Chapter 1,434 The Rushing Trend

Originally, Lin thought that the grand dukes were eager to legally distribute the power in the hands of the emperor, so after learning about the contents of the constitution and the conditions given by the empress, they would immediately announce the relevant matters and start implementing them. Overcome all obstacles with an unquestionable attitude.

In fact, these cunning nobles once again taught a certain time-traveling crowd a lesson.

They unanimously requested that the relevant content be postponed for three days. And during these three days, they used it to... snatch people!

Needless to say, the agricultural population in their respective territories can be settled and registered directly. Farmers are tied to the land and are the least controversial group.

The same situation applies to nobles with fiefdoms. Whoever's fief is located where is bound to the land, there is nothing to say. If you still dare to refuse, the ownership of the land can be reconsidered.

The focus is on three categories of people: craftsmen, merchants and families of nobles.

Movement of craftsmen occurs relatively rarely. But there was a situation where a certain area itself lacked a certain type of craftsmen, so the lord would hire them from outside.

Such people may settle down there, or they may return to their original environment after teaching qualified apprentices. The grand dukes wanted to find a way to allow these craftsmen staying in their territories to settle directly and become a settled population.

Businessmen are the group of people who are the best at running around. Whenever a chamber of commerce is rooted in its own territory, but its members go out to do business, the grand dukes will directly issue an order. Even if those people do not come back, they must be allowed to settle in the base of the chamber of commerce through an agent. Of course, they are not allowed to register in other places.

As for the laborers and long-term mercenaries hired by the Chamber of Commerce, as long as they meet the qualifications to become citizens, semi-forced means are used to allow them to stay and settle down.

For a time, these most politically sensitive businessmen were panicked, knowing that the political situation of the empire was about to undergo major changes. But how it changed, they had no idea.

In comparison, although the actions of the Grand Dukes in their respective territories are of a coercive nature, there are no obvious disadvantages in choosing to settle there. On the contrary, if you do not settle down, you will face difficulties from the lord. Therefore, they followed the lord's orders with the attitude of doing more than doing less.

You know, if it is a small noble in the empire, some wealthy businessmen have the ability to suppress the other party. But whether the will behind the nobles who have made big moves in the past few days comes from one of the six grand dukes or the empress who follows suit, no matter how powerful the wealthy businessmen are, they cannot afford to offend them. So they had no choice but to cooperate.

The most troublesome part is the family members of the nobles.

Unlike their knighted family heads, noble family members are not bound by fiefdoms. As long as you can afford the local cost of living, you can live anywhere you want. In the Karlsruhe Empire, as long as they were noble children from wealthy families, they would move to big cities.

In addition to convenience, it is also to get a share of the profit pie of big cities, so they must have people with weight to take charge.

The person sitting in charge can also be a noble himself, and the territory can be entrusted to a steward or a consul appointed to manage the territory. But in most cases, the adult family members are still responsible. Such people are likely to live in these big cities for a long time, far away from the family territory.

These people cannot be generalized, and they were all captured and settled in their respective territories. Because they also need to ensure their influence in these big cities, and even have a seat among the parliamentary representatives that can be elected by these cities. So how do people arrange the scheduling becomes a problem.

The next step is to calculate the population of each gathering place in the territory. If there is a small town that is close to the threshold of 2,000 people, find a way to increase the population and cross the population threshold where representatives can be elected.

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This is not a long enough window, otherwise Lin believes that someone will be crazy enough to break up certain towns with larger populations.

Fortunately, there is no time to build a new house in a short period of time, and it is not possible to find a suitable place to build a new town. Otherwise, the policies implemented by someone with good intentions as the starting point may be turned into a bad policy by these nobles that wastes people and money.

At this time, Lin understood why in the history of his hometown, those who implemented the New Deal mostly failed. Even for people like Wang Anshi, although they have not yet reached the point of ruin, they are not far behind.

In fact, those who execute are very good at maneuvering and can always find places to take advantage of. Then take advantage of the convenience provided by others' implementation of the New Deal and find ways to maximize your own interests.

The actions of the six Grand Dukes were not secretive at all. After all, it is a matter involving people inside and outside the territory, and there is no way to keep it secret even if you want to. Lin reacted and immediately strongly suggested that the empress follow suit, and he even offered several strategies.

Although the emperor will be excluded from the ruling circle in the future and will no longer be involved in it. But the emperor also has territories, and these territories can also elect representatives. Then those who want to win in the voting battle will inevitably find ways to win over the MPs selected from these emperor's territories.

