I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

81 – The Court (1)

“It’s a university, so there’s nothing wrong with my son, who should be the head of the estate, gaining administrative knowledge, so I’ll have to send him to Dijon. But this… Hmm.”

The middle-aged aristocrat sighs briefly after carefully putting Claude’s letter down.

‘If you complete a law and administration field at a newly established university and achieve a certain grade or higher, you can get extra points for the assignment of a government post?’

At first glance, that sounds good.

As a national policy, the better the ability, the more preferential treatment is given, which leads to competition among individuals, which leads to the improvement of the quality of bureaucrats. And the qualitative improvement of bureaucracy leads to the improvement of national power.

It conforms to the social notion that people with more ability should be treated better, and His Majesty would want to remove incompetent people from office.

‘You openly sell traps.’

Of course, that’s His Majesty’s circumstances, and from the point of view of the nobles, it’s a complete trap.

Why do I get bonus points for abilities? The bonus is for nobility, not ability.

Aristocrats occupied high-ranking posts in order of nobility, except for those that had to use commoners.

A boorish baron with only 20 may end up sitting on our heads. Or even more lowly—wait a minute.

‘Doesn’t that mean that commoners can also occupy high offices?’

Thought so, the noble picked up the letter he had just put down and read it again.

In His Majesty’s letter, it was simply written that a better official position could be obtained according to ability, but it was not written at all whether commoners were excluded from it.

No way… No, that’s probably not the case. No matter how much he wanted to recruit talented people, the idea of putting commoners on top of nobles went too far.

It’s probably because it’s so obvious that there’s no need to mention it, so it’s not written down.

It seems that you were shocked by the fact that seats are assigned in order of grades. Now that I’m really old, I’ve become needlessly wary.

“Who is out there?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Go and get Louie. I have something to tell you.”

I don’t like it, but I have to follow His Majesty’s new policy. As long as the prestige of His Majesty, who has won many battles and established the kingdom, is piercing the sky, it can be said that there is almost no way for us to respond.

If you get a government job in the order of ability, you can’t just sit still like this. It would be a disgrace to the family if the son-in-law could not get a good official position because of his stupidity.

Of course, the territory is dozens of times more important than the official position, but if you receive a low-level official position, you will be laughed at by the world. More than anything, even as a father, I don’t feel comfortable.

First of all, let’s start with pre-education.

…………

“Your Majesty, there are about 2,000 people who wish to enter the university.”

“…I guess everyone was expecting a lot.”

Of course, I didn’t put any special conditions aside from student expenses and a certain status for admission to the university.

Still, it was slightly unexpected that the number would reach 2,000.

“How much does the university have?”

“They say 600 people is the limit at most.”

The palace, which was used as a residence hundreds of years ago when the power of the Duke of Burgon was weak, could not accommodate all that many people.

In Korea, there is an absolute standard called CSAT, so it was easy to cut it… But it’s written.

“First of all, I’ll put all the commoners on hold and take the nobles first. Also, if all the brothers have applied, make an agreement and only apply for one.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

I can’t help it. If you push the nobles out and put a commoner in their place, there is a very high chance that the nobles who are already dissatisfied with grades will be stimulated.

That doesn’t mean that universities won’t accept commoners at all.

The vast majority of nobles are only interested in law, theology, and public administration, and they won’t enter the other four departments, medicine, astrophysics, magic alchemy, and mechanical architecture, even if there are vacancies. Then you should receive a commoner.

Of course, law, theology, and public administration will be exclusively reserved for nobles, but I can’t help it.

“After that, nobles will receive their titles in order of priority, if equal, in order of higher admission fee, and commoners will take a brief examination.”

“What kind of test…?”

“It is of course basic to know letters, and things like the history of Rotaring, moderately difficult math problems, and literacy tests. “

“Ah, in that case, the criteria for selecting servants and servants in the castle should be appropriately modified. I will come back with a problem later, so please check it out.”

“Yes, I got it.”

As expected Leclerc, it’s not like you’ve been managing servants and servants for a long time for no reason.

Hmm… Shall we just use Leclerc to take care of the servants while Ines is pregnant?

