Chapter 21 Enfeoffment System
Back in the sixth year of Apocalypse, Lanni Parker, the lord of the Nanshan Corps, quickly occupied four surrounding territories with an army of 60,000, and immediately announced that he would be the king and establish the Welfare Mate Kingdom!
As a result, Parker felt that his status was no different from that of the monarch of Xia Kingdom, and he felt relieved.
"Sir, Lord Monarch! Now the surrounding four territories are annexed, but how should these four territories be managed? How should the families where the four lords are located be handled? How should the captives be handled?" After Parker called him the monarch, he asked his subordinates to call him Lord Monarch, so at this time, the inquiry of the civilian government, Bert, was also called this name.
Parker replied naturally: "Isn't there the county system of Xia Kingdom? Just follow it, establish four counties, establish county lords, and select four talented noble descendants to be county lords."
"Are those lords? Ask if anyone is willing to be loyal to this monarch. If you don't want to confiscate all his property and let them go. Those nobles do the same." Parker made a decision as an inappropriate "this monarch".
From Parker's decision, we can see the benefits of having a noble title in this world. Even if we ignore the Continental Convention, having a noble status is equivalent to having a gold medal for avoiding death.
"Yes, Lord Monarch." Bert replied with a bow and stopped saying anything. Anyway, his power will increase as the growth of territory, and he is also a vested interest.
Parker thought for a while and asked, "Is it a bit bad for this monarch to completely use the Xia Kingdom system?"
Before everyone below could answer, he said to himself: "Yes, it's not good. Isn't this telling other people that this monarch was secretly studying Xia Kingdom? Well, it's very bad!"
"Let's do this, the original decision remains unchanged. Let's turn the title of "county lord" into "city lord", the meaning of the lord of a city." Parker said and immediately ordered loudly. If he hadn't known what words to use to replace "monarch", he would have changed it.
Because the county system revealed by Xia State only has principles and does not have a specific official position, the specific administrative system of Xia State is not known about these territories outside the pass.
"Yes, Lord Monarch." After receiving the order loudly, Bert continued to suggest: "Since that is the case, is it not good to use the county system of Fulimet? Do you also need to change it to meet the requirements of Fulimet?"
"You're right." Parker nodded in agreement when he heard this suggestion, "Then do you think it's better to change like this?"
"Return to the monarch, since the monarch is a higher position than the 'lord', that is, as long as the lord is loyal to the monarch, and he presents his offering on time, and declares it to the outside world that it belongs to the country of Welfare Met, and obeys the monarch's orders, then it is a part of the country and there is no need to attack. As long as the monarch's rule is guaranteed, the existence of these territories can be allowed."
Every time Burt said something, Parker nodded and said in the end, not only him, but also the many powerful people present had their eyes glowing, staring at Parker, waiting for his decision.
Because as long as this system is available, the powerful people who only have the names of nobles but do not have the territory of nobles will have the hope of obtaining their own land, so they all look at Parker with anticipation.
"The government officials are right, and their subordinates agree with this proposal. This will not only allow those little lords and small territories to surrender quickly, but also quickly expand the land of Fulimet and strengthen the army of Fulimet." Porant also agreed with this proposal from the perspective of expanding the land.
After hearing the two of them, Babu's eyes shone brightly and said, "The subordinates agree, because this can avoid a lot of losses. It will cost money to die in a war. It is best to win without a fight."
Then other powerful people also spoke out to Bert's proposal and explained the benefits of the proposal from all aspects.
"You all say this, then do it." Parker agreed as he saw so many people agreeing to the proposal.
"Bert, tell the four lords this proposal and ask them if they are willing to be loyal to this monarch. If they are willing, they will be put back and continue to be lords. If they are unwilling, they will confiscate their property." Parker said this, looking at the disappointed eyes of a large number of people below, they also knew what these powerful people were thinking.
"Let's do this. If you don't want to, divide the territory into multiple parts according to the village and the city. As long as you make merit, I will be rewarded." Parker didn't want to let down the hearts of his subordinates, and then said, "Even if you want to, they will have to divide a portion of the land to make up for the losses of the monarch."
"Thank you, Lord Monk, I will be loyal to you!" The powerful people present finally heard what they wanted to hear, and expressed their allegiance to show their loyalty.
Parker narrowed his eyes and enjoyed the compliments from his subordinates, waved his hand, and stopped everyone. He continued: "I will not reward you without credit. If these four lords are unwilling to be loyal to me, then send someone to manage it. Well, I will send a 'city lord'."
"Don't worry, monarch, I will definitely capture a few more castles." This is the statement of the Knight Chief Porant, and his words also tell Parker that Porant has made great contributions.
"Yes, please rest assured that the monarch will definitely manage the civilians of the country of Mait." This is what Bert said, and he is also asking for merit.
"Sir, my subordinates must find a way to pay off the 10,000 gold coins I borrowed from Xia Kingdom as soon as possible." Babu was the finance official, and this was reminding Parker that if he wanted to pay off the loan, he still needed his help.
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Then many powerful people made another statement, saying that they would make more contributions while asking for their contributions.
Parker was happy and a little grateful to see this scene.
Parker was happy that his subordinates were all loyal to him and were serving him; he was glad that he was fortunate that he had not yet come to the great nobles.
Originally, after he was called lord, he realized that he had a higher status than the duke, and was ready to give all his subordinates a title, and he changed his lord into a viscount, an earl, or an official without aristocratic status also a baron, a lord or something.
But now he was really glad that he didn't do this. Otherwise, when he had given such titles, he wouldn't know where to find so much land to reward his subordinates.
After the discussion was completed, Parker ordered Polante: "After these four territories are arranged, we will continue to launch an annexation war. Remember to inform the monarch of his decision to each territorial."
"Yes, monarch, my subordinates obey the order!" Polante happily accepted the order. He really wanted to lead his troops to set off immediately and obtain his own territory as soon as possible.
When the news reached Yang Song's ears, his first reaction was: "Isn't this the feudal system?"
I didn't expect that a county system could evolve to this point. Although the feudal system is a backward system that is not conducive to the central rule, it is still a system that involves many interests and is easy to build but not easily abolish.
But for this world, it is also a great progress. Knowing the establishment of the relationship between superior and inferior units has opened up a new idea.
For Xia State, I don’t know whether it is a good or a bad thing. At least so far, it is still developing according to Xia State’s plan.
This may be a system that can be established in line with the localized "national conditions"!
After Yang Song learned from Chen Ping that Parker, the lord of the Nanshan territory, had captured four surrounding territories, he established the Fulimet Kingdom and called himself "the monarch", asking his subordinates to call him "the monarch".
Although they are both kings of the same country, Yang Song really couldn't stand this inappropriate title, but he couldn't control so much, so he could only shake his head helplessly.
A king of a country can be called a king, a king, and an emperor according to the specifications of the country, strength, and size of the territory of the country; a vassal state is called a monarch, a small state is called a kingdom, a big country, and a strong country is called an empire.
The monarch calls himself "I am the king" and "I am the one who is alone"; the king calls himself "I am the king" and "I am the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one
The ministers can respectfully call the monarch "the king", the king is respectfully called "the king", the king is respectfully called "the emperor", and the emperor is respectfully called "Your Majesty" and "the emperor".
Chapter completed!