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Chapter 197 Valyrian Crown
According to the bachelor's observation records, it was late autumn when the continent of Westeros officially entered the 300th year of Aegon's conquest, but the commoners and nobles didn't feel deeply about it.

The reason is simple. The years-long summer and winter and the year-long spring and autumn have seriously reduced ordinary people's perception of seasonal changes.

The indeterminate alternation of seasons makes the month missing from the concept of ordinary people. In fact, most people only remember that their naming day is the first day of the month, and the rest of the time is only the alternation of day and night and the repetition of the week. .

But the top aristocrats will find more important days to do some things, so that historians will record them with a more sacred meaning.

Right now, for example, on the first day of the 300th year of the Conquest, King Arthur I announces his next marriage.

"In keeping with the traditions of the Targaryen family, in order to make the blood of the true dragon more pure, and for the royal family not to engage in civil war, I, Arthur Targaryen, have decided to enter into a holy marriage with Daenerys Targaryen Stormborn. God and all the adults here will witness our engagement ceremony."

Arthur, wearing a pure gold crown, stood on the high platform in front of the Iron Throne, and announced this decision loudly to the six members of the imperial council, more than forty nobles, and nearly a hundred selected wealthy businessmen and commoners in the throne room.

Behind him, the Dragon Queen in a white brocade robe sat proudly on the Iron Throne, looking carefully at the Red Castle and the Throne Hall that she had dreamed of.

The reason for this embarrassing situation is simple. Arthur came later than Daenerys, and it was not easy to pull up the Dragon Queen who was sitting on the Iron Throne, so he simply stood on the high platform to perform the ceremony.

"Let me correct one point. Arthur's surname is not Targaryen. He can only use my family name after marrying me."

As if competing, Dany spoke in a louder voice than Arthur.

Her statement also made sense. Even if the king ordered the surname to be changed, it would have to be approved by the governor of the surname.

After the War of the Usurper, the only Targaryen orthodox members were Viserys the Sleeping Dragon and Dany.

And after Sleeping Dragon experienced the golden barrel challenge, even though Daenerys is a woman, she is still a well-deserved governor of the Targaryen family.

In other words, the process of changing Arthur's surname was a bit out of order, but at that time the people of Hewan were eager to get a king of the Seven Kingdoms, and the people of Hejian didn't mind their king being promoted to be the king of the Seven Kingdoms, so this matter passed in a muddle.

"My surname is recognized by all the nobles in the Seven Kingdoms, not just by marrying you. If you have an opinion, we can let the nobles vote in the Great Council to discuss the correctness of this matter."

Arthur responded to the question without looking back.

While the two on the high platform were arguing, hundreds of people in the hall listened quietly.Even a restless person like the little devil has behaved a lot.

Many people are keenly aware that this marriage is not so harmonious.

Daenerys was not to be outdone, "The nobles are only the king's vassals, what right do they have to express their opinions on the royal family. If you insist on discussing this matter in the Great Council, then our wedding date will be postponed until before the Great Council."

Arthur thought about it, and it was not unacceptable. At least at that point in time, representatives of all the families would come, so there was no reason for them not to send gifts to the king's wedding.

"as you wish!"

The great council they mentioned was negotiated by Arthur, the queens, and several trusted ministers.

In the 101st year of the conquest calendar, in order to select a convincing heir from the son of Viserys, the eldest son of the second son, Prince Belron, and the son of the eldest son, Rhaenys (the uncrowned queen), Renrui King Herries I held the first great council at Harrenhal.

According to the records of Bachelor Geldan, it was the result of this meeting that the nobles reached a consensus that the succession order of female or female male offspring was weaker than that of the male offspring of the second son.

The Great Council in 136 was to elect a new regent, because at that time King Aegon III was underage, and the old regents fought for power and made the kingdom a mess.

As for the third Great Council, the Great Council of 233, the peasant king Aegon V was successfully elected as the new owner of the Iron Throne after many twists and turns.

These three major councils were all aimed at solving the major problems of the kingdom at that time, and their essence was to determine the right of rule and succession.

And what Arthur wanted to discuss in the Great Council was not the matter of inheritance, but the obligations that the nobles should fulfill.

The entire Targaryen conquest actually took three generations.

The first Conqueror, Aegon I, and his sisters only formally merged the six kingdoms into the Targaryen dynasty. The second generation, Maegor, rode his own dragon Balerion and disabled the threatening Church armed forces at that time. Three generations of Jaehaerys reconciled with the church on this basis and took back the right to judge from the monks and sisters.

