"Of course we know the principle of matching power and duty, but, as you say, Your Majesty, this is an inheritance gifted to us by previous emperors, and even if we are willing to accept it, the members of our family may not all be willing to accept such an outcome, and the nobles will not necessarily accept such an outcome, and what is moreover, how is Your Majesty prepared to divide a person into whether he is a viscount, an earl, or a duke? If His Majesty is nepotistic, I am afraid that the matter of the title will cause great indignation among the nobles. ”

So said the patriarch of the Hammatri family, which is actually a very difficult issue.

The division of titles is bound to cause a dispute, because it is impossible for everyone to be satisfied with the title they have been divided, and it is possible for a viscount to become an earl, and a third-class earl to become a first-class earl.

Therefore, it is necessary to start from a period of time, and all the fiefs of the nobles before this period of time can be used as a reference for the present, otherwise, in the years of the collapse of the empire, some aristocratic industries have expanded very fast, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The division of titles is not based on virtue and reputation, but on property and land as the standard, higher titles can certainly enjoy more special powers, but also have to fulfill more obligations, nobles can not become the moth of the country, but to become the pillars of the country, thanks to the fine tradition of matching power and duty since the Roman Empire, which is also the reason why Western aristocratic republican politics and democratic politics can appear.

"According to our preliminary analysis, the policy of the empire will be like this,"

Calvo, as the prime minister, should stand up and attract most of the firepower.

"The Empire is prepared to rely mainly on the present personal property, and to determine the title, the property required by the third-class viscount itself will reach 1,000 ducats, and at least 100 ducats per year, which is the required requirement for the title of third-class viscount, and the property of the third-class earl will reach 15,000 ducats, and at least 1,000 ducats per year, and the duke's property will reach 50,000 ducats, and at least 10,000 ducats per year, considering that the world is changing, Therefore, we only look at whether the income of the previous five years meets the demand, so as to determine the knighthood level,"

"According to this standard, I think you can find that even merchants can be included in the ranks of the nobility, since the merchants are not proficient in warfare, for the sake of the country, but also for their own sake, the empire is ready to divide the nobility into two kinds, one is the commercial aristocracy, the other is the military aristocracy, the commercial aristocracy needs to pay more taxes than the military aristocracy, and the military aristocracy needs to serve in the military, to join the army, obviously, the military aristocracy can get more honor than the commercial aristocracy, for a Roman, It's an irresistible temptation,"

"It will be very necessary for the nobles to contribute to the country, and the cabinet government is ready to follow the example of the ancient Senturian Citizens' Assembly, to bring the nobles into a whole, to form an Elice Doclatis, and when the country needs the help of the nobles, the emperor will convene the Alice Doclatis, and the nobles will then need to donate troops and money to help the emperor accomplish such a task,"

"Because the emperor's behavior may sometimes be inappropriate, we must recognize that all people make mistakes, so the nobles have the right to disagree with the emperor's behavior, but such power is very precious, a viscount can only have one chance in his life not to fulfill the emperor's orders, three times for the earl for life, five times for the duke for life, but it needs to be clear that if the emperor does not support the emperor for two consecutive meetings, it will be regarded as a betrayal of His Majesty the emperor, and it is very likely that he will be removed, because you need to understand that the power of the title comes from Your Majesty, It's not your property, it's only because you have that you have the power that His Majesty has given you, do you understand? ”

Leaving a little time for the few great nobles present to digest slowly, the establishment of the Alice Dokratis Assembly made these great nobles suffer a great impact.

It should be explained here that at the end of the Eastern Roman Empire, since the beginning of the Palaiolog dynasty and the beginning of the reign of Michael VIII, it became more and more obvious that the nobility had no obligation to the emperor, and the emperor had obligations to the nobles - and that the institutional situation was clearly not conducive to all the actions of the emperor, as the emperor of the Romans, the person on the throne had an inherently duty to protect his subjects, but the nobles, merchants, and citizens lost their obligations to the emperor. There were too many privileged lands granted by the Komnenos and the Palaiologs, and this is how the Pronian system was corrupted, and now what Constantine has to do is to make up for this shortcoming, so that not only the emperor has obligations to his subjects, but also the subjects have obligations to the emperor, and both sides have their own rights and fulfill their obligations, so that the development of the country can come to normal,

The Alice Doclates Assembly did not shrink the power of the emperor, nor did it make the power of the nobles substantially expand, it seemed to give the nobles a chance to oppose the emperor, but this is nothing more than to turn such behavior from the dark to the light, it is believed that even if Constantine issues a national mobilization order now, there will definitely be people who do not cooperate and disobey, it is nothing more than that all this is now turned to the surface, if the Alice Doclates Congress expressed obedience, but privately resisted, Didn't the righteousness come to the emperor's side?

