Chapter 660: How the Kingdom Was Established (Part II)
The wealth was divided, Pei Ziyun pointed to the people of the tribe, these people were all full of smiles, and they seemed to have completely forgotten what was conquered by Pei Ziyun in the first place.
He said to Astinax, "Look, follow my tribe and gain land and wealth, and that's why we can snowball quickly. ”
"Uncle King, as long as we give them land and wealth, we will always be able to grow stronger?" asked Astinax.
"No, land and wealth are finite, it always has an upper limit, and once it exceeds this value, we will have nothing to give, so the land and wealth we give must be controlled, and we cannot exceed the upper limit. ”
"I understand, we are weak now, and these noble lands and wealth must be controlled within reasonable limits. Astinax said.
"Uncle King, but even so, we have too few men, we have only a thousand, and the tribe that has submitted to us has fifty thousand, what if they rebel?" said Astinax.
"Astinax, a single tribe, has very little submission to us - if we only conquer 7 tribes, this situation will be very dangerous, and they can rebel at any time. ”
"But now, you see, we have now conquered 70 tribes, and they are holding each other back. ”
"Uncle King, therefore, the number of tribes we conquer is too small to our advantage, and the more tribes we conquer, the better it is for us?"
"Yes, Astinax, we have conquered 70 tribes, and our position is secured, because they have blood feuds against each other, and no one can resist them. ”
"Even if someone resists, with a command, everyone will besiege it together and destroy it immediately. ”
"Why don't these conquered tribes, you ask, unite together?"
"The question is, between them, who obeys whom?"
"No one can be a leader, and if there is, I give you a piece of advice, kill this man at once, and destroy this tribe. Pei Ziyun said seriously, his eyes were cold.
But in a blink of an eye, he smiled again: "Of course, I have solved this problem for you." ”
"You see, I have given feudal titles to those who have made meritorious achievements in war, but the feudal ones are not in the original places, but in other counties, so that the tribes that originally lived in one place had to disperse and move to new territories in order to protect their land. ”
"A tribe that can't unite is nothing. ”
"Astinax, you have to remember that it doesn't matter if you divide the great nobles. ”
"Rewarding those who have merit, and punishing those who have done wrong, is the way to maintain order. ”
"If you can't reward and punish fairly, who will obey your commands?"
"As long as you remember the principle, that the estates of any great nobleman must be scattered among the counties, or even the whole country, and not directly connected to each other. ”
"A tribe that cannot be united is nothing, and likewise, a territory that cannot be put together is nothing. ”
"That's why Uncle King, built the estate, which ranged from 300 to 1,000 acres, but it didn't exceed 1,000 acres. "Astinax deeply understands that in Pei Ziyun's era, it was a power technique that could only be learned by elites.
"Yes, the estates of the nobility must not be allowed to be joined together. ”
"Not only that, but I have also implemented the Princes Dividing Decree now. ”
"The feudal decree of the princes caused a family, a tribe, land and population to be constantly divided, and once divided, after a few generations, it could not form a threat to the kingdom. ”
"Family? How many generations apart, how much family do you think?"
"That way, they won't be able to hold together. ”
"The tribe is breaking apart, and the royal family is getting stronger. ”
Pei Ziyun said: "Listen, Astinax, with this power technique, even if I only have a thousand people now, I can control tens of thousands of people." ”
"Don't look at the precarious royal family now, but every day passes, the power of the royal family is stabilized and expanded, and the tribes become more and more dispersed, and finally completely surrender to the royal family. ”
"In only thirty years, the royal family will truly reign over England, and you, and the future monarch's destiny, will be to unify the entire British Isles. ”
"Of course, the split can't be too big, if the split becomes a commoner, their loyalty to the royal family will also be extinguished, so when it comes to barons and knights, they can't be separated. ”
"Maintaining a grassroots aristocratic force is the permanent fence of the royal family. ”
"If the royal family is strong, it is also necessary to maintain the inheritance of higher nobles. ”
"I see. Astinax muttered to himself, deeply terrified and delighted by this political maneuver.
Pei Ziyun saw Astinax's thoughtful appearance, and smiled faintly, he is a god, if he wants to forcibly unify, it is very fast, but this may lead to the backlash of fate.
It is even more impossible to educate Astinax.
If this kind of trick is not taught by anyone, it may take a lot of energy and a lot of time to demonstrate.
