Chapter two hundred and ninety seventh golden group allegiance
In the year 292 of Aegon's calendar, it was a grand celebration of the New Year.
"His Majesty."
"Your command is where the flag of the Golden Company points."
In the palace on top of the nine towers.
Myth Toyn, the current leader of the Golden Company, knelt down in the center of the hall and expressed his submission to King Viserys.
The flag of the Golden Regiment is made from the boiled flesh and blood of the skulls of previous regiment commanders, plated with gold.
These golden skulls hang under the military flag. Whenever the Golden Regiment fights, they must be in front of the battle. In the direction pointed by the golden flag, all the warriors of the Golden Regiment will bravely take the lead.
In fact, the Golden Company had already contacted Illyrio through Illyrio six months ago before the Dothraki attacked Pentos, and then contacted Jon Clinton and Viserys.
The Golden Company wanted to join the Targaryen family, just like the Windblown Company, which transformed from mercenaries into the regular army of the Targaryen family.
The Golden Company has more than 10,000 soldiers, so there are naturally conditions for joining the Targaryen family. This is what they asked Illyrio and Jon Clinton to lobby for.
Many of the commanders of the Golden Company are actually descendants of survivors who participated in the 'Blackfire Rebellion' during the Targaryen dynasty.
Many of them are even "distant relatives" of Viserys, because Blackfire itself is a branch of the Targaryen family and is a hidden danger left by the legalized illegitimate birth of Aegon IV.
However, they do have Targaryen blood flowing in their bodies, but it is extremely thin.
The remaining ones are the descendants of nobles and knights who once sided with Daemon Blackfyre.
Their domestic fiefdoms, titles and properties had long been confiscated, so they were forced to live on the continent of Essos, unable to return to their homeland for generations to come.
The initial condition that the Golden Company demanded from Viserys was that the Golden Company swore allegiance to the Targaryens and helped Viserys fight back to Westeros to regain the Iron Throne, and Viserys promised to restore the territories and titles of these nobles.
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However, this condition was flatly rejected by Viserys.
Although the loyalty of the ten thousand warriors of the Golden Company is tempting, Viserys is not short of major generals now, and he does not just rely on the people of the Golden Company.
Now under the new political system, everyone is starting over and has the opportunity to become aristocrats and climb to high positions.
Easily promising high positions to the commanders of the Golden Company would break the hearts of the soldiers who had been following Viserys in the war.
And it will also provide obstacles to those nobles who want to surrender when they attack Westeros in the future.
After Viserys rejected this condition of the Golden Company, some time passed.
The 80,000 Dothraki siege of Pentos failed. The arrogant and domineering Dothraki mounted their horses and fled in a hurry like bereaved dogs.
Then these fleeing Dothraki turned their horses around after escaping from the range of Pantos, and launched a sudden attack to kill Myr. The Golden Company, which had signed a contract with Myr, saw that something was wrong, and for the first time
He broke the contract and fled to Volantis.
The Golden Company's escape before the battle also indirectly led to Myr being defenseless and being bloodbathed by the Dothraki.
Not long after this incident, the envoys of the Golden Company came to Pentos again.
This time they no longer mentioned the previous conditions, but kept their attitude very low.
This time the Golden Company only asked Viserys to issue a written edict to pardon the descendants of the family who had participated in the 'Blackfire Rebellion'.
Let them participate in the promotion system in a fair manner and regain their ancestral titles and fiefdoms by relying on military merit.
Regarding the new conditions proposed by the Golden Company, Viserys agreed without hesitation for too long.
If the people of the Golden Company are all descendants of former 'rebels', and the Targaryen family lost the Iron Throne, the nobles of Westeros who have now sworn allegiance to the usurper are all 'rebels'.
Viserys could forgive them, why couldn't he accept the Golden Company?
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The 'Blackfire Rebellion' that happened actually had nothing to do with him.
Because he is not a true 'Targaryen', no one knows about this except himself.
And the country he wants to establish is not a continuation of the Targaryen dynasty.
It is similar to the connection between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. There is not much connection except the names.
In future history, it is not that the great Targaryen dynasty experienced ten years of rebellion and turmoil. The Iron Throne was briefly stolen by a usurper, and then the great His Majesty Viserys III raised an army across the Narrow Sea to regain the Iron Throne.
Viserys now established a completely different system in both Andalus and Pentos.
He is not the real 'Viserys', nor is he from this world. This is his biggest secret.
He was fortunate enough to receive a good education and grow up in a peaceful and comfortable environment without war, hunger, or poverty.
That's why Viserys, as an adult, seemed at a loss when he first came to this world.
Even killing a person is a common thing in this world, and it requires courage.
Viserys knew what the more advanced political system would be in the future, where the people would be the masters of the country, but he could not copy it.
Because it is too far ahead of its time. Applying it mechanically will only cause greater trouble.
Therefore, Viserys went through a long period of careful consideration, and he began to think about this issue since Andalus was first established.
In the end, it took several years of study and understanding to patch up the world's original political aristocratic system and add some patches that were useful to him.
For example, the power of the feudal nobles was gathered, the centralization of power was strengthened, the military and political affairs were separated, and the system of military promotion was strengthened.
Because of these various policies, the Targaryen family's army has maintained a high combat effectiveness.
These can not only be obtained through training.
It is for these reasons that Viserys can say that the country he wants to establish is not a continuation of the Targaryen dynasty, and that Oberyn believes that Viserys is a very special person.
'History is a wheel that rolls forward. It starts from one point, then turns around and returns to the starting point, and it starts again and again.'
Oberyn believed that Viserys would break this cycle of cycles and let the times begin to change and undergo different changes.
Viserys agreed to the terms of the Golden Company and accepted the descendants of these once-sinful nobles and knights.
He personally issued an edict and in the name of King Viserys III, pardoned the sins committed on them in writing.
In fact, Viserys can also understand the descendants of these sinners.
There was an edict that gave the commanders of the Golden Company peace of mind, so that they would not worry that Viserys would suddenly turn against him one day.