But the three generations did more than that. He and the queen "good" Alysanne promoted the establishment of statutes and established circuit courts to limit the power of nobles; five avenues were also built during their reign, which greatly strengthened the seven links between countries.

For the southerners, the meaning of the five avenues is just a spacious road, but for the northern region where food is scarce during the long winter, the king's avenue is a life-saving road.

That is a magical road to heaven~ It brings happiness and well-being to us northerners!
Even during the Jay I period, the king was not the director of King's Landing, the largest toilet in the Seven Kingdoms. Jaehaerys I vigorously rectified the city of King's Landing, and actively built deep wells and sewers to maintain hygiene.

In the later period of Jieyi, the prestige of the royal family reached its peak.

The peak period of this Targaryen lasted until the death of Viserys I. During the reign of Wei Yi from 103 to 229 years, the dragons steadily laid eggs and hatched one after another. The prosperity of Westeros reached the peak since the ancestors went west.

After the Dance of the Dragons, Targaryen lost most of the dragons, and only Aegon III and his two sisters (Damon Targaryen and Lanaer Velaryon) remained. daughter), and his younger brother Viserys II was still in Lys as his son-in-law.

The seven regents and bachelors selected by the nobles greatly fooled these children, so all the measures to strengthen the royal power implemented during Jaehaerys I were abolished, and the nationwide circuit court disappeared into history.

By the time of Aegon V, known as the Peasant King, he wanted to follow the example of his ancestor Jieyi, strengthen the royal power and weaken the power of the nobles to improve the rights of the common people, that is, to let the common people live better, but this aroused the opposition of the nobles, and because His experience of free love affected his heirs, so that most of his children fell in love freely and broke the marriage agreement with the great nobles, which further reduced the prestige of the royal family.

The decline of the royal power stems from the disappearance of the dragon, but now the royal family has a total of four growing dragons, and they have obtained the support of the most powerful River Bend through marriage. Arthur decided to strengthen the power of the Iron Throne first.

Therefore, after unifying the Northern Territory and the Stormlands, it is imminent to convene a large conference that can unite the consensus of all parties.

In addition to restoring some of the practices of the Jieyi period, Arthur and Daenerys also want to implement more measures that benefit the royal family and the common people.

For example, during the transition of the throne, any non-royal nobles are not allowed to lead troops to leave their territory. If there is no decree from the previous king, the royal nobles and the royal standing army are not allowed to leave the territory or resident without permission. Violators will be beheaded or exiled to the Great Wall.

Another example is the full implementation of the statutes enacted during the Jieyi period: the penalty for betrayal and oath is death, poachers and thieves will lose a hand, the punishment for intentional injury is discretionary stumps, rapists will be castrated, Many lesser offenses were punished with caning.

Of course, Arthur also wanted to play a bad move: recasting and issuing Golden Dragon Coins.

The main power of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to manage the coinage system of the entire kingdom and collect seigniorage from it.

This process takes place through three mints located outside King's Landing.

During Robert's later years, Petyr Baelish the Littlefinger began to fiddle with the coinage.

There is a proverb circulating in the Seven Kingdoms: Give Lord Baelish a golden dragon, and he will become two with a snap of his fingers.

The secret here is very simple, that is, the old gold dragon coins with a gold content of more than [-]% are melted into new gold dragon coins with a gold content of only about [-]%.

Clever Littlefinger changed one old gold dragon coin into two new gold dragon coins, and the remaining [-]% ​​gold went into his own pocket.

Thanks to the lack of education, only a few knowledgeable nobles in the Western Continent have guessed Baelish's tricks, such as Lady Olenna, the Queen of Thorns, and Lord Tywin, the former Duke of Lannister.

The former actively hoarded old Golden Dragon Coins and traded them with Gold Hand Coins stored in Highgarden—gold coins issued by the descendants of Greenhand Garth, which were only half the size of Golden Dragon Coins. In the name of huge debts, gold is no longer sent to the Mint, nor is money sent to King's Landing.

Littlefinger has seized a large amount of property through this method, but because there is no formal agreement from the imperial council, he can only do it secretly.

And Arthur is different. As a king, he can order the nobles from all over the country to send all the gold coins that have been stored in their cellars for hundreds or even thousands of years to the Mint, and they will be minted into King Arthur I or A gold dragon coin for the bust of Daenerys III.

