A group of officials with accents from further north came to Ad Kalai and began to take over the work of local officials.
Most of the grassroots officials are just people who support their families, and they don't have that many ideas.
Only those middle- and high-level officials who cling to power and refuse to let it go even to death will form cliques and cliques because they feel that their role is irreplaceable.
Now, these officials from Isparaden are telling them to get out if they don't want to do it.
If you don't do it, others will.
Kaedwen lacks everything except people.
Isparaden people quickly took over various important departments of Ad Kalai.
Anyone who has shown any conflict or opposition before will be told to get out.
If you don't want to show decency, help them show decency.
As for those nobles, the same is true.
They are all grown from flesh, and red blood flows in their bodies.
As long as you are killed, you will die.
After the Isparaden people arrived, Ad Kalai was briefly confused, but then quickly recovered.
Because the Kaedwen people found that after Dragon-Slaying Saint ruled them, their taxes were reduced by 10% compared to before.
Don't look at it as just 10%. In this era of bad competition, paying 10% less means that you can leave more for yourself.
By levying 10% less tax from the common people, the national treasury not only did not decrease, but actually increased.
This was because the houses of nobles and bureaucrats were confiscated and their properties were used to fill the empty treasury, which quickly enriched the treasury.
Next, another measure taken by Dragon-Slaying Saint is to announce the abolition of discrimination against non-human races.
But as the saying goes, prejudice is like a big mountain, and Kaedwen people are probably even more prejudiced against non-human races than Blue Mountains.
What to do?
Only kill.
Any attacks against non-human races will be treated as attacks against humans.
Those who should be imprisoned and compensated should be imprisoned and compensated, and those who should be hanged should be hanged.
At the same time, a large number of spies were placed in taverns and other places where three religions and nine streams gathered.
Anyone who turns the topic to non-human races and attempts to blame all problems on non-human races will be tortured, forced to find out the instigators behind them, and then sent to the gallows.
This is not about privileging non-human races.
Because crimes committed by non-human races will be punished equally.
To put it bluntly, Dragon-Slaying Saint does not want to favor humans or non-human races, but wants to eradicate the shameless scum hidden among them.
These scum are persecuting non-human races in the name of human supremacy. Will they stop when all non-human races are finished persecuting?
No, they will only turn to oppress the vulnerable groups among humans.
The harsh but fair justice implemented in Ad Kalai, although killing many people, also eradicated those extremists who would cause social instability.
Then, Saskia organized an army and marched towards other places outside the capital.
In order to ensure loyalty, this army is mainly composed of non-human races. Among these non-human races, some were once Children of Freedom, and more were secretly supported by Lynn, and were secretly transferred out of the Kovir caravan.
For those who are willing to live peacefully, Lynn will give them a piece of land and let them become farmers.
As for those who are willing to take up arms and fight for Lynn, Lynn will train them into soldiers, and then send them to Saskia at this time.
In the past, although these teams composed of non-human races had to rise up under the pressure of human nobles, they used the wrong method.
Their goals should be the same as those of human civilians, and the target should be directed at the group of nobles who are not engaged in production but are rich and powerful.
However, in the past, Children of Freedom regarded all humans as targets, and even launched attacks on villages and civilians under the deliberate guidance of Nilfgaard spies with ulterior motives.
Forcibly pushing the object that can be fought for and united with to the opposite side.
This also led to the fact that even the human commoners who were also oppressed regarded the nobles who oppressed them as protectors and saviors.
But now, under the leadership of Saskia and the officers assigned to Saskia by Lynn, such mistakes will naturally not be made again.
Now under the leadership of Saskia, this inhuman race army will no longer behave in such extreme ways.
Even when they arrived at a territory, after wiping out the nobles there, they would distribute part of the nobles' property to the local people in exchange for local support.
Just like that, a year later, the flag of Dragon-Slaying Saint was filled with those stubborn and conservative nobles of Kaedwen and Aedirn, Kaedwen, was almost slaughtered, Aedirn's Prince Stennis also fled Aedirn in a hurry after the defeat, and fled Redania.
Dragon-Slaying Saint announced that Kaedwen and Aedirn will merge into one country, and its country name will be United Kingdom of Kaedwen and Aedirn.
On the second day after the establishment of the United Kingdom, the city of Henforth sent a congratulatory message, and the co-lord of Henforth, Ispaden, and Nasser, Grand Duke Augustus, recognized the United Kingdom.
Although Grand Duke Augustus is not yet a king, his land area is undoubtedly the largest among Northern Kingdoms, and no one will regard him as just a mere duke.
Grand Duke Augustus's statement made the kings worried about Kovir's attitude.
After all, Thyssen family of Kovir is the lord of Grand Duke Augustus.
Since Grand Duke Augustus has made a public statement, can this also be regarded as the attitude of Kovir?
But soon, the news from Kovir dispelled the doubts and worries of the northern kings.
Thyssen family does not support or oppose the United Kingdom. The attitude of Grand Duke Augustus is not the attitude of Kovir.
