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In fact, the issue of usufruct is the biggest problem, because the ownership just now is just to turn the conventional habit into a paper regulation, and completely regulate it, giving the knights a reassurance.

And the right to use, this is closely related to Count Don Jr.

Where does the authority of the knights come from? From their land? No, land is not bad at all, and there are no knights without land, but if there is only land and no peasants, it is just a wasteland, and what is the difference between it and the large number of small islands in the Pacific Ocean that no one wants?

The knights' jurisdiction over their land, and the peasants who lived on it, was the source of the knights' authority. A knight who admires martial arts can turn his domain into a barracks, a knight who likes to farm, he can also turn his domain into a vegetable garden, and the knights are as supreme as kings in their own realm - they are even more authoritative than the king, because the king cannot control everyone in his land, but the knights can.

Therefore, ownership is not important, most of the time this ownership is just an ornament, no one will think about it, the right to use is the most important. Deprived the knight of the right to use, Count Xiao Tang can be regarded as having completed the first step of the Long March, and can be regarded as the preliminary completion of feudal centralization, so that his orders can be passed in every corner of the county.

But knights are not stupid, although most of the time they show this image, but this is not to say that they are really stupid, if they are really stupid, they will not live to become knights.

At this time, what is needed is compromise - the art of politics lies in compromise, and I don't know who said it, and there is really nothing wrong with saying this.

"Hmm...... Would the knights agree to a special status, a guarantee of their lineage, and an annual pension of a certain amount in exchange for the right to use their land? ”

In the middle of the night, the Earl of Don, the knight of Alcoba, and the would-be knight Wade gathered again to discuss how to take away their right to use them in a way that was reasonable and not disgusting the knight. Count Tang read with a copy of paper that had just been written, and the pen and ink had not yet dried.

"With all due respect, Lord Earl, this is impossible."

The Count of Don Jr. came to make the conditions, and then the two 'Judas', the knights of Alcobar and the quasi-knights of Wade, who had betrayed their own class, were based on this, and many of the laws in the Knightly Regulations were formed on the basis of this.

(hereinafter referred to as the Regulations)

Right now, it was Wade's would-be knight who was talking.

"I don't know what you mean by 'special status', but if you are referring to the status of knights, then as long as we continue to have military power in our hands and the largest jurisdiction in our territory, then we are already human beings, so why do we need your protection? In my opinion, the only temptation of these conditions is to ensure the continuation of the knight's bloodline. ”

Wade's Quasi-Knights...... You still speak the same without mercy......

Count Don smiled wryly, and then prepared to start his pen and scratch out the conditions that Wade's quasi-knight had just refuted, when the knight of Alcoba spoke.

"No, I think there is still a certain attraction to protect the special status of knights."

The Knight of Alcobar stood up and bowed to the Quasi-Knight Wade, indicating that he did not mean to object to the words of the Quasi-Knight Wade, and then spoke.

"After all, the education work you have carried out in the past two years, Lord Earl...... It's really worrying a lot of people. In the past, knowledge was the preserve of the high-class, but now that you've made it public, and there are a number of well-known people among the populace - like little Odegar and Klein - it has caused many to worry that one day the commoners will climb on their heads. Therefore, if you want to protect the special status of knights at this time, I think it is still very attractive. ”

It makes sense, it makes sense!

"I see, I was negligent."

Wade's quasi-knight suddenly realized that Jiang is really still old and spicy, although he is loyal to the earl, the sun and the moon can be learned, but the knowledge level is still not enough, and he needs to improve!

Since both 'Judas' agreed, there is nothing to say, so keep it.

In this way, any condition proposed by the Earl of Don Jr. needs the consent of the two 'Judas' before it is written into the ordinance, which is the main reason why the ordinance can be accepted by the knights - if it is not for the ordinance to guarantee the rights of the knights, who would be brainless enough to support a law that harms them?

So in the end, the conditions for the exchange of usufruct become like this:

First of all, to ensure the special status of knights and ensure the continuation of the knight's bloodline, these two articles are still unchanged.

Secondly, the knights could still collect spring and autumn taxes in their own domains, marriage taxes, window taxes, and so on, and all the other messy taxes they could think of. But there is a premise, that is, they must ensure that the laws in their territory must be consistent with the decree issued by the Count of Don. That is to say, if Count Xiao Tang orders in a certain year that no marriage tax will be collected in the future, then the knights can find other overt taxes to collect, but this marriage tax must not be collected anymore.

