The peak period of the influence of the Church of the Seven Gods was during the reign of King Maegor. At that time, the templar monks from various places contacted the small nobles and wealthy knights and set off rebellions across the five realms.
After King Jaehaerys I of Renre came to power, he reconciled with the Hightowers and took the opportunity to elect an archbishop loyal to the royal family. The influence of the church began to decline.
After Baelor I, who was blessed by God, selected a mentally retarded stonemason and an eight-year-old child to serve as archbishops, and moved the bishops' residence to Baelor Cathedral, most archbishops and successive archbishops began to become dignitaries and outspoken officials.
A vassal of House Gillian.
Pious monks are often at the bottom. Many of them do not have a fixed church and travel between villages and towns where monks are needed. They are called beggar cults.
As for the royal family's attitude towards the church, it can be seen from the pattern above the Iron Throne.
During the Targaryen period, the throne room hung a pattern of three dragons. During Robert I's time, a stag of precious grass hung above the Iron Throne, which was a stag galloping among the grass.
During his short career as king, Emperor Joffrey once changed his father's precious grass stag into a weeping seven-pointed star.
Although the seven-pointed star can indeed represent the seven gods, to the seven gods, the weeping seven-pointed star is somewhat disrespectful.
After Stannis captured King's Landing, the pattern above the Iron Throne turned into a burning flame to represent Lohra, the Red God of Light.
Although the archbishops have fallen, many southern nobles who have undergone complete knight training still value the faith of the Seven Gods.
They anointed holy oil in the church, signed a marriage contract under the witness of the seven gods, and even the major events in life were witnessed by the seven gods and the gods in heaven.
Moreover, wars have been frequent recently, and the lords are busy fighting against hostile forces. The popularity of the responsible monks at the bottom is gradually rising.
Therefore, if the Archbishop can be re-elected, the nobles of the Stormlands feel that the king in front of them is still worth following.
Serious and anxious, Stannis slowly walked up the steps, walked to the iron chair, and sat down slowly.
"Do you have anyone to choose?" the blue-eyed king asked.
Although in most cases the archbishop is elected by a vote of the archbishops, in special times, the king can also order the appointment of an archbishop.
More than a dozen nobles looked at each other, and finally one person stood up.
Selwyn Tarth is the lord of Tarth Island, the largest island in the Stormlands, and he is also quite old.
Previously, when Renly was still alive, he had met with the Onion Knight representing Stannis in a wood in his territory and refused to pledge allegiance.
But after Renly's death, Lord Tarth's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees and he actively turned to Stannis.
He stood up, walked forward, bowed to the king first, and replied: "Now is a turbulent period. The archbishop should have a high reputation and good health so that he can go among the people to bless and pray. I
Nominate an Archbishop: Brother Lu Chen.”
After hearing an unfamiliar name, Stannis asked again: "This person's age, family, and life story?"
Earl Selwyn Tarth said hurriedly: "Luchen Frey, from the Frey family, the lord of the river crossing, is forty-five years old. He strictly abides by dogma and has a pretty good reputation."
The blue-eyed king glanced at the lord of Tas Island with disgust, "I heard that you change your wife every year. Isn't it a bit contrary to the teachings of the Seven Gods? What's more, this monk Lu Chen was born in the Frey family, and the family has successively supported
Pseudo-King Robb and Arthur, how could I appoint such people as High Septon?"
Although Erlu didn't stay in the storm land for a long time in the past ten years, he still heard some local anecdotes.
For example, Selwyn in front of me gets a new wife every year.
Since the oaths sworn during marriage are also sacred oaths and cannot be broken, unless one party dies, the other party cannot remarry, and the fate of the former wife can be imagined.
It is said that Brienne the Beauty abides by chivalry very much because of her father's mischief.
Earl of Tarth blushed, "Your Majesty, one wife a year is still a rumor. I only have one child, Brienne..."
"Your Majesty." Seeing that the situation was developing beyond expectations, the Onion Knight hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him, "The monk has left his family. Frey's disobedient behavior has nothing to do with Brother Lu Chen. How could you, who has always been fair and strict, do this?
What about wrongfully accusing him?”
"The current situation is turbulent. Because of the Fatty Archbishop's matter, many people in King's Landing have complaints against you. We can use the re-election of the Archbishop to make them believe that His Majesty is an excellent king who is open-minded and can accommodate different faiths.
"
Stannis looked at his most trusted subordinate expressionlessly, and after a few breaths, he replied: "Then according to Earl Tarth's wishes, Brother Luchen will be the new archbishop. The specific ceremony will be carried out by Dever.
Knight Si will take care of it and keep everything simple. Our attention is still on the rebels outside the city, so don't spend too much time on these things."
