On December 20, 807 in the Gregorian calendar, Queen Alfrat of Palchi held a grand banquet in the former capital of Archidon, attended by almost all the important ministers of Palchi, and at this feast, which was recorded by later generations, Her Majesty rewarded the heroes who destroyed the Arki kingdom, and announced a new system of Palchi bounty, which was pursued until the day of the fall of Palchi. Of course, this set of reward system was actually formulated by Li Tianhao and Wei Song.

In terms of merit, in the process of destroying Yaqui, naturally no one can compare with Li Tianhao, but in view of the fact that he is already the Prince of Dils, the husband of Her Majesty the Queen, no matter how much treasure, land and official position are meaningless, so Her Majesty only gave him a pure gold scepter that symbolizes the rights of the royal family of Palchi, in fact, all the rights of the Palchi Kingdom have almost been in the hands of Li Tianhao, and this time it is just a ceremony that deserves its name.

A total of four people were given the title of Marquis, namely General Hector, General Gurnas, Weizon and Brooks.

Senas, Muller, Dara, Zaran, Jamo, and Bodeka were made counts; Aram, Eglius, Jimda, Tatar, Chikirda, Argobar, Wald, Zukar, Pokel, and Lysius were made viscounts; Sherwuda, Katssius, and Mokado were made baroness, while Müller's wife Elaine was made baroness, Senas's wife was made Governor of Port Portsmo, and Alina, Count of Lorraine, was made a marquise. As Elda did not attend the conference, she was not knighted, but was appointed Minister of the Navy in absentia.

Wei Song was appointed Prime Minister of Palchi, Bodeka was Minister of Works, Lysius was Minister of Civil Affairs, Shevuda was Minister of Finance, and Brooks was Minister of War.

Gurnas, Hector, Brooks, Senas, Muller, Darla. Zaran, Yamo, Alam, Eglius, Jimda, Tatar, Chikirda, Agobar, Word. Eighteen people, Zukar, Pokel, and Mokadu were given the post of captain of Parchwan, and Gernas was the chief captain.

In addition, the soldiers who contributed to the operation against Yaki were all promoted by one rank and officers by two ranks.

At the same time as rewarding those who had contributed to the destruction of Aki, Alfret issued a decree on the rewards of Palci in the future. The decree stipulates that the Palcian Princes shall be made the fifth rank of dukes and princes, and the twelfth rank of civil lords. Once the official is conferred, there can be corresponding land of different sizes. The land cannot be bought or sold and can only be owned by the feudal owner. And it is possible to hereditary descendants for two generations, and each subsequent generation will be reduced to a knighthood, and the divided land will be reduced accordingly, until it is reduced to a civil lord, and the state will recover all the land. Knighthoods can only be obtained through military merit or outstanding performance in government affairs.

There would be no slaves on the land received by the lord, so the recipient had to hire a farmer to cultivate it. and pay for their labor; In addition to the land acquired by the officials, the king could give them a reward for the euphoria, and the recipient of the fiefdom was only entitled to the taxes produced by the euphora each year, but could not rule over the eup. Again, the euphores can only be hereditary for three generations, and then reclaimed by the state.

The Minlord is different. After the title is conferred, the lord can only enjoy it himself, and he will not have a corresponding fief, but he can enjoy all kinds of preferential conditions and honors provided by the state according to his rank.

With the introduction of this decree, the royal power of Palci was strengthened as never before. Because after the abolition of slavery, the great nobles gradually declined, but they were still able to do whatever they wanted in their fiefdoms, but with the promulgation of this decree, the nobles' land was limited to the area limited by their titles, and it would not increase again except for military merits, and they also lost their autonomy over their territories, because if they could not provide better treatment than the state, their land would fall into the dilemma of no one to help them cultivate. The euphora system allows the king's reward to be selective, even if there is no title, it can be replaced by eup, but it will not increase the land of the lords, nor will it increase their power. The three-generation hereditary system fundamentally shook the foundations of the great nobles, and if they did not make enough credit to receive a reward, their official titles would only last for three generations, and then gradually decline, which not only strengthened the royal power, but also stimulated the enterprising spirit of the nobles who had already been feuded. This largely avoided the possibility of the nobility gradually becoming the sons of the nobility, and in order to continue to enjoy the privileges, the nobles became stricter in their children, which made the Palci nobility endure. It is precisely because of the promulgation of this set of decrees that Li Tianhao, a famous minister in the history of Palchi, has not been criticized by too many people, because the decree he formulated has greatly strengthened the power of the Palchi kingship and laid the foundation for the successive kings to firmly grasp the power. In fact, the number of ministers in Palci is much smaller than that of other countries, and there are many other reasons for this, but it cannot be denied that Li Tianhao's decree largely restricted the appearance of nobles who could rival the king.

In addition to the promulgation of this decree, the banquet also established the separation of the three religions of Palci, with Ankadiri as the high priest of Amun and Ankadirmo as the chief high priest of Ra, and at the same time established Horus as the main god of Palchi, and one of the three major gods of Palci along with Ra and Amun. However, there was no stipulation as to who would be the priest of the god Horus, and there was no large-scale construction of the temple of Horus, only that the people could worship the statue of Horus.

This seemingly strange move actually fully reflects Li Tianhao's ambition, because he and Princess Patura, the daughter of Queen Afrit of Palci, have obtained the Scepter of Horus, as if they have become the spokesperson of Horus in the world. The reason why he did not build more temples of Horus was to let Princess Patula gradually replace the image of the god Horus as the incarnation of Horus, so as to consolidate the position of Patura, use the power of the king and the appeal of the incarnation of the god to gradually change the object of worship in the hearts of the people of Palchi and Yaki, and gradually dilute the worship of the god Ra and Amun, so as to establish a new kind of faith and worship in Palchi, and the king of Palchi is the spokesman of the god, and finally let the royal power replace the divine power.

In terms of the implementation of this plan, Li Tianhao's measures can be called successful, although it took many years to achieve this goal, but after all, his method was still successful. The Palchi kingship succeeded in overshadowing the divine power and thus consolidating the king's power, but the side effect was that it fundamentally limited the territorial area of Palchi in later generations, because it was only the people of the former Palchi and Yaqui territories who had this consensus, and the other peoples who had not had time to accept this idea or could not accept it at all eventually broke away from Palchi. But at this moment, no one could have foreseen such a distant future. (To be continued.) )