Archdemon

During this period, Huo Ling made a lot of money. As a military wizard, he had the right to choose the spoils he needed.

He took away all the corpses as his own spoils.

And every night when it was quiet, he always wandered in the cemetery of the nobles' homes and stole suitable corpses from here.

The latest harvest was three corpses of Saint-level warriors and one corpse of a Saint-level spellcaster.

A normal Saint-level has a lifespan of only about three hundred years, unless it has some long-lived blood, which can make the Saint-level live a few more years.

However, the energy level of the Terry plane is low, and there are not many family inheritances with blood. In addition to the years of war, most Saint-levels do not live to three hundred years and die. Generally, they die in a war due to old age and physical weakness.

However, precisely because of the energy level, the Saint-level corpses accumulated in this plane for two or three hundred years are actually not many.

Sometimes Huo Ling was looking forward to why the technology of ancestor worship was not introduced to the Terri plane earlier. If this technology had been introduced to this plane hundreds of years earlier, he might have been able to harvest more corpses and the quality would have been better. In Augustine's military tent, he was looking at the map in front of him with a frown. After a moment of silence, Augustine sighed. "Your Majesty, how about enfeoffing some nobles first? There are many territories that have been conquered now. Without the proper nobles to govern them, they will not be able to help us in our next march into these territories." Xili said on the side. Now Augustine's army has penetrated deep into the territory of the Ante Empire, and has successively occupied the land of eight counties. The territory seized is almost catching up with half of the original territory of the Kingdom of Alto. "Teacher Xili, you also know the disadvantages of the Kingdom of Alto. I don't want to enfeoff these territories." After a moment of silence, Augustine spoke slowly. "Your Majesty! Do you want to turn all these territories into royal territories? Those nobles will go crazy." Xili's face showed a horrified expression.

This is not wrong. Any war is just an agent of interests. Wars will break out because of conflicts of interests.

Whether it is the Kingdom of Alto or the Ant Empire, the reason why these nobles are willing to follow the royal family to send troops is to gain benefits in the war.

There are many kinds of benefits, which can be magic materials, magic stones, territories, population, etc.

But the most important and favorite benefit for the nobles is a piece of territory that can be inherited.

Otherwise, why would everyone follow Augustine to shed their blood? Is it because of loyalty? Or because of Augustine's personal charm?

Obviously, none of them, when they couldn't beat the Ant Empire, they gathered under Augustine's banner to protect their own territory.

In the process of attacking the Ant Empire now, they are plundering the territory of the Ant Empire and expanding their own territory.

Now the war is halfway through, and it is time to sit down and divide the fruits. Augustine wants to turn the table over. What will be the result?

If Augustine really does this, he will only end up being deserted by his friends and relatives.

While listening to Augustine's story, Huo Ling kept nodding his head. In his opinion, in a country with extraordinary professionals, when there is a powerful lord.

The feudal aristocracy system is inferior to the monarchy in all aspects.

What is the only disadvantage of the monarchy? It is impossible to determine whether the next monarch is good or bad, virtuous or foolish.

But in an era when great power belongs to individuals, a powerful monarch can live for hundreds of years, which greatly reduces the decline of a monarchy in a few decades because of the change of emperor.

If this emperor can be willing to give up power like Taizu of Daxia, hand over government affairs to the next emperor while he is still alive, and restrain the idea of ​​continuing to rule, then the emperor of the empire can always be virtuous.

Thinking of this, Huo Ling spoke up and said, "Your Majesty's idea is right."

"Hmm?" Augustine looked at Huo Ling, who had been silent.

Even Xili cast a questioning look.

Huo Ling walked to the map and pointed to the territory on the map and said, "After the nobility was conferred, this territory became a dual monarchy. The people of the territory are loyal to the lord first and the emperor second. This is not conducive to the development of the country or the royal family."

Augustine was silent for a moment after hearing this. He said, "Then what should I do? How can I make the nobles have no objections?"

"It is not realistic to designate all territories as directly under the royal family, especially now, but the royal family canYou can eat most of it, leaving some territories to be granted to some great nobles. Your Majesty can decide the proportion. "

"What about other nobles? They are also hungry. When I go out now, all the nobles I meet have eyes full of desire for territory!" Xili shook his head slightly and said.

"The power of the small nobles is not strong. We have the magic army. Now is the time when your majesty is the most powerful. Not only do we have the direct court warriors, but we also have an army composed of Ante captives, and a powerful magic army.

Compared with the power in your majesty's hands, the power of these small nobles is too weak, so now is the best opportunity for your majesty to implement centralization. "

Huo Ling, who has read the history of Daxia, has an understanding of the history and system of various periods. Although it is not in-depth, it is enough to educate Augustine and Xili.

"You can implement the county system... Use the children of these nobles as officials to govern the counties... Of course, for these nobles who have made military achievements, you can also grant them territories, but you can't actually seal them. "Huo Ling was like an imperial mentor, teaching two ignorant national leaders.

"What do you mean by not being able to confer titles?" Augustine asked.

"You can confer titles of court nobles on nobles who have made military achievements, and select a piece of royal territory and confer it on these nobles. They have nominal ownership of this territory.

But they cannot confer titles on the territory, and cannot interfere in the management of the territory, but the annual tax revenue of the territory can be handed over to this noble!

In this way, the ownership of the territory is still in the hands of the royal family. The royal family can give the territory to trusted officials to govern, can dismiss inappropriate officials, and can quickly mobilize resources and troops in times of war!

Is this plan I mentioned what your majesty needs?"

Huo Ling was facing the gate, and the light shining in from outside the door shone on his back, casting a large shadow on the map on the table.