As long as the emperor is justified no matter what he does, then the nobles will converge a lot, as for all the nobles who oppose a certain action of the emperor, then don't do it, there are thousands of nobles, and the things that can make so many people oppose can't be a good thing, and if it is a real good thing that is opposed, then the emperor can cancel this conference at any time, in general, this is one of the best ways to deal with it now.

Seeing that the patriarchs of the six major families gradually understood the meaning of his words, Calvo continued,

"Of course, Your Majesty loves your subjects, and after the Cabinet Government made such a proposal, Your Majesty also added that although the ancient family is now in decline, if it has made a great contribution to the Roman Empire, it can also become a nobleman, as long as they are well educated."

It is normal for some families to be damaged in the war, but their heirs may have taken refuge in the monastery in desperation, and now that they have the opportunity, they will naturally come out of the monastery, even if the title does not give many fiefs, even if they need to join the army, this is a rise in social status, and they will definitely be grateful to Constantine, after all, Constantine personally sent them up.

"Such a family, divided before 1204, that is to say, the great nobles of the country before 1204, or those who contributed to the country at that time, can find as much as they can, not according to the current property, but with the merits of that time, to maintain the glory of the ancient family."

This is not only a good thing for those declining nobles, but also for the nobles present, because their families may also decline, and if future emperors can be like the current emperors, then their descendants may also become the current promoted declining nobles.

As for the 50,000 ducats of gold that the duke wants to achieve, as well as the annual income of 10,000 gold coins, it is really nothing to the big nobles, the spices that the Skley family transports from the east to the west every year, even if there is only a full boat, can earn 50,000 gold coins, and the profit of a full ship of spices is about 60%, that is to say, a boatload of spices can earn 30,000 gold coins, for such a big family, the money is really easy to earn,

But after all, the number of luxury goods such as spices, dyes, and ivory is very small, and perhaps the Skley family can muster a shipload of spices for a whole year, and the merchants of Genoese and Venice are not small, but it is not easy to meet the standard set by Constantine.

But the Skley family can, it doesn't mean that other families can, which means that the focus of the empire has shifted to the winemaking and textile industries in recent years, and the land grows cash crops to make more money, otherwise, 50,000 gold coins need 100,000 acres of land to produce a year, where can the average nobleman reach such a scale.

To tell the truth, such conditions have already moved the patriarchs of the six major families, but people's hearts are always insufficient, especially for the trading family, they really don't look down on the land, of course, the trading family led by the Skley family put forward a request,

"The Skley family doesn't particularly value land, but the ministers need to know that we are experts in trade, and we are willing to exempt some land from tax exemption privileges in exchange for the tax exemption privileges of the workshop, I wonder what your Majesty has already thought?"

Winemaking workshops, textile workshops, these are very profitable, no matter how much their land outputs, it is not to be turned into products in the workshop, and the crops can be worth a few dollars.

For such a request, Calvo is naturally hesitant, pretending to be very embarrassed, although in fact, the cabinet has long thought of such a stubble, but the negotiation, pay attention to a psychology, don't you see Calvo is frequently making eyes at Chavez. m.

"Ahem, what Patriarch Skley said makes a lot of sense, but considering that the output of the workshop is very huge, which everyone knows, if we don't do it well, maybe the patriarchs of other families will have opinions,"

Chavez said beautifully, not all families are trading families, if the empire does it unfairly, then there will be complaints,

"How about comparing five acres of land to one person, and you can get a tax-free privilege for a workshop of 1,600 people, or a workshop of 160 people?"

Thinking in his heart, looking at the jealous light in the eyes of the various patriarchs next to him, the patriarch of the Skley family sighed in his heart,

"In accordance with the arrangements of His Majesty's cabinet, the nobles will submit to your feet."

Seeing the Sclee family compromise, and seeing that the other families had no opinions, Calvo stood up again,

"There's one more thing I need your help with."

Some people died, but not completely......