Game of Thrones' opening sold the gods

Chapter 36 36. New Administration
8000 people marched across the riverlands to Riverrun City.

Theon hugged Myrcella off the horse, and Myrcella looked at Riverrun curiously. This city like a small island can't help but be full of curiosity.

At this moment, Yala and others put down the suspension bridge and went out to greet them. Everyone saw Myrcella holding Theon's big hand at a glance. They also heard about the marriage between Theon and Myrcella.

"Your Majesty the King, Your Royal Highness the Queen!"

Facing the salutes of the crowd, Myrcella was a little at a loss. Although she really wanted to ask Theon why they called them king and queen, Myrcella understood that some things should not be asked in public.

Theon entered the city with a large army. At this time, the city of Riverrun had been sorted out. According to Theon's request, the common people cut taxes.

The nobles were divided into four groups, one group was killed, one group was suppressed, one group was recruited, and one group was newly conferred by Theon.

The civilians in the Seven Kingdoms are more or less repulsed by outsiders, but these repulsions are nothing in the face of sharply reduced taxes!
No one will be against their own interests, the world is bustling, not all for the word interests.

The common people are ignorant and ignorant because they have no ideological enlightenment, and most of them are illiterate. Theon told them that the land tax will be reduced to [-]% from now on, and they will be grateful to Dade for farming.

At the same time, Theon also understands that only when the land is distributed to the common people will the tax revenue of his own forces increase, and the same is true for the population.

So taking advantage of this cleansing, Theon asked Yara to redistribute the land around Riverrun to the farmers.

After Theon settled Myrcella, he immediately convened a group of ministers to discuss how to deal with the riverland in the future.

The Riverlands were different from the Iron Islands. Once Robb died and Roose Bolton withdrew to the North to fight for the control of the North, the Riverlands became a huge mess, but likewise, the original nobles were killed and injured countless times.

This gave Theon a very good opportunity. The land between the rivers has no danger to defend, and the terrain is flat, which is very suitable for agricultural development. At the same time, the Trident River leads directly to the Eastern Narrow Sea, which is very suitable for trade.

Therefore, the Hejian land only needs some reforms, and it can completely support a standing army that has always been strong.

After "discussions" with everyone and Theon's "friendly persuasion", it was finally determined that the city guard system will be implemented in Hejian.

The so-called city guard system means that in each city, the king personally appoints a city guard to manage the city's government affairs, and appoints a military commander to be in charge of the city's armed forces.

The towns and cities below the city level are still enfeoffed by nobles, and they are governed by the nobles.

All nobles no longer have the right to entrust lower-level nobles, and all nobles are entrusted by the royal family.

Regardless of whether it is a city or a town, all taxes are handed over once a year, [-]% of the city's tax is handed over, and [-]% is left to support the army and development, and the autonomous town needs to hand over [-]% of the tax.

And all nobles cannot increase other harsh miscellaneous taxes, and the grain tax must not exceed [-]%.

All the new policies are only implemented in the riverlands, and will not affect the Iron Islands, but just like this, the expressions of other people have changed drastically.

However, some people are worried, and some people are naturally happy. Many of Theon's new aristocratic groups have not completely changed their mentality from farmers, so they naturally support Theon's new policy.

But the veteran nobles looked worried. Although the political system of the Iron Islands had not changed, they were still keenly aware of Senn's political ideas.

But now Theon already has the ability to keep his promises. Anyone who has fought with Theon will understand the benefits of that set of armor, not to mention that Theon's approach is easier to win the support of their soldiers.

And Theon also understands the displeasure of these nobles, but he doesn't summon them. He has too few talents under him now, so he can only control the city.

If he has a large number of people who can read and write, let alone towns, he doesn't want others to be self-governing.

(End of this chapter)