Chapter 80: Oliman's Power (Chapter 1)
What exactly does Olive want to do?
For this question, many people want to know.
However, as a close person close to Oliman, he also has a vague understanding of Oliman's thoughts.
At the end of the day, that's the change he brings.
Oliman attaches great importance to Chen Heng.
This kind of attention is not only manifested in force, but also attaches great importance to Chen Heng's ability in other aspects.
Therefore, during these years, the two often discussed, and discussed various things, including the system of the Kingdom of Kutu.
The system of the Kutu Kingdom is a typical feudal system, the whole country is headed by the king of Kutu, and then the king of Kutu divides the vassals into a level of feuds, forming a lord.
In reality, the Kingdom of Kutu was not a complete state at all, but a military alliance headed by the King of Kutu.
Except for the territories directly under the royal family, the rest of the lords do not have to pay taxes to the royal family at all, only the obligation to send troops to help, and the obligation to respond to the call.
And even such an obligation cannot be fulfilled at all times.
When the royal family of Kutu was strong, many lords would naturally be obedient and would not do much.
But once the royal family of Kutu is weakened, these lords may not be so obedient, and when the time comes, it would be good not to make trouble for you, and you still want to count on them to serve you?
And many lords, although saving the cost of rule, but also strengthening the hidden danger.
When the royal family is weakened and unable to suppress many lords, many lords will also merge with each other, and in the end, a new behemoth may be formed, or even attack the royal family.
In fact, there have been many such examples in the past of the kingdom of Qutu.
The current royal family of Kutu seems to have been established in the same way.
As a traverser, Chen Heng could naturally clearly see the huge hidden dangers hidden in this mode, and told Oliman all the possibilities.
It is not surprising that Oliman, under his influence, would have the idea of weakening the lords and depriving the rest of them of their territories.
In fact, every generation of King Kutu would do something similar when he came to the throne.
After all, expanding one's own power belongs to the instinct of those in high positions.
It's just that, even so, what Oliman did was still too much, and the methods were too violent.
Just observing what Oliman did, Chen Heng couldn't help frowning.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to weaken the lords and deprive them of their territory.
But the premise of doing so is to find the right reasons and excuses, and at the same time have absolute power to suppress.
If there is no reason or excuse, it will arouse the strong resentment and fear of many lords, and even the hostility towards Oliman.
And if there is no absolute force to suppress it, it is easy to cause further changes.
In this era when lords control their territories, the power of those lords is very strong and should not be underestimated.
Once they are really pushed into a hurry, the power that erupts will be unimaginable.
Proper reasons and excuses, which Oliman does not have.
Otherwise, it would not have developed to the point where Chen Heng frowned when he saw it.
As for absolute power.
Chen Heng couldn't help but fall into thought.
The power that Oliman possesses comes from three main parts.
First, it was her original territory.
This was given to her by the previous King of Kutu, who had been operated by Oliman for many years, and it was her basic plate, which was quite stable.
The second is the royal power obtained by inheriting the throne of Kutu.
This part of the power is also very strong, and it belongs to the accumulation of the past Kutu royal family.
The last part is the power of followers and vassals like Chen Heng.
Most of this part of the power is made up of the nobles who followed Oliman and supported her on the throne.
It's just that as time passes, this part of the power that follows Oliman is gradually disappearing.
There are many reasons for this, but the main one is that there is not enough return.
The reason why these people followed Oliman and supported her to become King of Kutu was naturally because they wanted to get a rich enough reward.
But when Oliman became king, he did not fulfill their request.
With the exception of a few, most of the people, though given territories, were sealed off on the borders near the desert.
Even Chen Heng is the same.
Isn't his fiefdom Soda just a barren land close to the desert?
Although in the past five years, Chen Heng has relied on his own efforts to gradually develop Suoda, but others do not have such good conditions and abilities as him.
Most of them are struggling in this area, and many of them have even died in the war with the aliens.
Those who survived probably won't be too grateful to Oliman for this.
The pioneer collar proposed by Chen Heng at the beginning was executed very well by Oliman in this way.
Thinking of this situation, Chen Heng couldn't help but have a headache and rubbed his forehead.
When he first proposed the Pioneer Territory, he suggested that Orman let those landless nobles, or the second sons of nobles who had no inheritance rights, go to the Northland and come here to explore.
These people already have nothing, and they are already satisfied to be able to obtain a piece of territory.
And going to the Northland is also their own choice, even if they die, they can't hate Oliman, and it has nothing to do with Oriman.
But these followers are not the same.
These followers followed Oliman into battle, and there was no doubt that they had merit.
On the way to Oliman's victory, they also paid a lot, and naturally they also had what they wanted.
And their desire and expectation is obviously not to obtain the barren land of the barren area of the Northland, but a more prosperous territory.
But Oliman's approach undoubtedly failed them.
During these five years, Oliman continued to eradicate opponents and confiscate the lord's domain, but the territory he gained was not given to his followers, but was included in his own pocket.
As for her followers, she was sent to the Northlands to re-establish territory that had never been explored.
No matter who you are, I'm afraid it won't be easy to face this situation.
So this last part of the power of followers has actually gradually dissipated in recent years.
Moreover, if Orman does not change what he has done and continues the current trend, sooner or later he will completely force this part of the people away and make them part of his enemies.
As for Oliman's own territory and the power of the royal family, it is quite stable, but if it continues like this, sooner or later there will be problems.
After all, Oliman's rule, in Chen Heng's opinion, can be called rough.
Thinking of this, Chen Heng couldn't help sighing, then turned around, picked up the letter in his hand, and began to write.