The Knight King of the Otherworldly Moon

"You know, Leah, I sincerely hope that all people in this country can maintain the virtues of knights like you. In this way, even if the darkness of the whole country is concentrated on me, I will become the only villain in this country, I would also think that my efforts were not in vain."

Yes.Light and dark coexist at all times.If the whole country is as bright as the sun, then the only person who bears the darkness of this country is the king, and only the king.

"No matter when and where, your sword will always be the direction I'm going." Leah took the initiative to hug Lucifer in public for the first time.

She didn't say anything like taking responsibility together. She knew that she couldn't do it. The only thing she could do was to stay by his side as a sword, if he wanted to use it.

"Well, no matter how the time changes, you will always be my scabbard." Lucifer gently held her hand.

Everything is silent. *

no.53 one year

A year has passed since Lucifer's reform began.During this year, Lucifer absorbed a large number of talents from the commoners and the new noble faction, and let them hold positions in his territory in the name of the previous righteousness.Because of their own life, these people were not popular at first, but now they can become the direct subordinates of the king, which naturally comes from loyalty to the king.

However, for the time being, Lucifer didn't let them hold too important positions, but mostly based on the basics.This also made the original old noble faction less wary. During the period, when some nobles died, Lucifer distributed their fields to their children according to the new law.

After the first, there is the second.This way, no one will doubt that the new king is just talking.Coupled with the economic construction that Lucifer used the war compensation he received, the territory belonging to the royal family gradually became more dynamic.

Lucifer also began to try to use this territory as a model for his subordinates to practice in order to fill the large power vacancies that would appear when the power was completely centralized.The current Britain could not help but remind Lucifer of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in his memory.

The territory is privately owned, a country within a country.After seeing the benefits of those old nobles, Lucifer didn't want to continue talking to them.

Lucifer also reopened the Royal Military Academy, which had previously closed due to insufficient funds.

After a year of preparation, this place finally has the appearance of an academy.But Lucifer did not plan to make it only a military academy, but planned to build a comprehensive academy.

At present, after handing over the affairs to his secretary, Lucifer and his knight Ji are preparing to go to the royal school for the most important task today, which is to recruit teachers for this school.Of course, not military, but otherwise.

After arriving at a huge classroom, Lucifer sat at the front desk.In front of him was a classroom that looked like a university in his memory. The rows of seats in front were filled with people who came to apply for the job this time. The corridors outside the classroom were also under martial law by the knights.

After reading these resumes, Lucifer asked them questions one by one, and the directions of the questions were all the directions in which they were good at.Then, many people just left the classroom with embarrassed expressions amid Wang's question.

After a long time, in the end, there were only two people with real knowledge left in this classroom, instead of flickering like before.Of course, this was within Lucifer's expectations. It would be good to find two in the interview on the first day.

He also doesn't expect those people to be talents, and if he can find one out of ten, he will earn it.

However, these two seem to be familiar!

"Hohenheim? Judging from your resume, what you are good at is more inclined to alchemy than magic." Thinking, Lucifer asked.

"If I'm good at it, what I'm good at is actually the application of the five elements." Hohenheim showed his manipulation of the elements.

Five small spheres of different colors seemed to surround the dagger in his hand like satellites.

"On the basis of the four elements, the fifth element is proposed, that is, the overhead element ether. It turns out to be a master! As far as you have just done, it is not a problem to want to be a teacher in this academy." Between words, Lucy Phil also showed his hand.A mass of crystal-like crystals rose from his hand.

Crystallization Spell, the magic researched by the White Dragon Sith.Later, it was inherited by the big hat Logan and placed in the big library.

"This is!"

"The magic researched by a scaleless white dragon in order to obtain dragon scales, I habitually call it crystallized magic."

Lucifer just finished speaking, and the lady next to him couldn't wait to lean over.

"Wow! Awesome! So fun! This is the type of magic I've never seen before, and coming to this country was the best decision I've ever made. Hello King of the Knights, I'm Leonardo da Vinci He is von Hohenheim Paracelsus." The woman was happily introducing the two of them to Lucifer.

"The legendary Almighty and the creator of the Sage's Stone, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'll be straight to the point. I would like to invite you to join the magic department of this academy. Of course, there is no official department under the magic department. You are the tutors, and the names of these subjects can be decided by you." Lucifer directly explained his thoughts.

The two in front of them have undoubtedly passed the interview.Since they came here, it proves that they are also interested in the work here, so there is no need to say too many polite words.

"No problem. But aside from the normal salary, we're actually more interested in the magic you just used."

"The highest level of the Wangli Library, where I used to write my research experience. This is the key!"

