Chapter 0917: A New Form of Politics, A Different Opponent
Will did not lose a single soldier, relying on two griffons and more than a dozen gray-clothed swordsmen of the Holy Inquisition, to take the city of Ellenwood.
From then on, the two paths from the Crimson Mountains to Dorne, the Prince's Pass and the Bone Road, were in Will's hands.
The city of Verde Ellenwood surrendered five thousand troops, and made it into his own army of seven thousand, making a total of twelve thousand. Guan Nisai Ellenwood became his adopted daughter, the centurion and general of the former city, all of whom were reduced to soldiers, and from the soldiers in the ranks, new centurions and generals were selected, mainly proletarian but valiant soldiers.
All soldiers, former generals, and centurions who wanted to leave, were given money and food, all soldiers in Ellenwood's domain were given land and money, and the property, shops, land, pastures, hillsides, woods, streams, etc., which had formerly belonged to the Ellenwood family, were all distributed to the people, and these things no longer belonged to the nobles, but to the people of the land. The people only had to pay taxes, and the land, forests, and livestock were all private property from now on.
Soon, the territory of Ellenwood was divided among the commoners, and Will gained the support of the commoners, and reaped the wrath and hatred of the nobles.
All the nobles who did not obey the new policies and orders, and refused to give their possessions to their people, were to be killed and then divided.
The aristocratic privileges of Ellenwood's realm crumble under the butcher's knife. About three hundred people chose to leave the city of Ellenwood in Will, but many more civilians chose to join the army.
This uneasits Lady Laura Blemont and Miss Jonessa Blemont.
The city of Blemon is also their domain, and most of their 1,500 soldiers are civilians. These civilian soldiers saw that the civilian soldiers of Ellenwood made a lot of money, defeated the nobles and got the land, food and money, and also obtained the private rights of the land, everything used to belong to the Ellenwood family, whether it was mountains or woods, whether it was streams or small rivers, now these noble privileges have been abolished, mountains, forests, streams and rivers belong to the people, they cut down trees and hunting streams no longer violate the laws of the nobility, they only need to obey the laws of the magistrates, everything is free.
Will's dismantling of Ellenwood's territory made Lady Laura think about it and decide to make it clear to Lord Will. Her soldiers had begun to raise objections to her, and some of the soldiers who had rented her family's land had begun to ask Mrs. Laura if they could only pay taxes to Mrs. Laura on the land they rented, but the land itself belonged to the people, and had the right to buy, sell and sublease, not the private property of the Bramont family.
Lady Laura told her civilian soldiers that she would ask the Prime Minister for instructions, and then listen to the Prime Minister's arrangement.
Will and Arya, as well as a dozen or so swordsmen in gray, were having breakfast when Lady Laura and Miss Jonessa came in, and Lady Laura went straight to the point and expressed her concerns, she did not agree with Will to abolish the privileges of the nobility, and she hoped that Will would correct his mistakes and maintain the previous form of aristocratic rule.
Will invited Lady Laura to sit down and said, "Madame, Miss, all of Brammon's territory belongs to the Brammon family, right?"
Lady Laura did not answer such a childish question, she looked at Will fixedly, and said: "Prime Minister, if you abolish the power of the nobles' domains and divide all the land among the commoners, not only will all the nobles of Dorne fight with you, but all the nobles of the Riverlands, the Stormlands, the Crownlands, the Riverlands, the Vale of Arryn, and the North will rise up against you. The whole kingdom will be plunged into a new civil war. And once you lose the support of the nobility, you will have nothing. The power of the nobles will tear the new state to shreds. β
Will said: "Madame, take the land from the nobles and divide it among the commoners, we will only do this in the territory of Dorne, Dorne no longer needs nobles, no longer needs independence, and the nobles of Dorne will become local officials in his former domain, in charge of Dorne's politics, military, taxation, trade, and personnel. The power of land will be vested in the state, the power to appoint local officials will be vested in the state, the land will be divided among the commoners, and there will be no nobles in Dorne, only officials appointed by the imperial court. β
Lady Laura said, "In that case, Lady Prime Minister, kill me, I will not agree to anyone depriving the Brammon family of their territory. β
"Madam, the territory of the Brammon family is only fifty miles of land between the cliffs and mountains, but if you are willing to be a local official, you will have jurisdiction over more than the fifty miles of Bremont's mountains, maybe even the royal mound city, Starfall City, and Gaoyin City are all under your jurisdiction, which is a territory of thousands of miles before and after. β
Jonessa's heart is excited!
