Louis XIII was very enlightened. After receiving the complaint, he moved the marquis and earls to other places, and gave Arcturus to more than a dozen minor nobles who were newly promoted during the rebellion of the eldest prince Jason Louis.
This is a clever political maneuver!
Although those marquis and earls did not directly participate in the rebellion of the eldest prince Jason Louis, they were suspected of not reporting the information. Logically speaking, the Kabasi Empire should strictly investigate and deal with these people, but for the sake of the overall interests of the Kabasi Empire, Louis XIII did not want to cause more trouble and punish them severely, so as not to cause more turmoil.
However, it would not be justified to not deal with those marquis and earls at all. Just when Louis XIII was in a dilemma about this matter, he received their complaints.
So Louis XIII took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to move those marquis and earls to the life planet where the conditions were not very good. At the same time, he sealed some of the heroes in the rebellion of the eldest prince Jason Louis on Arcturus.
The contribution of these heroes was not too great. Under normal circumstances, they would not be able to obtain their current titles, because the land where they were entrusted was the destroyed Arcturus, so Louis XIII deliberately upgraded their titles.
Since then, it can be said that he has killed two birds with one stone, not only dealing with those marquis and earls, but also winning over some heroes.
The best thing is that the heroes who were awarded the title of Arcturus are, in a sense, the mortal enemies of those marquis and earls. They will definitely eradicate the remaining power of those marquis and earls on Arcturus.
These are two classic methods in political power, balancing and leveraging power.
The more than ten newly promoted minor nobles have one thing in common, that is, they all love fairy tales.
After receiving the title of Arcturus, more than a dozen minor nobles discussed together, and they prepared to adopt a new model to govern Arcturus.
More than a dozen minor nobles each acted as a god in the myths and legends of Arcturus, and then formed an alliance together to declare them as the Æsir clan on Arcturus and exercise theocratic rule over the slaves on Arcturus.
Since they are all gods, they naturally cannot live on Arcturus. This would be too cheap!
The residences of more than a dozen minor nobles are all located near the Lagrange points of Arcturus and Borderlands. These mansions were gathered together to form a small space city-Aesir City (claimed to the slaves on Arcturus as the Kingdom of Aesir).
The destination of this T-shaped luxury private spaceship that is flying towards Bianhuang Star is Asa City. Its owner is a young woman named Pallas.
At this moment, in the cabin of the T-shaped luxury private spaceship, Pallas was wearing a gorgeous robe and various precious jewelry. She looked retro and noble, quite like a goddess from myths and legends.
Pallas stood quietly in front of the porthole, looking through the glass at Arcturus suspended in the dark space, with a somewhat solemn expression on her face.
This Pallas is no ordinary person. Her mother is Asiya. She was named a Viscount of the Kabasi Empire for her military merits during the rebellion of the eldest prince Jason Louis. She was also one of the dozen or so minor nobles. one.
Assia plays the goddess of wisdom on Arcturus. After her death, she passed her title to her daughter Pallas. Pallas naturally became the goddess of wisdom on Arcturus.
It has been almost more than a thousand years since Pallas inherited her mother Assia's title and became the goddess of wisdom. At first, she was very satisfied with the status quo and had a lot of income every year.
But as time went by, fluorite, an important mineral resource discovered for the first time on Arcturus after the rebellion of the eldest prince Jason Louis, was gradually mined out, causing the income of more than a dozen minor nobles to continue to decrease. , causing Pallas to feel dissatisfied.
You must know that after the rebellion of the eldest prince Jason Louis, the natural environment on Arcturus was harsh and could not support the survival of too many slaves. No matter how hard they were squeezed, the income of more than a dozen minor nobles could not be much higher.
Later, by chance, fluorite, one of the three core minerals in the alien world, was actually discovered on Arcturus, which caused the income of more than a dozen minor nobles to skyrocket, surpassing that of the original marquis and earls of Arcturus. For this reason, It has attracted the covetous attention of those marquis and earls.
The marquis and earls once again appealed to Emperor Louis XIII of the Kabasi Empire and wanted to return to Arcturus. They were scolded by Louis XIII and played the piano randomly before giving up their greedy ideas.
Since then, there have been two ways to provide stable income for more than a dozen minor nobles on the big planet. The first is the fluorite mine, and the second is the exploitation of slaves.
The way the fluorite mine provides income is very simple, just mine it and sell it.
The methods of extracting slaves to provide income are complex and varied. Slaves on Arcturus can be sold to some organizations and individuals in the Kabasi Empire. For example, male slaves can be sold to various participating groups in the dragon hunting game on Guiot. Used as slave soldiers; slave workers can also be organized, such as making slave workers work in some factories in alien worlds to earn labor fees; they can even extract organs from slaves and sell them to people in need in alien worlds; in short Just don’t treat the slaves on Arcturus as human beings, package them into commodities and dispose of them at will.
