114 – Saemaeul Movement in the Middle Ages (5)

After the meeting was over and everyone had left, I unfolded the Creutel-style building of absolute kingship that even beginners can do, which is a sequel to the Saemaul Undong.

And I underlined with a quill the passages I liked.

[If you want to keep the nobles from rebelling, give them more luxury and honor. Then they will only look to surpass other nobles of their ranks, and will forget their rebellion against their lord.]

These are the words I wrote based on the knowledge I have so far, but they are truly quotes that penetrate the times.

In fact, after Louis XIV secured great power, he built the Palace of Versailles to emphasize rank and etiquette to everyone.

And as a result, they did not express dissatisfaction even when they were oppressed by the king.

It’s just that if you were a baron, you only worked hard to receive higher treatment than many barons of the same rank, and the rest of the viscounts, counts, and dukes continued to make this kind of effort.

There were many factors, but the great King Louis XIV was able to control numerous nobles through luxury and honor.

Of course, I don’t intend to be a seed of interest like that nobleman who plays the sun god drip in front of all the nobles, or discloses all private areas such as the dinner scene…

I agree to completely eliminate me from what the nobles see as a competitor.

And what if the standard of living of all people is improved through the Saemaul Undong?

The level of luxury to separate the nobles from the commoners will rise, and the competition will intensify… Then you won’t even think of competing against me.

At that point, no matter how much I give to them, we nobles will be busy competing with each other.

However, in return, I… It’s a problem to have to do something extravagant to the point of being burdensome… have to accept this

I was lost in thought, and while I was reading a report in an empty conference room, I heard Major Frost’s voice outside the door.

“Your Excellency the Count, what should I do if your Excellency the Viscount asks me to show my face to the ball after the meeting?”

Normally, I would have gone and participated in the banquet, but I’m not in the mood right now.

After taking a break with Ella for a week right away, I wrote the report while losing sleep while completing this plan.

“Tell me that I can’t go because I’ve been having a hard time writing the plan while I’ve been sleeping less for the past few days. And tell the butler to deliver the sword I made for them.”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

**

By the time I changed my clothes and went into the office and was dealing with countless paperwork…

An old butler’s voice was heard along with a knock on the door.

“Your Excellency, someone from the Imperial Academy has arrived. Shall I let you in?

Because of the war of succession to the throne, the royal family and the great nobility had cut off the donations, and it seemed that the money they had saved up was running out, so they asked me to send some professors and students in exchange for financial support.

Seeing that the answer has already come, it seems that those gentlemen are also in a difficult situation because their money has been cut off.

“Let them in.”

With that, the door opened and a man wearing a black coat with gold embroidery came in and bowed his head.

“I am Hernando von Draunes, the head of the Royal Academy. I have come to answer Your Excellency’s recommendation.”

“Thank you for coming, Dean. Please have a seat.”

“It is an honour.”

And the dean sat down in the seat I gave him, drank tea in a dignified manner, and then said:

“The tea tastes great.”

I said that in a slightly sarcastic voice, filled with resentment for not coming despite calling.

“It’s a relief that the head of the academy of Elysium, the imperial capital, said yes. I’m the lord of a place far away from the ecliptic, so I don’t know much about the fashion there.”

“A good car never goes out of fashion. And, since His Majesty’s death, the imperial capital of Elysium will no longer be as splendid as before.”

“is it?”

“Yes, right after His Majesty passed away, and after His Excellency defeated the disgraced Earl of Schwain a few months later, the great nobility’s uprising intensified. In the end, several large-scale clashes occurred, but no family was destroyed, perhaps because their powers were almost the same, but all buildings except the imperial palace in the imperial capital had already suffered damage from the war.”

I knew it because it was already reported by the upper ranks under my command, but seeing that nobleman talk like that, the damage could have been more than the information obtained through spying.

I’ll give the information guild about 200 gold coins later and ask for an investigation.

And I said it, pretending to be embarrassed, hiding my feelings.

“No, that beautiful cathedral was burned down and countless nobles started internal strife… If His Majesty the Emperor, who is resting in heaven, hears it, he must be really upset.”