But Kovir respects the choice made by Grand Duke Augustus.
Kovir's attitude made the kings in the north feel relieved, but at the same time, a new question arose.
That is, is the relationship between Kovir and Grand Duke Augustus now like that of the independent Eastern countries after the "Poviss Secession" incident?
But no matter what, Kovir remains neutral, which is always good news.
This was followed by Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia, meeting Dragon-Slaying Saint at Vengerberg in the original Aedirn capital.
Subsequently, Queen Meve also announced her recognition of the United Kingdom after returning to Lyria.
Although Queen Meve is the same as Calanthe, she is also a rare female ruler among the kings of the north.
But what's different about Queen Meve is that she doesn't have as big ambitions as Calanthe.
Dragon-Slaying Saint integrates two countries, Kaedwen and Aedirn, and its national power and land area far exceed those of Lyria and Rivia.
Dragon-Slaying Saint expressed to Queen Meve that she has no ambitions for the territories of Lyria and Rivia. If Queen Meve is willing, the two countries can watch each other and be friendly and help each other.
Meve Queen has always judged people very accurately.
She could see that although Dragon-Slaying Saint tried his best to hide it, being able to integrate Kaedwen and Aedirn in one go without causing trouble was definitely not something this little girl could do alone.
Of course she didn't think Saskia was a vase, even if it was just based on intuition, Queen Meve could feel that Saskia alone could defeat at least ten heavy armored knights, that's no problem.
But to rule a country well requires more than just force, it also requires other talents...
And a large group of people who are willing to follow you.
The nobles and officials of Kaedwen and Aedirn were either dismissed from their posts or killed. Logically speaking, there should be greater turmoil in these two countries than the murder of the king.
As a result, the chaos only lasted for a short period of time and quickly stabilized.
This shows that there is someone else behind Dragon-Slaying Saint.
And the name of that person, Meve Queen, can probably guess who it is.
And if it is really that person, then the other party has no thoughts of coveting Lyria, and Queen Meve believes it.
It was after understanding this that Queen Meve announced her recognition of United Kingdom of Kaedwen and Aedirn after returning to her country.
Even, Queen Meve signed a non-aggression treaty and a military alliance with the United Kingdom.
It is agreed that if one party is attacked, the other party will do its best to support it.
Unfortunately, not every king is as knowledgeable as Queen Meve.
King Vizimir of Kingdom of Redania, after accepting Prince Stennis, thought he had an opportunity to intervene with Kaedwen and Aedirn.
King Vizimir sent people to Temeria to contact King Foltest and agreed that the two countries would attack from the north and south at the same time.
Then the land of the original Aedirn was owned by Temeria, and the land of the original Kaedwen was occupied by Redania.
Of course, Kaedwen has a larger land area than Aedirn, so it seems like Temeria is at a disadvantage.
But that's not the case.
At the junction of the four countries, there is a valley named Pontar Valley.
Although Pontar Valley is at the junction of the four countries, the sphere of influence that favors Aedirn is larger, while the sphere of influence that favors Kaedwen is relatively smaller.
In other words, when the Temeria army captures Aedirn, most of the land in Pontar Valley will fall into the hands of King Foltest.
This important strategic location is almost controlled by Temeria.
King Vizimir made such a huge concession, naturally in order to tie Temeria to his chariot.
Although Redania is Northern Kingdoms's number one power, King Vizimir is not so arrogant as to think that Redania can make enemies everywhere and be isolated and helpless.
Therefore, half of the land must be ceded to Temeria.
Redania Royal Capital, Tretogor City, in the royal palace.
The night is already deep.
There was silence in the palace.
There was no other sound except the burning torches, the sound of them clashing with the armor worn by the patrolling soldiers, and the occasional yawns of the soldiers standing guard.
In the conference room.
The bright lights are like day.
King Vizimir and his most trusted nobles were sitting around a round table. On the round table were a military map of Redania and Kaedwen.
Various markers have been used to mark the marching route and the fortresses that need to be conquered.
Vizimir King and the nobles are having final discussions before the official march.
At this time, the door of the conference room was suddenly opened.
Several elves wearing coarse linen clothes appeared at the door, with weapons in their hands.
"Guards!"
The nobles were shocked at first, and then subconsciously picked up the tables and chairs in the conference room that could be used as weapons.
Their weapons had been stored with the guards before entering the conference room, so they had to use tables and chairs as makeshift weapons.
The strange thing is that the guards guarding the conference room should have arrived when they heard their shouts.
But there was no movement.
The elves swarmed up and fought with the nobles.
But there are no weapons on tables and chairs.
Therefore, the nobles were quickly stabbed and fell into a pool of blood one after another.
Vizimir King wanted to escape while the nobles were attracting attention, but before he could escape to the door of the conference room, he was stabbed from behind with a dagger.
At this life-and-death moment, King Vizimir didn't feel much pain. Instead, he summoned strength from nowhere, turned around and struck the elf in the face with his elbow.
Along with the sound of broken cheekbones, blood spurted out from the elf's nose and mouth, forming mist-like blood droplets in the air.
