Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 510: The Royal Family and the North

Although he was interrupted and had to go back to his office to continue working, Perfectcott still dragged Princess Anne over and asked her to help him handle various affairs.

This undoubtedly made Princess Anne feel that she was shooting herself in the foot. She was unwilling to deal with these government affairs, especially since the affairs of the North that Perfectcot had given her were not her responsibility.

However, Princess Anne did not resist these things, she was just a little reluctant.

But Perfectcot argued that since she had interrupted his rest time, he could only come to help her, and to some extent, Perfectcot was also preparing for the future.

After all, the North is her territory. Logically, everything in the North belongs to her. Even the king cannot change this or interfere with the North without her knowledge.

This is an ancient and sacred contract between nobles and kings. Although the traditional feudal system has been broken with the advent of the industrial age and capitalism, at least in legal terms the North is the territory of Perfectoct. As long as the Empire recognizes this, it must respect her right to rule the North.

Not to mention, Perfectot's control over the North is in place. Even though the center of the empire has now moved to the North, no one can interfere with her control and rule over the North.

But although this is the case legally, from the very beginning, the goal of Perfecto and the Empire was to build the North into a shelter capable of dealing with doomsday disasters, rather than to establish new territories.

Moreover, the center of the empire has now moved to the north. If Perfect does not want to cause unnecessary conflicts or troubles, she must consider how to accommodate the nobles and important officials in the center of the empire, and more importantly, how to coordinate the relationship between the north and the center of the empire.

This is like in the traditional feudal era, when a king came to a lord's territory for refuge. If the king did not want to be deserted by his friends and relatives, he could not interfere with the lord's ownership of his territory.

But at the same time, the lord must respect the king because that is the monarch he is loyal to.

As for using the emperor to control the princes, or vice versa, the king taking the opportunity to seize the territories of his vassal, that is another situation.

Although Perfect has the potential to be a powerful official, she is not interested in such things.

Her goal from the beginning had been to deal with this disaster, and now she had done what she could. If it weren't for the evil cult and the returning old gods threatening the future of mankind, she might have just abandoned it all and gone to hide away.

After all, working overtime every day to handle these government affairs was too difficult for Perfectcot.

If she really likes doing these things, why would she create a substitute doll to replace herself while her real body goes out to slack off and soak in the hot springs?
But she obviously couldn't say this to anyone else, not even to Princess Anne.

Although the relationship between them allowed Perfect to share many things with Princess Anne, her status as the princess also determined that there was a difference in political stance between her and Perfect.

Apart from anything else, even if Perfect was really willing to give up power in the North, she could do so, but the officials in the North and her vassals would not agree to give up power just like that.

Power is a good thing and everyone wants it. Even if the person who truly possesses power does not want it, those with vested interests will force her to continue to hold on to power.

It is precisely because of this that Perfectoct has to seize power in the North and ensure that everything is under his control.

As for the imperial center? She could only transfer some power to a certain extent and pretend to respect the royal family and the imperial center to appease the demands of a certain group of people. As for the royal family itself, although the Queen and Princess Anne did not attach so much importance to power and had been trying to gradually transfer royal power to Parliament before the disaster, it was impossible for the royal family to declare a constitutional monarchy now.

The reason is the same as why Perfect cannot give up power in the North.

The contradiction between the two positions undoubtedly caused various conflicts between the Northern Faction and the Imperial Faction.

Although there is pressure from Perfect, and the premise that humans have to face a doomsday crisis makes everyone try to exercise restraint as much as possible, conflicts will always erupt one day.

Perfect now lets Princess Anne intervene in the affairs of the North, which actually sends a signal.

Although she is unwilling to take care of these trivial matters, it does not mean that she does not know how to deal with them.

"Aunt Annie, which city will the imperial center and the royal family be relocated to?" Perfect looked through the documents in her hand. She suddenly asked, "Another official from the northern border reported that there was a conflict between the nobles who migrated from the empire and the local residents. This is the sixth time this month!"

The implication of Perfecto's words was clear.

Princess Anne couldn't help but feel a headache, and she didn't want to care about these things.

But as the heir to the imperial throne, she clearly understood that some things could not be ignored just because she didn't want to.

So after thinking about it, she said, "Perhaps the royal family should be relocated to Beloberg? Chernoborg is the capital of the North, and it is not appropriate for the royal family and the imperial center to be here."

In fact, if the royal family and the imperial center want to seize power in the north, then staying in Chernobog is the most advantageous approach.

After all, this is the ruling center of the entire North, and everything that happens in Chernobog will affect the entire North.

But if the royal family and the imperial center took the initiative to go to Beloberg, it meant that they chose to avoid it and gave up the right to rule the North.

This is also the reason why Princess Anne and Perfect both hate politics, because even if they just do something to avoid trouble, it will be interpreted as various messages by those who are interested.

So instead of doing this, it is better to give in and avoid conflicts.

After hearing what Princess Anne said, Perfect thought about it and nodded in agreement: "In that case, we will build a new city district in Beloberg to house the various departments of the empire's center, and also build a temporary palace for the royal family."

Although it is called a temporary palace, in fact, as long as the royal family does not plan to return to Langton, this will basically be the official royal palace in the future.

"Keep everything simple. At this time of year, you should focus all your resources on building more energy towers and shelters." Princess Anne persuaded Perfectok.

(End of this chapter)