The opportunity that the Grand Governors of the Dhaka Business Alliance had been waiting for soon arrived.
After some discussion, the merchant faction of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins decided to follow the example of the Republic of Northwest and implement a limited policy of naming civilians.
This was how it was done:
First: Settled in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins for at least three generations; no criminal record in the past 20 years; fought in the army or multiple times; participated in the great migration — three of the above four conditions were met, and the surname was obtained.
Second: Retired adventurers who had settled down; had paid taxes for the past 20 years; had achievements in battle; had skills in medicine, clerical, accounting, and so on; had an official residence in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins and had lived there for at least 10 years — two of the above conditions were met, and the surname was obtained.
Third: Family had fought for the Commonwealth of Gold Coins for more than 20 years; had received official commendations for meritorious service in the past 20 years; family members of soldiers who were disabled in the line of duty or martyrs; had an independent business officially registered with the Commerce Alliance — one of the above conditions was met, and the surname was obtained.
In addition, the Commonwealth of Gold Coins did not care about the repetition of surnames. As long as one wanted to, there was no problem with any surname. Even if there were 1,000 people with the surname "Siliu" and 10,000 people with the surname "Gordon" (Gold), it would still be fine.
After this decree was issued, the Commonwealth of Gold Coins was in an uproar.
The aristocratic party was naturally enraged. Each and every one of them cursed out loud. The more polite ones scolded the merchant party for breaking the rules and corrupting the country's ethos, saying that it was depraved and corrupt behavior. The harsher ones directly scolded the merchant party for being mentally ill, morally corrupt, and despicable, saying that it was definitely because of the stress accumulated due to the disharmony of family life. Some even claimed that the leaders of the merchant party did such perverse things because they believed in the demons of the abyss, in order to destroy the order of the world and cause turmoil and disaster … and so on.
But as much as they scolded, they could not do anything to the merchant party. It was easy to argue, but if it developed into a war, even the two leaders of the aristocratic party, the Gem Marquis and the Gold Marquis, would not be willing to pay such a high price.
In fact, Gordon, the Gold Marquis, was feeling the most depressed. The Gordon family was one of the most distinguished families in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins. Before this year, not just the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, but all the countries on the Main Plane did not dare to have the surname Gordon — in the past, those with this surname had either been incorporated into the Gordon family's branch family, or had changed their surname, or … there was no such thing as "or" anymore.
But this time, there would at least be thousands of people with the surname "Gordon" in the Republic of Northwest and the Commonwealth of Gold Coins. No matter how strong and powerful the Gordon family was, they could not kill them all.
Of course, they could try. But … whether it was the merchants or the Republic of Gordon, Alliance, the Republic of Northwest, or the Republic of Gordon family, they could not. He could probably only hire those adventurers who dealt in illegal businesses to do the work, but whether or not he could do it was still a question mark.
However, there was one thing that was without a doubt. It would cost money, a lot of money.
One thing But this cost. of Rich Duke Duke Spending. But unlike Sui Xiong, who always wanted to spend his money to promote the circulation of the social economy, he didn't want to spend money. If he could, he would rather not spend a single copper coin on it!
"Sir Gordon, I heard that there are many people in the north who want to take the surname Gordon. It seems like they all admire you and your family's reputation!"
The most infuriating thing was that there was still a shameless old man who was making things difficult for him!
Duke Duke Duke clenched his fists. He forced a smile and said, "Marquis Yuke, I heard that there are many people who want the surname Yuke …"
"That's a good thing. It shows that the Yuke family has a good image." Marquis Yuke did not care at all. He laughed and said, "I have always felt that our family is a little small. It is always good to have more relatives and friends."
Small family?!
Duke Duke Duke was so angry that his nose was almost crooked.
The Yuke Clan had always been famous for having a long line of descendants. In Marquis Yuke's generation, there were more than twenty direct and close relatives. As for Marquis Yuke himself, he had four sons and three daughters. Currently, he already had five … oh, six grandsons.
In comparison, Marquis Gordon only had two sons and one grandchild.
Yuke, this bastard. How dare he talk about "small family" in front of me?!
Marquis Gordon wished he could jump out of the magic projection and punch this old man with his dragon-skinned gloves. But he could not do it.
Not only could he not do it, but he also had to put on a smile.
This was really not easy, so much so that his smile was a little stiff.
If there were only two Marquises in this meeting, there probably wouldn't be much to say at this point. Fortunately, there were also counts present, especially Marquis Gordon's vassals.
One of his vassals immediately said, "Lord Yuke, what do you think of the merchant party's granting of surnames to commoners on a large scale? Is this a violation of the honor of nobles? "
Marquis Yuke smiled and said, "Everyone, what do you think the honor of nobles lies in?"
"In the glorious bloodline!"
"In the achievements of our ancestors!"
"In the family's reputation!"
After everyone finished talking, Marquis Yuke shook his head and said calmly, "We are all on the same side here. There is no need to talk about empty words. What is the honor of nobles? It lies in our ability to kill those who do not believe in our honor. "
He said it casually, but there was a sinister murderous intent in his words.
Everyone was stunned. Only then did they remember that he was a well-known hardliner among the nobles. His personality was the toughest and most courageous.
"So … you mean, we should fight?" Marquis Gordon asked in a low voice.
Marquis Yuke shook his head again. "Fight? Against who? How? Are you sure we can defeat the merchant party now? Even if we defeat the merchant party, do you think we can defeat the Republic of Northwest? Let me say this first. I can help you fight the merchant party. Fight the Republic of Northwest, don't look for me. I don't want to die. "
All the nobles were silent. Marquis Yuke pointed out the crux of the problem. The key to this movement of commoners giving surnames was the Republic of Northwest that started it. Since they could not do anything to the Republic of Northwest, even if they defeated the merchant party, it would not mean much.
Anyway, the honor that had been enjoyed by the nobles for a long time had been given to the commoners.
"But we can't just let it go. At least we have to stop the merchant party from doing this," Marquis Gordon said. "Otherwise, we will have internal conflicts."
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think we can solve this through war." Marquis Yuke sighed. "In my opinion, we can only strengthen the management of our own areas and strike down those who want to promote the movement of commoners giving surnames. We have to be ruthless and heavy. We have to let them understand that this matter is not negotiable!"
All the nobles nodded. Their eyes were filled with murderous intent …
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