Chapter 1667: Chapter 93: A New Wave of Reform (Part 2)
The matter has blown up, so it’s time for a cleanup.
It’s easy to guess that those daring to act so recklessly are mostly connected individuals.
It’s highly likely that the investigation will reach his trusted aides, and there are probably members of the Koslow Family involved.
It’s like pulling a hair and moving the whole body.
Involving such a wide range, it’s something bound to offend a large group of people, so naturally, no one wants to do it.
Including Hudson himself!
If it really comes down to investigating his direct descendants, those who made contributions and shed blood on the battlefield for him, how should he handle it?
Killing them would be inhumane, not aligned with the mainstream of the times.
Not killing them would disrupt the system.
If he, as the Lord, takes the lead in not following the rules, the people below would never take the rules seriously.
Neither approach is a good choice. In such a context, someone needs to come forward and be the bad guy.
The Government Affairs Department failing to deal with the issue at its early stage and dragging it to such a time justifies them taking the blame.
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Influenced by the Five Nations Alliance defeating the Earth Core race, the nations of the South Continent were greatly stimulated.
While struggling outside, everyone needs to maintain face.
The countries of the Northern Continent and Central Continent defeated the invaders, yet these pillars of the Human Race have not dealt with the enemies. Where does that leave everyone’s face?
Stamping their feet and getting determined, all countries have intensified their offensive.
The effect was remarkable; the countries of the South Continent, taking serious action, proved their strength to the outside world with concrete actions.
Especially the leading Frank Empire and Iberia Kingdom, which performed exceptionally well in the great war.
The other three old kingdoms also showed commendable performance in the final counterattack.
As the great war ended, peace times began again, but the tension between the two major camps became increasingly intense.
Fortunately, at this moment, neither side wants to go to war. The top officials of various countries acted to suppress the situation, preventing the conflict from escalating.
Avarat Kingdom.
As a leader of the last wave of reforms, it was once again pushed to the forefront.
Though the previous reforms were not thorough, they still played a positive role in enhancing military capabilities.
The nationwide reserve system introduced from the Alpha Kingdom did not make the Avarat Kingdom powerful, but it solved their number problem.
Facing the Earth Core race’s invasion, local Nobles who completed reserve training were the first to reap the benefits in the great war.
Nobles are a group stubborn yet adept at learning.
Seeing the benefits of the new system, their resistance was not as strong.
After the great war, those surviving Noble Lords voluntarily joined the reform movement.
Of course, these people cannot be considered real reformists; their reforms were merely to enhance their Private Army’s combat effectiveness.
Even a small change was something worth rejoicing for Elton VIII.
Since his accession, he launched a massive reform movement, one of the few achievements.
Regardless of anything, everyone is on the same boat. Strengthening the Noble’s Private Army is also an increase in the Kingdom’s military power.
“Your Majesty, we can proceed to the next reform.
From intelligence gathered from all over the Continent, both the countries in the Alliance and those Different Races have the intention to reform.
A few days ago, Charles III released a reform consultation document in the Noble Parliament.
It included promoting a nationwide reserve, reforming business environment, promoting magic industry development…
Over at the Alpha Kingdom, Caesar IV, under the pretext of holding a celebration banquet, gathered Major Nobles from all over to the Capital, most likely also for reform matters.
As these top powers seek to change, we must not be complacent!”
Duke Grenavan said confidently.
From the start of reform to now, the situation is most advantageous to the reformists.
Externally, the whole Continent has sounded the horn of reform.
It’s not a matter of wanting or not, for the better inheritance of the Species, all races must get involved.
Internally, after a bitter and bloody lesson, Noble Lords profoundly realized: They must have enough strength, or they’d easily end up with the tragedy of “losing people, and the money left unspent”.
Even the most stubborn Conservative Faction showed a shift in stance when opposing reform.
“Duke, we rushed this reform, it would be best to have successful cases to follow!”
Elton VIII said with a heavy expression.
After the reformists came to power, they launched dozens of reforms, of which the successful ones were all copied from the experiences of strong nations.
In contrast, the reform measures developed based on their reality all failed completely.
Having suffered, surely they must summarize their experiences.
After in-depth research, Elton VIII found that domestic Nobles possessed a severe foreign supremacy mentality.
Generally speaking, as long as reforms initiated first by a major power and achieve good results, everyone’s resistance would be much less.
Regarding the reform measures concocted by the reformists alone, everyone’s stance was entirely opposite, with many Nobles not believing they could succeed at all.
For a country, it is a tragedy for the ruling class to have such a mindset.
But for the reformists, it is a shortcut.
At least, when copying the measures of strong countries, they can win the support of these Nobles with severe foreign supremacy complex.
As long as the reform can succeed, the process is not so important.
“Your Majesty, besides the Frank, Iberia, and Alpha Kingdoms, we can actually also learn from the Moxi Duchy and Falcon Kingdom.