Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Seven Territorial Requirements
Chapter 527 Territory Requirements
Marshal Bolognik, General Skerry, and the selected members of Parliament set off for the Royal Capital two days later. Claude sent an independent reinforcement group of the Thunder Legion to escort them all the way. They not only had to protect the safety of the members of the Parliament, but also ensure that
Sixty large iron and wooden chests filled with gold crowns were kept safe during the journey.
As for the Royal Capital, it is said that His Majesty the King and the Royal Ministers are eager to see the arrival of the Overseas Dominion Councilors, and have long sharpened their knives to wait for the arrival of the fat sheep. A well-informed person revealed that they are currently relatively wealthy or can afford it.
The nobles of the kingdom who paid the promotion fees and land selection fees have basically received hereditary family territories from His Majesty.
Although there are many nobles still stranded in the royal capital, they are all from poor families or even unable to raise money. Ordinary loan sharks will not lend to them, mainly because they do not have the ability and credit to repay their debts. Although there are currently
Nearly nine hundred nobles of the kingdom have obtained hereditary family territories in the Nasseri area. However, due to the efforts to cultivate relationships and seek discounts or even fee exemptions from royal relatives, the income of His Majesty and the treasury is not as optimistic as initially imagined.
Coupled with the cost of regaining the dominance of the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion, as well as the compensation for the losses of the established noble families in the wars in recent years, although the fiscal revenue of the national treasury has been alleviated, it is no longer in a financial crisis.
.However, there is still a big gap in funds in order to implement the economic plan for the Kingdom's revival submitted by the Kingdom's Prime Minister, Marquis Blancart.
In addition, King Frederic I's Queen, Her Majesty Christie, took about five million gold crowns in cash from the royal family's inner treasury and the treasury for loans. She also hoped that His Majesty would allow her to renovate and renovate the palace.
At this time, with a stroke of his pen, Frederick I, who was rich, found that the treasury was short of two million gold crowns for palace repair funds. Prime Minister Blancart stomped his feet in anger. Spending so much money was no longer repairs, but almost
Remodeled...
The promotion fees and land selection fees for the nearly 900 territorial nobles are not as high as His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister imagined. Quite simply, more than 500 of them have been given by the Kingdom of Ovelas for more than 300 years.
The hereditary nobles who were granted the title. Although most of the hereditary nobles were cut off and hanged during the War of Restoration of the Kingdom during the reign of Stirling IX, there are still so many that have been passed down. In this grant of the hereditary family territory, they
As long as you pay the land selection fee, you can obtain a family territory.
It's just that His Majesty the King only collected a land selection fee of 20,000,000 gold crowns from them. The reason is equally simple. Royal relatives and blood-related nobles of the kingdom are exempted from the land selection fee. This is a preferential treatment. The rest are all veteran players in the kingdom.
The influence of the aristocratic family, which has no merit but hard work for the kingdom, must be discounted, and His Majesty the King has to give it this face.
In addition to these hereditary nobles of the kingdom, these are the third-generation nobles. They only need to pay the promotion fee and land selection fee to be promoted from the third-generation nobles to the hereditary nobles. They also ask for discounts to build relationships, but His Majesty is not the face of various people.
They interceded with each other and received more than 10 million gold crowns in cash from them.
Finally, there are more than 200 honorary nobles of the kingdom who have been granted territories. This should have been the bulk of His Majesty’s pockets and treasury income in this plan to grant hereditary family territories. As a result, most of the honorary nobles received from Queen Christie
His Majesty took a loan from him and turned his left hand to his right hand. Although there were nearly 40 million gold crowns registered in the account book, the total cash income was less than 20 million gold crowns. The remaining funds recorded in the account books can only be paid in the future.
Slowly collect and repay.
For King Frederic I and the Prime Minister, the Marquis Blancart, the funds that have been received exceed 50 million gold crowns, which is a huge wealth that they have never heard of. Think about the eight million gold crowns.
The debt war between Qiancai and the Nasseri Kingdom, and the subsequent crisis that almost destroyed the kingdom due to the intervention of the alliance army, made both of them feel sad...
