Reincarnated as a boss tyrant in the game

Now, the foreign races outside the empire are no longer a threat. Without external enemies, the nobles in various regions have gradually become powerful figures who control their own territories. They usually act arbitrarily in their fiefdoms, and their lives have become extremely extravagant.

The lives of the people in the fiefdoms of various regions are even more miserable. Moreover, these nobles will try to take advantage of the emperor whenever they have the opportunity. Over time, Gustav also became disgusted with them.

This time, the fuse was also a test of the imperial family's strength by the nobles from various regions.

"The power of the noble lords in various regions is growing, which has already posed a considerable threat to the central government," Soren slowly uttered these words while pondering, but his heart was like a churning wave, and an unprecedented conspiracy was quietly taking shape.

This conspiracy can be said to be the most massive and complex conspiracy in the history of the Holy Prague Empire, enough to shake the foundation of the entire empire, and may even trigger a joint rebellion of all dukes and nobles, setting off an unprecedented storm.

Reducing the power of the vassals is a policy implemented by the monarch under the feudal system to take back part or all of the power from the hands of the vassals or local separatist forces.

There are four famous instances of reducing the power of vassals in Chinese history. The first was Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, which triggered the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. The rebellion was quelled in just three months, and the authority of the central government over the local areas was established after the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was quelled.

The second was the successive reductions of vassals during the reigns of Emperor Daizong, Emperor Dezong, Emperor Xianzong, and Emperor Muzong of the Tang Dynasty. The efforts were successful at first but failed later, exposing the drawbacks of the Jiedushi system. The Tang Dynasty was also destroyed by the feudal towns, which provided lessons for the Song Dynasty.

In history, every reduction of vassals has brought bloody lessons, with wars spreading throughout the country and consuming a lot of manpower and material resources.

However, it allowed the central government to establish vertical and effective management over the local areas.

With Gustav's love for greatness, arrogance, and extreme desire for power, he will definitely like this policy of reducing the power of vassals and even support it with all his strength.

It's just that he can't bring up this national policy. If there is any major mistake, he will be the one who suffers in the end. When Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty reduced the power of vassals and caused the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in history, Chao Cuo was pushed out to take the blame and die.

So this national policy cannot be proposed by him, and the person who proposes this national policy must not be too insignificant in the empire, otherwise it will be difficult to control the situation.

While considering these issues, Soren unknowingly arrived at his position.

"Brother!" Yasso called out quickly when he saw Soren still in a daze.

Soren, who suddenly woke up, quickly lowered his head to salute.

"Mother! Brother!"

Soren saw Empress Maria with a livid face and Nicholas, who was lowering his head and turning a deaf ear to everything.

Nicholas barely raised his head and responded to Soren.

Empress Maria, however, kept a straight face and said in a low voice: "Soren! Do you still have me, your mother, in your eyes?"

The corner of Soren's mouth twitched slightly. He felt that Empress Maria was very disgusting in the game. Now that she has become his cheap mother, she is even more disgusting and annoying, but he still cares about his face and lowered his head and said: "It's my fault. I shouldn't have made mother angry. Please forgive me."

In fact, Soren also knew that these words were useless. This cheap mother only had the eldest son Nicholas in her eyes. As for Soren and Yasso, they were completely freebies.

Soren was able to understand Empress Maria's actions. It was nothing more than Nicholas, as the eldest son of the emperor, naturally had the innate advantage of becoming the crown prince.

In Soren's eyes, Empress Maria is just a noblewoman with a little power. Her foundation is shallow and her background is insufficient. Although she comes from a small noble family, she has reached her current position, which has already made her mentality swell to the extreme. She is arrogant and thinks that everything is under her control, and she thinks she can control the situation and manipulate fate.

The Vera family is also like this. They lack strategic vision and blindly follow Empress Maria's orders. Even if there are mistakes in the action, no one dares to stand up to criticize and correct them.

This kind of blind obedience ultimately led to the embarrassing situation where Yasso was pushed out to take responsibility. This behavior of the Vera family is undoubtedly shortsighted and irresponsible for the family's interests, which makes people sigh that they lack foresight and wisdom.

If Empress Maria could perform a little better, and the Vera family had a decent mainstay who could influence Empress Maria's decisions, Soren would not have considered being adopted by Empress Maria.

If he can't be the emperor, being a carefree prince is also good. He doesn't have to work hard to fight wits and courage. Life on Earth was so competitive. After time-traveling, Soren also wants to be a salted fish, and he won't be competitive if he can avoid it.

Soren is open-minded, but Yasso can't stand it. He looked at Empress Maria with a livid face and said: "Mother, brother didn't do anything wrong. If brother didn't stand up at that time, it would only embarrass Father?"

Empress Maria's expression improved slightly and said, "Sit down!"

Soren sat behind Empress Maria.

After sitting down, Yasso said softly to Soren: "Brother, don't take it too seriously. Mother has always been like this. Brother doesn't know?"

Soren nodded, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but sneer. The next second, he saw Yasso and Aichi Millie's small actions and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He has lived two lives and is in his forties, but he is still alone. Looking at his 'mediocre' younger brother, who is at most fifteen years old this year, he has already hooked up with the female head of the servants. Judging from the two people's intimate small actions, they should have done everything in secret.

He was really forced to eat a wave of dog food.

Then Soren shook his head. Women are not a matter of urgency. The most important thing now is to stir up the water in the entire Holy Prague Empire, otherwise, if this woman is allowed to develop, she will harm him and Yasso one day.

Soren didn't enjoy this meal very much.

Not only because he had a quarrel with Empress Maria, but also because the food was really not good!

During the national mourning period, don't even think about wine and meat. A bowl of wheat and pea porridge, two dishes of unknown plants, the most important thing is that there is no oil, and it tastes a bit astringent. Adding some seasonal fruits and vegetables is the entire content of this family banquet.

"If only there was a bowl of Master Kong instant noodles, no matter what the taste, it would be the supreme delicacy for this era," Soren put down the wooden spoon and sighed.

Although the Holy Prague Empire claims to rule the entire continent, this is also a world of magic and swords, but the overall production technology is backward, and the people of the entire empire do not live well.