Chapter 16: The Spy Who Wants to Work Hard
With the implementation of the three-year plan, all kinds of messy problems have been successively summarized in Hudson's hands.
The most striking issue is the issue of religion. The influence of the Holy See in the upper echelons of the kingdom was cleared out in the game of kingship and divine power, but its influence in the lower echelons did not diminish in the slightest.
It turned out that when the population of the territory was small, this kind of problem was not obvious. After all, fanatics are a very small minority, and they can't make any waves.
Now, things have changed. With the rapid growth of the population of the territory, the number of fanatics also increased, and even entered the grassroots management team.
Hudson was not in a hurry to act, and the religious problem was never solved overnight. The people at the bottom who are struggling on the line of death cannot be without faith.
Referring to the practices of other nobles, they all turned the people of the local church into their own people, so as to complete the full control of the territory.
Before that, Hudson had played like this. It's just that the number of priests in the mountain territory is too small, and they don't have the time to go deep into the people.
"Maybe it's time to change the doctrine!"
Muttering a word, Hudson stopped again when it was time to take action.
This kind of thing is not something that a lord is qualified to initiate. Across the continent, the only ones who had the courage and ability to initiate further Reformation were Charles III and Julius Caesar, who opposed the Holy See.
After much hesitation, Hudson decided not to rush to the ground running. The current situation in the kingdom is not optimistic, and Caesar III's physical condition is worrying, and it is obviously not suitable for a big move.
Charles III was in the prime of life, but he was too far away from Hudson to exert influence.
Combined with what he did, Hudson felt that he would do nothing, and that Charles III would launch a new round of Reformation.
The Terrans only need one overlord within the Terrans, and the Frankish Kingdom and the Holy See have long since turned their faces, and if the ruling foundation of the Hindrians is not overturned, the Frankish Kingdom's position within the Terrans will not be stable.
In Hudson's view, the establishment of the Arcane Academy was the first shot of Charles III's anti-papal movement.
The Reformation always began with the emancipation of the mind. In the absence of gods, with the current negative image of the Holy See, the countries already have the basis for a comprehensive Reformation.
Considering the existence of the Lord of Dawn, everyone was inevitably a little timid in their actions. The actions taken must also be insisted on: anti-papal, not anti-divine.
Confine the struggle to the framework of infighting among believers.
At present, the actions of the major forces against the Holy See are all trying to divide the Church, but they do not directly attack the doctrine.
After a moment's hesitation, Hudson began to write. The Arcane Academy, the base camp of the anti-papal see, must be established.
The Mountain Lords do not have the ability to establish an Arcane Academy, but the Alpha Kingdom does. If you don't take advantage of the reign of Caesar III to implement the matter, there is a high probability that the successors in the future will not have such courage.
Once the Arcane Academy takes root in the Alpha Kingdom, someone will be able to tamper with the doctrine, and there is no need for Hudson to be the first bird.
After stating the pros and cons, seeing that no omissions were found, and was about to seal it, Hudson's face suddenly changed, and he secretly scolded himself for being stupid, and immediately released a fireball spell to burn the secret letter.
There is no way, Caesar III is not a fool. I actually want to use him as a gunman, I really think the king is easy to bully?
Hudson bet that if his letter were delivered to Caesar III, he would be one of the founders of the future Arcane Academy.
If you want to refuse, you can't find a suitable reason. The pit you dig by yourself is the only way to fill it.
Successfully avoiding a crisis, deep down, Hudson is still a little apprehensive. At this moment, he suddenly understood why the big nobles didn't like the male lord.
The king is too shrewd, and although he handles internal and external affairs in an orderly manner, he is not easy to fool!
The slightest carelessness did not fool the king, so he dug a pit and buried himself.
It is estimated that the great nobles of the kingdom have suffered a lot in the past years. The more times they have been pitted, everyone has learned to be well-behaved and has become peaceful.
After thinking about all this, Hudson immediately decided to change his thinking, and secretly sent someone to preach the benefits of establishing an Arcane Academy.
No one knows if it will succeed, and now it's up to who will be the first to be the first to fall into the trap and jump out to promote the establishment of an arcane academy to pull hatred.
It's all geopolitics, if he is a hinterland lord, this kind of thing will be done, and Hudson will definitely not be instigated.
How could he be a coastal lord, if he pulls the hatred too much, he will face bloody revenge from the Holy See when he sets foot in the sea in the future.
"Tom, send someone to inform Kane, Jacob, Rudolph...... Come over in the evening to discuss things. ”
Hudson commanded.
"Yes, Count!"
As he spoke, Tom outside the door had already turned away.
