Chapter 489: Delong Civil War
King Anton wanted to promote the reform, but the domestic opposition was strong. The court discussed several times, but could not unify.
Seeing that time was passing day by day, King Anton made up his mind and decided to promote the reform on his own.
Reform means sacrifice, killing, and taking action against the ruling class. King Anton first dismissed the Prime Minister Raymond who opposed the reform, and killed him personally at the court meeting.
Raymond was a talent selected by Anton himself. He followed him for 20 years, and their children were married. Despite such a close relationship, Raymond secretly opposed the reform, and King Anton still wanted to kill him.
After killing Raymond, Anton issued new decrees continuously.
The first was the decree to pardon serfs. The decree issued by the Kingdom of Delong was more radical than the Kingdom of Harland, directly pardoning domestic serfs as freemen.
Then the Kingdom of Anton took out the grain and money from the treasury, arranged for the freed serfs to cultivate wasteland and official fields, and rented the farmland controlled by the royal family to the freed people at a low price.
In addition, the Kingdom of Delong fully imitated the Kingdom of Harland and continued to issue decrees to protect private property.
Then the Magician Association of the Kingdom of Delong made its inheritance public, broke the shackles of bloodline, and began to select people from all over the country.
Less than a month after the reform, the Kingdom of Delong implemented the fourth reform decree and began to hold examinations across the country, following the example of Harland to select officials through examinations and implement the imperial examination decree of the alien world.
Then the fifth decree on establishing education was issued. King Anton followed Richard's example and established schools in the country and began to cultivate a large number of talents. Because he had more resources, he opened more than 30 schools at one time and enrolled more than 10,000 students.
After issuing the education decree, the Kingdom of Anton then launched the gold coin for merit decree, stipulating that 100 gold coins could be exchanged for a small merit and 100,000 gold coins could be exchanged for a baron.
In order to promote technological progress, the Kingdom of Anton even disregarded its face and worshipped craftsmen as its teachers, and then followed the example of Harland to issue a patent protection decree.
After promoting the reform, King Anton acted vigorously and vigorously. In less than three months, he issued seven decrees and successively promoted seven reform decrees.
The process of reform was so radical and rapid that the conservatives in the country were overwhelmed. When the opposition nobles finally reacted and began to link up.
The Kingdom of Anton killed Raymond directly in the court and used Raymond's head to intimidate everyone.
Because the king's reform violated the interests of the hereditary nobles, a large number of hereditary nobles began to link up and voted against the implementation of the new law in the noble parliament.
The new law could not be passed in the noble parliament, and King Anton once again broke the rules and issued the eighth king's decree, announcing the closure of the noble parliament and the implementation of monarchy.
After the promulgation of the eighth decree, a large number of nobles raised the banner of rebellion and formed a noble coalition.
After years of rectification, King Anton has formed an elite guard. This guard corps has more than 100,000 people and is completely under Anton's control.
With the support of this guard, King Anton dared to promote reforms and clean up the domestic interest groups.
King Anton is nearly seventy years old, but his physical and energy conditions are well maintained and he has not reached the dilemma of old age and frailty. The Kingdom of Anton itself is a legendary second-level knight who can live to the age of 140 or 50. At this time, his life span is close to half, and there is enough time to ensure the smooth implementation of the new law.
Because of the insistence on promoting the new law, an internal war broke out in the Kingdom of Delong.
The Royal Guards and the noble coalition fought in a group. King Anton arranged for the eldest prince Oliver to supervise the country, and he personally fought in armor and participated in the war to pacify the nobles.
King Anton did choose a favorable time to promote reforms.
Two years ago, under the mediation of the Holy Glorious Empire, the two kingdoms of Harland and Grant signed a thirty-year peace agreement with the two countries of Delong and Ryan. Both parties agreed not to actively cause conflicts and provoke contradictions.
In order to ensure that the peace agreement can be fulfilled, the four countries invited the Royal Church. Fairness and Justice, stamped with the royal seal, drafted harsh terms, and all important domestic personnel signed the contract.
Because the power of the royal seal could not severely damage the soul of a legendary professional, the contract signed by the Kingdom of Harland was signed by the eldest prince Philip, the princess Vivian, the Prime Minister of the Council of State Roger, Richard's court lady Wendini, and the governor of Vera Province Hayden.
