The New Year celebration has come to an end, and Murphy's purpose has been achieved. He invited many indigenous nobles to come, not only to discuss the establishment of the Principality of Athens, but more importantly to show his strength to these indigenous nobles. These strengths are not only military, but also to Athens' economy, people's expectations, order, etc. At the same time, he is also warning them that it is best to give up the idea of ​​standing opposite Athens, because that is a way to die!

Strong strength can pave the way, and with sufficient military power and economic wealth support, the process of establishing the Principal of Athens is quite easy.[]

The prestige accumulated by Murphy has long exceeded the predetermined standards, so when the alliance contract was officially signed, Murphy's attitude was unprecedentedly strong! Without the many noble tribes in the noble tribes who quarreled and satirized each other for the sake of interests, the ceremony of establishing the entire principality was quite simple, that was, Lord Elizabeth took out twenty-six contract documents and handed them over to the noble tribes who had joined the Principality of Athens one after another.

There is no dispute over the distribution of rights and interests, and no one dares to compete for more interests at this time.

When these indigenous nobles signed their own names under the contract and printed their own family emblem exclusively to their family, the Duchy of Athens was officially established. From now on, the title of "Grand Lord" should be added to Murphy's name. In this era, the Grand Duke was a title between the king and the duke. In terms of identity, Murphy had now surpassed the three dukes of the noble tribe's parliament.

At the same time.

The Foreign Intersection of Athens also announced the establishment of the Principality of Athens.

For a moment, the entire southern plains were filled with an uproar! Although everyone had already expected this, when this moment really appeared, everyone still felt a little uneasy in their hearts.

Because with the establishment of the Principality of Athens, the entire human city-state was divided into two.

The emergence of the two political powers, one new and one old, completely means that the human city-state has split over thousands of years, and when the power struggles between these two political powers, mankind is likely to enter a period of civil war that has not been around for thousands of years. But similarly, some knowledgeable people also realize that the alternation of the powers of the new and old political powers is the necessity of history, and the corrupt noble parliament is in decline and step by step withdrawing from the stage of history.

And an emerging and powerful kingdom will also be established with Athens as the center!

Compared with the shock caused by this news, the inside of Athens seems very excited.

The establishment of the Principal of Athens means that Athens has been completely independent from the human city-state and will no longer be bound by the noble parliament. This is an emerging independent political power and will have no relationship with the increasingly corrupt noble parliament. The public people of Athens also have a new identity, and they will no longer belong to the human city-state ruled by the noble parliament, but the people of the Principal of Athens ruled by Murphy.

"His Excellency Grand Duke!" People are gradually getting familiar with this new title.

It was about the third day after the news that the Principal of Athens was announced, the half-elves also announced the news to the public that the half-elves would form an alliance with the Principal of Athens to start trade and military alliances, and the second was to announce that it had belonged to Murphy, which undoubtedly officially enveloped the legendary glory on Murphy.

As for Athens's announcement of independence as a human city-state so quickly, the noble parliament obviously did not expect. After the initial panic, the three great dukes urgently mobilized a group of military troops to settle outside the border of the Principal of Athens to prevent Murphy from suddenly launching an internal war for human power struggle. However, the general trend has accumulated this step, and the cohesion within the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the Principal of the People has also been exhausted. In addition to some of the great nobles who are unwilling to hand over the power they are in hand, many small and medium nobles are determined to move closer to the Principal of the Athens.

They are just some small nobles and do not have much power except their fiefdoms.

The real power of the noble clan council is in the hands of the three great dukes. Although the small noble clans like them have seats in the noble clan council, they have no say. The battles in the noble clan council are more carried out between the three great dukes, and they just choose different positions.

If you don’t have much, you will naturally lose less.

These small and medium-sized nobles all found out that the nobles who were first incorporated into the Principal of Athens, in addition to retaining all fiefs, they also held many positions in the public. What they handed over was the throne of the territory and the tax management of the tax. As these fountains were saved, the defense of the natural territory did not need to be borne by themselves, and the expenses for protecting the territory were saved. As long as the fief was still there, their wealth and status were still protected.

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Although the tax is also in their hands, a considerable proportion of the income of the town needs to be given to the noble tribes' parliament to maintain the expenses of the jun team. In this way, these small and medium noble tribes actually did not suffer much loss, but they just jumped from this camp to another camp.

