When Lin Qi first came to Gefra a few years ago, no one thought highly of him. Even though, through a twist of fate, Your Majesty the Emperor had ennobled him as a baron, making him the first nobleman who was not a Gefran national, no one thought he would amount to anything.
People still looked down on him.
In their words, this was Gefran territory, the nobles' territory. Federalers either stayed put or got the hell out!
"Get the hell out" was slang used in moments of intense emotion, serving to deepen the context and express strong feelings.
But everything they had done had become the most ridiculous annotation of all.
Lin Qi was standing here today, and no one dared criticize any of his decisions to his face.
What was even more absurd was that they had to rally around him, because those unwilling to unite would soon be swept into history's trash heap.
Gefra's political system reform was no small matter. Anyone familiar with Gefra's history would understand that.
From the very beginning, Gefra's ruling institution had been the Joint Council, a governing body composed of the great nobles from Gefra Main Island.
Later, the imperial family had used despicable means and force to seize the power that had originally belonged to the nobles as a collective, and the Gefra Empire had been officially born.
Strictly speaking, with the imperial family now retreating behind the scenes and releasing the power that had never belonged to them in the first place, everything was merely returning to how it had once been.
The difference was that this time, the people would also gain some rights.
Lin Qi kept saying this to those who approached him. Some people had only come to greet him and introduce themselves, and they did