Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard Chapter 74: The situation in the imperial capital (1)
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In 202 Guangxi calendar year, the Holy League Empire suffered the heaviest blow in its history. 200 years ago, Bird Fernando, who built this powerful empire with one hand, did not expect to have such an embarrassing scene today. .
His Majesty the King was assassinated bizarrely, the Minister of State of the Empire made a sudden rebellion, the Thor Fortress in the north was captured by the orcs, the Clay people in the South Tarun grassland rebelled, the lord of the south was ready to move, and even the royal tomb was looted, only left. There are countless empty tombs, but fortunately, the mausoleums of the kings of the past are protected by powerful magic circles. This has escaped a catastrophe, but the remains of almost all the holy knights of the empire in the past 200 years have been stolen.
The Orlando general never understood why someone would steal the graves. The holy knights did not have any burial after they died, but a shroud wrapped the corpse and buried it, but stole those The corpse, what is the purpose of disturbing the rest of the dead?
Orlando can’t think of the reason no matter what he thinks. He doesn’t have time to think about it now. What has happened is that there’s no way to change it, but even though the situation in the empire is quite critical, in this royal chamber Inside, those officials are still arguing loudly about who should inherit the throne. Without the emperor’s orders, many things in the empire can only be dragged on, but these officials don’t care at all. They only care about their own interests. This country, as well as the people of the empire, are nothing more than a tool for them to seek benefits.
Luke walked to Orlando sitting in the corner and patted the latter lightly on the shoulder. Orlando looked up at Luke suspiciously. Luke made a gesture to signal him to come out with him. The two walked out of the hustle and bustle of the Royal Chamber in tandem, and came to a secluded side hall.
This side hall is not very big. It only takes 20 steps at most to walk from one end to the other. It is the place where Luke handles his official duties. He has long given up on those **** who are still arguing endlessly and changed it here. Office. The layout of the side hall is very simple. A table, two chairs, and a bookcase are densely packed with various documents and materials.
"Sit down!" Luke pointed to a chair, then poured a glass of water and handed it over. Orlando nodded slightly to express his gratitude, then took the water glass and sat in a chair. Luke sat in another chair and poured himself a glass of water.
"Since your Majesty's death, I have quit drinking." Luke said lightly: "There are too many things, but I don't have time and mood to taste wine. People, it's really a contradiction. When I have time, I taste the best. Bordeaux always feels empty, wishing to have something to do. When you get busy, why do you yearn for the feeling of doing nothing in your heart?"
There are only Orlando and Luke in this side hall. Orlando changed the confident face in front of the others and sighed and said, "The current situation is critical, but these **** are still arguing, don’t you know? The orcs in the north have already obtained the materials we hoarded in the Thor Fortress, and will soon be armed. The orcs originally possessed a single and powerful force, but they have undergone rigorous training. Now their equipment is comparable to ours. What a terrible power this is."
Luke still has a calm expression: "Orlando, there are many things that you can change completely, but why?"
Orlando's vigorous wave of his hand stopped Luke from continuing: "Stop talking, that thing is impossible!"
"Why?" Luke's tone was anxious: "The northern Clay tribe and the orcs colluded together. The South Tarun grassland is no longer part of the empire. The southern lords are ready to move. According to reliable sources, they are very likely. Ready to leave the empire, but now no one wants to stand up first. Look at those bastards, idiots, and pigs. Sorry, I shouldn’t use pigs to describe them, pigs. Although dirty on the outside, but far behind these guys on the inside!"
Orlando shook his head and said: "I know what you mean, but I can't do that. The army is the sharpest weapon in the empire, but this weapon can never have its own thoughts. Foreign enemies invade, we can beat them away, Those lords have different intentions, we can deter them, but once I mobilize the army to suppress these officials and control the power of the empire together with you, it will set a very bad precedent for future generations. Domestic and foreign difficulties may not necessarily exist every year, but the army It must exist all the time!"
"Then sit and watch the empire slowly decline under the arguing of these bastards?" Luke's words took on a mocking taste: "Orlando General, you really strictly abide by your vows, hehe , Forever loyal to the Fernando family, as long as the Fernando family survives, what does this empire do to you?"