That’s how I continued a useless conversation for about 30 minutes while drinking tea to figure out the intention of the dean in front of me in advance.

In the meantime, when the dean delivered the shocking current situation of the ecliptic, I showed an appropriate response in front of me as if I was riding the rhythm in a rhythm game.

As befits a learned person, the dean did not show any gap until the end, and in the end I decided to speak first.

Anyway, now that we’re here, the relationship between us is already clear, so there’s no point in digging into our weaknesses.

And if a person like the dean had come this far, it would have been obvious, he would have come because he wanted something.

So, in order to take a look at that guy, I handed over a letter from the president of the academy in Romania and France.

A guy with that kind of personality would definitely be more honest in a situation where his interests could be violated.

“Then let’s read it, Your Excellency.”

“Please read slowly. It’s definitely something you’ll like.”

I waited while eating the cake and tea the maid made while the dean read the letter.

In the meantime, the dean’s face turned red as he read the letter, and he finally began to grip the letter with such force that he was about to tear it while reading.

And he returned the letter, which had been stiffly unfolded, crumpled and crumpled.

“Okay, what do you think after reading it?”

The dean answered, barely suppressing his anger at my teasing words.

“Your Excellency has already asked to send professors and students to Elysium’s academy, which is the highest level in Europe, but why did you send a call elsewhere?”

When he said that, the dean’s expression showed a variety of complex emotions.

Anger at openly ignoring the academy they are in, anxiety that comes from feeling that the rope that has fallen on them will be blown away.

In the past, when I took this attitude, I would have rejected it, but the despair of not being able to do that, the fear of being ignored by other professors if I go back like this…

His eyes no longer had the stillness and depth of a deep lake that he had felt when he first saw them.

They must have reacted like this because they were so desperate, but real masters show a calm reaction and feed them taffy.

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Maybe it’s because I’m a nobleman who only studies, but I can’t think of things like this. I won.

So I praised the academy to which he belonged this time in order to dig up the inside of the dean in front of me.

“As you know, it’s only been two years since I became the lord of the county, and the territory is vast. So we need more professors, so we need professors and students from schools that aren’t first rate. And, in your eyes, if I didn’t fit the bill, I had to bring in professors from other universities as soon as possible.”

When I said something that could satisfy that guy’s desire for honor, his face immediately straightened.

“As His Excellency said, the rest of the academy’s professors and students are a bit inferior to us, but… There is no lack of competence.”

“As I said, we need so many students. Please wait a moment.”

I opened and read the report on my desk that said the number of white-collar executives expected to be needed.

“Based on current standards, 400 graduates of the academy should be immediately put in, and only 20 people with a doctorate or higher are needed. This is the minimum required manpower, and 1.5 times this will be needed to run the administration normally.”

“One… 1.5 times… Then 600 graduates and 30 Ph.D. ”

“Isn’t this almost equal to the number of nobles in the county? However, our territory is so large and full of people that we need this much. And our territory is legally guaranteed to raise your status based on your achievements. The Baltic Baron in our territory was a serf but became a knight by winning a tournament, and there is even a bastard knight with a domain, and a serf who became a semi-nobleman through his achievements in the military.”

At that, the dean opened his eyes wide and said.

“The word means… Even the students of our academy, depending on their efforts… ”

“It would be faster to show it in person than to say it a hundred times in words.”

After saying that, I took out a bell and waved it.

“Get Chris Belladora.”

After a while, Chris, who had been waiting in advance, appeared wearing a dress and greeted the dean.

“This is Inspector Chris Belladora. It is an honor to meet the president of the prestigious Imperial Academy.”

“Nice to meet you, Miss Belladora.”

“Chris, you can go back now. Sorry to call you.”

“no. Enough then.”

After that, Chris bowed gracefully and left.

Seeing Chris, who had risen to the level of manager of a company called Creutel in Korea even though she is a woman who is greatly discriminated against in this era, the dean said with sparkling eyes as if dreaming of a hopeful future in which her students could reach that level.

“If you really had the ability, would you give us a chance?”

He looked like a three-year-old child with candy in front of his eyes.

I asked a man in his mid-to-late 40s who was so blinded by desire.

“Are you not interested in the position of president?”