Rise of the Lord of Mount and Blade

(Before starting this chapter, I changed the end of the previous article again. The chief minister was changed to the minister in charge of the seal. According to ck3, the minister in charge of the seal includes the functions of the minister of foreign affairs, so the cabinet still only has The four officials, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Chief Minister, are not in charge of the ministers)

“Sirs, before the meeting begins, I would like to thank you for being able to rush here from far away hometown and devote yourself to my court. Serve me inside.”

In the Neibao Conference Hall, Richard’s voice echoed in this not spacious room. Because of the lack of light, the entire room could only be emitted by the torch inserted in the wall. The faint fire light illuminates, and the fire light swayed slightly, also twisting the projected silhouette.

The table in the Conference Hall was originally a rectangular wooden table, but Richard ordered someone to create a large round table in advance, so that the nobles can avoid the position dispute, one by one in a clockwise direction. Sitting on the edge of the round table, he finally surrounded Richard in the main seat.

“The reason for calling you together tonight, compared to many of you already knows, yes, tonight I will choose four cabinet officials from among you, in addition to appointing officials Besides, I have one more thing that I will announce to you after the selection is over.”

Richard finished speaking, the new guard Daniel Taylor who was standing behind him took a step forward, and he glanced at his hand. Then lifts the head and glanced at the nobles on the side of the round table, saying: “Sirs, after personally selected by the earl, the minister in charge will be Jacob Vareen and the treasurer will be Marlow Hardison. The head of the military is served by Cassia Griffin, and the head of spies is held by Faras Fergus.”

Only Cassia of the four cabinet ministers is an old man, and the rest are newcomers, but these Among the newcomers, Jacob and Faras are Richard’s relatives, and their abilities are also trustworthy.

Jacob Vareen from the genealogy, Richard should call him his cousin, he is his father’s cousin, once served as the minister of the seal of the Duke of Barcelona, ​​but later because of politics The problem of standing in line was dismissed, and now after hearing about Richard’s difficulties, he brought his family here and joined Richard’s court.

Marlow Hardison came from the Fergus family with Faras. The former is a high-achieving student who graduated from the Business Academy in Touraine Royal Academy. The latter joined Richard’s court. Demonstrating his strengths in espionage, he did not enter the city immediately after entering the Mein collar, but first went to the surrounding countryside and towns to detect the gangster’s intelligence, and when he joined Richard’s court, he sent the information he collected and sorted out. Give it to Richard as his resume.

This is also one of the reasons why Richard will hand over the important position of spymaster to him shortly after he joins. The more reason is that there is no better person around Richard.

After Daniel finished speaking, the nobles who were named got up and saluted Richard. Everyone except Cassia had a look of surprise on their faces. Cassia was still surprised. , He did not expect that Richard would actually appoint himself as military commander.

Although the rest of the nobles who have not been named did not show it clearly, they were more or less frustrated, and Richard could understand their feelings. He slightly smiled and said: “Four New cabinet officials, I hope that you can use all your abilities to do your job well. If there is a dereliction of duty, even if some of you are my relatives, I will remove you and replace you with more suitable ones. People.”

The four people are hearing this, and they are all nodded. They naturally know that Richard is not telling lies. He can be promoted from viscount to earl in a short time. His methods are definitely not better than Those old nobles are bad.

Seeing the promise of the four people, Richard slightly nodded, then said: “As for the other gentlemen who did not enter the cabinet, I have other arrangements for you.”

“Roger Lay Liss, Johnny Scott, Conil Keane, the three of you are the bravest Knights, especially Roger. You used to charge the Berry front with me in the war. Although A group of robbers around Mein City was wiped out, but the banditry in the collar is still serious. I need you to clear all the bandits in the Mein collar within two months. This is a death order, and I will give it to you when it is completed. Satisfactory reward, but if you fail…” At this point, Richard paused for a moment and continued: “I don’t want to hear reports about banditry in two months.”

He didn’t Explaining the consequences of the failure, all three of them could hear some clues from his paused tone. They guessed that the most likely thing was to be fired and kicked out of the court.

After scoring the names of the three nobles, Richard looked towards the other seven, scoring the names of his acquaintance Benoit Macon, and appointed him as the tax officer of Mein City, responsible In the taxation work of Mein City and its nearby villages and estates, the remaining six people also appointed a less important official position, filling some of the gaps in their hearts.

After announcing the adjournment of the meeting, Richard left four cabinet officials, one after another to explain to them the next work direction, the first is the Minister of the Seal Jacob, Richard asked him to rectify all the affairs in the collar , Conduct a census again, and promote the use of Touraine in the territory.

Treasurer Marlowe is responsible for the economic development and tax collection of Mein City and its surrounding villages (this can be left to Benoit, because the tax officer also obeys the command of the Treasurer), In addition, it is necessary to resume the development of commercial trade within the territory. Because of the war, the commercial trade inside and outside the Mein territory has also been affected. Although it is slowly recovering, it is far from returning to normal levels.

The mission of military commander Cassia is relatively simple. Richard only asks him and Jacob to count the mobilizable forces in the confinement. After the statistics are over, he will conduct regular military training to improve the battle strength of conscripts. .

There is also the spy chief Faras. Richard revealed to him the plan to set up an intelligence network in Mein. He also gave him the task of forming the Hand of Mystery and asked him to At least the initial construction of an intelligence network in the city within two months is necessary to prevent future accidents when Richard gets married.

The reason why Richard set the deadline for all tasks within two months is to stabilize the order of Mienling before he gets married, whether it is the suppression of bandits or the construction of an intelligence network. It was executed so that he could get married smoothly in the future.

In addition, apart from what Richard has just deployed, the Minister of the Seal and the Treasurer must also prepare for the wedding. This is the first marriage since Richard III (the world can also be regarded as the previous life). He will naturally pay special attention to it.