Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

The next morning, Reiner found several high-ranking officials in Spark City, including Asdalen, and went to Harvey's castle to request an audience.

Harvey, who had been preparing to go to the Glacier River to inspect the "Navy Training Base" on a rare morning, had to hold back and attend the lengthy government meeting with little interest.

Reiner pulled out a letter with the seal of the Barkley royal family from the folder, stood up and handed it to Harvey, "This letter is from the Barkley royal family, written by Queen Kofman... reprimanding you for ignoring the covenant of the countries, rashly sending troops to invade the territory of other countries, and abducting a large number of border dukes' property and slaves."

Harvey frowned and asked in confusion: "Kofman... Queen? Is my memory confused? Isn't the current king of the Principality of Barkley Early Kofman?"

Reiner and Asdalen looked at each other and smiled bitterly: "This is why I asked you to attend the government meeting today. This Queen Kofman... just succeeded to the throne shortly after we withdrew our troops and returned to Saint Valen."

The huge and fast intelligence network of Spark City can currently only fully cover the territory of Saint Valen. Although its tentacles also extend to neighboring countries, it does not have the strength to infiltrate other countries' high-level officials in a short period of time, so it is naturally impossible to detect the power changes of other countries' royal families in time.

"This letter is full of diplomatic rhetoric and does not fully represent the true position of the Barkley royal family." Asdalen explained quickly, "According to intelligence feedback, when Queen Kofman was still the crown prince, she had publicly expressed her preference for spellcasters... She herself did not even accept baptism by the Church until she came of age, and refused to go to the Holy City to be canonized by the Pope for the succession ceremony, and handled it very low-key."

It must be influenced by the "Earth-loving One", a high-level spellcaster with royal blood...

Harvey was quite satisfied with the result and nodded: "In this case, also reply to them with a formal diplomatic letter to congratulate the queen on her official coronation, but there is no need to explain too much about the conflict between the two countries not long ago... They are very clear about the reasons and purposes of our military action."

Then he raised his hand and casually pointed at the thick stack of letters that Reiner had taken out one by one and placed on the table, wondering: "Where did these come from? Are they all diplomatic letters from neighboring countries?"

Reiner said sullenly: "No, it's the noble lords who surrendered in the principality. ..."

He paused and continued to report: "Under the threat of the army, most of them are willing to hand over the land under their names, but the recovery of military power and titles is generally opposed. The content of these letters is to persuade you to retain the nobles' fiefdom and military power, and not to let this ancient and glorious tradition be tarnished. "

"Stain?" Asdalen sneered and said lightly, "Are those convicted nobles who were shot and hanged with their titles and subordinates the fate they yearn for?"

Harvey shrugged and said indifferently: "After the harvest festival, these guys who openly surrendered but secretly resisted will naturally know what choices they will face. "

Reiner's spirit tightened, and he hurriedly asked: "Should we send troops to these nobles who are hypocritically disobeying immediately?"

Harvey waved his hand and said slowly: "It's the same. Write back to them... Let them come to the North immediately and swear allegiance to me in person. "

If they don't want to, he doesn't mind sending troops to ask them in person. Asdalen pondered for a moment and whispered, "Sir, the noble who took the lead in opposing is Leon Waters, Earl of West Wind. In the past, due to the marriage tradition between the royal family of Saint Valen and the royal family of the Principality of Yarid, he is also the royal heir of the Principality of Yarid."

"Oh?" Harvey was surprised, "So he is not only a noble lord of our country, but also the royal heir of the neighboring country?"

"Yes, so if he is forced to come to the North, the other party will definitely not accept it, and will regard this request as a threat from you, causing the Principality of Yarid to become hostile to us."

Reiner and Asdalen obviously considered the upcoming autumn harvest and the large-scale population influx, and they tended not to use the army to go abroad for expeditions and choose to solve the problem peacefully.

Harvey naturally knew it, but compared with the complicated power struggles between the royal families and nobles of the southern countries, he preferred to solve the problem directly - when the gap between the two sides was too large, using force was the truly effective diplomatic means.

"I was planning to coerce..." Harvey was too lazy to pretend, "If Count Zephyr insists on taking the lead in opposing me, after the autumn harvest, the Principality of Yarid will change its heir - during this special period, all neighboring countries around Saint Valen must choose to stand on our side. Whoever dares to stand out and sing a different tune, I will make him step down immediately."

The diplomacy of Spark City will never be confined to the tug of war on the negotiation table. Under the deterrence of steel guns and cannons blessed by magic, Harvey is a dictator who absolutely has the ability to overturn the table. As long as it is beneficial to the establishment of a united front in the south... whether it is interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, intervening in the power change of the other royal family, openly supporting the defection and submission of other countries' nobles, or directly sending troops to occupy, bringing their territory and people under the control of their own country are all means that can be used.

"We understand..." Asdaren said with a sigh, "Reiner and I will convey your meaning clearly to Count Zephyr and those nobles who oppose you."

He paused, and his mood instantly turned excited, "Sir... Your official coronation as the King of Spark City and Saint Valen should also be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Other subordinates have been eagerly looking forward to this day."

...

As for ascending the throne and officially becoming the king, Harvey had actually considered it many times before, but it was delayed until now because there were too many urgent tasks and affairs to deal with.

Intelligence gathering about the invasion of the demon lizards, the next in-depth cooperation with the Federation, the new round of development and construction plan for Spark City... The upcoming harvest season, the influx of population, and the "Mongolian Navy" that has been prepared for more than half a year, each of which requires him to personally experience and provide important decisions and suggestions.

In contrast, ascending the throne itself does not have any practical significance, but it can only play a role in rallying people's hearts and boosting the morale of the whole people in form.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Of course, Harvey is not completely selfless in this regard - compared to having the title of "Grand Duke" or "King" like other royal monarchs, he actually hopes that he can go a little further.

For example... Emperor

Of course, there are many considerations. As the supreme ruler of the North and Saint Valen, Harvey is also the first ruler to openly deprive the nobles of their fiefdoms and military power. Without the constraints of the princes who hold military power, he naturally has absolute autocratic power over the administration, economy and military in the territory. This is a true "dictatorship", which is completely different from the situation in other countries.

Thinking of this, Harvey couldn't help but laugh at himself secretly.

What he did can be regarded as "Augustus of another world".