The people who signed the contract in the Kingdom of Delong were also powerful, including King Anton's queen Hathaway, the eldest prince Oliver, the second prince Hudson, and even the prime minister Raymond who was beheaded by Anton, were on the list of signing the peace contract.
Because of the signing of the peace contract, plus the joint signature of the Royal Church, the Church of Fairness and Justice, and the Holy Empire of Glory, Ryan, Grant, and Harland could not directly interfere in the internal war of the Kingdom of Delong.
Because according to the treaty drafted by the four parties, no army of more than a thousand people could be sent to attack the enemy's town.
In a large-scale war like the civil war in the Kingdom of Delong, a thousand elite soldiers could not play a decisive role at all. Unless Lord Harland could expand the Wyvern Knights to a thousand people, it would have the power to exploit the loopholes in the Four-Nation Treaty and interfere in the internal war in the Kingdom of Delong.
After Richard refined his divinity, he was ready to leave the Rex Province, and the provincial governor was transferred by the Minister of the Interior, Martin.
The Ministry of the Interior held a high position in Lord Harland, and its duties were equivalent to those of a senior political and legal official in Richard's previous life. It also supervised the security forces, which was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the armed police.
Martin is an old man in the Harland Kingdom. He was William's old subordinate in the army. After the Harland family became a hereditary noble family, they retired from the military and came to Richard to serve Richard. He has served the Harland Lord for thirty years and has been following William and Richard for most of his life. He is very loyal.
Martin and Jennings are the core of the aristocratic hill of the First Squadron of the Harland Kingdom. Martin is the first captain of the First Squadron and Richard's earliest right-hand man. Jennings, Sura, Lost and others are all Martin's old subordinates. Although his influence in the army is not as deep as Soros and Jennings, Martin's status is still very important. He is a real meritorious old minister of the Harland Kingdom.
Martin is now over sixty years old and his professional level has been promoted to the eighth level. For him at this age, there is basically no possibility of being promoted to a legend.
Martin and his son are both smart and capable. His son Levin has a higher talent than Martin. At the age of less than forty, his professional level has caught up with his father.
The father and son have fought for thirty years in the Harland Kingdom and have both obtained hereditary titles. They are considered to be Richard's trusted confidants. The military merits of the father and son will soon be promoted to the viscount class.
Martin was sent to the Rex Province by Richard because of his status.
The Rex Province has 280,000 square kilometers of land, more than 10 million people, and is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the mainland. It naturally has a strong centrifugal tendency and must have important officials in charge.
Fortunately, the Harland Territory has the legendary magic plant Dream Tree, which can act as a radio station. Richard, Sophia, and Margaret can contact the top leaders of the Rex Province through dreams, otherwise it will be more difficult to govern this territory.
Because it is too far away from the mainland, Richard is ready to build an ultra-long-distance teleportation array.
The Harland Mage Association is no stranger to teleportation arrays.
After so many years of development, the Harland Mage Association has successfully built many teleportation arrays, starting from ultra-short-distance teleportation arrays, to short-distance teleportation arrays, and then to medium-distance teleportation arrays.
Today, the medium-distance teleportation array arranged by the Harland Mage Association can directly teleport from the Mage Tower near Fort William to the dragon's lair 360 kilometers away in a straight line.
Of course, the Harland Territory has not yet built a long-distance teleportation array with a longer teleportation distance, let alone an ultra-long-distance teleportation array with a teleportation distance of more than 2,500 kilometers.
To build a teleportation array, you need to open a portal first, calculate the most suitable teleportation channel, and use a space altar to stabilize the teleportation channel.
The higher the level of the teleportation array and the longer the distance, the more precious the materials for building the space altar.
In fact, high-level magicians do not need teleportation arrays. Magicians can master teleportation spells. After being promoted to the fourth ring, they can master short-distance teleportation spells.
After mastering the short-distance teleportation spell, releasing standard magic can teleport to ten kilometers away. This magic is very helpful for mages to avoid danger.
After being promoted to the seventh ring, you can also master the medium-distance teleportation spell, which can be teleported to 30 kilometers away.
When promoted to the ninth ring, the mage can also learn the long-distance teleportation spell, which can easily teleport to 100 kilometers away. If a powerful spell is released, the maximum teleportation distance is up to about 300 kilometers.
