Chapter 638: Fierce Quarrel
"But Your Majesty has publicized this matter so much, it won't be for everyone to see that he is bending the law for personal gain, right?" A teenager asked in the crowd.
"Who knows? Perhaps His Majesty wants to publicize the nobility of his bloodline, so that he can be exempted from punishment so that future royal children will not be bound by the law! The squire gave a reason that was not very reliable.
"How is it possible, if you don't know, you don't know, and you just make up a reason to lie to me!" The boy muttered that he was the squire's son, and that he had brought his own son to learn more.
Although the squire did not have a knighthood, his family was very homely, and his land was the size of half a barony.
Although it was not a territory, everything in his land was under his control, which William could not control, and most of the inhabitants of his territory were his serfs.
Of course, William will never allow this kind of squire to have an army, he only has about ten guards, otherwise it will violate William's bottom line.
Everyone was talking about this sentence, and they probably had the same attitude as the nobles, one was that there was something wrong with Khajin, and on the other hand, they thought that William would definitely enforce the law impartially and let Callian be punished as he deserved.
And at this moment in the hall, the nobles sat at the long tables in the hall, and they began to argue loudly.
The long table is divided into three factions, one is William's old vassals who followed William during the Denlenburg period, they are powerful and have a lot of credits, they occupy the first force among William's vassals, and their position in William's heart is also very important.
On the other hand, William's blood nobles are very united, but their strength is not strong, their territory is generally not as large as the old vassals, and because they have not been lords for a long time, they have not yet formed a strong army under their hands.
Militarily speaking, they are not at all comparable to the old vassals who follow William's royal infantry as a model, but they are better than having relatives with William, and they are related to each other, and they are very united.
On the other hand, there are the foreign nobles who are in neutral, and their number can only be regarded as a minority, which is two-thirds of the number of the other two factions.
They were all recruited by William after testing before, not only did they not have a relationship with William, but they also did not have the strength of the old vassals and the relationship with William.
So they had to join the group to keep warm, otherwise they would not be able to find a space to survive between the two factions.
In fact, there is a small faction under William, that is, Norwen, Urimu, and Lolitsa, and they are a small royalist faction.
Although when the kingdom is in danger and the royal family is declining, blood relatives and nobles will become royalists, and there will be many royalists among the old vassals, but they are always not as loyal to these people as they are.
At this moment, they are arguing violently, and they are arguing for their own interests, and if it weren't for William being here, I'm afraid they would even fight.
"Do you think that a man of the same bloodline as the king should be punished so severely?"
A blood nobleman shouted loudly at the old vassal in front of him, and the blood nobles around him also echoed and agreed with his statement.
Don't look at the strength of the old nobles, but this is useless, can they still start a noble private war because of this matter?
You must know that the Kingdom of Lorik absolutely prohibits private wars between nobles, and if anyone dares to start a private war, it will definitely be deprived of their territory and cut off their noble status, so this group of blood nobles who have no army dare to talk to the old vassals so hard.
If this was a kingdom that did not prohibit private warfare, and the blood relatives and nobles had already compromised with trembling, then they would dare to have such a tough attitude.
The veteran vassals shouted, "Then you have forgotten the kingdom code that His Majesty personally issued and written, and become a piece of waste paper?" ”
"That's it! Do you want to disobey the code of law issued by His Majesty? His Majesty once said that as long as you commit a crime, you cannot escape the punishment of the kingdom's code! ”
"Damned! As I have already said, of course those who do not choose to have the same blood should be pardoned! ”
The two sides were arguing, and at this moment the hall was full of spittle, and everyone was red-faced, of course, except for those neutral nobles.
They didn't want to get involved in this matter, neither side of the forces could be offended by them, so they all sat in their places and didn't say a word, leaving them to quarrel.
William and Wella, as well as several of William's sons, were all sideways by William's side and watched the quarrels of the nobles below, and William did not want to express his opinion for the time being.
And at this moment, a vassal with a very high prestige and very good strength among the old nobles suddenly said to William: "There is no point in arguing like this!" I think it's better to let our King, His Majesty William, our great master, decide this matter! ”
When William heard this, he glanced at the vassal, but did not speak immediately, he intended to let the group of vassals quarrel for a while, and then make a wavering expression to punish Kajinn.
In this way, the mustard in the hearts of blood relatives and nobles can be minimized, and the old vassals will not care too much about William's attitude after winning.
But unexpectedly, how long has it only begun, and they have pointed the finger at themselves.
William pretended to ponder for a moment, and all the vassals looked at him with bated breath, waiting for the decision to come out of his mouth.
If William lets Cajun be pardoned, it will definitely be a huge victory for the blood nobles, who have just been founded, and there is such a big dispute between the two factions, if the blood nobles win, it will definitely be a good start.
In the future, even if the blood nobles are not strong, they will overwhelm the old vassals wherever they are, and even if they commit a crime one day, they will also be pardoned because of the pardon of Cajun today.
And if the old vassals win, it means that they have defended their interests, successfully suppressed the new nobles, and defended their position.
This is not only a struggle for the authority of the law, but also a struggle between the old and new aristocratic factions.
William tapped his hand lightly on the armrest of his high-backed chair, the armrest painted with rich lacquer was extremely smooth, and there was a crisp sound when it hit it.
The entire hall suddenly became extremely quiet, as if it were two worlds from the noisy hall before.
William's lips were slightly open, and his golden beard gave him a lot of majesty on his lips.
Everyone held their breath again, waiting for William to announce his verdict.
"I think...... The Matter of Cajin...... It's so bad! William said slowly.