This is a decree destined to be recorded in the history of this fairy tale continent.
Privately called the "Butcher King" by most of the nobles of the Kingdom of Alva, William's incarnation of "Hansel" stipulates that for all nobles, except for the eldest son of each generation, he will inherit the main territory of the family (the title will not be reduced due to the reduction of the territory).
changes), the remaining second sons, third sons, etc. of the nobles can also inherit part of the family territory and become new powerful nobles, except for the knights and lords who are not affected by this rule.
Because the territories of knights and lords are mostly just one village or two or three villages. If they are further divided, they will become a civilian class and cannot bear the material needs of a knight combat unit.
For the ruler of a country, it is better to have more small nobles like knights and lords, but it is better to have fewer big nobles.
"Hansel", or William's order, immediately caused an uproar in the entire Kingdom of Alva. Some people were secretly happy, others hated it, and it quickly spread outside the kingdom.
It's not like there are no big nobles who see the shortcomings of this decree. It will cause the power of the entire noble family to continue to shrink.
I want to object.
But William had just suppressed the entire kingdom, and the smell of blood on his body had not faded. No nobleman dared to say a word "no" in front of him.
Moreover, this is an upright conspiracy, which is naturally extremely hateful to the heirs, but it is extremely attractive to other sons who do not have the right to inherit.
One by one, the noble families began to become disloyal because of this decree.
As for William's subordinates, they have just been entrusted with new nobles because they followed William's rise, and have not yet formed an intricate network of interests. They are die-hard loyalists to William, so they will naturally not object.
Once the situation is basically stable, other nobles will naturally not dare to make mistakes.
The decree was carried out forcefully by William.
One month after the decree was promulgated, there happened to be a viscount family. The old viscount died of excessive excitement in bed with his lover. His eldest son notified the noble assembly and inherited the old viscount's title and territory.
But the old Viscount did not only have one son, he also had several sons from the same mother, half-mother, and even half-father, as well as illegitimate sons.
The new viscount was a stingy man. He was not even willing to give severance pay to his other brothers, so he kicked them out.
In the past, when this kind of thing happened, the second and third sons of these nobles had no choice but to accept it. Who told them not to be born into a good child?
But now, after William issued this decree, the old Viscount had a son who was kicked out by the new Viscount. He went directly to the palace and reported the new Viscount's behavior in full view of the public.
This is really a sleepy pillow. After William issued the decree, he always wanted to find an opportunity to scare the monkeys.
But the situation of title succession is not about eating and sleeping? It can happen at any time. At least it won't happen until the previous noble burps or gets tired of it.
Even though William has great supernatural powers, he can only wait and rule the kingdom by doing nothing. Slowly restore productivity and wait for the right time.
And the new Viscount? It’s a “chicken” sent to our door by God!
William immediately handled the matter with great fanfare. He first sent someone to scold the new viscount, then cut off a small part of his territory as punishment, and then forcibly divided his viscounty into several knightly territories and distributed them to several other sons.
Of course? Illegitimate children do not receive this kind of treatment? This is mainly to avoid arousing stronger resistance from the aristocracy.
Although William is not afraid, it is still a trouble.
Did he remember that his mission was to seek promotion to a third-level wizard? He did not really come to be the king.
As soon as the outcome of the Viscount incident came out, the entire aristocratic class was shocked. Many aristocratic sons who had no inheritance rights were greatly encouraged.
The general trend is slowly taking shape.
The situation in the entire Kingdom of Alva suddenly changed, and this change fell in the eyes of some caring people outside the kingdom...
Time flies, and another half year has passed.
In the southwest of the mainland, in a small country called the Deya Alliance, a mysterious visitor came to a place called Wild Rose Valley.
He is tall, handsome in appearance, with blond hair. He looks like he is only in his mid-twenties, but his deep eyes seem to have a maturity that does not belong to this young man.
This person is naturally William who has restored his original appearance and slipped out of the Kingdom of Alva.
The land in most areas of the Deya League has sandy soil and poor water resources. It is not suitable for growing food, but it is naturally suitable for flowers such as roses.
For this reason, fragrant roses can be seen everywhere throughout the Deya League, and people living here have long been accustomed to it.
Although the Wild Rose Valley is full of roses and the scenery is alluring, from the perspective of the entire Deya League, it is not worth mentioning.
On the contrary, because the road is rugged, few people are willing to travel over mountains and rivers to come here to enjoy the beautiful scenery, so at this time, it is usually inaccessible.
Only William, who was still wanted by the Holy Light's Holy Court, dared to show up in his true self without any disguise.
William looked at the wild rose valley with deep eyes.
People in the Deya Alliance have long forgotten that a very powerful country once appeared on this land a long time ago.
People in the Deya League have long taken the existence of roses for granted, just like the sun and moon in the sky.
They have never thought about it, or in other words, very few people have thought about it, when did the first rose appear on this land? When did it start that roses can be seen everywhere in the entire land of the Deiya Union.
And William came here precisely for this reason.
If he hadn't known this secret information from the wishing toad, William might not have discovered anything even if he passed by.
But now, it's different.
William spent so much energy and time to sit on the king's throne and sit firmly on the throne, just for today.
This Wild Rose Valley is actually an entrance.
It's just that this entrance is set up very secretly. William has an upgraded magic mirror and can't detect anything. He only thinks that this is a relatively ordinary-looking rose valley.
This is how William felt when he came over with Ruyi cloak before he became king.
But now, William, who was already the king, felt something completely different as soon as he came here.
He couldn't describe what he was feeling, and the magic mirror couldn't detect anything. He had no choice but to walk around in the valley at will. As the light and shadow intertwined, the scenery in front of William suddenly changed.
He looked around, where was the Wild Rose Valley where he had stayed before?