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Chapter : 165
For something to blow up the moment I got back.
My workload was overflowing far too much.
‘Isn’t this a bit much?’
I felt a complaint rise up, wondering if they could not just solve it themselves.
But what could I do.
It was all karma I had sown.
Even the problem I ran into upon arriving in my domain this time had happened because I ordered it.
“Mm…. So you are saying the jurists and the judges are hitting and fighting each other? Is there anyone injured?”
“…They are scholars. Would they really throw punches? They are just fighting with their mouths, my lord.”
“It is a joke, Chamberlain Hamil.”
Tch, my jokes did not land! Chamberlain Hamil really was a serious person in every way.
“What on earth is going on? Is there some reason to fight all of a sudden? Is what I ordered really something that would make them raise their voices at each other…?”
I had made them do a lot of work, but if they wanted to complain, shouldn’t they complain to me?
Why were they fighting among themselves? No, in the first place, it was not even something worth fighting over.
‘I think I told them to draft a code, and to follow administrative officials around and make an organizational manual….?’
It would be grueling work, sure, but at what point did it become something to dispute?
As I was thinking that….
“M, my lord. The code draft you ordered became the problem.”
“??”
The code draft became the problem?
No, why???
Wasn’t the code draft just something you could make by mixing in some of the Ancient Empire-era code appropriately?
Then Chamberlain Hamil looked at my face and carefully opened his mouth again.
“Opinions split on the differential enforcement of law between nobles and ordinary commoners. Between those from a theologian background and those from a noble background, the opinions are extremely tight, my lord.”
-DING-DING!
[You tried to establish a modern legal system. However, a modern legal system is a significantly progressive standard by current standards. You have lit the fire of a political-philosophical and ideological dispute. Your domain will become the center of reform for the time being.]
[Alert: Ideological debate in the Margrave of Bellua intensifies.]
[Alert: Scholars’ interest pours toward the Margrave of Bellua.]
[Alert: Unrest increases.]
“Oh, come on….”
Damn it.
I had no idea what was going on.
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The era of [Pangea Universalise] was quite an enigmatic time.
It was almost identical to medieval Europe in the real world, was it not?
Well, it was created with that era as its background to begin with, so it could not help but be similar….
‘Still, it really is awful that the ideological foundation and reality grind against each other like this.’
Wretched lambs under the one true God, and nobles who believed themselves to have blue blood. Of course, before God, those mere creations had no choice but to be equal, but the nobles who ruled the world did not think so.
“Tsk tsk. That is why I said you should not have insisted on making a code. It feels like you have created a needless sore. The best way is to just leave it alone and let it be governed according to local customary law….”
“Ugh…. How would I have known it would turn into this? I thought they would just roughly follow the Ancient Empire-era code. Magician Agpiel.”
At Magician Agpiel’s scolding, I jutted out my lips.
A legal code system was so important!
Anyway, people in this era did not seem to feel the importance of law very strongly.
Even the Great Sage was saying that.
“Still, I believe there needs to be a standardized legal code, as my lord intended. While working, I have felt many times that we have been doing things in such an improvised way.”
“Thank you for telling me. Chamberlain Hamil.”
As expected, in times like this, there was only Chamberlain Hamil.
“By the way, what do you plan to do, my lord? Do you intend to leave them to fight like that?”
“As if.”
I frowned.
If I left it alone, I did not know what might happen. And even more so when I thought about the buff(?) I had gained this time.
[Center of Reform – Margrave of Bellua]
[Increases the speed of ideological development. Various ideologies may arise. But keep this in mind. Ideological division sometimes brings chaos.]
Content that made my mind go blank just by looking at it. When I played [Pangea Universalise], if I left it alone, there were many cases where the inside got wrecked by ideological division.
It was a buff that only calmed down if you quickly established a dominant ideology.
“I should quickly sort out the traffic.”
“Traffic…. sort out?”
Ah. I misspoke again.
Before Magician Agpiel could ask, I hurriedly said to Chamberlain Hamil.
“Gather the jurists and judges in one place. I will talk with them.”
“Understood, my lord.”
And not long after, Chamberlain Hamil returned, leading a whole crowd.
All judges and jurists.
Each of them entered the conference room at my invitation with slightly hardened expressions.
“You called for us, my lord.”
“It has been a while, Your Excellency.”
But the moment they entered, they suddenly split into flocks like sheep, and people who looked like representatives came forward and greeted me.
No matter how I looked at it, it seemed the factions had already split into a clerical line and a noble line.
