In order to resist the Danish invasion, the rebuilding of the army was so legitimate and reasonable that the Anglo-Saxon nobles could not find any reason to oppose the implementation of this decree, so at the following royal council, the decree proposed by William was quickly voted on by more than half of the nobles and bishops of the church.

The Earl of Richard, who was the chief of military affairs and the chief of police in England, was tasked with rebuilding the national army, and in doing so naturally delegated the post of county lieutenant to his appointed subordinates.

It was not without aristocrats who were unaware of William's sinister intentions, like Leo Frick, Duke of Mercia. Although Hesseway could not guess William's specific intentions, he instinctively noticed the strangeness of this decree by relying on his keen self-awareness, and after thinking about it, he decided to resist William's decree to rebuild the national army in the territory and obstruct the actions of the county lieutenant.

However, there were not many wise men like Leofrick, Duke of Mercia, and the others did not guess William's intentions, nor could they find any reason to oppose them, and at most they were passive about the decree to rebuild the people's army.

In addition to the rebuilding of the civilian army and the appointment of county lieutenants, William had a crooked trick to inadvertently seize the judicial power of the nobles.

At the Council of Royals, William, who was regent of the Kingdom of England and exercised royal power on behalf of King Edward, proposed a decree to establish the post of coroner in the vast counties in order to assist the magistrates in adjudicating cases.

The coroner in England was more than a simple job, in fact he was also a judge, a magistrate, and the second representative of the crown in the locality, and English law provided that the coroner was the natural substitute if the magistrate was absent or for some reason could not perform his duties (such as bending the law for personal gain).

Similarly, English law provides that the Manor Court may execute a thief, murderer, etc., but the coroner must be present (to prevent unlawful homicide in the Manor Court). In England, there are three main ways to prosecute a person, one of which is the Coroner's Court, which means that the Coroner's Court has the same status as the Grand Jury and the Crown Attorney.

However, despite the importance of this position, the English aristocracy despised it as a lowly occupation.

This gave William the opportunity to operate, and since the nobles were unwilling to take up the position of coroner, William could use his capacity as regent to appoint his subordinates as coroners for the counties.

The nobles were speculating about William's intentions, and William was also observing the attitudes of the nobles. Northumbria had always had a close relationship with the Duke of Mercia because he needed the support of the Duke of Mercia and other nobles to defend himself against the Scots from the north and the Danes on the coast.

William had already known this, so he asked Sword. The Duke of Northumbria secretly promised that he would send troops to Northumbria if it was attacked by the Scots or Danes, as long as he supported his decrees, in exchange for Northumbria moving closer to him.

However, for Leofrick, Duke of Mercia, William did not have many moves to deal with him, and Gwyneth and De Hebas of Wales, who were once the only threat to Mercia, were eliminated by William and England, and the flank threat of the Duchy of Mercia was cut off.

As for the threat from the Danes, the Duchy of Mercia is not the first line to face the battlefield, Duke Leofrick can take a good time and send troops after sufficient preparations, and the Duchy of Northumbria is the best barrier for the Duchy of Mercia.

However, the Duke of Mercia was not without weaknesses, compared to the cunning elder Duke Leofric, his son Afgar. Leo Frickson. Hesseway was indeed an impulsive and reckless man, and his son was much easier to deal with than the shrewd and cunning Duke Leofric.

At this time, the Duke of Mercia, Leofrick. Hesseway was over 77 years old, and he was a half-cut man, and if he made a mistake, he would be called by the Lord, and it would be a good opportunity for William to deal with the Duchy of Mercia.

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After the royal council, William's work of accepting the domain came to an end, and he wanted to have some free time to rest, but he didn't expect the knights stationed in the coastal counties of the Duke of Wessex to send a warning message. Godwin and his sons Swain and Tostig led a large fleet to raid the southern coastal counties of England.

It turned out that after Godwin and his son fled abroad, it was not long before the Earl of Godwin once again assembled a sizable fleet and sent it to the Isle of Wight.

On the Isle of Wight, the Earl joined forces with an army brought from Ireland by his son Swain, and an army brought by Tostig from the Norsgaels.

Due to the weakness of the English navy, the rebels took control of the sea throughout Britain and blockaded the ports on the south coast of England, while the Norman North Sea Fleet at this time returned to Normandy to recuperate without encountering Godwin's fleet.

Faced with the threat of the Godwins, William immediately made a decision, and gave an order to the North Sea Fleet in Normandy, ordering them to attack the Godwin's fleet and prevent the other side from landing in England.

At the same time, William stepped up his army, gathering up the army that had been scattered in order to accept the territory, in order to deal with the army of the Godwins.

In the south of England, especially in the Duchy of Wessex, because the Goldwins ruled the southern counties for a long time, they had many henchmen, although many large cities and castles were cleared by William, there were still many rural nobles who still had their hearts set on Godwin, and as long as he was given the opportunity, the other party would definitely jump out and make trouble.

In order to prevent this from happening, William stepped up the process of purging the nobles of the Duchy of Wessex, and whenever the Normans suspected that some nobles were in touch with the Godwin, these nobles would be reclaimed by William and the title and territory, and if they resisted, they would be captured and executed. William had little warmth to talk about dealing with these potential enemies.

The Duke of Godwin did not give William much time to react, and his many followers soon received a response from the nobles of the southern counties, Sein, who led his army to land at the mouth of the Thames, and then marched on the Thames River to the city of London.

This is the second time this year that the city of London has been besieged, and it was done by the same man, and there is no doubt that after two wars with Godwin, the authority of King Edward and the royal family of Wessex will be greatly undermined, and even destroyed, which will be an opportunity for William.

Soon, William assembled an army, in addition to leaving 3,000 troops to defend the place, William had more than 14,000 people, including the Guards Legion, compared to the Godwin's 10,000 troops, William's army was in an absolutely superior position.