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Part 4 Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 7 Praise

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    The Norman Empire's offensive was like a raging storm, making the whole world change its color.  When people heard that there were a total of 60,000 brave and capable Hungarian and Balkan mountain people combined forces.  Under the Norman offensive, they could not even hold on for a moment.  All were speechless.

    "Then, that's 60,000 people, a 60,000-strong army! How could it be defeated by a single charge?! This is simply unbelievable!" People were talking like this.  Some people believe this to be true.  Because the military power of the Norman Empire has always been impressive.  .

    ? And some people think this is fake.  It was propaganda for the Norman Empire.  The emperor must have used some conspiracy to allow the coalition forces to collapse without a fight.  There are many people who believe this.  And it's plausible.  Because the cunning of the Normans, especially the cunning of the Norman emperor, was as impressive as the military strength of the Norman Empire.

    However, despite the different views, opinions vary.  But people almost ignored one option - that is, the Normans did not defeat the coalition forces of Hungary and the Balkans.  Conclusion to the Norman victory.  Almost everyone chose the default.  in some sense.  This can also be regarded as proof of the power of the Norman Empire.

    Then, when the news gradually spread.  When the officials of the Norman Empire explained the details of this war.  People were speechless once again.  For the traditional territories of the Norman Empire, Scandinavia, England, the Baltic Sea coast, North Saxony and Normandy.  Such news is just "relatively shocking".

    However, for the newly conquered territories of the Norman Empire, such news seemed very terrifying.

    What is this all about?  !  A mass charge with hundreds of cannons and nearly 50,000 cavalry?  !  Are you sure you're not kidding?  !  The lord I serve is a well-known figure in all parts of the country.  He is a count!  He only has a few dozen cavalrymen under his command

    It¡¯s like this declaration.  People who had long been accustomed to the power of the empire could not help but laugh at him and call him a bumpkin.  In the tavern, the Norman people who came to do business listened to such "high talk".  I couldn't help laughing.  Then he spoke in a slightly exaggerated, half-drunk tone: "Country people, short-sighted. What kind of earl and lord you are. In the eyes of the great emperor, it is nothing. The great emperor can have any royal manor. That's his.  The territory is as big as ten. And the great emperor¡¯s royal estate has more than ten thousand!¡±

    It seems that such discussions and praises are endless.  People for Egils Kadra Grimsson.  This one is extremely powerful.  And the emperor who actually brought them peace and benefits praised them highly.  Under the rule of the Norman Empire, most of the territories in Europe were prosperously restored and developing rapidly.

    As the war subsided, the bandits and bandits were gradually wiped out.  At the same time, the Norman Empire was completed with the help of systematically constructed roads.  Transportation systems throughout the empire gradually improved.  Also, because of the unification of the Norman Empire.  So the original borders between countries no longer exist.  The original situation where one had to pay a tax when passing through a city-state no longer appeared.  A unified currency, a unified market, perfect commercial laws, and responsible and capable local governors all of this allowed commerce within the Norman Empire to flourish.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? and the popularization of sophisticated farming technology and agricultural machinery, fertilizers and high-yielding crops also allowed agriculture across Europe to quickly recover and develop.  Because of the more egalitarian laws of the Norman Empire.  An extremely harsh policy towards feudal lords.  It made the lives of both homesteaders and feudal serfs better.  Therefore, the empire's population also began to gradually recover.

    As for the nobles, some of them died in the war with the Normans.  The territory was confiscated and then became a royal estate.  (This is how many of the tens of thousands of manors came to be.) Some were killed for various reasons after the war.  The surviving nobles were deprived of many of their rights as officials everywhere were appointed by Norman officials.  It is difficult for them to participate in local politics and benefit from it.

    At the same time, they also lost many judicial privileges.  It is no longer possible to do evil in the territory and treat civilians wantonly like before.  Even to his own serfs.  Things that are considered private property cannot be disposed of at will.  If you are caught by local judicial officials with a sore foot, it is not something you can just laugh off.

    In this situation.  The nobles felt very sad.  But they are not without some progress.  Although the rights are gradually leaving them.  But life was much better.  As mentioned before, due to technological advancement, the territory's output has increased a lot.  The acceleration of commercial circulation has also given them more opportunities to make money.  Although the tax-free privileges have been lost.  But the nobles were surprised to find that after paying taxes, they still received much more than before.