After the fluorite mines for more than a dozen minor nobles on Arcturus were cut off, the only way left was to exploit slaves. Faced with this situation, the dozen or so minor nobles, except for Pallas, had no objections.
More than a dozen minor nobles already knew that the fluorite reserves on Arcturus were limited and would be mined out sooner or later. If their incomes decreased, just reduce them. It was no big deal. As long as they can continue to play gods and be worshiped by millions of slaves, they will be satisfied.
This is the favorite thing of more than a dozen minor nobles, and their pursuit of wealth is not that strong.
Pallas is different. Her mother Asiya has the same hobbies as more than a dozen minor nobles, but Pallas herself has little interest in playing the role of a god.
Pallas, who has lived a squandering aristocratic life since she was a child, loves wealth far more than playing the role of a god. She originally played the goddess of wisdom because Arcturus brought her a lot of wealth every year.
Since the fluorite mine business was cut off and Pallas's income decreased, she patiently studied the situation on Arcturus and compared it with other slave planets.
Pallas discovered that the theocratic rule adopted by ten minor nobles over Arcturus was not conducive to squeezing slaves and increasing Arcturus's overall income, so she proposed reforms.
The reform ideas are also very simple: abolish the theocratic rule of Arcturus by more than a dozen minor nobles.
More than a dozen minor nobles were unhappy upon hearing this. Their philosophy was that the governance of Arcturus should be subordinated to their own personal preferences, as long as their wealth and income were sufficient, so they united and directly rejected Pallas's reform ideas. Not even a chance to hold a meeting and debate.
This made Pallas very dissatisfied with more than a dozen minor nobles. She no longer even wanted to live in Asa, so she temporarily moved to the moon of Arcturus, Phoebe. Now she is returning to Asa city to attend an important meeting.
The T-shaped luxury private spaceship was very fast and arrived at Assa City in more than ten minutes.
The luxury small spaceship was very fast and arrived at Asa City in more than ten minutes.
From a distance, Assa City looks like a large ring with a diameter of more than 300 kilometers, and it is slowly rotating at the moment.
In this way, Asa City can simulate the gravity field on a living planet, making people living in it feel like they are living on a living planet.
The technology of the alien world is highly advanced. In fact, there is a better way to give giant buildings in space a gravity field, but it requires a high price. A dozen small nobles in Asa City are not willing to do that.
The inner side of Asa City's ring is dotted with mountains, rivers, forests and grasslands, among which 12 mountains are particularly prominent. Each of them is tens of thousands of meters high, and a large group of retro palaces are built on the top of the mountain.
The T-shaped luxury private spaceship sails into the large ring through an entrance.
After coming in, I discovered that this is a complete ecological circle that can self-circulate. People living here are no different from living on a living planet, and the environment here is not inferior to a first-class living planet.
After coming in, I discovered that this is a complete ecosystem that can cycle on its own. It is no different from living on a living planet, and the entire environment is not inferior to a first-class living planet.
Among the mountains, rivers, forests and grasslands, there are ancient towns where many humans live. There are pagodas and temples dedicated to gods in every town, and crowds of people pray and pay homage there from time to time. At the same time, various spaceships and magnetic levitation vehicles shuttled back and forth in the sky inside the large ring, making it very busy.
The 12 mountains inside the large circle are the residences of gods played by more than a dozen minor nobles. Pallas's T-shaped luxury private spaceship did not go to her own mountain, but sailed directly to the most magnificent one among them. ——Glory Peak.
"Pfft!"
Pallas's T-shaped luxury private spaceship was parked steadily in a square in the Glory Peak Palace Complex, and the hatch was opened.
Immediately, a group of people came forward. A young man in the lead bent down and said respectfully:
"Welcome to the Goddess of Wisdom to return to the Kingdom of Asa. The Sun God and other gods are waiting in the temples. Please go this way."
After hearing this, Pallas frowned and felt very unhappy.
Although the group of people who greeted Pallas and the young man leading them were all handsome, Pallas couldn't help but feel disgusted.
What Pallas disliked was not this group of people and the young man leading them, but the overall atmosphere of Asa City.
This group of people and the leading young man are all slaves donated by various countries on Arcturus. They serve more than a dozen minor nobles and their families in Asa City.
In fact, these things can be done with intelligent robots, but more than a dozen minor nobles insisted on using donated slaves to do it.
What's even more outrageous is that these donated slaves served more than a dozen minor nobles and their families for 10 years, which was their age range from 16 to 26. Once these dedicated slaves are over 26 years old, they will be driven to the towns in the great circle to work and pray every day and night.
Pallas was originally dissatisfied with more than a dozen minor nobles because of the theocratic rule of Arcturus, and naturally she did not like the theocratic rule in Asa City.
