Throne of the North

Marquis of the North Wind?

Among the five noble titles in the empire, marquis is special because all marquis are members of the royal family.

They firmly held the title of Marquis, cutting off the possibility of all the earls making a little progress and annexing land.

The emergence of the Lordship system has determined the improvement of the status of the fifth-class nobles, because the birth of the title of Lord shows that it will be more difficult for others to become nobles in one step than before. Naturally, the titles of Baron and fifth-class nobles It's improved.

But after carefully studying the history of this world, Ryan understood that the Lordship System was not the first time.

The emergence of the Lordship system showed that the status of the fifth-class nobles had once again improved.

Why again?

It's because of the Marquis.

After the Divine Pandimensional War, only the royal family can hold the title of marquis in the empire. Above the earl is the title of marquis, and above the marquis is the title of duke.

But after a marquis can only be held by members of the royal family, it is impossible for an earl to become a marquis. So naturally, it is difficult for an earl to gain more voice and wealth benefits by promoting his title.

If we say that the difficulty of promoting the title from earl to marquis is 1, the difficulty of promoting the title from marquis to duke is 10.

In theory, as long as you complete these eleven degrees of difficulty, you will have a chance to become a duke.

But the fact is that if the Earl cannot improve step by step, the difficulty for the Earl to move from the title of Earl to the position of Duke is not 11, but 100!

It’s a thousand!

This was the first implicit solidification of the fifth-class title, but it only affected the great nobles and had little to do with other people, so it was not as lively as when the Lordship system appeared.

The emergence of the Lordship system is actually the same as the change of the Marquis system.

In short, all marquises in the empire, and even in the entire southern land, are royal families or members of the royal family.

Within the empire, marquises are not necessarily more powerful than earls. Just like in the province of Calais, the strength of the Earl Clayton family exceeds that of the Marquis of Calais. This is the case in many provinces.

The royal family can suppress the title of earls, but it is difficult to cut off their various strengths that have gradually improved over the years. This has led to the fact that when people talk about great nobles, they generally think that there are only earls and four grand dukes.

The Marquis gradually became the eyes of the royal family, supervising the nobles in the province. The master of the empire was more powerful than all the great nobles, so in the province, no nobles would conflict with the Marquis.

After all, the Marquis is just weaker than some earls. This does not mean that the Marquis is weak, but it means that those earls are strong.

How could the Marquis's political power in all aspects, plus the fiefdom, be weak?

"The Marquis's change broke out in the initial war between theocracy and kingship. The first war between the Holy See and the Empire was tragic and bloody. The Holy See could not accept that there would be people in this world who dared to refute their followers of gods, and the Empire's Columbus royal family and The great nobles are also worried that because this kind of war is unprecedented, some nobles will backstab them and start a war with the Holy See. "

"This is also the reason why the marquis system did not cause any disturbance. They all need the noble title of marquis to supervise other nobles, because in the war between theocracy and royal power, the bloody massacre of the Holy See by the empire was also a war within the empire. Clean.”

Ryan thought to himself.

Why does the empire have a clear prohibition against killings among nobles within the empire? It means that nobles should not die in wars. This prohibition protects many nobles.

But the fact that this ban can be written already illustrates the problem.

It was because that purge was so scary that the empire had to clearly write down this prohibition in order to calm the nervous hearts of the nobles.

Also, why did the nobles of Northwind Province suddenly become active after discovering that Count Weiss was colluding with the Holy See? On the contrary, the nobles of Leiyun County immediately called back their troops?

It was also because, in the war between divine power and royal power, the nobles who survived and passed on were all nobles who stood firmly on the side of royal power.

Otherwise, their ancestors would have died long ago, and because of this, in the inheritance of each family, the existence of the Holy See has been given death orders again and again, and those who cannot collude are their enemies.

The original marquis was born in this environment to supervise the nobles not to collude with the Holy See to backstab other people in the empire.

But over a hundred years, everything will change.

"All the nobles in Beifeng Province resisted the Holy See and killed a thousand Holy Knights of Heaven. How could the empire still crown the Marquis of Beifong?"

Ryan asked Hora that Beifeng Province is the only province in the empire without a marquis. This should also involve the political struggle in the south. After all, it didn’t matter a hundred years ago. Beifeng Province became imperial land thirty years ago. At that time, the situation was It is clear that the royal family wants the Marquis to come to Beifeng, but the other nobles are also unwilling.

Therefore, just because Archduke Meyers lost a political battle thirty years ago does not mean that the royal family won.

They also lost because the Marquis of the North Wind didn't show up thirty years ago.

But now...

"According to the information known to the earl, the Columbus royal family crowned the Marquis of the North Wind through a new round of war with the Holy See."

After Hora finished speaking, her voice began to become softer. Obviously, the next words were also hearsay and not considered evidence.

"It is said that the Columbus royal family and other great nobles discussed and used the coronation of the Marquis of the North Wind to consolidate the belief in the gods within the empire. In the face of the empire, the Marquis of the North Wind is the most powerful pioneer of light."

"He is the favored one of the God of Light and the Lord of Dawn, and has been blessed by the gods to offset the person of the Son of God created by the Church."

"He is a person of divine grace."

A person of divine grace? This is the second time Ryan has heard this name. At that time, the old butler Beard and even many people in the frozen land territory believed that Ryan was a person of divine grace, but he himself did not think he was very similar.

But now...

"Really?"

He asked, and Hora said that he did not know, but with the means of the empire, it should not be difficult to create a person of divine grace.

Whether true or false, this matter involves the war between the empire and the Church, and it seems that the appearance of the Marquis of the North Wind is the right decision of the empire.

But... Ryan asked quietly:

"Where is the territory of Marquis Beifeng?"

"He doesn't have a territory worthy of his title, but the Empire has designated a 100-mile radius around Thunder Cloud Mountain under the name of Marquis Beifeng."

"..."

Both of them were silent.

"Hehe."

After a long time, Ryan sent Hora away.