‘I’m not sure what Leclerc himself thinks, but the optimal cutting edge is right.’

To sit as a proxy in the position that was stolen from you, no matter how you look at it, it seems like nothing but teasing.

Of course, legally, the authority to manage the palace attendants belonged to the Duchess and now the Queen from the beginning, so strictly speaking, it was not stolen, but recovered… Anyway, it doesn’t change that Leclerc has been doing it for over 10 years. .

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More than anything else, the problem is that Ines took back Leclerc’s rights without consultation.

Even if you don’t show it on the outside, you might be very angry on the inside. No, it’s not possible, it’s definitely there.

…But I can’t help it.

“Leclerc.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“The time has come for Ines to stop being active. But until that time passes, can you manage the palace attendants and servants on behalf of Ines?”

“It is…”

After hearing what I said, Leclerc blurted out his words.

Of course you must be careful. It was a seat that was taken away at the cost of being blinded by an accident once, but to sit there again, at least as a substitute.

“Is Ines’s heart healed?”

“No, this is my own opinion. Even if I tell you to rest, I won’t rest, so my bones hurt.”

“…I see.”

If the king asked me if I had the queen’s permission, it would be more than rude and an insult, so to say it indirectly by referring to it as the heart instead. After all, it’s good that Leclerc is careful with his words.

“Yes, when can I start working?”

“Starting tomorrow, I just need to take over from Ines tomorrow morning.”

Chloe has also given up all work and is recuperating, but I can’t wait to see that only Ines is working.

Of course, Ines will struggle to keep things out of his hands, but he will raise his hands and surrender if pushed through somehow, emphasizing that this is already a decision.

“And, Leclerc, if one of your sons or grandchildren enters the university, I will use my authority to pass it first.”

“Thank you for your kindness.”

“What is favor?”

As his authority was taken away in an instant, almost to the point of insult, he must be dissatisfied even if he doesn’t show it, and in order to quell that dissatisfaction, he must give something.

If you are giving something in return to someone like Leclerc who is not in need of money, it would be better to give him honor or rights rather than money.

Look at me, the corner of his mouth is slightly raised. The effect is good.

…………

“That… Hello. I’m just starting my new job today…”

“Nice to meet you, Miss Jeanne. First, take this bucket and mop and wipe all the windows in this hallway.”

“Yes? Ah… Yes. I see.”

After successfully laundering her identity, Jeanne, who got a job at the palace, started her job from her first job without any training.

Of course, most of her maid’s work is manual labor, so it’s so simple that she doesn’t bother to tell me what to do, but even so, she can’t help but feel a little discouraged.

“Whoaaa…”

Jeanne starts washing windows in the morning, and she finishes shortly after lunch.

She’s just past lunchtime, but since her Jeanne status is her maid, it doesn’t matter too much to her.

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Maids and servants, the lowest beings in the palace, rarely eat on time because they are busy with work, so the restaurant for them is open all day.

Of course, most of her food is cold, but it doesn’t matter to Jeanne, who grew up with the purpose of satisfying her hunger.

“Hello, are you going to the restaurant?”

“Yeah, to the restaurant—- soggy?!”

“Ah, I’m new to bed this time. Please take good care of me.”

“Bird, new arrival? Dear manager, no– Oh, no. This way is the restaurant.”

“Uh… Yes, thank you.”

Jeanne tilts her head when she sees the servant who is suddenly embarrassed by her strange words, but she quickly dismisses it.

She heard from the Holy Son that she originally had no plans to hire a new maid for her, because she decided that having a maid with a face she hadn’t seen before would naturally upset her.

Of course, the reason he was flustered was because, as Ines’ servant, she had a history of watching her at night when she was spying on Jeanne, but Jeanne had no way of knowing that. She simply offers her prayers of blessing in her heart to the one she is grateful for who has shown her the way.

‘Quickly, quickly report to Ines… Report…? Uh? Should I?’

As a result, the servant of Ines, who showed the way to Jeanne, is mentally [Purified], And her loyalty and fear to Ines disappear. It will be full

Jeanne met Chloe’s servants as well as Ines’ servants at the palace, and this time, the same result as before occurs.