Troubling Reforms

[frostwhisper]

Found in the chronicles of a local villager, Month VI, Year II since Creation:

"Dear journal, as a villager of the Little Kingdom, I’ve paid witness to troubling events. Driven by an uncontrollable lust for reform, our beloved king has undergone serious changes in our realm’s organization.

Here’s how it started. My friends and I thought that the appointment of the alien who could not speak our language as “Master” of the fashion department was only the beginning. Yet our assumptions proved wrong. More and more foreigners started flooding into the kingdom grounds. Hearing rumors of the boot-kisser who rose to power, they soon began influencing the king. At first he paid little attention to them. In fact, he turned to the more promising members of our community, assigning new positions to them. It was good to see people like my friend General Fritz to become one of the supreme strategic commanders of the state. These times soon passed however, as the power-hungry new arrivals began their approach towards positions of power. With the resignation signed by one of our oldest ministers, and my close friend Erasmus’ illogical departure, more and more such positions became vacant and were easily exploited by the foreigners.

It was not long until the king gave in to the newcomers’ plans, and began choosing many of them as members of the lower nobility. We, the commoners were at peace, knowing that the high nobility was still in the hands of trustworthy people. A growing unease soon began to take root in our hearts, as the king’s reforms became more and more drastic.

Not long after the first newcomer set hands on the mantel of nobility, the king issued a shocking order. The entire infrastructure of our kingdom was to be reformed; the towns that held power were no longer respected, and all sections of the kingdom lost their boundaries. The high and low nobilities were therefore merged into new form of government. The old coats of arms were removed, many titles and symbols of power were taken away. Surprisingly, the high nobles did not protest immediately, as some had prospered from the changes. The other commoners and I suspected that the global commanders had no choice but to obey and abide the king’s decision.

Of course it is the foreigners that hold the power now, influencing the commoners and holding the protection of the king himself. The previously ranking high nobles are preparing to issue a secret war against them, demonstrating that they are still not the weaker fraction.

I just hope the reforms have not brought about a new era of chaos in our secluded domain."

 

[HorizonTal]

Good story. But dangerously right winged. And I don't even know if the expression "right winged" makes sense in English.