Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 375: Imperial Meeting

Perfecto's massacre of the Council of Nobles did not cause any irreparable consequences, nor did it have a huge impact.

In other words, the impact of this incident was limited to the high-ranking officials and aristocratic circles of the empire, and even in the aristocratic circles, everyone kept silent and kept it a secret.

Outside this circle, the grassroots people have no idea what is happening.

In other words, those who had some dealings or contacts with the murdered noble councilor would be surprised at his disappearance.

But this kind of thing is really not worth mentioning for the empire.

After all, there were only less than a hundred nobles from beginning to end. Although their deaths were not insignificant to the empire, they were not a big deal either.

At least for the imperial center, this is not a big deal. It only needs to suppress public opinion and influence. The rest is to fill the positions of those purged noble members and let their family descendants or branches inherit the title.

The former may still require some effort. In any case, the identity of a member of the Noble Parliament is still of certain importance, especially in the current situation. If the new members are to be a bunch of good-for-nothings, it will be troubling for everyone.

Relatively speaking, it was much easier to choose heirs for these purged nobles.

On the one hand, these nobles all have families and their own heirs. Even if some of them have weak families, they still have side branches or distant relatives, so there will always be some people who have no one to inherit the title.

On the other hand, there are actually not that many people who want to inherit the title.

You should know that honorary titles such as knight and baronet cannot be inherited. Among the 92 nobles killed this time, only seven earls, twelve viscounts, and twenty-six barons can truly inherit the title, adding up to a total of 45 titles.

For an empire that has enjoyed peace for a long time, this may be a relatively large loss. After all, the death of so many nobles at once in peacetime is indeed a big deal.

But if we put the matter into the context of war, this number of casualties is nothing at all. Only the seven earls may have a greater impact. As for the remaining viscounts and barons, in the Hundred Years' War between the Empire and France, which major battle did not result in so many deaths?

So when the new imperial council was convened, no one brought up this matter to embarrass Perfecto.

On the contrary, more people are concerned about whether Perfecto's mental state is normal and whether she can continue to serve the empire as usual.

"Little Perfect, although I don't quite support your approach, since it has already happened, there is no point in discussing it afterwards. I just hope that you have not suffered any negative impact from this matter." Although Princess Anne did not quite agree with Perfect's act of massacring the Council of Nobles, she also understood how much pressure Perfect was under, and it was allowed to vent occasionally by doing something extreme.

Princess Anne was more concerned about Perfectcot's current state than the lives of a group of less important nobles.

"Thank you for your concern, Aunt Anne." Of course, Perfectcot understood what Princess Anne meant. She just spread her hands and said, "I can only say that without those noisy voices, I feel refreshed and had a rare good sleep." Perfectcot's words were of course a joke, but she had to admit that without those nobles who caused trouble for her, she did feel a lot more refreshed.

As to how much of this was due to the relief that came from the act of slaughter, only she herself knew.

"Since Lord Perfecto has no problem, let's leave this matter at that. Lord Gloucester, can you handle the remaining follow-up issues?" The Queen naturally heard Perfecto's answer, and she directly put an end to the matter.

The Duke of Gloucester would naturally not express any objection to this. In fact, he had already completed the subsequent finishing work. This matter would not cause any trouble to Perfector, nor would it have any adverse effects on the empire.

In comparison, what really deserves attention is the problems the empire is currently facing.

"By the way, when does the Empire plan to announce the Doomsday Winter? Although we need time to prepare, there is only one year left until the Doomsday. Should the Empire consider making this public and then relocating the local residents to the North?" Perfect spoke first, leading the topic of the Imperial Conference to the key issue: "Although I don't mind you abandoning some of the lower-class people, or giving up the burden and encumbrance to the Empire, it will still bother me if there are too few grassroots laborers in society.

You don't want to let the nobles screw in the factory themselves, do you? Even if they really want to do that, there are not enough nobles in the empire!"

Perfecto's words were not pleasant to hear, and were even somewhat sarcastic, but the problems she pointed out were real.

Princess Anne quickly responded: "Based on the results of the previous royal meetings in which you were absent, we are considering announcing this matter this winter and then launching the migration operation next year.

All departments of the empire evaluated the operation and concluded that if the migration was launched now, it would lead to a series of social problems.

Little Perfect, you have put so much effort into this matter, you don't want it to fail at the last step, right? "

Although Perfect had missed the royal conference before, the results and relevant minutes of each meeting were recorded by a dedicated person and sent to the North via airship for her to read.

Not only that, any of her opinions would be sent back to Langton as soon as possible and informed to the imperial officials in the imperial court.

Therefore, Perfect was actually aware of the decision made by the Imperial Center.

The reason she said this was just to open up the topic and express an attitude.

Princess Anne's statement actually answered her question, but Perfect was still not satisfied with the answer. She thought for a moment and said, "Is there any way to migrate a large number of people to the North now? I don't want everything to pile up until the last minute to deal with it. Besides, migrating some people in advance will also help expand the infrastructure of the North, so as not to cause social problems due to the influx of a large number of people."

"On this issue, the Ministry of the Interior believes..." The Minister of the Interior who attended the meeting spoke and explained the Ministry of the Interior's opinion to Perfect.

(End of this chapter)