Chapter 344： Day of allegiance

In the case of legal reasons, when a noble lineage belonging to the royal family was removed, the royal family had the right to take back the property of the noble lineage and to reinvent others, while the lower vassals who had loyal to the nobility had responded to the new lord under normal circumstances. The oath of allegiance is not mandatory, but a "moral" and "habitual" requirement. The king has no right to interfere with the vassal of the vassal. Therefore, will the followers of the old lords loyal to the new master, often looking at the new How is the lord's wrist? In fact, whether or not the vassals of the previous lords can pledge allegiance to themselves is an important criterion for measuring whether a nobleman has sufficient strength and prestige, at least in Ansu.

The prestige of the name of Kovan Cecil in the Cavaliers is unquestionable. The legendary personal strength and the current development prospects of the new Cecil are enough to make Kant’s old knights convinced, but they are placed in them. There is also a final test before

That is whether they are willing to give up the old land privilege and obey the new order of Cecil.

Kant’s knights are no strangers to Cecil’s order. Although the traditional aristocracy is a somewhat dull group, the Cecil family has actually ruled Kant’s collar for half a year, and those who are slow will notice that those infiltrate. The changes, while those who are slightly motivated, will go deeper to find out the "legal basis" behind these changes. After all, they have already guessed that the Cecil family will soon become the new owner of Kant, and no one will care that they will face the future. what.

After learning about the current status of Cecil’s system, the Kant’s knights were already nervous, but no matter how nervous they were, they faced the fact that they had to face the king’s canonization, and the Philip Knight who had always been responsible for Kant’s affairs. It brings the order of the Lord to summon.

The Kant Knights responded to the call in the midst of the resurrection. On the seventh day of the month of recovery, Kant’s “Old Knights” headed by Wald Peric (former Kant’s Chief Knight) arrived at the residence of the Duke of Cecil. .

Everyone knows the purpose of gathering people here today, so they put on the clean bright armor and put on the burqa outside the armor. These mighty knights are slightly uneasy to gather in the hall of the lord's house, each other. Whispering from time to time.

The main content of their discussion is that Cecil leads those unbearable "new orders" and how to get the new lords to take advantage of the privileges they should have.

“I heard that everything Cecil led was around the 'Government Office', even including tax collection and picking,” said a young knight with his companion. “The land is nominally Aristocrats, but the people who actually hold the land have little power at all...even the arrangements of the Office of Government Affairs."

Another knight is even more worried: "They may take back all the Philip Knights who have said that he has not sealed the land."

"It is said that the land will become a 'territory'. We can only accept the annuity according to the size of the land. In addition, there is no power other than that. Even if people in the village want to go to work in the city or go hunting in the open land, they only need to go to the government. The hall reports, without the permission of the lord..."

A tall, thin knight frowned: "The power to restrain the civilians from running away is gone. How do we maintain the order on the land? For a long time, those mud legs may not even bend over." Pay tribute!"

The knights are worried, some people whispered: "We should express our attitude that the Duke of Cecil is a great person, but his decree is simply a mess, giving the order of the land to a group of people in the government office. The clerk will take care of it, sooner or later it will be messed up!"

Others nodded and agreed, and more than half of them focused on the old knight sitting in the center: "Mr. Wald, what do you think?"

The old knight who was watched was silent for a long time, frowning and shaking his head slightly: "... look at the situation, take a step and take a step."

This reply is obviously not reassuring, so the knights gradually discussed it again, and whispers have been kept.

All this, until the man wearing a noble coat, with a majestic face, a very tall and strong man went into the hall.

Their whispered discussions stopped immediately, and everyone involuntarily shifted their eyes.

Going into the hall, Gao Wen glanced at the Kant's knights in front of him: there were not many people, and the number of supervisors who were loyal to a viscount was less, and the number of people who were sealed was even less. These are the knights and real estate. There are only a dozen people in the standard knight, and only one of them is the middle class, and the one who stands in the middle of the knights is the gray-haired gentleman: the former military officer of the former Kantberg. , Wald Peric.

Gao Wen and Wald Peric met, and after the end of the nightmare in Kantberg, the middle-aged knight was one of the first to rush to the main hall of the castle and stabilize the order. In the impression, Wald is a loyal to the lord, but not very obvious, but he loyal to the Kant family for the longest, and has the strength of the middle-level knight, so has the highest prestige and voice in the Kant.

