Return With the change of hands of Mont Saint-Michel, this is not only the end of a series of expeditions and raids in the north, but also a brand new beginning. For example, the first order Jiang Tianxia issued was to attack the upper and lower Normandy, Calais, and Pica in the north.
The churches in the first, Loire and other provinces were reorganized.
Of course, the reason is also ready. Because according to the results of tracing Princess Theresia, it is enough to prove that the church organizations in some places in the north have become a refuge for the royal party and the old nobles to hide their filth; and continue to engage in
engaged in illegal activities against the rule of the new dynasty.
Therefore, the plan will be divided into three steps: The first step is to target the church organizations in these provinces, and their related churches, monasteries and religious schools, with the cooperation of accounting and surveying personnel sent by the government.
and wealth, conduct unified inventory and accounting.
The second step is to form a special sacramental investigation committee; for relevant village priests, auxiliary priests, deacons, priests, presiding priests and parish bishops, county/district bishops, provincial/metropolitan bishops, affiliated clergy and auxiliaries, etc.
Various fraternity groups are included in the identity review process.
The third step is to eliminate redundant clergy based on the results of the first two stages of review, force a considerable number of them to return to the secular life, who are no longer suitable to remain members of the church, and encourage the disclosure and reporting of criminals who are suspected of hiding in the church.
or suspicious persons of unknown origin, etc.
Finally, according to the results of the third stage of rectification, the clergy and priesthood in the northern parts of the kingdom will be unified and standardized; the jurisdiction of the diocese will be re-divided and adjusted; the number of clergy will be fixed according to the corresponding population; a clear and detailed relocation plan will be formulated.
transfer process and reward and punishment standards.
At the same time, the threshold for secular people to join the church will be strictly enforced; private donations and contributions without notarization will be prohibited. Although the status quo will be maintained for the time being for minor priests below auxiliary priests; in the future, teachers and students in religious schools and monasteries will be gradually replaced and merged
Eventually replaced completely.
If you want to advance from the lower third-level priests of rural priests, priest assistants, and auxiliary priests to the high priests above the deacon level, you not only need to evaluate your piety and daily reputation, but also go to a specialized religious school/seminary.
Undertake longer or shorter further training and subsequent internships.
In this way, through a thorough investigation and liquidation of the reasons for the remnants of the old dynasty and those who had protected them, and further legitimate intervention and indirect control of the church's internal personnel rights and property management rights, it also created a large sum of money for the new government, derived from church real estate, properties and other
Additional revenue sources for the project.
As a corresponding cooperating measure, Jiang Tian issued a second formal edict, the "Land Relocation Order". This is to put the five major archdioceses, nineteen provinces and eight grand crowns of the Kingdom in the five major archdioceses of the Kingdom since the Free Army launched its troops.
Confiscated/nationalized land will be formally allocated and planned.
A small part of the real estate is reserved as a farm to be awarded to veterans and meritorious service in the future; part of it is leased to poor people with innocent wealth in the name of the country; and part of it is built to build more model farms and large livestock farms; to provide large-scale
Maintenance fees for public projects.
In this way, the real estate and farms directly controlled by the country have reached 14 million Bonniers (ancient unit/approximately 1 hectare), accounting for almost half of the currently registered real estate in the kingdom; and the adult population in the southern part of the kingdom is about 800
million, and there are an estimated four to five million more in the north.
In addition, there are a large number of mills, wineries, mines and workshops attached to these real estates that are not produced from the fields. As long as enough officials and personnel are assigned to carry out proper management and operation, at least within two or three generations,
There is no risk of unemployment and exile.
However, just when Jiang Tian left a corresponding guard force and left Mont Saint-Michel to return to the army on the coast of the mainland, unexpectedly but not unexpectedly, he met the Holy Kingdom's negotiation envoy who had been waiting for a long time. But what was unexpected was that
, this emissary represents the Principality of Brittany.
Rather than the Holy Blood Court of the Holy Kingdom and the formal official status of the Supreme Lords Council. And the other party's purpose of coming was also very clear. After seeing more than a dozen large ships full of soldiers rushing for reinforcements destroyed by force majeure on the sea, Britta
Nita was obviously somewhat frightened.
Therefore, the contemporary Grand Duke of Britannia is willing to privately pay a large sum of military expenses as compensation; and severely punish many related people who violated the original "Kingdom Agreement" without authorization and led the army into Mont Saint-Michel in exchange for Jiang Tian's leadership
understanding between the Kingdom of Zealand and the new government.
At the same time, it is also to prevent the tens of thousands of Royal Army troops who are close at hand and only separated by a river from further pursuing and expanding the situation of border conflicts; and even seek to reduce the size of the troops stationed in the border areas bordering the two sides, maintain communication channels, and avoid conflicts.
A series of secret treaties.
But this kind of attitude and proposal makes people a little bit amused. Because Jiang Tian actually has no intention to continue to expand the situation, or use this to invade the territory of the Holy Kingdom, and start another protracted national war; but the more this happens, the more he has to bluff.
, showing the deterrence of force without resorting to all-out war.
But obviously no matter how the Holy Blood Court and the Council of Supreme Lords reacted; neighboring Britannia was in the lead and couldn't hold back. This again involves the Holy Kingdom, the unique country formed since the founding of Saint Laurent.
