Proof of the Sun King

At this time, Count Doolin and Count Larrot were sitting in the first-floor booth of the Holy Grail Praise, tasting the famous red wine Latour brought from Winford. https://

These two counts are already in their 50s and 60s. They are not Holy Grail Knights, but they have both had the experience of the Holy Grail expedition, and they are both legendary powerhouses. They can best represent the old people in the south of Leonasse. Musillon nobles.

After complicated negotiations, the newly appointed Duke of Leonasay, Adehad, agreed to cede Musillon's old collar in exchange for a sum of 10,000 kronor to help suppress the rebellion and provide food support. Now the ceding contract has been finalized. Now, the two Musilon nobles couldn't wait to come to Jean, wanting to meet the real Duke of Musillon, and Ryan Macado to discuss how to merge.

After Ryan had the most orthodox legal claim to Musillon, these old Musillon nobles took it for granted that they should belong to Ryan's rule. Similarly, the predicament that Leonace is now facing is well known in the old world. The group of old Musilon nobles managed to retain a little strength, naturally they don't want to? Muddy waters, it is normal for them to come.

It's a pity that when they first came to the Duke's Castle, they hit a nail. Duke Ryan was said to be meeting them at night, but the temporary notice was changed to tomorrow.

Change it, let's change it. The key is the order from a maid. It is neither a valet under Ryan's command, nor his courtier, but just an insignificant maid in his castle!

The contempt in this is already very obvious. The two earls can only leave in despair and stay at the hotel in the city. They were uncomfortable in the room, so they simply came to this famous tavern to sit in the Holy Grail Praise. Have a glass of wine and discuss the current predicament by the way.

Count Doolin's facial features are as sharp as a knife and axe. He is also a knight with a hundred battles. He has experienced many wars in his career of more than 60 years, including the battle of Red-Eyed Aegir's invasion of Lyonnais. In that battle, Count Doolin's army also suffered more than half of the casualties, which directly led to him never responding to the call of the Duke of Leonasey again. Army again.

In contrast, the Count of La Rotte is more "creamy", and the Count in his fifties looks more delicate, with long brown wavy hair, perfume spray, small eyes, big nose, and shirt cuffs on his body. It's still lace, but it would be a big mistake to think of him as a noble with little combat power. The ornately decorated knight's sword in his hand also drank the blood of his enemies in the battle against the red-eyed Aegir and the serf rebellion afterwards. He even killed the Beastman Beastmaster and the green-skinned big guy.

Unlike the Empire, the great nobles of Brittany do not exist at all who have not been on the battlefield.

"Why didn't the duke see us?" said Count Doolin, very distressed. "We came with all sincerity, but not only the duke's face, but also the duke's butler, Mr. Katzenberg. Or Ms. Sylvia, the head maid!"

During the period when Ryan was away, Sylvia and Katzenberg were generally in charge of the territory. It was a recognized rule in the territory that if you wanted to do something or see Duchess Surya, you had to find these two people.

"Is Duke Lane in the castle?" Count Larot was also confused.

"According to the information we inquired, he must be there." Count Doolin nodded.

"There's no doubt about that, he suddenly told us that he had something to do and chose not to see us. This must be because the new duke wanted to give us some hardship." Count Larote reluctantly tasted the snacks. "You know, Doolin, we are standing here. Wrong team."

Speaking of this matter, even the battle-hardened Count Doolin could only sigh.

Who made them believe Matthew Bard and thought that Matthew Bard was the real Duke of Musillon, so when Matthew Bard went north, these old Musillon nobles chose to follow him when they were hot? ? Moreover, Matthew Bard was confirmed to be the illegitimate son of the kingdom's regent, Lawn, with a weak claim.

But in fact, both Count Doolin and Count Larrot know that even if there is no Matthew Bard incident, they and Leonasse are still inseparable, and the two sides have accumulated a lot of contradictions. Afterwards, in order to reduce the losses, the nobles of Leonasay in the north chose to pass the losses on to them, looting and occupying their manor, and it was not uncommon for these old Musilon nobles to make such a choice after being ostracized.

However, these are not the reasons for them to join the traitor Mathubard. Although before Curona, the Counts of Doolin and Count Larot, who knew the general knowledge, immediately jumped back after seeing the lake of indestruction, but they betrayed them. Their behavior was still unforgivable, which made them automatically short their heads when facing Ryan, and they were even more guilty.

