European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 224 Inheritance Law

"This is the River Wey, and beyond this river is the Welsh border. The time is not yet ripe, so retreat first and continue to occupy strongholds along the border."

After Li Peijun dealt with the matter of forming an alliance with the Bishop of Worcester, he continued to march to the west, and in the blink of an eye, he came to the border of Wales. Now the Welsh princes are still united, and it would be difficult to annex them alone. There are more important things to do.

Although there was not much rebellion among the nobles along the way, Li Peijun felt vaguely uneasy. Some nobles' territories were simply too large.The emerging nobles in Harfleur are nothing. The combined territory of the three people is only one baron. They are different. They are all barons. What's more, they have annexed the territories of several companies and occupied nearly a county. soil of.

Although these big-tailed British nobles surrender to themselves now, there is no guarantee that they will not be separated from their virtues when they are in trouble in the future. Due to the large number of surrendering forces and their strength is not a soft persimmon, Li Peijun cannot treat individual nobles with ideological reform.

People in this generation can't touch him, so they want to make plans for his descendants. Li Peijun thinks of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Tweeting Order, which is really a good way to learn from. Although the inheritance law at this time is the default inheritance of the eldest son, there are also many arrogance. In the final analysis, fists are the last word.

"Has everything been resolved?" Li Peijun asked Cohen. He was responsible for recording the matters along the way, and the other party was obviously also completing his own work with due diligence.

Cohen nodded, but the expression on his face was a little ugly, "I saw those guys' territories, and some of them even have several manors. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the lord to control them."

Li Peijun laughed and said: "It seems that your thoughts are the same as mine. I also think this is a difficult issue. When Bernard from the north returns, he will call all the nobles who surrendered to Nottingham for a noble meeting." .”

Cohen was puzzled: "A meeting of nobles? Is the lord planning to teach them the spirit of Harfleur on the spot to transform them?"

"How is it possible, this kind of influence is subtle, and it is not realistic to change their decades of inherent thinking in one meeting, unless they can voluntarily follow us to Hafleur, it is another matter, but it is also impossible , These old slickers have stayed on the manor for most of their lives, and they can be expected to go to other places to stay for so long, which is no different from house arrest." Li Peijun shook his head.

"In fact, I plan to reform the inheritance law. Since one big old guy is not easy to deal with, then three small weak guys seem to be less of a threat. However, it is still difficult to take this step forward. The policy has just been implemented. It will be resisted at the beginning, so watch it carefully.”

The rest of Li Peijun didn't say anything more. Cohen just followed along thinking about the problem. After receiving the task rewards, Li Peijun added speech, assassination and foreign language to the full level at one time. Now there are four skills that are First-level status, and the rest are all full-level.

Two days later, the Nottingham Noble Conference was held as scheduled. There were surrendered nobles, monks, and emerging nobles from Harfleur. The old and new forces were seated on both sides of the venue. The atmosphere on both sides was very harmonious, without the sense of tension.

"Everyone, I came here today mainly because I want to take the opportunity to get to know you and connect with you. After all, I am a new lord, and I have not considered many things well. I hope you will forgive me." There was something in Li Peijun's words, and he first read out the lord as usual. The relationship, and the situation in Harfleur were also mentioned, all in polite words.

Then he didn't directly explain his attitude, but first asked a question, "Are any of you worried about the aftermath? There are too many descendants, but the manor is too small, and I don't know who should inherit it, or the person I like doesn't want to inherit it." It complies with legal requirements but is difficult to achieve due to legal constraints.”

"This..." The nobleman looked around suspiciously, then lowered his head and whispered softly.

No need to guess, Li Peijun knows that more than half of the nobles will encounter this kind of thing. As long as there are several children in the family, there will be such conflicts more or less. It is a century-old problem that even Charlemagne can't escape. Li Peijun believes that this group of nobles did not Ability to solve.

"Use skills, Imperial Code."

This is a political skill. Its main function is to offset resistance when promoting legal policies. After the strategy value increases, it can further force various strange bills. However, Li Peijun’s proposal this time is also reasonable. The BUFF is only for Nothing goes wrong.

First, he signaled the audience to be quiet, Li Peijun brewed his emotions, and said slowly: "I have decided to reform the inheritance law in the consular district, abolish the default primogeniture inheritance system, and change the territory to be shared equally by all heirs."

"What? How can this work..."

"The rules of our ancestors cannot be changed."

"This is a common name that has been agreed through the ages. If you say it is abolished, it will be abolished."

Li Peijun knew that there would be such a reaction, and said again: "You people, ask yourself how many of the eldest sons inherit the position. Don't think that I don't know the legal principles of the strong. This is also to avoid disputes. Give everyone The equal wealth and land of the heirs, and the feudal lord will guarantee the legitimacy of the succession, so that no one will think of other people."

"Instead of dividing up the sphere of influence like Charlemagne's descendants fighting each other after his death, it would be better to confirm and explain everything in front of him, which is beneficial to everyone, isn't it? I hope everyone here can take care Weigh the pros and cons of it."

Li Peijun explained this truth clearly, concealed his ambition to divide the nobles, and only showed the positive side of the policy to the nobles. The nobles present were thoughtful and seemed to be shaken.

The policy is only aimed at the nobles of Britain, while Harfleur still follows the customary law. After all, there is nothing good to be obtained from such a small amount of land, and the full power is left to the nobles themselves to discuss.

"I agree. The lord did this to stop fighting. This is in line with God's belief in love for peace. Our church agrees with both hands." A monk in the audience took the lead in expressing his opinion. Looking at his appearance and dressing up, he should be a guy with a lot of background.

It is natural for the church to agree. After all, their land is basically the result of internal struggles in the church. It has nothing to do with the hereditary inheritance of the nobles. Seeing that the power of the nobles has been weakened, they are naturally happy to jump up and applaud.

"I think this decree is feasible, and I am willing to accept the lord's orders." Aristocrats expressed their support one after another. Seeing that the time was right, Li Peijun took out the written law and signed it one by one. Reluctantly, he signed his name.

After confirming the signatures of all the nobles with a smile, Li Peijun was ready to discuss the next step.

(End of this chapter)