"His Majesty Grai I had two princes at that time. The eldest prince, His Royal Highness Sri Lanka, was wise and decisive, kind-hearted, and courteous. As early as ten years old, he had won the unanimous support of all the great families of the Sakara Empire and was regarded as his prince.
Of course, it is the next generation king of the Sakala Empire. His Majesty Grai I has already cultivated His Royal Highness Sri Lanka as the Crown Prince. In the last few years of his life, His Majesty Grai I has basically entrusted the government affairs of the country to him due to physical reasons.
"His Royal Highness Sri Lanka". Looking at the expression on Mr. Périgueux's words, you can know that this His Highness Sri Lanka is still very charming. At least Mr. Périgueux regards him as an idol. When he mentions him, everyone is filled with excitement.
With a radiant face, he also talked a lot, as if he wanted to put all the advantages on his head: "His Royal Highness Sri Lanka's achievements in civil and martial arts are even among the previous emperors of the Sakala Empire.
They are all outstanding. When he was seven years old, he realized the true meaning of magical power and was promoted from a magic apprentice to a fourth-level magician. When he was eight years old..."
Lord Perigo kept introducing all the magical and great things about this Sri Lankan prince to Link and the others. Listening to what Lord Perigo said, Link and the others simply felt that this Sri Lankan prince they had never met before was simply...
He is more talented than the legendary ancient gods, and even more powerful than the heroes and protagonists in all the stories on the continent that Link has heard since he was a child combined.
However, no one from Link or the others interrupted Lord Perigord. Even Earl Weir and Lord Weir, who were half-lying on the chairs with helpless expressions just now, were listening to the conversation between Link and Lord Perigord.
The earth wolves also sat up straight now, looking full of energy, listening with their eyes wide open as Lord Périguet revealed the secret.
Whether it is Earth Wolf, a mutated warrior of an ancient intelligent race, or Count Weil, who grew up in the imperial capital of the Bavaria Empire, they are all particularly interested in this kind of news that contains royal secrets, imperial secrets, etc., and may be interested in it.
There are some hobbies and emotions in the heart of every member of the intelligent race that cannot be isolated even from the great changes like the War of the Ancient Gods that could change the world. Therefore, they can be passed down from ancient times and remain unchanged to this day, such as
Let’s talk about the mentality that Dilang and Earl Weir share now, that they like to pry into privacy.
"As for the current Norton III, the then Prince Norton, compared with his eldest brother, His Royal Highness Sri Lanka, that is simply..." Mr. Perigueux paused for a moment, seeming to be thinking about the wording, and then burst out
A series of adjectives came out: "ignorant, lustful, stupid as a pig, despicable as a dog, scum..."
Link and the others, who were stunned after hearing this, finally waited until Master Perigo calmed down, and then slowly began to describe some substantive things, and Link and the others finally began to understand what happened that year.
Something happened.
In fact, the so-called royal secrets of the Sakara Empire, whether it is in the ancient scriptures left by the Earth Wolf family of the Yuanyue clan, or what Earl Weir and Link listened to from the bards on the continent.
In stories and legends, similar situations have been heard countless times. Perhaps it is because similar scenes still exist in countless empires that have risen and fallen, whether in ancient times or on the current continent.
, performed countless times.
The old emperor of the Saqqara Empire, Grai I, had two sons. The eldest son, His Royal Highness Sri Lanka, was fair, just and brilliant. In Lord Perigord's words, he was simply the embodiment of all the virtues on the continent.
His son, who is now Norton III of the Sakara Empire, is exactly the opposite extreme compared to Sri Lanka. He is not enterprising, stubborn, old-fashioned, corrupt and degenerate. He is simply a representative of the fallen nobles.
In the Sakala Empire, the emperor is only nominally the supreme being. In fact, the nobles of the aristocratic families who occupy vast territories must make every effort to protect the royal family in emergencies during wartime. In normal times,
The only obligations to the royal family are to pay taxes every year and to raise a small number of guards for the royal family in the territory. However, most of the royal family's financial revenue and most of the army's composition are directly owned by the royal family, which is more important than any other.
The nobles of the aristocratic families all come from the much larger direct territories.
In order to prevent the further weakening of the royal family, as early as the founding of the Saqqara Empire, it was stipulated that except for the heirs to the throne, other princes, although they enjoyed the nominal title of prince, could not be allocated any fiefs and could only stay in it for the rest of their lives.
In the imperial capital, with his rich salary, he could be a wealthy idler and could not even achieve anything politically. Therefore, although Norton III lived a decadent life at that time, he was still well-known in the imperial capital of the Sakara Empire.
