Why did Randyll Tarly warn the nobles present? Because anyone with a bright mind can see that the changes made by Viserys in the Eastern Continent are destroying the foundation of all families!
Therefore, the ancient families named by Randyll Tarly, which have been passed down for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, existed even when the First Men and the Children of the Forest started the war. They can pass on for such a long time, but it is very likely that they will not survive in Wesei.
Perished under Reese's revolution.
This is also the reason why Viserys clearly had powerful power, but still encountered stubborn resistance in the process of unifying Westeros, and no nobles surrendered.
Without these transformative actions, perhaps half of the seven countries would have changed their banners and simply surrendered.
But the threat of Viserys's changes was so great that these nobles had to be intimidated and even hostile.
Viserys's changes in Essos mainly unfolded from two aspects.
One is to open up the source, dividing the land of big landowners into many small pieces of land, giving civilians a lot of opportunities to be promoted based on military merit.
Everyone can be canonized as a knight based on military exploits, and even be rewarded with a small piece of land, becoming a real property-owning aristocrat.
The second is to deprive the traditional nobility of their autonomy. In the past, the nobility had absolute control over their fiefdoms.
They can even promulgate laws on their own territory, recruit troops, collect taxes, and launch wars at will.
The two major families are fighting each other under the kingdom's system, and as their lord, he can have the power to ask them to sit down and mediate. He can also watch them kill each other and both sides will lose, taking the opportunity to consolidate his influence.
Even the king of the Seven Kingdoms is only a nominal co-owner, but in fact a large noble.
If the guardians of various places under his rule rebelled, his title as king would instantly become that of a mere commander. The situation would often occur where the vassals were strong and the monarch was weak.
Therefore, Viserys is well aware of the shortcomings of the Westeros aristocratic system. The long-standing aristocracy is the biggest resistance to social development. Therefore, Viserys began to transform this place from the time when the force was first established, and carefully designed a world suitable for this world.
A system of unique culture.
The newly promoted nobles were once commoners and wandering knights, so they naturally had no objections or resistance to the change.
But for the traditional nobles in Westeros, especially those who have been inherited for thousands of years, Viserys's changes are like a knife cutting into their arteries.
All military power was returned to the king, finances and taxes had to be handed over to the national treasury in proportion, and the rest belonged to the nobles themselves, and they became completely local officials.
Some people even jumped up and yelled that Viserys was the foundation of all nobles, and that he was even more crazy than his father. However, the person who said this had already committed suicide by jumping into the river.
Viserys's changes are like a sword hanging over the heads of all the nobles, and they may be cut off at any time.
Therefore, at this moment when the war situation is not yet completely clear, the nobles of the seven countries will not be willing to surrender easily and let themselves be slaughtered.
Randyll Tully's words once again strengthened the somewhat shaken determination of everyone present.
"Yes, that's right."
"agree."
"I agree."
They must unite to resist Viserys.
This matter is about the survival of the family, and they don't want to become a sinner in the family's history.
"My lords, please think about this."
"Those dirty mud-legged people, those untouchables, will sit in the hall like us in the future."
"We even have to politely call him 'Sir'?"
"But he can't even use a knife and fork because his bitch mother has been eating with her hands since she was born!"
The old and gray-haired Earl of Red Base, Holden Redford, spoke loudly with a hoarse voice.
"impossible!"
"It's absolutely impossible for this day to happen."
As soon as his words fell, he received a response from Matus Rowan, Earl of Golden Tree City. He was dressed neatly in military uniform, holding the hilt of his sword with one hand, and said with a serious face.
Although the Earl of Golden Tree City is widely loved, he still takes a clear stand on this issue and represents the interests of the great nobles.
The nobles are nobles, they are born noble, while the common people are common people, they are born with a humble destiny.
"Just the thought of such an image makes me sick."
Another noble in the room also shook his head and cheered.
"In this case, my dog can also be called 'adult'."
"Then I'll go back and ask my horse if it wants to be an 'adult'?"
The room suddenly burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere just now was swept away.
Standing in front of the king's bed, the usually stern Stannis couldn't help but smile when he heard such words, and shook his head slightly.
"It's so ridiculous."
"Old Lord Walder Frey is right. Viserys is indeed the son of the Mad King. He is even crazier than his father."
How could nobles be confused with commoners?
Randyll Tarly's words seemed to ignite the atmosphere among the coalition nobles. Everyone became indignant, thinking that Viserys was even crazier than his father, the Mad King, for daring to do this.
There were even many nobles who hesitated to speak in front of Robert and did not speak.
But they want to say that if Viserys wants them to surrender, he must argue hard at the negotiation table so that Westeros can maintain its 'noble tradition' and not be affected by the changes in the Eastern Continent. Otherwise, they nobles
I would rather fight to the last person.
But in the room, only Tywin, Eddard, and Robert on the hospital bed did not smile.
Tywin was still thinking about the crisis situation at hand, and Eddard was thinking about what Robert had just said.
Robert is the one who can empathize the most. Viserys is doing what every generation of kings wants to do.
However, due to the daunting resistance, no king of any generation dared to try to smash the wheel of aristocratic autocracy and replace it with a centralized system with stronger national power and more unified power.
If Viserys really succeeds, he may become an eternal figure such as Azor Ahai, Brandon the Builder, and the Gray Sea King.
Robert's expression was slightly dazed, and the arrow wound on his right chest was still faintly recurring.
And on the second day.
At dawn in Riverrun, the horn suddenly sounded.
The endless Dothraki began to move at dawn.
However, they did not attack the impregnable Riverrun City. Instead, they bypassed the river and rushed directly to the coalition camp outside Riverrun City.
"Ho ho ho~"
Thousands of horses galloped across the land, and the Dothraki howled and charged towards them.
Last night, Viserys sent a letter to Riverrun asking them to surrender and hand over Robert Baratheon, Tywin, Eddard Stark and other culprits.
However, the old Duke Hoster Tully of Riverrun strongly refused.
And told Viserys that he should take the barbarians and dragons out of Westeros and never come back, otherwise they would kill the dragons and these barbarians.
And Viserys assured the Duke of Riverrun, the guardian of the Riverlands, that the bloodline of the Tully family would be cut off, and Riverrun would be reduced to ruins and disappear forever in the long river of history.