Marshal Bolognik, General Skerry, and the selected councilors set off for the royal capital two days later, and Claude sent an independent reinforcement group of the Thunder Legion to escort them all the way. They not only had to protect the safety of the MPs, but also ensure the safety of the sixty large iron and wooden boxes filled with gold crowns during the trip.
As for the Royal Capital, it is said that His Majesty the King and the Royal Ministers are eager to see the arrival of the Overseas Dominion Councilors, and have long sharpened their knives to await the arrival of the fat sheep. A well-informed source revealed that the nobles of the kingdom who are currently relatively wealthy or who can scrape together the money to pay the promotion fees and land selection fees have basically received hereditary family territories from His Majesty.
Although there are many nobles still stranded in the royal capital, they are all from poor families or even unable to raise money. Ordinary loan sharks will not lend to them, mainly because they do not have the ability and credibility to repay their debts. Although there are currently nearly 900 nobles of the kingdom who have obtained hereditary family territories in the Nasseri area, due to building relationships and seeking discounts or even exemptions from royal relatives, the income of His Majesty and the treasury is not as originally imagined. So optimistic.
Coupled with the cost of regaining the dominance of the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion, as well as the compensation for the losses of the established noble families in the wars in recent years, although the fiscal revenue of the national treasury has been alleviated, it is no longer in a financial crisis. . However, there is still a big gap in funds in order to implement the economic plan for the kingdom's revival submitted by the Kingdom's Prime Minister, Marquis Blancart.
In addition, King Frederic I's Queen, Her Majesty Christi, withdrew approximately five million gold crowns in cash from the royal treasury and the treasury for loans. At the same time, she also hoped that His Majesty would allow her to renovate and repair the palace. With a stroke of his pen, Frederick I, who had money in his hand, lost another two million gold crowns in funds for palace repairs. Prime Minister Blancart stomped his feet angrily. Spending so much money was no longer on repairs, but almost on renovations...
The promotion fees and land selection fees for nearly nine hundred territorial nobles are not as high as His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister imagined. It's very simple. More than 500 of them are hereditary nobles who have been granted titles by the Kingdom of Overas for more than 300 years. Although most of the hereditary nobles were beheaded and hanged during the War of the Restoration Kingdom during the reign of Sterling IX, there are still so many that have been passed down. In this hereditary family territory grant, they can obtain a piece of family territory as long as they pay the land selection fee.
However, His Majesty the King only collected a land selection fee of 20,000,000 gold crowns from them. The reason was equally simple. Royal relatives and blood-related nobles of the kingdom were exempted from the land selection fee, which was a preferential treatment. The rest are from the kingdom's established aristocratic families. They have no merit but hard work for the kingdom. They must be discounted. His Majesty the King has to give them this face.
In addition to these hereditary nobles of the kingdom, these are the third-generation nobles. They only need to pay the promotion fee and land selection fee to be promoted from the third-generation nobles to the hereditary nobles. They also asked for discounts to build relationships, but His Majesty did not give face to all the people. and interceded, and received only more than ten million gold crowns in cash from them.
Finally, there are more than two hundred honorary nobles of the kingdom who have been awarded territories. This should have been the bulk of His Majesty's pockets and treasury income in this plan to grant hereditary family territories. As a result, most of the honorary nobles took out loans from Her Majesty Queen Christie. Although there were nearly 40 million gold crowns registered in the account books, the total cash income was less than 20 million. The remaining amounts recorded in the account books can only be collected and repaid slowly in the future.
For King Frederic I and the Prime Minister, the Marquis Blancart, the funds that had been received in excess of 50 million gold crowns were a huge amount of wealth that they had never heard of. Thinking about the debt war with the Nasseri Kingdom for eight million gold crowns, and the subsequent crisis that almost destroyed the kingdom due to the intervention of the alliance army, both of them felt a sense of sadness... ..
However, His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister have not yet woken up from the joy of receiving the funds, and creditors from all walks of life are already waiting in line. The first is the arrears of military expenditures and official salaries, followed by the various IOUs borrowed by the former Stirling XI and the current Frederick I from the nobles of the kingdom, as well as the arrears and reimbursements of the palace and royal court logistics purchases, etc. wait... ...
