Civilization spreads to another world

The follow-up brought by the queen is not small.

After the shock and impact, some nobles began to discuss privately, and the nobles attached great importance to the issue of inheritance.

The backward medical level brings about dystocia and the continuous premature death of children. In everyone's cognition, a child can only be considered alive when he is healthy and healthy until he is eight years old.

The Imperial Succession Law only recognizes legitimate children, and illegitimate children cannot inherit the father's property no matter how noble the mother's status is.

Therefore, if the nobles want to keep the family continuation, they must have healthy children with their wives, and they must be sons, and daughters have no inheritance rights.

But the world is impermanent, who can guarantee that a son will be born, and there is no guarantee that the son will live safely until the day of succession. This is an era where people will die if they have a fever.

As a result, many nobles gradually disappeared because they had no heirs.

For the king, he is happy to see the success. He wished that all the nobles would lose their heirs, and all their territories and properties would be returned to the treasury, especially the duke. If the duke loses his heir, the king can choose the side close to him among his heirs in secret. To take over the territory, if all the heirs in line die, the territory will be taken back in a justifiable way!

However, there are policies and countermeasures.

The nobles are not stupid. Some of them simply divorce and remarry until they give birth to a son. However, most of the nobles belong to marriage. If they want to divorce for the birth of a son, most of the women's families will not agree.

Some couples have a good relationship and are unwilling to divorce, so they can only choose a suitable heir from relatives.

It is not adopted, but directly selected from adult nephews. There is no such thing as adoption in the empire. When a nobleman determines that he has no way to have a son, he can submit an application to the king to select an heir, and the person who is selected will not immediately Just live in, you have to wait for the death of your predecessor before you can succeed.

On the one hand, in order to protect the face of the nobles, everyone knows that there is no such thing as an heir, and quietly applying to the king is their last decency, and they will never show it in front of outsiders, making it a joke.

On the other hand, it is also to prevent the selected person from knowing that he has been selected, and having evil thoughts in his heart to act in advance, so after the death of the childless nobleman, the heir he selected will be announced.

But people's evil thoughts are pervasive, and if they don't make it public, some people will secretly bribe officials and get the name of the successor. Get rid of the ex, this kind of thing is repeatedly prohibited.

Wealth and wealth are sought in insurance, as long as they are not discovered, they will have inexhaustible glory and wealth.

So every childless aristocrat will worry when they reach middle age. The family cannot be broken and must submit an application. Rather than being inherited by an incompetent nephew after death and ruining the family business, it is better to choose a reliable one.

But once submitted, life becomes trembling, as if being watched all the time.

So giving birth to a son became the main theme of the nobles.

But there are those who can't give birth, or the husband and wife are not harmonious, or have physical problems, or lose their children in middle age, and suddenly lose their heirs.

Among the aristocrats, those who like to have fun and dream about life and death are these people, and there are not a few of them.

Because he didn't know when he would die suddenly, and he was unwilling to leave all his property to his coveted nephews, so he decided to enjoy enough money while he was alive.

But now, the empress appeared, giving them a glimmer of hope.

The queen queen and the others didn't look forward to it. What they saw was the death of the mother and the daughter-in-law. The point is the daughter-in-law. If the daughter can inherit their property and continue the family name, it will be much more comfortable than giving it to others for nothing!

Especially when they are facing the choice of an heir, their eyes light up, and their whole body is full of energy. If their daughters can also have the right to inherit, why do they need to worry about their own lives every day.

Even the obstinate old aristocrats have thought about this possibility. The daughter can pass it on to the grandson, so that the grandson can inherit their surname, and the family can continue.

The nobles were talking.

There are those who are in favor, and naturally there are those who are against.

The most violent of these is the normal noble family with both children or a surviving heir. In order to ensure the right of inheritance, most of them will have several sons for backup, just in case something happens to the eldest son. In the future, the eldest brother who will succeed to the throne will at least have blood, which is also the source of the selection of successors for those childless nobles.

Although the eldest son inheritance system is stipulated, when the eldest son dies, the second son will automatically be the eldest son, and when the second son dies, the third son will take the position.

It’s okay if the family is harmonious, but if it’s not harmonious, a few sons can fight in private, and the sons alone can be like this. If the daughter is added, the family can’t think about it.

You said that it is stipulated that the right to inheritance must be given to the daughter only when it is determined that there is no child?Don't be funny, isn't this instigating the daughters to kill the elder brothers and younger brothers? The elder brothers and younger brothers are all dead, so it's not like they are childless.

Having said that, it really made many people retreat. They agreed to prevent it, in case the descendants had no sons, so that their own blood could continue the family, rather than exacerbate conflicts.

But the childless nobles don't care about this. They only have daughters now, and they don't want to give their family property to their nephews for nothing. Don't expect nephews to help them take care of their daughters. If they weren't born early, the nephew's relatives would succeed Dad, when they drove the younger brothers out of the castle manor, they never thought that they would not have a son.

There are even some who don't even have nephews, so they have to be selected from relatives whose blood is thinner and more distant. There are also a few who don't even have distant relatives, and are facing no successors.

These childless nobles usually don't show up, but when they popped up, they found that there were not a few of them.

