Lord Varys was once the most irreplaceable person in King's Landing, otherwise he would not have served the three kings. However, now that Viserys has set up an internal inspection agency, Varys understands that he is not irreplaceable.
The fiercest private battle between Little Bird and the Ministry of Internal Affairs even escalated to the point where two or three people died every day.
Viserys was well aware of this situation, but did not interfere directly.
In addition to being more cautious, Varys also did not dare to hide the information at all. His best method was to selectively report the intelligence he received. However, now that there are competitors, Varys's tricks can no longer be used.
failed.
"oh?"
"Mistoin rejected Euron, so what happens next? The Iron Islands cannot be empty forever. Where does Euron want to find people from?"
"It's nothing more than waging war and capturing slaves. You know, Lord Euron now has the military rank of admiral, and the Iron Fleet is still in his hands."
Wallis shook his shiny head and said.
"He may go to plunder some islands on the Sunset Sea. It is said that those barbarians are also descendants of the iron race."
The routine Imperial Council ended quickly. Many of the important ministers who participated in the Imperial Council left in groups, talking and laughing, but one person left and returned.
"Lord Alister Florent, I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave now."
Wallis bowed slightly to the tall and thin old man, the Minister of Agriculture, and then left with small steps.
"Spiders are generally annoying creatures."
On the other side, Tyrion, who was chatting and laughing with Oberyn, spoke to Allister.
"Oh, Lord Tyrion."
After hearing what the little devil said, Allister Florent stood there and smiled politely, nodding to greet the two of them.
Although he has been a member of the Imperial Council for a long time, he is still considered a "newcomer in the workplace" to these people.
If the little old man wants to stay in the Royal Council for a long time, he needs to build a good relationship with these "old-timers". The most important thing is that the backer behind Allister is not very strong, and his Minister of Agriculture is just the product of political compromise.
However, Oberyn ignored the old man's overtures and just glanced at the back of the eight-clawed spider as it left, frowning slightly.
He always felt that there was something else in the way Wallis looked at him today, and he felt an inexplicable chill afterward.
"Is this the eunuch?"
On the other side, Viserys was returning to Maegor's Tower accompanied by his squire Robb Stark.
"Robb, what did you learn today?"
The two people walked down the steps and talked. As his attendant, Robb also followed Viserys to learn the ways of governance and martial arts. This was the rule for nobles to send attendants to each other, which was regarded as the way to become a disciple.
Therefore, sometimes Viserys would convene a royal council and ask Robb to listen in or guard the door outside. When necessary, Viserys would personally make Robb a knight.
"I have learned the importance of population, Your Majesty. It turns out that population is so important."
The auburn-haired boy put his hand on the hilt of the sword and thought for a moment, then spoke.
He had never thought about the importance of population, and fell into a misunderstanding. He even thought that these common people were a burden to the nobles, and they had to work hard to protect the people under their rule. This was the honor and responsibility of the nobles, but now it seems
It's quite the opposite.
The luxurious life of the nobles is all built up bit by bit by the efforts of the common people he calls it.
"Um."
"anything else?"
Viserys heard Robb's words without comment, and just nodded slightly and said, but at this moment, he met Varys at the corner of the corridor who was returning quietly.
"Varys?"
"Your Majesty, Dorne, there is one more thing I want to report to you about Dorne."
Prince Oberyn of Dorne was present just now, so Varys did not mention the matter in person. Instead, he quietly came back after the Royal Council adjourned and found Viserys to talk about the matter alone.
"oh?"
In the study of Maegor's Tower, Viserys placed his hands on the table with his fingers crossed after listening to what Varys said, with a look of thoughtfulness on his face.
"Such a thing actually exists."
But in fact, Viserys had already expected this to happen. It was just a matter of time. It was like a bomb buried in a corner. If you don't pay attention to it for months, it will explode one day.
, but I didn’t expect that the bomb in Dorne would detonate at this juncture.
According to Varys's report, there were some conflicts between the nobles in the royal territory of the Reach and the Dornish nobles. The reason was that the Dornish cavalry began to move frequently near the royal territory of the Reach, which had a great impact on the nobles around the frontier.
threaten.
In fact, the two sides have a feud from the beginning, which cannot be resolved by a short period of peace. Some of the fathers and grandfathers of both sides have died in the hands of the other side, and now the nobles of the Reach have no soldiers, so this naturally arises.
There is a strong sense of crisis, and everyone is in danger if they gather together in advance.
However, at this moment, the person who lit the powder keg was a group of Dornish cavalry. They savagely rushed into the fiefdom of a noble family in the royal territory of the River Bend, and then burned a village on the fiefdom, killing all the villagers.
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In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in normal times. The Dornish cavalry sent people to burn down the villages of the border nobles, and the border nobles also responded in kind.
However, this time the Dornish cavalry seemed to have bullied the border nobles into losing their military power, and went deep into the vicinity of the castle to demonstrate, giving the castle nobles a sense of crisis.
This move of the Dornish cavalry instantly ignited the anger of the nobles in the Reach. Although the military power has been taken back, the nobles in the frontier still retain a not too small number of private soldiers after all, and the local folk customs are sturdy and can easily be achieved.
Gather an army.
The two sides faced off near Nightsong City. They even resorted to using knives, and a knight from the Reach was killed.
The Dornish side claims that they are not trying to provoke a war and invade the royal territory of the River Bend, but are hunting down the untouchables who defected from Dorne, because more and more Dornish people have fled their former home in recent times.
In the royal territory of the River Bend, some villages were already empty.
The Dornish nobles realized later, but they also sensed a sense of crisis, so nobles from various places issued bans to block ports and roads and prohibit leaving the local area.
However, this still could not stop the determination of the people of Dorne to leave, and even triggered a flight fever, so the Dorne nobles became furious and chose to kill them.
They even chased these defecting pariahs all the way to the Reach, triggering this conflict.