Whenever Gao Wen starts talking about these things involving power struggles and aristocratic games, Rebecca and Amber will rarely reach a consensus and form a cute circle combination. In the eyes of these two girls, the rules of the intrigue between the king and the aristocratic game are really complex and profound and have no practical use at all. Instead of studying this aspect, it is better to fight with wolves at home and rub fireballs/skip fishing and steal wine and drink...

But thinking so, the two of them dared not say it in front of Gao Wen. Amber always worried that Gao Wen would really use an eggplant to slap her on the wall, while Rebecca would not forget the horror of being hung on the beam of the elders. After hearing Gao Wen's words, the two of them also thought as if they were decent. Rebecca showed thoughtful look: "So, is the king worried that there will be aristocrats causing trouble in the process of Ansu and Tifeng restarting diplomacy?"

“It’s almost that.”

"But why did the nobles make trouble?" Rebecca looked confused. "The war between Ansu and Tifeng can be postponed. Isn't this a good thing?"

"This is a good thing for the king and a good thing for the civilians, but what are the benefits for the nobles who divide and divide the feudal areas?" Gao Wen chuckled, "The king's war is just a routine fulfillment of obligations for most of the feudal nobles. As long as some knights and entourages who bring their own food to participate in the war, even if they complete their obligations, will the outcome of the war have to do with them? If they win, the knights sent out plunder a large amount of wealth and merits and return, and lose, even if the country is destroyed, they just need to swear allegiance to Emperor Tifeng. There will be no change in their titles and fiefs at all. At least, for many Ansu nobles, the rules of the game are like this, and they don't know that there are other rules of the game in the world."

For Gao Wen in his previous life, this was an incomprehensible "rule", but Gao Wen in this life had to face up to this fact: the war of aristocrats in this era was generally a carnival between fencemen and robbers. The nobles may be greedy and barbaric, but they will abide by the rules of the noble game at the same time. The war between them rarely really fights to the death. In most cases, the war of the nobles is just to plunder wealth and land. Once this goal is achieved, everyone will immediately stop tacitly and carry out a set of conventional "sweeping" processes-

In the war, only a few nobles would die. Most people's worst consequences were to be captured. No one would be willing to kill the noble prisoners, because these prisoners could exchange for a large amount of ransom, and these ransoms were completely reasonable and legal. The most famous example is the battle between two real-field counts in the Western Region in 576. In the war that was acquiesced by the royal family, Count Tokebel was defeated, and even the Count himself was captured. In order to redeem his lord, the lord Tokebel paid gold twice the weight of the Count himself and nearly 30% of the land ownership. After the war, the two Counts and their descendants all survived safely. The captured knights (lower nobles) and the baron viscount also returned safely after their families paid enough ransoms.

Except for the few unlucky nobles who died on the battlefield, there were only 6,700 civilians who died.

Not killing aristocratic prisoners, not completely ending any "glorious surname" and using ransom to settle the war, these are the three major rules of aristocratic war.

No one will break this rule, because it is followed and implemented by all nobles. It maintains the "glory" of the nobles and has also ensured the stability of the country's feudal separatist system over the past seven hundred years.

The nobles called this war "the war of civilized people" and said that it was "as elegant and decent as a duel witnessed in front of the gods." In the beginning, this rule was to prevent the unstable human kingdom from falling into the quagmire due to severe internal divisions and struggles. But now, it has become a means for the nobles to demonstrate their nobleness and restraint. Ansu's nobles seemed to believe that even if Tifeng really fought, even if Ansu really lost, they could still use this set of rules to maintain their decency - as long as they swear allegiance to Emperor Tifeng in time.

So they didn't care about the outcome of the negotiations between the king and Emperor Tifeng. They just thought about whether they could get some benefits in this process. In order to prevent the domestic nobles from being instable, Francis II could only prepay some of the "benefits" in advance...

Those nobles would never think about what purpose the Tifeng people were attacking this country. Tifeng, who is in the transition period, is like a gluttonous beast. Will this hungry giant beast care whether its food is loyal to it?

Gowen glanced at the scroll in Rebecca's hand and sneered softly: "Fransci II admitted that my actual rule over Kant's territory was just to give personal favors. He regarded a piece of royal territorial area on the east side of Kant's territory as a gift, hoping that the Cecil family could remain 'quiet' during the negotiation period. After all, although the Cecil family had left the center of power of the Kingdom, I had already returned. In certain circumstances, my appeal might cause him unimaginable trouble..."

