Chapter 153 (1/2)
”There are news from all three aspects. Which one should I listen to first?”
”From far to near! Let's talk about the leader of Manyu army. Has the fight started? ”
”You think too simple. The situation there has become more complicated. Just a week ago, viscount Philippe, the first successor of the Phelan family, sent messengers to the royal capital to pledge allegiance to the royal family of Lancelot. Three days ago, the news came out that patream, the current Duke of Manyu, was converted to the Holy See. The Pope of St. ether was very happy He personally came to the leader of the Mayeux to baptize patream, but in view of his old age and the confusion of his situation, he chose to send St. George, the most famous cardinal, to baptize him
Ralph only retells the intelligence without his own personal opinions. This is the basic quality of an spy.
”One of them went to the royal family and wanted to overwhelm the other in name, and the other wanted to suppress the other with the help of external forces. These two guys think that the leader of the Mayu army is not chaotic enough. After their disorderly conduct, it will no longer be a simple struggle for the right of inheritance, but a dispute between the royal power and the divine power. The contradiction between the two sides will be totally irreconcilable.”
With the Hawkeye secret service's stalls opening and the more information and materials he filed in his hands, Sean was finally no longer blind and had a relatively complete concept of Byron alliance.
In the plain of Asia Minor, the opposition between kingship and theocracy has become the main contradiction.
What's more, is it a divine right? It's still a matter of theocracy.
It also involves a series of interests. When the Byron League was founded, it gave the relatively weak holy see too much power. The two biggest rights were the right to form the order of the Holy See and the right to tax-free church land.
That is, Sean and Darnell in the previous negotiations, firmly denied the two rights.
With these two rights, the holy see is equal to having two major powers of force and finance. It is difficult to develop and grow up, and it still uses the wealth of the Lord and aristocracy.
At the beginning, the Vatican was still on its own, except that the land owned by the Church of the Vatican was exempted from tax for a long time. In order to avoid tax, many believers donated their land to the Vatican Church in exchange for tax avoidance privileges. The land was still cultivated by them. They only had to pay part of the tax that should have been paid to the Lord and nobles to the church.
Over time, this situation has become more and more. The Lords and nobles have the same land, but the taxes collected are less and less. How can we not be in a hurry?
Three years ago, Sophia, the iron princess, ordered a thorough inspection of all the lands of the Vatican Church in the Royal territory. If the land exceeded the provisions of that year, all the land was taken back and belonged to the royal family.
Even the old Pope, who had not appeared in front of the world for many years, came forward to question the order of Princess Iron. He thought that it was not appropriate to use the agreement of 300 years ago to manage the affairs after 300 years.
Iron princess doesn't care about this. The reason why she has the nickname ”iron princess” is because of her steel like wrist. Once she decides something, she will never give up easily.
What's more, they check the cultivated land in their own territory, which is reasonable and legal, and the Holy See can't stop it. After all, the holy see is not a country in the real sense. Although it has its own Vatican knights, it is scattered all over the mainland. In the Royal territory, it is not qualified to challenge the royal family.
Unless the Holy See wants to break away from the royal family of Lancelot, the price is obviously beyond his ability.
The Byron alliance and the holy ethereal Holy See now belong to the relationship between trees and vines. Without the support of Byron alliance, the holy ethereal holy see will be difficult to establish on its own, not unable to grow, but no one can say what it will grow into.
It doesn't matter. The amount of cultivated land found in the name of the Holy See church is quite amazing. It is even 30% more than the total land paid to the royal family last year.
In the second year, the tax collected by the royal family of Lancelot doubled. For three years in a row, the harvest was better year by year. As a support, it is no wonder that the royal family of Lancelot has been more upright and hard-working in recent years.
Sufilina, the iron princess, has a unique style of doing things. On the one hand, abundant finance is on the other hand. Only with the support of the latter, can the former have a solid foundation and be firm. Otherwise, even if it is steel, it will have to bend three times.
This event caused a tsunami like shock in the whole Byron League. Many lords and nobles followed this practice in their own territory. Even if they could not be as tough as sufilina, the iron princess, did, the effect was the same. After all, they were in their own territory, and everything was convenient.
The total amount of cultivated land remains unchanged. One side will benefit while the other side will be damaged.
As much as the beneficiary receives the goods, the damaged party loses as much.
It's strange that the Holy See can be happy. Although in theory, these gains are illegal, but what has been eaten in the mouth and then spit out, whether illegal or legitimate, makes people scratch the liver and scratch the lung.The royal family of Lancelot and the Holy See, from the top to the bottom, are in the state of cattle.
However, the core of both sides is in the plain of Asia Minor. The high-level officials are reasonable enough to know that small moves can be used. Once a full-scale war is launched, only one will be defeated.
Now the two heirs of the Fallon family have brought in these two forces in order to fight for the right of inheritance.
Naturally, there was a lot of excitement. They had nothing to worry about when they were in the army leader of Manyu. As long as the two successors nodded, their army would come in and fight.
In addition, the countess Angela, who still stands behind the witch's secret society, will never sit idly by once the Vatican of St. ether enters into the country on a large scale.
In recent years, thanks to the joint efforts of angabena and her teacher, Ms. Irene, the witch secret society has been in an advantageous position in the game between the leader of the Mayu army and the Holy See, and has long regarded the leader of the Mayu army as its own dish meat.
They can sit on the wall and watch the reshuffle of internal power. If the Vatican of St. ether enters the territory on a large scale, it is to poke their lung tubes. Even if they are struggling to get it, they will not fall into the hands of the Holy See.
Now, the situation is no longer a simple succession dispute, but a power game among the three major international organizations. The situation will become more complex. Many victories and losses are no longer simply in the battlefield, but behind the scenes.
When the time comes, it will be a great defeat in the battlefield, but win more benefits. The things that win repeatedly but lose heavily in the battlefield are no longer rare things.
If the eternal night army wants to profit from it, it can't simply focus on the Manyu army, but need to focus on the general situation of the Byron alliance.