Time passed slowly, especially for the busy Locke.

Although he handed the people who helped him formulate departmental policies to the ministers as the hands of building the skeletons of various departments, except for the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defense, and Quet's Ministry of Justice, other departments need Locke to guide his work from time to time. If the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defense still retained the style of military personnel, it would be easy to say internal reforms, but to Locke's surprise, Viscount Quete actually understood some of the rules of the Ministry of Justice and built a judicial system.

Although with the help of the nobles, some places are not perfect enough and some laws attach too much importance to the rights and interests of the nobles, overall it is quite good.

This made Locke finally face the nobles.

To this end, he decided to convene the first meeting of the House of Lords as soon as possible to unify the ideas of the nobles, so that they can integrate into the new positive and negative aspects, and accelerate Lordaeron's reforms.

But for the nobles, the reform that Locke launched in Lordaeron first caused a huge shock to Iva.

It was mixed for the nobles. I was happy that Locke clearly stated that they would restore their former territory and give them a lot of job opportunities in the new positive and negative institutions. Locke affirmed some of the treatment that the nobles enjoyed far exceeds that of the civilians, and also made it clear that the government officials were prepared for them. This was to a certain extent, and they had the resentment of their failure to enter the Locke system before. Moreover, the existence of the House of Lords also satisfies the vanity of the nobles to a certain extent.

But what worries the nobles is that the territory is said to have been replaced, and most of them have been replaced in deserted areas. They cannot have their own private armed forces, and they are only allowed to hire soldiers retired from the army as bodyguards, and there is a limit on the number. The nobles knew it was His Majesty the King who asked them to be pioneers, but they had no other way. After the nobles had no private army, they only had no status quo, and the others could only do so. In this regard, they could understand that not every noble raised a large number of soldiers. Leading soldiers to fight and killing enemies with the undead natural disasters? They dare not, those who dared to go had died long ago when the natural disaster broke out!

Of course, this is not the most important thing. They found that His Majesty, the greatest representative of their nobles, actually showed signs of policy towards improving the lives of untouchables.

This really makes them unable to understand.

It is difficult to find wild beasts with two legs, but are there fewer people with two legs? Whether in the past or in the future, the untouchables will always breed like piglets. If the status of civilians is raised, what is the dignity of the nobles? If this continues, will the nobles become the same as civilians?

When the news spread that the first meeting of the House of Lords was about to be held, all the nobles stranded in Iva participated in the meeting, and even the nobles in remote areas arrived at Iva a few days in advance. In order to find out what the king was thinking and whether he really wanted to reject the aristocratic class...

After the first meeting of the House of Lords was held, members of the Baron-Above nobles flocked into the new parliament hall... The new parliament had more members than the past parliament, but as a symbol of status, the newly joined nobles were very excited. But what made the old parliamentarians depressed was that their power had been greatly reduced...

As members of the parliament, every nobleman knows his duties. They have the right to review draft laws of each department, the responsibility to suggest and urge other departments to draft new bills, and the reputation of the Supreme Judicial Organ. Of course, as the new kingdom institution, the House of Lords also allows them to receive a good kingdom salary... This seems to the nobles... not bad...

At least the kings did not let them work voluntarily...

After the members of the parliament were almost here, King Locke and the great nobles walked in through the side door of the parliamentary hall, sat on the platform representing power, and looked down at them below.

After Mormon, who was the Speaker, made his opening remarks and reiterated the duties of the House of Lords once again, the House of Lords officially entered operation.

First, the whole group voted to pass Lordaeron's new constitution, and then voted on several draft laws drafted by the former imperial congressmen. In the eyes of the old nobles, these passed legal clauses were shackles that bound everyone, including the nobles. But unfortunately, most of the members of the newly established House of Assembly were promoted by the king, and this huge force could easily crush their voices, making the voices of their opposition not at all.

But then we came to the key part of this meeting! The answer to the members of the parliamentary do not understand the kingdom policy. There can be a minister from various departments, the prime minister can be answered, or His Majesty the King can be answered.

But unlike what Locke thought, in the free answering session, many nobles asked Speaker Mormon one after another, and asked many questions, but the most nobles asked about the issue of improving the treatment of civilians.

