The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 947 Franz's Advice

"I..." Roland blinked. No one told him that things were so complicated! He thought he could just be the General of the Northern Expedition, but there were so many twists and turns.

"The re-establishment of the kingdom requires stability. I think His Majesty Nyx should focus his energy on domestic affairs. After all, it is not easy for Rapid City to command most of the kingdom from the center!" Marquis Al Tigrand Franz said with consideration.

"Okay, since you are an expert, what do you think?" Roland glanced at Marquis Al-Tigerand Franz. Considering the reputation of the Franz family, Roland felt it necessary to get the lackey back on the right track. After all, he was a hereditary marquis, and he was branded with the royal emblem. It was not a big deal to abandon him or keep him in vain. It was just the right time to find him a proper job!

"Then may I ask what your Majesty's needs are? If it is to maintain trade, then you only need to set tariffs and conduct trade according to the law. If your Majesty wants to control the economies of the two countries and continue to vigorously squeeze their markets, promote our currency to deeply bind them, and add arms trade, you will definitely be able to weld them to the chariot of the kingdom..." After saying this, Al Tigrand Franz looked up at Roland, then bent down slightly and whispered.

“If Your Majesty wants to swallow it, it will take some time and effort…” Al Tigrand Franz thought for a while and said.

"Stop!" Roland hurriedly called for a stop. You're already watching someone else's land when nothing is done? After the oil breeds "mold", is the land going to breed "mildew"?

"Your Majesty, are you worried about damaging your morality and reputation? No problem! I can devour the two countries for your Majesty and force them to rely on the kingdom. This will not damage your Majesty's reputation for benevolence and bravery!" Marquis Al-Tigrand Franz thought Roland was just being shy and embarrassed, so he quickly raised his hand to indicate that he still had a job.

"Get out of here! You can't even clean up a piece of wasteland in the kingdom, and yet you're targeting others? The kingdom is not short of generals who can expand the territory, but it is short of people who can govern the country! You should know how poor the nobles in the kingdom are, but I'm telling you! The situation is more serious than you think! There are serious vacancies of officials in various places! It's common for people to hold multiple positions! Even if you annex the two countries, how you govern them will become a big problem!" Roland frowned and looked distressed.

“Your Majesty, why don’t you recruit nobles from among the nobility to serve as a token of your favor…” Marquis Al-Tigrand Franz fell silent as he looked at Roland’s face.

"..." Roland was speechless. Six hundred and sixty-six, you are not even acting! You are just talking from the bottom of your heart, right? What kind of heartfelt words are these! If I had nobles under my command, would I need you to fart here?

Many people here have questions. Since there are not enough talented people under their command, why not promote education to enlighten the people, or even directly learn from the ancient East's imperial examinations? Roland could only laugh at this. Not to mention how much preparation and counterattacks the imperial examinations in ancient times had gone through! Even the living soil and environment are different. The Lagrande Empire is essentially like the Qin Dynasty, which relies on military merits to advance. Officials are almost all from noble families! Moreover, the blood relationship of the nobles is complicated, and the exchange of interests is countless. Enlightening the people and letting the common people attack the nobles' cake is undoubtedly a suicidal act!

The empire never suppresses the common people who climb up, nor will it save the nobles who fall down! Behind countless common people's rise, countless low-level nobles fall down! But in the past, present and future, no one will push the common people to climb up! Anyone who wants to cross the line will be punished by all the nobles! Even the Raglan Emperor can't do that!

Then there is another clever saying, Roland is now equivalent to the Emperor Taizu! It is equivalent to rebuilding the Lagrande Empire. As a generation that started from scratch and has a system, can't this system be implemented? That's right! As the actual founding emperor and with the loyalty of the system, Roland can implement this policy without any pressure, but Roland is not an idiot!

The core of the Lagran Empire is the royal family, and the empire serves with both fists! The Dragon Riders are the sword! The Electors are the shield! The Marquises and Earls are the bones! The Viscounts and Barons are the blood that supports the huge giant! You actually told the future Emperor Lagran to dismantle the foundation of the country in order to survive the current suffering! Do you think Roland will chop you? Doesn't Roland know how to promote education? He knows! The history of farmers in the past five thousand years is long. Although he is not good at political science, he is definitely a top historian! The reason for the collapse of the Zhou Dynasty's feudal system was that people's hearts were not ancient and the emperor was weak! But the Lagran Empire will not! The Zhou rituals collapsed, but the Lagran Empire had a group of nobles of all sizes who were loyal to it until its death! Do you know the value of the death of the dukes and marquises and the country? It is no less than Jiang Wei's death of the generals and the country!

The moral standards of the Lagrande nobles are so high that they can treat someone who farts at Luoshui like a dog! Look at the ultimate extravagance of the Sword and Shield family rebellion, which is nothing more than a promotion to the Duke! The final result of enlightening the people and making the nobles no longer sacred can only become a society like the ancient times where kings, princes, generals and ministers are the only ones who are of the same kind! The emperor is a society where only the strongest soldiers and horses can rule! Is this good for Roland at all? Since ancient times, the butt determines the head! He is a beneficiary of the aristocratic system. As long as the royal flag is raised, all the nobles will unite behind him without any agreement. Anyone who bares his teeth at him will be bitten by the nobles at all levels! Instead of letting everyone stare at his position with green eyes!

Because Roland is not a rogue emperor, he does not need to overthrow the system that is beneficial to him. Now he just needs to make Yun Feng suffer. It is better than making future generations suffer in a few years, right? It is impossible for the vested interests to smash their own bowls after eating, right?

"Then we can only make the officials from all places suffer. Besides, it's time to redeem the war merits! We always need some nobles to be born. The kingdom has a vast territory, and we need them to expand the territory for you!" Marquis Al Tigrand Franz said solemnly.

He carefully considered that based on Roland's current war history, the first batch of knights should have been promoted to lords, but Roland was just in the early stages of the kingdom and couldn't let them go! Even the subordinates who started out like Casloreno didn't have any titles. After learning about the deeds of Baron Ismir and Duke Apophis Breo, Marquis Al Tegran Franz keenly realized that the King Roland he was loyal to was not an ungracious dictator, but a king who was short of money and had no rewards. It was actually very pitiful for him to have reached this point. What was even more tragic than a king who was so poor that he couldn't be promoted was that the king was so poor that he couldn't be promoted...

So when Marquis Al-Tigrand Franz proposed this answer in the manner of a close minister, Roland felt dazed for a moment, but he also knew that dragging it on like this was not a good idea, so he could only ask helplessly.

"But the current conditions for enfeoffment in the kingdom..." Roland sighed. Other kings could enfeoff a small city or a small town, but Roland couldn't even enfeoff a village.

"Your Majesty, it is not necessary to grant a real title! A royal title is also a title! It also represents your grace!" Duke Joltea, who had been listening for a long time, said slowly.

"Huh?" Roland was suddenly shocked. Yes! And the title of court nobles can be freely given! The reason why Roland restricted the birth of court nobles was because he was afraid of the emergence of a royal family like the Ming Dynasty! Although court nobles are restricted in many ways, their salaries and wages must be taken in real money!

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