Start As a Lord In a Viscount

In a luxurious villa on the outskirts of the royal capital, some great nobles who are rarely seen on weekdays gather here.

"Your Majesty Irene is no longer in the capital." A great nobleman with a cigar in his hand said.

"How did you know? Could it be that you bought those mages in the royal family? If this is discovered, it will be evidence of beheading."

"Isn't it simple? You can find out by observing Sophia's woman's behavior. When there are no court meetings, His Majesty will invite her into the palace every day, and she has not been seen in these two days, so His Majesty Irene has a high probability. Is it not in the capital, or is busy with something."

"If it is going out, it is most likely to go to Griffin's territory. His Majesty and the Duke of Tulip have a good relationship. Now they should remind each other in the past."

"Then it won't be troublesome, right?" Some nobles worried, they didn't forget the blood that Claire killed a group of nobles in the capital before.

"What are you afraid of, we are all the heads of the major magister families and sword saint families, as long as he is not guilty of treason, what reason can he have against us? And our family is not vegetarian, you alone can Are you fighting against so many of us!"

After hearing the words of the head of the magister family, the hearts of the heads of the other small families who followed were also relieved. They followed these big families to drink a sip of soup, if they lost it for this soup If you take your life, it's really not worth it.

"Those are trivial matters. Let's discuss how to get His Majesty Irene to agree to our proposal."

After the great aristocrat finished speaking, he turned his attention to a middle-aged aristocrat sitting alone on a couch. This was the minister who had previously proposed to Irene in the main hall to cancel the title of Duke Claire.

"Lord Peter, this matter still depends on you."

"Yes, it was up to you a few days ago. Your Majesty Irene will compromise. I need to trouble you again at the next court meeting."

Peter smiled wryly. He didn't come to this position for nothing. He naturally knew that these people were using themselves as guns, but there was nothing they could do. They gave too much, and they were holding their own handles. , he will only follow their orders. But they still give themselves a little face, and they will be more polite when they speak.

"No trouble, I will continue to advise you next time. Don't worry."

"Hahaha, let me just say, Lord Peter still cares about the kingdom and is willing to take this risk to persuade His Majesty."

"Come on, let's toast Peter Lord!"

"Master Peter is brave!"

...

The next day, the meeting was held as usual.

After finishing the previous routine, Irene glanced at the nobles below and said softly, "Is there anything else? You can retire if you don't."

As soon as these words came out, most of the nobles below turned their attention to Peter.

Obviously, Sophia, who was below, also noticed the movements of the nobles, and just wanted to step forward to delay the time, but unexpectedly, Peter seemed to have predicted her movements, and quickly walked to the center of the hall and threw himself on his knees.

"Your Majesty, I want to report something!"

Irene quietly waved her hand to stop Sophia's movements, and said softly, "Lord Peter, just say what you want to say."

"It's the same thing that I proposed last time, to cancel Lord Claire's title of duke."

"Do you know that I gave him a few years ago? Do you want me to lose faith in the world!" Irene tried her best to suppress her anger.

Peter lowered his head all of a sudden, but instead of admitting defeat, he continued: "Then cancel Lord Claire's right to establish a duchy."

Before Irene could speak, Peter said again: "I don't have a personal grudge with Lord Claire, but with the kingdom. If the title of the duchy of Griffin Territory is cancelled, then the kingdom will make a lot of money every year. , open source for the kingdom! What a great achievement!"

Irene was silent for a while without speaking, but looked at the other ministers below and said, "What about your opinion?"

"..."

After a while of discussion below the hall, Sophia took the lead.

"The reason why the Griffin Territory has developed is due to the efforts of Duke Tulip. If we see that he wants to take money and take it by force, it will be a cold heart of people who work hard and do practical things! And His Majesty has just It’s only been a few years since I issued my own order, but to take back the title granted so quickly, doesn’t this make more nobles feel chills! So I don’t think I should take it back!”

"Mrs. Sophia's words are bad." A nobleman with unilateral myopia glasses stood up.

Sophia's pupils shrunk a bit after seeing the other party. It was a great noble from the same background as her, and there were old ancestors with magisters behind them.

"Does Earl Locke have any ideas?"

"I can't talk about high opinion, it's just some small opinions of my own." Locke pushed his glasses and continued: "You see that we have made so many contributions to the kingdom, and now it is only an earl's title, but Claire jumped directly from viscount to duke, which is somewhat unfair to us."

Sophia just wanted to pick on the loophole in his words, but Locke quickly said: "But Claire helped His Majesty to be in the top position, so it is reasonable to be granted a duke. But the power to establish a duchy seems to be a bit too much."

"Since the founding of our country, the nobles who can establish a duchy are either princes of the royal family or have made great contributions to the kingdom, but I have thought about the achievements of Lord Claire, and it seems that there is nothing too outstanding, so my opinion and The unanimous agreement of Lord Peter hopes that His Majesty can take back Duke Tulip's right to establish a duchy."

As long as they regain Claire's power to establish a duchy, they can naturally find a reason to intervene in Griffin's territory, suck blood there, and seek benefits for themselves. And the taxes paid on Griffin's territory also have to pass through their hands! But it's all fat oil.

With Locke taking the lead, the nobles below immediately followed suit, and the momentum overwhelmed the officials standing with Irene for a while.

"So you all think that the removal of the Griffin Principality can bring new financial revenue to our kingdom, right?"

"That's right, I hope Your Majesty will think about it more."

"Okay, then I'll agree to your proposal."

Irene's remarks directly made the eyes of the nobles below widen, and some of the poor-hearted faces showed smiles directly.

They didn't expect things to go so smoothly. They thought it would take several weeks, but Irene agreed to it in one bite? It seems that the king cannot but see the impact of their unity.

Irene suddenly changed the conversation again, "But I think what Mrs. Sophia said is quite reasonable. People earn money themselves, so in order to avoid unfairness, I plan to impose certain measures on all rich people. tax policy.”

"I plan to name it, the wealthy tax! As long as the annual income exceeds 500,000 gold coins, the tax will be collected from the original 20% to 35%, since the ministers are wholehearted If you intend to serve the people and the country, then you must be happy to pay this amount of money.”