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But there is one thing that Duke Wen Xiang knows, that is, George called this grandpa uncle—it should be a relative of the Southern Wilderness Princess, maybe he is a respectable Sun Royal Family!
He knew everything about the Sun King's questions.
In Duke Wenxiang's narration, the Sun King also understood the situation.
Just like fellow villagers and comrades, charity, blessing, etc. are also imported words for the shelter.But nowadays, words like charity and good fortune have become the buzzwords of the nobles—they can’t do without charity, because if they hoard food and distribute wealth to the country, future generations will have no “good fortune”.
Not only is there no blessing, but it may also become the 'Bloody Baron' in that story.
"King Smoke, let me tell you." Duke Wenxiang gloated and said, "Those old misers are just a mess - they usually don't even pay their taxes! The soldiers on the front line can fight well. It's so fierce, they are still thinking about earning a fortune from His Royal Highness Alfonso and the shelter! Moreover, as nobles, isn't it the right thing for everyone to donate to the refugees? Whether the refugees are Alfonso The people of Erda, where did they come from, are they all human lives? What are you doing with so much money? Take some out and resettle refugees. Aren’t those wastelands in the territory cultivated by people? But this group of guys , I just can’t figure it out.”
Having said that, Duke Wen Xiang looked at a group of passing mercenaries, he took off his hat and saluted, and the mercenaries also responded.This made the smile on his face even brighter.He looked at the old aristocrats not far away and said: "Hehe, now they are awakened - you say irony is not irony? These upright nobles need rangers, what do you call them real? Nobles, what is the duty of nobles!"
Duke Wen Xiang and the Sun King said a lot of things, and they were all righteous words.
But what kind of character is the Sun King?After a few words, he recognized the real role of Duke Wen Xiang.The Sun King couldn't help but cast a contemptuous glance at Duke Wenxiang, and thought to himself——a piece of shit.
After listening again, the Sun King also understood how mercenaries spread in Eldar - even because of those bloody barons.
These bloody barons are all real, real heretics and lurkers among the nobles.
The source of disaster broke out in the vassal territories, and the great lords lived in panic.But how many people are there in the church?And the gentlemen of the temple seem to be less powerful than mercenaries...
Therefore, at the beginning, everyone invited the mercenaries as saviors—and those misers spent a lot of food in order to invite these mercenaries.
But it is easier to ask the gods than to send them to the gods—they have enlightened their wisdom, let the bottom-level people who are in the dark and allowed to be oppressed see the light, and taught them how to fight.
Just like the words that Duke Wenxiang often chanted - I can endure the darkness instinctively, if I have never seen the light.
0853 The new force of Eldar
The people of Elda became the examiners of the nobles, and some nobles were able to submit a satisfactory answer—upstarts such as Duke Wenxiang did have a little problem with their bodies, and they were also foolish.But he never did anything evil.I have done a lot of good deeds at ordinary times, so there is no trouble in the territory.That is to say, some corrupt officials at the grassroots level were reported or simply brought out by the mercenaries and the common people.
And Duke Wen Xiang naturally killed his relatives righteously, and let everyone clean up those rat shit-so Duke Wen Xiang has gained a good reputation instead.It was a wink, and he surrendered to the shelter immediately.
Certain nobles belonged to misers—like Earl Benjamin of the Skyhawk.Or the old nobles of the city.After being cleaned up by the people, he became honest.And the arbitrators who came over quickly appeased the people's anger, took over the territory in the name of the Cathedral of Dawn and His Highness Alfonso, and did a good job of building and farming for those mediocre lords.
But some lords did a lot of evil - they naturally couldn't submit an answer that satisfied the people, and the result was naturally the same as the old farmer said, they deserved to be killed.
The work that Sanctuary did in Elda, the top leaders of Elda have already compromised - such as St. Vermick, Alfonso, Cang Lan, or the old king shrunk in the palace.
So the nobles of Eldar couldn't make any waves at all.
Occasionally, the great lords who were able to suppress the riots were basically dealt with by Southern Wilderness bandits like Moss, or sources of disaster like Tanya.
According to Garvey - just these trash lords?It took less than a year to complete the push with the troops.
In this already rotten excess, the spreading speed of the Sanctuary thoughts is surprisingly fast. In this fog, people have longed for the light for a long time, and the countless teams of the Sanctuary are the rainwater , let the Eldar bloom everywhere.
Now the number of rangers is huge, and every town has a backbone—mostly local people.
This ideological trend set off in Eldar not only awakened the power of the people, but also affected the superstructure.For the first time, the nobles realized that 'water can carry a boat and overturn it', and many leaders also thought about the true meaning of the word 'people'.
Alfonso also began to think.
The former old king, representing the power of the holy court and the old aristocratic lords, tried his best to suppress the development of the people, the development of commerce and the popularization of magic knowledge.
In recent decades, the profound image of the moon country's transformation has reached Eldar, allowing Eldar's wizards and upstarts to form and rise.The old monarch cannot represent their interests, nor can he be their protector.The contradiction between the two sides became more and more obvious.