When you have money, you naturally become more generous. With one stroke of His Majesty's pen, nearly ten million gold crowns were gone. Then the Prime Minister of the Kingdom reminded His Majesty the King that military power must be firmly grasped. Therefore, a military expenditure of 10 million gold crowns was allocated to the Kingdom's Ministry of War, and the work of reorganization and reconstruction of the three major field ace corps in the Kingdom was immediately launched, and a large number of unqualified aristocratic children who entered the Kingdom's army through the back door were eliminated. Returned to the jurisdiction of the Stirling royal family.
Finally, the old aristocratic family forces gathered with His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister to discuss their plans for the rise of His Majesty the Kingdom and their compensation plan for the losses they suffered in the war. After the discussion came to a satisfactory result for both parties, His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister discovered that the funds in hand were less than 10 million gold crowns.
This is also the main reason why the Prime Minister is so sad that His Majesty the King allocated two million funds to repair and build the palace with a stroke of a pen. However, the palace has experienced several wars from the late King Sterling X to the present, and it does appear to be very dilapidated and unsightly. It is really necessary to repair and reconstruct it again. No matter how unwilling the Prime Minister is, he cannot stop the wishes of His Majesty the King and Queen. He can only find another way to get the funds needed to revive the Kingdom's economy.
The hundreds of honorary nobles who are still stranded in the royal capital are all paupers, and they usually rely on the title of royal nobles to live and work around. When the kingdom is in crisis, no one can be found, but when something is good, they can be seen wandering around everywhere. As soon as the news came out that His Majesty the King had granted a hereditary family territory, almost honorary nobles from all over the country rushed to the royal capital. They knew they had no money but still wanted to come to the capital to try their luck. Maybe they could find an investor and build a territory or something.
Prime Minister Blancart has heard of several cases where wealthy businessmen invested in the down-and-out honorary nobles of the kingdom. Select a few to pay their promotion fees and land selection fees, and select several good hereditary family territories. Let the few nobles who have been promoted to hereditary barons of the kingdom act as puppets in front of them, serving them good food, drink and fun. As for the enfeoffed territory, it will be left to common people and wealthy businessmen to manage...
Two royal ministers also wanted to punish the nobles and civilian wealthy merchants of the kingdom, but they were stopped by Prime Minister Blancart. His current idea is not that the nobles of the kingdom have been disgraced, but that he wants to get more promotion fees and land selection fees for the economic revival of the kingdom. It is better to have someone investing than no one. There are so many honorary nobles in the Kingdom of Overas, many of whom have fallen from hereditary nobles.
From hereditary nobles to third-generation nobles to honorary nobles, each generation is not as good as the last, and only one title of nobility is left to show off outside. When it comes to honorary nobles, their children basically become civilians. This can also be regarded as a way of survival of the fittest among the nobles of the kingdom. This time His Majesty the King granted hereditary family territory is the best opportunity for all the nobles of the kingdom. If such an opportunity is not seized, it means that there is no need to rescue.
His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister are now paying attention to the parliamentarians from the overseas autonomous territories, the honorary nobles of the Kingdom, and the newly awarded officers. They hope that they will come to the royal capital as soon as possible to hand over the promotion fees and land selection fees, and provide them with a better future. Make due contributions to enrich His Majesty’s personal pockets and national treasury. The overseas autonomous territories were extremely rich, and the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion fought in various countries in the eastern region of the continent. It is said that the loot captured alone amounted to tens of millions of gold crowns.
This is the real big fat sheep, a good target for slaughter. His Majesty the King even agreed with the Prime Minister that there must be no favors to be had this time. Business is business, and the amount of promotion fees and land selection fees that should be paid must be paid. Because they have already calculated that they can raise a huge amount of more than 50 million gold crowns from these parliamentarians, promoted officers and honorary nobles from the overseas autonomous territories. In this way, the Prime Minister will have no worries about lack of funds and can implement the restoration of the kingdom. Economical construction plan...
