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Chapter 147 The New Archbishop

The peak period of the influence of the Church of the Seven Gods was during the reign of King Maegor. At that time, the templar monks from all over the country contacted the minor nobles and property knights, and set off religious rebellions all over the five realms.

After the Ren Rui King Jaehaerys I who came to power later reconciled with the Hightower family and took the opportunity to elect a archbishop loyal to the royal family, the influence of the church began to decline.

After Baylor I, who was blessed by God, selected a mentally handicapped stonemason and an eight-year-old child to serve as the archbishop successively, and moved the bishops' residences to the Baelor Cathedral, most of the archbishops and successive archbishops began to become powerful and honest. A vassal of the Grian family.

Pious monks are often at the bottom, and many of them do not have a fixed church, running between villages and towns that need monks, known as the Beggar Cult.

As for the royal family's attitude towards the church, it can be seen from the pattern above the Iron Throne.

During the Targaryen period, the Throne Hall hung a three-headed dragon pattern, and during Robert I's reign, above the Iron Throne hung a grass stag pattern, that is, a stag galloping among the grass.

During Joffrey's brief reign as king, he changed his father's weeping stag to a weeping heptagram.

Although the seven-pointed star can indeed represent the seven gods, for the seven gods, the weeping blood seven-pointed star is somewhat disrespectful.

After Stannis took the city of King's Landing, the pattern above the Iron Throne became a burning flame to represent the Red God Lord of Light Rohela.

Although the archbishops have fallen, many southern nobles who have undergone complete knight training still value the belief of the Seven Gods.

They anointed the holy oil in the church, signed the marriage contract under the witness of the seven gods, and even the major events in life were witnessed by the seven gods and the gods in heaven.

Moreover, there have been frequent wars recently, and the lords are busy fighting with hostile forces, and the popularity of responsible low-level monks is gradually rising.

Therefore, if the archbishop can be re-elected, the great nobles of the Stormlands feel that the king in front of them is still worth following.

Serious and anxious, Stannis walked up the steps slowly, strolled to the iron chair, and sat down slowly.

"Who do you choose?" asked the blue-eyed king.

Although in most cases the archbishop is voted by the archbishops, in special times, the king can also order the appointment of an archbishop.

More than a dozen nobles looked at each other, and finally one person stood up,

Selwyn Tarth is the lord of Tath Island, the largest island in the Stormlands, and he is quite old.

When Renly was still alive, he had met the Onion Knight representing Stannis in a wood on his territory and refused to serve him.

But after Renly's death, Earl Tarth's attitude immediately turned 180 degrees, and he took the initiative to vote for Stannis.

He stood up, walked forward, bowed to the king first, and replied: "This is a period of turmoil. The archbishop should have a higher reputation and better health so that he can walk around among the people to bless and pray. I Elect an Archbishop: Brother Luchen."

After hearing an unfamiliar name, Stannis asked again: "The man's age, family, life story?"

Earl Selwyn Tars hurriedly said: "Luchen Frey, from the Frey family, the Lord of the Ferry, is 45 years old, and he strictly abides by the dogma on weekdays, and has a pretty good reputation."

The blue-eyed king glanced at the lord of Tas Island in disgust, "I heard that you change your wife every year, isn't that a bit against the teachings of the Seven Gods? What's more, Brother Lu Chen came from the Frey family, which has successively supported False kings Robb and Arthur, how could I appoint such a man as archbishop?"

Although Erlu has not stayed in the storm area for a long time in the past ten years, I have heard some local anecdotes.

For example, Selwyn in front of him changes a new wife every year.

In view of the fact that the vows made at the time of marriage are also sacred vows and cannot be violated, so unless one party dies, the other party cannot remarry, and the fate of the former wife can be imagined.

It is said that it is precisely because of her father's recklessness that Brienne the "Beauty" abides by chivalry very much.

Earl Tarth blushed, "Your Majesty, one wife a year is still a rumor, I only have one child, Brienne..."

"Your Majesty." Seeing that the development of the situation exceeded expectations, the Onion Knight hastily stepped forward to make a rescue, "The monk has left the family to which he belongs, and Brother Lu Chen's disobedience by the Freys has nothing to do with Brother Lu Chen. How could you, who is always fair and strict? Wrong him?"

"The current situation is turbulent. Many people in King's Landing have complaints against you because of the matter of the fat archbishop. Instead, the re-election of the archbishop can be used to convince them that His Majesty is an excellent king who is open-minded and can accommodate different beliefs. "

Stannis looked at his most trusted subordinate with a blank expression, and after a few breaths, he replied: "Then according to Earl Tarth's intention, let Brother Luchen be the new archbishop, and the specific ceremony will be up to Dave." Keep everything simple. Our attention is still on the rebels outside the city, and these things don’t take too much time.”