As the honorary speaker, as the king, as the makers of these decisions, the nobles dared not ask Locke, nor did they dare to ask other ministers of the real power department. They could only expose their anger on the chief minister who seemed to have no real power. But as Locke's soundtrack, Mormon naturally understood what Locke thought. He could talk freely about any questioning him, leaving the nobles speechless and had to accept laws and some documents to improve the treatment of civilians.

"Dear adults, times have changed. The era of the past when the servants were tied to the fields to serve us is over. It turns out that this kind of labor efficiency is not high, not as efficient as the werewolf druids, or even as efficient as the harvesting robot made by goblins. It is when this sign appears that His Majesty the King needs to reform the old system that is not suitable for our new era."

"You said that the new policies of our kingdom used to take care of civilians? What policies are to bring closer between our nobles and civilians? If any adult really thinks so, I think you must have not carefully read all the policy documents issued by His Majesty's reform. I recommend that you have time to let your consultant explain to you."

"I can tell you very responsibly! Your Majesty's reform is a huge opportunity for all adults!"

"Then let's talk about why we should improve the living environment and quality of civilians? Even provide them with basic education? Some of you already know, who did we rely on for our fiscal revenue in the years since Iva's founding? Of course, some people don't know," Mormon, standing on the sermon of the House of Lords, gave a few commands, and groups of guards held sketched parchment scrolls to hundreds of nobles present.

“This is the fiscal revenue of Iva in recent years.”

The sound of gasping in the crowd kept coming! The nobles only knew that His Majesty the King had money, but they didn't expect that there would be so much money!

No wonder His Majesty can support so many full-time troops!!

"Excluding some other taxes, nearly 90% come from commercial taxes!!! Do you know what this means?"

Locke, with the crown, sat bored in the middle of the rostrum of the great nobles composed of ministers. He would not have come if it weren't for establishing authority for the parliament and supporting Mormon. He had communicated with him in advance what Mormon said. Although Locke didn't care what these nobles without the army did, he didn't want them to pull themselves back in their reforms. But then again, in this era, the nobles had knowledge in their hands, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were talented. Without their support, if they entered all departments under their command, the reform would be successful, but they would undoubtedly be much slower.

"This also provides us with new ideas... The desire for consumption of civilians is far beyond our imagination! Iva's taxes are reflected. And we are a little better to the civilians. Will they be more grateful to us? They respect us more? Of course, violence will make them respect us more, but this will bring hidden dangers. I personally do not recommend it." Mormon flew across the face of Locke and left his back to Locke, explaining to other nobles sitting in front of the fan-shaped area. "Then all the adults continued to think along my thoughts just now. If the population of civilians is twice as high as it is now, will Iva's finances rise by at least twice? What if the population is twice as high? What if our taxes are three times? What will be our taxes?"

Locke nodded. Mormon's ideas were indeed very clear, one by one, and unknowingly let others follow his ideas.

"I did not deliberately induce all MPs to think like this, because the facts will emerge one by one in the future and you will definitely see them in your lifetime."

"Then on the basis of population growth, various opportunities will gradually be paid to the surface." Mormon picked up a piece of parchment from the table and read it out. "I did a survey. Today, Iva consumes 100,000 turkeys every day, drinks 50,000 barrels of various alcoholic beverages every day, and sells more than 300,000 varieties of bread every day. Every day..."

The nobles were a little surprised and talked a lot. They learned this information once. It turned out that the things consumed in this bustling city were so huge.

"All wise men are smart people. You should understand what I mean when I say these words. If you still focus on the income from the fiefdom at this time, you can see that in the future you will be left far behind by those visionary civilian businessmen."

"The lives of civilians are closer to this city. Many civilian businessmen have discovered that ordinary food is no longer the key to the circulation of wealth, and just food transactions can no longer obtain more money. Against the backdrop of Iva's huge population in the future, people's production and life expenditures have gradually become the source of money. Many civilian businessmen have set their sights on this and have achieved a lot of success."

"The reason why Your Majesty did this is that you do not want you to fix your wealth on the land because of your old-fashioned and conservative ideas. When the merchants seize the opportunity in the future, you can only watch them monopolize the opportunities for making money in various fields. You may even sell your fiefdom because of a shortage of money! This is not impossible! On the contrary, those merchants have become the new nobles of the kingdom through money. If this is true, it will undoubtedly be a defilement for all adults."
Chapter completed!