Gu Hanhan was making calculations in his mind, calculating the outcome of a three-year engagement. He thought he had a plan, but the old and sophisticated nobles in Acropolis, who were called thieves, refused to be fooled and did not want to accept this so-called plan. The three-year mourning period agreement.
It’s surprising that they would accept it!
Yes, there can be a mourning period. It is indeed too much to throw the master over the wall just after his death. It is also appropriate for a widow to ask for a mourning period. But during the mourning period, two or three months is enough, but three years is too long! The universe is rotating and people will change. Who can predict what the situation will be like in three years? Regardless of the possible shrinkage of the inheritance in three years, it would be okay if everything remains unchanged after three years. If there are any unforeseen changes after three years, such as death or injury or even the engagement cannot go ahead as promised, if they still If you stay in the sect and don't come out, you will fall into a very passive situation. You must know that there is only one chance to break away from the clan and dissolve the vassal relationship, and that is now, when the inheritance is distributed. The vassal legally has the right to choose whether to break away from the relationship and regain a free status or continue to surrender and accept asylum, which is the three or two months from the death of the owner to the burial of the body. This period of time can be said to be long or short, but if you miss it, it will never happen again. Who knows that the next time the owner dies will be in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse? If they now credulously believe in a promise far away and swear allegiance, with just a few pieces of information from the Dulan family, if something goes wrong, will they always have to be loyal to a despicable Acropolis mistress from the Dulan family? Even if you can kill her at any time, it will be very troublesome.
After a few hints from Hebrew, Gu Hanhan understood the concerns of the nobles. If you want to eat meat but don't want to get the fishy smell, all the advantages will be taken away. How can this good thing happen in the Milky Way? But she really didn't want to continue to entangle with the great aristocrats of the Acropolis who were vassals of David, so she said bluntly: "You can choose the identity you continue to maintain. The guards and attendants accompanying David can clearly identify their ownership and rights. If there is no dispute among the members, this part of the inheritance can also be divided according to the shares. I can sign a treaty and temporarily retain your patrimonial rights until the sect inheritance is completed according to the noble tradition. During this period, you will have the right to submit to David Du The heirs of Lan's legal system affirm their lineage claims and demand acceptance of affiliation. At the same time, you also have the right to renounce your lineage at any time and declare your complete separation from the family."
The so-called clan rights refer to the so-called clan leader in the "Sacred Code" and all the masters who provide shelter to vassals. When he dies, the vassal relationship of all those who are attached to his shelter will be automatically terminated, but these When the vassals gained their freedom, they also gained a natural right, that is, they would have the right to ask the successors of their dead masters and their families to continue to provide them with protection. In other words, within the time limit when the clan rights are valid, as long as the vassal proposes to submit, the heirs and the family must accept it unconditionally. Therefore, Gu Hanhan proposed to extend the effective time limit of clan rights in exchange, which is equivalent to making all the great nobles easily invincible. They can attack when they advance and defend when they retreat. The conditions are so generous that it makes people speechless. explain. The great nobles felt ashamed, and they all accepted it generously, and actively supported the agreement to get engaged after the three-year mourning period, or even longer, until Lord Anthony was closer to the time limit for the final breakthrough before he came to take shelter. They also have no problem.
But the small and medium-sized families and vassals at the lower level of the clan were not happy with this result. Unlike the big nobles, the small and medium-sized families and vassals never value the so-called freedom - they have to rely on selling themselves to climb up to the status of manor nobles, border nobles, or temple knights, because the master died. Isn’t it a joke to give up halfway?
The common characteristic of these small and medium-sized families and vassals is that they are not yet fully developed, weak in body and weak in strength. They cannot withstand the wind, rain, rain and snow of the Acropolis' power field with their own strength, let alone seek expansion. It is easy for them to take away their share in the inheritance distribution, but it is hard to say whether they will be self-reliant, rely on pawning to survive, or be robbed completely after becoming independent. In fact, being independent is always a bad idea, because those who are independent may not be able to be reborn. If you don't want to challenge the one in ten thousand lucky chance and eventually fail and return to the universe to become a ranger and bandit again, you have to devote yourself to seeking refuge. Compared with using the inheritance to join other powerful nobles, it is obviously more beneficial to stay in the Dulan family. After all, even if the Dulan family does not have a sect leader, it is still a powerful noble, and it is a thorn branch that will last for thousands of years, which is enough to provide them with protection. Therefore, the condition of extending clan rights is actually of no use to them. Instead, it makes their choice more difficult and even harms their possible interests.