Lucifer took out two official employment documents and put a key on them.

The two of Da Vinci looked at each other without being polite.

"make a deal!"

"You two are welcome to join us."

After continuing to deal with some academy affairs, Lucifer returned to the palace.He asked Arturia to call the kitchen to make some dessert while he was about to take a break.

Due to the poisoning incident on Lucifer before, Arturia is now paying special attention to Lucifer's diet.The previous incident was discovered by Lucifer in advance, and it did not cause any problems, and even pulled out a bunch of nobles who had private transactions with France.Naturally, these people end up needless to say.

The current Praetorian Guards have completely changed their blood once.And thanks to Arturia's outstanding performance during the year, she was called the 'Shield of the King' by outsiders.Although she herself may prefer the title of 'King's Sword'.

The waiting time did not last long, or it was time for Lucifer to relax.Semiramis came here with a bunch of documents, and she put these things that needed to be decided into Lucifer's hands.

"That's a decision to be done today."

"That's all? Just find a reliable person to deliver this kind of thing. It's not like your style." .

Over the past year, although the cooperation between the two of them is not seamless, at least they are intimate.Lucifer did not even tell Arturia about many things on the dark side, but discussed with Semiramis and asked her to execute it.

If the Kingdom of Glory that they all looked forward to really comes, they may become the only evil in this country, or an accomplice.

"The king knows me very well. In addition to these written documents, there are also oral communication from the old noble faction. They have been looking for me frequently before and want me to help propose a proposal. As for the content of the proposal, it is to restore the war tax. ."

Seeing that no one was there, Semiramis directly picked up the black tea in Lucifer's hand and drank it. The moment the tea entered her mouth, she frowned.The tea here is obviously not Lucy's work, she put down the cup in boredom and has no idea of ​​continuing to drink it. *

no.54 You are looking for a dead end (begging for tickets, asking for flowers)

The so-called war tax is a law left by the previous king. The content of this law is actually very simple.That is, once the country goes to war, all people are obliged to pay their taxes and prepare for war.

On the surface it seems like a law that is good for war, but in fact it has long been abused.This decree existed until a year ago, after which it was repealed by Lucifer.

"Restore the war tax. This again! How many times has this happened, and they don't seem to learn well at all. Or, they don't have brains at all and can't understand what I said?" Lucifer put down his hands The document that has been read, the voice is full of irony.

In fact, before that, those people had proposed many times to restore the war tax, but they were all rejected by Lucifer.The righteousness that Lucifer said also made them completely unable to find a reason to refute.

Since Wang said nothing, he could only tell the Prime Minister.The prime minister is also a big noble and can also benefit from the war tax. In the eyes of the old nobles, their interests are the same.However, this is only in their opinion.

"I don't think so, it's just too greedy. Before, the war tax was a major source of income for them. As long as the money is tight, a war will be launched immediately. Of course, most of the time it is war with other territories in the country."

"War with other territories? It's a show, right? Will those miserly people who are afraid of death really go to war? At most, they collude with each other, show it to the commoners, and then extract money from it."

Lucifer couldn't help but think of a year ago.At that time, because of the victory in the war, I got a sum of money. After these people heard the news, they immediately ran over and told themselves that the knight of his family said that since he joined the king's command, they would not. will stop, and will not bring them back.

That said, but the king got these knights, did he mean to pay some ransom money or something.When the knights heard these words, their faces were filled with shame.

However, considering the domestic situation at that time, Lucifer did not reject them outright, but told them that France would have a final payment every year in the future, and he could take out part of this part of the money to compensate.That's what makes these guys stop.

Some time ago, they asked for [-] from France, and Lucifer only took [-] of them, and they split the other [-].In theory, they should be fine.

But now it seems that they have tasted the sweetness, and they are ready to force the palace in the previous way, and continue to swallow the last payment.To say that such a guy would waste money fighting wars, Lucifer thought it might be better to believe that pigs can climb trees.

"Wang, when did you get the gossip about this? Are those people unable to keep this little secret? If they dare to propose this proposal, I really think they are very interested, and the others don't. Say, at least thick-skinned." Semiramis laughed.

"According to their personalities and the current situation of the country, this kind of information is not difficult to speculate. The former king made this law originally for foreign wars, but it turned out to be a tool for their money-making. The reason why Britain has become what it is now , they are to blame.”

This country is not without national strength, but most of them will be used for private use.In order not to lose the chain in the future, these internal problems must first be solved.

"The king really hates greed."

"No, on the contrary, I don't hate greed, I just hate stupidity. With so many people following me in this country, it may not be realistic to expect them to cherish infinite loyalty to the country. But even greed, Also, make it clear to me. That is what can move and what can't."

