Soon after Zhao Yan arrived in Europe, he began to take over the government affairs in Zhao Jia's hands in an all-round way, as for Zhao Jia, there are two things to do, the first is to prepare for his upcoming round-the-world voyage, and the second is to accompany his wife Yang Yan well, and Cao Ying also warned his son in private that if Yang Yan can't get pregnant this time, he won't want to take half a step out of Europe, and this matter has also been tacitly approved by Zhao Yan.

In fact, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying can't be blamed, because Zhao Jia and Yang Yan have been married for many years, although the husband and wife have not had children for many years like Zhao Yan and Cao Ying, but they also have only one daughter, Zhao Jia is Zhao Yan's eldest son, and he is also the son of Yue Wangfu, so Zhao Jia and Yang Yan's son should have been the third generation heir of the palace, but the two have no son for a long time, so Yang Yan's maiden family, that is, Tianbo Yang Mansion, is almost sad to death, Yang Yan's mother will mention this matter every time she sees Cao Ying, Last time, even Yang Huaiyu mentioned this matter to Zhao Yan in person, and even wanted to come to Europe in person, but unfortunately it was delayed because of some things.

In addition to the reasons of the Yang family, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying are also very anxious, although Zhao Jia and Agnes already have a son, but Agnes is not a Han first, and secondly, he is not a wife, so Zhao Hua cannot be regarded as a son-in-law at all, nor can he inherit the title of King Yue, of course, Zhao Hua's identity is not bad, because he can inherit his mother's position as Holy Roman Emperor.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Zhao Yan took over the government affairs of the Holy Roman Empire as soon as he arrived in Europe, and then asked Zhao Jia to concentrate on accompanying Yang Yan, speaking of which after Zhao Jia came to Europe, he did snub Yang Yan a little, fortunately Yang Yan is a reasonable woman, plus she likes Zhao Jia wholeheartedly, so after meeting Zhao Jia this time. Far from being estranged, the relationship between the two has become more intimate.

Since capturing Henry the Younger and occupying the Kingdom of England, the Holy Roman Empire has been completely unified, but there are still some aristocratic fiefs similar to large and small vassal states in the country, and Zhao Jia was busy with the implementation of the administrative institutions of the Great Song Dynasty every day. Divide the country into states and counties, and take back the ruling power of the fiefs in the hands of the nobles, of course, those nobles are not stupid, many people have raised troops to resist, and then Huyanqing's army will immediately rush over to carry out brutal suppression, of course, for those nobles who are willing to cooperate, Zhao Jia will also give rich rewards.

It is precisely by relying on the means of both grace and power above that Zhao Jia has almost cleaned up the small and medium-sized nobles in the Holy Roman Empire, and there are only some old nobles left. They not only have a large fiefdom in their hands, but also have a strong army, it can be said that each of them is a hard bone, which is why Zhao Jia has never dared to touch them.

However, after Zhao Yan took over the government affairs, he did not show the slightest mercy to these big nobles within the Holy Roman Empire, first of all, he immediately summoned everyone to Rome in the name of the Holy Roman Empire Agnes, but as a result, most of these big nobles were worried about their safety, and most of them did not come. In this case, Zhao Yan naturally sent troops unceremoniously. In the name of disobedience to the emperor, he destroyed two of the most powerful nobles, and then issued an order to convene the meeting again, as a result, most of the big nobles were scared and rushed to Rome to discuss the matter, and the few who did not come were naturally devastated by the imperial army again, which was also Zhao Yan using these people to establish his authority.

When the remaining nobles gathered in Rome. Zhao Yan personally presided over the meeting, and also put forward two requirements at the meeting, the first is that the fiefs of the nobles are no longer managed by the nobles themselves, but by the officials of the empire, and the nobles only enjoy a part of the taxes of the fiefs. The second is to ensure the security of the empire, except for the imperial army, no nobleman shall keep any form of army, otherwise it will be punished for treason!

Whether it is to recover the management of the fiefdom or dissolve the military power in the hands of the nobles, it is like cutting meat for the nobles, so the two requirements put forward by Zhao Yan were naturally opposed by all the nobles who participated in the meeting, but unfortunately they were no longer able to help them at this time, after all, they were now in Rome and were completely under Zhao Yan's control, even if they had made arrangements in advance, but it had no effect on Zhao Yan at all.

First of all, Zhao Yan first forced the nobles attending the meeting to sign an agreement, and then "rewarded" the titles of these nobles, and asked their families to enter Rome together, and announced that anyone who failed to meet the deadline would be regarded as traitors, and the empire would send a large army to clean it up.

In fact, Zhao Yan's approach is very dangerous, because this may lead to the remaining nobles uniting in order to protect themselves, even if they die and do not agree to his conditions, so that even if Zhao Yan kills these nobles, their fiefs will immediately be inherited by their sons, brothers and others, and raise troops to resist, and then I am afraid that the entire Holy Roman Empire will be in flames.

However, Zhao Yan is very sure, on the one hand, he is betting that these nobles do not have the courage to see death as home, on the other hand, he also has absolute confidence in his own strength, take 10,000 steps back, even if there is really a fire in the empire, he is not too worried, it is a big deal to increase the intensity of the cleanup, anyway, there have been no other wars in the Great Song Dynasty in recent years, and there is a surplus of weapons in the country, which can just be consumed by this opportunity.

In fact, the reason why Zhao Yan used this quick knife to cut through the mess has another layer of intentions, that is, Zhao Jia is about to leave Europe, and he will be in charge at that time, although his reputation in the Great Song Dynasty is much greater than that of his son, but this is Europe, so it is the opposite, and he is worried that after Zhao Jia leaves, someone will take the opportunity to make trouble, after all, although the Holy Roman Empire looks very calm on the surface, the secret resistance has not stopped.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yan took the above measures, on the one hand, to solve the domestic problems before Zhao Jia left, and on the other hand, to quickly establish his prestige through this matter, so that even if Zhao Jia left, no one would really dare to do anything.

In fact, Zhao Yan bet right, those nobles under his coercion, soon nearly half of them agreed to Zhao Yan's request, took their families to Rome, and handed over the power in their hands, the rest of the people wanted to resist, but soon were hit by Zhao Yan again, and finally had to hand over the fief and military power in their hands, so far, the Holy Roman Empire finally eliminated the internal hidden dangers and completely became a unified empire. (To be continued.) )