Chapter 206 56 Standing on the Side

Chapter 206 -56- Stand in Line

Charlotte acted quickly.

After summoning the Ryan-Castell family, she announced the review plan for the entire earldom, officially appointed Viscount Ryan-Castell as the review officer, and made her own direct territory the first stop of the review plan.

Overnight, the situation in the Viscountdom of Northport changed. With the list of names confessed by Madoc, Nice led the Castell Guards to raid one house after another. A large number of municipal officials and low-level nobles in the direct territory were arrested with their families and escorted to prison.

Such a large-scale review operation naturally caused an uproar among the nobles of the territory. Taking advantage of the fact that the nobles who remained in Northport shortly after the dinner at the Earl's Mansion almost broke down the door of the Earl's Mansion. Some dissuaded, some opposed, some reprimanded, and some tried...

The singing and dancing at the banquet were good. The nobles who did not tear their faces maintained at least superficial respect and were obedient and loyal to the new earl.

But when the false calm was broken, when Charlotte finally started to take action against the nobles, when she finally began to try to consolidate the authority of the Castel family that had been declining for ten years... the nobles finally revealed their true attitude.

Opposition.

Unanimous opposition.

Charlotte suddenly realized that she still underestimated the nobles in her own territory. The day after the review plan was announced, the nobles who were still stranded in North Port even wrote a joint petition.

The nobles had been asking Charlotte to withdraw the review plan, and for this reason they also proved the various disadvantages brought about by the review plan, and also scolded the Len-Castel family.

"The property and privacy of the nobles are sacred and inviolable. Even the lord is not qualified to conduct such a strict review of the vassal, let alone check the property!"

"This is a contempt for the "Sacred Code"! It is the foundation of self-destructive rule! It is the work of a tyrant!"

"The truth of the assassination at the banquet should indeed be investigated, but this should never be a reason to vent anger on the vassal!"

"After all, she is an ignorant child. Castel will be destroyed in her hands sooner or later..."

"Hmph, she is just a bitch with the blood of the fallen star. No matter how well the Castel family conceals it, it cannot hide the fact of blood. She may not have the Northland in her heart, only herself!"

Public opinion is almost one-sided.

Overnight, it seems that in the eyes of all the people, Charlotte has transformed from a young and promising lord into a tyrant who does all kinds of evil.

Looking at the petition signed by the nobles and listening to the criticism and discussion of the nobles heard by the guards in various places in Beigang, Charlotte's face is not very good.

However, she had more or less expected the nobles' reactions. Her bad face was mainly because of the nobles' outrageous remarks when they criticized her.

Those who ridiculed her as an ignorant child were fine, but those who used gender as an excuse were really intolerable.

However, although she was so angry that she wanted to hang these bastards at the city gate, Charlotte was still calm.

She knew that the public opinion in the city seemed to be boiling and the people were boiling with resentment, but in fact it was just the nobles who were biting at their interests.

The nobles controlled the public opinion and created the momentum. As for the vast number of people, they didn't react to the review plan so quickly.

Not to mention, Charlotte didn't target them.

However, Charlotte knew that this matter could not be delayed.

Since she decided to take action, she had to suppress it with a thunderous force. Otherwise, the nobles would have many ways to incite the people, and then things would become troublesome.

"Nice, have you found out which family is the leader?"

Charlotte asked calmly.

"Hey, the leaders should be a few new nobles who made their fortunes through workshops and caravans, and there are also many low-level nobles from the direct jurisdiction who participated."

Nice said.

"New nobles who made their fortunes through workshops and caravans? Other viscounts and barons didn't participate?"

Charlotte was a little surprised.

"Meow, no."

Nice shook her head.

Charlotte frowned.

However, after a little thought, she came to her senses:

"It turns out that they are a group of idiots who are used as arrows..."

Although the new nobles in Castel are rich, their influence is not that high, and it is impossible to gather so many nobles overnight.

This is probably used as a gun by the old nobles, who want to force her to compromise and test her bottom line.