"They seem to prefer the latter. I'm looking forward to it now, how do you clean up the current situation."

"Is there only war tax? From what I know about them, their appetite will not suddenly become so small." Lucifer continued along the previous topic.

If it was just a matter of war tax, Lucifer felt that they had modified it.During the year, when Lucifer and Artoria were chatting about this in private, even the righteous Knight Princess had the urge to draw a sword and cut those people.

Of course, the key point among them was that Lucifer felt that these guys wanted to take over the position of the head of the Knights of the Guards.This position is currently held by girls.These people justified that the girl was too young, or even female, that she was not suitable and had to be replaced by the person they designated.

"Oh! I forgot, and they wanted their children to join the Knights of the Round Table before."

"The Knights of the Round Table have their own assessment criteria. If they are met, I welcome them to join at any time. In other words, I have no reason to reject the application of an excellent knight."

The current Knights of the Round Table does not have more than [-] people like in the history. At present, there are only about [-] people, but the number will increase.Interestingly, the members of this order are otherwise powerful figures.

For example, Gawain and Lancelot are the commanders and deputy commanders of the Royal City Guard, and Tristan is the general of the guerrilla force.Arturia is the commander of the Praetorian Guard.Kylar is the commander of the nascent Thunderlance Knights.There are many more like that.

Lucifer controls the round table, and the round table controls the other armies.In this way, he firmly grasped the military power of the royal family. *

no.55 watch me lose weight for you

His approach also gave others the illusion that they could hold key positions just by joining the round table.

"Because they can't reach it, they will want to enter through other means. After all, the members of the round table are all new nobles and commoner knights, and many people in this knight order hold key positions. They naturally will be intrigued.”

"They stretched their hands long enough. Anything else, let's talk about the rest. I've been busy patrolling and the academy at this time, and they should have poured a lot of hard water on you. It's just this time. , complain to me one by one."

"Haha! Wang, am I such a vulnerable person in your heart?"

"Before you were my prime minister, you were a woman first."

"Your gentlemanly demeanor is quite impressive. Apart from the previous two, the most popular one is to protest your tax reduction policy for business conduct in the royal domain. They say that you have taken away all the businessmen who belonged to them. Of course, there are some guys who deliberately say that the harvest in their territory is not good, and the tax paid this year must be reduced. Anyway, it is almost about money."

Semiramis' words not only made Lucifer laugh, but even she herself felt a little funny.In fact, her Western Territory's approach is very similar to Lucifer's New Deal.It also relies on reducing the taxes of individual merchants to attract more merchants.

Compared with their long-running approach, most of the other nobles grabbed a few sheep and stabbed them to death.Taxes are charged when entering the city, tax is charged when leaving the city, tax is charged when buying, and tax is charged when selling.In contrast, Lucifer's policy is like an angel, and there are special personnel to ensure fairness.It goes without saying which side the businessman will choose.

It is worth mentioning that some minor nobles in the royal domain have also tried a similar approach after seeing the effect of Lucifer's strategy, but these minor nobles have been warned by the old nobles without exception.Many of them were even attacked.

These little nobles were forced to be helpless, so they simply gave their territory to the royal family, and then came to Lucifer to be an official.After all, these people only bullied the weak, and did not dare to challenge Lucifer.However, this also caused protests from these old nobles.

"Protest against me as the king? This group of people is really helpless. Those little nobles who were beaten by them to give their land to me with all kinds of excuses didn't protest. They still have the face to say this." Thinking of this, Lucy Phil couldn't help laughing.

"I think so too."

With laughter, Lucifer took out a stack of documents from the drawer.He sorted it out and handed it to Semiramis.

"Mila, sort out these decrees, and tomorrow's imperial meeting depends on our cooperation."

"A new bad idea again? Let me see... um... in that case... are you sure you want to do this?" Mila's expression gradually became serious.

The content of these decrees is also very simple, that is, to nationalize the land, and at the same time to refine the five titles of the current Duke and Bo Zinan into fifteen.Each original title is divided into one, two, and three levels, such as first-level dukes and second-level dukes.

And everyone who inherits the title of the previous generation will automatically drop one level.

Each place is divided into counties by the state, and the nobles no longer have the autonomy of the place, but are managed by the state.The honorary territories of the nobles are retained, but they can no longer interfere with local affairs, and the due taxes are collected and distributed by the state.

This approach is similar to the Han Dynasty, but in this era it is undoubtedly cutting off the source of the existence of the nobles.In times of peace, the resistance to such reforms would be enormous, but fortunately this is a time of war.