Chapter 239 Personnel Issue

The fact that the Commander of the City Guard, Janos Slynt, was attacked by an eagle and became blind could not be concealed at all. That night, the news had already spread among the noble circles of King's Landing and the wealthy businessmen of various major powers.

Obviously, being attacked by an eagle is a rare occurrence, especially in a city, so many people talked about it as soon as the news came out.

Most people were surprised by this, thinking that the guy was really unlucky, but no one could guess that this matter was actually not simple. In other words, even if they "guessed" it, it was still far from the truth. .

"It must be the blessing of the gods in heaven that Janos Slynt, who deserves to go to the seven hells, is punished!"

Some people who had been wronged were quite relieved about this, and this attitude became the mainstream after the news spread to the entire civilian class in King's Landing.

The dignified commander of the garrison does not do his job, and spends all his time thinking about how to make money through corruption. He also adds drunkards and rotten people to the garrison. This kind of irresponsible situation is obviously impossible to be respected by the people, let alone an outstanding figure. North Slynt himself isn't much of a good guy anymore.

In addition, the people inside the garrison were also full of gloating about this man's misfortune——

Those who were accepted by him to hang out or were from various forces were not sent in for free. Not only did they need to pay bribes, but they would also be continuously "drawn" from the wages paid to them by the Iron Throne afterwards.

At the same time, the vacant position of commander has made many people jealous, so the young Minister of Justice, who was not taken seriously in this aspect, has recently become a hot topic.

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"The City Guard is responsible for maintaining law and order in King's Landing. The position of Commander of the Guard naturally requires careful consideration. Lord Renly, do you have a suitable candidate?"

After another royal meeting, Varys, the intelligence chief dressed in pink robes, came closer to ask.

Ever since Renly became the Minister of Justice, the bald eunuch nicknamed the Octopus Spider has been showing kindness to Renly, so Renly has always been able to hear some hidden things from the other person's mouth.

To be honest, if it weren't for his special spiritual talent, Renly wouldn't be wary of this guy. But now, he just feels that this guy is very mysterious.

"There are no suitable candidates yet, and we are currently selecting them." Renly answered as he walked.

This is true. If you want to support someone as the commander of the garrison during peacetime, it is naturally impossible to directly send a stranger to parachute over. You can only choose from the original garrison officials.

However, it is not easy to choose the right character from the complicated mess.

"I wonder if Lord Renly has ever heard of Jacelyn Bywater?" the pink-robed eunuch asked beside him.

"The newly promoted captain of the Mud Sect?"

"Yes, I think he is a good candidate." Varys said sincerely.

Renly looked at him, surprised.

Many people came to visit him in the past two days, for the purpose of being the commander of the Capital Guard, but none of those visitors were so "straightforward".

For example, Duke Mace Tyrell, who is currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer, talked about Renly's adopted son's life in Highgarden for quite a while before getting down to business, and how he thought highly of Renly. The two parties were natural allies, and so on. Finally, a suitable candidate from local origin was mentioned seemingly casually.

However, local origin does not mean that he is a person from a local force. After a little investigation, Renly directly learned that the candidate was actually a representative of a force supported by Duke Tyrell in the garrison.

"Jacelyn Bywater once participated in the war to counterattack the Iron Islands. In comparison, he is indeed more suitable than those who have not made any meritorious service." Renly answered the pink-robed eunuch's words: "But the position of Commander of the Capital Guard is very Important, I need to think carefully.”

"This is natural." Wallis smiled when he heard this: "I just think Jacelyn Bywater is more suitable. If you don't have any other suitable candidates, you can examine him more."

Then the fat man didn't say much, and after chatting for a while, he said goodbye and left.

Renly continued walking towards his "office".

As one of the important ministers of the country, it is naturally impossible for the Minister of Justice to not have a corresponding office location.

In fact, Renly has an entire tower as his office in the Red Keep. It is a high tower connected to the dungeon of the Red Keep. In addition to a few assistants and clerks, there are also some jailers guarding the dungeon.

Compared to the unregulated organization of the City Guard, the Red Keep dungeon run by the Minister of Justice was smoothly taken over by Renly without any obstacles. After all, dungeons and prisoners are not important matters, and there is no deprivation in the current era. The criminal's personal freedom and the penalty of being detained in prison for a long time——

Except for nobles or some important personnel, no one would take in ordinary civilians to eat and drink freely in prison.

In fact, the manpower in the prison is not under the direct control of Renly, but is managed by the royal marshal, or the king's exclusive executioner. However, the current marshal is an old man whose tongue was pulled out by the mad king of the previous dynasty, and he cannot control others at all. , so Renly, the immediate superior, is directly responsible for everything including the prison warden and jailer.

After entering the tower, some jailors chatting on the first floor greeted him one after another. After Renly nodded in response several times, he walked up the stairs towards the tower.

Regarding the position of commander of the garrison, Renly actually did not have a very suitable person to place him, because at this time, the capital garrison was a complete mess. The capable people were all from other forces, and he looked down on the incompetent ones. .

Under normal circumstances, Renly's choice for this position is to only "alliance" with a certain force, and cannot place his own people, because he simply has no people available.

However, something unusual is happening now.

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After walking into the "office", a middle-aged man with short hair who had been waiting for a long time looked over. After seeing Renly nodding towards him, he even walked over and bowed.

"Lord Renly."

"Samwell Tarly, nicknamed the Barbarian?" Renly asked.

"You can call me Sam, sir." the other party replied.

"I have a squire with the same name as you." Renly smiled at him, then walked behind the desk and sat down, then motioned for the other party to sit down and talk.

"I've seen that little fat guy." The middle-aged man with dark brown hair and a strong beard sat obediently across from the desk, with a slight smile on his lips.

"My lord didn't bring him to King's Landing?"

"I'm staying on Dragonstone for the time being. I'll be coming to King's Landing in two days." Renly said. He glanced at the opponent, who was dressed in the unique golden robe and chain mail of the Capital Guard. He couldn't help but said, "You really have it." He even thought of sneaking into the garrison."

"It's one of the few options we have," replied Samwell from over two hundred years ago: "Janos Slynt, who gets paid to do things, is a good man to us."

"Let me guess, there won't be some of your people inside the Great Wall of Despair in the North, right?"

"We are indeed interested in the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Great Wall Night's Watch." Samwell said frankly.

Renly shrugged at this.

The person in front of me is one of Maegor's group of ancient people. He had already joined the city's garrison in the early years, and now he has become the captain of the garrison of the Lion's Gate, one of the seven gates of King's Landing. He also has a certain size of men under his command. Staff available.

Renly prepares to promote the ancient man to be commander of the garrison.

This choice wasn't perfect, but it was the best for Renly.

However, he didn't call this person here because he wanted to take the test. In fact, Renly had secretly used the psychic moment to pass the test. Now he called this person because he actually had other reasons. thing.

"I hope your people can go to the Frey family's territory in the river for me." After chatting for a while, Renly said, "Find out everything that happened there."

Will resume updating tomorrow~