Heroes of Silver Moon - Chapter 700

The door of the conference hall opened, and the lords entered in a file. The participation of more than two hundred lords made the previously empty conference hall seem a bit crowded.

But fortunately, in order to show the royal style, the conference hall was designed to be very spacious at the beginning of its construction, so that there would be no embarrassing situation where there were no seats.

Many lords from remote areas came to the king’s meeting for the first time, so they were a little surprised and looked around.

The lords greeted each other and quarreled, making the conference hall noisy.

“His Majesty the King is here!” The attendants shouted, making the noisy meeting hall quiet down.

Simon wearing the crown, surrounded by his attendants, walked slowly to the throne and sat down. The lords did not move around, and sat down obediently on their seats.

Now that Simon is both the king and the pope, his power and prestige in the Silvermoon Kingdom have reached an unprecedented peak. At this time, going to trouble is courting death!

Seeing that the timing was about the same, Prime Minister Medel stood up and saluted Simon: “Your Majesty, there are 216 lords in the whole country. At your call, there are actually 203 people in this meeting, and the remaining 13 people are irresistible. In addition, all the ministers of the royal family will participate in the meeting. Would you like to start this meeting?”

Simon shook his head expressionlessly, and looked at the door of the conference hall, and everyone in the conference hall followed suit.

Kakaka, the door of the conference hall opened again, and the old pope walked in with a group of high-ranking priests of the church, and spontaneously walked to the empty seats and sat down.

Only then did Simon say: “From today onwards, the high-ranking priests of the church will also participate in the king’s meeting!”

“How can this be done? There has never been such a precedent!” The royal ministers and lords who attended the meeting started discussing one after another, looking at the king with worried expressions.

The pope would also participate in the previous king’s conference, but that was just a formality, and the church would basically not interfere in the internal affairs of the Silvermoon Kingdom.

But now Simon has all the high-ranking priests of the church participate in the king’s meeting, obviously to deepen the relationship between the church and the Silver Moon Kingdom.

This would expand the power in the hands of the church, which in turn threatened the status of the nobility.

Moreover, the dispute between the Temple of the Gods and the Moonlight Church has emerged recently. To deepen the relationship with the Moonlight Church at this time is undoubtedly to let the Silver Moon Kingdom help the Moonlight Church to share the pressure. They don’t want to conflict with the Temple of the Gods!

“Silence!” Honason, the chief guard of the palace, shook the sheathed sword in his hand to the ground, making the noisy conference hall quiet again.

Simon looked at the lords with a cold face: “This is the king’s decision, and it is absolutely not allowed to be questioned!”

Seeing that the atmosphere was already so tense before the meeting started, Medel coughed twice: “Then the meeting will start here. There are always ninety-three topics this time. The first is the mines of Lord Younisky and Lord Kermi Let both parties state their views, and please consider carefully and make a judgment, my lords.”

In name, the King’s Council has supreme power, and any important matter in the kingdom must be passed in this meeting before it can be finally implemented.

But over the years, the king only takes care of the royal family, and the lords only take care of their own territory. The Contradictory Mediation Council of the nobility.

This is also the reason why many lords do not pay much attention to this meeting.

The two lords whose names were called stood up and looked at each other angrily. Before they had time to vent their anger, Simon said in an expressionless voice again: “Master Prime Minister, and all lords, this time the King There is only one topic for the meeting, and that is the abolition of the feudal system!”

quiet! As soon as he finished speaking, the entire conference hall fell into a deathly silence.

And the two angry lords who were about to spray just now looked at each other and sat down in a low-key manner.

Compared with the storm that will erupt in the future, the conflict between the two of them is nothing!

Looking at the turbulent lord in the meeting, Medel’s scalp tingled. After three kings, it was the first time he felt how hot the Prime Minister’s seat was.

But no matter how flustered he was, he still had to bite the bullet and say with a smirk: “Your Majesty, why are you making such a joke with your lords! Look, you scared them all!”

Simon glanced at him coldly: “Oh, you think I’m joking?”

Hearing this, the lords rioted completely, and Marquis Hood was the first to launch an attack: “Your Majesty, what do you mean by saying this! What is the abolition of the lord system!”

