After Lawrence finished reciting the oath, the emperor replied: "I will also fulfill my obligations as a prince." Then he withdrew his left hand and took the plate from the hands of the chief chamberlain and handed it to Lawrence.
Lawrence was stunned for a moment when he took the plate, because according to common sense, after a court noble like him received the canonization, the plate should contain a canonization document with a fire seal and a seal ring engraved with a personal coat of arms.
, a silver ring set with precious stones and a folded cloak.
But now that the plate in Lawrence's hand is fine except for the first two items, the last two rings and cloaks have been replaced by two silver bowls. One of the silver bowls is half filled with water, and the other half filled with water.
Bowls of soil. According to custom, these two things are only given to the feudal nobles when they are enthroned. For example, among the previous nobles, the feudal nobles have these things on their plates.
But considering that it was impossible to make a mistake in this kind of occasion, and someone had reminded him of this problem before entering the door, so Lawrence followed the etiquette and took the plate and then left.
The following ceremonies were all similar. Only a few royal nobles who were considered the emperor's retainers gave speeches during the canonization oath. Lawrence's loyalty to the country and the emperor changed to loyalty to the emperor and the royal family. At the same time, they kissed the ring on the emperor's hand.
Instead of putting the ring on your forehead.
After everyone's canonization ceremony was completed, the bishop of the Noble Goddess Church next to him opened the gorgeous big book in his hand and read the regulations above. In other words, some rules about the rules that nobles should abide by, the rights and obligations of nobles, etc.
Series content. At the same time, following the bishop's speech, the noble goddess also blessed the new nobles present.
After the last sacred ceremony, the newly canonized nobles will file out of the palace and onto the square. Then the band will play a very solemn-sounding song to greet the guards and the audience in the square, and accept the invitation.
Their cheers and salutes.
After a series of ceremonies were over, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon. But before he could leave the palace, Lawrence was stopped by the emperor's chief chamberlain and took him to the Heraldry Court to complete certain procedures.
As soon as he got on the carriage, Lawrence didn't have time to ask anything. He saw the head attendant waving his hand to quiet him, and then said: "I think you must have a lot of doubts in your heart right now. I can take advantage of this little time to give you some answers."
Explain."
After hearing the words, Lawrence nodded, and then stretched out his hand to signal the chief attendant to start. The chief attendant nodded, and then started talking. Sure enough, what he was talking about was that at today's canonization ceremony, Lawrence inexplicably got a bottle of water.
and silver bowl of clay.
The reason for this is simple and simple, that is, at the last moment of suppressing the rebellion, the rebellious second prince ordered his few remaining dead soldiers to kill all the curse mages who had cursed the nobles before committing suicide.
Seize which churches were sent to suppress the rebellion.
The reason why he did this instead of letting the mages escape or kill people directly was probably because when he faced complete defeat, he hoped to let the nobles who pushed him out accompany him to death.
However, in this way, it helped everyone more easily understand the causes and consequences of the entire rebellion. After a joint trial by various Orthodox churches and the royal family, the curse mages previously captured from the rebellion's second prince's mansion confessed to their previous manipulations.
The specific situation of other nobles.
Lawrence's uncle was one of the first nobles to be controlled, and his donation of land to the emperor was also done under manipulation. The reason why the group of manipulators did this was, on the one hand, to give the neutral faction
The nobles conveyed a tense atmosphere that the emperor would even ask for the land of these pro-emperor nobles, so no one would be spared. On the other hand, it was to better penetrate the emperor's faction to investigate the situation.
The emperor canonized Lawrence as a fiefdom noble this time in order to show the entire aristocratic class that although the emperor wanted to reform, it would be an honest reform and he would never resort to underhanded methods.
After all, the cornerstone of an empire is still the nobles. The emperor can unite one faction to fight against another, and can also confiscate the territory of those nobles who are rebellious. These are all allowed within the scope of the rules. But if the territory obtained by relying on subterfuge is like this,
After finding out the matter, pretending not to see it and eating it directly will arouse the opposition of the entire aristocratic class and even everyone.
"In other words, His Majesty the Emperor has re-confessed Sauer County to our August family?" After listening to the explanation of the chief attendant, Lawrence asked curiously, and at the same time, he was thinking that he might really change the focus in the future.
Bring back the New World.
"I'm sorry, that's not the case." The chief attendant sat there and bowed fiercely and said, "After discussions between His Majesty the Emperor and the nobles, we have transferred the territory to you."
According to the explanation of the chief attendant, there are a large number of open-pit coal mines in Sauer County that are easy to mine, and the transportation is also very convenient. Therefore, after it was returned to the country, it was quickly built into a steel and machinery manufacturing center, and the emperor also sent a large number of
He has invested a lot of manpower and resources to develop this place, so it is not appropriate to just return this place to the August family now.
Of course, this is only a superficial reason. The real reason is that the emperor is carrying out centralization reforms in the empire, so it is simply impossible to reverse course in this regard.
"This is really——" Lawrence showed a bitter look, because traditionally changing a fiefdom is a very bad situation. Especially now he doesn't know where his fiefdom will be changed to.
"Don't worry, sir, this fiefdom is not bad. Otherwise, those nobles would not have agreed." After seeing Lawrence's face, the chief attendant comforted him.
However, this did not comfort Lawrence. The nobles would indeed be saddened by the death of a rabbit, but adding insult to injury and betraying their comrades were also very skilled things for them. People like himself who had never been in the aristocratic circle were betrayed.
Dropping it is a very natural thing.
Sure enough, when they entered the Heraldry Hall to handle the handover, the map of the new location made Lawrence confused. Because he found that this place did not exist on the empire map at all.
"Can you tell me where this island is?" He tapped the parchment map on the table and said. "Why have I never seen an island like this on the imperial map?"
Before coming here, Lawrence read all the maps of the entire empire. His memory, which had been strengthened several times after awakening from connections, would not be unable to remember an island. Therefore, after seeing this map, he immediately felt overwhelmed in his heart.
There was a murmur.
"This is a colony that the empire has developed in the New World for more than 100 years," the staff said, "and its area is ten times the size of your family's old territory."
"In other words, this island is more than 60,000 square kilometers?" Lawrence was shocked when he heard it, and then the ominous feeling became more obvious. Thinking about the value of his family's old territory, he knew that the area of this island must be so large.
What's the problem? Otherwise, even if the compensation is given, it won't be enough to compensate an island ten times the size of the island.
As the staff made further statements, Lawrence's heart sank a little bit. Because the island that was conferred this time was not only large enough, but the emperor also provided great conveniences.
For example, because this island is not on the mainland, Lawrence has the maximum freedom. In other words, this island is a self-controlled territory rather than a simple noble fiefdom. In other words, this new territory now has no independent diplomatic and defense rights.
Except for this, the remaining rights can be exercised independently.
This also illustrates one point from the side, that is, this fiefdom is probably a big pit. However, due to the constant urging of the staff, Lawrence could only quickly sign all the documents and leave the Heraldry Institute.