Chapter 584: Dividing the Country, Splitting the Land, and the King
After resting for a few days, Rand's vacation finally ended.
Today, it was still Ellie, not Bolan, who was with Rand.
Now the exchange between the two has been reversed, and Ellie has been using Ellie's body for longer than Bolan has been using Ellie's body.
I feel like it will stabilize completely after a while.
However, after being the White King for a period of time, Ellie has a little more of the aura of a superior than before.
This was still somewhat new to Rand.
Both attended the meeting.
The Kingdom of Borun’s Earth-Splitting Conference.
The hunt for the new king of the Borun Kingdom is still ongoing, but for the people of the Frost Moon Kingdom, the Borun Kingdom has already been destroyed.
The Kingdom of Bolan is no longer indefensible.
Maybe in some knight novels, the Kingdom of Bollen can be restored through a series of wonderful stories and the glory of the Bollen royal family can be restored.
Now, due to the hasty conquest, rebellions are breaking out in the Kingdom of Borun.
The nobles formed a resistance army.
The countryside is full of robbers.
Towns that had agreed to surrender were ready to defect at any time.
These are all troublesome things that need to be dealt with.
But overall, the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom are full of confidence.
A war of annihilation, a war of annihilation between countries, actually achieved the current results at such a small price.
The following questions are nothing to them.
"Then let the meeting begin." Marcus began to preside over the meeting with dark circles under his eyes.
"In this war to annihilate the Kingdom of Boren, Rand made the greatest and most outstanding contribution." Marcus was actually very troubled by the issue of dividing the spoils.
He and Rand discussed it privately.
Marcus didn't mind at all that Rand's entire kingdom came out.
After discussing with Rand, Marcus decided to support Rand in establishing a kingdom.
If Rand were allowed to remain the Duke of the Moon Phase.
That would be disadvantageous to the Frost Moon Kingdom.
Because if Rand continues to stay in the Frost Moon Kingdom, it will become a huge political, economic and cultural entity.
This will force the nobles of the restless Frost Moon Kingdom to consider the issue of internal alignment within the Kingdom.
Indeed, Rand and Marcus, as well as the Marquis of the Stag and the current Marquis of Black and Brown.
They are close allies and are determined and have no conflicts with each other.
But what the upper class thinks does not mean what the lower class will think, Rand's, Malcus', the vassal and relatives of the Marquis of the Stag and the Marquis of the Black and Tan.
They all have their own interests.
Because of their pursuit of interests, they will inevitably gradually influence their feudal lords.
Then political factions will be formed.
And if Rand continues to maintain his status as the Duke of Frost Moon Kingdom after gaining huge benefits, then some nobles will inevitably stand on Rand's side, hoping that Rand will gain greater benefits and other political factions will gain less benefits.
After all, in a country, there is a duchy that occupies nearly a quarter of the territory, which has a huge impact.
Instead, support Rand in establishing a kingdom...
This is not only beneficial to the Frost Moon Kingdom, but also to the Thorn Family.
When Rand established his own kingdom, he had to take away the land of the Duke of the Moon from the Frost Moon Kingdom.
But at the same time, the Frost Moon Kingdom will also obtain a large tract of land from the Borun Kingdom, and Rand will not take away all the land of the Borun Kingdom.
Compared to the land that the Frost Moon Kingdom obtained from the Boren Kingdom this time, the land that Rand took away from the Duke of Moon Phase was nothing.
Of course, this only refers to the area. In terms of quality, the quality of the Dukedom of the Moon must be far higher than other lands.
But these high-quality lands were built by Rand himself.
As for the investments made by other nobles in Rand's land... Rand will not let the previous investments go uncounted just because he established the kingdom.
However, letting Rand establish a kingdom was a mixed blessing for him.
One reason is that it is difficult for Rand to gather so many people to govern such a large land for the time being, and the other reason is that he can't force Marcus to go to work.