After the magician is promoted to the legendary level, he can also master the legendary teleportation spell, which can teleport a distance of 1,000 kilometers at a time.
If legendary mages like Richard and Sofia want to quickly rush from the mainland of the Kingdom of Harland to the Province of Rex, it will take at most one hour, and it is enough to release three legendary magics.
Although high-level magicians like Wendy have far less magic power than Richard and Sofia, they have enough magic crystals on the road to replenish, and they can only travel for one or two days at most. Flying arms such as lion ducks and wyverns need to delay for five or six days on the road. As for ordinary professional armies, there are no military stations along the way for supplies. It takes several months to travel by land, and about ten days to travel by sea.
The construction of the ultra-long distance teleportation array actually saves the time of professionals below the legendary level, and facilitates the reinforcement of ordinary soldiers. Of course, after the teleportation array is built, it can also save the mana of the legendary magician. After all, releasing three legendary magics will consume at least one thousand points of magic, which cannot be replenished without a few days.
To build an ultra-long distance teleportation array, a legendary-level space treasure is needed to serve as the core of the teleportation altar.
Although the Harland Kingdom Mage Association has collected many treasures, there are no legendary-level space materials in the treasury. If you want to build the teleportation array, you still need to wait for an opportunity, and you don’t know how long it will take.
Richard was about to leave the Rex Province when he suddenly received news of the civil strife in the Kingdom of Delong.
Martin, who had just arrived, changed his face and visited secretly overnight.
"Your Majesty, a civil war broke out in the Kingdom of Delong. What should we do? King Anton is a hero. If he succeeds in reforming and eliminating the civil strife, it will become a big problem for us in the future.
At the critical moment, even if we make some sacrifices, we must be determined to solve this problem."
Although Martin did not say it explicitly, Richard understood the implicit meaning.
Martin hoped that at the critical moment, Richard would not be bound by family affection, and would put the overall situation first, even if it meant sacrificing Philip, Vivian, Hayden, and Roger. He should tear up the treaty decisively when it was time to do so, and defeat the Kingdom of Delong in one fell swoop, eliminating this hidden danger.
As a noble who climbed up from the common people, Martin's ideas were slightly radical. Even though he knew that saying this would offend the powerful and affect Richard's impression of him, he still did not hesitate and took the initiative to persuade.
From an ordinary soldier to a general who killed many people, Martin survived in cruel battles again and again. He relied not only on force and luck, but also on his judgment of the situation. In fact, people like them who climbed up from the dead, although they did not receive much education, their IQs were very smart.
Martin was very clear about who was a threat to them.
Just from the point of view of the reform promoted by the Kingdom of Delong, Martin immediately felt the danger of King Anton.
For Martin, his family and the Kingdom of Harland have long been tied together. He has followed William and Richard for fifty years and has never had any second thoughts. For the overall situation of the Kingdom of Harland, Martin believes that anyone can be sacrificed. Richard's relatives and children can be sacrificed, and they can also sacrifice for the overall situation.
After sending Martin away, Richard felt mixed emotions. He knew that his subordinates were all fierce and fierce. The founding heroes were often extremely fierce because of their experiences. This world would even magnify this ferocity because of the existence of super magic power.
Even Jennings, who was usually gentle, was also a ruthless person at critical moments.
Without ruthlessness in his character, he could not lead troops in wartime.
"If Sophia and I were gone, Philip would never be able to suppress these people. Fortunately, Sophia and I drank the water of life, and our lifespans far exceeded those of our subjects. We can outlive these founding heroes and do not need to imitate Zhu Yuanzhang to slaughter them." Richard shook his head and dispelled the haze in his heart.
Although his thoughts have been assimilated by this world, he never shows mercy when killing people. He can be called ruthless and cruel, and his moral standards are far from the high level of his previous life. But compared with the natives like Martin, he still lacks a ruthlessness.
The native nobles do not care about family affection for the sake of interests. It is common for nobles to kill their fathers and sons and for their wives and children to turn against each other.
But his heart was still influenced by the peaceful life of more than 30 years in his previous life. There was always warmth in his heart. He could only be cruel to outsiders, but he didn't have the ruthlessness to use a knife on himself, and he couldn't make up his mind to sacrifice his relatives.
It was also difficult for him to accept it in his heart. He used the lives of his son, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, brothers, and wife to paralyze his opponents and realize his ambitions.