In fact, the situation they face is much more complex. Because clan rights can be extended to the entire sect, the Acropolis nobles who come out of the sect often have the same obligation as the main family to accept other weak families and vassals and provide them with shelter. As for David Duran, in addition to the Duran family, there are indeed many great nobles who are qualified to provide this kind of protection, which gives the lower class vassals room to choose. If it hadn't been for Gu Hanhan and his wife's marriage, given the declining talents of the Dulan family and the political incompetence of the current clan elder, Mr. Dulan, it would indeed be possible for many small and medium-sized families and vassals to abandon them and join other nobles in the sect. But now that they have the hope of marrying a potential candidate, but the hope is only three years away, the risk of making a choice is very high.
First of all, it is impossible for them to follow the example of the great nobles and retain their clan rights, because they simply do not have the ability. Let them struggle in this acropolis eating flesh and blood without any shelter, and they may not be able to survive even three months, let alone three years.
Secondly, choosing a big noble to invest first seems to be a good way to avoid risks such as drought and floods and ensure harvest, but this conservative plan is obviously not feasible. If anything happens in the past three years, it's just a matter of chance. If these three years pass smoothly and the potential ones inherit the sect as expected, then they should have the same vassal status as the great nobles, but there is a difference in ranking. But suddenly Becoming a master and a slave has a different status, and no one will be willing to do so.
So, in the end, staying in the Duran family and clinching the decision to marry Anthony as the patriarch became a reality now, not three years later, which was the best choice for their interests. .
As a result, the lower class subordinates started clamoring, demanding that Gu Hanhan and Anthony must get married immediately after the funeral. If they really can't get married, then at least they should make a vow under the stars and announce their engagement.
The combined strength of the small and medium-sized families in these sects and the lower-level vassals of the knights is less than one-tenth that of the great nobles, but their number is indeed more than a hundred times that of the great nobles, and most of the people in the conference room are theirs. Therefore, once they started arguing, Gu Hanhan suddenly felt like he was trapped in the vast sea of people's war. People were forcing her to get married everywhere, but when she looked around, she couldn't find anyone to fight with. Gu Hanhan deliberately delayed it and called Anthony to cooperate in another engagement scene, but he was not sure whether Anthony was willing to pretend to swear an oath to the stars, so he hesitated while holding the ring.
The great nobles are also in trouble. After all, all vassals are equal in name, and it is difficult to suppress them with force alone in a one-person-one-vote inheritance meeting. So they decided to make some concessions. It was better to throw a few meat bones to these poor people than asking them to mess up a good situation. After a brief discussion with several other nobles, Patriarch Theodore once again expressed his willingness to give up about one-tenth of his own rights and interests and not distribute the inheritance. Whether it is a donation made by the emperor, or it is regarded as alimony to the owner's widow, the name makes sense. As for the Oath of the Starry Sky, they think it is completely unnecessary. Who would doubt a person blessed by the glory of the God of the Universe?
The lower-level vassals argued with each other for a while, and finally the vast majority expressed their willingness to accept this plan, while the remaining handful, although unwilling, had no choice but to accept it.
Sitting next to Patriarch Theodore, Philip looked at the messy scene and asked his father in a low voice: "Why not take advantage of this opportunity and force him to swear an oath to the stars?"
This was the first time Philip spoke today. He had been distracted before, especially after Anthony accompanied Gu Hanhan into the conference room, his face turned pale, as if he was communicating with the God of the Universe. Patriarch Theodore thought he was expressing his feelings about the death of his friend and the lover behind him, so he didn't care about it and just regarded it as a boyish cuteness. Now that the son of the precious heir has spoken, Patriarch Theodore is very pleased.
"Have you figured it out? Just think about it." He patted Phillip on the shoulder happily, "Good son, don't be like those poor nouveau riche country bumpkins who pounce on someone with potential when they see one. We are thorn branches.”
"Sect Master, can you get it by force and robbery? You have to talk about politics!" He said scornfully, "Forcing him to swear now is of course a temporary pleasure, but in the future, when he becomes a man and wants to feel good again, who can bear it? live?"
Phillip felt that his father's style was quite inconsistent with his usual mediocrity, and he couldn't help but said depressedly: "Is that why? After three years, you are not afraid of long nights and many dreams?"
Patriarch Theodore laughed loudly: "This is not called long nights and many dreams, this is called slowing things down. Three years is just the right time. Only in these three years can many things be seen clearly. Whenever there is a big event, there is calmness, and the universe Things are complicated, and you can't just rely on your strength to do it brute force! My dear boy, you are still too young——" (..)
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