Chapter 390 Chapter 46

Not just for royals to live in?

Charlotte's heart skipped a beat.

Following the eyes of Louis V, she looked at the map of the division of the kingdom on the wall.

Sweeping across the coats of arms that symbolized the noble families on the map, Charlotte had a somewhat strange idea in his heart.

"Your Majesty, according to what you mean, are you planning to invite the nobles of the kingdom to stay?"

she asked calmly.

Louis V smiled lightly, and said with admiration:

"Miss Castel is right. I do plan to invite nobles to live in this palace."

With that said, Louis V stood up, looked at the Royal Square outside the window, and sighed:

"In recent years, the kingdom has developed rapidly, and the population of Lutetia has also doubled exponentially in the past few decades. The land and houses in the city are quite tight, and many poor people are even homeless. They can only build simple structures around the city wall. the tent..."

"Nobles also face similar problems. Especially when the central meeting is held, it is even more difficult to find a house in the inner city. I think...Mr. Castel should also feel this way."

"Not only that, every time the central meeting is held, the influx of a large number of nobles will bring great pressure to the public security, and the nobles' competition to buy the mansions in the city will further increase the real estate prices in Lutesia. Now it has reached a It is difficult for ordinary people to look up to in their lifetime."

"Under the high price, forced buying and selling can be seen everywhere. There are more and more bankrupt citizens, but there are more and more domineering nobles and dandies."

"Although the royal capital is prosperous, under the prosperity, there are more and more acute social contradictions..."

With that said, Louis V turned around, paused for a moment, and said calmly:

"So, I built this Crescent Palace..."

"The Crescent Palace is the largest palace in the history of Myria. The main palace of the palace alone can accommodate at least 8,000 people in daily life. If the surrounding ancillary buildings are included, it is more than enough to accommodate 12,000 people."

"Not only that, but the Crescent Palace has the most luxurious and comfortable environment in the entire kingdom, equipped with extraordinary facilities that far surpass those of other countries in Unet, and can fully meet the daily needs of nobles."

"In addition, the Crescent Palace also has the most advanced magic inscription in the entire Siunite. Its activated magic circle can even isolate the legendary probe, ensuring the privacy of the occupants to the greatest extent..."

"Therefore, I plan to gradually ban the residences of the nobles in the royal capital one by one. All the nobles in Lutetia will move into the Crescent Palace in the future."

"This crescent palace is not only the palace of the royal family, but also the residence of the nobles in the royal capital."

After listening to Louis V's words, Charlotte felt a stronger sense of sight.

Looking at the most powerful king in the history of the new moon, she continued to say calmly:

"Your Majesty, the banning of mansions you mentioned also includes vassals from all over the place?"

Louis V smiled lightly:

"certainly."

"The mansions of the vassals from all over the country occupy more than two-thirds of the entire Lutetia inner city area, and more than half of these two-thirds are empty on weekdays."

"This is a huge waste. This situation must be improved."

"After this central meeting, I will issue a king's decree that the real estate of nobles from all over the country in Lutetia should not exceed 200 square meters, and each family can hold at most one to three real estates according to their titles."

"All properties that exceed the specifications must be banned. I will replace them with the residences of the nobles with the residence qualification of the Crescent Palace."

Charlotte: ...

She felt that her sense of sight was getting stronger and stronger.

"Your Majesty, is this the deal you intend to make with the nobles?"

she asked.

Louis V glanced at her and said lightly:

"No, it will be the king's order."

Charlotte felt as if she wasn't surprised by the answer.

She knew what Louis V meant. It was a plan to turn the Crescent Palace into a residence for the nobles to carry out activities in the capital.

The nobles live in luxury, and the mere 200 square meters may not even accommodate the servants of the great nobles.

If Louis V enforced this policy, in comparison, the nobles would really move into the Crescent Palace when the central meeting is held...

"What about the daily maintenance of the palace? To run such a large and luxurious palace, the daily expenses will also be a huge sum of money. Is your majesty going to let the nobles pay for it themselves?"

Charlotte asked.