It's just that His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister have not yet woken up from the joy of receiving this fund. Creditors from all walks of life are already waiting in line. The first is the arrears of military expenditures and official salaries, followed by the predecessor Stirling XI and the current
Various IOUs that Frederick I borrowed from the kingdom's nobles, as well as debts and reimbursements for logistics purchases by the palace and the royal court, etc...
When you have money, you naturally become more generous. With a stroke of his pen, His Majesty the King, nearly ten million gold crowns were gone. Then the Prime Minister of the Kingdom reminded His Majesty the King that military power must be firmly in hand. So the military expenditure of ten million gold crowns was allocated to the Kingdom
The Ministry of War immediately started the reorganization and reconstruction work of the kingdom's three major field ace legions, and removed a large number of unqualified noble children who entered the kingdom's army through the back door, so that these three legions were returned to the jurisdiction of the Sterling royal family.
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Finally, the old aristocratic families gathered with His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister to discuss their plans for compensation for His Majesty's rise to power and the losses they suffered in the war. After the discussion came to a satisfactory result for both parties, the King
His Majesty and the Prime Minister discovered that the remaining funds in their hands were less than 10 million gold crowns.
This is also the main reason why the Prime Minister is so sad that His Majesty the King allocated 2 million funds to repair and build the palace with a stroke of a pen. However, the palace has experienced several wars from the late King Stirling X to the present, and it does appear to be very dilapidated.
Yaguan, it is really necessary to re-repair and renovate. No matter how unwilling the Prime Minister is, he cannot stop the wishes of His Majesty the King and Queen. He can only find another way to get the funds needed to revive the kingdom's economy.
The hundreds of honorary nobles who are still stranded in the royal capital are all paupers, and they usually rely on the title of royal noble to live and drink everywhere. When the kingdom is in crisis, no one can be found, but when there is something good, they can be seen wandering around everywhere.
Just like the news that His Majesty the King had granted a hereditary family territory this time, almost honorary nobles from all over the country rushed to the royal capital. They knew they had no money but still wanted to try their luck in the royal capital, maybe they could find an investor.
A territory or something.
Prime Minister Blancart has heard of several cases where wealthy businessmen invested in the down-and-out honorary nobles of the kingdom. They selected a few of them to pay promotion fees and land selection fees for them, and selected several good hereditary family territories.
. Let the few nobles who have been promoted to hereditary barons of the kingdom act as puppets in front of them, serving them good food, drink and fun. As for the territory that has been granted, it will be handed over to civilian wealthy businessmen to run...
Two royal ministers also wanted to use this to punish the nobles and wealthy merchants of the kingdom, but they were stopped by Prime Minister Blancart. His current thoughts were not that the nobles of the kingdom had lost face or something.
Instead, I want to get more promotion fees and land selection fees for the economic revitalization of the kingdom. It is better to have someone investing than no one. There are so many honorary nobles in the Kingdom of Ovelas, and many of them have fallen from the hereditary nobles.
From hereditary nobles to third-generation nobles to honorary nobles, each generation is worse than the last, and only one noble title is left to show off. As for the honorary nobles, their children basically become civilians, which is also considered a kingdom.
It is a way of survival of the fittest among the nobles. This time His Majesty the King grants hereditary family territory is the best opportunity for all the nobles of the kingdom. If such an opportunity is not seized, it means that there is no need to rescue.
His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister are now paying attention to the parliamentarians from the overseas autonomous territories, the honorary nobles of the Kingdom, and the newly awarded officers. They hope that they will come to the royal capital as soon as possible to hand over the promotion fees and land selection fees, and provide a good foundation for the future.
Make due contributions to enrich His Majesty's personal pockets and national treasury. The overseas autonomous territories are extremely rich, and the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion have conquered various countries in the eastern part of the continent. It is said that the loot captured alone amounts to tens of millions of gold crowns.
This is the real big fat sheep, a good target for slaughter. His Majesty the King even made an agreement with the Prime Minister that there will be no favors to be had this time. Business is business, and the promotion fee and land selection fee must be paid.
The cost. Because they have already calculated it, they can raise a huge amount of more than 50 million gold crowns from these parliamentarians, promoted officers and honorary nobles from the overseas autonomous territories. In this way, the Prime Minister will have no worries about lack of funds and can implement that plan.
