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The 380th chapter "The art of politics"
In the spring of the 964 year of the Empire, the civil war on the Roland Continent had caused the Empire a headache for many years. The Northwest Legion had collapsed.
In order to win this war, the Empire had to pay a total of 14 million gold coins. What gave the Empire's military a headache was that after this battle, the Northwest Legion was wiped out. Then, there was a debate about whether to rebuild the Northwest Legion in the Empire's northwestern region to guard the Empire's northwestern border.
Because of this issue, a large scale debate broke out in the Imperial court. Some people believe that outside the Empire's Northwest, the prairie people are still eyeing the Empire. Although there is some civil strife in the prairie, the prairie people are barbaric and warlike. Their nature is like a greedy wolf. The Northwest must be garrisoned with a large number of troops.
On the other side, the Duke of the Tulip Family is already in charge of the Northwest. Moreover, the Duke's territory is the Desa Province. The Tulip Family already has tens of thousands of private soldiers, enough to take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the Empire's borders.
Because of this issue, both sides argued endlessly. After all, rebuilding the Northwest Legion is such a big matter that it involves all kinds of interests. Rebuilding a new Northwest Army would naturally require the promotion of a large number of high-ranking military officers who would hold important positions in their hands. There were many noble families in the Empire, many of which had military backgrounds. Naturally, all of them were trying to find ways to pass this resolution. They also hoped that after the Northwest Army was rebuilt, they would be able to insert their clansmen into the ranks and obtain high positions.
The opposing side is a group of officials led by the Minister of Finance. They insist that there is no need to set up a main force in the Northwest. As for the prairie people, the Duke of the Tulip Family is enough to guard the Empire's borders. Moreover, the Minister of Finance listed a series of numbers to show that if the Northwest Legion is to be rebuilt, the Empire's finances will have to bear a huge burden. This year, a new main force has been established and the almost extravagant Kabasky Defense Line has been built in the North. If this continues, even with the generous donation of the Duke of the Tulip Family, the Empire's finances will fall into a serious crisis in the next few years.
"The Tempest Legion needs to be replenished and reorganized, the new 'Lightning God's Whip' has just been built, and the Kabasky Defense Line is still in the final stages of construction … the Treasury is now out of money! Rebuilding the Northwest Legion? This is simply madness! "
The finance minister was in the imperial court, and his face was red with anger as he roared at the nobles who advocated for reconstruction.
What was puzzling was that the regent, as the ruler of the empire, had not said a word during this debate. He did not show any inclination. His silence made people feel even more profound. Many people from both sides of the debate tried to find out the Regent's true thoughts through various channels. Unfortunately, no matter whether they bribed the palace attendants or the officers in the palace guards, the news they received was that the Regent did not mention a word about this issue after returning to the palace despite the uproar in the court. The only clue was that the Regent had been in a very good mood in private for the past few days. There was even news from the palace that someone had heard the Regent hiding in his room and laughing wildly.
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Prince Son was indeed in a good mood. These days, he didn't care at all about the quarrel between the ministers.
It was also true that he was laughing wildly in his room.
To be exact, Prince Son's mood right now is very, very good. And this good mood came from a top secret battle report!!
"A thousand hot air balloon airships bombarded the Northwest Legion from high altitude. In less than an hour, the 70,000 Northwest Legion soldiers were completely annihilated! The ground attack only lost a few thousand men, yet Rugaard's 70,000 soldiers were completely annihilated … … "
Seeing this battle report, how could Prince Son not be ecstatic?
In his joy, he became even more determined to build an aerial force!
So aerial forces are actually this powerful? It turns out that the Northwest Army's cavalry that made the whole continent look askance at them, under the aerial bombardment, was like a three year old child, allowing the enemy to trample on them! This advanced method of warfare can be said to have subverted the rules of the past!!
With such a beautiful result, Prince Son was even more impressed by his foresight when it came to the large-scale construction of the Empire's air force!
With such powerful weapons, what's there to be afraid of in two years' time?! Humph!!
As for the quarrel between the two sides in the court, Prince Son sat on the sidelines. With his intelligence, of course he knew what those who advocated for the reconstruction of the Northwest Army were thinking ….. Humph, a bunch of idiots who only know how to fight for power!
Prince Son already had a plan for the future of the Northwest Legion, but he was still observing with a cold eye.