The Onion Knight who believed in the Seven Gods and the nobles of the Stormlands were greatly relieved, and even praised Stannis as a good king worthy of allegiance.

……

Harvard City.

The development of the situation is slightly different from what Arthur expected.

Under the blow of the rumors of Tommen's death and the "betrayal" of his vassals, the mediocre inflatable fish began to be at a loss.

After seeing the letter with some time and place smeared, the Duke of Metz prepared to put Count Matus Rowan under house arrest under the advice of several rose oath knights, and sent Viscount Warren Bisbury to take over Four thousand soldiers of the Rowan family.

But Matus is not an easy person. He first refused to go to the lord's camp, and actively sent people to communicate with the Rose family, trying to prove that he was still a loyal subject of the lord of Hewan. At the same time, he asked the family soldiers to prepare for possible disturbances and riots.

But these two points aroused Master Inflatable Fish's suspicion even more. He also ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle, and repeatedly asked Count Matus Rowan to go to the big tent to prove his innocence.

Under the mediation of Countess Egwen Oakheart and Viscount Warren Bisbury, Matus Rowan reluctantly agreed to go, but he had to bring a team of 200 people by his side.

The Duke of Metz also agreed, so the two sides, who were protected by heavy troops, began to fight bit by bit, trying to restore each other's trust.

After learning that although the people in the river bay were in chaos, they still hadn't reached the point of fighting, Arthur felt that he should add more fire.

So he took Hosting Frey, Locke Holt, Hugo Vance, Ronald Vance and several warriors with high martial arts skills, as well as a group of their most elite cavalry, and directly entered the battleground. In the confrontation of the River Bend barracks, and snatched the Duke of Metz.

Of course, during the battle, King Hejian specially ordered several knights to shout loudly not to attack the Rowan soldiers.

Since most of the soldiers of the Rose family were on guard against the Rowan family, the operation went smoothly.

After that, more than [-] cavalry from the Rose family who were ready for battle came out to pursue, and the remaining soldiers captured Matus Rowan on the spot.

Seeing that the Patriarch was captured, the Rowan soldiers immediately attacked the Rose family's camp under the command of the sworn knights and senior officers.

Several little lords who were friendly with the Rowan family but loyal to the Fengjun family tried to separate the two sides, but to no avail.

Quite a number of soldiers directly under the Rose family went to recover their lord, while the remaining people in Hewan were passively involved in internal strife.

What happened next was just as the Hejian people had planned.

The territory of the Harvard family is mostly hills and low mountains, which is not suitable for cavalry operations-this is the reason why the Duke of Metz has been procrastinating from attacking-so the Hejian Army, which is mostly infantry, actually has a geographical advantage.

After leading the pursuing cavalry of the Rose family into the encirclement, the two sides fought hard, and the Hejian Army finally defeated the army.

Then Arthur ordered the soldiers to take a short rest before attacking the River Bend Barracks.

Similarly, they still only attack the Rose family and their subordinates, and do not take measures against the Rowan family and the Riverwan family who fought to rescue Matus.

The Rowan family and the Oakheart family who supported Rowan had a total of 1 soldiers, and the armored soldiers fighting for the Rose family totaled around [-]. The rest were servants, and the Hejian people had a total of [-] soldiers. , This put the Tyrell family, which has always been known for its strong military strength, at a disadvantage in terms of number of troops for the first time.

After half a day of fierce fighting, more than [-] Hewan soldiers loyal to Rose's family died in battle, and the rest surrendered to the Hejian people and Luo Wanfang.

To show his sincerity, Arthur took the initiative to send someone to apologize to Earl Matus, took the Duke of Metz's misunderstanding of him on himself, and tried his best to join the Rowan family on his side.

"When my dragon grows up, the territory south of the Golden Avenue and the northern part of the Reach will be under the name of Golden Tree City, and part of the territory of Bitter Bridge and Dumpton will also be assigned to Rowan." This is what Arthur gave. out conditions.

Originally, according to King Hejian's vision, the four earldoms in the Hejian Lake area, as well as Maiquan City, Yanchang Town, and Crab Peninsula, would join the Great King's Territory, and the Earldoms of Yinshan City and Deep Cave City in the east of the Western Territory, as well as Golden Tree City, Bitter Bridge, and Tossing Village in the north of the Reach, and Green Valley City, Harvest Hall, and Hay Hall in the west of the Stormlands are also considered.

In this way, Jinshu City, a second-tier family in the River Bend, has become one of the most powerful vassals in the Great King's Domain, and it is worth wooing.