He was at the level of a swinger, but after Grai I was disappointed with him, no one in the entire Sakara Empire cared about him. After all, he was also the biological son of Grai I, and everyone knew about his life.
It was destined that this way of life might be just a way of venting, so no one cared about him anymore. In the imperial capital, this Norton III was a forgotten existence at that time.
At that time, everyone in the Sakala Empire focused their attention on the young and promising His Highness Sri Lanka. Compared with his younger brother, His Highness Sri Lanka's performance in all aspects was indeed very outstanding, not only in personal
In terms of literary talent and martial arts, he was obviously much higher than the playboy Norton III. In terms of governing the country, he also showed an ability that was even better than his father, Gray I.
In the last few years of his life, the old emperor Grai I was already very weak, so he basically handed over all the affairs of the Sakala Empire to His Highness Sri Lanka, and His Highness Sri Lanka has shown great
His ability and charisma have even made the entire Saqqara Empire regard him as one of the most powerful and ambitious men in the history of the Saqqara Empire, Frederick II. During his years of governing the country, he not only settled the original problems
Several nobles from aristocratic families who had always had a tense relationship with the imperial royal family made the Sakkara Empire work as one, and the government decrees were smooth, and they also increased revenue and reduced expenditure. On the basis of not increasing taxes, the imperial royal family funded several of the most important projects in the Sakkara Empire.
Water conservancy projects were built on the hydraulic nodes of the Sakala Empire, which benefited almost all the noble lords of the Sakala Empire for free. So as early as the last few years of the reign of Grai I, almost all the nobles of the Sakala Empire,
They have all accepted Sri Lanka as their new emperor, and are full of hope for the era of Sri Lanka's rule.
And according to Lord Perigueux, His Royal Highness in Sri Lanka is the first royal family member in history who will distribute his kindness and kindness to every corner of the Sakala Empire, and even extend his care to the poor.
, during his time in power, he had several times advised the lords to know how to treat the poor under their rule well, and in the process of funding the construction of those water conservancy projects, he also used the name of recruiting a large number of poor people to participate in the construction projects.
, saved a large number of poor people from the hands of the most cruel lords, and later allocated a piece of the Huangzhuang's land to them, so that they could become relatively high-status self-cannibals who could not be lynched.
In the last year of His Majesty's rule in Sri Lanka, he had even begun to brew some major reforms regarding the future of the Sakala Empire, which included the abolition of the original strict hierarchy and the conversion of all poor people's status into
He is a self-reliant person, and has also received the approval and support of most powerful noble families...
"No, forget about the others." Count Vere, who had not interrupted until now, finally couldn't help but interrupt Lord Perigueux's narration. He looked at Lord Perigueux with suspicious eyes and said: "This
He said that he wanted to abolish the hierarchical system that had existed since the founding of the Saqqara Empire and transform the status of all poor people into self-reliant people who could not be attached to the lords. And then he was able to get the support of most noble families?! Mr. Perigueux
, did I hear correctly?!"
Just now, Lord Périgueux almost wanted to impose all the virtues on the continent on the head of that Sri Lankan Highness. Although Earl Weir didn't believe it at all, he still held back and did not refute.
After all, Earl Weir has seen a lot of this kind of mentality of infinitely elevating his idol. At least when he didn't meet Link's previous little princess, he also talked about Link.
It was almost the same tone and tone, so Earl Weir knew that there was no point in arguing about an idol with an admirer, so he just listened to some imperial secrets selectively.
However, when Lord Perigueux mentioned the important deeds of the Sri Lankan prince, Count Vere really felt that Lord Perigueux's boast was too exaggerated, so he couldn't help but refuted it.
.
He is also from a noble family, and of course he understands the mentality of members of those noble families very well. In his opinion, these noble families are still very concerned about their superior status, and it is even common practice now.
The cumbersome and meaningless set of etiquette between nobles on the mainland was actually set up to highlight the status of these nobles. When they were in the capital of the Bavarian Empire, every time
For a grand banquet between nobles, the most important task is to arrange the seats according to the status of the nobles of these noble families. There is no mistake in the slightest, otherwise the gentlemen of these noble families will regard it as the greatest insult.
And this is only in the Bavarian Empire. You must know that the Bavarian Empire, like the Saqqara Empire, is an ancient empire whose history can be traced back to shortly after the Lord God created the continent. However, the Bavarian Empire began more than a thousand years ago.
, began to slowly reform and develop commerce. Over the past many years, with the development of commerce and the abundance of materials, the concepts and lifestyles of all noble families have undergone earth-shaking changes unconsciously. However, just like this
In the Bavarian Empire, those nobles would still care so much about the seating arrangement at even an ordinary banquet between nobles. What's more, in the Saqqara Empire, since the founding of the country, it has been characterized by a strict hierarchy.
