277 – Side story – Blood ties are the best way to rule
Ten days after William von Kreutel successfully celebrated St. Patrick’s Day.
Ciel von Kreutel, now in his mid-50s, was reading together with his wife, Irina Romanova, the letters that their son, who had become king of Britannia, had sent since he left there.
“My father gave me an order to start with feeding the people of Britanya, who were suffering from civil war, even before the conquest of Britannia, so as soon as I took over the territory, I provided support so that no one was left out and could eat porridge for every meal. In addition, we succeeded in gaining public support by completely prohibiting soldiers from committing crimes such as looting, robbery, and rape.”
Irina, who heard the news, smiled as if she was amazed, thinking of William, who until a few days ago had been toddling around talking about her father.
“But no matter how much we gave them food and helped them find a stable life. In order to gain true obedience and loyalty from them, it was necessary to instill in them the idea that they were partners rather than conquerors. “We decided to revive St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Brittany and show them how to enjoy it together.”
After reading up to that point, Emperor Ciel laughed and said.
“As expected, William grew up really well, no matter who raised him. By celebrating Patrick’s Day throughout Britannia, the entire people of Brittany once again realize that the actual ruling power has changed. “Unlike the royal family of Britannia, the new royal family came up with the idea of instilling the perception that they know how to have fun with their people.”
“You’ve taught me so hard since I was little. From how to win over the public sentiment of the occupied land as the ruler of an empire to how to respond when a rebellion occurs.”
After hearing those words, Ciel laughed and answered in a slightly brusque voice.
“The Vice-Chancellor of the Academy, Viscount Scholar, said that. No matter how hard you teach, if you don’t have the brains to learn, you won’t be able to get beyond the mediocre level. Also, as the emperor, I was always busy handling official affairs, so I didn’t do anything for him other than teach him a little when I had time.”
The emperor of another country handles public affairs and focuses on enjoying pleasures in the remaining time, and he believes that he must maintain his dignity as a monarch, even if it is his own children.
Most children’s education is left to someone like a tutor, so it is rare to even have a conversation with the crown prince.
Considering that, the fact that Ciel took the time to directly intervene in the education of his children could be said to be an act of great love for his children in this era.
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“Anyway, the new letter said that it was difficult to eat food like eel jelly while pretending it was delicious. Is it really that bad? “In the letter William sent, he said he would rather eat the tasteless porridge that felons eat than eat that.”
When Ciel von Kreutel heard those words, he nodded with a serious expression.
“Most of the food in Britanya is not fit for human consumption. From a steak covered in eel jelly and mint sauce to a pie filled with whole sardines. “You have to live so darkly on an island to be able to cook such terrible dishes.”
“I need to bring a lot of snacks for the ship that sets sail in a few days. If things continue like this, in a few years, he will be able to step down from his position as emperor as planned. Because his father had accomplished so many great things, he was astonished when he first heard that in order to take over the throne of Emperor, he had to achieve something like conquering Britannia. “I never thought William would do this well.”
When Ciel heard those words, he stroked the scepter, the staff symbolizing the emperor’s authority, that he held in his hand and spoke.
“Victoria wasn’t easy either. She couldn’t be the nerd who followed Ella in service and was sent to her orphanage for a while. She never thought she’d see eye to eye with Secretary Chelsea. Ella said they fit well together and she liked them from the beginning. Still, she said, Irina, you can’t give Victoria away to a guy who hasn’t proven anything wise yet, so she joined hands with me and sent me to Romanova.”
“Thanks to her, she proved her abilities and was promoted to inspector general in three years, so she did well. And I gave her one marquis’ decree on the condition that you not take any concubines unofficially. “Anyway, I’m worried about our second child, Martin…”
“William also said he would give Martin an earldom in Brittany. Given his personality, I’m sure he won’t take it. This guy, who just turned 17, is so crazy about invention and development that he entered the technology department at the Academy and earned a master’s degree in one go. Still, he has talent, so he will do well.”
“So I’m worried. “And if you miss the time to get married.”
At those words, Ciel let out a sigh.
Because when Martin was seven years old, he saw a pinwheel that he made that spun around when the water boiled.
Instead of studying other liberal arts that he needed to learn as a prince, he focused too much on mathematics and various technology-related studies.
The good news is that the second prince has a genius talent in technology, and now even the nobles recognize his talent.
If not, he would have gone down in history as a strange prince who did not study properly in our empire.
But apart from that, as the boy’s parent, it wasn’t good to pay no attention to the girl and just hammer away at the professor and graduate students in the lab.
“If there is a girl who enters the technical department in the future, she will ask Viscount Scola and instruct them to keep the two of them together as much as possible. We should send Martin as her assistant to teach the female juniors. “If two like-minded young people stick together, things will work out somehow.”
At those words, Irina nodded her head and spoke.
“When her mother-in-law became worried, saying that even though Her Majesty was of marriageable age, over the years she showed no interest in women, she thought she was talking about someone else. Now that I’ve actually experienced it, I feel at a loss.”
After talking for a while, the two prepared the seals of the empress and the emperor.
[Triumph ceremony of the expeditionary force of the Kingdom of Britannia, coronation ceremony of the second emperor]
I put my stamp of approval on the document with this title.
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And two weeks later, a letter from his father arrived to me, William von Kreutel.
In normal times, only the father’s seal, which symbolizes the emperor of the empire, is stamped.
The letter I received today contains both my mother’s and father’s seals, so it must contain very important content.
What can be said to be important in the current situation is the triumphal ceremony and the content of the triumphal ceremony where I declare that I will follow in my father’s footsteps.
As if to prove this, in normal times, letters sent by my father were usually delivered by lower-ranking officers.
The person holding this letter now is the son of Lorraine, the Imperial Chancellor, and the Inspector General of the Alps.
“Did you catch a glimpse of the contents of this letter?”
“I was simply instructed to assist Your Highness in his work as soon as the letter is opened.”
“I see.”
Having said that, I read the letter, and what was written in it was not much different from what I expected.
Three years from now, when Britanya is completely stabilized, all nobles belonging to the expeditionary force are ordered to return home.
At that time, I can return home with them.
And at that time, to commemorate the conquest of Britain, nobles with the title of baron or higher and their successors from all provinces of the empire gathered in an institution.
The story was about accumulating achievements that fit him.
However, if there is something slightly different from my thoughts…
“The families of the nobles who have been dispatched to Britanya are prohibited from entering Britanya until they return to the Kreutel mainland with me. Make the frustrated nobles take concubines locally. Do you understand why?”
“It appears that His Majesty was not ordered to take a concubine from Britannia, so it appears that he was trying to form a collusion between the nobles working in each region and lower-level officials such as local village chiefs and bailiffs. “Wouldn’t you like to stay close to them for a few years, strengthen your control over the empire, and show them that they can all leave with a single command from His Majesty the Emperor?”
“Then, the intention is that the remaining indigenous forces in Britanya will realize that there is no point in linking up with the nobility.”
Besides that, my father would like to spread the truth about the nobles from Kreutel working hard and overtime for the local people of Brittany.
Our empire’s administrators work overtime 2-3 days a week, based on Britannia standards.
If you look at them like that, you will definitely think that the nobility of the Kreutel Empire are different from the privileged class of Britannia.
Wouldn’t it be such a waste if the good image you worked so hard to build was shattered by just one person who arrogantly wields power just because he comes from an aristocratic family from the mainland… Wouldn’t it be such a waste?