Chapter XXII: Earl Succession
William took Garris Mallory into the Hilton restaurant, and the two of them ordered.
Garris Mallory opened his mouth and said to William: "The Devon Hill family has served the special services of England for more than 140 years, but I didn't expect that the once big family is now only you, a 19-year-old child," Garis Mallory sighed.
"You must be curious why the CIA would let a W-team be silent for ten years without activating the handle,"
William nodded.
"Hehe, it's not that Mrs. M doesn't want to start the W team, it's that she can't start it, the W team has been only in the hands of the Devon Hill family for 140 years, and even the head of the committee doesn't know who is in the W group, only that the person in charge is from the Devon Hill family, and the complete information is only backed up in the dark castle outside Buckingham Palace."
"What" William was dumbfounded after hearing this, how could this be placed in Buckingham Palace.
"Isn't it amazing, haha, hundreds of years ago, the royal family and nobles controlled the intelligence agency, and all the information would be backed up in the dark castle outside Buckingham Palace, this habit has been passed down to the present, but times have changed, and now the right to information is handed over to Downing Street, and the only thing the nobles still have in the possession of the intelligence is the dark castle."
Garris Mallory took a sip of the wine William had poured him, and continued
"Team W was originally an action group, in order to clear and eliminate traitors in England, but no one wants to hand over the handle to others, even if there is a problem inside, they also hope to solve it themselves, so various departments in England have set up their own supervision departments, in those ten years the W group was useless, until World War II when the Germans cracked our secrets one after another, and finally found out that there were many traitors inside, then the independent W group was new and useful, but how much strength can be left in the group that has been silent for more than ten years, and the traitors are not so easy to clear, so your family will continue to have people sacrificed。 ”
"However, in the case of general world peace after World War II, the responsibilities of Team W have changed again, and in the past few decades, Team W has been assigned by the Security Committee to set up an independent department in the Military Intelligence Agency, responsible for some special security affairs, to protect the royal family from threats, only dispatched in times of special crisis, only responsible to the committee, the people in this group are all super masters, all M She has always wanted to get these people.
"Hehe, one thing M didn't know all along, the members of the committee were all noble-born, and these directors were picking people every time the committee was elected.
They pick whoever they want, and they only pick those who don't hate the aristocracy, so the super master group like Group W has always been in the hands of the noble-born Devon Hill family, isn't it unexpected, William" Garris Mallory laughed at William.
William didn't expect that the situation of the nobles in this world was very different from the nobles in his previous world, and the strength of the nobles in this world was much stronger than that in his previous life
"How is this possible?"
Hearing Garris Mallory's words, William didn't believe it, are you kidding, now the nobles in England are all pretending to be grandchildren, the nobles are better out of England, and the status of the nobility is somewhat useful, but in England for so many years, Downing Street has spared no effort to suppress the aristocracy.
And now you tell me that in England the nobility still has so much power?
Garris Mallory looked at William as if you were lying to a child, and couldn't help but want to beat William.
"You idiot, how did your grandfather's father and three uncles die, it was for England, it is because there are too many nobles like them, that the committee can always be in our hands, this is what our ancestors bought with blood, and no one wants to snatch it." ”
William reacted and hurriedly asked, "Then you are also a nobleman?"
"Nonsense, of course I was born into a nobleman, or I would be the chairman of the committee, you were also born into a nobleman, we are in a group, don't think that you don't have a noble title now, you can stay out of the matter, that's impossible, and the Grand Duke of Devon will not agree.
The Grand Duke is still very optimistic about you, otherwise you thought that the Duke, who didn't show up a few times a year, would suddenly be caught by reporters and asked a lot of questions, the title of Earl of Devon Hill in Oxford has been kept for you, it depends on whether you want it or not, William, there are quite a few people watching you now, you better think about where you are going to stand, hahaha"
"What's so funny about this, Garris, this is what I can ask for? The title has been inherited, and no one can do anything about it, so I don't believe you can change the laws of England."
Garris Mallory rolled his eyes, "I suddenly think that you are worth our investment, how can you ask such an idiotic question, how did the current earl inherit the title?"
Your grandfather had already arranged it for you, although the current earl is also from the Devonhill family, but he has no children, and Henry signed a contract with the current earl in front of the royal family and the great nobles, as long as he has no children, the title must be returned to you, the earl is now 65 years old, and it is still useless after ten years of busyness, I heard that when I went to the hospital for a check-up last month, it has been confirmed that it is impossible to have any more children, understand?"
William thought about it, but he still felt unreliable,
"It's still impossible, I don't have the right to inherit at all, and the other male relatives of the earl can inherit the title, so it's not my turn," William sighed.
An English woman could not inherit a title, and William's mother, Lena, did not have the right to inherit, so neither did he.
"Haha, or else people would say that Henry Winster Devonhill was a cunning fox. I don't know if you, the Devonhill family, have been cursed, or if it's 、、、 artificial. Garris Mallory stopped talking and glanced meaningfully at William, a picture you should understand, which made William's heart beat inexplicably.
He was a little frightened by the thought that popped into his mind.
"The only thing left of you who has proof of pedigree is you and the current Earl of Oxfordshire,
When there is no other heir, according to the law of noble succession, you are now the only heir registered in the noble council, and you are the heir, as long as you do not refuse, it will not be long before you are the Earl of Devonhill of Oxfordshire, England, I think you have the money to inherit, and then you will have to pay a large inheritance tax.
Now there is no noble family like your family that has not placed the family property in the trust fund in the whole of England, Mr. Henry Winster Devonhill is really ruthless, it seems that he is really afraid that other branches of the Devonhill family will jump out to grab the inheritance, and now even if someone has this mind, one is that he can't inherit if he can't pay taxes, and the other is that he can't pay taxes, and he can't pay it, and there is no pedigree proof in the noble council.
The Grand Duke of Devon is also suffering from the fact that the heir does not have much money, and to be honest, Mr. Henry Winster Devonhill, is he not afraid that you will not have the money to inherit the title and property?"
"I'm afraid of Mao, if I can't inherit the title, it's a big deal to give it to the English government for nothing, Henry must have thought so at the time," William sighed
He now knew that the noble inheritance law in this world was still a little different from the previous life. In his previous life, a person like him had no right to inherit.