Chapter 380: The Executioner
"Most of the nobles obeyed it, and it would be easy to do it. Muria tapped her finger on the table in front of her, "Each of your departments submits a list of nobles who ignore the new tax laws and do not carry out my decrees, and register the names of their families, the location of their fiefs, and the troops and resources under their control. ”
Hearing Muria's request, the leaders of these secret agencies all took out a copy of the roster that had been prepared long ago, handed it to the chamberlain on the side, and put it on Muria's desk for him to read.
Muria took out a few copies from these thick stacks of rosters, and simply flipped through them to look at them, and found that the records on them were very detailed, and even the life experiences of those rebellious nobles and what they had done were introduced in detail.
"Yes, you have a heart. Muria nodded in satisfaction, then pondered for a moment, thought for a moment, and planned to give them a little sweetness: "If you want your descendants to become better, let your family move to Scarlet." ”
"Only by lawful means. Seeing these intelligence chiefs who were beginning to think thoughtfully, Muria added. Humans who walk in darkness cannot overestimate their moral limits.
"Grand Duke Muria, most of the members of our secret institutions have no heirs. One of the leaders of the Dark Guard, who had already guessed that Muria wanted to give them benefits, spoke up.
"If you have no descendants, then you yourself should try not to go out without a task, and stay in the royal city, which will be enough for you to use for a lifetime and benefit your descendants. ”
After Muria felt that her words had been said very clearly, she waved her hand to make all these intelligence chiefs step down, and then summoned her personal maid, Mia, who was now the head of the palace's housekeeping.
"You take someone to sort out the above noble information, and then hand over this information to the twelve cloud giant commanders, let them distribute it themselves, and catch all these rebellions for me to the royal city, if you resist, you can kill them on the spot. ”
Muria said murderously, for these nobles who do not implement their own new tax laws and do not implement their own decrees, Muria directly regards them as rebellions, what is polite to rebellion?
He now serves as the ruling Grand Duke of the Rockman Kingdom, the supreme ruler of the kingdom, and all the nobles and officials should carry out his orders, whether right or wrong.
Instead of feeling that the order he gave was problematic or would harm his own interests, he could refuse to carry it out and directly and blatantly confronted it, which is what he can do as a vassal? Is it something that should be done?
As for his new tax law, Muria knew that it had been made in a short period of time by himself and many noble ministers, based on the income data of various occupations of the commoners, and there must be some imperfections. It also needs to be adjusted according to the facts after the actual implementation.
For some noble lords, the implementation of the new tax law will allow them to obtain more tax revenue, while for the lords who do not treat the people as human beings and make them poor, the new tax law will greatly reduce their income, or even no income.
But is this a reason to disobey the king's command? No, even if there is no tax revenue, the natural resources of the nobles' domains, the caravans, the estates in their names...... Wait, there aren't too many channels for lords to get income.
If you feel that your interests are damaged, you can disobey the king's orders, so when the interests are large to a certain extent, can you directly sell your own country and your own king?
If you have any questions, you can talk to him, just ignore the heart tax law, what is it if you don't enforce it? Don't take him seriously? Think he's a golden dragon, kind and easy to talk to? What if you don't take them?
Muria felt that the decree he had issued was quite reasonable, but it did not force them to the point where they could not survive, and for some of the nobles who ruled well, Muria's new tax law or even the decree did little harm to them.
Most of the nobles did not honestly abide by the two decrees that they ordered to weaken the rights of the nobility, which shows that these did not touch their core interests. Moreover, most of the nobles can endure it, so why can't this small part learn a little.
"Young Master Muria, what are you going to do with the nobles who don't resist after they capture the royal city?" Although she is nearly half a hundred years old, the dragon veins that have become more and more intense due to her close contact with Muria for a long time have made Mia still maintain her appearance like a young girl.
"Deprive the title, abolish the surname, take back the territory, then hang it and hang it on a tree. Muria replied with a blank face.
"Your Highness, if you do this, will it make other nobles ......?"
"Mia, you have to make it clear that they are ignoring your young master's orders and my orders, and if I don't punish them with the most severe punishment and a little mercy, the other noble officials will follow suit. In the future, my orders will be reduced to a dead letter. ”
A hint of coldness appeared on Muria's face, "In the end, I will become a laughing stock when I have the title of archduke on my head, but there is no corresponding person to carry out and obey my orders. ”
"Young Master Muria, with ten powerful ancient dragons assisting you, the situation you said is simply not possible. Don't bully Mia for not being knowledgeable, Mia doesn't read any fewer books than those royal heirs to go there. ”
The blonde dragonborn girl sneered, "And, young master, I don't think you shouldn't have put these nobles to death. I just wonder if you would be too merciful to hang them and not deter the rest of the nobles. ”
"So, you just think my penal code is too light?" asked Muria, a little embarrassed, the corners of her mouth tugging.
"Aang!"
"Well, then, after the giants have captured these noble rebels, you will be in charge of the execution and decide how they will die. All I need is a request, to keep as intact as the corpses as I can, and I need to use them to deter some people who think I'm merciful. ”
Muria looked at Mia with a gentle smile on her face, and for this maid who had followed her since she was a child, Muria would naturally try her best to meet some of her innocuous needs.
"Master Muria, you are so good. Hearing the rights that Muria promised her, Mia, a dragonborn who was perfectly developed, hugged Muria, who had started to deal with complicated government affairs again.
"Alright, don't make a fuss, obediently sort out the list of these rebellious nobles. Feeling the two plump and rounded masses behind him, Muria took a deep breath, the lightning flashed in her eyes, suppressed the restlessness of her body, and raised her hand to knock Mia, who rested her head on his shoulder.
"Got it. Mia pursed her mouth, a little dissatisfied, but finally took the stack of lists aside to sort it out.
It was presented by five different intelligence agencies, and the content, personnel, and level of detail were all different, so it needed to be sorted out and summarized.