I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Xu Siling once heard such a sentence.

To love someone extremely and firmly is to kill all other possible people.

Xu Siling didn't know whether Feier's treatment of his feelings was extremely extreme.

At least Xu Siling felt firmness from Fei'er's words.

"Passionate love can indeed move people, but unfortunately I like silence."

This is what Aila once said to Xu Siling, and he still remembers it now.

The biggest difference between Ella and Mayfair is this. They both have devilish horns and have the ability to seduce people.

But one loves Jing and the other loves Lie.

It's quiet, and you don't need to deliberately feel it. Whenever you stop, you can always be the first to find that there is a caring warmth around you.

It's so intense that you don't need to feel it deliberately. No matter whether you decide to move forward or not, you can always find her with a hot heart in front of you.

Fei'er was very satisfied when she saw Xu Siling was stunned and didn't reply. She just liked to see Xu Siling's expression.

"Xu, no matter what others think of your character, at least I don't hate it. On the contrary, I think your greatest charm is your character." Feier laughed, "Your character is very complex, but you look simple on the outside. Both sides of the character have the same advantage, which is very eye-catching, and that is your stability. Even if you are full of killing intent on the battlefield and show a ferocious side that you did not have before, there must be someone behind you who you want to protect. Or something, so that people will ignore your ferociousness, I won’t be afraid.”

"Thank you for complimenting me."

Xu Siling never felt that she was so good, especially when faced with the feelings of Feier, Ella, and Farina.

"What I say is true. I rarely praise others like this."

"I know everything."

Feier was like a child, hugging her shoulders and humming, looking very delicate, or in other words, she was just a child.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Siling bypassed the emotional topic and discussed the title issue with Feier.

Regarding this trip to the north, Mayfair also had other ideas of her own.

Her contribution to the kingdom will only increase, and if Philip VI really values ​​her so much, in order to prevent her from not siding with the Holy See, he will only use sugar-coated bullets to hit her.

The reason is simple.

After Fei'er becomes a saint, she will use the methods and recipes brought by Xu Siling to save the kingdom.

At that time, the nobles and people of the entire kingdom will know that Feier is a saint, and they will all share their love for Feier.

The people will be even more grateful to Mayfair who was sent by God to save them.

When the time comes, Mayfair's voice in the kingdom will only grow stronger, and the people's belief in her will become even more enthusiastic.

If Mayfair chooses to side with the Holy See and defect to the Pope's side at a certain moment, as long as the Saint is willing to speak out and convict Philip VI, then Philip VI's royal power will be greatly affected.

Moreover, Mayfair's defection will not be cast aside by the nobles and the people.

A saint is a saint of the Holy See, not a saint of the royal family. If God Jesus says that Philip VI is guilty, then you are guilty.

Since she chose to go north, Fei'er had her own ideas.

She is now a viscount, her title is not big, and her territory including Laya Town, including Tamubao, is still not big.

Now that the Black Death is raging, many areas of the kingdom have become deserted and fallen into deathly silence.

Philip VI saw that Mayfair was willing to choose to go north to support him first, and Mayfair had previously written a letter to pay taxes and rescue his wife Jeanne.

Mayfair believes that there is a high probability that she will be rewarded by Philip VI.

As a noble, her rewards are nothing more than fiefs and titles.

Fei'er doesn't care about the fiefdom.

Main Raya Town and Tamu Castle were enough to give her a headache. The fiefdom was far away and she was too lazy to go there. Even if Philip VI wanted to give it to her, she might not want it.

Although the nobles in the territories near Raya Town were all troubled by the Black Death, not all of them died, and they wanted to come over and fight.

Since he doesn't want a fiefdom, Fei'er's title must be upgraded.

Above the intermediate titles of nobility are the senior titles and top titles.

There are only two top titles - king and crown prince. There is nothing to discuss about the top titles.

The senior titles are duke, marquis and earl.

Duke is the most honorable and authoritative title after the crown prince.

In England, a duke is regarded as the highest title among the nobility, rather than a crown prince.

In France, the duke has more meaning as a commander in war.

Regardless of England or France, those who hold the title of duke often kill enemies bravely, command battles well, and often make great contributions in wars.