The only change is that on the parchment on Hudson's table, there are two more big words - quit irritability.
A series of successes, although Hudson did not say anything on his lips, but deep down, it is inevitable that he is still a little proud.
If you are proud, you will get carried away. Unconsciously, Hudson found that he had become "impetuous", and he almost did the stupid thing of using the king as a gunman.
Fortunately, he reacted in time, otherwise if he continued to do this, he would have killed himself sooner or later.
As a new nobleman, there were many people staring at him. Don't look at the fact that he seems to have a good relationship with everyone now, once the fatal flaw is exposed, he will be eaten up immediately.
Who made him too young?
It came out so quickly, if the forces of all parties were not afraid of it, then there would be a problem.
No action was taken, because Hudson sold a lot of favors during the war, and no one wanted to be infamous for being ungrateful, and everyone was embarrassed to do it for a short time.
In addition, there is no conflict of interest with most nobles, so they can't act as a leader and make wedding dresses for others.
There are several families with conflicts of interest, and they happen to be seriously injured in the war, and they have no time to find his bad luck.
Finally, we ushered in a period of peaceful development, and instead of sinking down to develop the territory and pragmatic foundation, we ran to stir up the storm and send ourselves into the whirlpool, wouldn't it be self-defeating.
Hudson was reflecting, but the mountain collar was lively. Since his wedding, it has been as if the valve has been opened, and the Coslow family has married nobles from all over the world one after another.
Although they are only collateral children, and some of them have not even touched the title of their ancestors for three or five generations, this does not affect them to marry the small nobles outside under the banner of the Coslow family.
Of course, there is a threshold for participating in marriage, at least you have to become a knight first and show a certain potential.
If he is nothing, there are so many people in the Coslow family, and Baron Redman doesn't have the time to do it for them.
You can't even want Zhang Luo, because it's not a marriage, it's a feud with someone. Unless it is a continuation, the object of aristocratic marriage must also be noble, which is the most basic principle.
As a child of a large family, as long as you become a knight, you can get a knight title.
An earl like Hudson himself had the right to canonize the low-level nobles. It's just that this kind of aristocracy is a vassal exclusive to the big nobles.
There are no surprises, Hudson will not be stingy with an empty title when treating his own people, but there is no need to think about fiefdoms.
Unless he has made great contributions, he will not divide his territory and give it to his subordinates as fiefs.
Not only Hudson, but the great nobles of the whole continent did this. The guys who wantonly split the territory are all in the competition of the aristocratic world and have been eliminated by history.
Every day for the children of the family to marry Zhang, Baron Redman is about to become an exclusive matchmaker. Busy is busy, but seeing the family prosperous, he is still in a good mood.
This good mood didn't last long, and slowly disappeared. Under the background of the right family, the children of the family have found a suitable marriage partner, but his two younger sons are not cared for.
Originally, there were three, but one of them was kicked out of the house early and was directly ignored by him.
The two who stayed by his side, although they were not too old, were still a little embarrassed that no one cared about them. If you want to take the initiative, you can't find a suitable target.
It stands to reason that as a descendant of the Coslow family, the earl's younger brother can fully consider marrying the nobles.
It's a pity that the identities of the two youngest sons are a little embarrassing, and it doesn't matter if they don't share Hudson's mother, and their mother is not from a noble background.
On this one, the possibility of marriage with the great nobles was severed. After all, everyone wants to save face in the circle, and with the current situation of the Coslow family, it is not enough for everyone to let go of face.
It's not just the big nobles who can't climb it, but even the middle nobles aren't interested. Even if Baron Redman expressed his intention to marry, he would only be willing to bring out distant side children.
After all, people also have to conduct background checks before they get married. figured out the relationship between the two and Hudson, the head of the family, and was directly judged to have no marriage value.
The little nobles below didn't care much about this, but Baron Redman was a little unwilling. To be precise, Mrs. Anna was unwilling and blew the wind on her pillow every day.
"How's it going, sir?"
Hearing the question, Redman replied angrily: "What else, I was rejected again!"
Forget it, let's talk about it in a few years, anyway, the two of them are not very old, and it doesn't hurt to drag it out for a few years.
I'm usually busy, so when you're fine, urge the two of them to cultivate. If you can cultivate to the Great Knight before the age of twenty, you don't have to worry about not having a good family. ”
has been rejected one after another, and Redman has no illusions about the marriage of his two younger sons.
The so-called cultivation to the Great Knight before the age of twenty is purely a picture cake. Throughout the history of the Coslow family, there has been only one Hudson.
No matter where they are, cultivation geniuses are only a minority after all, and the vast majority of them are just ordinary people.
