Ever since Aegon met the High Sparrow, he was deeply impressed by his words, so he came to Flea Bottom from time to time to listen to his teachings.
The High Sparrow has a very rich experience. He is a devout monk, and no one knows his true name.
He claimed to have traveled all over the country, and the thick calluses on his feet were enough to support his claim.
The High Sparrow valued Aegon very much, and it was his mission to guide the heir to the Iron Throne to become religious, so the High Sparrow instilled many ideas into Aegon.
He angrily denounced the current Archbishop, claiming that they were fat pigs who occupied the temple and should be punished by the Seven Gods. He claimed that the church should once again organize the Poor People's Assembly and the Knights of the Holy Sword.
The church has mastered violence and can use it to maintain fairness and justice in the world. For example, princes and nobles who violate the will of the Seven Gods are punished, and the inheritance of the Iron Throne should be the only male under His Majesty the King.
The High Sparrow has now influenced a large number of poor people at the bottom with his tongue and charisma.
They voluntarily united with the High Sparrow. They were hidden under the water of King's Landing and had not yet been discovered by the nobles above the court.
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In fact, the emergence of the High Sparrow is both an accident and an inevitable one.
Since two or three years ago, traces of savages began to appear frequently south of the Great Wall. They secretly climbed over the Great Wall and came to the south to burn, kill and loot. At that time, the embryonic form of chaos had begun to emerge.
Then winter came, and hundreds of thousands of wild people dragged their families and headed south. They blew the horn of winter and collapsed the Great Wall.
The war began at this time and continued until the White Walkers invaded, the largest human migration in human history. Countless northerners abandoned their families and came to the south of the Neck driven by cavalry. These were the consequences of the subsequent chaos.
One of the inducements.
The human coalition forces split instantly after working together to defeat the White Walkers, and the civil war began non-stop.
It is precisely because of the continuous turmoil in the past few years that the population of King's Landing has exploded. Countless people have poured into the city. They do not have enough to eat or wear, so they naturally need to seek spiritual comfort to divert conflicts.
The High Sparrow appeared at this time, and these chaotic conditions created the High Sparrow.
If there were no High Sparrow, there would be other sparrows, and someone would always step forward at this time to take his place in history.
If there were not so many refugees, no matter how influential the High Sparrow was, it would not have been able to make waves.
"Aegon was bewitched by a traitor."
"The High Sparrow's problem is a failure of the Queen's Council."
Viserys came to this conclusion after listening to Varys's words. It has to be said that he was busy setting fire to the city during this period and indeed neglected to manage the government affairs.
As Lady Olenna advised, it is not much easier to conquer the world than to conquer it.
Although he once ordered the church to forgive the debt of the Iron Throne and spent 200,000 golden dragons to relieve the refugees in the city, the method of distributing relief funds was always a drop in the bucket. The best way was to solve the whereabouts of these refugees once and for all.
This is the responsibility that the Iron Throne and the Royal Council should shoulder, and the ways to solve the refugee problem are actually the same.
Either start a war, recruit all these refugees into the army and throw them to the battlefield to die.
Or just find a place to send them away.
Most of the refugees in King's Landing today are people from the North who were originally moved to the South. The remaining refugees who came to King's Landing due to war and other reasons have gradually returned to their hometowns after the war. Only the refugees from the North
Still have nowhere to go.
However, now the war in Westeros is almost over, and only the last valley is left.
Littlefinger Petyr Baelish assured Viserys in his recent correspondence that he would deal with the nobles of the Vale as soon as possible, and since the Vale was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Viserys was willing to give Littlefinger some more time.
If this path of war is not feasible, then the only thing left is to find a place for the refugees to settle down.
After the valley is unified, repairing the causeway of the Neck, leading the army to regain the northern territory, and successively clearing out the remnants of the Dead Army must be put on the agenda.
These are the strategic priorities of the country in the future, and in terms of development, aspects such as the split of school cities and college construction and enrollment are also very important.
After returning to King's Landing, he personally inspected it and temporarily selected several places in King's Landing for the construction of the academy.
For Junlin, where land is at a premium, demolition is indeed a big expense. No matter where the demolition is, a large sum of gold is required.
Although millions of gold dragons had just been transported from Highgarden, from the perspective of economy, Viserys tentatively decided that one of them would be the dragon's lair with profound historical significance to the Targaryen family. This is the private asset of the royal family and should be demolished.
No need to spend money.
Viserys plans to bulldoze the dragon's lair and use it to build the Kingdom's Military Academy, which is the largest planned construction among the major academies.
Because it receives the largest number of students every year, military officers loyal to the Targaryen royal family regularly attend the academy for further training every year.
Here they learn to read and write, learn the knowledge of war, and the art of command. In addition to bachelors of war studies, they will also recruit some disabled soldiers and officers to join them.
Viserys thought about these miscellaneous things in his mind, and then nodded slightly.
"The affairs of the church should not be underestimated. Bring the Archbishop and Aegon to me later. I have some things to discuss with them."
"And leave this matter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Varys, and don't worry about it."
The respectful bald eunuch was slightly shuddered when he heard Viserys's words, and then quickly calmed down his emotions and nodded.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Ramsay Snow is the intelligence organization brought by His Majesty the King from the other side of the sea. His functions slightly conflict with Varys's little birds, but they are not the same.
To put it simply, Varys's intelligence force is relatively more "bright", while Ramsay's Ministry of Internal Affairs is more suitable for engaging in shady activities such as murder and smuggling.
Varys monitors the nobles of the seven countries and overseas city-states, and collects civilian intelligence, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs mainly focuses on internal affairs, monitoring all officials in the court, including Varys himself.
From Viserys's point of view, this is equivalent to an ice and fire version of the 'East Factory' and the 'West Factory'. They restrict each other, and power comes from the king's power to ensure that power does not expand too disorderly and lose its tail.
If Viserys leaves this matter to Varys, he will most likely collect information and report it back before making plans.
And Viserys was handed over to Ramsay, which was a precursor to a killing spree. It seemed that His Majesty the King would not show mercy to these fanatical monks.
Varys has almost foreseen that there will be a bloody storm in King's Landing in the future.
But this matter has nothing to do with him, so Wallis will naturally not meddle in his own business.
But little Aegon may be a little unlucky. If evidence is really found, he may not be able to escape trouble if he is implicated.
"His Majesty."
Varys then bowed slightly, then excused himself and left Viserys's study. Not long after, the Archbishop of Baelor's Great Sept hurried over, holding the Seven-Star Bible in his hand.