The King of Knights

His approach also gave others the illusion that they could hold important positions simply by joining the Round Table.

“It’s because they can’t reach it that they want to get in through other means.” After all, the members of the Round Table are now all new aristocratic factions and civilian knights, and many of the knights in this order hold key positions. They naturally think about wrongdoing. ”

“Their hands are long enough. Also, let’s talk about everything else. During this time, I was busy inspecting the affairs of the academy, and they should have poured a lot of bitter water on you. Take advantage of this time to complain to me one by one. ”

“Haha! Wang, am I such a fragile person in your heart? ”

“Before you became my prime minister, you were first and foremost a woman.”

“Your gentlemanly demeanor is quite heartwarming. Aside from the first two, the most is protesting against your tax cuts on business practices in the royal domain, saying that you have snatched away all the merchants who originally belonged to them. Of course, there are some guys who deliberately say that the harvest in their territory is not good, and the taxes paid this year must be reduced. It’s almost all about money anyway. ”

Semiramis’s words not only made Lucifer laugh, but even she herself felt a little funny. In fact, her approach to the Western Territory was very similar to Lucifer’s New Deal. It also relies on reducing the taxes of individual traders to attract more businessmen.

Compared with their practice of delicate water and long flow, most of the other nobles grabbed a few sheep and went to death. Taxes must be collected when entering the city, taxes must be collected when leaving the city, taxes must be collected when buying things, and taxes must be collected when selling. In contrast, Lucifer’s policy is like an angel, and there are special personnel to ensure impartiality. It goes without saying which side the businessman will choose.

It is worth mentioning that some small nobles on the royal territory have tried similar practices after seeing the effect of Lucifer’s strategy, but these small nobles have all been warned by the old nobles without exception. Many of them have even been attacked.

These small nobles were forced to helpless, simply heartbroken, gave their territory to the royal family, and then ran to Lucifer’s side to become an official. After all, these people also bully the weak, and they dare not fight with Lucifer. However, this also caused protests from these old nobles.

“Protest to me as king? This group of people was really not saved. The little nobles who were beaten by them under various pretexts to give me their land did not protest, and they still had the face to come and say this. Thinking of this, Lucifer couldn’t help but laugh.

“I feel the same way.”

Laughing, Lucifer pulled out a stack of papers from a drawer. He tidied it up and handed it to Semiramis.

“Mira, put these decrees in order, tomorrow’s imperial council depends on our cooperation.”

“New bad ideas again? Let me see…… Well…… In this case… Are you sure you want to do this? Mira’s expression gradually became serious.

The content of these decrees is also very simple, that is, to nationalize the land, and at the same time to refine the five titles of the current prince and son of the son and son of the prince to fifteen. Each original title is divided into one, two, and three grades, such as first-class duke, second-level duke, and so on.

And each person who inherits the title of the previous generation will automatically drop by one level.

Each place was divided into counties by the state, and the nobility no longer had local autonomy, but was administered by the unified people of the state. The honorary fiefdoms of the nobility were retained, but they could no longer interfere in local affairs, and the taxes due were collected and distributed by the state.

This approach was much the same as in the Han Dynasty, but it undoubtedly cut off the root of the aristocracy’s survival in this era. If it is placed in peacetime, the resistance to such reform will be very large, but fortunately it is now a time of war.

“That’s what I told you before.” Lucifer said seriously.

“King, as Prime Minister, I have to remind you that I am also a nobleman, and one of the largest nobles in this kingdom.” Semiramis did not answer positively at the moment, but smiled slightly.

There are not only four dukes in the country, there are nine dukes in total, but the other five are not as famous as they are.

“Do you really care about that kind of thing. Well, even if you care. You are my Prime Minister, once these decrees are enforced. You will become truly a being under one person, above ten thousand. No matter how you look at it, it depends on how well you deal with those old guys than if you maintain that territory alone now. Lucifer smiled as well.

After a year of getting along, Lucifer almost understood what the four of them were. Especially Semiramis, perhaps the only one of the four Grand Dukes who would never oppose this proposal.

Centralizing all power in Wang Yi, if Wang is wise, will undoubtedly bring the whole country to the pole of light and glory.

Even if you don’t say this, it should be in terms of power. Although Lucifer abolished the real power of the nobility, he gave Semiramis more power. Just like now, those old nobles would still give her a look here, and there were five other grand dukes like them.

But once the reform is completed, she as the prime minister will really be under Lucifer alone.

“Hmm! That’s right! I need to talk to the other three people. Semiramis did not answer immediately, but prepared to consult with the other three Grand Dukes.

After all, this is a big thing, and if you don’t ventilate in advance, it’s not easy to cooperate afterwards. Judging from the content of this decree, there will definitely be a rebellion within Britain in the coming year. This also requires the three of them to prepare in advance.

“No problem! After the restructuring, each of you will have a position in it. Trust me, it’s definitely much bigger than what you can currently grasp. ”

“Aren’t you worried that they will be cornered and then lead the rebellion?”

“If they rebel, it just proves that the existence of nobles is now the source of national turmoil, and I, as a king, have the power and obligation to eradicate them.” If they don’t rebel, it will minimize their harm. Besides, have you forgotten our current inheritance law? Lucifer smiled and said a certain death-threatening situation.

This is the benefit of having righteousness. If they do it, it proves that they have a problem and they have to solve it themselves. If they don’t do it, they will never have a chance to do it later. Simply put, whether martial arts will be abolished or not.

“Oh! Interesting, so that we don’t need to do it at all, they themselves will be in a mess internally. And civil strife often means crime, and when the time comes, the king also has the righteousness to send troops to stop it. Either way, they will lose everything they have now. ”

“Simply put, checkmate!” Lucifer took out a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard on the table.

Yes, the current situation was decided from the very beginning. Because of the existence of the previous decree, many of the sons of those nobles have begun to look forward to their future lives. After all, you see, originally they could not inherit anything, but suddenly the king told them that they could inherit some territory, of course they would think that it was their thing.

At this time, if the heads of these nobles rebelled, these sons may first disagree. After all, let’s not say whether it can be successful, even if it does, in case the previous decree is repealed, they will immediately have nothing.

A decree a year ago had already caused problems within these nobles, and now Lucifer only detonated the problem in advance.