Just over two months have passed, and there has been no movement in the overseas autonomous territories. Even the promoted officers of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion deployed in the Royal City of Polyvisia have no interest in the hereditary family territory granted by His Majesty the King, and have been watching with cold eyes. The nobles of the kingdom who obtained the territory led large groups of people through the Royal City of Polyvisia to their respective territories, silently watching the number of noble territories in the twenty-eight local counties in the entire Nasseri region increase.
Just when His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister were confused about why Claude, Marshal Bolognik and General Bichklin of the Thunder Legion didn't come to the royal capital first to claim a piece of hereditary family territory, seeing that the Nasseri area could still be used as a good hereditary family There was not much space left in the territory, and when I was about to find someone to remind Claude in a subtle way that they were on a first-come, first-served basis, news came that the Thunder Legion was heading to the Karnas Prairie...
Well, what does this Thunder Legion want to do? Even if they move the army, they should first say hello to the Army Department in the royal capital! However, with the news of horse bandits raging in the Karnas Prairie, His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister were relieved. It turned out that the Thunder Legion stationed in the Karnas region was unable to deal with the rampant horse bandits. It was more than strong enough to defend but not aggressive enough, so it had to ask for reinforcements.
Then came the news that the parliamentarians from the overseas autonomous territories were escorted by the armored fleet to the Beibu Gulf to meet with Claude and others and hold a meeting. His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister finally laughed happily. As long as the parliamentarians, honorary nobles, and promoted officers of these overseas autonomous territories are not interested in this hereditary family territory granted by His Majesty the King, then the kingdom will accept the promotion fee and land selection fee.
After enduring it patiently for a few days, I finally got the news that the overseas dominion councilors and promoted officers were setting off to the royal capital. It was said that a regiment of light cavalry from the Thunder Legion was escorting them all the way, and a large transport team was also accompanying them. The team seemed to be carrying heavy items. However, the security was tight, and the spies had no way of knowing what was loaded on the transport carriage.
So His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister began to wait patiently for the arrival of the Overseas Dominion Councilors and promoted officers. At the same time, they sharpened their knives quickly and prepared to slaughter the fat sheep. As a result, we learned that the group of people who came to the royal capital did not seem to be in a hurry at all. They not only traveled around the mountains and rivers, but also took a day off to rest in every town they passed, so that the councilors could learn more about the specialties of each place. Conduct surveys on prices...
The ministers in the royal court were all laughing at these congressmen from overseas autonomous territories. They were country bumpkins who had never seen the market. They thought that good hereditary family territories could be found everywhere. Even if you pay the promotion fee, then what His Majesty the King will grant you must be a desolate and barren land that no one wants. Otherwise, how can you collect the land transfer fee? It was only when we arrived at the royal capital and granted the territory that we could not help but realize that there was no good place in the entire Nasseri area.
The convoy of MPs from the overseas dominions took a total of twenty-three days to arrive at the royal capital. The Prime Minister, Marquis Blancart, came to greet him in person. Marshal Bolognik didn't care, but the MPs from the overseas dominions were flattered by this high-level reception and even called him too. I'm so polite, I don't deserve it. However, Prime Minister Blancart was very cordial. He greeted the MPs without any airs, but his eyes were carefully looking at him, as if he was thinking about where to strike...
The welcome ceremony and reception banquet on the first day were enjoyable and the atmosphere was very harmonious. After a day's rest, they met with His Majesty the King on the third day. General Bolognik, on behalf of the Overseas Dominion Military Region, and Speaker Bennett, on behalf of the Dominion Parliament, presented precious gifts to King Frederic I and Queen Christie respectively. Thanking His Majesty the King again for conferring honorary barons on the Dominion MPs for the Kingdom, His Majesty the King and the Queen held cordial and friendly talks with the Dominion MPs and the knighted officers.
At noon, His Majesty the King also gave a luncheon to welcome the overseas dominions’ parliamentarians and promoted officers, and thanked the overseas dominions for all their efforts and efforts to support the kingdom when the kingdom encountered powerful enemies and the trampling of the alliance army. Dedication. It was just a pity that the King and the Queen could not enjoy this lunch together. After the speech, they left first, leaving only Prime Minister Blancart to accompany these rubes to enjoy the lunch given by His Majesty the King.
