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Chapter 657 - 657 164 Epilogue_2

657: Chapter 164, Epilogue_2 657: Chapter 164, Epilogue_2 Unless everyone feels that the potential threat has disappeared, this suppression will continue.

The best way to escape this predicament is to wait.

Time can dilute everything.

Once the threat of the Nobles of the North is slowly forgotten, relations can be normalized.

If you want to accelerate this process, there are ways, such as the most common operation: a political marriage.

“Tom, send someone to notify the think tank and ask them to come up with a plan to respond to changes in the Kingdom’s situation as soon as possible!”

Earl Hudson ordered immediately.

After working so hard for so long, an advisory team has finally been cobbled together.

Sadly, they are still too naive and are currently in a training phase.

Daily tasks and trivial issues are manageable.

But once it involves a major political change, they immediately expose their shortcomings in lack of vision.

This is determined by their upbringing.

No matter how talented the nobles are, the education they received from childhood still binds their vision.

Now, all Hudson can do is provide as many opportunities for them as possible to learn, even if he knows that they may not grasp the essence of the problem, he must force them to understand.

Regarding all of this, Hudson can only comfort himself: it’s good that their capabilities are a bit lacking, so as not to cause a headache after being poached by others.

The competition between the major nobles has always been changing, and it’s common for them to undercut each other.

Hudson isn’t being undercut, not because he is so powerful, but because he doesn’t have any standout talent that catches the eyes of others.

During his tenure as the Commander in Chief, the commanding office ran smoothly because the auxiliary officers were all transferred from the major nobles.

These people are serving the commander, not Hudson himself.

As soon as he leaves his current position, they will immediately refuse to owe him anything.

…

“Your Majesty, Earl Hudson has once again submitted his resignation!”

Duke Eufeele, Minister of Defense, said with a troubled face.

On the Continent of Aslante, the culture of “refusing three times” is not popular, usually when a resignation is submitted, it means the person sincerely wants to resign.

According to convention, the Kingdom does not force the nobles to hold key positions.

After all, among all the things in the world that are lacking, people wanting to be officials are not one of them.

And let alone the Commander in Chief, such a high-ranking position.

If a vacancy is announced, there could be a line of nobles trying to get the seat from the Capital to the Blood Moon Castle.

Anyway, the war is over, and the demobilization work has begun.

The qualifications for the commander have greatly decreased, and it seems not hard to replace someone.

However, this is only on the surface.

Although the Kingdom seems calm, the undercurrents hidden below have never stopped.

If there wasn’t a strong commander-in-chief suppresses it, the nobles of the Kingdom would not be so peaceful.

A disagreement leading to a duel has always been a common occurrence in the aristocratic circle.

“Tell Earl Hudson to fulfill the duty of the Kingdom’s aristocrats.

Once the demobilization is completed and the nobles from all regions in the Kingdom return to their territories, I will accept his resignation.

Before these tasks are completed, he must stay in his position as the commander!”

Caesar III said helplessly.

It’s unthinkable, other kings are worried about the power and military rights held by their ministers threatening the safety of the royal power.

But here, it has become the commander wanting to resign every day, and the King not wanting to let him go.

In fact, he has thought about replacing him.

However, looking around at the generals in the army, he helplessly found that there are simply too few “insiders”.

The officers who are direct heirs of the Royal Family either lack prestige and cannot command respect, or they are not competent enough to bear this responsibility.

When military power is involved, it can never be taken lightly.

Unexpected things might not happen in wartime, but if something happens in peacetime, it would bring great disgrace.

The key point is, once the major nobles find a loophole, it will be difficult to manage military affairs in the future.

“Your Majesty, Earl Hudson’s rush to resign is most likely due to the pressure from the nobles in the military.

In order to promote the demobilization plan, Earl Hudson has made many efforts.

It’s been said that there were several big quarrels in the process, but in the end, it was still forcibly passed by him as the commander.

With the Kingdom’s standing army greatly reduced this time, the power of the nobles in the military might also have been significantly diminished.

The fact that no chaos ensued is quite remarkable!”

Duke Eufeele explained.

The number of the standing army has been dramatically reduced, and the key factor is—they couldn’t afford it.

“Borrowing is fun until it’s time to pay back”.

The Alpha Kingdom has sequentially issued a slew of bonds, coupled with previous foreign debts, the Kingdom’s financial situation is already under great strain.

To save costs, even the victory banquet was held as simply as possible.

The administrative expenses that could be reduced within the Kingdom have already been cut to the extreme.

No matter how much money was saved, in the face of nearly a hundred million in massive debts, it still felt like trying to put out a cartload of firewood with a cup of water.

Not to mention repaying the principal, just paying for the interest of the funds has put immense pressure on the Kingdom of Alpha.

Among the numerous daily expenses of the Kingdom, the largest expenditure is military spending.

In the past, military spending accounted for more than 60% of all expenditures.

This is also why after Hudson proposed the demobilization plan, he was immediately regarded as the “great loyalist” by the upper echelons of the Kingdom.

The largest expenditure was cut.

The Kingdom’s financial situation, which was on the brink of bankruptcy, has been saved.

There may still be hard days to come, but at least it can be preserved.

There’s no need to worry about financial bankruptcy all day long.

“Enough!