Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 713 Internal Reform
In the cabinet meeting room, although it was not the first time that Perfecto sat here for a meeting, it was the first time that he sat in the most core position like now.

Perfect, who had now assumed the office of Regent of the Empire, sat in the seat which was supposed to be that of Prime Minister Wellington, while Prime Minister Wellington sat to her side, and on the other side sat the Duke of Gloucester.

As for the others, they sat down beside the two men, waiting for Perfect to speak.

Perfect looked at everyone calmly. It was the first time she looked at the people in front of her like this.

Among the crowd, some people have expectations for her, as if they think that she will bring different changes to the country after taking this position.

Others looked skeptical, seeming to worry about her ability to lead the country.

Of course, there were people who showed resistance to her, but Perfectcott didn't want to delve into why these people were like that.

This coup launched by the royalists implicated too many people and caused too much death and killing. It was normal for some people to resist her ascension to the throne.

In contrast, Perfect noticed that Princess Anne was not there.

Although she should be called the Queen now and is indeed not suitable to come to the cabinet, her absence still makes Perfecto frown.

She asked the Duke of Gloucester: "Where is our new queen? Why is she not here? Today we have to discuss her succession ceremony."

"Queen Anne said she was not feeling well, so she will be absent from today's meeting," the Duke of Gloucester hurriedly explained.

Although anyone with a discerning eye would know that this was an excuse, for the sake of everyone's face, the Duke of Gloucester could only pray that Perfectoct would believe this reason and not keep harping on it.

Perfect looked at the Duke of Gloucester meaningfully, but said nothing more.

She simply turned to look at the Chancellor of the Exchequer and asked him, "How much surplus is there in the treasury now? Can it support the expenses of a succession ceremony?"

"The Ministry of Finance has just taken inventory of the national treasury. The empire's financial situation is now operating normally and there is no problem in supporting a succession ceremony." The Minister of Finance replied hurriedly.

When Perfect proposed the five-year economic development plan, the empire's financial situation was actually able to achieve a balance between revenue and expenditure, and even had a slight surplus.

The national treasury has also gotten rid of the predicament of being completely emptied of its assets in order to cope with the doomsday crisis, and even having to be subsidized by the Queen with royal assets. It already has a little surplus, so there is no problem supporting the succession ceremony of Princess Anne.

Besides, even if there is really a problem with this kind of thing, it is impossible to bring it up at this time and in this situation.

Apart from anything else, the mere fact that Perfecto took office was enough to make the Chancellor of Finance say that there was no problem with the empire's finances even if he had to pay for it himself.

After all, he didn't want Perfecto to start a new job with three big things, and the first one to be the Ministry of Finance.

Hearing the answer from the Minister of Finance, Perfect nodded slightly, and then said: "In that case, please make a budget for me based on the succession ceremony of the Queen... no, I should say the previous Queen. If there is no problem, please decide on the time and process of the succession ceremony as soon as possible!"

Having said that, Perfectcot turned his head and glanced at the Duke of Gloucester who was sitting next to him: "Your Excellency the Duke, I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on this matter. I hope to complete these tasks as soon as possible." "Yes, Regent." The Duke of Gloucester wisely changed his address.

Although Perfect didn't care about it, the Duke of Gloucester's initiative to change his title still made other people uneasy.

"Your Majesty, what should be done with the body of the former Queen? Does it need to be transported back to the royal cemetery in Langton for burial?" At this time, a cabinet member suddenly asked this slightly sensitive question.

Perfect didn't feel any emotion because of this issue. The former queen did need to be buried, and according to the tradition of the Victoria Empire, members of the royal family needed to be buried in the royal cemetery in Langton.

But the current situation in Langton...Perficot hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Contact Langton and confirm the current situation in Langton. If conditions permit, then transport the Queen's body back to Langton."

"Yes, Your Excellency Regent." The cabinet member did not say anything else, but nodded to show that he understood.

After these two people spoke, others seemed to think that Perfectcot was easy to talk to, so they raised or reported various government affairs to her, and Perfectcot answered and handled them one by one.

After everyone had finished speaking, a large amount of backlogged government affairs had been properly handled, and everyone felt that things were about done, Perfect suddenly said, "Now that everyone has finished speaking, please listen to me next!"

Perfectot's remarks immediately made everyone's scalp tighten, and they felt a sense of crisis that a big crisis was about to come.

As expected, after giving them a few seconds to adjust their emotions, Perfect said, "I am very dissatisfied with the current working state of the cabinet."

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly became nervous.

Originally they thought that the matter was over after Perfecto carried out the Great Purge and ascended the throne of regent.

Now it seems that things have just begun.

"My original intention in proposing the establishment of a cabinet was to reduce the constraints on you in handling key government affairs, thereby improving administrative efficiency. After all, if everything needs to be voted on by the parliament, it will only delay things." When Perfect said this, helplessness emerged on his face and strong dissatisfaction also rose: "But what about you now? Without my supervision, you even messed up the execution of a flying battleship plan!

Not only was the progress far below expectations, it even caused a lot of errors and waste!
This makes me wonder if the Empire has appointed a bunch of idiots to form the cabinet! Otherwise, how could you do things in such a stupid way! "

Perfect banged the table so hard that everyone jumped in fear, fearing that she would call for people to drag them out and execute them with the guillotine in the next second.

This is not impossible, after all, Perfecto's nickname is the Bloody Count.

Generally speaking, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

However, Perfect did not intend to purge the cabinet. She just looked at everyone and said coldly: "In view of the fact that your work is so disappointing, I have decided to reform the empire's internal affairs system to improve administrative efficiency. The specific reform measures are as follows..."

(End of this chapter)