"In short, I think it is appropriate to divide these lands under the rule of Duke Rand of the Moon Phase." Marcus pointed out some of the designated lands on the map.
Nearly half of the land in the Kingdom of Bollen has some good land and some not so good land, but overall the distribution is quite balanced.
Rand had no problem with this.
The ministers and nobles of the Shimotsuki Kingdom had no objection to this.
In fact, there were still a few nobles who were not very satisfied.
After all, not all nobles are capable of rational thinking.
Just based on his contribution, Rand is fully worth so much land.
However, many nobles suffered heavy losses in the war due to their own reasons or other reasons.
Rand suffered almost no losses in this war, so some of them found it emotionally difficult to accept that Rand had gained so much.
However, these dissatisfied nobles did not dare to show any dissatisfaction at this time.
Because they knew very well that if they jumped out at this time, they would be opposed by the vast majority of the nobles, and even be hated by Rand.
And what would be the consequences of being hostile to Rand...that would definitely be something they could not bear.
So you can see that the land distribution is very reasonable. After Rand did not take away all the high-quality land, most people are very satisfied with the distribution result.
"Then it's about the distribution of land for other people." Marcus continued to preside over the meeting.
When discussing their own land distribution and profit distribution, the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom immediately perked up, and the originally quiet meeting room began to become lively.
In short, some nobles who were usually gentle and aristocratic started quarreling with each other, glaring at each other, and even pushing and fighting to gain their interests.
This process is usually very troublesome and requires long discussions and arguments.
The same is true this time.
By this evening, no one had reached any conclusion after the discussion.
Then came the arguments and distribution on the second, third, and fourth days.
Everyone has their own interests, everyone thinks that they have made a greater contribution, and everyone hopes to get more, but after all, it is impossible to satisfy everyone.
At the end of this kind of argument, there will usually be a solution that everyone can basically accept.
Then we made some minor changes to the plan and almost everyone accepted it.
The same is true this time.
After a week, everyone had basically come up with a solution that was barely acceptable to each other.
Then it became big news.
Usually by this time the meeting is almost over and everyone goes back to collect their spoils.
As for the land they obtained, they should build on it or suppress rebellions.
But today Marcus took out a piece of parchment.
"There will be another topic this time, which is to support His Excellency Rand in establishing the Moon Phase Kingdom."
The whole audience was in an uproar.
In fact, it’s not that no nobles have considered this political issue.
The nobles had no objection to Rand acquiring so much land.
But how will the Frost Moon Kingdom cope after Rand acquires such a large amount of land?
This question is very intriguing.
It's just that the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom have been working hard to fight for their own interests during this period, so they don't have much time to think about what role Rand, the Duke, will play in the Frost Moon Kingdom in the future? Now that the interests have been distributed, it is indeed a very troublesome and difficult thing to deal with.
But now it seems that His Majesty the King has already thought about this matter.
So support Rand in establishing a kingdom?
This is something that has never been imagined before.
When the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom first knew Rand, he was just an infantry commander under the command of the unknown Black and Brown Marquis.
At that time, Rand was accompanied by several obese women, and his soldiers were all in tatters, as if they were newly transformed bandits.
At that time, no one thought that Rand could become a noble. In the eyes of the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom at that time, Rand's ability to become a knight was a remarkable achievement.
As for becoming a baron, that is a rare event that only happens once in a century.
Not to mention now.
Rand became Hand of the King and Duke of Lunar.
Some nobles in the Frost Moon Kingdom were dissatisfied with the fact that Rand had gained so much.
However, the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom did not feel dissatisfied with Rand's abilities.
If any of them were in Rand's position, it would be impossible for them to accomplish what Rand did.
It is clear that when they were together, they could not feel that Rand had any wisdom beyond that of an ordinary person.
At most...at most I am just a foreigner with some novel ideas.
But it is this Rand who seems to be establishing a kingdom now.