Orlando was embarrassed, and he said distressedly: "Okay, Luke. If you say that can make the empire better, you might as well talk about it every day. The top priority now is to rectify the army and prepare for war. The orcs don’t We may not come to attack the imperial capital, we must fight this battle, and we must win, otherwise"
"Win?" Luke smiled contemptuously: "Fernando City claims to have a population of tens of millions. In fact, it refers to the area where Fernando City belongs. There is only one city like Fernando City within a thousand miles. You can only hide in this city. The entire Fernando City area has a population of more than 8 million. Do you think they will die outside the city? Now more than 200,000 people flock to the city every day. Those orcs don’t use them at all, as long as these mouths You can destroy this city."
"The only solution is for His Majesty to issue a decree to forcibly collect materials from various farms and ranches outside the city, and then uniformly deploy them, and destroy all visible food, shelter, and water sources outside the city. It is now almost autumn. Now, if there is no order from your majesty, do you think those nobles and civilians will let you move the food they will harvest immediately? And those nobles have a lot of private soldiers in their hands, and they must be recruited by your majesty’s orders, among the civilians The young men must be gathered together to form a reserve army. Orlando, so many things, must be ordered by His Majesty, otherwise even if I, as the chancellor of the Empire, if I do anything, I can be punished with treason!"
Orlando heard Luke utter the words "rebellion", a strange look suddenly appeared on his face, and he suddenly said: "What happened that night? Your Majesty was assassinated, and Chad rebelled. . From a common sense, Chad is already in a position under one person, how could he make these meaningless actions? And, since Chad is conspiring to rebel, Luke, why did you stand in this position in the end? What?"
Luke said displeasedly: "You doubt me? Can't you still believe me as a person?"
Orlando looked at Luke and said, “People always change. It’s too unreasonable that too many things happened that night. Isn’t it doubtful? The most important point is that all the benefits are lost in the end. You got it. That night you held the military power and the places where the nobles lived were looted. I am afraid that Chad’s defeated soldiers do not have such great power? And, now these **** are arguing all the time, I am afraid it is the result of your connivance. Huh? You should have already grasped the situation in the imperial capital in a quiet manner. Why do you have to get me? Now you just appoint a king's heir to come out, those guys can only talk about it, and they have no power to oppose it. In this way, can't you just do what you just said in the name of the new majesty?"
Luke was said by Orlando, his face flushed, and then he said with a serious face: "Orlando, I can swear! Your majesty's death has nothing to do with me! As for the current situation, yes, I am behind. It’s caused by pushing, but I don’t care about the high throne, I just want to do something for the people of the empire without being fettered. However, once I launch a new king, everything is no longer like that. The new king When I was young, I was bound to be accused of holding the government. When the new king grows up, how do you let me deal with myself? Even if I give up power, my wings are full at that time, and my subordinates are not willing! Conversely If the new king is over 30 years old and can be crowned immediately, it will be similar to the previous situation where his majesty was dictated by him!"
"And your joining is different. As the commander of the Royal Knights and the highest military commander in the imperial capital, you control the power of the imperial military and can restrict me in name, but in fact you are nothing but Asking the government affairs, just let me show off. Orlando, I owe Sophis a lot, it is too late to make up, and I will never do anything to hurt her. As long as the two of us work together, in the short term, we can concentrate on resisting the orcs. In the long run, this empire will definitely be governed. I don’t have a son. Even if I have ambitions, who can I pass it on? Besides, haven’t you been by my side to help me and supervise me?"
Luke stared at Orlando with his eyes wide open, while Orlando lowered his head in silence. Luke’s words really made sense, but the decree of the empire and his vows when he became a holy knight, But Orlando was helpless.
The whole hall fell into a strange silence.
After a long time, there was a rush of footsteps in the distance, and the sound of footsteps from far to near quickly came outside the door of the hall. The man shouted outside the door: "Report, urgent document!" Orlando looked up at Luke, and Luke shouted: "Come in!"
The side hall door was pushed open, and two royal guards walked in with a civilian dressed up. The civilian dressed up was bloodstained and his clothes were in tatters, and looked very haggard. Orlando was shocked when he saw this man, because he knew this man dressed as a civilian. He was the captain of a cavalry unit in Sunrise City. His name was Donald. He came to the capital once three years ago.