Alex looked coldly at a group of nobles gathered around the place.
Solanar stepped forward, started giving the greeting speech and then took out a decree.
"Heed my command, from now on the private army arranged by nobles will be drafted into the Central Army. Until the war, all the soldiers would be united and undergo special training."
"What?"
"Why did it come to this?"
The noble screamed in disbelief.
'Wasn't this meeting called to discuss the taxes so how it came to private militarization? Is he striking us by taking down our strength?'
The nobles started to protest as in no way, they could let this happen. Giving up on the private army is akin to giving up their trump cards.
If everything went under Emperor's control then wouldn't there be no way to stop the Emperor if he walked the path of tyranny?
"Stop!"
Alex raised his hand to shut them down.
Pausing for two seconds, he spoke sharply.