In the current period of France, if all the feudal territorial forces in France are sorted out, there are only two duchies.

They are the Principality of Gascony and the Principality of Normandy.

The same is true for England, which has only two dukes, but both of them are controlled by the royal family.

During the Norman dynasty of England, only one person received the title of duke, and it was not awarded to anyone else for a long time.

In 1106, Henry I, the youngest son of William the Conqueror, obtained the dukedom title from his elder brother Robert.

From then on, the English royal family completely controlled this title.

So before, there was only one Duke in England, but now there are two.

Edward III, the current King of England, promoted his son, Edward, the Black Prince, to the title of Duke.

So this is the difference between the Duke of France and the Duke of England.

One is not controlled by the royal family, and the other is firmly controlled by the royal family. It can be seen from this that regardless of France or the United Kingdom, dukes will only be canonized to great nobles and members of the royal family.

The word "marquis" in English means the ruler of the frontier area. The French word is derived from Latin and also means "frontier".

Therefore, most of the nobles who have been ennobled as marquises have their territories in the border areas of the country. Therefore, there are particularly many holders of the title of marquis in Britain, Germany and France.

In fact, in the Middle Ages, it was not clear who had a higher status than a marquis or an earl. However, because the land held by the marquis was mostly in border areas, he had more border defense responsibilities than the earl, and faced more direct threats from foreign enemies, so his status was Usually the default is slightly higher than Earl.

"So, do you think that when you go north to meet Philip VI, you will be promoted to an earl?" Xu Siling was a little surprised, because he always felt that the earl was still far away from Mayfair.

"About, probably, I'm not completely sure. Anyway, it is unrealistic to be granted the title of Duke. Now the king has difficulty controlling the only two dukes and nobles in the kingdom. It is unlikely that he will grant the title of an outsider to the Duke, let alone My territory is too small to support the title of a principality." Faile spread her hands, "As for the Marquis, unless the king is willing to divide a large area of ​​border territory to me, it is not realistic. Even if he is really willing to divide it to me, I will not I don’t want to go to the border, I’m used to living in Raya Town.”

Earls were an upper-class aristocratic class with greater power and greater numbers among the hereditary titles in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

Counts also played an important role in socio-political and military life.

There are more than forty independent earldoms formed in the Kingdom of France.

The earl's power was very important, but as the royal power increased, the forces including the duke and earl were suppressed a lot.

However, the title of earl also received greater attention, and the ritual procedures became more complicated.

Among them, the crowns, clothing, swords, etc. are becoming more and more high-end and sophisticated.

If the person being knighted previously had a title lower than that of a baron, he should first obtain the title of baron before he can obtain the title of earl.

Among all the earls, the most glorious one is undoubtedly the 'court earl'.

The court count is an authoritative title higher than that of palace officials, and their judicial decisions within their own territory have royal authority.

In other words, if Mayfair was already a palace count when she attacked Tamu Castle, she could directly convict Khamis on behalf of the royal family.

In fact, the quality of earl in France is much worse than that in Britain and Germany.

Because some of the emerging local counts in France are self-proclaimed, and their family descendants have inherited this title, at the current tragic stage of the war, neither the king nor the duke is able to prevent such actions from happening.

The hereditary officials left over from the Carolingian period consolidated the power of local powerful people, causing the title of local earl to lose the control of the royal family for a time.

In England and Germany, the situation is different. The monarch generally has control over the granting of this title.

This is why the Frofen family was in the manor and mocking the Adler family from the west as barbarians.

Because most of France's rise was in the west and southwest, most of the earls there were self-proclaimed. Their strength and quality were not high, which led to an increase in the number of earls.

The Middle Ages were a place that attached great importance to etiquette and culture. After some viscounts in the West became princes, they proclaimed themselves counts without being personally awarded by the king.

This type of behavior is called barbarian behavior, that is, illiteracy.

There is also regional darkness in the Kingdom of France. The self-proclaimed behavior of the western count in the kingdom has caused people in other parts of the kingdom to treat the western nobles and people as uneducated barbarians.

In fact, the etiquette culture in Europe in the Middle Ages was very strong, as there is a saying.

Chinese food is for eating, Japanese food is for looking at, and Western food is for torturing people.