Louis V smiled slightly:

"Of course, I'm only responsible for providing accommodation. As for the daily expenses, the nobles are naturally responsible for it."

"However, compared to living in their own mansion, the cost of living in the Crescent Palace is actually lower for the nobles. After all, there is no need to maintain such a large manor."

Not necessarily.

Most of the nobles are extravagant and have a good face, and what they like most is comparison.

On weekdays, when they don't live together, they are better than this. If they really live together, Charlotte can imagine what will happen with her toes.

Not to mention anything else, just an example.

If Louis V set a different standard of supply conditions, and set an outrageous price for the most high-end ones, even if it was to maintain their dignity, it is estimated that many nobles would have their faces swollen to pretend to be fat.

It's like playing a video game.

When playing alone, everyone plays differently, but if they can play online, then it is estimated that they will start to compare.

In order to compete for the top spot in the garbage mobile games in the previous life, local tyrants would choose to spend a lot of money, let alone the nobles of Miria.

However, these are not the most important.

The most important thing is how long Louis V intends to let the nobles live in the Crescent Palace.

"Your Majesty, what about outside the central meeting? After the central meeting, the nobles will return to their fiefs. How will the Crescent Palace be maintained at that time? How should the servants in the palace be arranged?"

Charlotte asked tentatively.

Louis V glanced at her, and said of course:

"Besides the central meeting, the Crescent Palace is still operating normally, and the nobles will naturally still have to pay the daily maintenance fees for living in the palace, which will be deducted from the nobles' contract tax."

"As for the servants...except for the necessary personal servants who can be brought into the palace by themselves, other rough servants will naturally be provided by the royal family."

Charlotte's heart moved:

"You mean that the New Moon Palace will always maintain a sufficient supply of servants in the future? Even outside the central meeting?"

Louis V nodded slightly:

"It's natural. Outside of the central meeting, nobles can still stay in the Crescent Palace at any time."

After listening to Louis V's words, Charlotte fell into deep thought.

She had already heard what Louis V was thinking.

This is not just for the nobles to have a unified foothold in Lutetia during the central meeting, but for the nobles to live in the Crescent Palace for a long time.

If Louis V really intends to let the nobles live only during the central meeting, then I am afraid that it will only be provided for the nobles, and the palace will not be allowed to operate normally outside the central meeting, at least it will reduce operating costs.

But what Louis V meant was that the Crescent Palace would continue to operate, regardless of whether the nobles lived there or not.

Louis V was an ambitious king, but also a strong and visionary monarch.

Spending huge sums of money to build such a huge palace is not just to provide temporary accommodation for the nobles, nor is it just to relieve Lutetia's housing pressure.

Well, the answer is obvious.

This is still running towards centralization.

Obviously, Louis V is rushing to connect all the kingdom lords to live in the Crescent Palace in the future.

Perhaps right now, the nobles are only staying in the Crescent Palace during the central meeting, but once the nobles move in collectively during the meeting, in a sense, it will be considered a beginning.

All beginnings are hard.

And once you start, it will be much easier to boil the frog in warm water later.

Maybe it's a tough way, maybe it's coercion and temptation, or maybe it's some other method, in short... it has become a possibility for the nobles to live in the New Moon Palace for a long time.

Charlotte believes that as long as the nobles can live in the Crescent Palace, even if it is only once, after this time, Louis V will always have a way to go further.

Perhaps the nobles would resist fiercely at first, but as the strength of the royal family increases, this resistance will only become weaker and weaker.

And once the nobles get used to the life of the New Moon Palace, they will gradually separate from their territory, and may even stop going to the territory for a long time, stage another version of Lesbian, and be "captive" in the New Moon Palace.

This is very possible.

After all, not all aristocratic territories are as rich as Castel, and the palace built by Louis V is indeed luxurious.

Once Louis V used various means to keep the nobles away from their territories and local power centers for a long time, the relationship between the nobles and the fiefdoms would gradually weaken, while the royal family could better control and influence the activities of the nobles, and even enforced management and monitoring.

In this way, the influence of the nobles will continue to weaken, while the authority and control of the king will be further strengthened.

