Law of the Devil Chapter 380: [The art of politics]
Chapter 380 [The Art of Politics]
The Empire ’s civil war that broke out in the spring of 964 caused the Empire ’s headaches for many years to fall apart and collapse under the warlord Northwest Corps.
To win this victory, the Empire paid a total of 14 million gold for the war. The headache for the empire's army was that after the war, the Northwest Corps disappeared, and then a debate took place, whether to rebuild the Northwest Corps in the northwestern region of the empire to defend the northwestern empire. border.
To this end, a large-scale dispute has begun on the imperial court. Some people think that there are prairie people outside the northwest of the empire. Even though there are some internal disturbances on the prairie, the prairie people are brutal and warlike. They are like wolves.
The other person believes that the Duke of Tulips now has a Duke of Tulips in the northwest, and that the Duke of Tulip ’s territory, Desa Province, is the border area. The Tulip family already has tens of thousands of private troops, which is enough to serve as the arch empire's border.
The two sides have been arguing over this issue. After all, rebuilding the Northwest Army Corps, such a major event involves various interests in all aspects. Rebuilding a new Northwest Army Corps naturally requires the promotion of a large number of high-ranking generals. It is also the position of heavy power. How many nobles in the empire, many of whom have military backgrounds, naturally move up and down. I hope that this resolution can be passed, and I hope that after the reconstruction of the Northwest Army, the people in his family can get in and gain a high position.
The opposing party is a group of imperial officials headed by the Minister of Finance, who insist that there is no need for a major army in the Northwest. For prairie people, it is enough to have the Duke of Tulips guarding the gate of the country. Moreover, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has listed a series of figures, indicating that if the Northwest Army is to be rebuilt, the empire's finances will bear a huge burden. And this year, a new landlord battle corps has been established, and a nearly extravagant Kaspersky defense line has been established in the north ... If we continue to do so, even if there is a generous donation from the Duke of Tulips, the imperial finances will probably be in the next few years. Into a serious crisis.
"The Stormwind Legion needs to be reorganized. The new 'Thor's Whip' Legion has just been completed, and Kaspersky's defense line is still being finalized ... The Treasury is now out of money! Rebuilding the Northwest Corps? It's crazy!"
The Minister of Finance is above the court hall, blushing and yelling loudly at those powerful people who advocate reconstruction.
It is puzzling that in this debate, as the lord of the empire, the regent had never said a word, and did not show any tendency. His silent performance is even more profound. Many people on both sides of the dispute tried to find out the true thoughts of the regent through various channels, but unfortunately, no matter whether they bought the court attendants. Or the officer in the Royal Forest Army, and got the news: Let the sky above the court hall, but when the regent returned to the palace, he never mentioned this issue. The only clue is. When the Regent was private in recent days, he was in a very good mood, and even news from the court heard that someone heard the Regent hiding in his room and laughing.
Prince Chen is indeed in a good mood, watching these ministers quarrel these days, he doesn't really care at all.
It's true that he laughed hiding in the room.
Exactly, Prince Chen is in a very good mood now. This good mood. It comes from a top-secret battle report! !!
"A thousand hot air balloons, bombed at high altitude, took less than an hour to disintegrate the 70,000 iron riders! The ground attack only lost a few thousand people and wiped out the 70,000 iron riders in the Lu Heights ...
Seeing this battle report, how can Prince Chen not be ecstatic?
With rejoicing, he has even more determined his determination to engage in special air forces!
The combat force in the air is so powerful? It turned out that the Northwest Army was so powerful that it made the entire continent look side-by-side. Under the aerial bombardment. Just like a three-year-old child, let the other person talk! This way of war. It can be said that the previous rules have been subverted! !!
The result of this painting made Prince Chen feel prescient about the plan that he had agreed with Dewey to build an air force on a large scale.
With such a powerful weapon of war, what are you afraid of two years later ... !! Humph! !!
As for the two sides of the quarrel above Chaotang, Prince Chen sits on the sidelines, and with his cleverness, of course, he knows those high-profile advocates of rebuilding the Northwest Army Corps. What is going on in their hearts ... Hum, a bunch of power and power Stupid!
Mr. Chen already has a case in mind for the future plan of the Northwest Territories, but she is still watching with cold eyes.
Compared with the quarrels these days, Prince Chen is now more concerned about two other things.
The first is the progress of the aerial bombardment of hot air balloons by Du Wei and the military. A production base was put into production by the Empire in a military forbidden area thirty miles south of the imperial capital six months ago.
That's the so-called ... um, Duvie claimed earlier, that's right, the name is "Boeing United Airlines".
Yes, it's this weird name. This is a production base jointly invested by Du Wei and the military, specializing in the production of large air balloons. And Du Wei generously handed in some hot air balloon production technology. This secret production base is only known to some core figures in the empire. At present, according to the progress reported in the newspaper, 1,400 hot air balloons have been produced in the past six months. And Du Wei also wrote to tell himself that the gunpowder had been produced, and the first shipment would be delivered within a month.