It was not Matus Rowan's original intention to let his own soldiers besiege the military camp of the feudal monarch's family. He was a cautious person.But the impulse of the oath knights and senior officers was also for their own sake, so the lord of Jinshu City also recognized it.

In the current situation, even if the Rowan and Oakheart families led troops back outside King's Landing, they would be besieged by Garland and Loras, who had lost their father, and the Lords of the Riverbend who had lost their king.

So after weighing it many times, the prudent earl made a bold decision:

For Arthur Targaryen, the River King with dragons.

In his mouth, the river king's surname has always been Targaryen.

Arthur has no objection to this, as long as the soldiers of the Rowan family fight for him.

After agreeing on the details, Rowan and Oakheart joined forces with the Hejian Army and stationed near Harvard City, waiting for the battle of King's Landing that would soon be concluded.

……

At night, the Chinese army's big tent.

King Hejian sat at the table, studying the military map that marked the strength of troops, while Arianne was holding a candlestick for him.

Suddenly Dickon and Lame Rosso burst in.

"Your Majesty, there is good news and bad news."

Arthur looked at Dickon, "Let's talk about the bad first."

Although the addition of the Rowan and Oakheart families increased his strength by nearly [-], the situation was still not optimistic.

Stannis has 2 people, and the Lion and Flower Alliance outside King's Landing still has [-] troops. It is said that the mercenary group under the name of King Aegon VI in the south is the famous Golden Company, with a strength of [-].

Either side is stronger than him.

But don't worry if you have too much debt, Hejian Wang can still accept some situations.

"The coach of Riverrun City, Desmond Greer, took the soldiers of the Tully family and left our army. He took away more than 400 people. It should be directly ordered by Sir Blackfish."

In order to deal with the attack from the Westlanders, Riverrun under the control of Heiyu provided [-] soldiers, but this does not mean that the Tully family approves of Arthur, the self-reliant king of the river, it is purely because the hatred between the Tully family and the Lion family is more big.

Moreover, in the War of the Usurper, the Duke of Horst provided all the rations and supplies, a quarter of the soldiers, and two beautiful daughters, but what he got in exchange was only serious injuries, and he didn't even get a seat in the imperial council. In addition, in the early days of the War of the Five Kings, the Iron Throne supported the "counter-rebellion" against the riverlands in the west, so the Tully family was not very satisfied with Baratheon and Tommen.

So even though Robb had been dead for three or four months, Riverrun still claimed to be a vassal to the King of the North and the Three Rivers, not to the other kings.

"Where did we offend this decent old knight again?" Arthur asked puzzled.

The lame Rosso said: "Ser Brynden Tully is probably dissatisfied with our good news. A group of bandits attacked Lord Titos Blackwood and his party who went to the village to mobilize the people in the territory, and then my brother Jaymo Si led a team into Raventree City to help defend against the bandits' attack. Since my family is your vassal, Sir Blackfish may have thought this was what you meant. As we all know, Blackwood and Bracken are natural enemies... "

In front of Dickon, Lothor changes his nephew Aegon Bloody into a bandit.

In fact, Aegon in Blood's current external identity is really a bandit.

Arthur stared at the lame man for a long time, making the Foyle feel uncomfortable, before saying:
"It's not a big deal. Because Edmure was shot and seriously injured by Kevan's order, and then forced to participate in the sniper battle on the Red Fork River, he was even more seriously injured by Tywin's soldiers. In addition, Robb also died at the hands of the Westlanders. , Sir Heiyu, who loves his nephew, hates the Lion family far more than we do, Riverrun currently only has a maximum of 2000 people, there is Sansa's relationship, so don't worry about it for the time being."

It is not yet known whether Edmure will leave any children, so even if Roslin is in charge of the castle and the territory as the Duchess of Riverrun, just like Lady Dustin in the North and Egwen Oakheart in the Reach The same lady, but after Roslin, the heirs of Riverrun are still Horst's eldest daughter Caitlin.

At present, it seems that Blackfish may let his niece Sansa inherit the city and territory of Riverrun.

So the Tully family is really not a big deal.

"By the way, how is Black Walder?" Arthur asked casually.

He still remembered the last remaining member of old Walder's eldest son line.

Rosso laughed even more awkwardly, "My nephew was working near the Blue Fork River, so he didn't hunt down Black Wald who had fled to the east of the Green Fork River. He fled to the Brightmoon Mountains, and it seems that he is going to enter the valley, enlist the help of his relatives, the Royce family, to retake the Twins."

"Which Royce? The bronze Jon?" Hejian King asked curiously.

"Yes, my father's first wife was from the Royce family in the valley."

Due to the huge family tree of the Frey family, they can be related to one-third of the nobles of the Seven Realms.

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