But it was only after such a short delay that other elves caught up.
Then the knife stabbed in randomly.
Vizimir King's eyes widened with anger, and he instinctively grabbed the two hands holding the daggers, but the other daggers were still piercing him like poisonous snakes.
Soon, King Vizimir also fell into a pool of blood, dying with his eyes closed.
At this moment, a burst of chaotic footsteps came.
A group of armored guards appeared at the door of the conference room.
They noticed at a glance the scene in the conference room.
"Kill these elven bastards!"
"Avenge the King!"
After another burst of chopping sounds, the elves were chopped into pieces by the guards.
Vizimir King's death spread quickly throughout the country like a storm.
The troops that were gathering and preparing to march towards Kaedwen naturally stopped.
Queen Hedwig tried to take control of the situation.
The result was little success.
Redania's nobles began to form factions, trying to carve up the kingdom.
But an order from Tretogor City dispelled their fantasy of seizing chestnuts from the fire:
Regency Council, composed of queen Hedwig, sorceress Philippa, and intelligence manager Dijkstra, in the name of King Vizimir's youngest son, Radovid, conveyed orders to various nobles, asking them to offer their loyalty to Radovid and Regency Council.
Otherwise, you will die.
Most of the nobles chose to bow their heads.
But there are also a few nobles who may want to offer a better price and wait for the price to sell, or they may have other plans.
However, they did not kneel down immediately.
This brought disaster to them.
The army that was originally preparing to march towards Kaedwen immediately turned around and headed towards the territories of independent nobles, burning their castles to ashes.
Somewhere in the palace of Tretogor City.
"My lord, urgent secret message."
Dijkstra took the roll from his subordinate's hand, but did not open it immediately. Instead, he first checked that the seal on the roll was intact, then tore off the seal and poured out a roll of parchment from the roll.
The unfolded parchment is only the size of a palm, and it only takes a few seconds for a normal person to read it completely.
Dijkstra immediately changed his expression after reading it.
"What? This is impossible!" He quickly crumpled the parchment in his hand and instinctively wanted to throw it away, but then he resisted.
"Saddle my horse."
The subordinate was startled. "Sir?"
"What are you stunned for? Are you deaf? No, forget it, go down."
After waving away his men, Dijkstra returned to his room in the palace.
He first closed the door and locked it.
Then he got under the bed, removed a wooden board located under the bed, and took out a backpack the size of a mountaineering bag from the secret compartment under it.
This backpack was prepared by him a long time ago. It contains dry food, krona that is circulated throughout the north, and smaller but more valuable gems.
Dijkstra dragged out the backpack with a little effort. First he opened it and checked to make sure that the things inside were still there. Then he put the backpack on his back, opened the door and left.
Who knew that as soon as he went out, before he had gone far, he saw two guys dressed as servants walking towards him in the corridor.
"Master Dijkstra, where are you going?"
Although the two called Dijkstra "sir", their eyes and facial expressions did not show much respect for him.
Dijkstra headquarters wants to take care of these two people.
But they were stopped by two people.
Then he frowned and said, "It's none of your business, what do you two do? Why have I never seen you two before?"
"We are..." One of them seemed to want to explain, but the other immediately said.
"Regency Council sent us, Master Dijkstra, no matter where you are going, please put it down first and come with us."
"Did Philippa send you here?"
"No."
Although the other party denied it, Dijkstra, who has been the intelligence chief for many years, could tell at a glance that the two were lying.
"That's the queen. Well, I hope the queen won't take me too long."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
But at this moment...
Dijkstra suddenly broke into trouble.
With a cold light in his right hand, he stabbed into the neck of one of the servants.
Then, before the other person was startled and wanted to cry out, he slashed across the latter's throat again.
Two pops.
The two servants fell to the ground with expressions of disbelief.
Dijkstra put away the dagger, dragged the two corpses back to his room, and locked them.
As for the blood stains on the ground, there was really no time to deal with it.
By the time Philippa learned that the people he sent had been dealt with, Dijkstra had already mounted a fast horse and left Tretogor city.
Yes.
Those two servants with malicious intentions were sent by Philippa.
The subordinate who delivered the secret message to Dijkstra had already been bribed by Philippa.
That subordinate didn't have the courage to break the seal and peek into the secret message inside.
But Philippa, who was suspicious by nature, couldn't help but suspect that the reason why Dijkstra's expression changed suddenly was because the intelligence chief had found out something he shouldn't have known.
For example...
Those elves who killed King Vizimir were sent by himself.
The guards who were supposed to be guarding the conference room that night were dismissed by him and poisoned to death.
Philippa knows that Dijkstra has a very close relationship with her, but what she is not sure about is whether Dijkstra will continue to trust her as before if she knows what she has done.
Therefore, Philippa sent two people to try to bring Dijkstra over.
As for if the other party really comes, will he kill him directly, or will he try his best to persuade him, or will he imprison him...
Philippa I don't know.
And with Dijkstra escaping, maybe she will never know.