The Onion Knights who believed in the Seven Gods and the nobles of the Stormlands breathed a sigh of relief and praised Stannis repeatedly as a good king worthy of loyalty.
…
Harvard City.
The development of the situation was slightly different from what Arthur expected.
Under the attack of the rumors of Tommen's death and the "betrayal" of his subordinate vassals, the mediocre Inflatable Fish began to be at a loss.
After seeing the letter with some time and place smeared out, the Duke of Metz, on the advice of several Rose House Oath Knights, prepared to place Count Matus Rowan under house arrest and sent Viscount Warren Bisbury to take over.
Four thousand soldiers of the Luo Wan family.
But Matus is not an easy person. He first refused to go to the lord's camp, and actively sent people to communicate with the Rose family, trying to prove that he was still a loyal minister of the lord of the river bend, and at the same time, he asked his family soldiers to start preparing for possible riots.
and riots.
But these two points aroused the suspicion of Lord Inflatable Fish even more. He also ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle, and repeatedly asked Count Matus Rowan to go to the big tent to prove his innocence.
Through the mediation of Countess Egwene Oakheart and Viscount Warren Bisbury, Matus Rowan reluctantly agreed to go, but he had to bring a team of two hundred men to protect him.
The Duke of Metz also agreed, so the two sides, who were heavily protected by troops, began to argue bit by bit in an effort to restore each other's trust.
After learning that although the Riverbend people were in chaos, they still did not reach the point of fighting, Arthur felt that he should add more fire.
So he took several highly skilled warriors such as Hosteen Frey, Rock Holt, Hugo Vance, and Ronald Vance, as well as a group of their most elite cavalry, and charged straight into the battle.
In the confrontation at the River Bend military camp, and snatched away the Duke of Metz.
Of course, during the battle, King Hejian specifically ordered several knights to shout loudly not to attack the Luowan soldiers.
Since most of the Rose family soldiers were on guard against the Rowan family, the operation went smoothly.
After this, more than 2,000 cavalry from the Rose family who were ready for battle came out to pursue, and the remaining soldiers captured Matus Rowan on the spot.
Seeing that the head of the family was captured, Rowan soldiers, under the command of the Oath Knights and senior officers, immediately attacked the Rose family's camp.
Several small lords who were friendly with the Luowan family but were loyal to the Fengjun family tried to separate the two sides, but to no avail.
Quite a number of soldiers directly under the Rose family went to recover their lords, while the remaining Riverbend people were passively involved in the internal strife.
What happened next was just as the people of Hejian had prepared.
The territory of the Harvard family is mostly hills and low mountains, which is not suitable for cavalry operations-this is why the Duke of Metz has been delaying the attack-so the Hejian Army, which is mostly infantry, actually has a geographical advantage.
After the pursuing Rose Family cavalry was introduced into the encirclement, the two sides fought hard, and the Hejian Army finally defeated this army.
Then Arthur ordered the soldiers to take a short rest and then began to attack the River Bend military camp.
Similarly, they still only attack the Rose Family and their subordinates, and take no measures against the Rowan Family and the Riverbend Family who are fighting to rescue Matus.
The Rowan family and the Oakheart family that supports Rowan have a total of 6,000 soldiers. The total number of armored warriors fighting for the Rose family is about 7,000. The rest are all servants, and the Hejian people have a total of 10,000 people.
, this puts the Tyrell family, which has always been known for its strong military strength, at a disadvantage in terms of the number of soldiers for the first time.
After a half-day fierce battle, more than two thousand Hewan soldiers loyal to the Rose family died in the battle, and the rest surrendered to Hejian and Luo Wanfang.
In order to show his sincerity, Arthur took the initiative to send someone to apologize to Count Matus, taking the Duke of Metz's misunderstanding on him personally, and tried to persuade the Rowan family to join his side.
"When my dragon grows up, the territory south of the Golden Road and the northern part of the Reach will be under the name of Golden Tree City, and part of the territory in Bitterbridge and Bumpton will also be divided into the hands of the Rowans." This is what Arthur gave.
out conditions.
Originally, according to the idea of the King of Hejian, the four earldoms in the area around Hejian Lake, as well as Maiden Spring City, Salt Farm Town, Crab Peninsula and other places were to join the Great King's Territory, as well as the earldoms of Silver Mountain City, Deep Cave City in the eastern part of the Western Territory, and
Places such as Goldentree City, Bitterbridge, and Treadmill in the north of the Reach, Greenvale City in the west of the Stormlands, Harvest Hall, and Hay Hall are also within the scope of consideration.
In this way, Golden Tree City, the second-tier family in the Reach, has become one of the most powerful vassals in the Great King's Territory, and is worth winning over.
