Prince Otto was different from his father, Henry, the bird catcher. Henry received the throne because King Conrad gave the power of the dukes, which caused a rebound from the tribal dukes, so he recommended Henry as king. Therefore, Henry, the bird catcher, knew very well that when the royal power was not consolidated, he had to tolerate and compromise the powerful dukes. His strategy was completely correct. In the early reign of Henry, the bird catcher, he focused on consolidating the strength of the Duke of Saxony, giving the tribal dukes certain rights, and made many efforts to consolidate the royal power. Therefore, Henry paid more attention to the high nobles, that is, the dukes.

However, Prince Otto grew up in the middle and late period of Henry's era. At this time, the strength of the Saxony dynasty increased greatly, and he was as fearless as a young warrior. Inspired by this power, Prince Otto believed that the power of the insatiable Dukes was too great, which had affected the development of the royal power and had to be restricted. So how to restrict the Dukes? Relying on the power of the royal family alone is absolutely not enough. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and strengthen the strength of the middle-level nobles who have conflicts with the high-level nobles.

"We must support an earl like Arod." Prince Otto said seriously to the bird catcher Henry. After becoming the crown prince, he had begun to think about the internal and external troubles facing the kingdom with the way of thinking of a king.

"What is the benefit of a border count to us?" Henry, a bird catcher, asked back.

"This is not just for a border count, but an extremely clear signal." Otto explained to his father.

"Signal?"

"Any noble who resists foreign enemies should be rewarded by the kingdom. Not only the tribal dukes will be valued by the royal family, but the Counts can also win this honor as long as they can serve the royal family." Prince Otto continued.

"Do you use the power of the Counts?" Henry, the bird catcher, began to think seriously about his son's suggestions. He stroked his beard. As his son Otto said, although Henry's vassals had seven dukes, these dukes were not in charge of the royal family, and even often hindered the development of the kingdom. Henry's decrees could only be implemented in the Duke of Saxony. Once there was an attempt to pass a decree that was not conducive to the dukes, they would be rejected by the dukes.

"Yes. To expand the voting power of the kingdom's domestic decree and give the earls the same power. Let us first give the power of several earls like the outstanding Earl of Mecklenburg." Prince Otto said.

"Does the Earls have conflicts with the Dukes?" Henry, the bird catcher, found Otto's idea very interesting, so he might as well give it a try. Although the tribal dukes own a large amount of land and castles, they far exceed the single Earl's corpse in terms of strength. However, in the pyramid-like power structure, there are a large number of Earls under the Dukes, who have an advantage in numbers. Once they are united, they are enough to be in a greedy dukes to be in a hurry.

"Then I will arrange this plan immediately." Otto was excited to leave when his father agreed and was excited to get a chance to control the power of the entire kingdom.

"Wait for my son, besides this matter, there is one more important thing. Don't forget." Henry, the bird catcher, stopped his son. As a ruler, there is a more important thing to do.

"What's the matter?" Otto asked in confusion.

"The question of your inheritance. My son, according to Caroline's tradition, all male members have inheritance rights. Although I declare you as my only heir in the court, the power of tradition is strong. I need to get all the powerful people in the kingdom to agree to this decision at the Quedlinburg Court meeting." Henry said to Prince Otto.

"Well, according to our power today and the reputation we have just defeated the Slavs to gain land, I believe this is not difficult." Prince Otto thought for a while and said to his father. Inspired by Arod's conquering Mecklenburg land and defeating the Slavs, Henry led the King's team to conquer the Brandenburg land, drove the Slavs east of the Elbe River, obtained a large amount of new land for the kingdom, and won the support of the German nobles.

"That's right, just after you establish your ruling inheritance rights, there is another urgent thing to be solved." Henry looked at his son, his expression was a little weird, but what he said was a major event related to the existence of the dynasty.

"You are not talking about getting married, right?" Prince Otto's expression changed. He couldn't help but pinch the silver buttons on his cuffs with his hands and rubbed them with his left hand.

"Yes, marriage, I have chosen for you an Anglo-Saxon princess, whose name is Edgeta, a graceful and charming princess. I believe that in our royal family, we need this fusion of noble blood, and he will make our rule more stable." said Henry, the bird catcher.

"Ming, I understand my father, but it's too early to get married now." Otto said in a tone of reluctance when he heard nothing.

"Germany men have always been married very early because we are in a dangerous era, and there was a legal heir early, which was perfect for the royal family. Don't you think so?" Henry, the bird catcher, walked up to Otto and put his hand on Otto's shoulder and said seriously.

"Yes, your majesty." Otto said lowering his head and biting his lips.

When Otto left the castle, he rode on a horse in dismay, took two of his own court attendants, and five royal knights walked towards a manor belonging to the Duke of Saxony several miles away. Of course, after the death of the Duke of Saxony, who had no descendants, it was taken over to the royal family.

"Oh, it's the Prince's House." When the wooden door of the manor was knocked, the male servant who opened the visiting hole in the wooden door saw that it was Prince Otto, and quickly opened the wooden door to welcome the noble prince. The manor was located in a small wood near the stream, very quiet and beautiful. There was a stone building in the manor. It was built against the main building with a low kitchen and a stable for horses. The servants lived in the wooden house next to the stable and lived with the animals. A group of ducks quarreled in panic and walked past Prince Otto's horses. The maids saw Prince Otto at the door and handed over a glass of clear water to let the noble prince quench his thirst and drink.

"How is she doing today?" Prince Otto asked the maids after drinking the clear water.
Chapter completed!