System and internal situation. It is also usually called collegial kingship.
Because the original Saint Laurent and his followers were from the family of the Margraves of Brittany; as an accomplice of King Charlemagne of the Frankish Kingdom, he went to the Iberian Peninsula and defeated the local Panlassens.
He rose to prominence in China and stayed in Catalonia.
However, when the Marquis of Brittany was poisoned by his step-wife and stole the territorial rights in a series of Frankish court battles and conspiracies; Saint Laurent was also recalled to the royal capital Aachen on his way to the Pyrenees.
The mountain range was attacked by local mountain people and even disappeared for a time.
Later, when he reappeared in front of the world, he had landed in Catalonia with a knights from multiple ethnic groups at sea; and used this as a base to gather strength and launch a revenge against the Frankish Kingdom.
battle. Later he defeated the army of Aquitaine.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he married the only daughter of the lord of Aquitaine, thus gaining the right to rule and legalize Aquitaine; then he took advantage of the opportunity and invaded his hometown of Britannia to complete his revenge on his stepmother and seize power; thus also completing Britannia.
, Catalonia and Aquitaine, the original union.
The prototype of the United Kingdom of Holy Britannia was born. From then on, in addition to the three major federations that directly belonged to the Holy Blood Court, Saint Laurent and his descendants also conquered and conquered the world through various knights.
Expanded and conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula and a large area of land north of the mountains.
Therefore, in addition to the three core/feudal territories that were highly vassalized and fiefdom-based, these successively conquered lands contained not only Romanized provinces/counties/cities, but also more than a dozen large and small ones, which had been preserved for generations.
Secondary feudal titles such as kingdom, principality and county with varying degrees of privilege.
Therefore, the Lords of the Holy Blood Court in the past dynasties also held these numerous titles. While they were highly centralized in religion, politics, and military, they also retained local nobles, a considerable degree of economic, cultural, and ethnic autonomy in these territories.
, and even establish exclusive armed forces.
As a result, during the foreign expeditions in the name of chivalry in the past dynasties, dozens of knights of various sizes were also established within the Holy Kingdom; among them were urban knights in areas with developed handicrafts and commerce, as well as secondary feudal knights.
Your exclusive knighthood, an armed order/religious knighthood.
These knights, who have been engaged in foreign campaigns all year round, have also become an important part of the large and complex military system alongside the provincial armies, border guards, and local militia that serve as defense and internal repression in the Holy Kingdom. Therefore, the Holy Kingdom is usually also called
Called the country of the Knights.
The leaders of the major knights, together with the secondary lords and great nobles, formed an existence called the Supreme Lords Council; they assisted the previous Lords of the Holy Blood Court to jointly decide on the country's major policies, as well as the transition in the temporary absence of the throne.
Period, responsible for maintaining the daily operations of the Holy Kingdom.
Therefore, during the heyday of the Council of Supreme Lords and the Chivalry War, several large knights united and even built a large-scale expedition fleet on the long coastline from Galicia to Lisbon, and to the southernmost point
A roundabout attack in Andalusia.
Even for a time, with the response and help of the Henna Federation on the East African coast, they successfully captured and occupied the Cordoba Dynasty, an important town and fortress in North Africa, and a large area of land near the city of Ceuta. Later, in the name of the Sea Knights, they organized
Many of its raiding ships ventured to the New World.
Even for a long time on the other side of the Atlantic, in that mysterious and wild land; with the Saracens of the Cordoba dynasty, the Vikings from the North Sea ice sheet, the Britons from the archipelago, and even the seamen who were once allies.
The city-state of Na; competed for routes and products from the New World.
It wasn't until the celestial changes hundreds of years ago that led to the collapse of the First Dynasty of Zealand; and the gradually growing giant marine creatures blocked and destroyed the routes to the New World. More than a hundred years passed.
It took several generations before ships from the New World were seen again.
But everything on the other side of the ocean has long since changed. The Kingdom of Zealand took advantage of this opportunity to squeeze out the power of the Holy Kingdom in Africa and established its first overseas province. Speaking of which, this
The archduke who tried to reach a secret agreement was from a close branch of the Holy Blood Court.
As one of the three initial union states, the Grand Duke of Britannia is not a position that can be inherited; rather, after the current death, he is a member of the royal family designated by each generation of the Holy Blood Court. His status is also second only to that of the Holy Blood.
The contemporary heir to the Holy Blood Court known as the "Prince of Asturias".
And it is higher than the royal status of several secondary princes such as Leon, Castile, Galicia, and Navarre. As a new political power, Jiang Tian's sources of information within the Holy Kingdom are quite limited.
Coupled with the reduction in military strength and border blockade brought about by the changes in the celestial sphere, it is even more difficult.
Therefore, we can only get some vague descriptions from the monks of Mont Saint-Michel. For example, the Grand Duke of Brittany was killed by the previous Holy Blood Royal Court at the age of eleven due to an accident in the palace.
Appointed as the protector of all temporal/religious lords of Britannia.
He has been in office for more than fifty years; for another example, he used to be a particularly devout believer. He would come to the Holy Mountain for pilgrimage every few years; but now he has not come for ten years, and
All that remains is the routine donation on the Patron’s Day every year…