The kingdom’s economic revitalization plan has been launched...
Just over two months have passed, and there has been no movement in the overseas autonomous territories. Even the promoted officers of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion deployed in the Royal City of Polyvisia have no interest in the hereditary family territory granted by His Majesty the King, and have been watching with cold eyes.
The nobles of the kingdom who had obtained territories led large groups of people through the Royal City of Polyvisia to their respective territories, silently watching as the number of noble territories in the twenty-eight local counties in the Nasseri region increased.
Just when His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister were confused about why Claude, Marshal Bolognik and General Bichklin of the Thunder Legion didn't come to the royal capital first to claim a piece of hereditary family territory, seeing that the Nasseri area could still be used as a good hereditary family
There was not much space left in the territory, and when I was about to find someone to remind Claude in a subtle way that they were on a first-come, first-served basis, news came that the Thunder Legion was heading to the Karnas Prairie...
Hmm, what does this Thunder Legion want to do? Even if they move the army, they should first say hello to the Army Department in the royal capital! However, with the news of horse bandits raging in the Karnas Prairie, His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister finally
I was relieved. It turned out that the Thunder Legion stationed in the Karnas area was unable to deal with the rampant horse bandits. It was more than strong enough to defend but not aggressive enough, so it had to ask for reinforcements.
Then came the news that the parliamentarians from the overseas autonomous territories were escorted by the armored fleet to the Beibu Gulf to meet with Claude and others and hold a meeting. His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister finally laughed happily. As long as it was not the parliamentarians from these overseas autonomous territories.
We, the honorary nobles, and the promoted officers are not interested in this hereditary family territory granted by His Majesty the King, so the kingdom will accept the promotion fee and land selection fee.
After enduring it patiently for a few days, I finally got the news that the overseas dominion councilors and promoted officers were setting off for the royal capital. It was said that a regiment of light cavalry from the Thunder Legion was escorting them all the way, and a large transport team was also accompanying them.
The team seemed to be carrying very heavy items. However, it was heavily guarded and the spies had no way of knowing what was loaded on the carriage.
So His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister began to wait patiently for the arrival of the Overseas Dominion Councilors and promoted officers. At the same time, they sharpened their knives quickly and prepared to slaughter the fat sheep. As a result, they learned that the group of people coming to the royal capital seemed to
There was no rush at all. Not only did we travel all the way, we also took a day to rest in every town we passed through, so that the congressmen could investigate the special products and prices of various places...
The ministers in the royal court were all laughing at these councilors from overseas autonomous territories. They were country bumpkins who had never seen the market. They thought that good hereditary family territories were available everywhere. Even if they paid the promotion fee, then His Majesty the King would grant them a title.
What I will give you must be a piece of desolate and barren land that no one wants, otherwise how can I charge you the land transfer fee! Only when you get to the royal capital and grant the territory, you will understand this uncontrollable truth. The entire Nasseri
There are no good places in the area.
The convoy of MPs from the overseas dominions took a total of twenty-three days to arrive at the royal capital. The Prime Minister, Marquis Blancart, came to greet him in person. Marshal Bolognik did not care, but the MPs from the overseas dominions were flattered by this high-level reception and even called him too much.
I'm too polite to be honest. However, Prime Minister Blancart was very cordial. He greeted the MPs without any pretense, but his eyes were carefully looking at him, as if he was thinking about where to strike...
The welcome ceremony and reception banquet on the first day were enjoyable and the atmosphere was very harmonious. After a day's rest, on the third day, I had an audience with His Majesty the King. General Bolognik represented the Overseas Dominion Military District, and Speaker Bennett represented the Dominion Parliament to pay homage to King Frederick I.
and Queen Christie presented precious gifts. They repeatedly thanked His Majesty the King for conferring honorary barons on the Dominion MPs of the Kingdom. Their Majesties, the King and Queen, had cordial and friendly talks with the Dominion MPs and the knighted officers.
At noon, His Majesty the King also gave a luncheon to welcome the overseas dominion councilors and promoted officers, and thanked the overseas dominions for all their efforts and efforts to support the kingdom when the kingdom encountered powerful enemies and the trampling of the alliance army.
