July 26, 868 in the Hirkati calendar.

There was a gossip in the Northern Hilkati Empire that His Majesty the Emperor had died.

It was indeed a gossip at the beginning. It was said to have come from the palace. However, as this statement spread throughout the country like the wind, the news of Skrein II's death could no longer be hidden, and the imperial court had to stand. come out to reduce the impact of this incident.

"His Majesty was imprisoned and abused by the disabled while he was a guest in the Kingdom of Rhine, and suffered great physical damage. After returning to his homeland, he died unfortunately because of his excitement."

This is the statement given by the Northern Imperial Court, however, this so-called cruelty is not believed by most people.

"I think His Majesty was murdered by those ambitious people!"

"That is, the emperor has not been in the country for such a long time, and his power must have been eroded by those foreign nobles. Look at Duke Laran, all of them died inexplicably! Can't you explain the truth of the matter?"

In this world, the life of the citizens is not as miserable as in the industrial revolution era. Most of them have jobs that can support their families. Because they are in the city, it is not uncommon to die of starvation, so they do not like it. Save, if you have any money, you will spend it.

And the technology is not developed enough here, and there are actually very few entertainment activities for the common people. Except for bad gambling, whoring chickens, and soaking in taverns, the only thing left is to make people with their wives.

Because of the high cost of childbirth, the residents of the city deliberately control the number of children. In the absence of effective measures, naturally they can only reduce the frequency of creating people.

And gambling is a very high-risk entertainment activity for these citizens. If you are not careful, you will lose a day's or even a week's salary. Therefore, those who are in the mood to gamble are those with higher incomes.

For ordinary citizens, the best entertainment is to soak in a pub after work, order two glasses of inferior light beer, boil a little beans, and sit for one night.

There are usually bards singing in the tavern. If you like it, you can throw two copper coins as a reward. Anyway, the cost is not high.

If you don't sing well, you will just leave in a hurry, a group of people will gather around, chat casually whether they know each other or not, brag about the mountains, brag about their own knowledge to each other, and think they are talking about it.

In this tavern, there is no shortage of so-called gossip from all over the world. Many rumors are also generated and spread here.

And after being in such a place for a long time, almost every citizen believes that he has the ability to think independently, and takes pride in knowing the gossip and criticizing the actions and rhetoric of the bigwigs.

If you can tell one or two secrets that are very different from the rumors on the market, whether it is a government decree, a conflict between the lords, the details of the war, or the fact that the lord's wife was found to have an affair, but her husband chose to hide this kind of thing, then He will definitely become the focus of the entire tavern and be watched by everyone.

"That's right, I don't believe that His Majesty died because of agitation, not to mention that the Duke of Laran also brought someone to visit the Lanyin Kingdom before. If His Majesty was tortured, he could not have known it! Not to mention Laran. The duke is also dead, is he tortured too?"

"That's right! I think it's a bunch of chaotic parties that control the palace! They're trying to hide the truth and steal power for a long time!"

Small townspeople have never had political vision, but they take pride in pointing the way to the political situation.

Comparatively speaking, rural residents don't care about these things, and the slightly closed news makes them focus more on things in the village.

The mother-in-law next door couldn't give birth to a child because she stole too many people and hurt her body. Someone's child was twenty years old and couldn't get a wife. Someone's heels were full of dirt but they didn't clean them.

Tired farmers often gather in groups of three or five to form a small circle after a day's work, sharing their precious gossip with each other, and then disperse after a few days, hearing about others from others. Gossip.

However, the peasants have limited vision and are easier to guide, so they believe more in the court's rhetoric and are worried about the future of the country.

"Without the emperor, what should we do? I really hope to choose a new His Majesty to protect us!"

"Oh, there's really nothing to worry about. No matter how bad the situation is, it won't be so bad. If there is a war, we will go to the castle. If we can't get in the castle, we will go to the mountains. It's still free!"

"That's right, we didn't get his protection when the emperor was here. What does it matter if we die? I think you think too much!"

The court of the Northern Empire was quite dissatisfied with the public discussion, but it did not carry out a large-scale search, but took the trouble to explain it. At the same time, it also elected a new emperor in the shortest time, which was in the interests of most people. Emperor.

He is the actual lord of Cardo County, the Duke of Tambadri, the cousin of Skrein II, and one of the leaders of a relatively powerful political faction in the Northern Empire. The strength of his private army is also relatively large~www.mtlnovel. com~ After he came to power, he did not make any changes to the decrees of the Skrein II period, but went through the most unstable period smoothly.

He issued his first order two months after he came to power, on September 24, 868 in the Hircati calendar.

A 10% territorial tax is levied on all lords to form new troops directly under the royal family. At the same time, lords are allowed to add tax cards between their territories to collect taxes from traveling merchants.

In fact, he did the same. Just one month after he took office, he set up more than 400 tax cards in his own territory and the territory of the royal family, and he made a lot of money.

Originally, the lords of various places were quite dissatisfied with the collection of money. Originally, they had to hand over an income equivalent to 5% of the annual tax as annuity, but now they have to collect more, which greatly harms their interests.

But when the second order was issued, the insults to Duke Tambadri... no, the insults to His Majesty Tambadri stopped, and instead there was a chorus of praises.

Because the wealth that can be obtained by setting up a tax card is far more than the 10% of the income that is turned in. In the past, the Northern Empire did not allow the lords of various regions to set up tax cards without permission. This is a decree handed down from the era of imperial unification.

This kind of behavior naturally caused many people who were at odds with Tambadri and didn't want to see him ascend to the throne, choosing to tolerate him temporarily, preparing to wait for a long time to fix Sheka's rights before attacking him.

But, why didn't Tambadri think so? His purpose was to buy himself time to secure his rule.

Although there are still opponents who are constantly expressing their opinions, they can't set off any storms. His throne is temporarily stabilized.

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