And many truths are a layer of window paper, which can be broken by those who understand, and those who don't understand may not understand the truth for the rest of their lives.
The power scheme that Pei Ziyun handed over to Astinax has been tested by the Normandy conquest and the Tui En Decree in the future, which can be called the essence of snowballing with small and large.
Otherwise, even with Pei Ziyun's ability, it would be difficult to establish a kingdom with only a thousand people and complete the basic and stable goal.
Although he has become a god and his personal force has overridden the world, the operation and management of the kingdom still requires a monarch and a system, without which even if it is established, it will soon collapse after he leaves.
Now, it's different.
In front of Pei Ziyun and Astinax stood many women and children captive, these people were exterminated, and the men were killed, and the expressions on their faces were extremely numb.
With a smile on his face, Pei Ziyun pointed to the captive women and children, and said to Astinax: "How to deal with these people, you understand?"
"Uncle King, I understand that men must be killed, and all those who have knowledge must be killed, so that hatred and tradition cannot be passed on. ”
"These people will be assigned to us warriors, and perhaps there is still some hatred among women and children, but time will wear it away, and when they grow up, they will be our people, and when the second generation is born, they will be completely loyal subjects to the crown. ”
"That's a good point. Pei Ziyun praised.
"Our warriors have made great achievements, in addition to the reward of wealth, it is also necessary to reward some slaves, you don't see these people are now numb, even full of hatred for us, but there is no knowledge and tradition, once they are integrated into the new life, these things will be forgotten. Pei Ziyun said.
But he didn't say that the system established in this way can only be stable for the next king, and cannot be changed.
"Let's go, let's go back. After speaking, Pei Ziyun called the herald: "The order will go down, everyone will sort out their belongings and set off to return to the city." ”
"Yes. The herald got Pei Ziyun's order and immediately conveyed it.
The team was soon assembled, and the loot was placed on the chariots, while the captives were slowly driven to the city.
Pei Ziyun also got into the chariot, and the chariot headed towards the city.
"Your Majesty, my territory has arrived, and I bid you my farewell. Baron Bercleus came up and saluted: "Of course, my soldiers on duty this year for His Majesty will accompany you. ”
"Your Majesty, my territory has arrived, and I bid you my farewell. Sir Kovasili came up and saluted: "Of course, my soldiers on duty this year for His Majesty will be with you. ”
In every county, in addition to the soldiers who were serving, a large number of people returned to their original tribes, and these people responded to Pei Ziyun's call to participate in the war.
As the men left, the number of people in the group dwindled, and in the end, thousands more returned to a city.
The city is not large, many houses are newly built, and the whole city is full of vitality and prosperity.
Everybody is busy, not like some of the old cities, where many people have nothing to do, and there are almost no idle people in the new cities.
Not far from the city, there is a brick-burning workshop, which is in full swing at the moment, and the smoke is billowing from the workshop.
It's not as good as Troy, but it's a whole city.
New construction is being built all over the city, and the burned bricks are being shipped to the city.
Everywhere they went, slaves were everywhere, and under the supervision of the soldiers, they constantly built houses with bricks, dredged ditches, built sewers, and some slaves carried materials.
"Astinax, look, the slaves are at work. ”
"I have asked you to be kind to a slave, not because of kindness, but because of a living slave who will create more value than a dead slave. ”
"In the same way, a slave of hope is more proactive and creates value than a slave of despair. ”
"So I not only paid them a small but undiscounted salary, but I also gave hard-working slaves, slaves who reported sabotage, slaves with skills – a chance to be free. ”
"There is no good or evil in the king, only better rule. Pei Ziyun pointed and said, the continuous conquest has captured many slaves, these slaves are all used to build new cities, reclaim farmland, graze, thriving cities, there are many slaves' exploits, without their non-stop construction day and night, this city could not be built so quickly.
These people are very enthusiastic about their work, Pei Ziyun agreed, the city is built, and those who do a good job will be able to get out of slavery and become free people.
Those who have special merits have also become citizens, which has given many people expectations, and they have become much more serious in their work.
Pei Ziyun slowly stopped at the gate of the palace in a chariot, and said that the palace was actually not as good as the original prince's mansion in Troy, and the newly established palace was only a few houses with some more walls.
Hearing Pei Ziyun come back, Onone and Helen came out to greet him, and their smiles were much greater, and at the same time they said, "Dear Paris, the temple in the city has been built. ”