"What about now? Meet tomorrow?" Count Doolin felt a headache, and he could only whisper, "I always feel that something is wrong."

"The Duke of Ryan is surrounded by those Wynfords!" Count Larot also whispered dissatisfiedly, "I'm worried..."

"His Excellency Count Doolin, His Excellency Count Larot!" A cold and serious female voice interrupted their whispers, and the two counts shuddered and looked up, "Ms. Sylvia?!"

How did the head maid appear here? !

"Ryan is upstairs, he invites you to go up and talk." Sylvia's face was not very good, she said with a stern face and a cold tone, which made the two counts very uneasy, Du Lin and What Larote didn't know was that the reason the head maid was unhappy was that the two people they had agreed to date were interrupted in the middle, and that kind of strange feeling disappeared.

Soon, Doolin and Larrot sat opposite Ryan. The head maid originally wanted to stand beside Ryan to serve, but Ryan reached out and pulled her to his side and sat down, "bonir! The two from Leonace, Welcome to Jean."

"Hello, my duke!" The two counts gave a knightly salute at the same time to show their respect. They really didn't expect Ryan to meet them in the bar. "I really didn't expect that we would meet you here."

"I happened to encounter some things at night. I needed a little time to deal with it. I thought it would be bad for you to wait for a long time, so I postponed it until tomorrow. I am not well entertained. Please forgive me."

"No, no, no! Your Excellency Ryan is busy with business, and it's a bit abrupt for us to come here temporarily." Doolin said quickly, he was a little uncertain about Ryan's meaning, and simply emphasized that "Lord Ryan is the orthodox of the first saint of Randuin. The heir is our lord, and we have come to show our allegiance and petition to you."

"Allegiance? The matter of allegiance will be discussed after Adaihad and us complete the cession contract." Ryan was noncommittal about the sincerity of the two old Musilon nobles, and the Duke's face showed no expression. "Let's make a petition first, this is also Must be the real reason you're here, right?"

Doolin and Larot looked at each other, and Count Larot said first, "We old Musilon nobles want to know, Sir Ryan, what do you expect from us? How do you plan to rule this territory?"

"It's very simple, I have three requirements in general." Ryan nodded, and he said calmly, "You can choose to accept it or not, but the consequences are at your own risk."

"Please say."

"First of all, in my territory, the tariffs must be unified, and then I have a table. If it is an exorbitant tax that exceeds this table, it must be abolished immediately. Also, I ask you to change all the nine taxes to fixed taxes. The formulation of fixed taxes I will send someone to check, can it be done?" Ryan stretched out his first finger.

"Okay!" This did not surprise the two counts. They already knew about Ryan's reforms. Of course, they chose to support and approve. Although this would cost them some immediate benefits, they had no ability to resist. On the contrary, they also desperately want their territory to change like Lane's.

"Second, regarding the issue of vassals, my request is that the nobles under my command shall not start wars with each other, and they can appeal to the duchy court if necessary. For treasonous and blasphemous acts, I can take back all noble titles and fiefdoms for free, and if it is other crimes, it will be handed over to the Kingdom Court and Lake God Witch Her Highness Morgiana to discuss, and those who commit the most serious crimes will also be deprived of their noble status.” Ryan stretched out his second finger.

Sylvia looked at Ryan in surprise.

What is Ryan doing? He is challenging the unwritten unwritten rule that nobles will always be nobles!

This time, the two counts hesitated a bit. They opened their mouths and didn't know what to say for a while.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry to let you make a decision now." Ryan knew that this was a big challenge to the interests of the existing nobles, which was almost shaking the foundation of the entire Brittany noble system!

But as he said, he already has this ability and status, he is the Holy Grail Knight of the Holy Grail, and he is the God-chosen champion of the fairies in the lake! He came with the power of saving the country and the great prestige of restoring Musilon, and now is the best time to set this new rule!

Here's a rant, if Zhao Guangyi can win the battle of Sorghum River and Yongxi's Northern Expedition, and recover Yanyun, he can also rely on his unparalleled lofty prestige to fight back against the over-expanded group of civil servants, scholars and officials, but unfortunately he did not . )

If you don't get excited at this time, when are you waiting?

The faces of the two counts were ugly. If they had prepared for the first one, then the second one was really unacceptable!

