Tome of Blood

Charlotte moves quickly.

After summoning the Lien-Castell family, she announced the review plan for the entire Earldom, officially appointed Viscount Lien-Castell as the reviewer, and made her own direct jurisdiction the review plan first stop.

Overnight, the situation in the viscount of Beigang changed. Nice led the Castel guards to raid every house based on Maddock's confession list. A large number of city officials and low-level nobles under the direct jurisdiction were arrested by their families and escorted to prison. .

Such a large-scale censorship action naturally caused an uproar among the nobles in the territory. The nobles who stayed in Beigang not long after the dinner in the Earl's Mansion almost broke through the gate of the Earl's Mansion. Some dissuaded, some opposed, and some reprimanded Well, there are tempters...

The singing and dancing at the banquet was good, and the nobles who didn't tear their faces maintained at least superficial respect, and they were obedient and loyal to the new earl.

But when the false calm was broken, when Charlotte finally started to attack the nobles, when she finally tried to win over the declining authority of the Castel family over the past ten years... the nobles finally revealed their true feelings Attitude.

be opposed to.

unanimous objection.

Charlotte suddenly realized that she still underestimated the intricate nobles in her own territory. The day after the review plan was announced, the nobles who were still stranded in Beigang even made a joint petition.

The nobles have been asking Charlotte to withdraw the review plan. For this reason, they also proved the various disadvantages brought about by the review plan, and by the way, scolded the Len-Castel family.

"The property and privacy of the nobles are sacred and inviolable. Even the lords are not qualified to conduct such strict inspections on the vassals, let alone check the property!"

"This is a contempt for the "Holy Code"! It is the foundation of self-destructive rule! It is the work of a tyrant!"

"The assassination at the banquet should indeed be investigated for the truth, but this should never be a reason to anger the vassals!"

"After all, she is an ignorant child. Sooner or later, Castel will be destroyed in her hands..."

"Hmph, she's just a whore with Luoxing's bloodline. No matter how well the Castel family hides it, they can't hide the fact of the bloodline. Maybe she doesn't have Beidi in her heart, only herself!"

Public opinion is almost one-sided.

Overnight, it seemed that in the eyes of all the citizens, Charlotte transformed from a young and promising lord into a tyrant who did all kinds of evil.

Looking at the petition signed by the nobles, and listening to the attacks and comments from the nobles reported by the guards in various parts of Beigang, Charlotte's expression was not very good either.

However, she more or less expected the reaction of the nobles, and the bad face at this time was more because of the presumptuous remarks made by the nobles when they attacked her.

It's fine to ridicule her as an ignorant child, those who talk about gender are really intolerable.

However, although she was so angry that she wanted to immediately hang up these bastards with bad mouths and hang them at the gate of the city, Charlotte was still calm.

She knew that the public opinion in the city that night seemed to be full of turmoil and public grievances, but in fact it was nothing more than being bitten by nobles who violated their interests.

It is the aristocrats who control the public opinion, and it is the aristocrats who create momentum. As for the majority of the people, they did not respond to the censorship plan so quickly.

Not to mention, Charlotte didn't target them either.

However, Charlotte knew that this matter could not be delayed.

Now that they have decided to take action, they must be suppressed with a thunderbolt. Otherwise, the nobles will have ways to incite the people, and then things will become troublesome.

"Nice, have you found out which family is leading the charge?"

Charlotte asked calmly.

"Hey, the leading ones should be a few upstarts who made their fortunes from workshops and caravans. In addition, there are also many low-level nobles from direct jurisdictions participating."

Nice said.

"Upstarts who made their fortunes from workshops and caravans? Didn't the other viscounts and barons participate?"

Charlotte was a little surprised.

"Meow, no."

Nice shook his head.

Charlotte frowned.

However, after a little thought, she came back to it:

"It turned out to be a group of idiots who were used as arrows..."

Although the new nobles in Castel are rich, their influence is not that high, and it is impossible to gather so many nobles overnight.

