"Are you really going to do this?"
Looking at the proposal in his hands, the Minister of Military Affairs' hands were trembling. His eyes were filled with fear as he looked at Red Ponytail.
"Of course. But this is only the ultimate goal. I never said we had to accomplish it immediately, but this is the final objective."
"But..."
Hearing Red Ponytail's answer, the Minister of Military Affairs' voice became increasingly bitter.
"Abolishing the nobility..."
"What?"
Henrietta and Louise were both stunned when they heard this, staring at Red Ponytail in disbelief.
"Why would you do that, SABER?!"
"Because if we want this country to prosper, abolishing the nobility is essential."
Red Ponytail shrugged.
"But the nobles protect their territories and subjects!"
"That is their responsibility and duty. Oh, right, speaking of that... that needs to be dealt with too. I wrote about it later."
With that, Red Ponytail raised her chin. The Minister of Military Affairs turned another page, then...
"Abolish the feudal system?!"
By this point, the Minister of Military Affairs was completely dumbfounded.
"That's right. Abolish enfeoffment, strengthen central authority, improve the central institutions, weaken the power of local lords, establish the central government's command over the military, and have the highest governing body appoint and dismiss officials uniformly. The feudal system has no future. If we don't get rid of it, this country is doomed sooner or later."
.
In Red Ponytail's eyes, this world was roughly equivalent to China's Western Zhou Dynasty. So she would first turn it into Great Qin, following Qin Shi Huang's example by abolishing enfeoffment and implementing the commandery-county system. The rest could wait until later.
Rome wasn't built in a day, after all.
"Th-This..."
Henrietta and Louise were also stunned by what they had heard.
"B-But if we don't rely