The Saqqara Empire is located on the mainland and has never changed in thousands of years.
So Earl Weir really couldn't believe that such a group of nobles could endure the abolition of this hierarchical system?! How could they tolerate the poor people who they could ravage at will suddenly suddenly changed overnight?
Although he has no political power, he can exist independently without being dependent on them?!
Lord Périgueux would never say that under the inspiration of His Highness Sri Lanka, these guys all changed their tempers in the blink of an eye and became compassionate saints?!
"What is there to doubt about this? If His Highness Sri Lanka thinks and handles things like Lord Vere, then of course it is impossible." Lord Perigueux looked at Count Vere, but his eyes were so firm that there was no doubt that Count Vere even felt that there was something wrong with it.
With a trace of pity on his face, he shook his head at Count Weir and said, "How can His Highness Sri Lanka's actions be understood by people like you and me?"
When Count Vere first heard Lord Perigueux's comments, he was still a little depressed. However, after listening to Lord Perigueux's next grand remarks, while feeling dizzy, Count Vere had no choice but to say something about Perigueux.
The Sri Lankan prince whom the adults said was convinced.
Those nobles from aristocratic families will indeed not become saints all of a sudden, and they will not even change anything because of their loyalty to the imperial royal family. There is always only one thing that is most important in their thinking, and His Royal Highness Sri Lanka is the same.
Using something like this to impress these aristocratic families is profit.
According to Lord Périgueux's account, His Highness the Sri Lankan Highness was not just empty talk at the time, but formulated a complete set of plans, and also selected several nobles attached to the royal family to conduct a series of experimental projects.
Trial drills.
At that time, His Royal Highness Sri Lanka's plan was to transform the entire Sakala Empire into a commercial empire based on the model of the Bavarian Empire, and even go further than the Bavarian Empire. But what are these provisions, Link
A guy like Dilang, who is completely ignorant, couldn't understand it at all. He just watched Count Weir, who knew a lot about these things, slowly change his expression from depressed to convinced under Lord Perigord's narration.
Later, he nodded frequently following Lord Perigo's words. Link and Dilang understood that what Lord Perigo just said was probably not bragging, and that His Highness Sri Lanka seemed to be really fierce.
As for Lord Perigueux's long speech, they only remembered one conclusion, that is, the Sakala Empire had an advantage over the Bavarian Empire in terms of geography and raw materials.
If the plan is carried out, it will soon be able to fully catch up with or even surpass the current Bavarian Empire economically.
In the current Sakala Empire, a few large families that are so powerful that they can even rival the royal family of the Sakala Empire may still feel that their families can maintain a luxurious life forever. However, for many middle and lower levels
For the nobles, under the strict territorial division method formulated by Frederick II, their lives would often be shabby and shabby, which was incompatible with their status. Even people like Lord Schelling and
The dilapidated nobles like Zipa were definitely not in the minority in the Sakara Empire at that time. For them, if the Sakara Empire could take a path similar to that of the Bavarian Empire, they could save money now.
Even if they lose their political privileges one day, they can still live a life of luxury and wealth, which is really the most wonderful thing in the world.
And even for a few big families, this commercialization path is not unattractive. After all, the characteristic of a business empire is that it is faster to circulate some novel special assets than a closed empire.
A hundred times, on the current continent, some of the novel things that are popular in the aristocratic circles of the Bavarian Empire, which is a country based on commerce, will not be able to buy them for a while in the Sakara Empire, no matter how rich the nobles are. Such a thing
This current situation has become a worry for the upper-class nobles of the Sakara Empire since a long time ago.
Even if there are some mature and prudent heads of aristocratic families, they will still firmly oppose His Highness Sri Lanka to make such a change out of persistence in tradition and the protection of some ancient things. However, the next generation of those aristocratic families, however,
I don't think so at all. After all, in the continent that has been peaceful for so many years, these nobles and nobles have already been regarded as extremely human ministers. There is no room for promotion for the children of noble families, even if they take over the position of the head of the family.
, and you can't have any unnecessary thoughts. Young people always like new things. The only thing these young people from aristocratic families are thinking about all day long is how to live a more enjoyable life.
At that time, His Highness Sri Lanka also targeted these aristocratic children, and Lord Perigueux became a follower of His Highness Sri Lanka at that time.
"Well, Lord Perigord, you look really mature." Link looked at Lord Perigord's face that was full of vicissitudes of life. Although he knew he shouldn't say it, he finally couldn't help but said: "I really see.
If you don't come out, it turns out that fourteen years ago, you were still a young man?!"