"Lord Chancellor, how much of our land, castle, and more of our land in Bramont Territory is our own?" said Ninessa.
Will pondered for a while and said, "I will give you about five miles of private land, and the remaining forty miles of land will be divided equally among the commoners, the main castle of Bremont Castle will be left to you, and the rest of the streets and shops will be given to the civilians." The authority you have been given is to govern the civilians of these lands, including taxation, conscription, the formulation of trade rules, the promulgation and formulation of local laws, Lady Laura can continue to govern the land and people of Bramont, Miss Jonessa can be the local governor of Starfall City and High Hidden City, and Pence can be the local governor of King's Tomb City and Ellenwood City, and in the places under your jurisdiction, you will also be given a certain amount of private land. β
"What if I don't?" said Lady Laura.
"I won't kill you, ma'am, you have a meritorious service to the country, I will invite you to enter the palace of King's Landing and be a royal minister, what do you think?"
Lady Laura was speechless for a moment.
This decision, that is, high ascension. When they were nobles, many nobles wanted to have their clansmen enter the palace and become important ministers, such as the Martell family, the Tyrell family, the Lannister family, and so on.
"Prime Minister, I am willing to become the prefect of Starfall City and High Hidden City. β
Will smiled: "Okay, Miss Jonessa, after the war is over, I will definitely put you in charge of Starfall City and High Hidden City, and you will have your own private house and land on the land under your jurisdiction." The power of the state is your back, helping you to govern both places and establish local security forces. If the tax is not enough, natural and man-made disasters, the state will allocate money to tide you over. Every month, the state will also give you a good salary to ensure that the local governor has no worries about food and clothing. You can do whatever you can to develop the local economy and increase tax revenue. β
"Prime Minister, I want to be the prefect of all of Dorne. β
Will said: "Miss Ninessa, as long as you are capable enough to propose specific administrative measures to manage the whole of Dorne, and after the discussion and approval of the royal ministers, you will be appointed as the prefect of the whole of Dorne." You can give it a try and see if you can come up with some interesting and effective management methods. And, Dorne is so big, you need a system of officials to support you, for example, your mother is your lawyer, your brother is your commander, and your fiancΓ© is your tax collector, etc., you need someone to be by your side and support you, this person can be anyone, former nobles, current commoners, you have to convince them to be prefects under you. β
Jonessa looked at her mother, Lady Laura, "Mother, would you like to support me as one of my governors? β
Lady Laura looked lonely and said slowly: "Jonessa, I don't understand these new politics, don't ask me anything." Prime Minister, I am not going to be your governor, and I don't want to go to war with you, so I will go back to Bremont, live in my castle, and plant my five miles of land. Janessa and Burns follow you, please take care of them and teach them how to do it. β
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Chapter 0917-2
After Will took the city of Ellenwood, he carried out reforms and soon won the support of the local people. He got in touch with Jaime of Wangzuka City, and the two places linked, and together they divided the land among the nobles, and confiscated all the real estate and property of all the nobles in Wangzuka City, and then distributed them to the commoners.
The nobles were angry and opposed, and they were all killed.
In just a few days, the new household register system was introduced, the previous noble household register was abolished, and the new household register no longer had any noble family coat of arms, but the unified name of the Westeros country.
Lady Laura left Ellenwood with a few guards and a few servants, and returned to the city of Brighton. The siblings, Ninessa and Pence, stayed. Burns was appointed governor of Wangzuka City, and Ninessa was appointed governor of Ellenwood City, and the siblings, with their own guards, began to try to manage both places in the manner of prefects.
Will and Arya, Jaime, and others became facilitators and learners of this new form of management. Together, they discussed and studied the formulation of local laws, the management of household registration, the management of the population, the establishment of schools and taxes, and so on.
