Many people were skeptical about the first announcement made by "Fairywood" in the southern border, but a small number of people chose to believe it.
Simple schools were established one after another under the organization. Perhaps they lacked everything at the beginning, but they would gradually improve until the highest ideal of the "Fairywood" organization was achieved. Through education, the concepts of generations were gradually changed, and a continuous source of strength was provided for their own strength.
Third Age, 1707, Spring.
After hearing about large-scale farming organized in the southern border, the imperial family also sent envoys to learn and visit, hoping to obtain methods to increase grain production.
After internal discussions, the Fairywood organization decided to allow this group of envoys to enter the country, simply because this method could save more people if promoted.
In May of the same year, after the envoys returned to the imperial capital, they received public commendation and praise from the emperor, and then they also promoted new farming methods in the central provinces of the empire.
Cultivating terraces, digging ditches, composting, crop rotation, etc.
At the end of July, a large amount of refined ore was shipped from the northern border of the empire to the south. It was said that the new emperor specially allocated it after hearing that there was a shortage of materials needed for industrial construction in the southern border.
In response to Emperor Elio's friendly gesture, the 'Fairywood' organization in the southern border also transported part of the year's bumper harvest of grain to the north in mid-September to support the central region and the difficult northern border.
At the end of November, the Emperor issued an edict, ordering the Royal Academy to compile teaching materials and books that are more suitable for enlightenment, and to prepare to establish schools in various towns in the central region, following the example of the southern region.
February 1708
In order to solve the famine caused by the cold disaster in the north, the emperor asked the ceremonial officer to organize a team to go to the north for negotiations.
In March, the Emperor and the nobles of the North reached an agreement to gradually guide the residents of the North to go to the central part of the Empire in batches to help cultivate the fields and participate in the work in workshops and factories.
This will greatly alleviate the famine in the north, reduce the pressure on the northern lords, and at the same time allow the central part of the empire to obtain a large amount of manpower for construction.
August 1709
According to calculations by the Imperial Executive Council, tax revenue in the central provinces of the empire had clearly recovered during that year, and the poor financial situation that had persisted for many years due to the war began to turn around.
February 1710
Due to the large-scale construction of factories, the empire began to transform, and taxes related to commerce and production increased year by year, and were expected to exceed agricultural taxes in a few years.
With the rise of new workshops and factories, a large number of wealthy people longed for the protection of titles and power. Some members of the Imperial Parliament suggested whether a large amount of wealth could be exchanged for honorary titles to meet the growing demand.
"If we can't get them to join us, they will become our enemies." A loyal noble reminded His Majesty the Emperor.
"But if money can buy a title, the sacredness of the imperial glory will be lost, which means the decline of all morals and the abandonment of beliefs."
"They have enormous wealth and a large number of workers. If we don't provide them with a certain level of social status protection, they will seize and exploit things out of a sense of security, and this will become a new source of instability in the empire."
In July of the same year, the empire began to set up imperial parliaments in various places to discuss local construction and other matters. The members of the parliament were selected from local prestigious people, not just nobles as in the past.
In the new imperial environment, the members of the Imperial Council are composed of local nobles, wealthy merchants, industrialists, and high-level transcendents. They will jointly negotiate and decide matters within certain territories. Council members can also write letters to the Imperial Central Council to report on the recent progress of the Imperial Council's negotiations and the subsequent implementation results.
However, military power still remains in the hands of the original nobles, who are responsible for local garrisons, public security and other related matters. However, compared to the past, now under the imperial decree of the parliament, they can build a certain number of guards to enforce the laws of the parliament.
After this new system was implemented in the central part of the empire, the original nobles began to split. Some nobles who had acquired a large amount of industry during the rise of industry did not care and even supported it, but some nobles who did not get a share and had to give up power began to feel dissatisfied.
They complained that their ancestors, and even this generation, had served the emperor loyally and expanded the empire's territory, but now they were being suppressed and abandoned.
Some people began to suggest in the Imperial Parliament that non-nobles should be prohibited from establishing chambers of commerce and opening factories, and that they should be given quotas for factory construction based on the size of their titles.
All factories and workshops, like land, should be in the hands of the nobles.
After this proposal was launched, it immediately gained the support of a large number of small and medium-sized nobles, while some of the great nobles also had ambiguous attitudes.
Thus, after three years of peace, the empire was once again in turmoil.
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