As for why these new nobles are willing to come forward, Charlotte probably guessed it based on her family's experience.

In recent years, Castel's industry and commerce have developed rapidly. These upstarts who have taken advantage of the trend are probably evading taxes. Compared with the investigation of the blood clan, they are more likely to oppose the property inventory.

"Lord Charlotte, what are you going to do? Although you are of noble status, but... mortals may be more difficult to deal with than you think. If you stoop to fight them, I think you will only lower yourself to the same level as them, and then you will be easily entangled by their rich experience in internal fighting..."

"In my opinion, our goal is to let you recover your strength as soon as possible, rather than playing house with these guys here."

Nice couldn't help but say.

Charlotte understood what this guy meant. He was tactfully persuading her to use the power of the "gods" to find a way to directly deal with these people.

Gods are best at brainwashing, not to mention that Charlotte is the "blood ancestor".

It is estimated that in Nice's opinion, Charlotte can easily control the nobles' minds as long as she wants.

But Charlotte is also helpless.

Her plug-in is effective. She neither wants nor can she rely on magic to control the minds of all the nobles in the territory. She doesn't know how to "quickly recover her strength".

The only thing she can be sure of now is that she must firmly control the territory in her hands and make it her strong backing.

After that, she can slowly plan, and it will be more convenient for her to preach or collect the fragments of the holy book.

"Continue to act according to the original plan, combine the materials reported and the list of confessions, and arrest the leading instigators."

Charlotte thought for a while and ordered.

"Ah... Are you really not afraid of rebellion?"

Nice couldn't help asking.

Charlotte glanced at it:

"Even if there is a rebellion, the direct territory cannot rebel. If there is a real rebellion, it will be those vassal nobles with private soldiers."

"Aren't you afraid of your reputation? If you continue like this, you will really be labeled a tyrant."

"Don't worry, someone will worry about this for me."

Charlotte said.

After that, she looked at the maid Shirley who was serving beside her and ordered:

"Shirley, send someone to the mansion of the Ryan-Castell family to tell them that it is time for me to see their influence among the nobles."

...

Professional things need professionals to operate.

Although the slogans of the nobles of Castel were loud, no one could fully explain how many of them were determined to oppose Charlotte, how many were fishing in troubled waters, and how many were observing the situation in secret, or simply belonged to the silent party.

But one thing is certain, Charlotte chose the Ryan-Castell family as the executor of the review of the nobles, and she did make the right choice.

Following Charlotte's order, the guards of the Castel family came out in full force and began to suppress the rebellious nobles of the direct jurisdiction.

As the master of the North, Castel has a standing guard of 3,000 people. Perhaps he cannot compete with the united nobles' private soldiers, but it is more than enough to suppress the riots in the small direct jurisdiction.

At the same time, the Ryan Castel family finally stood up.

The old viscount personally stood up, rebuked the rebellious nobles, and promoted the legitimacy of this review from the perspective of territory security.

It must be said that the head of the Ryan Castel family is really something.

Charlotte thought that he would support this review based on the various crimes of the rebellious nobles.

After all, after the dramatic report, few of the noble families participating in the banquet were completely clean. If they were to be carefully investigated, they would all be caught with hair on the ground.

However, the old viscount did not use the pile of evidence on Charlotte's desk, but directly started from the harm of blood infiltration to prove the necessity of the review.

After all, the North is the territory of the Crescent Kingdom. Although there are a large number of immigrants in the North, the main population is the people of the Crescent Kingdom who migrated north.

In history, the Crescent Kingdom was overthrown by the Shedit clan, and the country was almost destroyed because of this. As the Crescent people who grew up in the "blood demon legend" since childhood, they are naturally wary of the "blood court" of the blood clan.

Ordinary people cannot tell the difference between the "orderly" Ness clan and the "chaotic" Shedit clan. In their eyes, they are all blood clans. The old viscount personally convened the nobles to hold a speech, which awakened many people's fear of the blood demon's behind-the-scenes rule.

