Chapter 702 Liver Explosion

Demon King Calendar, mid-June 649.

Morning, 7 o'clock.

After finishing the morning prayer, Viola started to work in the office.

"Your Majesty, your hand stopped."

"My dear Prime Minister, your hand also stopped."

"..."

Viola and Wendy looked at each other and sighed.

When will this day of overwork end?

The lords who contributed to the restoration of the country have returned to their respective territories at this time. After all, the vassal kings have stayed in the capital for a long time and have some thoughts of replacing them. The lords dare not risk such a great disapproval from the world, and they all said goodbye and went back shortly after the enthronement ceremony.

And because of the large number of surrendered nobles who were once in the capital, the result is that the number of officials is seriously insufficient.

The lower-level officials are okay, but the bureaucrats who mainly stand in the court are really not enough.

Although some officials who escaped when the Silver City was breached have returned, this number is far from enough to support the operation of the country. Viola has a headache every day. If she hadn't asked Oldie to help, she would have made a mess and dragged her here long ago.

In Viola's expectation, the best situation is that she is only responsible for the general direction, and the specific details are handled by her subordinates. If a cabinet can be formed, it would be even better.

But no matter how much is planned, it is only a plan at present, which is empty and non-existent.

It is very troublesome to want to add officials.

To give the simplest example, as an official, you must at least be literate, right?

The compulsory education of the Celestial Empire is a miracle. It eliminates illiteracy on its own. Even those so-called developed countries that accumulate original capital by plundering others cannot do this.

In the Demon Realm, which is not much better than the Middle Ages, this is naturally a big problem.

It is said that the literacy rate is less than 10%, and this is already included in the people who can only write their own names.

There are many adventurers like Nimia who can't read a single word, and there are even people among the common people who have never come into contact with anything related to writing in their entire lives.

In this case, how do you recruit officials?

So after thinking hard, Viola decided to learn from the advanced experience of the God Realm.

For example, to establish an imperial examination system.

——The imperial examination is indeed advanced for them.

At present, the way of selecting talents in Avarus and all the Demon Kingdoms is still the recommendation system, which leads to the fact that the power of the aristocratic power group is actually very large, and there are many cases of nepotism.

After all, those who are capable of learning culture are either rich or noble, and the power of the aristocracy will grow like a snowball.

Then, in such a place where the common people are basically illiterate, the imperial examination system will be implemented. In the end, won't those noble children come to the top?

Actually not.

Don't forget, as I said just now, those who can learn writing are either rich or noble.

In addition to the nobles, there are also wealthy merchants.

Merchants do not have any political rights. Once the channel to obtain political rights is opened, a large number of merchants' children will flock to it.

Moreover, the sons of merchants serving as officials are fundamentally different from hereditary nobles, and the two will form different circles in the court.

This is the party.

As long as Viola makes a good balance strategy, the situation of the aristocratic group dominating alone will no longer exist, and there will be no situation where the tail is too big to shake off.

When merchants enter the market, this trend will spread to the people, and of course some people among the people will be tempted to become officials through the imperial examination.

At this time, Viola will establish an academy in the name of the country, recruit students with low or free tuition, and finally these students will enter the court to serve as officials.

That will form three forces.

As we all know, the triangle is the most stable. No matter whether there are small circles among them, Viola will not make mistakes if she keeps a good balance in this general direction.

When the country can operate normally, she will form a cabinet and improve the laws. Even if a mediocre demon king appears in the future, the country will not be in chaos and will operate on its own in mutual restraint.

Obviously, this measure will attract a lot of opposition from nobles. Viola has only let out a few words, and every day a large number of nobles line up to meet with Viola for detailed discussions.

The nobles certainly don't want their rights to be diluted by a group of merchants' sons or even civilians, so it's normal to have such a reaction.

Viola must withstand the pressure, because if she doesn't do it, other demon kings behind her will have even less chance.

Take India as a typical example.

Even in the 21st century, India still has a landlord class. With their existence, it is impossible to carry out industrialization reforms in the country, after all, you are not on the right track.

India will retain the landlord class, that is, they were not cleared at the beginning of the founding of the country, and this kind of cleaning can only be done by physical means at the beginning, when the limelight is unparalleled.

Viola's current situation is similar. She is the soul of Avarus's restoration. Her prestige is so great that even if she wants to reduce the vassal state, the lords of various places have to think about whether it is okay to raise the banner of rebellion.

Only at this time can Viola carry out drastic reforms. If a new demon king comes to power, he will definitely not have such courage and prestige.

Of course, Viola also hopes that Li Chengxi can help, such as performing a miracle when announcing the reform to show that the demon king agrees with the reform.

Now the power of the Demon King Cult is spreading rapidly throughout Avarus like a virus. Although it has not reached the point where everyone wears the holy emblem, no noble wants to be punished by the Demon King for opposing a policy.

Having said that, drastic measures are one thing, but when it comes to specific policies, we cannot be careless. Every detail must be considered as much as possible. We should first conduct a small-scale trial run to confirm that there are no problems before slowly promoting it to the whole country.

This is a slow process, and we cannot be impatient.

So there is no way to suddenly create a bunch of people to help Viola deal with these documents that are enough to bury her.

However, the person who handles the documents did not come, but the person who knocked on the door did.

"Come in."

With permission, the guard knight guarding the door pushed open the door, and two people wearing brown and yellow cloaks, one tall and one short, entered Viola's office.

It looked like he was hiding his head and showing his tail, but when he noticed the pair of pointed ears, the other party had already pulled off his hood.

"Zoya? Why are you here?"

"Your Highness... No, Your Majesty, we heard that you have successfully restored your country, so the forest sent us here."

Zoya and her sister Leah, the tree elves of the Spring Forest, have not appeared for a long time. To be precise, they have not been seen since Viola left the Leon territory.

Tree elves will not help outsiders fight, unless the forest where they live is threatened, they will not even take up arms.

The druids of the Spring Forest have always been active in the Leon territory as agricultural technicians. They will not help with the war, so they have not been seen for a long time.