This is probably being used as a weapon by those veteran nobles, who want to take advantage of this to force her to compromise and test her bottom line at the same time.

As for why these upstarts are willing to stand out, Charlotte probably guessed about it based on her family's experience.

In recent years, Castel's industry and commerce have developed rapidly. These upstarts who made their fortunes through the wind may have evaded taxes. Compared with the inspection of blood clans, they may be more opposed to property inspections.

"My lord Charlotte, what are you going to do? Although you have a noble status,... mortals may be much more difficult than you imagined. You bowed down to fight them, in my opinion, you just lowered yourself to the same level as them Level, and then it is easy to get entangled by their rich experience in internal fighting..."

"In my opinion, our purpose is to get you back to strength early, not to play house with these guys here."

Nice couldn't help but said.

Charlotte understood what this guy meant, and it was tactfully persuading her to use the power of the "god" to find a way to deal with these people directly.

The gods are best at brainwashing, not to mention that Charlotte is also the "true ancestor of blood".

It is estimated that from Nice's point of view, Charlotte can easily control the thoughts of nobles as long as she thinks about it.

But Charlotte is also helpless.

Her hacks are effective, she neither wants nor can she use spells to control the minds of all the nobles in the territory, and she doesn't know how to "quickly restore strength".

The only thing she can be sure of now is that she has to firmly control the territory in her hands and make it her strong backing.

After that, she can gradually map it, and it will be more convenient whether it is preaching or collecting the broken pages of the holy scriptures.

"Continue to act according to the original plan, combine the reported materials and the list of confessions, and arrest those leading instigators."

Charlotte thought for a while and ordered.

"Ah... are you really not afraid of rebellion?"

Nice couldn't help asking.

Charlotte glanced at it:

"Even if it's a rebellion, the direct rulers can't rebel. If they really want to rebel, it's those vassals and nobles with private soldiers."

"Then aren't you afraid of your reputation? If you go on like this, you're really going to be called a tyrant."

"Don't worry, someone will worry about it for me."

Charlotte said.

After finishing speaking, she looked at the maid Shirley who was accompanying her, and ordered:

"Shirley, send someone to the residence of the Len Castel family and tell them that it's time for me to see their influence among the nobles."

...

Professional things need professional people to operate.

Although the nobles of Castel shouted loudly, how many of them are determined to oppose Charlotte, how many are fishing in troubled waters, how many are secretly observing the situation, or simply Belonging to the silent side, I am afraid that no one can fully explain.

But one thing is certain, Charlotte chose the Len-Castel family as the executors to review the nobles, and she did choose the right one.

Following Charlotte's order, the guards of the Castel family came out and directly suppressed the resisting nobles.

As the owner of the Northland, Castel has a standing guard of 3,000 people, which may not be able to compete with the united noble private soldiers, but it is more than enough to suppress the riots in the small direct-controlled territory.

At the same time, the Leon-Castell family finally stood up.

The old Viscount personally stood on the platform, reprimanded the nobles who resisted, and publicized the legitimacy of the review from the perspective of territorial security.

It has to be said that the head of the Leon-Castel family does have something.

Charlotte had thought that he would support the review from the point of view of rebelling against the various crimes of the nobles.

After all, after a dramatic report, few of the noble families who participated in the banquet were completely clean. If we really want to investigate carefully, all of them can be caught all over the place.

However, the old Viscount did not use the pile of criminal evidence on Charlotte's desk, but directly started from the harm of blood infiltration to demonstrate the necessity of review.

After all, the Northland is the territory of the New Moon Kingdom. Although there are a large number of immigrants in the Northland, the most important ones are the citizens of the New Moon Kingdom who moved north.

In the history of the New Moon Kingdom, the Shedete clan overthrew the political power, and almost destroyed the country because of it. As the New Moon people who grew up under the influence of the "Legend of the Blood Demon", they naturally have a deep understanding of the "Blood Court" of the blood clan. Be vigilant.

Ordinary people can't tell the difference between the "lawful" Ness clan and the "chaotic" Shedete clan. They think they are all blood clans. The terror that reigns behind the veil.

