Chapter 649 Black Humor
Wendy is not yet twenty years old this year, although everyone admits that the granddaughter of General Lion is indeed very skillful, and her ability as a strategist in the war is quite good.
But for such a young person to serve as the prime minister of the kingdom, it is really a fantasy.
Even the youngest prime minister of the Kingdom of Lakshurya, who is almost thirty this year, has been ridiculed by other countries for a long time, thinking that the Demon Kingdom of Lakshurya has no talent.
This is great, the boomerang hit me on the head, and we have a prime minister who is less than twenty.
Age is not the only condition that determines ability, but age is also an important criterion for judging experience and character.
As the saying goes, you can't do anything if you don't have words. This is not to mock young people, but to say that people who are too young are inexperienced and not calm enough.
A person's mentality is completely different at different stages when he is a teenager, a young man, a middle-aged man and an old man. This subtle change is difficult to detect by oneself, but it is very obvious to outsiders.
As a young prime minister who is less than twenty years old, can she really do this well?
Therefore, as soon as the appointment was announced, there was a lot of discussion below, but after all, it was a succession ceremony, and the discussion was kept within the scope of not affecting the ceremony.
Wendy herself knew very well how many obstacles she would encounter. If she was willing to wait twenty years before being appointed prime minister, no one would say a word. She was indeed too young now.
But being young has to be tough, because Viola doesn't feel comfortable handing over the prime minister's responsibilities to others.
Avarus was essentially subjugated for a year. The original ministers were either killed or chose to surrender and were now purged by Viola. Although many mature and prudent nobles volunteered themselves openly or covertly, Viola was not at ease with them.
The Demon Kingdom of Avarus is not monolithic. There were originally certain conflicts between the local nobles and the central government, but this conflict was temporarily put aside in the face of a powerful enemy.
If other local nobles are appointed at will, it will increase the power of local nobles and be detrimental to domestic stability.
So after careful consideration, I chose Wendy’s.
And there is no reason to choose her. In addition to being the most competent, Wendy's hometown of Set Sail City has also contributed the most to the restoration of the country.
Viola originally only had two thousand troops, but now the fight has snowballed into tens of thousands. She cannot do without the support of Sailing City. Moreover, before capturing Kaimen City, Viola's army's daily consumption was Set Sail City is responsible for it.
It really makes no sense not to reward such a great contribution to the dragon.
Wendy's canonization caused a lot of discussion, but other than that, there was not much talk about other people's canonizations.
For example, Greta, the daughter of Count Fran, continues to control the open city.
Because according to the laws of the kingdom, nobles who hold the position of Lord of a City must have a title, so she was given an additional title.
Another example is Nemea, who was awarded a knighthood due to his outstanding performance.
Shelley, one of the knights of the guard, was named the defender of the Silver City, and was also granted a non-hereditary title, etc.
Everyone has expected this kind of trivial matter of knighthood and title. It doesn’t matter what Viola does, as long as she doesn’t care about her own interests.
The local nobles are like this. As long as Viola doesn't reduce the vassal, they will never care about who Viola confers on.
This part caused no further disturbance. From the beginning to the end of the long letter of appointment, the most shocking thing was that Wendy became the prime minister.
This order is not random, and rewards are not based on merit.
People like to compromise, and this is the same everywhere. There is a precedent of Wendy being made Prime Minister. Even if the next canonization is outrageous, no one will pay attention.
In any case, once the list is read out, the merit-based reward section is over.
According to the procedure, everyone only needs to kneel on one knee to swear allegiance. The main part of the ceremony is over, and the rest is the cocktail party.
But at this moment, Viola suddenly stood up from the throne.
This scene that did not comply with the regulations made many people look at each other.
Then Viola dropped another bombshell. "I, Avarus, have never had a female demon king, not even now. I declare that I will temporarily refuse to become a demon king, and will instead control the country as a regent."
This sentence completely made everyone unable to hold their nerves. What are you doing? Hey, you almost shuddered. Why did you take off your pants and fart?
Not just in Avarus, but in the entire demon domain, there is actually no law that prohibits women from inheriting the throne or noble title.
This is because the life span of demons is about 150 years, which is much longer than that of humans, but the aging rate is actually about the same.
The disadvantage of living a long life is that it is not easy to have children.
That's why there is no rule that only allows male heirs. After all, as long as they have children, there is no time to care about men and women.
It is true that the Demon Kingdom of Avarus has never produced a female devil, but for example, in the Demon Kingdom of Oswaya, there is a female devil now, so there is no problem.
What Viola did made everyone confused.
When I thought about it, the so-called regent turned into the real devil, it was just a matter of Viola's words, and her doing so clearly sent out a signal.
I respect tradition.
The nobles who have not surrendered yet and still resisted when they were invaded are basically conservatives. Sending this signal is quite beneficial to the conservatives.
Perhaps Viola said this for the sake of domestic stability?
This group of nobles will certainly get this result if they think like nobles. But in fact, none of them knew that Viola did this just to make it easier for her to give up her job at any time...
For example, if Aldee gets married and has a child in the future, she can directly pass the throne to her child as regent, saving herself trouble.
In essence, Viola is still the carefree princess under the halo of her father and brother. Even though she has to shoulder heavy responsibilities now, the pure land in her heart is still retained, but it can only be retained in this way. That’s all.
Although she was a little confused about what Viola was doing, as soon as she finished speaking, she saw a warm light shining on the empty place above her head, and a large number of rose petals emerged from the air and sprinkled down.
Viola hurriedly borrowed the donkey from the slope to show that the king of demons also agreed with her decision, so he sent a miracle to bless her.
It is certain that the Demon King's Religion will become the mainstream religion, and the nobles will not be ignorant of it. Regardless of whether they believe it or not, of course they cannot reveal the truth with their mouths.
So each one muttered words of praise to the Demon King and God, suppressing the commotion just now.
Besides, there were outsiders present at the ceremony, so being too panicked would be an embarrassment to the country.
It stands to reason that when a new demon king takes over, envoys from allied countries will be invited to attend the ceremony, but Avarus' ally, the Demon Kingdom of Oswaya, is too far away to notify them.
And the two who happened to be in Avarus became foreign guests watching the ceremony.
One was the envoy sent by Lakshurea. After the other party learned that Viola had taken the Silver City, he immediately stated that he would return all the wealth kept from Avarus.
Listen to what others say and keep it.
It means that I am afraid of being snatched away by others, so I will hold it for you first. Now that you are back, I will return it to you.
The other one was Enwei, the envoy from the Demon Kingdom who came to discuss the issue of troop withdrawal. It was a lucky coincidence that he naturally had to come to watch the ceremony.
What is very darkly humorous is that these two countries were the ones who broke through the Demon Kingdom of Avarus a year ago. Now that the new demon king has succeeded, their envoys are actually watching the ceremony, which is somewhat blackly humorous.
And this kind of humor is actually an important background of history.
It doesn’t matter if it’s black or not, just say it’s humorous or not.
I was in a hurry this morning so I updated late. Two chapters in the afternoon as usual_(:з ∠)_
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