Therefore, many small and medium-sized nobles already have new thoughts in their hearts.

All of this is what Murphy wants to achieve, which is to win over the middle and lower noble tribes and suppress the great noble tribes who have mastered the real power.

Murphy could not clear all the nobles of the indigenous people at once, because those who master knowledge and power in this era basically came from the nobles of the nobles. Ordinary poor people could not read, and they might be able to train to become scholars.

ing, but it is difficult to educate them as scholars, guān members, and talents in managing urban affairs.

Therefore, Murphy must learn to accept these talents regardless of whether he wants them or not.

Because he can't do everything again!

The only thing he could do was to create a new system, restrain them, and select excellent and useful people with ambition for their use. What really decayed in the noble tribes who had mastered the spring power for too long, and the small and medium-sized noble tribes below were just following the trend. As long as Murphy can correct the general trend, their talents can be exerted. In the future, human city-states that manage millions of people also need their abilities.

Murphy’s previous contract with these Aboriginal nobles is the easiest to explain with an example.

For example, the lord of a town is a Baron. He owns the town, including the nominal lord of the surrounding areas, but this town belongs to the name of the noble clan. Although the noble clan will not directly wipe the management of the town, the lord of the town must pay a portion of the tax to the higher noble clan, or the lord of a city to which the town belongs.

The barons of this town pay about half of the taxes to the nobles in the city higher, and in return, the town is protected by the city. For example, when attacked by bandits, the city has the obligation to protect the town. Because it is difficult for small towns like this to maintain a standing jun corps, at most only a small team of patrolling people

ing, when encountering robbers or foreign liukou, it is difficult to resist.

In fact, although the city will protect such small towns, it will be almost thankful when they arrive!

What really works is the revolutionary teams in the hands of nobles from all over the country.

Initially, the purpose of establishing the noble clan council was to assist each other in offensive and defensive alliances. However, as time went by, as the great noble clans became more and more greedy and desire, it gradually distorted into such a layer of exploitation. Therefore, in order to improve their strength, noble clans in various places began to invade the wealth of the people, leading to many people becoming poor and even farmers' slaves, simply put, land annexation.

The initial city-state system also became the current deformed appearance.

Although the nominal lord belongs to the lord, the lord does not control all the wealth. There are residents who live in the town, ordinary civilians, and merchants. These people all own land, and these lands belong to them. Although the name is dominated by the lord, the lord owns the largest share of the land in the territory, such as a fertile manor, it is impossible for everything to belong to him.

Below the lord, there are enthroned knights, below the knights, and below the entourages, there are qinjun.

This is how the division of land comes down one after another.

These indigenous nobles who signed a contract with Murphy to join the Athenian Duke, their estates were preserved, castles, mansions, and knights were preserved, but the guards who maintained the town were born in Athens, and all other lands except the lord's fief were also born in the name of the Athenian Duke. The towns were born in the town, merchants, poor people, etc., from the indigenous nobles to the people of the Athenian Duke.

In other words, they retain wealth and hand over the power of independence.

As for whether they can obtain new positions within the Athenian government, it depends on their own abilities.

Murphy's plan was to place all towns with independent spring powers into the Athenian Duke, and initially complete the transformation of his rule over the surrounding areas of Athens and to form the Central Springs. This method cannot be excessive and beyond the scope of this era. Therefore, Murphy retained the small-scale fiefdoms of these noble tribes, but spring power must be concentrated in Athens and concentrated in his hands.

As for any stumbling blocks that attempt to hinder him, Murphy didn't mind solving the problem with force.

In fact!

What Murphy really wants is not the wealth of the indigenous nobles, not the land in their hands, but the population under their name. The wealth they really control is those who are the people, the poor, and the farmers. These precious populations are the foundation of everything!

This is what Murphy really wants!

Athens' jun team has the ability to explore land from the outside at any time. Whether going north or south, Athens' jun team can sweep all obstacles nearby and expand its territory outside.

But Athens cannot create so many people out of thin air.

The purpose of establishing the Principality of Athens was to turn the leaders of these indigenous nobles into his people and his population!


Chapter completed!