Chapter 242 - 239: House Of Lords III (2/2)

Thus, the 8 ministers will always be monarchist, and they are not loyal to just the faction but to the crown The only downside is that they would alant to be in favor with the next king for obvious reasons and if they fall out of favor with the reigning one, they ant to change to the next in line

Meanwhile, there are 2 vice iven to the peerage, usually, the next in line to the duke, and if not of age yet, then the duke's younger brother or nearest kin, also their rank would still give theht to vote (3 marquis and 5 earls) The purpose was to cross check that the orate their duty to the crown and the kingdom as a whole

Of course, there's another side to that which was not of coe Since the oldest son who's next in line to the duchy would work as vice minister, they would need to stay in the capital This serves as insurance that the dukes would not dare to act against the crown (it's like they're hostages in a dressed-up way)

Mostly they are neutral, but they should be more inclined to be h competence Aside from that, to be considered for the position, he oes to the very talented sons other than the heir However, they are not given the right to vote

In summary, the h default monarchist faction is also divided from within

The other 20 of the monarchist faction is made up of loyal vassals The only reason that they don't recruit just about everyone is because it's too expensive to entry can be easily swayed

The other 30 are froroup They can remain neutral either because they still have a clean slate or because they are not powerful or rich enough to st them are really sympathizers of the radical faction

The radicalsalways let theet rid of theningthe actions of the monarchists

In the end, check and balance in court is needed because if the king lets the ain too much power, they may usurp him and make him abdicate in favor of the next in line

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TBC