It is easy to win the two cities, but it is not so smooth in the rural areas. Because these two cities belong to the earl. However, in rural areas, there are many small lords, such as baronets, knights, or jazz manors.
Although the Sexner family had fallen, those barons, knights, and knights did not surrender immediately. They guarded their castles and manors and asked Marin to maintain their original status and territory, otherwise they would not surrender.
But Marin was unwilling to accept their surrender, why? Because these people have finished dividing the land, and he wants to divide the land in the future, where can he find the land
Although, the East Frisian wasteland still has a lot to be reclaimed. However, those minor nobles who were loyal to the Sexner family before occupied a lot of good land. Especially in Lyle County, where agriculture is developed, a lot of fertile land has been divided up by the Sexner family and other minor nobles.
You know, in Lyell, a large agricultural county, according to the information of the former palace minister Jeffrey, there are 50,000 Ugrams of arable land, which is a full 100,000 acres, 600,000 acres.
However, these cultivated lands are all in the hands of the Sexner family and the low-ranking nobles who are loyal to them. You know, in the Wadden Islands, Marin worked hard and used all resources, but he only reclaimed more than 10,000 Ugrams. In Lyell County, there are 50,000 Ugrams of land, and most of them are fertile.
Not only that, but Jeffrey also told Marin a very important information-Lyle County, which was once the territory of the Ukner family who rebelled against the Bullock family. It is precisely because of a large agricultural county with strong financial resources like Lyle County that the Ukner family has the confidence and strength to rebel. Even now, many minor nobles in Lyle County were followers of the Ukner family at the beginning, and now they are also followers of the Sexner family.
Therefore, the small nobles in Lyle County, more or less, have enmity with the Bullock family, which also gave Marin enough excuses to annex their territories. Of course, Jeffrey and several officials who surrendered to Marin early also have some land in Lyle County, and Marin will not move. Now that their surrender has been accepted, their land will no longer be deprived.
For the fertile land of 50,000 Ugrams, Ma Lin decided to use "clearing up old grievances" as an excuse to pursue the little nobles in Lyle County and take the opportunity to deprive them of their land...
Therefore, Marin directly sent 2,000 soldiers and horses to the countryside of Lyle County to fight against the little nobles who resisted. At the same time, Marin also sent 100 cavalry to intercept those little nobles who wanted to escape, so that those little nobles would not become Marin's opponents after they ran out.
As for the countryside in Aurich and other areas, Marin didn't covet those lands so much. However, the total arable land in several other areas is also quite a lot, not less than that of Lyle County, but relatively barren.
For other places, Marin's attitude is different, especially Aurich County. Because, Aurich County was once the stronghold of the Bullock family. According to the report sent back by Schwartz, many local people still have hearts for the Bullock family.
For Aurich County, Marin's policy is to crack down on those loyalists of the Sexner family and confiscate their property and land. The targets that were attacked were mainly the new nobles who were enshrined by the Ukner family and the Sexner family after the collapse of the Bullock family. Marin never recognized these canonizations.
At the beginning, he served the Bullock family, but later took refuge in some small nobles of the Sexner family. Marin did not touch their land, and continued to appoint them, but he would be on guard.
However, there is another kind of people in Aurich County. They used to be nobles who were loyal to the Block family, but after the Ukna family rebelled successfully, they were all deprived of their noble status because of their loyalty to the Block family and became commoners. And these families, because they used to be aristocratic families, all have knowledge inheritance.
After inquiring by Schwartz, there are nineteen such families in Aurich. After Marin heard about it, he immediately signed the first earl order-granting the title of jazz to the heads of these 19 families. In addition, it is said that from among the educated children of these 19 families, talents are selected and trained as reserve officials. If you have good talent, you can directly appoint an official.
Marin is too short of talents now, so he was overjoyed to learn of the existence of these 19 families. 19 families, no matter what, there are dozens of scholars...
For other areas, Marin's attitude is also very clear-after the downfall of the Bullock family, the newly conferred nobility by the Ukner family and the Seksner family will be abolished and their property and land will be deprived. As for the nobles who existed long ago, if they voluntarily surrendered, they would temporarily retain their status as nobles. If you don't surrender, just wipe it out, and then confiscate your property and land...
