Chapter 206 -56- Taking sides

Charlotte moves quickly.

After summoning the Lenn-Castle family, she announced the review plan for the entire earldom, formally appointed Viscount Lenn-Castle as the reviewer, and used her own direct jurisdiction as the review plan.

first stop.

Overnight, the situation in the Viscounty of Northport changed. With the list of names confessed by Maddock, Nice led the Castel Guards to raid each house. A large number of municipal officials and low-level nobles from the demesne were arrested and escorted to prison.

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Such a large-scale censorship action naturally caused an uproar among the territorial nobles. The nobles who stayed in Northport shortly after the dinner at the Earl's Mansion almost broke through the door of the Earl's Mansion. There were some who discouraged, some who opposed, and some who reprimanded.

Yes, there are tempters...

The singing and dancing at the banquet went well, and the nobles who had not broken their skins maintained at least a superficial respect, and they were all obedient and loyal to the new earl.

But when the false calm was broken, when Charlotte finally started to take action against the nobles, when she finally began to try to win over the Castel family's increasingly declining authority in the past ten years...the nobles finally revealed their true nature.

Attitude.

be opposed to.

unanimous opposition.

Charlotte suddenly realized that she still looked down upon the intertwined nobles in her own territory. The day after the review plan was announced, the nobles still stranded in Northport even signed a petition.

The nobles have been asking Charlotte to withdraw the censorship plan. For this reason, they have also proved the various disadvantages caused by the censorship plan, and by the way, they have also scolded the Leon-Castle family.

"The property and privacy of nobles are sacred and inviolable. Even lords are not qualified to conduct such strict inspections on vassals, let alone verify property!"

"This is contempt for the "Sacred Code"! It is the foundation of self-destructive rule! It is the work of a tyrant!"

"The truth about the assassination at the banquet should indeed be investigated, but this should never be a reason to anger the vassals!"

"After all, he is an ignorant child. Castel will be destroyed in her hands sooner or later..."

"Hmph, she's just a bitch with Fallen Star bloodline. No matter how well the Castel family hides it, they can't hide the fact of their bloodline. Maybe she doesn't have the Northland at all in her heart, only herself!"

Public opinion is almost one-sided.

Overnight, it seemed that in the eyes of all the people in the territory, Charlotte transformed from a young and promising lord into a tyrant who did all kinds of evil.

Looking at the petition signed by the nobles, and listening to the guards' reports of the criticism and comments from the nobles heard throughout North Port, Charlotte's face didn't look very good either.

However, she had more or less anticipated the reaction of the nobles. The reason why her face was not good at this time was mainly because of the nobles' unbridled remarks when they criticized her.

It's okay to ridicule her for being an ignorant child. Those who make excuses about gender are really intolerable.

However, although she was so angry that she wanted to immediately hang these foul-mouthed bastards at the city gate, Charlotte was still calm.

She knew that the public opinion that arose in the city that night seemed to be agitated and public resentment was boiling, but in fact it was just the attack of nobles who had offended their interests.

It is the aristocrats who control public opinion and the aristocrats who create momentum. As for the majority of the people in the territory, in fact, they did not respond to the censorship plan so quickly.

Not to mention, Charlotte didn't target them either.

However, Charlotte knew that this matter could not be delayed.

Now that they have decided to take action, they must suppress it with thunderous force. Otherwise, the nobles have many ways to incite the people, and things will become troublesome in that case.

"Nice, have you found out which family is taking the lead?"

Charlotte asked calmly.

"Hey, the leaders should be a few upstarts who made their fortune from workshops and caravans. In addition, there are also many low-level nobles from the direct jurisdiction participating."

Nice said.

"A new rich man who made his fortune from workshops and caravans? Several other viscounts and barons were not involved?"

Charlotte was a little surprised.

"Meow, no."

Nice shook his head.

Charlotte frowned.

However, after thinking for a while, she came back to her thoughts:

"It turned out to be a group of idiots who were used as arrows..."

Although the emerging nobles in Castells are rich, their influence is not that high, and it is impossible to gather so many nobles overnight.

This was probably used as a weapon by those veteran nobles, who wanted to take this opportunity to force her to compromise and test her bottom line.

As for why these upstarts are willing to come forward, Charlotte can probably guess a lot based on her family's experience.

