Chapter 414: king and duke
The application letter presented by Katerina Ailanz was quite euphemistic and polite, completely different from her usual carefree style, which fully reflected her respect for His Majesty the King.
But Richard looked more and more annoyed, and his eyes became more and more fierce.
In the end, he slapped the application form on the table, snorted coldly, and said, "The Ailanz family is so arrogant! They actually want to preside over the canonization ceremony for the nobles who surrendered to Molai! , doesn't it confirm the status of the suzerain of the Ai Lanz family to them?"
The Frost Sword Saint did not answer, and he almost never opened his mouth to such political questions.
Richard thought about it, and asked the waiter to call in two of his staff to discuss the matter.
"This matter must be absolutely impossible!" An elderly staff member glanced at the application, his face changed greatly, and he said hastily, "The canonization of nobles is the power of the suzerain, and these newly occupied territories are Thrace's territory. Your nobles are naturally your subordinates. Even if they want to join the Elanz family, they must first apply to your majesty and get approval from you and the noble council. If you don’t say anything, they will become the Elanz family directly. The truth of subordinates!"
Richard nodded, and it was this very question that irritated him.
Although it is said that according to tradition, as long as the nobles form an independent army, the land they conquer is his own territory, but this war was fought in the name of Thrace rather than Alanz. To surrender, you can only surrender to Thrace and not to Airants. Even if he had a hunch about the power of the Ailanz family expanding greatly, he never thought that the Ailanz family would actually expand to this point!
In his study, opposite the desk is a huge map of the whole of Molai. Comparing the map, he can clearly find the four marquis, twenty-six earls and more than one hundred viscount territories who will be canonized this time. , Although the remaining baron and knight leaders can't see the location clearly, their approximate location is naturally also in this area. Looking at the map, after this canonization, almost the entire northern part of the Molai Federation has become the territory of the Ayrantz family. In addition to the former territory of the Aylanz family, the actual territory of this "duke" may have surpassed it in reverse. king.
How can such a thing be allowed!
He looked at the map angrily, frowning.
To be honest, before allowing Duke Ailanz to form an army to march south, he was actually not at ease. The strange army that attacked the Thracian army at night and killed Marquis Henry was unimaginably powerful. Even if the strength of the Arans family was far greater than Marquis Henry and that army, it was inevitable to face such an enemy. Broken bones.
Therefore, his original plan was to let the Alanz family eat this hard bone.
With the strength of the Elanz family, of course they can gnaw down this hard bone, but the loss must be so great that the Duke Tangtang is also very painful. In order to make up for this loss, the surrendered nobles in the Molai region were the medicine for Katerina Erantz to treat her pain.
It's just that he never imagined that Katarina would lead the army of the Allanz family to march forward in the south. .
What about the special troops that Mo Lai secretly cultivated? Where have they gone?
He didn't think that group of people would die in the battle with Marquis Henry. According to what the soldiers in the barracks saw at that time, the loss among the group of people was not very big, and at least hundreds of people were still alive.
But where are those people now? Are they bewitched by the beauty of Katerina Airants?
Simply ridiculous!
At this moment, the young staff spoke up: "Your Majesty, in this case, I think the best way is for you to send a prince to Molai's side."
"It's useless to go, can you still grab Katerina's canonization ceremony host seat?" Richard asked rhetorically.
"In my impression, this kind of large-scale canonization was only held when the country of Thrace was founded." The young staff said, "You can say that it is not enough for those Molai nobles to preside over such a large-scale canonization. Respect, so it should be canonized one by one according to the traditional canonization method."
"Even in the traditional way, Katarina can be canonized one by one."
"According to the traditional method, the canonization of every earl or higher nobles requires a grand ceremony, which takes at least ten days before and after." The young staff said, "With such a long time, a prince can completely Enough to win many nobles into your command."
He showed a sly smile: "After all, you are the king, and the name of this country is Thrace, not Erants. Those nobles who surrendered may now trust the Erants family more, but as long as you give them some time, I believe that many of them would be willing to invite the prince of Thrace instead of the Duke of Arans to preside over their canonization ceremony."
"How much can that be?" Richard asked.
"There may not be too many at the level of marquis and earls, but there are many nobles below the earl who tend to favor you." The young aide narrowed his eyes, "Although the great nobles are powerful, in fact, the middle and small nobles are the best. He is the real manager of the locality. As long as these small and medium nobles are won, what else can the big nobles have other than the glory in face?"
Richard's eyes lit up.
"The reason why the big nobles are big nobles is because they have a large number of middle and small nobles who are loyal to them. As long as these small and medium nobles are loyal to you, why should you care about the big nobles on their heads?"
"This kind of thing... will Duke Alanz allow it?" the older staff asked worriedly.
"Maybe, maybe not." The young staff smiled, but the smile was a little cold, "So it can only be a prince, not your majesty, you can go there in person, even..."
He was vague for a moment, smiled, and didn't finish.
Richard already understood what he meant, nodded, and said, "Well then, if this can be done, it is our Thracian crown prince - send this message to my son and nephew Let them decide for themselves whether to go or not."
"I'll give them an hour, and after an hour, if no one is willing to go." Richard's eyes became a little indifferent, "Then I'll appoint it myself!"
Richard didn't have to wait an hour.
Just half an hour later, his second son came to the study room of the palace.
But the king still waited for an hour, and then handed him the appointment letter and the paper replying to Duke Elanz.
There is one more sentence that accompanies these two instruments.
"If you can come back alive, follow me to learn governance."