Chapter 172: The bad Aegon and the aggressive Viserys

The Red Keep, Maegor's Tower.

Viserys followed Aegon. Although today's court meeting ended successfully, Viserys still felt that it was necessary to talk to his brother about the problems that emerged during the meeting.

He didn't believe that Aegon couldn't see that the eyes of the nobles who swore allegiance in the throne room were not so much on Aegon on the Iron Throne, but on the rugged sword thorns of the Iron Throne, standing with their swords in awe. On Long Zell.

At least in Viserys' view, Longzel, who was wearing purple clothes and a bronze crown at the great court, looked more like a king than Aegon.

"Viserys, I know what you want to say to me." Aegon couldn't help but shook his head when he saw his younger brother coming. When he sat on the particularly uncomfortable iron chair, he realized that his younger brother would definitely be in the big room. After the court meeting, I asked myself to talk about the royal power again.

He felt that his brother's concerns were reasonable, but they were indeed made out of a molehill. Not to mention the kingdom's current governance model, the Varese family, as a great nobleman who ruled a large territory, was far more vulnerable than sitting on this dangerous iron chair. The king must feel comfortable being fooled. Regarding Longzell's own attitude towards the Iron Throne, Aegon believed that even if he had ambitions for royal power, he would not realize it in the form of seeking to usurp the throne.

Since there is no risk of a change of dynasty, what about letting the Varese family hold some power as a "family"? Anyway, Longzel will only serve as prime minister for five years. After five years, Aegon can continue on the path of rule that Longzel has set up for him. At the same time, cultivate your own power on this path.

"His Majesty."

"No more words." Aegon shook his head. "I know very well in my heart that we have followed cousin Ronzel for so many years, and we have also watched Ringor be born and grow up. What kind of people they two are, you and I know better than anyone else, Viserys, you Do you really think they will change the government?”

Viserys sighed deeply in his heart. He knew his brother would say this. Indeed, neither Longzel nor Ringor bothered to change dynasties, but what about their descendants? Now the Varese family has completely surpassed the Targaryen family. The eyes of other great nobles are not blind, and they know what to do to seek the greatest benefits.

The chaos of changing dynasties is also a step up.

Can the descendants of the Targaryen family really suppress the descendants of the Varese family?

Viserys didn't dare say yes.

"Moreover, Cousin Longzell also allows you and my descendants to go directly to Dragon's Nest City to tame Womax when they are of the right age, instead of taking it as their own." Aegon continued, "This also proves that he is still willing to Support royal rule."

Womax's problem is actually a very serious one. As the dragon of the former king, it is unwilling to follow the large army back to King's Landing. Even though the storm cloud roared beside its lair for a long time, it still did not move Womax. In the end, they could only leave Womax in Dragon's Nest City.

Then the ownership of Womax becomes a big question. Is it a dragon of the Varese family or a Targaryen dragon? Although the number of dragons in the Varese family now far exceeds the number of family members, what about in the future? Diana had proven herself to be very fertile, and even after giving birth to three healthy and safe children, she was still in good health and not excessively out of shape. For the foreseeable future, the women of the Varese family will still give birth to offspring.

They also need dragons.

In this situation where the future can be seen at a glance, Longzell is still willing to allow the Targaryen family to reclaim Womax. This is enough to prove to Aegon that at least when Longzell and Ringol are in charge of the Varese family, Period, there will be no situation that Viserys is worried about.

"So, there is no need to talk about this matter anymore." Aegon smiled: "There are still many affairs waiting for us in the kingdom. The renovation of King's Landing will continue, and the royal fleet still needs to be rebuilt. According to the plan, we will also build a fleet. The royal cavalry belonging to the White Sword Tower, Viserys, these are the more important things now."

Viserys looked at his brother with a smile on his face and could only nod helplessly. Watching his brother happily walk towards the king's palace. The prince was left standing alone on the edge of the corridor, quietly watching the attendants and nobles coming and going. Viserys can feel the respect these people have for him, but he can also feel that the respect these people have for him is essentially respect for the power of the Targaryen family, and if he is facing Longzel or Ringol, they will respect him just as much.

rather than royal power.

Viserys closed his eyes and began to think about how to break the situation.

Now it is impossible to contain the Varese family, unless they are willing to divide themselves internally, and thus split internally. But obviously, they have not done that. The core members of the Varese family basically live in Dragon's Nest City, and they all There is a nominal "fief". For example, Valar's title is actually "Governor of Silver Crown City", and part of the tax revenue from Silver Crown City and its surrounding territories is his annuity. Rey's title is "Governor of Summer Hall". Part of the city tax revenue from Summer Hall will also be distributed to Rey as an annuity.

This political model that the traditional nobles of Westeros could not accept at all was because of the absolute authority of Dragonzel within the Varese family. Moreover, unlike the Targaryen family, which was truly directly governed by the royal family and had little land, the Varese family had a large number of directly affiliated fiefs. These fiefs were either inhabited by nomadic Dothraki people or by the Silver Blood Army estates where young and middle-aged men served abroad for a long time. The Varese family could build towns on them at any time and collect taxes - even without building new towns, they could directly pay annuities from the treasury of Dragon's Nest City to support future collateral descendants.

Internal divisions were unlikely at least when Dragonzel and Ringol were alive, and external threats.

Seven layers of hell, where is the force that can threaten the Vareses family now?

A large piece of land was cut off from the Reach and the Stormlands. It is true that the Tyrell family got rid of the threat of the Hightower family, but there are still the Rowan family and the Florent family who ate a lot of Hightower's flesh and blood in the Dance with the Dragons. Especially the Rowan family, relying on the glorious military exploits in the war, has replaced the position of the Hightower family in the Reach. But for some reason, Lord Thaddeus Rowan actually gets along well with the Tyrell family, which makes it difficult for people not to think of other directions.

As for the Stormlands, the Stormlands, which lost most of the borderland, has actually lost the source of the most brave warriors. The Baratheon family suffered heavy losses in the Dance with the Dragons. Even if they want to make trouble, they don't have the ability, especially since the Khalasar of Argo is wandering around the border.

Only the Seven Gods know what they want to do.

As for the two princes of Dorne?

The backbone of the Martell family was broken, and what they are thinking about now is to let Princess Alexandra give birth to a dragon-blooded heir to Joffrey Velaryon as soon as possible.

Viserys felt that he had to write a letter to his third brother, asking him to be careful that the Dornish people took the opportunity to tame dragons.

The incompetent but ambitious prince of the Dayne family suddenly died, and Quinlan, who replaced him, only followed the lead of his idolized sister Obara Dayne, and Obara Dayne never shied away from the close relationship between herself and the Vareses family.

Seven Gods, do we have to rely on ourselves first?

Viserys thought a lot and finally found that the key to breaking the deadlock might be in himself.

Samantha is still young, and it will take several years for her brother to give birth to an heir.

But his wife Lara

Viserys sighed. If you want to restore the power of the Targaryen family, a prosperous population is essential. Now the Targaryen family lacks dragon riders the most.

Then we can only rely on them.

Viserys made up his mind and turned to walk towards his and Lara's bedroom.

Sorry everyone, I stayed up too late these days, which caused me to feel a little uncomfortable when I updated yesterday. I had to rest first. I slept for almost the whole day today, but I can guarantee at least two updates a day. The updates I missed these days will be made up in the next weekend. Everyone should also pay attention to their health and don't stay up too late.