wellll, it's not like "Hey, I'm just putting up an act because I'm planning to stage a coup but pls don't tell anyone", and more like "So I'm gonna start taxing the nobility and limit some of their influence and power monopoly so the people can have a say in matters that actually involve them and have some freedom of their own, and I got a feeling this is gonna make those snobs pissy as fuck so I need to make sure my people know that they can trust me and build a personal relationship with them beforehand because if I don't have their full support and love when/if the nobles revolt I'm fucked, but pls don't tell anyone" x3
wellll, it's not like "Hey, I'm just putting up an act because I'm planning to stage a coup but pls
