Establishment of the Currency and Finance Department(1)
After winning the Crown War, Christian Ismail inherited the emperor's title from the previous emperor and ascended to the imperial throne with a new name, Christian Constantine.
On the day of his ascension as emperor.
All the divided imperial families and forces gathered together in one place to congratulate the new emperor at the coronation ceremony held in the imperial capital.
In order to fulfill his promise with Rockefeller, Christian ignored the opposition of some nobles and welcomed his younger sister, Lucia Rothsmedici, as his wife and empress of the empire. He established a new department called the Currency and Finance Department to hand over control of the empire's currency to the Rothsmedici family.
And he handed the position of the first chief minister of the department to Rockefeller, who was also his financial advisor.
In the imperial palace located in the imperial capital.
In a gathering where all the nobles of the empire gathered to meet the new emperor.
The new emperor announced to everyone the prepared statement, once again conveying the status of the Rothsmedici family.
"From now on, all the currency of the empire will be issued by the Rothsmedici family, who will also control it. I will transfer the position of the Currency and Finance Department, which will be responsible for this role, to Rockefeller Rothsmedici. I will bestow upon him the title of Chief Minister, fitting for his position, and he shall swear loyalty to the empire and contribute to its prosperity as before."
Standing in front of all the nobles, Rockefeller, who now looked directly at his sister, the new emperor and empress, confidently spoke up.
"I, Rockefeller Rothsmedici, consider it an honor for our family that you have entrusted us with the authority to control all the currency of the empire. From now on, our Rothsmedici family will swear to Your Majesty to support the imperial revival by assisting the imperial family."
Soon after, there was a commotion among the nobles.
Although they knew that their relationship was deep and his status was extraordinary, they still thought it was too much to give him the authority to control all the currency of the empire.
So some influential nobles dared to speak up.
He was Eliezer Tepez, the head of the Tepes family and a living legend.
"Your Majesty, he was just a guild leader running a loan shark business before he took that position. How could he possibly manage the entire empire's currency?"
Then, the one who refuted this was none other than Rockefeller.
"I'm better than some swordsmen, at least."
At that remark, everyone stirred once again.
There was no one in the empire who had the guts to say such harsh words to him, who was also the head of the Tepes family.
Eliezer himself seemed taken aback, blinking his eyes and glaring at the insignificant money-grubbing man.
It was so unbelievable that he couldn't even speak.
"Is it not? If not, why don't you say something?"
As he remained silent, Rockefeller shifted his gaze to the other nobles nearby and asked again.
"So I'll ask you again. Would someone like me, who has been playing with money all his life, manage the empire's currency well? Or would someone who has just been handling swords do a better job? Isn't the answer obvious?"
There had never been such a blatant disregard.
Eliezer, who had never experienced humiliation in such a place in his entire life, raised his voice with a distorted expression.
"Your words are harsh!"
To this, Rockefeller calmly responded.
"Harsh words? Do you know who started the quarrel in the first place?"
"Who wouldn't oppose you taking control of the nation's currency? I just made a natural objection."
"Of course, there will be opposing opinions. But me taking that position is not for my own family, but for the prosperity of the empire. Wouldn't His Majesty know this and entrust me with the position?"
Instead of the grim-faced Eliezer, Sinclair, who had been watching, stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, we cannot agree with a single family having the authority to control all the currency of the empire. Please reconsider your decision."
Never before had the two great families' leaders agreed on the same opinion in such a place.
If they agreed on something, one side would remain silent, and if they disagreed, they could always fight by taking sides.
But this was an extremely rare case in the history of the empire.
These two hostile families were joining forces to restrain a newly emerged family.
"From our perspective, we cannot understand why Your Majesty would hand over control of the empire's currency to him. Do you really want to reduce your control over the empire?"
When his words reached the new emperor, Christian looked at Sylvia Ismail, who was the head of the Ismail family and also Rockefeller's wife, and opened his mouth.
"That matter has already been promised to him before the Crown War. He knows more about finance and treasury than I do, and it's also my wish. I hope you all have no more complaints."
The control of the imperial currency seemed to have been taken by the Rothsmedici family on the surface.
But in reality, it was no different from being shared with the Ismail family.
'Sylvia's identity should remain hidden. If word gets out that she's the real owner of Ismail, those two families won't sit still. This is not about Rothsmedici's power, but about the growing power of our Ismail family.'
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huh? but Sylvia identity was revealed to 1st prince and his supporters.. although the prince is dead, the supporters should be remain alive right...?
ReplyDeleteIt was only revealed that she was from the Ismail family but her identity as the head.
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