Originally, today's Royal Council was discussing the population and health issues of King's Landing.
The Night's Watch army began an expedition to retake the North, and the people in the North who were scattered throughout the Seven Kingdoms, including King's Landing, should return to their hometowns. However, some people were accustomed to living in the warm and comfortable south and did not want to return to their homes.
Because you still need to rebuild your home when you return to the north.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with this group of people staying in King's Landing, but they generally have few assets, no fixed residence, and no job.
When they stayed in King's Landing, they became a black hole of security, fighting, stealing, robbing, smuggling, etc. The City Guard was busy catching these criminals, and six out of ten of them were wandering northerners.
And the most important thing is the problem of urban population carrying. Although the city of Junlin has gone through several rounds of expansion in three hundred years and has been able to accommodate a very considerable population, it still cannot accept the pressure of an explosive surge in a short period of time.
Nowadays, the sultry weather brought by midsummer has been shrouding the entire city of King's Landing, which makes this "city on a cesspit" smell even more unpleasant.
Even the nobles living in Aegon's Hill and the royal family in the Red Keep couldn't stand the stench. In addition, in recent days, we have received reports from nobles from various places about the spread of small-scale epidemics, which further strengthened Weisei's determination.
Lys's determination to rectify the health problems in King's Landing.
He planned to allocate money from the treasury, and the Imperial Council provided a huge budget, and entrusted the city's architecture doctor to make suggestions, and found the best craftsmen in the kingdom to guide the work on the spot. One way was to expand the scale of the city, and the other was to transform the underground sewage facilities.
Take these two paths together to completely solve the sewage problem in Junlin.
However, it is a pity that the issues that were supposed to be discussed by the Royal Council this week were interrupted due to the news that Princess Rhaenys Targaryen had menarche.
This is a major event that attracts the attention of nobles across the country, because the girl's status is extremely prominent and her bloodline is noble.
"The eldest princess has had her first period. This is a good thing, Your Majesty."
"In fact, before Your Highness's menarche came, I don't know how many nobles wanted to marry Your Highness the Princess."
In the Imperial Council, Minister of Intelligence Wallis' shiny head shook slightly, he folded his hands in his sleeves, and then spoke.
Viserys divided the three dragons equally among the only two girls of noble blood in the family, one was his niece Rhaenys, and the other was his sister Dany.
Her Royal Highness Princess Daenerys is still young, and her bloodline is extremely pure. She has silver hair and purple eyes just like His Majesty the King. Of course, her hair is not as shining as His Majesty, and her eyes are not as pure as Viserys.
Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess's bloodline power is slightly lacking, but she still has a dragon and is able to conquer battles.
She once rode the giant dragon Lei Ge to burn down the Western Territory for three months, leaving a deep psychological shadow on all the nobles and common people in the Western Territory.
In addition, the girl has reached the age of marriage. Therefore, the voice of begging to marry Rhaenys has never stopped in the kingdom.
In the royal council chamber, Wallis sat in his seat and coughed lightly as he continued to speak.
"However, we must learn from the lessons of previous dynasties and history, Your Majesty."
"Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, cannot marry outside to prevent the leakage and dilution of the true dragon's bloodline, so..."
"Yes."
On the other side, Grand Maester Marwen, who was sitting next to Varys, nodded and said. The two seemed to have been in contact before, and Marwen was the one who knew Valyria the most among everyone here.
Bachelor Bull said in a rough and dull voice.
"The Dragonlord is the title of the forty ancient Valyrian houses. They compete with each other for dominance of the Valyrian Freehold, including the Targaryens."
"However, the reason why the Dragon King is called the Dragon King is precisely because of the ability to control giant dragons. This ability comes from their mysterious and pure blood."
"Therefore, in order to maintain the purity of their bloodline, dragon kings will choose to marry close relatives, most commonly brothers and sisters. It is not impossible to marry multiple wives at the same time."
Archmaester Marwyn tells the story of the ancient Valyrian dragon kings' traditions, which they chose to do in order to keep their bloodline pure.
"As for the previous dynasty"
On the other side, Varys took over the conversation again, and became much more cautious when he mentioned the bald eunuch of the previous dynasty. The previous dynasty here refers to the Targaryen dynasty. Although it was nominally separated, there are still inextricable connections.
To make contact, Varys carefully considered his words before speaking.
"I have communicated with the Grand Bachelor of Marwen and many bachelors from the city before."
The Bull Maester, who was wearing a Valyrian steel chain ring, nodded slightly.
"There is a mainstream theory for the extinction of the dragons and the decline of the Targaryen family. It is said that after the Targaryen family unified the Seven Kingdoms, they frequently intermarried with foreign races for political reasons, resulting in the blood of their descendants being mottled and mixed.
The power is declining."
"The ability to control the dragon decreased, and the dragon lost its partners and became extinct."
Varys's words made the ministers of the Royal Council present nodded in agreement.
Except for the fact that Minister of Justice Oberyn frowned a little, because his mind was smarter and he could think of more things.
The Dornish man's brows knitted into a knot, his brown face looked a little serious, and then his brows slowly relaxed.
Some of the people present also noticed that Oberyn's face was slightly unhappy. They knew the reason, but did not point it out.
The issue of heirs is always a taboo that cannot be easily touched in any world, any era, or any country. A little carelessness will cost you your life and may even affect the entire family.
On the other hand, Viserys also had some headaches about this matter. He rubbed his temples and then said.
"Everyone, there is no rush in this matter."
"We'll discuss it later."
The Dragon King of Valyria does need inbreeding to keep his bloodline pure. This is how they survive and reproduce. He understands why the ministers are anxious for him, because Viserys does not yet have a suitable male heir.
However, Rhaenys was still a bit young, and because she was too familiar, Viserys couldn't accept it mentally.
"hold on"
"hold on"
The common cultural custom in the kingdom is monogamy, and Viserys already has his legal wife Arianne.
Although Aegon, Maegor and others have set a good example for him, there will still be some worldly obstacles to marrying a second wife and granting him the title of queen.
You definitely can't hold a wedding with great fanfare. The best result is to keep it low-key.