The royal coat of arms drawn in front of William was extremely complex compared to the original simple double lion red background coat of arms, and its complexity could not be described in words, so that William's painters and heraldic masters spent nearly a month to draw this coat of arms for him, and spent 2,000 pounds of silver, although there were several revisions during the period, but it was enough to show the complexity of this coat of arms.

That is why William has to make it so complicated, in China, the coat of arms of generals and kings is his surname, for example, Guan Yu and his army will carry the national flag "Han" and his own general flag "Guan" flag, this is the Chinese coat of arms.

In Japan, the coat of arms is also very simple, the Japanese family coat of arms is only allowed to have black and white in color, which is very monotonous and concise, either white on a black background, or black on a white background, while Western heraldic generally has five colors plus gold and silver. The motifs of the Japanese family coat of arms are also limited to geometric patterns and a few deformed and abstract images of plants and trees.

In the West, on the other hand, the family coat of arms and national coats of arms in the West are becoming more and more complex, because they often have a long history of inheritance, and each generation makes small changes and additions on the basis of the family coat of arms of the previous generation.

So why doesn't the West gradually simplify the coat of arms, after all, this thing was originally used to mark itself, declare its ownership of the territory, and it is also used as a symbol in the army, and the simpler and more eye-catching the better.

However, Westerners want to make the coat of arms as complex as possible, because the more complicated things are, the higher the power of their owners, because complex things often require greater human and financial resources, just like the later Lockk style architecture.

The more noble the person, the more he likes complex things, from the clothing of the wealthy class in the West, the props for eating, the decoration of tableware, etc., we can see the preference of the noble person for complex and luxurious things.

Complex and luxurious things will give the user a sense of superiority, and the more complex they are, the more noble they can reflect.

William's coat of arms alone is not too outrageous, and the most complex coat of arms is the coat of arms of Charles V of the Habsburgs, the co-emperor of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

As the co-emperor of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, Charles V's coat of arms not only includes the golden castle coat of arms of the Kingdom of Castile of Spain, the purple lion coat of arms of the Kingdom of León, the red and yellow vertical stripe coat of arms of the Kingdom of Aragon, the golden chain coat of arms of the Kingdom of Navarre, the pomegranate coat of arms of the Kingdom of Granada, the blue and yellow iris coat of arms of the Bourbon family, the blue and yellow diagonal stripe coat of arms of Burgundy, the gold cross and silver background coat of arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, etc. Its magnificence is one of the most complex and luxurious of the coats of arms of the monarchs.

"Maybe in the future, I will add the golden castle coat of arms of the Kingdom of Castile, the purple lion coat of arms of the Kingdom of Leon, the red and yellow vertical stripes of the Kingdom of Aragon, the golden chain coat of arms of the Kingdom of Navarre, and the pomegranate coat of arms of the Kingdom of Granada." William looked at the coat of arms in front of him and couldn't help but think.

Of course, now he just thought about it, now that his father-in-law, Ferdinand I of Castile, was still in the prime of life, and William considered himself no match for him, and it was immature to rashly reveal his ambitions for Spain, and he would still maintain a close relationship with the Castile in-law alliance until the opportunity was fully ripe.

William was not prepared to cherish this kind of lavish and intricate method of drawing heraldic coats of arms, and since he had raised the level of heraldic art to the level of the ****** Queen's time, he was naturally willing to share it with his vassals and nobles.

"As a reward for your coat of arms for me, in addition to the originally agreed remuneration, I will make you the royal heraldic officer, and become a member of the Royal Heraldic Academy, responsible for drawing the coat of arms of every noble, every family, and institutional group, and uniformly managing and regulating the coats of arms throughout the kingdom." William thought of the royal heraldic court and the clerks in England, so he intended to follow suit and set up the royal heraldic court and the royal heraldic officer.

The Royal Heraldic Academy, established by William, was somewhat similar to the later Patent Office, which had the power to conduct a thorough examination of all coats of arms in the kingdom for registration and administration. Originally, the coats of arms of the nobility were designed by the families themselves, but William intended to take the power of designing the coats of arms into his own hands, and all the coats of arms of the nobility, families and groups would be awarded by William's Royal Heraldic Academy.

William did this with his own intentions, on the one hand, to establish a strict hierarchy of heraldic use, which would strengthen and centralize power, and on the other hand to enrich the treasury, since the coat of arms granted by the heraldic institute was not free, and he stipulated that "all who use heraldry, whether noble, individual or group, trade or trade, must register and pay a registration fee of 20 shillings, and the offender shall be fined three pounds of silver and gold and confiscated all belongings painted with heraldry." If you wish to change the registration after registration, you must re-register and pay the registration fee, otherwise the same penalty will be imposed. ”

As a symbol of status and rank, there are strict rules on the size of the coat of arms, the divisible area, the color scheme, the pattern and the crown painted on it, especially the crown above, each nobleman has a different crown according to his status level.

The lowest barons have a baronial crown, the earl has a count's crown decorated with silver balls, and the duke's ducal crown is more complex, decorated with some pendants and precious stones, and William is currently the only one who is eligible to wear the crown, although he also painted different crowns for his three sons, Richard is the heir to the throne, and Friedrich and Robert are the princes' crowns, and they will also have their own different coats of arms.

In addition to the nobility and family, each city also had its own coat of arms, such as Paris, a combination of sailing ships and a blue-background iris coat of arms, which was used to indicate that trade on the Seine would not be cut off by floods, a slogan that represented the Parisian spirit of "burn without destruction", and London, a red cross with a white background of Saint-George's flag, with an evil dragon painted on both sides as its shield, which is inseparable from the legend of Saint-George's slaughter of an evil dragon.

As a sign of status and honor, the coat of arms can only be given by William, but it can be inherited, and it will be an important part of the inheritance of the nobility as well as the domain.