Simon stood up abruptly. The power exuding from his body made all the lords hold their breath unconsciously. Looking at the Marquis Hood who was a few years older, there was a trace of pity on his face, and he said in a deep voice:

“It literally means that starting today, the Silvermoon Kingdom will abolish the feudal system. Whether it is the royal family or the lord’s private land, all of them will be nationalized. I will only give you one month. Whoever does not turn over the land after one month , it is considered a rebellion!”

“Absurd, simply absurd!”

Earl Hamilton, who has always been close to the royal family, stood up and reprimanded furiously at this moment: “The territory is our private land, and even the king has no right to intervene. Why do you want us to hand over the fief in our hands!”

Simon had already prepared for this, and threw a kingdom law code in front of the lords: “Now the land in your hands is rewarded by the kings of all dynasties. According to the law of the kingdom, once the king thinks that the lord has violated the oath of the nobility, he can take back the rewards and go out.” soil of!”

The former overlord of the southern region, Earl Rosen, who participated in the king’s meeting for the first time, stood up and retorted: “It is true that there is such a rule, but may I ask Your Majesty the king, which oath have we violated?”

“Which one?”

Simon sneered: “The eight oaths of nobles, I will be modest and prudent! I will fight for honor! I will dare to sacrifice! I will be brave and fearless! I will protect the weak! I will be loyal to the king! I will Be honest and trustworthy! I will be fair and impartial!”

Immediately afterwards, he pointed at the lords angrily: “Arrogant and domineering, treats the honor of nobles as bullshit, only pays attention to self-interest, does not dare to join the war when the army is inferior, lives extravagantly but does not care about the life and death of the people, defies the king everywhere for self-interest The decree is full of conspiracies and tricks, and the kingdom’s laws are regarded as nothing, tell me which oath you have kept!”

Earl Rosen was speechless immediately, and many lords bowed their heads in shame. For the vast majority of them, it is true that they have never kept the oath of nobility.

Although Simon was alone at the moment, he had already overwhelmed these lords in momentum.

Earl Hamilton sweated coldly on his forehead, and said stiffly, “Even if we didn’t keep our oath, a little punishment will do. Why confiscate the fief?”

“A little punishment?” Simon glared at him fiercely: “Do you know that because of your corruption, the Silver Moon Kingdom is now rotten to the root, and most of our people don’t even have enough to eat!”

“Huh? The life and death of those untouchables is none of our business!” a lord complained.

Unexpectedly, Simon suddenly pointed the finger at him: “Look! Look! What this lord said violated at least three noble oaths, and now you still think you are right!”

With the king’s roar, the meeting hall became dead silent again~www.mtlnovel.com~Many lords secretly glared at him indignantly.

If they have enough strength at hand, they can turn black into white, and even if it doesn’t make sense, they can force the king to give in.

But it’s a pity that now they are neither rational, nor can they compete with Simon in their hands.

Since the defeat outside the Great Wall, the army in the hands of the lord has been in a half-dead state. The king’s new army can even defeat an army of 300,000 orcs, so the three melons and two dates in their hands are nothing.

The complete imbalance of strength between the two sides is the key to the lord’s momentum being overwhelmed by the king!

At this time, Valery, who had been silent all this time, asked with a gloomy face: “Simon, do you mean all the territories you mentioned, including the Alpine Territory and the New French Territory?

Only then did all the lords realize that Simon himself was the biggest lord of the Silvermoon Kingdom, so they all looked at him expectantly.

If Simon can’t treat everyone equally, then they have too much room for maneuver.

Looking at his father with an ugly face, Simon was silent for a moment: “My lords have already experienced steam locomotives. The king’s army can reach the entire territory of the kingdom in one day. I don’t deny that the feudal system did contribute a lot in a certain period of time, but sometimes Today, it is no longer applicable!

All my answers are, yes, including Gaoshanling and Xinfaling, Silvermoon Kingdom must become a whole and unite to the outside world! “

“Simon!” Valery’s face became even more ugly. He never expected to come to the capital with great difficulty, but found that his son wanted to destroy the ancestor’s foundation with his own hands.

“enough!”

Simon didn’t dare to look into his father’s eyes anymore, turned around abruptly, and turned his back to the lords: “This is the king’s decision, and we will never violate it! You have only two choices, hand over the territory… or Or rebel!”