When Will and the others were 'opening the world' in the city of King Mound and the city of Ellenwood, on the two mountain roads of the Crimson Mountains, an army of 40,000 freedmen drove straight in, and Will and the others had already received a letter from the raven, and the army would come soon.
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In the desert of Dorne, Oberon the Red Viper caught up with Will's army, which was nothing more than a hundred members of the death squad on sand horses, who drove the heirs of many nobles captured in Starfall City and High Hidden City, and rode sand horses to introduce Oberon the Red Viper into the desert.
The Red Viper was furious and slaughtered these enemies who took the nobles' heirs as hostages, and many of the nobles' heirs were also killed, and dozens of nobles of all sizes in Gaoyin City and Starfall City were wiped out.
This was a great help to Will's plan to eradicate the nobility, this time by Prince Oberon, the Red Viper. He was willing to sacrifice the lives of this small number of noble heirs to kill all his enemies, and he achieved his goal. None of Will's death squads escaped the hunt, but they also killed almost all of the Dorne nobles who were hostages.
The red viper knew that he had been tricked, but he was not panicked, the Wangzun City he was responsible for holding was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was built on a steep mountain, so it was impossible to set up siege equipment. In order to be safe, the Red Viper sent Shama scouts back to Wangzuka City, and also sent ravens to send a message to Wangzuka City.
After doing all this, Red Viper ordered 5,000 troops to return to Wangzuka City, and the other 2,000 troops to be stationed in Sandstone City to prevent Will's sneak attack, and the other 2,000 troops returned to Gaoyin City to station, leaving 6,000 Shama cavalry, led by Red Viper himself, stationed at the edge of the desert, and he sent scouts to follow the direction of Will's army.
Soon, the Red Viper received a letter from Princess Arlene, who had left Ellenwood City and made a detour through the Sea of Dorne to Halberd City, attacking the enemy forces in Slatty Town at night.
Dorne is huge, stretching thousands of miles from east to west, and in a world where transportation information is very backward, ravens are the single fastest way to get a message.
Only then did the Red Viper know about the battle between Slatted Town and Divine Grace City, and he was taken aback when he delayed it for two days.
The enemy turned out to be coming in three ways, not just one army.
The information of the great nobles was all wrong, and this time the military command was the Prime Minister Will, and his subordinate Mans Raid. The 40,000 troops came from the Crimson Mountains just to attract the attention of the Martell family, and the Red Viper scolded the nobles who had been friends for generations that none of them knew Will's true military intentions, and at the same time, the Red Viper no longer believed in the friendliness of the nobles, he thought that they had fallen for the enemy's tricks, and most of the nobles who had been friends for generations were no longer allies.
Dorne was attacked on three sides, one of which was an army of unicorns, which made Red Viper unable to calm down in his heart. The enemy navy was not to be feared, but when all of Dorne's armies were concentrated on the Bone Road and the Prince's Pass, the defenses of the other cities were useless.
Both Red Viper and Alianne regretted that they had not listened to Prince Daolang, and that their forces should not be too concentrated, and that the enemy should be prevented from making a surprise attack from Slatted Town.
Prince Dolang also only expected a slatted town, and did not expect the enemy to launch a surprise attack from the sea of sunset to the west.
The Martell family had placed too much trust in their intelligence system and centuries of friendship with the noble families. The king changed like a lamp, and the nobles always stood tall. The marriages and trades between the great nobles and the great nobles, the secret friendship, for generations, were stronger than the authority of the king, who might soon be overthrown.
They believe too much in this hidden and real relationship bond underneath, and this time, they suffer a big loss.
However, the Red Viper and Princess Alyne also quickly stabilized, and they had an army in their hands, so they were not afraid at all. Even the dragon could not conquer Dorne, and this time the enemy came in three ways, but it was only a tricky sneak attack, and they did not dare to fight with real swords and guns. If they want to conquer Dorne, they must destroy Dorne's main army as their core goal, and the army of the Red Viper and the army of Alen did not suffer any heavy losses, but the enemy, as soon as they heard about the army of Dorne, they fled without a trace.
It wasn't until the news of the loss of Gulu and the Prince's Pass reached the ears of Prince Daolang, Prince Oberon, and Princess Alian, that Red Viper and Princess Alianen really realized that their opponents this time were different from the opponents they knew in history.