      And also because of the prosperity of commerce and the increase in the types of goods, the prices of some things that were previously luxury goods have begun to become cheaper.  Therefore, although the political rights of the nobles have declined.  But material life has become richer.  Items such as pastries, drinks, spices and fruits that I had never thought of before.  There are also those precious silks, velvets, porcelain, etc.  Now they can enjoy it too.  This kind of life somewhat comforted the souls of the nobles.

    As for political rights.  The nobles are also constantly fighting for it.  Although for the time being, their generation should have no hope.  The professionalization of the army also allows them to obtain military merit and block the road to promotion of status.  But the academies established by the empire in various counties gave the nobles hope again.

    As long as you successfully graduate from the academy, you can obtain the qualifications to become an official or a royal knight. As long as you pass a few more exams, you can become an official or a royal knight.

    You can become an army commander at the military academy.  Join the professional army of the Norman Empire as a low-level officer.  Or he might serve as a reserve instructor or local peace officer in a certain province of the empire.  After graduating from the Institute of Science and Technology, you can become an imperial technical officer.  To take charge of infrastructure construction, agriculture, water conservancy, etc. in various places.  After graduating from the Cultural Academy, you can serve as a judge, tax officer, or administrative official Even students with outstanding academic performance can be personally summoned by the Norman Emperor.  From now on, I will be prosperous",

    Such good things make nobles who have lost their rights and want to become masters again flock to it.  And they sent their own school-age children and even themselves to the academy one after another.  I fantasize about making my family prominent again in the future."

    Of course, this is actually just external propaganda.  After the Norman Emperor gained access to the system.  The status of these students who graduated from the academy has dropped a lot.  Provincial governors, governors and tribunes, tax directors and other positions in various places are all loyal candidates who are directly redeemed by the emperor from the system.  And every county in the province is also filled with outstanding officials who have redeemed themselves from the system.

    Non-system students can only be promoted to the mayor level at most.  This is the end.  This is the best result for those "excellent" students, while more people can only serve as low-level officials.  They were not even considered officials. They were called "officials" in the East, and low-level errand boys who were called "auxiliary officials" by the Norman Empire.

    Even so, these "auxiliary officials" and low-level officials.  Not everyone can do it.  In the same class as the children of the original nobility, there are also those businessmen, workshop owners, relatively wealthy freedmen, retired veterans, low-level military officers, as well as the children of small landowners and squires.  Their number is much larger than that of traditional noble children.  Proportionally, they will also occupy more positions in the future

    The aristocratic class is doomed to mediocrity.  The so-called aristocratic family was in chaos due to war, Black Death, war, and war.  And under the pressure of the Norman Emperor.

    It is destined to withdraw from the stage of history.  The Norman royal family ignored them.  Because the basis of the emperor's rule is not these outdated aristocratic classes.  It was the soldiers he led and the professional civil service class.

    As for the priests, their fate was even worse after the knowledge they monopolized was spread by the Normans.  When the divine power was reduced to the extreme due to the fall of Rome and the raging Black Death.  When they encountered the most arrogant, blasphemous, and unquestionable emperor in the world.  These people's good days are over.

    "In the name of the Norman Emperor, all church lands were confiscated." (The second origin of the more than ten thousand royal estates)

    "In the name of the Norman Emperor, all monasteries are ordered to demolish their fortress walls. The armed monks are dismissed. Any disobedience will be treated as treason."

    "In the name of the Norman Emperor, tithes are abolished and the sale of indulgences is prohibited. Monasteries and churches are prohibited from collecting taxes of any kind from the subjects of the empire in any name. However, voluntary donations are not included in this list."

    "In the name of the Norman Emperor, from now on the Pope must be appointed by the Norman Emperor (that's too much, bastard! It was the other way around before! The emperor must be canonized by the pope!) Otherwise it will not be legal."

    "With the order of the Norman Emperor, the power to appoint archbishops in each province was concentrated in the hands of the royal government. The archbishops of each province were directly responsible to the emperor."

    "By order of the Norman Emperor, from today onwards, Rome becomes the capital of the province of Lombardy. The Holy See is moved to Krakow. Krakow Cathedral is renovated to serve as the seat of the Pope." (To be continued)

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