most of the nobles lay face down casually and diverted their attention from Fioria.

"Times have changed now. Nobility cannot live alone as nobility.... but only some of the poles were able to keep up with that change. Sounds like most of this is going to be tragic. Drown in a mountain of debt as old as you can, get your hands on a new business and get burned, or be tricked into falling by a mountain master or a con man."

"Gu......"

It was the Earl of Sign who gave the groan.

He fits all three examples given by Fioria.

The deficit is everywhere, although I have been in a hurry to get my hands on the establishment of a chamber of commerce, overlapping my debt with luxury trivia without making territorial reforms.

Loans are made to adventurers while they can be put on the story of "treasure sleeping on the southern island" and are kept on the run.

"But I'm not going to blame you too much. People are all unsuitable. Yet merely because he was born into a nobleman, even if he refuses to do so, he is dismissed from the consular power. This is the problem with the aristocratic system."

... Only a very small number of people noticed that Fioria was slightly off topic at this time.

Most nobles say, "Yes, I'm not for the consular government. And yet I let them do the consular government, so this is the result," he said, shifting responsibilities in his mind. "It's not my fault. The bad news is the aristocratic system".

"I want to free you from the shackles of territorial government. That's not all. As the same nobleman, I want you out of debt hell. So let's give you a choice.

Each nobleman, after a month, return all his territory to King Tristan.

In return, the royal family will take on all the debts of each house.

Rest assured, of course, that I am not going to take the title or the official position.

You will remain a Tristan nobleman as you have been. "

After this, a blue photograph of the new system after the obsolete prefecture was told from Fioria's mouth.

Says...

"I will regroup each aristocratic territory and place a division called" Prefecture ”. We plan to send consuls from the court to the provinces to conduct their internal affairs."

"The appointment of the consul will be made here, but if there are any who wish, please name them. In view of previous territorial management, I will let you decide not to hire or hire me."

"In parallel to this, we will proceed with the establishment of the Council of Lords. Let us assure the owners of all the aristocratic houses of their position as senators and of their salaries as long as they can keep their present homes.... of course, if we find any irregularities, we will dismiss them."

"Do you have any questions? What will the Duke of Florence do? Of course, I will return everything to the royal family."

"That's all I'm talking about. I'll give you a month to think about it. Consider it carefully."

… At the end of the explanation, the majority of the aristocracy felt like an evangelization of the abandoned territorial province.

Anyway, after debt forgiveness, you will be freed from the territorial government and guaranteed even salaries.

Thirteen or even seventy-two aristocratic families agreed to return in the course of that day.

Many of them overlooked something very important.

It was not thanks to the status of nobility that the nobility stood over the people.

Lords - because they were the owners of the land and governed, even if they continued to fail.

The Abandoned Territories had severed the relationship.

Many of the nobles unconsciously went up to the stranglehold and tightened their ropes around their necks.

Of course some noticed Fioria's thoughts, but most of them didn't dare speak out against them.

…… the current aristocratic system will soon be broken.

Because he understood it well, he chose to survive the new system.

Nevertheless, not all nobles have consented to the obsolete territorial province.

"I don't care what she says!

"Something that will make my ancestors take their lands from generation to generation!

"Can you live in a country like this! I'll let you be independent!

Roughly ten aristocrats declared their departure from the kingdom of Tristan.

If this were all, there would still have been salvation.

Even as Fioria, she was going to accept, "That's their choice, isn't it?"

But...

"The king is bewildered by the colored incense of Fioria and is about to bring down the Kingdom of Tristan! Vincent, don't argue!

They formed a coalition and beeped up as rebels.

It challenged the Kingdom of Tristan to battle.