The knights are used to being nobles. Under the feudal system, no matter how hard a serf works, he will never become a knight in his life, and no matter how low a knight is, he is still a noble! Even though there are indeed some knights in history who have been convened by the Kingdom Knights General Assembly to declare their knighthood deprived due to serious faults, but in the thousand-year history, the Kingdom has held no more than ten times the Knights General Assembly for this reason! The fact is that knighthood is almost unshakable and inalienable, a knight can be executed, but he remains a nobleman even in death!

Count Doolin and Count Larrot immediately indicated that they needed to discuss it.

After Ryan finished speaking, he leaned back on the chair quietly. He calmly waited for the reply from the representative of the old Musilon nobles. He could give them a little time to think about it. If they can't do it for one day, they will only need two days. If they can't do it in a month, they will only need two months. But if it takes too long, Duke Mousillon can only say sorry. There are many people who want to be counts, and he is not inferior to these two legendary kingdom knights.

"My duke, I'll just ask a question." At this time, Count Doolin gritted his teeth and asked, "Are you only targeting us old Musillon nobles, or are you targeting your subordinates, including the entire knight kingdom in the future All the knights and nobles of

"Everyone is treated the same." Ryan's voice was cold.

"Then... our answer is, yes!" Surprisingly, the representative of the old Musillon nobles immediately made a decision. "Please tell us the third point!"

"Third, the issue of the vassal's military strength, as my vassal, once I have a request, all the vassals can only leave behind the garrison troops and a small part of the mobile troops, and all the remaining troops must come to join me, Follow my orders, and then, I have the power to appoint military commanders, if I appoint a military commander, then even if his title is lower or equal to yours, you still have to obey his military orders, can you do it?" Ryan was a little surprised that the two counts agreed so readily, and the Duke tried his best to keep his expression and voice calm.

"Yes." The two counts can accept the previous one, and there will be no more objections to the subsequent one.

"Very good." Ryan nodded, the first step of this reform is to go out. "Okay, you can tell all the local nobles when you go back. If you can accept the above three items, I will accept all of their allegiance. If you can't accept it, it's very simple. , they can also go to Leonasse to continue to be their knight nobles, but the ceded land belongs to Musilon, and they can only ask them to find their own fief."

Before he finished speaking, Ryan sneered and said, "It would be interesting if some nobles occupy the land, they are unwilling to be loyal to me, and they pretend to be Mousillons who are unwilling to go to Lyonasse, it will be interesting, there are only these in Brittany. Principality, since they don't want to be Leonassians and Musillons, then don't be Brittanians at all!"

"What do you two think of my proposal?" The Duke's blue eyes stared at the noble representatives of Mousillon. Although Ryan's face was still young, his sharp eyes like a blade made the two knights of a hundred battles together. Chilled.

"Yes... some nobles just don't understand it for a while. They also think that this is an opportunity to expand their autonomy. We will definitely persuade them to be loyal to His Excellency the Duke." Count Larote swallowed, and he quickly Said, "There are only a small number of people who are obsessed. Of course we old Musilons are willing to follow the Duke~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Just want rights, don't want to assume obligations, and want freedom, then I will give them to them." Ryan nodded. " I've always been very respectful of personal wishes... well, it's your turn to ask."

"We need the support of the Duke to quell the rebellion in the territory." Earl Doolin said impatiently, "In addition, we also need food support, and we hope that His Excellency the Duke can send troops as soon as possible to help us control those rioting areas. "

"Yes, I will send a team of old guards to lead two serf infantry regiments and a team of dwarf artillery to support you." Ryan agreed. "When the counter-insurgency is over, you will join forces to support Leonasay!"

"Yes!"

After discussing the details a little more, the two counts got up and left with a bit of happiness and a bit of weight. They will return to their territory and convey Ryan's will.

After the two counts left, Ryan withdrew from the state of the dignified duke. He noticed that his head maid was still looking at him with some fear, so he smiled, "What's the matter? Sylvie? Scared? "

"No... just a little scared." The head maid's face was not very good-looking, she whispered, "You are like this, it makes people feel a little bit, not like the husband of the young lady."

"Of course it's different at home than outside." Ryan smiled, leaning back in his chair. "Okay, let's go on a date!"

"Hey? Continue?" The head maid's face turned red again. "Should we go back?"

"No, let's continue." Ryan nodded, and he smiled rather maliciously. "There is a show in town at night!"

"A well-known clown artist, Pope Water, will perform his performance art in town, let's go and see it together!"

"Remember to shout for protection!"

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