With his back to the mural of the huge Normandy family tree nearly 20 meters high behind him, William tells the history of the Normandy family in front of everyone.

Here, William changed his words, looked at the crowd and said: "The history of my Normandy family is no shorter than that of the Capet family of France, and even more glorious and legendary.

Now my Normandy family has far surpassed the French royal family Capet, occupying a vast area of northwestern France, and its military power is even greater than that of France and Western Europe.

Therefore, I, William. Morality. Normandy decided to create the Norman kingdom and ascended the throne and was crowned as the Norman king.

Ladies and gentlemen, you are willing to support me and become a member of this great kingdom. ”

"Your Royal Highness, Wilhelm, your establishment of the Norman kingdom is something that all of us Normans have been looking forward to for a long time, and we are willing to fully support you." As soon as William's words fell, Count Hubert immediately replied, his expression very excited.

"Yes, Master William, we've all been looking forward to that day." Steward Osborne couldn't help but burst into tears and said emotionally.

Except for Hubert and Osborne, the rest of the people present did not hesitate at all, and immediately knelt down on one knee under the leadership of Count Hubert, loudly proclaimed their loyalty, and shouted in unison.

"Very well, Count Hubert, Count Adolf, Steward of Osborne, my lords, I have decided to ascend the throne as Norman king at the end of this year, on January 1, 1042 AD, to establish the Norman kingdom, and to invite His Majesty the Pope to come to Normandy for my coronation." William smiled and nodded, looking at the crowd as he loudly announced his decision.

Enthronement, also known as enthronement or ascension, is an inauguration ceremony that revolves around the first time to sit on a throne, which can be seen on certain occasions as a symbol of power, whether secular or religious. In the same way, the enthronement ceremony can also take place in a church or a country, and the enthronement of the Chinese emperor is to sit on the dragon chair.

The Western Middle Ages was basically a religious country, and the pope was supreme, including the king was subject to the control of the archbishop, so if the king of the West wanted to be recognized by the world, he must be crowned by the pope.

To some extent, the ascension to the throne is active, the new king declares himself the boss, whether you recognize it or not, and the coronation is passive, it is the pope who recognizes the new king as the king of a country, at least the nominal king.

It is as if the late King of Thailand ascended the throne in 1946 and was crowned in 1950; It is very common for the Queen of England to ascend the throne in 1952 and coronation in 1953, and the timing of her accession to the throne is very consistent, especially due to war or other factors.

For example, the monarch of Joan of Arc, King Charles VII of France, ascended the throne in 1422 and declared himself King of France, but due to the invasion of England, he lost Reims, making him have no hope of being crowned King of France.

Eventually, with the help of Joan of Arc, he was crowned on July 17, 1429, at the Cathedral of Reims, where successive French kings were crowned.

"That is a matter of preparation, your enthronement must not be sloppy, and in addition to the preparation of His Majesty the Pope, a coronation ceremony must not be neglected after your accession to the throne. It's about the glory and face of my Normandy. Steward Osborne said with some eagerness.

It was now the autumn of 1041, and there were only a few months left before William planned to ascend the throne as Norman king, so it was not unreasonable for Osborn's steward to be in a hurry.

"I'll leave the preparations for the enthronement and coronation to you, Steward Osborne, and I'm sure you'll do it well." William smiled and nodded, he trusted Osborne's stewardship, because all the banquets, celebrations, and major ceremonies over the years had been prepared by him, and nothing had gone wrong so far.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of my creation of the Norman Kingdom is to better rule these newly acquired territories, and to achieve this purpose, I will make adjustments to the administrative division, government structure, number of troops, and personnel arrangements of the entire kingdom in the future, so as to better rule the Norman Kingdom." William then turned his head to look at the crowd and said.

"Your Highness William, what are your plans? Can you tell us? Count Adolf, who was sitting at the bottom of William's left side, stood up, looked at William and asked.

As the Keeper of the Seals of the Duchy of Normandy in the future, and the high-ranking of the Norman Kingdom in the future, Count Adolf was very concerned about what William would do for him and the nobles.

"Count Adolf, ladies and gentlemen, rest assured, that now that the government of my Duchy of Normandy is relatively perfect, after all, we have ruled such a large land without any trouble, and I will not make much changes to it.

Therefore, everyone's position and status will not be reduced, but will be strengthened by the promotion of the status of government departments and the increase of corresponding departments.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the ruling power of the new kingdom, I will also appoint competent and good nobles from among the nobility as officials of the new government.

You can prepare the young talents of your family, and I will hold an official recruitment examination before the enthronement ceremony, and in this way select talents from among the nobles and the children of the nobility. William didn't show any impatience and patiently soothed.

In fact, what William had to do was not as simple as he said to the nobles.

There are still a large number of old nobles in the government agencies and the army of the Duchy of Normandy, who once rebelled against William's rule with Cay in Burgundy, or were indifferent to William, but chose to surrender to William at the last moment of the counterinsurgency war, offering their cheap loyalty to William.

Due to the invasion of the Duchy of Anjou, William was anxious to pacify Normandy so that he could lead his army to a decisive battle against Joufrooy of Anjou, so he pardoned a large number of nobles who had committed minor crimes, including the Count of Castle Castle, who later colluded with King Henry I of France.

With the mixing of these old nobles, William's reforms and measures to strengthen the royal power were cautious, full of compromises and exchanges, because he wanted to stabilize these old nobles and prevent them from causing trouble when William went on his expedition.

Of course, William did not fail to counteract these old nobles, and in order to pay these old nobles, William took back a large number of rebellious nobles' land and property in his hands, and canonized these territorial estates to his trusted subordinates.

People like Count Hubert, Count Andrew, Count Rodrigo and others are outstanding representatives.

In addition to the canonization of new nobles, William also had a group of old nobles loyal to William, such as Count Adolf, Count Richard and others, who greatly helped William's reign with their rich experience and strong ability.

At the same time, William also used them to lead the old aristocracy with different minds, so that they formed conservative, neutral, radical and other factions to divide and disintegrate the old aristocracy.

At present, the number of new nobles under William's new canonization has exceeded that of the old nobles, but the government power they hold still has not completely overwhelmed the other party, and now the establishment of the Norman kingdom, the addition of government agencies, and the expansion of the establishment are the perfect time for William to enhance the power of the new nobles and mix sand with the old nobles.