Although William's words in person were righteous and awe-inspiring, he had a different mind in his heart.

This incident reminded William that although the Norman nobles had all submitted to William and disobeyed his orders, this did not mean that they were all good babies, they were Normans, and things like going alone were commonplace, even if they did not agree to start a rebellion, William would not be surprised.

In order to prevent such a disgusting incident, and to prevent the Norman nobles from disobeying his orders so brazenly, William decided to continue to strengthen the royal power and gradually withdraw the power from the hands of the Norman nobles. Among them, the right to reclaim the right to rule, the right to collect taxes and the right to recruit soldiers from the respective territories of the vassal nobles was what William had to do next.

In his vision, the Norman aristocracy of the future would be a group of military nobles like the Junker aristocracy of the German Empire, no longer having the right to rule, tax and military power over the territory, no longer directly ruling the territory, but giving these rights to the government, that is, Wilhelm.

If this was to be realized, William would rule directly over all the kingdoms and establish various levels of government to exercise direct rule over them, while the Norman nobles would no longer have the right to rule over their territories with only the estate income and titles of nobility given by William, and would live in large cities such as Rouen, London, Paris, and Winchester, which would help the development of the city.

And little Gerbo. Fan. The Cornish County of Osterzele and Frederick. Fan. The county of Artois in Osterzele would be the target of William's implementation of this policy, and in the ten years before the two men became minors, William had enough time to hold the rule of the two places tightly in his hands.

When the two of them came of age, even if they asked for the right to rule these two places, it would be impossible to bypass the various levels of government formed by William and directly rule the territory as they pleased, and they could only use their power through William's government officials.

In this way, the power of the nobles will be gradually limited and deprived by William, slowly evolving in the direction of the Junker nobility.

However, William was not prepared to immediately start imposing this policy, he was still too young to carry it out aggressively, and he had enough time to slowly gather the power of the nobility by boiling frogs in warm water.

......

It didn't take long for Duke Andrew to come to the main hall with a group of nobles, and the young Norman nobleman with a very conspicuous goatee was probably William, Earl of Genie. Morality. Crepong.

"Knock to your majesty." Led by Duke Andrew, a group of Norman nobles knelt in front of William and shouted in unison.

"The fact that Count Gerbo was killed in a private duel caused most of the Vikings to flee, and I'm sure Duke Andrew has already told you about the seriousness of it." William looked around, saw that the Norman nobles in front of him had no objection, nodded and continued:

"Next, I would like to announce the reward and punishment for your meritorious service. I will not omit the credit you have made, nor will I spare you in this matter for any reason, and now I will announce the rewards and punishments for you, do you have any objections? ”

"We have no objections, and we are at your disposal." Duke Andrew was the first to bow down.

"We have no objections, and we are at your disposal." Then a group of Norman nobles behind him also shouted.

"Good! First of all, Duke Andrew, you have commanded a great army to defeat the Viking coalition, and I grant you the county of Zeeland as your direct domain.

Also as a punishment for you, your vassal, William, Earl of Genety. Morality. Crepon will be transferred to me as my direct lockdown.

Do you have any doubts about my arrangement? William looked at Duke Andrew and announced.

"Your Majesty, it is completely reasonable for you to be arranged, and I accept your arrangement without any doubt." Duke Andrew nodded in response.

After accepting William's arrangement, Duke Andrew would retain the direct domains of Bruges, Zeeland, Haut-Yprim (the northern coastal region of the Earldom of Ypliland) and a barony of the northern part of the Earldom of Artois, making up his Duchy of Belgium.

The remaining counties of Lower Yprin and Ghent also have their masters.

"William, Earl of Genety. Morality. Crepon! William looked at Count Gennie, who was behind Duke Andrew's flank, and said, "You can plead guilty because you provoked a private duel with Count Gerbo and killed him, causing the North Sea Fleet to fail to stop the more than 13,000 Vikings fleeing in time." ”

"Your Majesty, I made a big mistake on impulse, and I ask for forgiveness." William, Earl of Genie. Morality. Crepon kowtowed.

"Very well, William. Morality. Crepon, because of your sins, I deprive you of the title of Count of Genie and the realm under your name.

But at the same time, because of your merit in capturing King Harald IV of Norway, I canonize you as Earl of Gunder, and have the County of Gunder.

In addition, you will be required to provide two hundred pounds of silver per year for the two children of Count Gerbo until they reach adulthood.

You have any doubts about my arrangement. William's eyes were fixed on William in front of him. Morality. Creppon, said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have no objection and am willing to accept your arrangement." William. Morality. Crepon's face changed several times, but he finally accepted William's arrangement.

William thus reclaimed the county of Genie and the port of Calais, which he valued the most, the closest port to the port of Dover in England.

In order to prevent other unscrupulous vassals or other nations from taking advantage of this advantageous port to land across the sea into England, the county of Genie and the port of Calais had to be under his own control.

William nodded, then looked at Roger again. Morality. Viscount Beaumont said, "Roger. Morality. Viscount Beaumont, you have distinguished yourself in the war this time, and I canonize you as the Earl of Lower Iplire, and I have the Earldom of Lower Ipliland. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Roger. Morality. Beaumont immediately shouted excitedly, bowing his head and thanking him.

William made new arrangements for all the Flemish domains, in which the county of Guines and the port of Calais were to be taken under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, and the county of Artois was given to Frederick, the second son of the Count of Gerbo. Fan. Osterzele, the county of Lower Yprin canonized to Roger. Morality. Viscount Beaumont, the county of Counts of Gunde, canonized to William, Earl of Genie. Morality. The county of Crépon, the county of Zeeland, granted Duke Andrew of Belgium as a crown domain.

Although William had arranged all the lands of Flanders, the title of Duke of Flanders that he had promised before the war was not fulfilled.

Now he's also having a headache about this matter, if it weren't for this incident, Roger. Morality. The Count of Crepon was the most suitable, but now none of these men had the qualifications and prestige to serve as Duke of Flanders, and he could only postpone the matter for the time being.