Castel's industry and commerce have developed rapidly in recent years, and these new rich people who have made their fortunes may have evaded taxes a lot. Rather than scrutinizing the vampires, they may be more opposed to property inspections.

"Lord Charlotte, what are you going to do? Although you have a noble status, but... mortals may be much more difficult to deal with than you think. You bending down to fight with them, in my opinion, is just lowering yourself to the same level as them.

level, and then it is easy to be entangled by their rich experience in internal fighting..."

"In my opinion, our goal is to let you regain your strength as soon as possible, not to play house with these guys here."

Nice couldn't help but said.

Charlotte understood what this guy meant, and he was gently advising her to simply use the power of "spirit" to find a way to deal with these people directly.

Gods are best at brainwashing, not to mention Charlotte is the "blood ancestor".

It seems to Nice that Charlotte can easily control the thoughts of nobles as long as she thinks about it.

But Charlotte was also helpless.

Her plug-in was effective. She neither wanted nor could she use magic to mentally control all the nobles in the territory, and she didn't know how to "quickly restore strength."

The only thing she can be sure of now is that she must firmly control the territory and make it her strong backing.

After that, she can slowly figure it out. By then, whether it is preaching or collecting the fragments of holy scriptures, it will be more convenient.

"Continue to act according to the original plan, combine the reported materials and the list of confessions, and arrest the leading instigators."

Charlotte thought for a while and ordered.

"Ah...are you really not afraid of rebellion?"

Nice couldn't help but ask.

Charlotte glanced at it:

"Even if it is a rebellion, the direct territories cannot rebel. If they really want to rebel, it will be those vassal nobles with private soldiers."

"Aren't you afraid of your reputation? If you continue like this, you will really be known as a tyrant."

"Don't worry, someone will take care of this for me."

Charlotte said.

After speaking, she looked at the attendant maid Shirley and ordered:

"Shirley, send someone to send a message to the Len Castel family's mansion and tell them that it's time for me to see their influence among the nobles."

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Professional things require professional people to operate.

Although the nobles of Castell shouted loud slogans, how many of them were determined to oppose Charlotte, how many were fishing in troubled waters, and how many were secretly observing the situation, or simply

On the silent side, I'm afraid no one can fully explain it.

But one thing is certain, Charlotte made the right choice in choosing the Leon-Castle family as the executors of the review of the nobility.

Following Charlotte's order, the guards of the Castel family came out in full force and directly began to suppress the rebellious nobles of the demesne.

As the master of the Northland, Castel maintains a standing guard of three thousand people. It may not be able to compete with the combined private soldiers of the nobles, but it is more than enough to suppress the riots in the small demesne.

At the same time, the Leon-Castle family finally stood up.

The old Viscount personally stood up, reprimanded the rebellious nobles, and promoted the legitimacy of this review from the perspective of territorial security.

I have to say that this head of the Leon-Castle family does have something.

Charlotte thought he would support this review based on his various crimes against the nobility.

After all, after the dramatic report, not many of the noble families who attended the banquet were completely clean. If we really investigated them carefully, they would all be caught.

However, the old Viscount did not use the mountain of incriminating evidence on Charlotte's desk, but directly started from the harm of vampire infiltration to demonstrate the necessity of review.

After all, the Northland is the territory of the Crescent Kingdom. Although there are a large number of immigrants in the Northland, the most important ones are the citizens of the Crescent Kingdom who migrate north.

In the history of the Crescent Kingdom, the Shedite clan overthrew the government and almost destroyed the country as a result. As Crescent people who grew up under the influence of the "Legend of the Blood Demon", they are naturally interested in the "Blood Palace" of the Vampire Clan.

Be somewhat vigilant.

Ordinary people can't tell the difference between the "lawful" Ness clan and the "chaotic" Sherdite clan. In their eyes, they are both blood clans. The old Viscount personally summoned the nobles to give a speech, which awakened many people's awareness of the blood clan.

The fear that reigns from behind.

Public opinion reversed almost instantly, at least among civilians.

Examining nobles is fun for the common people, and in many cases it is even completely satisfying. The common people's feelings towards the lords are also very simple. In addition to the most instinctive awe, their perception of the lords more often comes entirely from the nobles.
To be continued...