So, will they express their approval or opposition? Whether Rand establishes a kingdom or not, for the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom, there will be no changes in the short term, and it will not have any impact on their interests in the short term.
But in the long run.
The nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom were unsure.
They can't be sure what impact this will have in the future because there are too many unknowns.
What would Rand do if he continued to be the Duke in the Frost Moon Kingdom? What would Rand do after he established the kingdom and became the king? What would the international situation be like at that time?
These are things that are completely uncertain.
This made most of the nobles present at a loss as to how to speak.
They can't even determine what impact their support or opposition will have on themselves, whether it will be beneficial or detrimental to them? Rand saw this.
He rubbed his brows and said, "As a party involved, I will also express my opinions."
Rand really didn't like meetings, especially such troublesome meetings, but at this time he had to make things clear, otherwise it would only cause more trouble in the future.
Rand personally prefers to establish his own royal court. Rand has some very special political systems and special races unique to the Rand territory. Doing so can better establish political system and cultural integration and improve a better ruling model.
And if Rand was just a duke, he would not be able to directly issue decrees that were completely contrary to common sense.
The lord has almost complete rights over his land, but there are still some consequences if the decree is too strange. If Rand establishes a new kingdom, these effects will be reduced.
Of course, even if Rand is just a duke, he can issue decrees, but it will be much more troublesome than establishing a kingdom.
But then again, establishing a kingdom itself is a very troublesome thing.
So Rand was very hesitant about this kind of thing.
But Rand decided to move forward.
"In fact, you don't have to worry too much about any drastic changes after I establish the kingdom. Essentially, I will not change my alliance with the Frost Moon Kingdom, and the Moon Phase Kingdom will also stand together with the Frost Moon Kingdom." That was all Rand had to say.
Rand could actually say more, but he didn't. After all, establishing a kingdom is not an election, but a division of interests.
In fact, Rand could have completely ignored the opinions of the Frost Moon Kingdom and established his kingdom directly.
But Rand did not want to abandon his friendly relationship with the Frost Moon Kingdom. After all, with his current strength, he could not support the size of a kingdom.
If they were to break away from the Frost Moon Kingdom like this, it would be too difficult for the Dukedom of Rand Moon to rule nearly half of the land of the Borun Kingdom with the power of the Dukedom of Rand Moon, and it would be easy to lose sight of one thing while focusing on another.
Moreover, Rand had no intention of severing his friendly relationship with the Frost Moon Kingdom emotionally.
Rand was born in the Frost Moon Kingdom. Thanks to the attention of the old Black and Brown Marquis of the Frost Moon Kingdom, Rand has very deep feelings for the Frost Moon Kingdom, although the nobles and kings of the Frost Moon Kingdom are actually quite abstract from generation to generation.
The old king led his troops to charge and died.
The old king didn't know whether he died of illness or was crushed to death.
The current king is even more abstract, but the current king was chosen by Rand himself.
To be honest, there is really no better king of the Frost Moon Kingdom than Marcus.
Rand also has a good relationship with the Black and Brown Marquis and the Stag Marquis of the Frost Moon Kingdom.
And because Rand established a church school, there are actually a large number of Rand's students and former officials among the new generation of nobles in the Frost Moon Kingdom.
The bond between Rand and the Frost Moon Kingdom is actually very close.
"That's it anyway. There won't be much change, except that you will have to call me Your Majesty from now on." Rand joked.
Many nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom laughed, and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed.
After a while, the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom discussed with each other and gradually raised their hands to express their opinions.
Most of the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom agreed to nominally support Rand in establishing the kingdom, and agreed to provide a certain amount of practical support.
These supports will be included in Rand's investment and will be rewarded when the kingdom is established and produces results.
The nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom are already somewhat familiar with this model of investment and return, and they have also received a lot of dividends from Rand.
The meeting is over.
Rand leaves the meeting room.
The golden sunlight of dusk fell on Rand's hands and hair.
Like a crown and a scepter.
(End of this chapter)
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