While Gao Wen observed these knights, the knights headed by Wald also got up and bowed, and the sound of the metal friction on the armor sounded into a piece. Gao Wen accepted the etiquette of everyone and accepted everyone. After the ceremony, I said: "Mr. ladies, you are very punctual."

There are not only men in the Cavaliers, but also three women in the world where there is extraordinary power. Women only have the power to compete with men as long as they awaken the relevant forces.

This is also one of the few "fairness" in this world of injustice.

"To pay tribute to you, the great pioneer, the knight in the knight, the founder of Ansu, the sword and shield of the kingdom..." Wald's opening is a series of titles thrown out, apparently he has carried a lot of words before he came. All over, "I am honored to be able to step into your castle. We are very happy that you can become the new protector and ruler of Kant. The land will be safe and prosperous because of your existence."

After Wald had finished this routine, Gao Wen raised a hand and said, "I am a person who doesn't like to talk nonsense, so go directly to the topic. We all know that I am calling you today. .

"I have become the legal ruler of Kant. According to the usual practice, you should swear allegiance to me. I believe that the punctuality of all of you is to show your attitude towards this matter, but before that, I should explain that you are in good faith. The new 'rules' to adapt to after Xier."

Such a straightforward way of speaking is not like the ordinary aristocrats of this era who have not had a few sighs after the opening of the aria. It is impossible to say the title, but Gao Wen? Cecil is obviously not the style of this painting.

The knights looked at each other for a while, and then the atmosphere on the scene was tense and subtle.

But Gao Wen didn't seem to notice this. He tricked him, so there were a few attendants coming out and sending a piece of paper full of text to every knight.

"I am used to making everything into a clause, and the agreement in black and white is more reassuring," Gao Wen said with a smile. "You can take a closer look."

When Wald Peric saw the printed papers, an unpredictable but contradictory complex emotion emerged immediately.

Abolish the land, change to the territories, abolish the tax revenue, and instead issue the annuity by the Office of the Government for investigation and accounting, abolish the governance right, and change it to the administration of the Administrative Office or the subordinate unit. The Cavaliers can join the Administrative Office, but they should be assessed in the same way as the civilian clerk. And the "official" position cannot be inherited...

On a piece of paper, almost all land-based privileges were erased.

This is only for the knight who is only equivalent to "half the lord". It is a knight whose privilege is limited. If a viscount or even a count is to be merged into the Cecil family, how much power will he lose to the nobility?

The old knight noticed that the people around him were quiet, and almost no need to look up, he knew that there were several pairs of eyes concentrated on himself, but what can he say?

What can he say to a duke?

But he had to speak, at least not to say a word, so after a hard time thinking about it, Knight Wald looked up: "Duke, please allow me..."

"Don't worry," Gao Wen smiled and interrupted Wald's words. "These things on paper are just to let everyone know what Cecil's 'order' is, but swearing allegiance is a very serious matter. It’s not enough to just understand some of the legal provisions. I invite you to visit my city and let everyone know about the land from all aspects so that you can better judge whether the Cecil family is worthy of allegiance, isn’t it?”

The knights looked at each other, and some people showed a thoughtful look, and Wald Peric quickly nodded: "What you said is very good."

The new lord may want to show off the economic and military strength of the territory, in order to increase the weight of loyalty, which everyone wants to understand, and this is the most commonly used means for new lords to attract followers.

Therefore, since Gao Wen is going to take this "traditional process", the Kant Knights do not mind to cooperate, but with the cooperation, the power to fight for it must be won.

Everyone took their own abacus and followed Govin to leave the lord's house and visited the city that was somewhat strange to them.

Neat and well-ordered urban areas, wide and straight, with streets of unknown materials, bustling commercial streets and ubiquitous, well-dressed civilians, Wald rode on the horse, silently watching everything in front of him, but a little absent-minded .

These are indeed the performance of the territory's prosperousness. It is a strong proof of Govin's governance ability and wealth. In all fairness, a place that has been built less than a year can develop into such a concept that it has even surpassed the "fast development". It can be described as difficult to understand, but the current attention of the Kant Knights does not seem to be on this.

Gao Wen always smiles and silently observes the reaction of these old knights, but he did not say anything, but indicated that the team speeded up and walked toward the northeast exit of the city.

A female knight noticed the acceleration of the team and couldn't help but curiously ask: "Duke of the Duke, where are we going?"

Gao Wen casually said: "I don't think you seem to have much interest in the commercial streets and houses on the territory, so it is better to go and see what you might be interested in."

“What are we interested in?” The knight is more curious. “You mean...”

"It's something you definitely have to deal with in the future."