Chapter 42: Reform of the official system and enfeoffment of new knights
"Pico, don't be rude."
Pretending to scold Piccolo who drew his sword, Li Feng smiled and looked at the scolding Li Feng: "Father Paul, I want to tell you something. Your wife and son are all guests in the castle. Your son John even asked to come to my house.
Serving in the army, I think if you don't obey, they will all die."
Paul: "You...you..."
Li Feng: "Obey, your whole family will be healthy, and your son will be able to work with me to build a career, instead of living at home and waiting to die. If you disobey, your Gedi family will disappear, including your brothers in Lukeland, the ancestral home of Glenland."
In one sentence, Paul directly broke through the defense.
As a church member, especially a priest in a medium-sized territory, he may not value his own life, but the fate of his children and family more than anything else.
Because according to the Holy Fathers, any family that can produce a priest is a family that is favored by God. How can it be allowed to die?
Paul looked gloomy: "I promise you, I will go to Dialand to spread your ridiculous things."
Li Feng smiled: "That's right. We have known each other for so many years. I will not harm you. Don't worry, your family will live very comfortably in the castle, and you will also live a comfortable life in the future."
"There is also your son, Brother John. We have known each other since childhood and trust each other. I believe that he will make outstanding achievements in our army and achieve great success."
After clearing out the old tax system and clearing all obstacles, these regulations were strictly enforced.
Under the drastic reforms, the people of Dialand soon received the first wave of dividends, and obvious changes took place.
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The agricultural reform has been implemented very well, just wait for it to bear fruit.
Next, there is the issue of the placement of those heroes, especially the Kurimu bandits, who are impatient.
To this end, Li Feng drafted documents overnight. Like agricultural reform, he was also preparing for an official reform.
"Kron, there are many wandering knights who have lost their fiefdoms in this world. We have more than thirty knight fiefs. Wouldn't it be faster to recruit knights directly? I heard that knights came to apply for jobs not long ago. Why do you reject them?"
"Robert, you don't understand my idea. If knights are recruited, the villages, population, and farmland in the fief will be autonomously managed by the knights. We will suddenly lose 80 to 90% of our control over the territory.
Then the agricultural reforms we made before are basically cancelled, and you probably don’t want to see this happen.”
"It's up to you."
Robert pursed his lips. He actually wanted to say that he was very willing to see this happen, but he knew that his words didn't count. The entire castle was filled with Li Feng's people, and his decree was just a picture of him when he left the room.
Waste paper.
"He is a lord who has a very clear positioning of himself." Li Feng smiled slightly, took out the document he had written for Robert to sign, and began to prepare.
The castle court meeting is a system invented by Li Feng.
Meeting time: Every Monday at 9:00 (don’t worry about timekeeping, this is for the convenience of readers.)
Meeting location: Castle Chamber.
The meeting is chaired by the lord. If the lord is not present, the butler will preside over the meeting.
Meeting content: This week's administrative policies, local officials' performance reports, territorial affairs and policy responses, etc.
Contents of the meeting: A large number of officials from the territory.
At the last court meeting, Robert had just succeeded the lord and was very interested, but this time, he seemed to have no interest.
It's so early in the morning, instead of wasting time on this, it's better to do more morning exercises with Tina.
Elena came over immediately. Thinking of this, Robert felt that it was necessary to seize the time to practice more gun and stick skills.
Robert planned to give up his choice, but Li Feng didn't care. Anyway, there were already more than forty knights in the territory, so there was no need to apply specifically to Devinxi.
"No more waiting, the meeting begins." Li Feng stood up and said, "Today's main topic is to issue Lord Robert's knighthood order. Please listen carefully."
"The Dia territory has been reduced from the original thirty-eight knight territories to 10 fiefs. The area of each fief has been expanded by twice the original basis. The remaining land is under the direct jurisdiction of the castle."
Li Feng spread out a map of Dia Territory and gave instructions on it: "The first fief is allocated to Knight Roger for management, the second fief belongs to Knight Jesse, the third fief belongs to Leah, and the fourth fief belongs to Leah.
"Each knight is equipped with 1 tax officer, 1 director, 2 attendants, and 5 servants. All income tax revenue is handed over to the castle, and the castle issues a salary for support... The knights accept orders from the castle at any time, and can go on expeditions or be transferred...
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There are several articles in the book, which have made huge adjustments on the basis of the original knight's fief, turning the knight into a county magistrate with little real power in disguise.
But the amazing thing is that these guys didn't object. Instead, they were all happy and eager to take office immediately.
In fact, the reason why Li Feng decided to enfeoff in this way was because he came up with the best plan based on the actual situation of the world.
Knights are originally a class without inheritance rights, so they think more about being loyal to their lords and fighting at any time. When Cavendi was here, those knights brought two servants to show off their power in the fief. Although they had great real power, they themselves had little power.
For management experience, you still have to rely on the tax collectors sent by the castle to collect taxes. You take one third of it yourself and the rest is handed over to the castle.
But that third depends on the weather, the fertility of the land in the fief, the planting skills of the farmers in the fief, etc. There are too many uncertain factors, and sometimes you are full and sometimes you are hungry.
Now the salary offered by Robert to them is based on the knight's income in the best years, and the harvest is guaranteed despite drought and flood, and they are all happy.
Real power?
They say: Do I care about this?
As long as you have money to spend, you can enjoy happiness, and you don't have to live with your head in your belt like before. Isn't that what people want in this life? Anyway, you can't leave the knighthood to your son.
Even if she had an idea, she couldn't make any trouble. The knights of the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th fiefs were Li Feng's loyalists. Lansha had already climbed into Li Feng's bed. The two of them had talked about each other countless times.
I have long been obedient to him.
Li Feng, the third fief, was also a girl. Li Feng had been having an affair with her for a while, intentionally or unintentionally, and she was brought into the harem after the enfeoffment was completed.
Roger from the 1st fief and Jesse from the 2nd fief were deeply shocked by Li Feng's force value. They believed that as long as Li Feng was around, they would always be docile little sheep.
What are the remaining Johnson and Leonardo doing?