When the nobles of the entire New Moon Kingdom are concentrated in the New Moon Palace, quantitative changes will even further lead to qualitative changes.

At that time, the Crescent Palace will become a social and cultural center sought after by nobles.

At that time, it will be easier for Louis V to strengthen the centralization of power.

For example, formulating a series of strict court etiquette and regulations, requiring nobles to abide by his orders and regulations in the court, thereby strengthening authority and restricting the freedom of nobles; political activity...

This change can even become a two-way change.

The Crescent Palace will also become a platform for the nobles to communicate with each other, compete with each other, show their wealth and status, and directly express their opinions and requests to the king. Even the status of the central meeting of the nobles will be greatly weakened.

Even those nobles who are unwilling to live in the Crescent Palace for a long time will have to travel frequently between their territories and the Crescent Palace, weakening their local influence.

Over time, the connection between nobles and fiefdoms will become weaker and weaker.

At the same time, the royal family will have the opportunity to intervene in local affairs, and even go one step further, gradually completing the penetration and control of the local area, and even controlling local finance through the transfer of contractual taxation.

In the end, the nobility will even evolve into empty airs with empty titles, but actually no control over the territory.

This is very likely to happen, and Charlotte is almost certain that this is the future plan of Louis V!

Otherwise, why did the other party spend huge sums of money to build such a "spectacle" as the Crescent Palace?

As for why Charlotte thought so much, I can only say that there is nothing new under the sun. In the history of the previous life, there was also a similar monarch who did similar things.

Moreover, the name is also the same as the New Moon King.

That is Louis XIV, the "Sun King" who built the Palace of Versailles in French history.

As for the difference between the two sides, it is probably that the French feudal aristocracy at the time of Louis XIV had begun to decline, but in the New Moon Kingdom, the local feudal forces were still strong.

But Louis V also had his advantages.

That is, this world is an extraordinary world, and the New Moon Royal Family is the most powerful extraordinary force in the New Moon Kingdom, and he himself is also the most powerful extraordinary person in the secular domain of the New Moon Kingdom.

The authority and prestige he accumulated through wars and saving the country are far beyond that of Louis XIV.

Thinking of this, Charlotte couldn't help but look at the king who was called "the great" by the world again.

The king summoned her, and it was impossible to just chat with her.

Charlotte has memories of previous lives and can think of so many at once.

But in fact, even if she had no memory of her previous life, relying on the political sense she had developed over the past two years, she could still detect Louis V's unspoken thoughts.

With such a detailed introduction to the New Moon Palace, and so much explanation, the implication is already obvious...

"Your Majesty, you... don't you just want to talk to me about the future of the New Moon Palace?"

Charlotte raised her head, looked into Louis V's deep black eyes, and asked calmly.

Louis V looked at her appreciatively:

"Mr. Castel, I know your deeds in the Northland. In my opinion, although you are very young, you have far superior vision and skills than other nobles."

"You, like your parents, are excellent nobles. If your father is still alive, I'm afraid I should have awarded him a higher title long ago, making him a direct vassal of the kingdom and joining my cabinet. Bar……"

"The same is true for you. I have seen many advantages in you. I appreciate the various policies you have implemented in the Northland, especially the suppression of unrest elements. In just half a year, you have completed control of the territory and been able to The coalition forces that defeated the two duchies are really outstanding."

"I'm sorry about Philip's matter. This matter is not over. I will give you some compensation as the royal family's apology to the Castel family..."

After hearing what Louis V said, Charlotte was quite surprised.

She didn't expect the other party to have such a high opinion of her, and her attitude was so sincere.

She smiled slightly, and asked neither humble nor overbearing:

"Your Majesty, please allow me to ask, are you trying to win me over?"

Louis V glanced at her:

"You can think so."

"Of course, I am also expressing the royal family's attitude, and... I believe you have heard what I mean."

Saying so, Louis V looked straight into Charlotte's eyes, and his aura instantly became majestic:

"Mr. Castel, no one can change my will to strengthen the central government, not the nobles, nor the church..."

"From the end of the Star-Moon War, the kingdom's real dukes and theocracy can only decrease, not increase."