‘Good grief, my head.’
These bastards, I called them in and gave them work, and they were already forming factions and fighting among themselves?
A dull ache started in one side of my head, but what could I do. It was all my fault.
I sighed inwardly and looked at the two representatives in front of me.
“So. You are saying a problem came up while working?”
“Yes! No, I mean, these people are saying nobles and commoners have equal rights!”
“Hey now! They are creations with the same blood of God, so aren’t rights equal to begin with!”
“Are you saying you will not acknowledge the rights of blue blood?”
“Are you the one saying you will not believe in the sacred gospel!”
Good grief…. noisy, so noisy.
Where had these scholars eaten something so good that they had so much strength? Just look at them fighting with neck veins bulging like that.
‘Hmmm…. What should I do.’
But caught between them, I was simply flustered.
No matter which side I took, I would end up in a politically disadvantageous position. I had to be careful with my words.
‘Ah?’
Then suddenly, something flashed through my mind.
‘Social contract theory.’
A political philosophy theory I had memorized diligently in my school days.
By modern standards, it had many errors and was close to outdated, but not in the era of [Pangea Universalise]. Rather, wouldn’t it serve as a middle bridge that could mix medieval values and early modern values well?
If I used this, it seemed I could smooth-talk and persuade both sides properly.
“Enough, enough! How dare you raise your voices here.”
After finishing my thoughts, I slapped the table and shouted.
Only then did the two representatives realize they were in front of me, a great noble, and their faces turned pale.
They had committed a tremendous discourtesy while fighting.
Something that could even cost them their heads.
Of course, I had no intention of cutting heads.
“As I listen quietly, you are saying things that conflict with each other, aren’t you? Is that right?”
“That is right. Those over there are not recognizing our nobles’ rights.”
“How could it not be so, Your Excellency? Before the supreme God, we are nothing but creations, so how could we specify that we are different?”
“Ah. I understand well what you are both saying. Stop bulging your veins.”
I waved my hands, telling them to calm down.
“But when I think again, the two stories have a point where they match.”
“What?”
“Yes??”
At my words, the two representatives cried out in shock. Match? How could the above match? No matter how you looked at it, they were opposing statements….
‘Is he saying something impossible just to reconcile us?’
For a moment, the two representatives had that insolent thought.
Of course, that was not my intention.
“Think about it. You are saying everyone is equal before God, aren’t you?”
“That is right, Your Excellency.”
“Yes. That is right. Aren’t we all equal creations before God. Because we were molded by the supreme God.”
“Hahaha. That is right.”
The theologian-background representative smiled with satisfaction at my words. In contrast, the noble-background representative who had been listening cried out to me in alarm.
“H, however, my lord!”
“Hey now. Didn’t you hear what I said? Why are you raising your voice. Isn’t it not equal? Before God, that is. As expected of the Sacred Guardian of Bellua, those are your words.”
“This fellow, really!”
Oops. If I left it, it seemed they would fight again. I hurriedly waved my hands again and stopped them.
“Enough! Why are you cutting me off?”
“I, I apologize.”
“And I am not saying that fellow is wrong.”
“Yes…?”
“Long ago, God created us equal, but if left alone we would fall into chaos, so didn’t He lead the lambs, guide them, and make them praise God? Then don’t the people who lead these lambs have more responsibility and authority than others?”
“Uh…. y, yes….”
“Yes. Think about it. If there is more responsibility, then it is natural that we are equal, but shouldn’t there also be a different distinction?”
“???”
“Since a world that has not been guided is a world of chaos, shouldn’t each equal member delegate their rights so that someone else can spread the gospel of God?”
At my words, silence and shock fell over the room. I swept my eyes over the scholars, and fearing someone might speak up, I hurriedly continued.
“So although we are all equal before God, to end this chaos, we are specially entrusted with authority. Through that, blue-blood people like us use that entrusted power to devote ourselves to spreading the gospel of God. What do you think?”
-DING-DING!
[You advocated social contract theory as a political governance philosophy. The scholars present fell into confusion upon hearing your advanced assertions. However, some scholars found your ideas deeply interesting. What you advocated would become a major turning point in reestablishing the relationships between the state, the king, nobles, and commoners, which had been clumsily formed until now.]
[Alert: Political governance philosophy – Social contract theory is established.]
[Social contract theory becomes the leading theory of the Margrave of Bellua’s Center of Reform.]
It was crude, but it was a kind of social contract theory.
With a bit of faith mixed in.
Here you go. Medieval people.
I will shake the world up.