Dear Baggy
Hope my letter find you well. How are the kids these days? I trust they will be amused by the toy soldiers I've sent with this parcel. I think they are a superb design with the austrian ones crafted just right to fall over with the slightest touch. Quite lifelike!
Anyway to more serious matters. I've always valued your insight into state affairs, I know I never would have imagined the army reforms without you. Unfortunately even being the most powerful man in the world does not stop the rigours of age from wearing me down. These days even a mere two days riding without saddle leaves me aching all over and longing for a good Turkish, wait make that Golden Horde bath. The winters also seem so much longer and colder than in my youth. These reminders of my own mortality have me thinking of my legacy. With an appropriate degree of modesty I feel I can say I am the greatest Khan to ever rule over this nation. However none of my heirs look fit to truly hold on to it. I therefore seek a way to reign in the powers of my successors in order that I might not have only one axe to behead my enemies*.
I've been contemplating a way of doing this through the establishment of a formal council who must approve all the Khan's orders. It seems a drastic step but given the bad Khans and disastrous consequences we've seen arise from them in the past I think it may be wise. I would truly appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Is it appropriate? Is it too much? Are there other alternatives?