Chapter 151, The King and the Duke

The application presented by Caterina Elantz was quite tactful and polite, completely different from her usual swaggering style, and fully reflected the respect for His Majesty the King.

But the more Richard looked, the more annoyed he became, and his eyes became more and more vicious.

Finally, he slapped the application on the table, snorted coldly, and said: "The Elantz family is really arrogant! They actually want to preside over the canonization ceremony of the nobles who surrendered to Molai! In this way, wouldn't it confirm the suzerainty of the Elantz family over them?"

The Ice Sword Master didn't answer, and he almost never opened his mouth when it came to such political questions.

Richard thought for a moment and asked the waiter to call two of his staff members in to discuss the matter.

"This must not be done!" said an elderly staff member after a cursory glance at the application, and his face changed drastically, "canonizing the nobles is the power of the suzerain, and these newly occupied areas are the territory of Thrace, and the local nobles are naturally your majesty's subordinates. Even if they want to join the Elantz family, they must first apply to your majesty, and get the approval of you and the noble council. Don't say anything, just become a subordinate of the Erlanz family!"

Richard nodded, and it was the question that annoyed him.

Although according to tradition, as long as the nobles formed an army independently, the land he fought was his own territory, but after all, the war was fought in the name of Thrace and not Elantz, and those Molai nobles who wanted to surrender could only surrender to Thrace instead of Elanz. Even if he had a premonition that the power of the Elantz family would greatly expand, he never expected that the Elantz family would swell to this extent!

In his study, there was a huge map of the whole territory of Molai on the opposite side of the desk, and against the map, he could clearly find the four marquises, twenty-six counts and more than a hundred viscounts who would be canonized this time, and although the remaining barons and knights could not see the location clearly, the approximate location was naturally in this area. Looking at the map, after this canonization, almost all the northern part of the Moraine Federation has become the territory of the Elantz family, plus the previous territory of the Elantz family, the actual territory of this "duke" is afraid that it will surpass the king in turn.

How can this kind of thing be allowed!

He looked at the map in annoyance, his brow furrowed.

To be honest, he didn't have a good heart when he allowed Duke Elantz to form an army to march south. The strange army that attacked the Thracian army at night and killed the Marquis of Henry was unimaginably strong, and even if the strength of the Elantz family far exceeded that of the Marquis of Henry and that army, it would inevitably be broken in the face of such an enemy.

So his original plan was to let the Elantz family gnaw this hard bone.

With the strength of the Elantz family, of course, they can gnaw this hard bone off, but the loss must be so great that it will make the duke very painful. In order to make up for this loss, the surrendered nobles of the Molai region gave Caterina Elantz a medicine for her flesh.

It's just that he never expected that Caterina would lead the army of the Elantz family all the way to the south, and the Molai nobles almost surrendered everywhere they went, and they didn't even fight a decent battle.

What about the special forces that Molai secretly cultivated? Where did they go?

He didn't think that those people would die in the battle with the Marquis Henry, according to the soldiers in the barracks at that time, the losses among the group were not very large, at least hundreds of people were still alive.

But where are those people now? Are they bewitched by the beauty of Caterina Elantz?

It's ridiculous!

At this moment, the young staff spoke: "Your Majesty, in this case, I think the best way is for you to send a prince to Molai's side. ”

"It's useless to go, can you still steal Katarina's seat as the host of the canonization ceremony?" asked Richard rhetorically.

"This kind of large-scale canonization, as far as I can remember, was only held during the founding of Thrace. "You can say that having the Duke preside over a canonization of this magnitude is not respectful enough to the Molai nobles, so it should be canonized one by one according to the traditional canonization method." ”

"Even in the traditional way, Caterina can be canonized one by one. ”

"Traditionally, the canonization of every count or higher nobleman requires a grand ceremony, which takes at least ten days. "For such a long time, one prince is more than enough to win many nobles under your command." ”

He showed a sly smile: "After all, you are the king, and the name of the country is Thrace, not Elantz." The nobles who surrendered may now trust the Elantz family, but given some time, I believe that many of them will be willing to invite the prince of Thrace instead of the Duke of Elanz to preside over their canonization. ”

"How many can there be?" asked Richard.

"There may not be too many at the level of marquis and earl, but there must be many nobles below the earl who are inclined to you. The young staff's eyes narrowed, "Although the strength of the big nobles is strong, in fact, the small and medium nobles are the real managers of the local area. As long as these small and medium-sized nobles are won, what will those big nobles have left besides the glory of face?"

Richard's eyes lit up.

"The reason why the great nobles are the great nobles is because they have a large number of small and medium-sized nobles under their command who are loyal to them. As long as these small and medium-sized nobles have turned loyal to you, why should you care about the big nobles on their heads?"

"This kind of thing...... Will Duke Elanz allow it?" asked the older staff member, with some concern.

"Maybe, maybe not. The young staff smiled, but his smile was a little cold, "So it can only be a prince who can go over, not Your Majesty himself, even ......"

He vaguely smiled, and didn't finish.

Richard, however, understood what he meant, nodded, and said, "So be it, if this can be done, it will be our prince of Thraceβ€”send this news to my sons and nephews, and let them decide for themselves whether to go or not." ”

"I give them an hour, and after an hour, if no one wants to go. Richard's eyes became a little indifferent, "Then I'll appoint it myself!"

Richard didn't have to wait an hour.

Only half an hour later, his second son came to the study of the palace.

But the king waited for an hour, and then handed him the letter of appointment and the reply to the Duke of Elanz.

Along with these two instruments, there is one more sentence.

"If you can come back alive, follow me to learn governance. ”

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