"No matter what, who doesn't want to give it to you for free," Amber summed up the meaning of the document in the most concise way, and then frowned. "But it's too unrigorous to send a courier to deliver the letter... Although I don't understand the troublesome rules of your nobles, no matter how much this is a deal between the king and the duke. At least there must be a ceremonial ceremony or something?"

"Sending a document in a low-key manner is the only choice that Francis II can make," Gao Wen laughed, "What else do you do if you ask him? He is a royal illegitimate son seven hundred years later, to enthrone a founding grand duke of the ancestors seven hundred years ago? Not to mention anything else, at the enthronement ceremony, should he bow first or should I bow first? Or should we bow together? I didn't have to bow to Charlie when I met, and he was not afraid of losing his life!"

Amber conceived the awkwardness of that scene and immediately took a breath: "...ah, it's so troublesome."

"Anyway, keep this thing in hand," Gao Wen waved his hand, "I have another more important thing. Rebecca, you know... well, you probably don't know, go and find Hetty."

"What?" Rebecca listened in a daze. When she heard that she wanted to call Hetty, she was a little nervous. "Master, can't you tell me?"

Gao Wen glanced at the girl: "Tell you? Do you know the genealogy of the nobles in the southern border?"

"...Oh, then I'll go find my aunt!"

Rebecca ran out in a hurry, and not long after, Hetty came to Gaowen's study.

This elegant lady not only has outstanding beauty and internal affairs, but also has a very smart set of rules for the nobles and kings. As soon as she came in, she first said: "Ancestor, the messenger should have sent the king's enthronement documents, right?"

"Yes, the hilly land east of Kant and Kant are now belonging to the Cecil family, but this is not important," Gao Wen waved his hand, "I asked you to come and ask you if there is a noble family named 'Geran' in the south?"

"Gran?" Herty frowned slightly, and after a brief thought, he nodded, "Yes, Viscount Glen in the northeast--ah, it is Viscount Glen who ruled that land now."

"Virgirl?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but think of Rebecca, who was also a visceral girl. "Has Viscount Glen passed the title to his daughter?"

He had learned from Patty in his spiritual network that the current Glen family is a hostess in charge, so there was nothing unexpected happening at the moment. He just asked casually with curiosity.

"No, the former Viscount Glen was the husband of the current Viscount," Hetty shook his head. "The former Viscount suddenly died unexpectedly a few years ago. According to the will he made during his lifetime, the title was passed to his widow, Penny Glen."

Ansu's inheritance law is relatively loose, and it is not very rare for couples to inherit or transition titles. In fact, many nobles rely on smart marriage calculations to continuously expand the power of their families. Without wanting to provoke aristocratic wars easily, marriage is also one of the important means for nobles to seek benefits and land.

"Ancestor, why did you suddenly inquire about the Glen family?" Hetty felt curious about Gowen's sudden mention of a noble surname that had not communicated much, and couldn't help asking.

Gao Wen pondered for a moment and told him bluntly: "I suspect that this family is involved with the eternal sleeper."

"Eternal Sleeper?!" Hetty was startled. She did not question the reliability of the news, nor did she even ask Gao Wen how he learned the news. With great trust in his ancestors, she directly asked about the extent of the threat, "Is it the same situation as Kant's?"

"It's not certain, but they have at least one family member who is deeply involved with the sleeper," Gowen said with a serious expression. "Has the Glen family changed abnormally in recent years? For example, there are suddenly additional outputs like Kantling, or suddenly thriving in some aspects."

"...No, in fact, the situation is even completely the opposite," Hetty shook his head after thinking for a moment. "The Glen family was originally prosperous and developed. The young Viscount Glen was a very capable figure. However, in a magic experiment accident, Viscount Glen died unexpectedly, and the Glen family and the territory they ruled quickly declined... Although Viscount Roppeni has controlled the situation in the past two years, put the territory on the right track and gradually developed, there is no trace of cultists secretly participating..."

Speaking of this, Hedy added: "Of course, the sleeper acts in a treacherous manner and nothing can be said."

"Did you die accidentally in a magic experiment accident..." Gao Wen frowned slowly, "I'm going to go over and see the situation."

"You want to come here in person?" Hetty frowned slightly. "A duke always visits the lower nobles in person, which doesn't seem to fit..."

"We ordered the rules back then - and I visited Kant last time, so the same goes for many Glen," Gao Wen waved his hand, "Let's go and see with your own eyes, otherwise I will never be at ease."
Chapter completed!