MTL - Heroes of Silver Moon-Chapter 648 : high speed operation

The pitch-black night failed to cover the cabinet meeting room full of candles. All cabinet members were present, and Harris and other cronies were also allowed to attend.

"This time, everyone was called to discuss matters late at night, mainly for the following points."

Without giving others a chance to speak, Simon said directly: "First, appoint Gasepe's grandfather as the Minister of State to coordinate the handling of political affairs."

The cabinet ministers are also divided into three grades. The first grade is naturally the prime minister, and the second grade is the minister in charge of specific things, such as the military minister and the finance minister.

The third level is the minister of state affairs, who has no specific position, but assists the king in handling political affairs.

These ministers were not surprised that Simon arranged for people to enter the cabinet, because this is what every king would do.

The only thing that surprised them was that the new king had arranged too few people, and there was only one person, Grand Duke Gaseppe, and he was just the most ordinary minister of state affairs.

"Second, I will go to the Holy Empire to meet the emperor tomorrow. During this period, Minister Gasepe will cooperate with the prime minister to assist the queen in handling political affairs." Simon continued.

The ministers exchanged glances with each other. Although they felt that the new king was a little anxious, there was nothing worth noting about this statement, so they didn't object.

"Thirdly, starting tomorrow, all the soldiers in the capital will be recruited to form a new army. Sir Harris will be the head of the army, and the capital will be closed for seven days!" Simon said expressionlessly.

Some people couldn't sit still now, and the Minister of Military Affairs Blom frowned and said, "All the soldiers? Including the lord's private army? Is it inappropriate to let a brat be the commander of the army?"

Called by the royal family before, most of the town militia and the lord's private army gathered in the capital, and they have not dispersed yet. There are 130,000 to 40,000 in number, but they are basically mobs.

Forcibly recruiting these soldiers, the town militias belonging to the royal family are nothing, at most it will reduce the local defense force, but those private soldiers of the lords must not do it.

"It does not include the lord's private army. As for the selection of the army leader, Sir Harris has successfully demonstrated his ability to me in the past work together, and I am sure he can command this army." Simon glanced at Brome, revealing The meaningful gaze made him dare not speak out to object immediately.

It was originally Simon's hostile faction. After Simon became king, it was already very good that he didn't clean them up immediately. How dare he keep jumping in front of Simon.

"Fourth, I plan to relocate all the people north of the Yelin River to the south. Secretary Mike and Prime Minister Medel will be responsible for this matter." Simon said flatly.

This time, all the ministers were taken aback for a moment, and then looked at each other in disbelief.

"Here, hand over two-thirds of Upper Crescent County, are you kidding me?"

"That's right! Those places are all fiefdoms of the lords. If all the people are moved to the southern border, these lords will definitely cause trouble!"

"Moreover, relocating hundreds of thousands of people will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. It is now June, and the harvest of winter wheat is still early. If we move these people to the southern border, we will have to support them for the next whole year. The royal family doesn’t have that much food in reserve!”

"Even if we have overcome all the above, but where these people will live in the southern border, land reclamation will not be completed in a short while!" The ministers urged one after another.

Simon's face was calm: "Of course I know that it will be difficult, but if we lose the Buluo Fortress, we can't defend north of the Yelin River. If the orcs harass us frequently, they will continue to bleed us. One day we will be dragged down Therefore, it must be done, this is the order of the king!"

The ministers fell into a deep silence. They also knew this truth, but they felt overwhelmed when they thought of the possible troubles of relocating people.

This is hundreds of thousands of people! The entire Silver Moon Kingdom has less than four million people.

"It's not impossible to relocate the people north of the Yelin River. The most important thing is the few troubles. First of all, what about the fiefdoms of the lords? In fact, how to provide these relocated people with food for the coming year and the ability to cultivate land." The old fritter Prime Minister Medel said unhurriedly.

"The fiefs of the lords can be exchanged with the royal family, and a town can be exchanged for a manor."

"In terms of food, after the people migrate, we can organize people to harvest summer grain, and use the royal family's reserves to buy it from other countries." Simon replied calmly.

Prime Minister Medel frowned, and said, "I'm afraid the lords would not be willing to replace a town with a manor?"

"Then let them perform their duties as lords and defend the royal family against the orc invasion. As for the relocation of the people, only those free people will be relocated!" Simon said coldly.

The significance of enfeoffing lords is to defend the frontier for the king, so resisting the invasion of orcs is itself the obligation of those lords.

The people were divided into two types. The serfs were the property of the lord, and Simon could not force them to move, but the free people were the property of the king, and the lords had no right to prevent them from moving.

"Alas!" Medel shook his head, sighed, and didn't say anything more.

This new king is even more powerful than the sixteenth king, and he doesn't know whether it is good or bad for the current Yinyue Kingdom, which is greatly weakened.

"Fifth, to reward Ye Linhe's participants in the battle. The knights will be rewarded with a manor, and the knights who died in battle will be promoted to one level, especially the eldest son will inherit."