"One for two" sounds like a lot of money.

After the new marriage relationship was established, all the people invited to the scene applauded and congratulated, and said auspicious words on their lips.

"The glory of the dragon family will be reappeared!"

"King Arthur's happiness to another level."

"May the gods bless you."

Although people who believe in the Seven Gods account for the majority of them, most of them cannot say the words of the Seven Gods' blessing. After all, in the belief of the Seven Gods, marrying more wives is blasphemy.

This is just a small detail. In fact, the party announcing the engagement was very successful, and the selected civilian representatives rushed to express their support and support for the royal family's move with the nobles.

After all, those who do not support will not be selected.

As for the witnessing of the archbishop, it was ignored by everyone. Apart from the fact that the king had clearly violated the doctrine of the Seven Gods, the lack of an archbishop in King's Landing City is also a very important factor.

After the meeting, Arthur returned to the Great Conference Hall with his courtiers and guards to continue discussing the war in the south.

Daenerys, who is keen on the Iron Throne, is actively meeting with nobles and civilian representatives of King's Landing.

On the stairs from the Throne Room to the Council Chamber, the new good news was delivered to the King.

Tristan, Commander of the King's Landing Garrison, who was temporarily in charge of the crow's nest, read the letter to the king and the rest.

It's not that Arthur Torda asked others to read letters, but that the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms have a tradition of letting bachelors read letters sent by ravens.

Because the nobles used words less frequently and received less education, they might make mistakes when reading by themselves.

"My eldest daughter, Arianne Nameros Martell, will marry King Arthur I... The vanguard of 5000 men has assembled near the city of Tianji at the southern end of Prince's Pass, and they will first capture Nightsong City , and then continue to attack the rebels north... 1 follow-up troops are gathering, including the Ironwood family, the Dane family in Fallen Star City, the Gegenlus family in Sea Salt Shore, the Santagar family in Spotwood Forest, and the Prison Gate. The Uller family of Fort and others will continue to fight for the dragon family."

There are three main points in the letter. First, Prince Doran agreed to the marriage between Arianne and Arthur, but the letter did not mention whether the heirs of the next generation of Dorne were Arianne or Arianne's descendants.

The second is that a 5000-strong army has assembled at the southern end of the Prince's Pass, mainly including the Fowler family of the nearby Tianji City, the Manwoody family of the King's Tomb City, the Bremont Family of Bremont City, and the High Hidden City. Dane family branch and other forces.

It is worth mentioning that the leader of this army is the knight of High Hidden City Geraldine, also known as the "Dark Star".

The third point is also related to military affairs. The armies of families far from the Prince’s Pass are still gathering. They will be the second Dornish army to attack the Stormlands. Prince Doran promised that at least the 1 people will be killed before the main force of the Golden Group. Will appear under Storm's End to participate in the battle.

"Your Majesty, the sincerity of the Dornish people is enough. My brother's determination to support the Targaryen family is no less than that of any northern nobleman."

Prince Oberyn rarely spoke on such matters.

It's no wonder that Dorne not only got the position of a queen, but also got the city of Nightsong, which could not be taken down for thousands of years, which would greatly improve the offensive and defensive situation of Dorne in the war between Dorne and the Stormlands.

The lords of Nightsong City are the Cullen family, and the house governor of this family often has the title of Commander of the Stormlands. The former house governor, Bryce Cullen, died outside King's Landing for Stannis, and there is only one family left. The bastard son named Roland Storm.

At present, Roland has been changed to Karen by Stannis, and has taken the position of Earl of Nightsong City.

As for Roland himself, he should have surrendered the Golden Company outside Storm's End.

With the situation of the Karen family, it is entirely possible for a Dorne family to inherit the territory of Nightsong City.

"But you got quite a lot. Yege City alone is worth an expedition of [-] troops."

Arthur said as he walked into the large conference hall.

He thought for a while, and had to add a few clauses, "You have to return the Valyrian crown that Daeron I brought to Dorne."

Daeron I is the eldest son of Aegon III and the eighth Targaryen King to sit on the Iron Throne. His most famous achievement is the expedition to Dorne.

During his expedition to Dorne, his crown, the only Valyrian ring crowned by the Targaryens, was lost in Dorne.

If nothing else, the crown is currently being kept in a Dorne castle.

With the strength of the Martell family, it is not difficult to order the vassals to hand over the crown.

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