Finally, and most importantly, knights can have private soldiers, but the number of private soldiers, absolutely, absolutely, cannot exceed fifty in any case.

Fifty people is the bottom line, it is the red line, I have no opinion on you raising these fifty people into Transformers, but any knight with more than fifty private soldiers will be directly punished as treason, confiscated the fief, and displayed to the public.

In exchange, Count Don will always guarantee that every knight will never suffer from hunger, never suffer from thirst, and when outsiders bully knights, Count Don will help out, and if the knight's territory is lost due to peasant rebellion, Count Don will also promise to help them suppress the rebellion and return the fief to them.

To put it simply, if the knights agreed to this condition, they should no longer be called knights, but should be replaced by another term, called 'landlords'.

The landlord owned the land - and the knights owned the land; The landlord could collect taxes from his tenant farmers, and the knights could collect taxes from their serfs; The landlord can have a guard who guards the house - the knight can also have a private soldier, although the name is different, but once the number is limited, it is no different from the average landlord, right?

“…… Anyway, it's the best I can come up with. There is no way, in this era when neither communication nor the awakening of the people is enough, using the successful experience of the great empire in the East that has been centralized for thousands of years, this is already the best solution. ”

Little Count Tang stared at his blood-red eyes, he had not closed his eyes all night and was yawning now, but he was still looking at the prepared regulations on the table, and he was in a daze.

"So be it...... Even the great empire of the East has only reached the peak of feudalism after more than 2,000 years of centralization, and my side has just begun, and I am already satisfied to be able to do this. ”

Actually, there is a question that I have always wanted to say, the title of this chapter is military reform, right? Why do you keep talking about knights?

That's because they are knights, and just because they are knights, if the knights are settled, the task of military restructuring has been completed for the most part.

Leveling the knights is equivalent to taking back all the military power in his hands, which is already a great success, no, a success that has never been achieved before. As for the others, such as the reform of the troops, the reform of the array, or something, Count Xiao Tang thinks that there is no need for this for the time being.

Super pikemen - sword and shield men - crossbow archers (horse crossbowmen), such a three-line array is still quite easy to use until now, there is no pressure to hang all the dukes and earls of Ireland, and recently a new ballista has been added This new thing, you can skewer the enemy into a meat skewer every two or three hundred steps, and the enemy has lost half of his courage before he gets close, and then a little dozen, it is a relaxed and happy harvest time.

There is no motivation without pressure, and reform also requires money, although the Count of Little Tang has always been known for his wealth, but the recent series of events, which made the Olaf patriarch buy slaves, pay compensation to the fallen soldiers, and the annuities that will be paid to the knights in the future, these are all a lot of money! Even the little Earl Tang must take a break and save money for a period of time.

…… If there is really a place for reform, it is that two new platoons of men have been added, not fighters.

One is the Quartermaster Department, and the other is the Firehead Army.

These two platoons are actually dispensable, although we in China have always emphasized that 'the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first', but no matter how you say it, it is only an army of 1,500 people, even if it is forced to requisition supplies on the spot, it is enough......

The main reason for the establishment of these two platoons is to give the students who are ready to move a little hope.

Although it is said that relying on the bloody human head before, the students' upward heart was temporarily suppressed, but it is better to block it than to sparse it, blindly blocking it, just like a, always not releasing water, and one day the dike will be washed away by water.

But as for giving the students military power - what are you kidding?! I finally took back the military power, and now I divide it again? Do I look like brain pumping?

So let's just leave it at that, don't you guys want to go up? Don't you want to join the army? Come on! I will set up two Qingshui yamen to stand here, as long as you can endure the loneliness, you can come. If you can't stand the loneliness, you can start with a small soldier for me, when to perform well, and when to promote it. As for one step to the sky, I'm sorry, it won't work with me.

By the way, little Odega is currently working in the quartermaster department, no matter what, the quartermaster department is also a key department, much more important than the fire head army, and Count Don Jr. also needs a trustworthy person to watch, and little Odega, presumably after the last incident, will be a little more mature.

The Earl of Don Jr. was busy in Desmond, the war in Ireland did not stop, and the War of Succession in the Earls of Ulster was in full swing. However, an urgent letter cut off the idea of Count Tang continuing to farm at home.

It was a secret letter from North Munster, the letter was sent by a dusty knight on a fast horse, and it took two days and two nights to not close his eyes, and the letter contained only a few large words:

"I'm critically ill, and I hope you'll come soon.

- Archduke Munster, Murchideliu"

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