"Master, I will urge them to cultivate, but ......"
Before Mrs. Anna could finish speaking, she was forcibly interrupted by Redman: "There are not so many but, there is nothing perfect in this world.
If not, then lower the bar. Even the eldest and second didn't go to climb the high branches, so why can't they be left on the two of them! ”
Obviously, in Redman's eyes, the weight of the first three sons is still heavier.
Even if I usually give my youngest son more love, it is based on the situation of leisure and leisure. Unless the following two smaller ones have past performance, it's hard to change.
"Master, or let Hudson come forward and help ......"
Before he finished speaking, Redman directly changed his face and reprimanded: "Shut up! Ignorant and stupid woman, do you want to marry someone, or do you want to make a feud?
Since ancient times, marriage is a good marriage between two surnames, how can there be a forced marriage!
Stop here, if I hear it again, hum! ”
The angry look in her eyes startled Lady Anna. Reason told her that Redman was really angry.
In the twenty years that the two have been married, there have only been a handful of scenes where Redman has been so angry, and every outburst will cause something big.
Perhaps seeing that Lady Anna was frightened, Redman's anger slowly subsided. The Coslow family was finally revived, and he didn't want to affect the family's development because of his reckless behavior.
Recently, I have been busy building bridges for the children of the family, and they are all trying to attract contacts for the family. Even if the marriage partners are all small nobles, there are many people in the Coslow family!
If you can't compare with the Dalton family, it's better than people. With the fertility of the Coslow family, as long as a stable development environment is obtained, the population of the next generation will inevitably explode further.
Maybe you don't have to do anything, after a few decades, all the nobles in the province have become their relatives, and the family foundation will be stable.
The prerequisite for the implementation of this plan must be to ensure that every marriage is a marriage, not a feud.
Until now, he was the only one who knew about the plan. As the concrete executor, Redman did not allow anyone to sabotage the plan.
After all, this is the greatest contribution he can make to his family, and it is also the value of life in his mind.
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"Hurry up and load the car, it's going to leave tomorrow, what is this slow!"
Since the launch of the territory exchange program, this scene has been playing out in various places. It is inevitable that the serfs will resist the homeland.
It's just that even they are the wealth of the nobility, and their ideas obviously can't affect the implementation of the plan.
The slow procrastination has been their last stubbornness. The armor chiefs who were transferred from the headquarters to organize the relocation were slowly running out of patience after doing their ideological work.
The reprimand is gentle, and the grumpy ones are directly kicked up. The soldiers who had just started patrolling went over to dissuade them one or two, but then they didn't bother to speak when they saw that the progress was delayed and they couldn't get up.
Under the forced pressure, the relocation work officially began. There were a lot of hiccups along the way, but there was no big mess in the end.
Of course, it's not how good the organization of the mountain collar is. The main thing was that Hudson recruited 20,000 troops and sent them to help.
The relocation of 150,000 people was escorted by an army of 20,000. If you can make a big mess, then there is a real problem.
There is no doubt that these 150,000 are not a quality population. After all, these fiefdoms were turned into borderlands during war.
The original lords all died on the battlefield, and naturally few of the serfs who went to the battlefield with them were able to come back alive.
A large number of young and strong people have been lost, and the rest are mostly old and weak women and children. If you put it on other lords, you will definitely be worried.
The Mountain Collar was obviously an exception, and during the war, Hudson was able to bring back many young soldiers.
It can be seen from the one-time recruitment of 20,000 troops that this is by no means something that the original population of the mountain leader can make up.
This wave of territorial replacement is not only a concentration of territory, but also a grand strategy for population balance.
Looking at the long migration procession, Andrea looked depressed, he, the sad city lord, had only been in office for more than three months, and he was about to move again.
There is no way, who let Snow Moon City be too far away from the mountain territory?
I was expecting to make achievements here and go back to get a good position, but now it seems that it is obviously a failure.
It's also sad to think about it, when I was in charge of intelligence work, I was not able to make outstanding achievements; When he was the lord of Snow Moon City, he still didn't have the merit to be able to show his hands.
There are more and more talents in the mountain leader, and he has been unable to produce results for a long time, and if this situation continues, it will be a matter of time before he is marginalized.
If it's just himself, it's nothing to be marginalized, but he came with a mission.
It was not easy to blend into the high-level of the territory, and if he was kicked out of the power center because of his own factors, there was no way to explain to the boss behind the scenes.
With a deep sigh, he knew he couldn't sit still any longer. You must make a career in the next changes, otherwise not only will you end miserably, but even your family will have to be doomed.
(End of chapter)