Public opinion reversed almost instantly, at least among the common people.

Reviewing the nobles is a joy for the common people. In many cases, it can even be called a complete joy. The feelings of the common people towards the lords are also very simple. In addition to the most instinctive awe, their perception of the lords more often comes from the nobles. publicity.

At this moment, Charlotte's review plan put a cloak of sacred justice on the mouth of Viscount Lane-Castel, and the brutal tyrant in the mouth of the nobles soon became the new lord of justice in the eyes of the common people .

The old Viscount is indeed capable of being able to serve as the head of foreign affairs in Castel for decades.

And after the Len-Castell family publicly expressed their support for Charlotte, some families who had good relations with Len-Castel, or those traditional loyalist families, began to express their support for Charlotte. Support for this review.

Among them, there are even four barons including the Valais family of Baron Angus.

What surprised Charlotte the most was that the nemesis of the Leon-Castell family, the Viscountess of the Legris family, even vaguely expressed support for the review plan.

However, the Viscountess didn't trust Leon Castel. She visited Charlotte at night and met with Charlotte again, vaguely expressing her willingness to support, but she demanded that Castel personally examine Legg. The Leith family also requested to replace the Leon-Castell family as the executor of the review plan.

Charlotte naturally refused.

There is no doubt about the employment, and there is no need for suspicion. Since she has decided to let the Leon-Castel family review, she will not change the order overnight. She needs the influence of the Leon family to implement the policy.

Not to mention that the Legris family is already strong enough, and delegating power to them will only further fuel their ambitions.

As far as Charlotte knows, their standing cavalry has more than a thousand people. Although most of them are light cavalry, they are already a powerful force in the Northland.

If the nobles who followed them were included, Charlotte reckoned that just pulling out the private soldier Legris could pull out two or three thousand people, which wasn't considered temporary conscripts.

What's more, these data are still old data in the data. According to the information in the reported data, the military strength of the Legris family may be even greater.

In this case, Charlotte will naturally not hand over the power of review to them.

Of course, considering the relationship between the two viscounts, she thought it would be inappropriate for the Len-Castel family to review, but she didn't plan to go there in person, but decided to wait for Sebastian to finish raiding Earl Lachlan's house. Let's talk about the hiding place later.

Laura Legris is already a blood clan, and Charlotte has other ideas about how to deal with the Legris family and how to win over the Viscount.

As for the other family of the "Three Royal Families", the Roman-Fore family kept silent about it, and left silently by boat after the banquet.

The Roman-Fore family's land strength is not strong, and their main strength is at sea. The number of warships of their family accounts for half of Castel's.

Recalling the various performances of the Roman-Fore family at the banquet, Charlotte always felt that this family had a secret.

As soon as Viscount Lien-Castel made his move, the nobles were clearly divided into two factions.

However, supporters are in the minority after all.

Even the Legris family showed conditional acceptance, and after Charlotte did not reply immediately, the Legris family left North Port and returned to the territory just like Roman Fore.

After hearing the news, Charlotte sighed softly. She knew that this meant that the Legris family would no longer support her. Between Len Castel and Legris, she might only have to choose one, at least For now...

Viscount Lien-Castell subverted public opinion and successfully muddied the situation in Castel's territory. After Charlotte dispatched the family guards, those clamoring nobles were quickly suppressed one by one.

As for the remaining nobles, they left Beigang one after another and returned to their own territories.

However, Charlotte knows this is just the beginning.

The departure of the nobles does not mean that they are not involved in this matter, but represents their dissatisfaction and opposition to the review, and perhaps there is still the influence of the Nass clan behind it.

The riots in Beigang Territory have been suppressed, but next... I am afraid that they may really have to prepare for a few battles.

However, not long after the riots in the territory were suppressed, the communication crystal that Charlotte seized from Agnes suddenly responded.

Charlotte's heart twitched slightly.

The Ness clan... seems to be conducting remote communication in advance.