"She's the best queen in Koya."
The king repeated the words, and he looked up, and his eyes fell on the beating flames in the fireplace.
"Of course she is."
The bard smiled with joy.
The king said softly, "Thank you."
The bard bowed deeply: "This is what we should do, and the Kya people are willing to serve you."
He stepped back gently, leaving the space to the king alone.
…
February will be over.
The bard was ordered by the king to sing ancient folk songs in the Northland, which were the folk songs of the Qiangwei family when they ruled the Northland. The soft ballads were used as the entry point to contrast with the harsh rule of the state royal family. The king used this method ingeniously. It diverted the hatred of the Northland people and awakened the connection between the Northland and the Qiangwei family.
The second step of the propaganda war was the system that the king sorted out when the Rose family ruled the northern land.
At that time, the Qiangwei family treated the Northland equally, and the people of the Northland enjoyed the same treatment as the Legrands.
On the one hand is the harsh system of manorial labor, on the other is the pardon and equal preferential treatment.
As long as you are not a fool, it is not difficult to make the corresponding choice.
The rebels who were still scattered in bits and pieces put down their weapons, and the commotion in the north was completely subsided. At this time, the king got a surprise: under the leadership of a former middle-level rebel officer named "Wood", a group of free people who had participated in the rebel movement jointly signed a letter to the king, asking the king to remove them from rescued from the rule of the state royal family.
After reading the joint petition, the king looked up at the young officer who was standing in front of him a little nervously.
Officer Wood was in his early twenties, with an authentic Northland red face, he was tall, and his gray-blue eyes had the energy of a young man. He is somewhat similar to General Ayton who was beheaded by the king some time ago. He was also an ordinary peasant, and he climbed up to the position of a middle-level officer in the army with his courage and strength.
"I heard that you made General Edmund suffer a lot."
The king closed the petition and looked at the officer in front of him.
"You came to see me, aren't you worried?"
He was referring to the fact that General Edmund was assisting Earl Henry in the attack on Balbo, the officer who had predicted their marching route and set up an ambush in the valley. If it weren't for the fact that their number was too small and the Angor soldiers were particularly adapted to the mountainous terrain, then the outcome of the battle would still be unknown.
However, that time, the young officer led his elite team to escape.
"Since Earl Henry can still be commissioned to command such a large army, then I don't think I have anything to worry about." Wood replied.
Earl Henry once chose the new royal party in "The Change of the Rose", and also attacked many castles of the royalists. Even people like Earl Henry can be reused by the king in this counter-insurgency campaign. This is the source of the courage of Officer Wood to fight this time. He feels that King Legrand is not as violent and bloody as the rumors. .
"You have an honest character."
The king smiled slightly.
Officer Wood bowed to express his sincerity: "I think you are more willing to hear some truth than a grand speech. Are you saying that you will reject the repentance of your subjects? Your Majesty."
"Of course not." The king pressed his fingertips together, "who would reject a young and capable general?"
"General?" Officer Wood caught the message in the King's words, his red face flushed with excitement, "You mean..."
"When you have the courage to step in here, this is yours."
The king smiles.
He handed a commission to Officer Wood.
The king was originally choosing such a person.
After all the Balboa and Newcastle royals were purged by the king, a power vacuum was created here. The formation of a new local government must take many things into consideration. There is no doubt that the vast majority of candidates for these two new governments must be trusted members of the royal family, and they must be under the close control of the king.
But the king did not intend to blindly appoint the Legrands to govern these places, neither because of their familiarity with the specific conditions of the place nor because of the acceptance of the Northlanders, that would not be a good idea.
It is easy to re-ignite unrest in the land that has been recaptured.
In the process of Balbo and Newcastle becoming completely one with Legrand, the king had to use some softer means to appease the hearts of the local people.
He needed a Northlander in an important position.
This Northlander needs to be smart enough, have a certain influence, and not be able to be born in the local aristocracy.
Officer Wood met these conditions and even exceeded them.
Officer Wood came from a civilian background. Appointing him as one of the consuls could show the farmers in the Northland the hope of improving their status and power. He was originally a member of the rebel army, but was reused by the king. This allowed those who participated in the rebellion The people in the movement are no longer afraid, and to a certain extent can dilute the influence of some kings who have taken tough measures before. And Officer Wood can only have power and status by relying on the support of the king, and the relationship of interests makes him not as easy to rebel as the local nobles.
The joint willingness of Officer Wood to join forces also reflects his political acumen.