It was not Matus Rowan's original intention to let his soldiers besiege the lord's family's military camp. He was a cautious man. But the impulse of the oath knights and senior officers was also for themselves, so the lord of Golden Tree City accepted it.
The current situation is that even if the Rowan and Oakheart families lead their troops back outside King's Landing, they will be besieged by the troops of Garlan and Loras who have lost their father, as well as the river lords who have lost their lords.
So after many weighings, the prudent earl made a bold decision:
To Arthur Targaryen, King of the Rivers with Dragons.
In his mouth, the surname of the River King has always been Targaryen.
Arthur has no objection to this, as long as the soldiers of the Rowan family fight for him.
After agreeing on the details, Rowan, Oakheart and the Riverside Army joined forces and were stationed near Harvard City, waiting for the outcome of the Battle of King's Landing that was about to come out.
…
At night, the Chinese army tents.
The King of the River was sitting at the table, studying the military map marked with troop strength, and Arianne beside him was holding a candlestick for him.
Dickon and the cripple Rosso suddenly broke in.
"Your Majesty, I have good news and bad news."
Arthur looked at Dickon, "Tell the bad first."
Although the addition of Rowan and Oakheart increased his strength by nearly 5,000, the situation is still not optimistic.
Stannis has 20,000 people, and the Lion and Flower Alliance outside King's Landing still has 50,000 troops. It is said that the mercenary group under the name of Aegon VI in the south is the famous Golden Company, with a strength of 20,000.
No one is better than him.
But there is no need to worry about too much debt. King Hejian can still accept some situations.
"Desmond Greer, the master of Riverrun, left our army with the soldiers of the Tully family. He took more than 400 people with him. It should be a direct order from Sir Blackfish."
Previously, in order to meet the attack of the Westlanders, Riverrun, controlled by Blackfish, provided 500 soldiers. However, this does not mean that the Tully family recognized Arthur, the self-reliant King of the River. It was purely because the hatred between the Tully family and the Lion family was more intense.
big.
Moreover, during the Usurper's War, Duke Hoster provided all the military supplies, a quarter of the soldiers, and two beautiful daughters, but in exchange he only received a serious injury and did not even get a position in the Imperial Council.
, coupled with the fact that the Iron Throne supported the Western Region's "counter-rebellion" against the Riverlands in the early days of the War of Five Kings, the Tully family was not very satisfied with Baratheon and Tommen.
Therefore, even though it has been three or four months since Robb died in the battle, Riverrun still claims to be a vassal of the King of the North and the Three Rivers, not the other kings.
"How have we offended this upright old knight again?" Arthur asked in confusion.
The cripple Rosso said: "It should be that our good news made Ser Brynden Tully dissatisfied. A group of bandits attacked Earl Tatus Blackwood and his party who went to mobilize the people in the territory's village, and then my brother Jemo
Si led a team of people to settle in Crowtree City to help resist the bandits' attack. Because my family is your vassal, Sir Blackfish may think this is what you mean. As we all know, Blackwood and Bracken are natural enemies...
"
In front of Dickon, Lotho changed his nephew Aegon the Blood into a bandit.
In fact, Aegon the Blood's current external identity is really that of a bandit.
Arthur stared at the cripple for a long time, making Frey feel uncomfortable, and then said:
"It's not a big deal. Because Edmure was seriously wounded by Kevan's order, and then forced to participate in the Red Fork sniper battle, he was even more seriously injured by Tywin's soldiers. In addition, Robb also died at the hands of the Westerlands.
, Ser Blackfish, who loves his nephew, hates the Lion family far more than we do. There are only one or two thousand people in Riverrun at the moment. With Sansa's relationship, there is no need to worry for the time being."
It is not yet known whether Edmure can leave any heirs, so even if Roslin controls the castle and territory as the Duchess of Riverrun, she will be like Lady Dustin in the North and Egwene Oakheart in the Reach.
The lady is the same, but the heir to Riverrun after Roslin will still be Horst's eldest daughter Catelyn.
At present, it seems that Blackfish may let his great-niece Sansa inherit Riverrun and the territory.
So the Tully family is really not a big deal.
"By the way, how is Black Walder?" Arthur asked casually.
He still remembered the only remaining member of the lineage of old Walder's eldest son.
Rosso's smile became even more embarrassing, "My nephew was working near the Blue Fork River and did not hunt down Black Walder who fled to the east of the Green Fork River. We just sent a team of cavalry with average combat power to hunt him down.
He fled to the Moon Mountains, and it seems that he is preparing to enter the valley and seek help from his relatives, the Royce family, to recapture the Twins."
"Which Royce? The bronze Yohn one?" the River King asked curiously.
"Yes, my father's first wife was from the Royce family in the valley."
Due to the Frey family's huge family tree, they can be related to one-third of the nobles of the Seventh Realm.
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