The fortress's castle study is much more spacious than the town office. The tall bookcases occupy the left and right walls, and the edges of the cabinet are inlaid with gold-plated metal edges, which are stuffed with all kinds of books.
After reading along the way, everything from epics to historical travel notes.
In order to facilitate access to books on the top floor, there is also a wooden escalator next to the bookcase.
Perhaps for safety reasons, the only window in the study was only half a person tall, and iron railings were installed outside.
When the light shines into the house from the outdoors, you can clearly see a narrow beam of light falling on the old plush carpet, which feels quite independent.
If it were Anna, she would definitely like this place. Roland couldn't help but think, but for him, it was more suitable for him to have floor-to-ceiling windows and a small town office with always bright room.
Even if it is small, it is full of comfort.
As for the Nightingale, you can tell how she doesn't like it when she often leans against the fireplace.
At this moment, a knock on the door sounded outside the house.
After coming in, Roland put the "Secret History of the West" in his hand back into the cabinet.
Your Highness, Pero Hermon walked into the study and placed a stack of white paper on the table. The statistics you asked me to do were completed.
Roland returned to the desk and carefully looked at the list of aristocrats he handed over. These are all the nobles left in the Western Region, right?
Yes, Pero briefly explained that I divided them into two categories: guilty and innocence, and then sorted them by family surnames.There were sixty-four guilty nobles, and one hundred and thirty-seven people who refused to participate in the rebellion, or were unaware of it, most of whom were Free Knights, Jazz and Little Nobles.
Roland opened the homepage of the list and was ranked first. The Earl of Maple Leaf Roman Candy.
Following the report of Iron Axe, the great nobleman hid in a wine barrel in the basement after his mansion was broken. He was so scared when he was searched by the First Army soldiers. He was also the rebel with the highest title in this battle of unification.
The next page is full of nobles from the Maple Leaf family, such as two sons, other relatives, and the enfeoffed knights.
Roland quickly turned to the end, and then satisfactorily folded the statistics table, doing a good job.
In short, the six major families in the Western Region have become the four historical lions, Ryan, Maple Leaf, Running Wolf and Wild Rose, which cannot have a chance to turn around again. Although honeysuckle and elk have survived, they are no longer fiefdom nobles in the past sense. All the power in the Western Region will be his own hands.
Your Highness...Pero hesitated for a moment before saying, "The rulings on the list of guilt and innocence were provided to me by Mr. Iron Axe. Could there be...there may be a misjudgment?"
Roland couldn't help but chuckled twice. He was very good at interrogation and did not torture and confess, so I think the final ruling could be believed.
In fact, this is just a cover. After all the captured nobles were locked in the dungeon, the Nightingale was responsible for identifying them. Just ask a few simple questions to see if the other party was involved in the rebellion.
This is also the reason why Roland dared to take heavy measures to clean up the nobles. With Nightingale's help, he could truly not let go of a bad person or wrongly accuse a good person.
Neither play with implicating the trick, nor pretend to be enlightened, and let the perpetrators go.
Then... what are you going to deal with these guilty nobles?
What's wrong? Roland raised his head and glanced at Pelo. Is your friends still there?
No, Your Highness, the latter shook his head. I just thought that if you execute them all, it may be detrimental to your future rule.
You asked for blood debt and blood payment a week ago. The prince raised his eyebrows with great interest. Do you want to let them go now?
I do want these people to go to hell, but even if I strangle them one by one with my own hands, I can't save anything... Instead, it may arouse other nobles' disgust towards honeysuckle.And if the reputation of executing nobles spreads, other cities may also set off a wave of opposition to your rule.
Hearing these words, Roland was quite surprised. This idea was indeed the way of thinking of mature politicians. Putting aside personal emotions, it was more about measuring interests... It seems that this change did not make him hate the fight more, but instead made him mature.
It's okay to tell you in advance. He stood up and walked to the window. I will declare the whole story of the matter to everyone, and then publicly sentence all rebels, including nobles, guards, entourages and mercenaries... the culprit, that is, the direct initiator of the rebellion, and the evildoers with the blood of the people on their hands, will be sentenced to hang, while the accomplices will be deprived of their titles and will be sent to the North Slope Mine for labor reform.
According to this method of disposal, there were only five or six hanged nobles. Earl of Elk and Viscount Pin Wolf had already died on the battlefield on the spot, and the remaining people were equivalent to saving their lives with their titles.After the news spread, I don’t think anyone would think that the punishment was too harsh. After all, betraying the royal family itself is a serious crime.
Pelo breathed a little relieved, Your Highness is kind.
When the eldest son of the Honeysuckle family left, Roland felt an unprecedented sense of fulfillment.
This action completely cleared the obstacles to the integration of the Western border for him. In the future, whether it is to formulate laws or promulgate policies, it will be unobstructed on this vast land.
More importantly, after he gained support from a large number of people and nobles, he naturally had potential supporters after removing the opponents.
Especially after the nobles lost their feudal power and territorial legal power, if they wanted to live a comfortable life, they must follow their policies and spare no effort to promote it.
Since the nobles have far more resources than the civilians, it is not difficult to get benefits from them as long as they try to use their brains a little.
Once they taste the sweetness, they will never want to go back to the hard life they used to be. After all, these little nobles have never enjoyed the benefits brought to themselves by their territory. If the operation is not good, they will have to pay money.
Soon they realize that they can easily live a life they could not imagine before by playing chess by following the rules.
There is no doubt that the city building plan has taken another big step forward.
Roland wiped off the condensed water vapor on the window and looked at the city shrouded in the snow through the blurry window. Since he had to stay here for a while, he would often come to Changge Fortress to handle government affairs in the future. So he simply transformed the study into a prince-only office according to his preference.
