Chapter 387: Abolition of Acting Officials
There was a moment of silence at the mention of this prince, who they had only met a few times, but who had a very important place in their lives, especially for Collins, who was undoubtedly deeply hated and dissatisfied. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info The prince has an inescapable responsibility for slaughtering his family directly with Clifford Archpriest. Although Collins knew that he probably would not have a chance to take revenge in his life, he still felt resentful when he thought about it.
At this time, the guards told Cecil that the Grand Prince of Rex had something to do with him, and Collins hurriedly ended the conversation with Cecil and told his disciple to go quickly. Cecil immediately came to the place where Prince Rex lived under the leadership of the guards, and now the eldest prince has officially entered the palace, but he did not enter the palace where the original king deserved, after all, the king's death has hit him hard, although the eldest prince Rex has won, but the kingdom has been full of holes.
Cecil was soon led by the guards to the place where Prince Rex lived, and the Duke of Fatam, the Grand Knight of Osmond and others had gathered in the Grand Prince's bedroom, and the ten people in this small circle were all high-ranking and powerful people, compared to Cecil's fief and title, which were not worth looking at at all. It was only because of his special status as a Heavenly Mandate Knight that he was allowed to join this circle. Of course, it is also one of the important reasons why he broke the deadlock in the battle just now and gave the eldest prince victory.
Prince Rex didn't say anything when he saw Cecil coming, just nodded his head, and Cecil consciously stood at the bottom of the line. The discussion at this meeting was very simple, that is, how to stabilize the newly obtained power, Prince Rex used a coup d'état to get power, but it is difficult to seize the country, and it is even more difficult to defend the country, because of the split in the royal family, Prince Rex is left in front of a mess full of holes.
The first thing Prince Rex has to solve is the problem of acting officials in various places, the acting officials in various places are benefiting from the direct system of the king, and they have always been directly managed by King Hariton, relying on the various fees and taxes collected by the acting officials in various places, King Hareton almost controls most of the taxes and money within the kingdom, if you don't control this piece in your own hands, and let this system go against you, then Rex, the so-called successful person, will not be able to move an inch.
Duke Fatam wasted no time in putting forward his opinion, which was to immediately let Prince Rex fulfill his promise. Abolishing the system of acting officials, allowing all the powerful nobles to return to their fiefdoms, and letting the nobles directly manage their own territories, this is also the promise that Prince Rex made to everyone when he was not on the throne, and it is also the reason why most nobles can support him.
Although the political power of the system created by the king is very strong, but the force is very weak, they only have the power to fight against the nobility when they are combined with the power of the king directly under the central government, in fact, the acting officials everywhere are civil officials who do not have strong force, once Prince Rex releases these wolf-like nobles, then the acting officials who have lost the support of the king system can only face the fate of being replaced by these nobles who have hated them to the core, What's more, not all the deputy officials will resist the nobles, after all, the acting officials are also recommended by the nobles themselves.
But Prince Rex hesitated, and he didn't want to take this step. As a prince, he can naturally write any check and make any promise, and in order to seize the power at all costs, it is the easiest thing to promise to others what he does not have, but now Prince Rex's identity is different, he has sat in the position of his father, and once people change positions, their mentality will naturally be different. He also knew that the system of acting officials was of great benefit to his own control of the resources and money of the entire kingdom, and if the land was really handed over to those nobles, then he would lose the right to control and claim the land of these whole countries, and his authority would be greatly reduced, so Prince Rex was not willing to take this step unless he had to.
Duke Fatam saw the reluctance in Prince Rex's heart, and he said to the prince: "The acting system is already a cancer in front of you, the prince, your relationship with King Hareton has made it impossible for you to control the acting officials in various places in your own hands as smoothly as the kings of previous years, the whole system has stood on the opposite side of you, and you must now use the power you rely on to fight against the forces opposing you, so as to consolidate and stabilize your power."
Although Duke Fatam's words were said very respectfully, even Cecil could hear the meaning, that is to say, although the system of acting officials is the power of the king, but specifically you, the king, because of your relationship with the old king, you are equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the old king, and you rely on our nobles, which is also the most important reason why you can win the coup d'état, and even the defection of the three knights is also because the officers in their army are the children of nobles. Now that you've succeeded, everyone is looking forward to you delivering on your promises. If you don't keep your promises, then many nobles will rebel, and you will easily collapse if your foundation is unstable.
This implicit threat can even be heard by a rookie like Cecil, how can Prince Rex not know that Duke Fatam is a henchman of Rex's henchmen, and even if he has this attitude, once he does not fulfill his promise, how many people will be left in his camp to support him? When the time comes, I'm afraid that I will really become a lonely person, can I bear this kind of consequences? The more Prince Rex thought about it, the more frightened he became. In the end, a difficult decision had to be made.
"I declare the abolition of all the system of nobility within the kingdom, all the land owned by the nobles will be handled by the lord himself, and the lord can freely leave the royal capital from today to go to his own fiefdom and fully manage his own land and vegetable farm!" Once decided, Prince Rex was also very happy, and his words were categorical.
As soon as these words came out, these dozen people were suddenly overjoyed, these people are all big nobles, and everyone has more territory than one province, especially the Duke of Fatam, whose territory spans three provinces, and is absolutely a lord, this order can't be issued, it is a great news for all the nobles of the Soloran Kingdom, and even changed the governance structure of the entire kingdom.