Renard is not a roundworm in Duke Edmund's stomach, so he naturally doesn't know what the other party really thinks in his heart.

However, the merger of the three counties into provinces was imperative, and even if anyone objected, he would suppress them with a butcher's knife.

Fortunately, he didn't have time to take care of this matter now, and Duke Edmund had plenty of time to get his subordinates to change their minds.

King Ferdinand put down the rebellion of the Creighton family, plundering the private property of many nobles in Kale County, and making a lot of money.

After the other party showed off his might, he returned to the Rose Province, but left Renard with a big mess.

The people of Lebanon need to be pacified, production needs to be restored, and their homes need to be rebuilt.

Originally, these things were going on step by step, but at critical moments, someone would always jump out to disrupt the situation.

For example, the local lords and nobles who did not dare to give any support to the Creighton family thought that they had done a lot of credit for not causing trouble to the king, so they also regarded themselves as heroes.

Lei Ye carried out land reform here and divided the land among the people at the bottom, but they actually had to fork their feet and secretly expand the territory outward, and even more daring ones even expanded the territory by more than two times.

When Renard's magistrates came to measure these unclaimed lands, they immediately jumped out to stop them, saying that it was their own territory, and even did it several times.

This matter quickly reached Lei Ye's ears, which made him extremely unhappy, and he only hated that this battle ended too early, and he didn't clean up all these fish that slipped through the net.

Renard sits in his office in the City of Plenty, with Tommy, Ben, Ryan, and the others standing in front of him.

He motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said: "You probably know that the reform of Kale County has encountered many difficulties, the most difficult of which is to touch the interests of the lords and nobles, do you have any solutions?"

A few doglegs have matured a lot, and they won't have the same bad ideas as before.

After thinking for a moment, Tommy was the first to speak: "Reform is simple and simple, difficult and difficult, and the most important thing is to be vigorous and resolute, and to be gracious and powerful." ”

Renard felt that what the other party said was a bit of a doorway, nodded and said, "Go on." ”

When Tommy saw Lei Ye nodding, he immediately relaxed, and his speech began to become fluent: "If you want to reform smoothly, you must."

The obstacles are cleared first, and the biggest obstacle to reform is the lords and nobles ......"

"Those lords dared to obstruct the reform, it was nothing more than standing a reason, after all, it was their territory, and it was the reward that the ancestors received for their merits. ”

"If we want to reform, the first thing to do is to find a proper name, preferably so that they have nothing to say. ”

"Didn't His Majesty ever promise to merge the Cabbage County, the Southern Wilderness County, and the Barren Lands into the Gannan Province and let you manage it, young master. ”

"Let's settle this matter first, so we have a legitimate reason to reform Kale County. ”

"At the same time, you also have a legitimate reason to use the knife against the lords and nobles who do not obey the discipline, and the crime of harboring bandits and bandits can be easily solved by casually setting up the charges of harboring bandits and bandits for those lords who support their own troops......"

Renard listened to the other party's tirade and gradually understood the meaning of the other party's words.

In fact, it is to correct one's name first, as the saying goes: if the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, it will not be done.

He is not yet the governor of Gannan Province, so naturally there is no suitable reason to point fingers at Kale County.

It is not surprising that the lords and nobles did not listen to his orders, and even openly opposed them.

Renard thought for a moment and asked again, "When I get the title of governor of Gannan Province, what will happen if they don't obey orders?"

Although the Kingdom of Arthur is not a complete system of lord self-government, it is not far off.

The lords usually can't even speak the king's words, so will they still listen to him, the governor?

If you look at the former Kale County, if the name of the Governor had been useful, he wouldn't have had to go on several crusades.

Tommy smiled when he heard this: "It doesn't matter if the lords listen or not, as long as the commoners listen, without the support of the lords, what waves can those lords and nobles make?"

"We still have 20,000 troops stationed in Kale County, so we don't need to transfer them back for the time being, let them cooperate with the reform, and come back when the reform is over, and take this opportunity to train new recruits. ”

Cooperate with the reform? Renard tapped his finger on the table, he knew what the other party meant, it was nothing more than to coerce those lords and nobles to support the reform by force.

Tommy saw that Lei Ye was thinking, so he didn't dare to bother, and he just took the opportunity to organize the language.

Half an hour later, Renard

He raised his finger and motioned for him to continue.

Seeing this, Tommy continued: "Do this thing quickly, and do it covertly, you can't let those lords have a chance to connect, otherwise it will be a lot of trouble. ”

"There is a deterrent, and in order to make these lords truly submit, they must also be given appropriate favors. ”

He hesitated for a moment, then said again: "It is obviously unrealistic to use the method of dealing with these lords of the Southern Wilderness County, we might as well use the method of the Constantinople Empire to deal with the lords and nobles of the Golden Silk Willow Province. ”

When Renard heard this, his eyebrows involuntarily raised, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

Tommy knew that Lei Ye understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Deal with the nobles who have lost their territory, reward them with some fields and manors, and let them live in peace." ”

"Deal with the nobles who have not lost their territory, and still let them control their own territory, and even those who have the ability can control a larger territory, but the laws, taxes, land and other systems must be in accordance with ours. ”

"We can do without taxes, or even provide them with territorial infrastructure construction for free, I don't think they will refuse. ”

"When the reform of Kale County is completed and the matter is a foregone conclusion, it is not too late to attack them, and then we will not be able to ravage as much as we want, and we will only pay for short-term benefits. ”

Renard picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Boiled frogs in warm water, not bad, not bad." ”

The crowd didn't know what he meant, so they didn't dare to take a stubble.

Renard raised his eyes and glanced at a few doglegs, and said, "Then you can do it freely, one territory at a time, and His Majesty's canonization will be issued in a few days." ”

Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this, and Ben Benjamin stammered a little and asked, "Your Excellency is asking us to take over this errand?"

Lei Ye nodded: "You are more professional in the matter of reform, and you have been training at the bottom for so long, it is time to show your talents." ”

When the crowd heard this, their hearts couldn't help beating wildly.

Lei Ye's words were already very clear, this was to reuse their rhythm.

Seeing that a few people were a little distracted, Renard raised his hand and knocked on the table a few times, knocking them up from shock: "The first thing you need to do is land reform, and this matter should be handled as the most important thing." ”