Chapter 1137: Meeting (Second Update)
"Young Master, it doesn't really matter who takes the throne!"
"In the current environment, the Emperor can't make too many decisions on his own. Even if the Emperor wanted to act recklessly, the Great Nobles, the Noble Council, and the royal family wouldn't agree."
"The Emperor's main duty is to balance the relationships among all sides."
"As for which of the heirs in the line of succession is the most capable, that's hard to say."
"There have been many examples throughout history. Only after someone truly sits on the throne can you tell whether they actually have the ability." Jerry Butler shook his head.
"Put that way, being Emperor really doesn't sound very interesting."
"It's nothing but scheming against each other all day." Yang Bo nodded.
In the current national structure, no one could easily change anything.
The power structure of the Aquamarine Empire was still rather complicated.
First of all, the Emperor himself held power, but the various Great Nobles also held power, as did the Noble Council.
The Aquamarine Empire's current system was somewhat strange. It could be called a constitutional monarchy, yet the Emperor still possessed considerable authority.
But the Emperor's power was not as great as imagined and was also restricted by the Noble Council and the Imperial Parliament.
Moreover, there was a rather bizarre phenomenon within the Empire.
The nobles' territories could establish their own laws. In other words, the territories of these Great Nobles did not have to enforce Imperial law.
The nobles' territories also had their own taxation.
The Emperor of the Aquamarine Empire mainly balanced the interests among the Great Nobles, as well as those between the other nobles and the royal family.
That required sufficiently high emotional intelligence. The ability to govern the country was not