"The retinue will reward fifty acres of cultivated land, and those who died in battle will be canonized as knights, and a manor will be rewarded, especially for the eldest son to inherit."

"The rest of the people will be rewarded with 30 acres of cultivated land, and those who died in battle will be awarded 50 acres of cultivated land as subordinates. The status of subordinates will be inherited by their eldest son, and the land will be divided equally between their heirs." Simon said expressionlessly.

all? Everyone was startled, and Medel tentatively asked: "Your Majesty, is this reward a bit too generous?"

Although the knighthood is small, it has also entered the aristocratic class, not Chinese cabbage, but also the manor.

This time, Simon conferred hundreds of knights at least, and rewarded nearly a thousand manors. If the rewarded cultivated land is included, there will be land in 20 or 30 towns.

"They gambled with their lives to win the future of the kingdom, don't they deserve such a reward?" Simon asked coldly.

"In addition, there are rewards and punishments. The nobles who fled to other countries will be deprived of their fiefdoms and titles. The Mage Guild is prohibited from entering, and the chamber of commerce that has withdrawn from the Silver Moon Kingdom is prohibited from entering. Master Clifford will set up the Ministry of Magic to replace the Mage Guild. !” Simon gritted his teeth and shouted.

He will never allow someone to take advantage of the Silver Moon Kingdom, but when the Silver Moon Kingdom needs help the most, they pat their **** and leave.

Even the ministers did not object this time, so these people really deserve to be punished.

It's just that some people are worried that it's not a big problem to ban those chambers of commerce from entering the country, but the Mage Guild is powerful and has a lot of magic knowledge.

If the Mage Guild is also prohibited from entering the country, I am afraid that the Mage from the Silver Moon Kingdom will be excluded and suppressed, and it will not be conducive to the cultivation of new Mage.

For this, Simon used himself as an example to prove that the magic academy can completely replace the traditional mage teaching.

The cabinet meeting ended, and Simon left Prime Minister Medel, Clerk Mike, and Grand Dukes Harris and Gaseppe.

"There are still a few places that I need to give you a special explanation. First of all, in terms of the new legion, the capital of the king has been closed for seven days. Except for special personnel, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

"Harris, your time is the most urgent. You need to train the mob within these seven days, and practice when the king's capital is unsealed. You must deter the lords!" Simon said seriously.

This time the army outside the Great Wall was destroyed, ruining most of the strength of the royal family. Of course, those lords were not much better, even worse than the royal family.

At least in the hands of the royal family, there is still a battle-ready army of 20,000 people, while those lords have at most only a group of farmers with weapons.

But in this world, there has never been a shortage of idiots. This time the kingdom's power level is going to be reshuffled, it is inevitable that some idiots will have whimsical ideas.

Therefore, it is better to prepare early.

"Understood, I will try my best to shorten the training content and focus on discipline training." Harris also nodded seriously.

Since opening up the territory with Simon, he has been training the new army and knows the key points of the training.

"Mike, we are old friends. I need you to do two things for me to relocate people this time. One is to stockpile food as I just said, and the other is to let those relocated people open a flat road in the Valdai hills. The road connects the north and the south completely~www.novelbuddy.com~Simon smiled and looked at Mike.

This hill divided the Silver Moon Kingdom into two halves, and also made the southern border extremely closed and desolate.

Simon didn't know what the kings of all dynasties were thinking about, so they didn't get through it, but the situation of Silvermoon Kingdom is not very good now, and he needs to release the production potential of the southern border as much as possible.

Mike also replied with a somewhat unnatural smile: "Don't worry, it's work for relief! I won't let those relocated people eat for free."

Although we have known each other for a long time, Simon is now the king, and he dare not be as casual as usual.

"Prime Minister Medel, grandpa Gasepe, you are to assist the queen to deal with the affairs of the kingdom. If you can't handle it, just leave it alone and talk about it when I come back." Simon looked at the other two.

"Don't worry, you can go to the Holy Empire. With us, there will be no troubles in the Silver Moon Kingdom!" Grand Duke Gaseppe assured, patting his chest boldly.

Although he was born and raised in the capital, he has been in the southern border for more than 70 years. The once elegant nobleman has long been changed by the rough southern border.

"Your Majesty, when we assist the queen in handling government affairs, should the queen be the main one, or should one of us be the main one?" Prime Minister Medel asked cautiously.

Being able to serve as the prime minister of the cabinet for many years under the old king, he relied on his self-control and prudence, so he naturally did not dare to make mistakes in such sensitive matters.

"Irina has no experience, and Grandfather Gasepe is not familiar with the overall affairs of the kingdom. If you encounter trouble, it is still up to your judgment."

Simon smiled very friendly. He gave full trust to this kind of old fritters, because they knew what they could do and what they couldn't do.

Only with a certain amount of advance and retreat can we gain a stable foothold......