Because of Marin's liquidation policy, many small nobles in the countryside rose up to rebel, and even many serfs followed suit. For a while, East Frisia was in turmoil.
But Marin is not worried. East Frisia has a total population of only 60,000. If all the strong men gather together and give them a good commander, it will be difficult to deal with. But now, these rural nobles are fighting on their own, and the total strength of each family generally does not exceed 100, which is easy to clean up.
Marin first sent people to clean up the rebels who had a large number of people in total, and then incorporated the remaining soldiers and horses of these rebels, and then took the surrendered soldiers and horses to clean up other people.
In fact, in several other counties, the resistance was not too fierce. Because, those who fought against Marin to the end were only a group of small nobles who were newly conferred by the Ukner family and the Seksner family. There are only more than 20 of these people in total, so they are easy to clean up.
But Lyle County is different. All the little nobles here are the targets to be dealt with. Therefore, the entire county of Lyle County has become a battlefield for conquest...
More than 70 local nobles formed an alliance to fight against Marin. They gathered more than 2,000 people to fight against Marin's army. The leaders were a dozen or so local knights.
However, these motley crews are really vulnerable. Marin sent Frundsberg's third formation, a burst of guns, and after bringing down a dozen leading knights on the opposite side, the morale of the opposing army immediately dissipated. Then, the army charged, and the opposite side collapsed. Next, it's time to capture the prisoners...
Then, all the title deeds in Lyle County fell into the hands of Marin...
However, so many small nobles were suppressed at once, and people in the East Frisian County were panicked. Many people are worried that the newly appointed Earl Marin will target them with the butcher knife next time...
For this reason, Marin decided to appease people's hearts, so as not to cause social instability...
So, on November 11, the day of the legendary Singles' Day, Marin signed the second earl's order-beginning next year, the entire Counties of East Frisia will be tax-free for three years!
In other words, in the next three years, East Frisian manor owners, merchants, fishermen, citizens, etc., will not need to pay any taxes to the count within three years. Of course, the pound tax for import and export trade, Marin pointed out, still has to be paid. In addition, the church's tithe tax is not under Marin's control...
At the same time, in this document, Marin also announced that the liquidation has come to an end and that he will not continue to pursue...
In fact, this liquidation allowed Marin to obtain a total of 70,000 Ugrams of arable land, which is simply a huge harvest. What else is there to say? Although it caused a lot of chaos, Marin's soldiers were trained well, and they were also crushing the motley army composed of small nobles in the countryside. So, it's all fine.
Today, Marin's order, declaring a three-year tax exemption and stopping the liquidation, finally stabilized the hearts of the people in the country. Even if there are still people who have the intention of rebellion, they can't afford to make waves. Because those powerful nobles were basically cleaned by Marin. Even, there were two barons who had no intention of confronting Marin themselves, but because they were too powerful and occupied too much land, Marin found an excuse to clean them up...
In East Frisia, Marin doesn't need a powerful little lord, because that would weaken his power...
As for the three-year tax exemption in the County of East Frisia, it is actually not a big deal. Because, Marin checked the information and found that the tax revenue of the entire East Frisian County is only more than 50,000 gold coins per year. Among them, more than 10,000 gold coins belonged to the import and export pound tax obtained by the port of Emden. In other words, other domestic taxes are only 40,000 gold coins per year...
For such a small amount of money, Marin really didn't like it. Because, his income from selling salt in Yancheng is several times more than this tax in a year. Therefore, these taxes are not too important. Even if the tax is exempted for three years, it only loses 120,000 gold coins. However, it is worthwhile to exchange for the stability of the whole country.
Sure enough, after this order was issued, under Marin's hard-working propaganda, the society of the Counties of East Frisia basically settled down. In order to achieve the effect, Marin spent money and hired many local people with loud voices to go to every village to publicize the content of the order loudly, so that everyone would know the fact of the three-year tax exemption.
This kind of overwhelming bombing propaganda is very effective. After hearing about the three-year tax exemption and the cessation of liquidation, the residents really feel relieved... To paraphrase a sentence from the Huaxia News Network - "The common people have had a reassurance"...
Next, Assistant Bishop Taylor went out in person to preach and publicize in cathedrals in several cities. Seizing the highlight of the three-year tax exemption, he described Marin as a very wise lord, and he was simply the savior of the common people...