He was the wise man the king needed.
"I hope you won't disappoint me."
The king said to Officer Wood, who took an oath of allegiance on one knee.
"Of course, I even looked up when I entered the city." Officer Wood replied, he paused and asked earnestly, "A little pretense... Will you make the Northland better? It will sing like a ballad It's peaceful and beautiful, isn't it?"
"Yes, it will."
The king answered.
Officer Wood raised his hand and tapped his heart: "Then I can rest assured."
He withdrew in relief.
Unbeknownst to Officer Wood, his last, somewhat rude question, got him through the final hurdle with the king. The king did not dislike the ambitious and eager to gain power. But a person who has ambitions but hopes that his hometown will get better is more suitable for that position.
Officer Wood left Beaumari Castle with good news, and the king began to formally issue a series of orders:
Legrand took back the rights once given to the Balbo and Newcana royal families. Since then, the Legrand royal family has directly commanded the two places, and Balbo and Newcana have been changed from the state to the county. The new county officials were appointed by the king himself.
All military castle deacons in both places were reappointed.
The manor courts in both places were abolished, and the king established local fixed courts.
Balbo and Newcana will have the right to freely elect city representatives to the Legrand Imperial Council.
…
This series of decrees is called the "Old Rules of the Northland", which means that it does not form a new system in the Northland, but restores its rights once ruled by the Qiangwei family.
When the Balbo and Newcana governments began to form, the conscription was over, and the king gradually disbanded the assembled army, leaving only the rose cavalry and some knights who would be rewarded.
Late February 1433.
The thick snow began to melt, the melted snow and ice converged into rivers, and new shoots began to sprout.
The king left behind the former subordinate of the Duke of Buckingham, the lieutenant to guard Beaumari Castle, and he himself led the rose cavalry to set off to return to the Rose Palace.
The lieutenant stood on the wall of Beaumari Castle, watching the king lead the rose iron cavalry away gradually. He looked up at the tower in the center of the castle.
"Winter is over."
…
Metzl Castle.
The news of the victory of the war in the North had been transmitted back to Legrand some time ago.
Everyone in the capital rejoiced, the victory of this war was beyond people's imagination, and chroniclers did not hesitate to praise the king's exploits with admiration. Today, the king has triumphed, so a group of nobles, the mayor and all the members of the city council, hundreds of guild members waited quietly outside the city gate.
Leading these men was General John.
In just a few short months, General John became more stable, and even brought a bit of coldness. When some old nobles saw him, they almost thought they had met the Duke of Buckingham when they were young. At this point he was standing at the front of the line, sitting upright on the horse, and somewhat puzzlingly, General John was wearing a pair of iron gloves.
This doesn't seem to be etiquette.
But no one dared to ask General John.
"Come! Your Majesty is back!"
The eagerly-awaited crowd suddenly became commotion.
Smoke and dust rose from the horizon, and the victorious knights came galloping in the bright sun. They held high the scarlet flags as they left, and the hundreds of rose king flags unfolded like a boiling stream. Blood Tide. Compared to when they left, the knights on these knights became more chilling.
From a long distance, you can feel the aura that can overcome all obstacles.
Keep going.
The crowd was silent at first, then cheered higher than before, full of pride - this was their King of Legrand! This is their Legrand army! their knights!
Proud of Legrand!
As the triumphant procession approached, General John, who had been standing still, suddenly rode forward. General John's rude behavior caused the others to look at each other in disbelief, and then they saw the knight headed by the returning team from the opposite side raise their whip, and all the rose iron cavalry stopped in unison.
The galloping sound of the war horses suddenly disappeared, and it seemed that there were only two war horses left in the heaven and earth, two knights facing each other.
The king watched quietly as General John rode on his horse.
Before the king, General John rolled over and dismounted.
The king also rolled over and dismounted, and General John became more like a young lion than he remembered.
"I'm very sorry."
The king whispered that the others were far away from them. Standing here are a pair of brothers instead of the king and his generals. The king didn't say why he was sorry, but they all knew why.
"You don't have to feel guilty." General John stared into the king's eyes. "He was ready for this. He has some things left behind, and I think you might want to take a look when you go back."
The king did not speak.
General John gave the king a hug and whispered, "He has always been proud of you."
Letting go of the king, General John took a step back, knelt down on one knee, raised his hand and clenched his fist to beat his heart:
"I have prepared my long sword and iron glove, Your Majesty, please allow me to be your defender!"