Therefore, it seems that the emperor has been excluded from the ruling circle, but the emperor still has influence. For the current empress, this is a way for her to regain political influence.

The grand dukes could see this, but they did not try to block it or exclude the empress again. It was a big enough concession for an emperor to give up his power to govern on the surface. Let the other party take back some power, which is not a trouble.

The actions of the six grand dukes and the empress' following suit made the nobles who had not received the news bewildered when they watched the show. No one knows why those big shots do what they do.

There was the timid noble, although he didn't understand, he still followed it. Maybe I haven't learned the whole thing, but at least I can understand the census and household registration.

The one with the greatest sense of crisis is the Grand Duke of Frias, who is recognized as the strongest among the nobles.

He was excluded from the Constitutional Conclave by a certain magician because he became a great nobleman closest to the emperor's power through his son's marriage to the empress, Prince Thomas. Such a person can almost be treated as a quasi-royal member, which means he is very likely to become part of the resistance to the constitution.

The other six grand dukes did not think this reason was excessive at all, and they also recognized the behavior of a certain magician. Instead of strongly demanding that as a member of the imperial nobility, we should advance and retreat together. In fact, the nastiness between them is no less than the conflict between them and the empress.

And this group of big shots at the same level as him had special actions, and the empress also followed suit. Of course, Archduke Frias could not just sit back and watch all the changes, while he had no response. He appeased the nobles who were also ignorant and dependent on him, and at the same time sent people to find out the hidden truth behind this.

It was already the next day when Archduke Frias received the documents of the Constitution and the Royal Code.

Maybe he couldn't get the explanation from a certain time traveler, but he could understand the unmistakable words and also understood the intentions of other great nobles. Grand Duke Frias's first thought was to think from the standpoint of a child of the royal family, and he must stop this law that emptied the emperor's power!

He may not have the chance to grasp that throne or crown, but his descendants and family have a chance! If the emperor's power is really gone, what will my efforts so far count?

What's even more detestable is that this matter is difficult to operate with two sides. That is to say, while preventing the implementation of the matter, he also secretly carried out the same thing as the other six Grand Dukes.

Because those actions are too difficult to conceal. If the minor nobles who rely on him see the clues, or if his allies in the royal family see through, then his actions of calling out to prevent the implementation of the two laws will become a joke in the eyes of others.

At best, they operate within their own territory. This also means giving up opportunities in those big cities.

The source of everything is that hateful magician!

Archduke Frias was not only furious with hatred, but the furnishings in his study also suffered.

Eventually, two laws were promulgated. But it was not officially promulgated by the Empress three days after the secret meeting as planned by the six Grand Dukes. Instead, it was spread by Archduke Frias. And with the help of the power of the forum, in a very short period of time, it spread to all the nobles, wealthy businessmen, and country gentry.

In fact, Archduke Frias did not want to do this, because it would allow those who had the opportunity to gain power from it to accelerate and consolidate the implementation of the entire thing. But he had to share it with those who had the opportunity to join the opposition, rather than fight the coming political storm alone.

After all, although those royal children were deprived of their inheritance rights, their heirs still had a chance. As long as the empress still has nothing to do, regardless of the fact that Prince Behar is currently ranked first in the line of succession, whichever family the empress adopts will mean that the person with the first line of succession will immediately change. So, everyone has a chance.

But what Archduke Frias did not realize was that there was a reason why these people were disinherited. Not only are things not done confidentially, but hiring people is also very clumsy. What was supposed to be a secret connection suddenly became a secret known to the whole world.

And it’s not just the Karlsruhe Empire, the whole world is paying attention. A certain magician who was on a business trip received complaints from the old Grand Duke Kawei of the Gwana Empire.

When the matter can no longer be concealed, Archduke Frias can only change his way of coping no matter how much he hates it. At this time, he planned to delay the change until it was impossible to do anything, and then overturned it in one fell swoop.

This can also brand those supporters with the crime of failing to do things well and failing the people, and expel them from the core of the ruling party. Archduke Frias believed that as long as he refused to let go, things would be impossible to move forward.

If not for anything else, just because he, the nobles who depend on him, and the royal family members are the largest force in the empire, and everyone must be afraid of it. No camp is qualified to challenge him.

But when the empress formally promulgated the relevant laws, there were additional implementation methods that she had not discussed with others.