After lunch, the congressmen and officers who came to see him visited the gardens of the palace, accompanied by the Prime Minister, and then left the palace. At this point, the official business of overseas dominion councilors and promoted officers coming to the capital to thank His Majesty the King for conferring knighthoods has been completed. His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister are waiting for these overseas bumpkin to come for consultation in the next few days. The matter of hereditary family territory...
To the surprise of King Frederic I and Prime Minister Blancart, in the next five or six days, none of the parliamentarians from the overseas autonomous territories came to inquire about the hereditary family territory. Instead, they visited relatives and friends in the royal capital and handed over the royal capital. Various commercial houses in the business circle understand the business opportunities, and have even reached commercial agreements with several large commercial houses, and have made many commodity trade orders.
Prime Minister Blancart was so anxious waiting that these bumpkins from overseas autonomous territories finally made it to the royal capital, but they were all busy doing business. Are they so uninterested in the hereditary family territory? This is impossible. In the kingdom itself, having a noble title will be of great help in business and will give you great priority. Don't they understand that there are three types of nobles, and that their status as an honorary baron is the lowest and most useless
I just happened to hear that President Hindman of the Overseas Dominion Mining and Commerce Association had booked the most luxurious White Swan Hotel in the capital to hold a thank you banquet that night. He would like to thank friends in the capital's business circle for their help to the association office over the years. and cooperation. So Prime Minister Blancart invited a businessman friend of President Hindman to come over and asked him to remind President Hindman at this banquet that the opportunity should not be missed before it comes again. He should take advantage of the gift issued by His Majesty the King. During the validity period of the feudal decree, first get yourself a piece of family territory that can be inherited hereditary...
Then Prime Minister Blancart waited anxiously until 11 o'clock in the evening. The somewhat drunk businessman came to report. He said that he mentioned the hereditary family territory to President Hindman, but President Hindman smiled. She patted him on the shoulder and thanked him for his reminder and kindness. The only problem is that the remaining places in the Nasseri region of the Kingdom are not to the liking of the Overseas Dominion Councilors, so they decided not to have any hereditary family territories.
How can this be possible without the territory? The kingdom is eager to take money from you and let you leave the capital and return to the overseas autonomous territories without any money. That is simply a lifelong shame for him as the prime minister! Prime Minister Blancart went to the palace that night to report to Frederick I. The two discussed until dawn, and finally decided to ask the parliamentarians of these overseas autonomous territories what they wanted, and if possible, agree to them, as long as they can get it from them. Scrape off the fat!
So Prime Minister Blancart got the map of the Karnas region, and the Prime Minister suddenly became angry: "It turns out that it was planned in advance. Even the regional numbers have been set on it. Which region will be granted a seal?" Everyone has a list of who they want to give their territories to. These bumpkins from overseas autonomous territories are really cunning and cunning. Unfortunately, I thought they were really not interested in hereditary family territories, so I was almost fooled... "
But when this map of the Karnas region appeared in front of Frederick I and the royal ministers, His Majesty the King had not said much, and the ministers suddenly exploded: "This is not fair, Your Majesty. You have already said, grant The sealed area is limited to the Nasseri area, excluding the Karnas Prairie and the Beibu Gulf. Otherwise, this area would have been taken away by the kingdom's nobles and used as family territory.
If we agree to the demands of these bumpkins in the overseas autonomous territories, then His Majesty the King's prestige will be criticized among the nobles of the Kingdom, and I am afraid that more people will not take His Majesty's orders seriously in the future! "
Prime Minister Blancart's face was full of bitterness. He did not want to speak for these bumpkins in the overseas autonomous territories, but these bumpkins had already said that if they did not agree to their demands, everything would be ruined, and they did not want any hereditary family territory. For money, he now has to speak up for these overseas bumpkins and have fierce arguments with his colleagues.
In the end, His Majesty the King coldly agreed to the territory request of the overseas autonomous territories, but he asked for the land selection fee to be doubled...