The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 5] by Fuurou

Author:Fuurou
Language: eng
Format: epub

The next day, I’d sped through our daily chores and housework because Eldan was holding another class for me on the nobility. Alna was going to be joining me on this occasion, and the two of us took a seat at the table in Eldan’s big old tent while Eldan walked around the place happily and taught us all the ins and outs.

According to Eldan, it was Sanserife’s founding king who had devised the “peerage system” with its nobles and commoners. It had been conceived in order to manage the lands when they were far more expansive. The ranks of the nobility were established to encourage growth through competition, and the highest rank of duke was put in place to keep the royal family in check.

Dukes therefore had access to special, enviable and powerful rights unique only to their rank. This made their position very appealing, and was intended to ensure that all worked to the best of their abilities in the hopes of attaining such authority.

That said, there were a number of strict conditions that one had to meet in order to attain dukeship. As the legitimate son of a duke’s family, Eldan met these conditions. In my case, the conditions were met thanks to my efforts in the war, my slaying of a dragon, and then presenting said dragon’s magical stone to the king. Well, according to Eldan, anyway.

As for what rights dukes had in their power, one of these was the right of reproval regarding lower ranked nobility, then some rights related to laws and taxes, and... I’m going to level with you, there was just so much that I couldn’t remember it all. The point is, dukes had a lot of privileges.

What surprised me most out of all of this was that dukes could support the king and his work as regents. Additionally, if all the dukes voted unanimously, they could remove the king from the throne; and if even a majority of dukes voted for it, a prince or princess could be disinherited. What this told me was that the position of duke was much more important than I had first thought.

“Of these privileges and special rights, I want you to take special notice of the ‘discretionary right of domain,’” said Eldan. “This right gives you permission to sell the land under your control without seeking the express permission of the king. It also allows you to cultivate and acquire uninhabited land in the same way. It is an extremely powerful privilege. For example, the Kasdeks domain grew to its current size because my father Enkars bought the neighboring domains with his abundant wealth. Buying your way to expansion is thus one potential path forward, though you may also sell your lands to pay taxes and ensure the stable management of your property.”

As he spoke, Eldan pointed to a map of Kasdeks, which hung on the pillar at the back of the tent.

“I see,” I said, a little confused as I took it all in.

“I get it,” said Alna, nodding confidently.

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