Public opinion reversed almost instantly, at least among the common people.

Examining the nobles is a pleasure for the common people, and many times it can even be called a great pleasure. The common people's feelings towards the lords are also very simple. In addition to the most instinctive awe, their impressions of the lords are mostly derived from the propaganda of the nobles.

At this moment, Charlotte's review plan was covered with a sacred cloak of justice in the mouth of Viscount Ryan-Castell, and the cruel tyrant in the mouth of the nobles soon became a new lord with justice in the eyes of the common people.

The old viscount was indeed capable of serving as the chief of foreign affairs in Castell for decades.

After the Ryan-Castell family publicly expressed its support for Charlotte, some families that were friendly with Ryan-Castell, or those traditional loyalist families, began to express their support for this review.

Among them, there were even four barons including the Valais family of Baron Angus.

What surprised Charlotte the most was that the mortal enemy of the Ryan-Castell family, the female viscount of the Legris family, also vaguely expressed her support for the review plan.

However, the female baroness did not trust Ryan-Castell. She personally visited Charlotte at night and met with her again, vaguely expressing her willingness to support her, but she required that Castell personally review the Legris family and replace the Ryan-Castell family as the executor of the review plan.

Charlotte naturally refused.

Trust people when you employ them, and don't employ them if you don't trust them. Since she decided to let the Ryan-Castell family conduct the review, she would not change her mind overnight. She needed the influence of the Ryan family to implement the policy.

Not to mention that the Legris family is already strong enough, and giving them power will only further foster their ambitions.

As far as Charlotte knows, their standing cavalry force has exceeded one thousand people. Although most of them are light cavalry, they are already a powerful force in the north.

If the nobles who followed them were included, Charlotte estimated that the private soldiers of Leglis could be pulled out by two to three thousand people, not counting the temporary conscripts.

What's more, these data are still old data in the data. If we look at the information in the report data, the military strength of the Leglis family may be even greater.

In this case, Charlotte will naturally not give them the power of review.

Of course, considering the relationship between the two viscounts, she thought it was not appropriate to let the Ryan-Castell family review, but she did not plan to go there in person, but decided to wait until Sebastian raided the hiding place of Count Lachlan.

Lola Leglis is already a vampire, and Charlotte has some other ideas about how to deal with the Leglis family and how to win over the viscount.

As for the other family of the "Three Royal Families", the Roman-Fol family has remained silent about it, and quietly left by boat after the banquet.

The Roman-Fol family is not strong on land, and its main strength is at sea. The number of their warships accounts for half of Castel.

Recalling the various performances of the Roman-Fore family at the banquet, Charlotte always felt that this family had a secret.

As soon as Viscount Ryan-Castell made a move, the nobles were clearly divided into two factions.

However, the supporters were a minority after all.

Even the Legris family showed conditional acceptance, and after Charlotte did not respond immediately, the Legris family left North Port and returned to the territory just like Roman-Fore.

After knowing the news, Charlotte sighed softly. She knew that this meant that the Legris family would not support her. Between Ryan-Castell and Legris, she was afraid that she could only choose one, at least temporarily...

Viscount Ryan-Castell overturned public opinion and successfully muddied the situation in Castel's direct jurisdiction. After Charlotte dispatched the family guards, the clamoring nobles were quickly suppressed one by one.

As for the remaining nobles, they left North Port one after another and returned to their own territory.

However, Charlotte knew that this was just the beginning.

The departure of the nobles did not mean that they would not participate in this matter, but represented their dissatisfaction and opposition to the review. Perhaps the influence of the Nice Clan was still behind it.

The riot in the North Port Direct Territory was suppressed, but next... I'm afraid we really need to be prepared for a few battles.

However, not long after the riot in the Direct Territory was suppressed, the communication crystal that Charlotte seized from Agnès suddenly responded.

Charlotte's heart moved slightly.

The Nice Clan... seemed to be conducting long-distance communication in advance.