So Alfonso seized this opportunity, and the upstarts and chambers of commerce also set their sights on the fourth prince—he had irreconcilable conflicts with the first heir of Elda, and they also had common interests— —Establish a magic empire like the Moon Kingdom, where a monarch can hold the power of theocracy in his hands at the same time, a paradise for businessmen and wizards.
So Alfonso became the head of the new Eldar faction—the Canglan family, the leader of the Eldar Chamber of Commerce, was the first to come here.It wasn't until the Kuroshio came and the old nobles headed by Robert gathered the hearts of the people of the whole country in the name of the holy war, that Grand Duke Canglan left Alfonso behind.
Now Alfonso's former mortal enemies - the old nobles, no longer have the power they once had.The newly-rising nobles have gathered beside Alfonso, and as for Grand Duke Canglan, he has once again stood by Alfonso's side.Became one of the heads of the upstarts.He advocated trade and the strengthening of parliamentary rights. He did not want Robert to become the new king and continue to suppress the development of the Eldar Chamber of Commerce. The two parties had common interests. Together with Alfonso, they fought against the old feudal aristocratic forces headed by the old king.
But according to the original history, there was a new ally beside Alfonso - the guild.
Mercenary Guild, Magic Guild, Chamber of Commerce, Farmers Guild, Trade Union...etc.Their strength cannot be underestimated, and they are an important weight to overwhelm the old nobles.They represent the lowest classes of the Eldar.Also stands for shelter.
They are entering parliament.
Alfonso suddenly discovered that while Sanctuary integrated the power of the entire Elda for himself, it also firmly grasped the entire Elda just like the Holy Court did back then.
But this new Holy Court is somewhat different from the previous Holy Court.
Occasionally, Alfonso would be very annoyed and puzzled—according to his consistent attitude for thousands of years, the next step, he should kill his father and the first choice of Elda in the name of the divine right An heir sits on the Throne of Thorns.
However, he always felt that perhaps it would be more appropriate to use the phrase 'granting the power of the people to the people'...
And this throne of thorns has also begun to become a prickly ass-the person sitting on this throne can be a puppet waiting to die, or a king with lofty ideals and goals.But the only one who can't be the authoritarian, fatuous and immoral person.
He must stand with more people at all times.
Alfonso began to change his thinking. He began to win over those guilds, and began to use their power to check and balance the rising upstarts.And thought about the role and status that the guild should occupy in that future United Kingdom of Eldar.
Alfonso often saw that he could no longer see clearly what the future development of the Eldar and the world would ultimately look like.
And even George often has the idea that this world is too different from his hometown.The knowledge he knows cannot be fully applied here.All he can do is to break the shackles of the old era and build the skeleton of a new world.
The new order is gradually becoming perfect in this chaotic world.Many thinkers are also considering the future appropriately.The skeleton built by George is being continuously improved.George often flips through the books written by scholars, constantly learning and changing.
At present, after the old nobles were quarreled, either they could not afford to support soldiers, or the army was demoralized.Therefore, the private soldiers in the many territories of Elda were either 'borrowed' by Alfonso, or they joined various guilds.
These private soldiers joined the private soldiers in order to have a bite to eat, and it was inevitable to run with the shelter.Moreover, they not only provide food, but also pay military salaries, teach literacy, and distribute farmland!
The most important thing is, look at the eyes of those people looking at the 'Rangers' - that is the same as looking at the eyes of heroes!Let the private soldiers have a sense of belonging and honor.
The situation of the knights in Eldar is similar. The knights who have no territory basically go out to mess around.But they look down on those mud legs in the mercenary group.They long for honor and fame, so they are looking at two places - the "White Lion Mercenary Knights" jointly formed by the Great Holy Church and Alfonso, and the Glorious Mercenary Knights of Grand Duke Canglan.
Actually joined the mercenaries...
The big knights inside are also mud-legged...
0854 Under the capital
Whether it is a knight or a mercenary, after entering the melting pot of the sanctuary army, it will be a matter of time before they have a true sense of faith and mission.
So, among Elda, those who walked the same path as the Sanctuary are not considered to be the same, and there are only two kinds of people left.
One is the old nobleman.They have no soldiers and no power in their hands, guarding their own one-third of an acre of land to eat and wait to die.Gradually reduced to the British nobility.Living a life of idleness but still a carefree life, the peasant association still gave a lot of food.After all, there are not so many granaries in the peasant association, and they are not that big...
When there is a disaster, everyone will donate.
But some people are not satisfied with that little food, and with the opening of the trade route between the Moon Kingdom and Eldar, there are more and more of these people, they are the upstarts.It's a typical capitalist with nothing on the wall.
These people have thoughts, but they all have their own little calculations and little books, just like Irene.
When accumulated, it must be the kind of behemoth that can affect the world.Be the new dragon, the new old nobles.
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