The tumultuous public debate was only the beginning. The real battlefield lay in the Noble Council.
The reforms in "Caesar's Six Articles" involved changes to the Kingdom's political system. They were not something the central government could simply alter at will.
Issuing policies had never been the key. Whether they could achieve results depended mainly on their implementation.
Without the support of local nobles who held real power, these reform clauses would be nothing more than paper promises.
Against this backdrop, the first people the new policies needed to win over were the provincial governors and local prefects. They were the key to ensuring the policies were carried out.
Without question, these reforms harmed everyone's interests. Under normal circumstances, the chance of passing them through the Noble Council would have been almost zero.
But this was clearly not a normal time. Most provincial governors and prefects were making fortunes in the Papal State and could not possibly return home at once to attend the meeting.
The domestic noble representatives were incomplete in number, yet the minimum conditions for convening the Noble Council had still been met.
To ensure the clauses passed in the council, the reformists had not been idle. They continuously launched public opinion campaigns to win the support of young nobles.
Hudson had only just arrived in the Royal Capital when he sensed the air of reform.
Countless spirited young nobles rushed about in support of reform. Some young noble heirs were even discussing casting votes in the council on behalf of their elders.
The Kingdom's Noble Council had no tradition of proxy voting, but neither was there any explicit rule forbidding it.
According to the Kingdom's special statutes, when a noble was absent for special reasons, their heir could exercise their rights and fulfill their obligations in