Du Wei also wrote a special plan, which is a set of special training methods designed to train soldiers in the air.
Prince Chen can see the gold content of this thing at a glance!
The second thing that Emperor Chen cares about is the military upstart he is now secretly supporting, the Alpai ...
Fifteen days after the end of the Northwest War, the quarrel between the emperor and the capital finally came to fruition.
What's interesting is that during this quarrel. It wasn't just Prince Chen who didn't express his position. The current acting Minister of Military Affairs, Robescher, the old prime minister, also kept silent.
Theoretically, the military strongly advocates the reconstruction of the Northwest Army. However, as the Minister of Military Affairs, the silence of the old Prime Minister undoubtedly made the military's strong intentions without a strong support. Many people in the military even expressed dissatisfaction with the acting military minister. He is considered too unqualified even if he is acting as the Minister of Military Affairs! As the military minister, he does not seek benefits for the military.
What no one knows is that the old Prime Minister has secretly reached an agreement with his assistant, Lord Camisiro, who was sent to gilt by Prince Chen.
On this day, there is a good news: the old prime minister Robescher and the new emperor Camisiro married, the old prime minister will marry a niece granddaughter to the 30-year-old Cammy Lord Siro. This marriage. Also received the blessing of the regent.
Conceivably, this is a clearly political marriage. Camisiro has been regarded by many as the future military upstart, and at this time, he married the noble rich man with a long history, the old prime minister Robescher's family. Undoubtedly, the young Camisiro has a huge political background, and his future will be brilliant!
Everyone can't wait to offer their own blessings, whether it is sincerely or not. Nothing against it. At the house of Camisillo, when the guests were full at this time, another good news came out from the court!
His Highness, the reigning prince of the empire, His Royal Highness Prince Chen Chen, announced that he would marry again!
Although he was not crowned as emperor, legally, the title of Emperor Chen is already over the emperor's rank, and according to the law of the empire. Although he already has a legitimate wife, he can still marry two princesses.
And this time, the woman that Prince Chen decided to marry is an ancient family with a long history from the southern Empire. This family was once glorious before the rise of the Augustin Dynasty, but although it was slightly decayed, it had a deep foundation. Makes it one of the empire's giants.
The girl who is about to become the Princess of the Regent. He is eighteen years old and is said to be in the aristocratic circle in the south. She is famous and far-reaching. When she was sixteen, she fascinated countless young aristocratic talents in the South. She is good at art and painting, and has a special talent for dance. It is even more amazing that this girl is not only versatile It is also said that a very kind girl donated all her jewellery during the snow disaster in the south of the country last year, and won the praise of many people.
In the imperial nobility circle of the empire, this aristocratic girl named Delly, and the sister of the Liszt family in the north, Ansie, the younger generation of the Liszt family, is called the two young beautiful women of the imperial family.
At the same time, a noteworthy detail ... especially the detail that will draw Du Wei's special attention!
The girl named Delly, her brother is the division head of the Fourth Division of the Imperial Guard, who has just been promoted a year and a half ago, and performed well in the just-concluded Northwestern War. , Take away the great General Alpay! !!
After this news came out, it made the Empire again!
The young prince of the empire married the most famous beauties in the southern aristocracy of the empire. People with a sensitive sense of politics immediately think of something! Especially after knowing the military achievements of General Alpay in the just-concluded Northwestern War, everyone realized: I'm afraid this will be a new upstart again! !!
Although General Alpay has just hurriedly led the army back to the army, his family has already been visited by more than a dozen guests. Everyone can't wait to try to put an end to this rising star.
For a time, Camisiro, Al Pai, these two names became the hottest focus in the capital.
Everything, it was like when Dewey suddenly rose to become the Duke of Tulips.
These events have diluted the concern on the reconstruction of the Northwest Corps above Chaotang. Subsequently, the regent suddenly made his own decision without asking any minister's opinions, and issued several orders in one breath.
"The first order, in view of the outstanding achievements in the war and the great contribution to the empire, awarded the Duke of Tulip Tulip, Dewey Rudolph, awarded the empire outstanding gold thorn flower medal, the empire outstanding contribution Medal, and awarded to the Countess Vivian of Duke Rudolph's fiancée (Country of Life, not hereditary) ... "
If this order is here, it can be considered as the meaning of the question, after all, Du Wei's credit is put there, everyone knows that his reward must be indispensable. These rewards are indeed very thick. But then, the last paragraph of this order made everyone break their glasses!
"... At the same time, in view of the Duke of Tulip's honour for the empire during the war, the Duke of Tulips was appointed Chief of Military Affairs of the Northwest Empire, and he was awarded the rank of Admiral of the Duke of Tulips!"
The rank of general? !! !!
What do you mean by the new official title of "empire Northwest Military Chief"? ?
However, it is even more surprising that it is still behind ...