In this era, the infant mortality rate is too high, and the chance of accidental death in the middle is also high. When you go hunting, you can lose your braids even if you are stung by a bee. However, young nobles still love to take risks.

More than half a month has passed since the queen's article in the newspaper, but the topic of inheritance among the nobles has intensified, from discussing it quietly in private to talking openly at the ball.

Leonis and Princess Delide in the castle also heard it.

Leonis's mood was a bit complicated. This emotion has not disappeared since he saw the appearance of the Empress Chapter, especially when he thought of his wife's eyes that suddenly lit up when she saw this article, which made him suffocate for a few breaths.

Too fast, he thought to himself, he just figured out something, just tasted the taste of power, and suddenly got a blow in the head.

He knew in his heart that if Delide had the heart, it would be easier and easier than changing his name.

And obviously, Delide has a heart, and gets along day and night. How can he not see that his wife is calm and ready to move? Like him, she has tasted the power and prestige of holding power.

They are all changing.

He expected the divine envoy to guide him in the direction, but the divine envoy's reply never gave a conclusion, only letting him choose.

choose yourself...

Leonis was confused.

Because he himself doesn't know how to choose.

Princess Delide was as entangled as he was. Although the entanglements of the two were not the same, this did not prevent her from responding quickly to the requests submitted by the nobles.

She did not immediately agree to amend the inheritance law directly, but only approved the approval on a few applications submitted.

Several applications, one from an earl of the Green Needle Principality. He was seriously ill and was about to fall ill. He had a son who was the appointed heir. The news hurried back, but there was an accident on the road and he was seriously injured, and he died before returning to the territory.

When the earl heard the news, he almost followed him. For the sake of his wife, daughter and the future of the family, he took a deep breath.

Originally, he planned to find a well-matched nobleman for his daughter to get engaged as soon as possible, so that his daughter could rely on him, and then choose an heir from his nephew. What did the nobles think, and immediately sent trusted officials to rush to the royal city in person.

Every word in the earl's letter weeps and expresses his sincerity—a dozen boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were sent together with the letter, and his situation is indeed urgent. Princess Delide first agreed to his request and allowed him to The title is inherited by his daughter, but the territory must be managed by someone sent by the king. Eighty percent of the income from the territory will go to the countess, and the two transactions will be returned to the treasury.

The other copies are roughly the same, they are all urgently needed for the daughter to inherit, and there is also hope that the daughter will be skipped and handed over to the grandson.

Princess Delide agreed with the same conditions as the earl. Daughters can inherit, and grandchildren can too, but those who have a territory must hand over the territory to the king, and those who do not have a territory need to pay a tax every year.

The conditions are quite harsh.

Especially for the lords, it is equivalent to asking them to give up their territory and become a titular lord who they looked down upon before. Even if they can still live in the territory, what difference does it make if they lose management rights.

But because of such harsh requirements, and only agreed to individual applications, the nobles did not have any strong opposition to this, and even secretly agreed in private. Who knows if the same situation will occur in their own family in the future? example, they can make the same request at that time.

Of course, it is best not to use it.

As for the few nobles who received the reply, after careful consideration, they all finally agreed.

There is no way, losing the control of the territory is better than being taken over by others, and the wife and daughter are bullied. Moreover, the few people who are selected for approval are more urgent, and life and death can only be recognized.

After receiving the reply, Princess Dai Lide immediately went to the subordinate officials to discuss the specific matters.

For the first time in the empire, there is a female lady, how to inherit, how to continue in the future, from the succession ceremony to marriage issues, etc., each of which has to be formulated.

This is what she learned from Chang'an Town. Since she took over to assist her younger brother, she has followed the method of Chang'an Town to manage the officials. She will be told exactly what to do.

Princess Delide and the officials studied and discussed one by one. Joyce, who was sitting on the throne, became more and more bored as he listened to it. He dangled his legs impatiently, holding back, seeing that the topic was endless, he pulled his sister's sleeve: " Lili, I want to play football."

In the past, when the king was around, there were still people who could control him. Now that he has become a king and has gone through an accident in the enthronement ceremony, Princess Dialide loves him and is frightened, and obeys him everywhere, and the servants around him also obey him, for fear He was frightened and fell ill again. The king was still young and had no heirs. If something happened, they would die with him.

The little king suddenly released his instincts, put aside his studies, and picked up playfulness again.

Princess Delide frowned, and wanted to reprimand her younger brother, and asked the servant to take him to study, but she couldn't utter the words, her mind was mixed, and various voices came out of her ears, some said to comfort her younger brother and let him be obedient After listening, some said to find a tutor to take him to study, some said it was okay to let the younger brother play, and just leave the government affairs to her...

"Sister, I want to play football—"

Joyce shook his sister's arm to act like a baby, and every time he did this, his sister would agree to him.

Princess Delide's eyes flashed, she stretched out her hand, and gently rubbed Joyce's head, her tone was gentle and doting: "Go, be careful not to hurt yourself."

"understood!"

Joyce cheered a little, jumped off the high throne, and ran towards the outside of the castle, and the personal servants filed out to keep up.

Princess Delide looked at her younger brother's back with a smile on her face, until she could no longer see her, she slowly looked away.