Because it doesn’t taste good, it doesn’t look good either, and the etiquette of eating is also complicated.

It is also because there are many self-proclaimed earls in France. Although the earl title is high and powerful, their power and status are not the same. The size of the land they occupy, the size of their jurisdiction, and their close relationship with the royal family all determine their reputation and status. of high or low.

Anyway, there are not many earls in England, and compared with the number of earls in France, they pale into insignificance.

The standards for being granted the title of count in France are somewhat low, and do not depend much on the size of the territory and the level of power.

Therefore, it is possible for Feier to be promoted to an earl.

Especially when Mayfair was promoted to the title of Earl, Philip VI was not without benefits, and the benefits were even greater.

After hearing Fei'er explain everything, Xu Siling was surprised.

"According to your opinion, there is a high probability that Philip VI canonize you as an earl. Especially when we express our stance like this, there are too many benefits for him to canonize you."

"Yes." Feier couldn't help but sigh, "Although it is very gratifying to be promoted to earl, but when I think of the reason why the king promoted me to earl, I can't be half happy."

"Rewarding you, on the one hand, is to appreciate your contribution to the royal family, and on the other hand, it is also to stabilize you and prevent you from defecting to support the Pope." Xu Siling said helplessly, "If you are really canonized as an earl, Naraya All the noble fiefdoms near the town will be divided into your earldom, and then these nobles will be under your control."

"Yeah, this is what gives me a headache. Earl Raya's shout is nice, but in the fiefdom near Raya Town, there are many nobles who are friends with Khamis. After they came under my jurisdiction, how can they be so Easily obedient?"

Fei'er shook her head helplessly: "Xu, you know that they have nothing to say when we attack Hamis. After all, Hamis's support for witches is dangerous in itself. But after the Battle of Tamubao, Hamis, including all members of his family, If I die, these nobles won't have much affection for me. When I become an earl, they will be divided into my earldom. It will be too difficult to make them obey."

Xu Siling chuckled: "Especially after you become an earl, the entire earldom's tax revenue will belong to you. This sounds nice. Philip VI will not be unaware that during the Black Death, he wants to collect taxes from the nobles. How difficult it is. When you are enthroned as an earl, Philip VI does not need to ask the nobles one by one for the taxes from this earldom. He only needs to ask for it from you, Feier."

"That's right, not to mention that we set an example before and took the lead in paying taxes to Philip VI. The king found it easier to collect taxes from me than others. And we have written letters to support the king's legal authority. , who supports him to go to war with England to regain his territory, if he wants to impose taxes on me for the reason of war, do you think I should pay it or not?"

Giving is a matter of course. Because you are a saint, God and Jesus have asked you to support me, and there is no reason for you not to support me.

If you don’t give it, it’s your fault. You promised to support me in your letter, but now you're going back on your promise?

"Xu, based on your understanding of the king, I have thought about it several times and think that there is a high probability that he will not divide new fiefdoms for me. The king does not have many fiefdoms in his hands. Most of the fiefdoms were just recovered. There are no people, no resources, and it won’t do much good if left in my hands. I believe the king would be embarrassed to tax me more.”

"But if I am promoted to an earl, several large territories near Raya Town will be included in my earl territory. Because of my influence, these territorial nobles were not completely defeated by the Black Death, and then they owed the kingdom I will be responsible for the taxes. If you really know the king so well, then according to your understanding, the king will definitely ennoble me as an earldom."

"Because there are so many benefits. It can reward me and at the same time stabilize my heart and prevent me from defecting to support the Holy See. It can also reduce the king's worries and help him collect taxes."

Only then did Xu Siling realize in hindsight whether his decision to go north was wrong.

Perhaps we should follow what Mayfair considered, first go south to meet with Clement VI, obtain the status of a saint, and then go north. That would definitely reduce the possibility of being canonized as a count.

Now head north to face Philip VI's sugar-coated bullets.

It's really like extending your head and cutting your head, and then shrinking your head and cutting your head. It's uncomfortable whether you take it or not.

However, Xu Siling's thoughts were not limited to Fei'er's worries, because a terrible thought came to his mind:

Since Mayfair has been consecrated as an earl, the nobles in the earldom are all trouble, why not kill them all? (End of chapter)