Game of Thrones: Lord of the Deep - Chapter 235

c233 Little Finger, the “Key to Wealth”

“Since everyone has made their choice, the election of members of the House of Representatives will be held in the Northern Province in the next period of time.

But I will directly appoint the members of the House of Lords and the officials of the Cabinet, otherwise we will be too late.”

In fact, there is enough time.

There are only 9 positions in the House of Lords that need to be voted, which can be completed quickly. Only the officials of the various departments of the Cabinet need to spend some time.

But no one dared to refute, because all these rules were set by Jack. If you dare to refute today, you will disappear inexplicably tomorrow.

At night, Jack arranged everything.

What surprised Wyman was that Jack gave three positions to the old nobles, or four to be exact.

One for Wyman Manderly, one for the Seven family, one for the Dustin family, and even one for the Stark family.

It’s just that there is no one in the Stark family for the time being, so it can only be vacant for now.

The next four positions are undoubtedly Lyanna Mormont, Tormund, Segun, and Kasar.

It was much more troublesome to fill the cabinet with officials. Five days had passed after the structure of all departments was built.

The first batch of middle and high-level officials were all brought by Jack from overseas, and the positions of lower-level basic officials were equally divided among all nobles.

Facts have proved that conservative nobles and new nobles are not united internally. They can even tear each other apart for a certain position.

Then Jack finalized the tax system. Like the three cities on the Free Trade Coast, from now on, taxes will be divided into two.

The imperial tax collectors are directly responsible for collecting taxes, 60% of which will be handed over to the empire, and the remaining 40% will be left for development.

After the meeting, the political structure of the North has changed dramatically.

The House of Representatives representatives also began to be selected in 56 districts. The civilians in the Northern Province woke up and suddenly found that they could also intervene in the country’s policies. Even if one person’s influence is small, at least they can say a few words, right?

Under Jack’s strong pressure, the Northern Province carried out a very thorough political reform, and the old aristocratic ruling system disappeared in the long river of history in just a few days.

While Jack was promoting reforms in the North, he did not forget to make things difficult for the old nobles in the South.

A large number of ravens were sent out by Jack, and in just three days, two pieces of news caused an uproar in the South.

The first piece was the death of the old Prime Minister Jon Arryn, who was poisoned by Petyr Baelish and Lysa Tully.

The second piece was that Joffrey Baratheon died in the conspiracy of Petyr Baelish and Olenna Redwyne.

The two pieces of news detailed the causes of the deaths of Jon Arryn and Joffrey Baratheon, and the entire South was shocked.

Many people even began to admire Littlefinger. If what was said in the letter was true, then what Littlefinger did was very powerful.

Especially poisoning Jon Arryn, not only sleeping with someone’s wife, but also occupying someone’s title, castle, and territory.

But it doesn’t matter whether Littlefinger did it or not, because not only did the nobles receive this news, but many people also spread this news in crowded cities. In any case, Littlefinger’s reputation has been ruined.

But these are not the problems Littlefinger has to face now.

When he first arrived in the Vale, the six nobles of the Vale united to form the Just Alliance, trying to drive Littlefinger out of the Vale, even at the cost of using force.

At the beginning, the Just Alliance arrived at the Eyrie after issuing the declaration, intending to besiege Lord Baelish until he surrendered.

Then Cersei instructed the Just Alliance, saying that Petyr must not be harmed, but during the guardianship of Robert Arryn, the king would not interfere in the politics of the Vale.

The Just Alliance sent troops to besiege the city for a period of time, cutting off the input of food and other supplies to the Eyrie.

After that, they came to the Eyrie with Lynn Corbray to negotiate with Petyr, demanding that the other party give up the right to rule the Vale and the right to raise little Robert.

However, Lynn Corbray drew his sword in front of Petyr, which made all the lords lose face.

As a result, they could only agree to give Petyr a year to rectify the valley and educate little Robert.

Lynn Corbray was a pawn planted by Petyr among them. Littlefinger manipulated the entire meeting and will manipulate these princes in the future.

According to the original plan, this was the case, but the sudden “rumor” disrupted Petyr’s plan.

It also gave the Justice League an excuse to attack. Now the Justice League not only re-emerged at the Eyrie, but even the inside of the Eyrie was also ready to move.

This was the first time that Littlefinger felt panic. The feeling that this matter was beyond his control made him very irritable.

The servants looked at him with strange eyes. Littlefinger knew very well that the eyes were the eyes of gamblers when they were thinking. Obviously, he had become the key to “wealth” in the eyes of others.

Fortunately, he had saved a lot of money from running a brothel in King’s Landing for so many years. He used the money to support fifty fully armed guards, otherwise he might not even be able to control the Eyrie now.