Dedication. It’s just that His Majesty the King and the Queen regretted not being able to enjoy this lunch together. After the speech, they left first, leaving only Prime Minister Blancart to accompany these rubes to enjoy the lunch given by His Majesty the King.
After lunch, the MPs and officers who came to see him visited the gardens of the palace, accompanied by the Prime Minister, and then left the palace. At this point, the MPs and officers from the overseas dominions came to the capital to express their gratitude.
The official matter of conferring titles by His Majesty the King has been completed. His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister are waiting for these overseas country bumpkins to come to discuss the hereditary family territory in the next few days...
To the surprise of King Frederic I and Prime Minister Blancart, in the next five or six days, none of the parliamentarians from the overseas autonomous territories came to inquire about the hereditary family territory. Instead, they visited relatives and friends in the royal capital and handed over the royal capital.
Various commercial houses in the business circle understood the business opportunities, and even reached commercial agreements with several large commercial houses and made many commodity trade orders.
Prime Minister Blancart was so anxious waiting that these bumpkins from the overseas autonomous territories finally made it to the royal capital, but they were all busy doing business. Are they so uninterested in the hereditary family territory? This is impossible.
In the kingdom itself, having a title of nobility is of great help in business and will give you great priority. Don’t they understand that there are three types of nobility, and that their status as an honorary baron is the lowest and most useless?
?
I happened to hear that President Hindman of the Overseas Dominion Mining and Commerce Association had booked the most luxurious White Swan Hotel in the capital to hold a thank-you banquet that night to thank friends from the capital's business circle for their help to the association office over the years.
and cooperation. So Prime Minister Blancart invited a businessman friend of President Hindman to come over and asked him to remind President Hindman at this banquet that the opportunity must not be missed and he should not come back again. His Majesty the King should take advantage of the opportunity.
During the validity period of the issued granting order, first get yourself a piece of family territory that can be inherited hereditary...
Then Prime Minister Blancart waited anxiously until 11 o'clock in the evening. The slightly drunk businessman came over to report. He said that he mentioned the hereditary family territory to President Hindman, but President Hindman smiled.
He patted him on the shoulder and thanked him for his reminder and kindness. The only problem is that the remaining places in the Kingdom's Nasseri region are not to the liking of the overseas autonomous council members, so they decided not to have any hereditary family territory.
How can this be possible without the territory? The kingdom is eager to take money from you and let you leave the royal capital and return to the overseas autonomous territories without paying a penny. That is simply a lifelong shame for him as a prime minister! Prime Minister Blancart went to the palace that night to pay homage to the Prime Minister.
King Ridley I made a report, and the two discussed until dawn, finally gritting their teeth and deciding to first ask the MPs from these overseas autonomous territories what they wanted, and if possible, agree to them, as long as they can scrape the fat from them!
So Prime Minister Blancart got the map of the Karnas region. The Prime Minister suddenly became angry: "It turns out that it was planned in advance. Even the area numbers have been set on it. Which area will be granted a seal?"
There is a list of who the territory is for. These bumpkins from overseas autonomous territories are really cunning and cunning. Unfortunately, I thought they were really not interested in hereditary family territory, so I was almost fooled..."
But when this map of the Karnas region appeared in front of King Frederic I and the royal court ministers, His Majesty the King had not said much, and the ministers suddenly exploded: "This is not fair, Your Majesty. You have already said, grant
The sealed area is limited to the Nasseri area, excluding the Karnas Prairie and the Beibu Gulf. Otherwise, this area would have been taken away by the kingdom's nobles and used as family territory.
If we agree to the demands of these bumpkins from the overseas autonomous territories, then His Majesty the King's prestige will be criticized among the nobles of the Kingdom, and I am afraid that more people will not take His Majesty's orders seriously in the future!"
Prime Minister Blancart's face was full of bitterness. He didn't want to speak for these bumpkins from the overseas autonomous territories, but these bumpkins had already said that if they didn't agree to their request, everything would be ruined. They didn't want any hereditary family territory. For money, he is now
I had to speak up for these overseas bumpkins and have fierce arguments with my colleagues.
In the end, His Majesty the King with a cold face agreed to the territory request of the overseas autonomous territories, but he asked for the land selection fee to be doubled...