For example... start with the floor-to-ceiling windows.
After reading along the way, everything from epics to historical travel notes.
In order to facilitate access to books on the top floor, there is also a wooden escalator next to the bookcase.
Perhaps for safety reasons, the only window in the study was only half a person tall, and iron railings were installed outside.
When the light shines into the house from the outdoors, you can clearly see a narrow beam of light falling on the old plush carpet, which feels quite independent.
If it were Anna, she would definitely like this place. Roland couldn't help but think, but for him, it was more suitable for him to have floor-to-ceiling windows and a small town office with always bright room.
Even if it is small, it is full of comfort.
As for the Nightingale, you can tell how she doesn't like it when she often leans against the fireplace.
At this moment, a knock on the door sounded outside the house.
After coming in, Roland put the "Secret History of the West" in his hand back into the cabinet.
Your Highness, Pero Hermon walked into the study and placed a stack of white paper on the table. The statistics you asked me to do were completed.
Roland returned to the desk and carefully looked at the list of aristocrats he handed over. These are all the nobles left in the Western Region, right?
Yes, Pero briefly explained that I divided them into two categories: guilty and innocence, and then sorted them by family surnames.There were sixty-four guilty nobles, and one hundred and thirty-seven people who refused to participate in the rebellion, or were unaware of it, most of whom were Free Knights, Jazz and Little Nobles.
Roland opened the homepage of the list and was ranked first. The Earl of Maple Leaf Roman Candy.
Following the report of Iron Axe, the great nobleman hid in a wine barrel in the basement after his mansion was broken. He was so scared when he was searched by the First Army soldiers. He was also the rebel with the highest title in this battle of unification.
The next page is full of nobles from the Maple Leaf family, such as two sons, other relatives, and the enfeoffed knights.
Roland quickly turned to the end, and then satisfactorily folded the statistics table, doing a good job.
In short, the six major families in the Western Region have become the four historical lions, Ryan, Maple Leaf, Running Wolf and Wild Rose, which cannot have a chance to turn around again. Although honeysuckle and elk have survived, they are no longer fiefdom nobles in the past sense. All the power in the Western Region will be his own hands.
Your Highness...Pero hesitated for a moment before saying, "The rulings on the list of guilt and innocence were provided to me by Mr. Iron Axe. Could there be...there may be a misjudgment?"
Roland couldn't help but chuckled twice. He was very good at interrogation and did not torture and confess, so I think the final ruling could be believed.
In fact, this is just a cover. After all the captured nobles were locked in the dungeon, the Nightingale was responsible for identifying them. Just ask a few simple questions to see if the other party was involved in the rebellion.
This is also the reason why Roland dared to take heavy measures to clean up the nobles. With Nightingale's help, he could truly not let go of a bad person or wrongly accuse a good person.
Neither play with implicating the trick, nor pretend to be enlightened, and let the perpetrators go.
Then... what are you going to deal with these guilty nobles?
What's wrong? Roland raised his head and glanced at Pelo. Is your friends still there?
No, Your Highness, the latter shook his head. I just thought that if you execute them all, it may be detrimental to your future rule.
You asked for blood debt and blood payment a week ago. The prince raised his eyebrows with great interest. Do you want to let them go now?
I do want these people to go to hell, but even if I strangle them one by one with my own hands, I can't save anything... Instead, it may arouse other nobles' disgust towards honeysuckle.And if the reputation of executing nobles spreads, other cities may also set off a wave of opposition to your rule.
Hearing these words, Roland was quite surprised. This idea was indeed the way of thinking of mature politicians. Putting aside personal emotions, it was more about measuring interests... It seems that this change did not make him hate the fight more, but instead made him mature.
It's okay to tell you in advance. He stood up and walked to the window. I will declare the whole story of the matter to everyone, and then publicly sentence all rebels, including nobles, guards, entourages and mercenaries... the culprit, that is, the direct initiator of the rebellion, and the evildoers with the blood of the people on their hands, will be sentenced to hang, while the accomplices will be deprived of their titles and will be sent to the North Slope Mine for labor reform.
According to this method of disposal, there were only five or six hanged nobles. Earl of Elk and Viscount Pin Wolf had already died on the battlefield on the spot, and the remaining people were equivalent to saving their lives with their titles.After the news spread, I don’t think anyone would think that the punishment was too harsh. After all, betraying the royal family itself is a serious crime.
Pelo breathed a little relieved, Your Highness is kind.
When the eldest son of the Honeysuckle family left, Roland felt an unprecedented sense of fulfillment.
This action completely cleared the obstacles to the integration of the Western border for him. In the future, whether it is to formulate laws or promulgate policies, it will be unobstructed on this vast land.
More importantly, after he gained support from a large number of people and nobles, he naturally had potential supporters after removing the opponents.
Especially after the nobles lost their feudal power and territorial legal power, if they wanted to live a comfortable life, they must follow their policies and spare no effort to promote it.
Since the nobles have far more resources than the civilians, it is not difficult to get benefits from them as long as they try to use their brains a little.
Once they taste the sweetness, they will never want to go back to the hard life they used to be. After all, these little nobles have never enjoyed the benefits brought to themselves by their territory. If the operation is not good, they will have to pay money.
Soon they realize that they can easily live a life they could not imagine before by playing chess by following the rules.
There is no doubt that the city building plan has taken another big step forward.
Roland wiped off the condensed water vapor on the window and looked at the city shrouded in the snow through the blurry window. Since he had to stay here for a while, he would often come to Changge Fortress to handle government affairs in the future. So he simply transformed the study into a prince-only office according to his preference.
For example... start with the floor-to-ceiling windows.
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