Compared to the quarrel in the past few days, Prince Son was more concerned about two other things.
The first one was the progress of the aerial bombing hot air balloon production between Du Wei and the military. Half a year ago, the empire set aside a restricted military area 30 miles south of the capital and a production base was already in operation.
That's what Du-Wei advocated before … Yes, that's right, the name is "Boeing United Airlines".
That's right, it's that weird name. This is a production base jointly funded by Du Wei and the military. It specializes in the production of large scale aerial hot air balloons. Moreover, Du Wei generously handed over some of the production techniques for the hot air balloon production. This secret production base was only known to some of the core figures in the empire. According to the progress report, 1,400 hot air balloons have been produced in the past six months. Moreover, Du Wei also wrote a letter to inform him that the production of gunpowder has been completed and the first batch of goods will be delivered within a month.
In addition, Du-Wei also wrote a special plan, which was a set of special training methods for the soldiers in the air.
With just a glance, Prince Son could see the value of this program!
And the second thing Prince Son was concerned about was the new military official he was secretly supporting, that Alpay … …
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Just 15 days after the end of the war in the Northwest, the quarrel in the capital finally came to a conclusion.
What's worth pondering is that during this quarrel, it wasn't only Prince Son who didn't express his stance. Even the current military minister, Prime Minister Robscher also remained silent.
It's reasonable to say that the military strongly advocated the reconstruction of the Northwest Legion. But as the military minister, the old prime minister's silence undoubtedly caused the military's strong intention to not receive strong support. There were even a lot of people within the military who expressed dissatisfaction with the acting military minister. Even if he's just an acting military minister, he's still too unqualified! As the military minister, he didn't seek benefits for the military.
What no one knows is that the old Prime Minister has secretly reached an agreement with his assistant, Camisiro, who was sent by Prince Son to gild his image.
On this day, a piece of good news came out: the old Prime Minister Robsbscher and the Empire's new noble, Camisiro, were going to marry off one of his grandnieces to Lord Camisiro, who was now thirty years old. This marriage has also received the blessing of the Regent.
It was conceivable that this was a marriage with obvious political overtones. Kami Siro was already seen by many as a future military upstart, and at this time, a marriage with a noble family with a long history, the old Prime Minister Robscher's family, would undoubtedly allow the young Kami Siro to obtain a huge political backing, and his future would be brilliant!
And just when everyone couldn't wait to offer their blessings, whether it's sincere or not. Camisiro's mansion was suddenly filled with guests. And it was at this time that another piece of good news came out from the palace!
The current ruler of the empire, the Regent Prince Son, announced that he will be marrying again!
Although he hasn't been crowned as the Emperor, but legally speaking, Prince Son's title is only below the Emperor. And according to the laws of the empire, although he already has a wife, he can still marry two more concubines.
And this time, the woman that Prince Son decided to marry comes from an ancient family with a long history in the south of the empire. This family was once glorious before the rise of the Augustine Dynasty. Although there was a slight decline later on, their deep heritage still made them one of the most powerful families in the empire.
And this girl who is about to become the Regent's concubine is only 18 years old. It is said that in the southern noble circle, her beauty spread far and wide. At the age of 16, she already charmed countless young noble talents in the south. She is good at art and painting, and she also has a special talent for dancing. What's even more amazing is that this girl is not only multi-talented, but also a very kind girl. During last year's snow disaster in the south, she donated all of her jewelry and won the praise of many people.
In the noble circle of the empire, this noble girl named Daisy and the sister of Mrs. Lister, Angel, are known as the two great beauties of the younger generation of the Lister Family.
At the same time, there is also a noteworthy detail … … Especially one that Du Wei will pay special attention to!
This girl named Daisy, her brother is the one who was promoted to the commander of the 4th Division of the Imperial Defense Force a year and a half ago. Not only that, but he also performed outstandingly in the recently concluded war in the northwest – General Alpai!!
After this news came out, it once again caused a sensation in the capital!
The young monarch of the empire married the most famous beauty in the southern noble circle of the empire. Those with a keen political sense immediately thought of something! Especially when they learned of General Alpai's military exploits in the recently concluded war in the northwest, everyone realized: I'm afraid this will be the rise of a new noble!!
Although General Alpai had just hurried back with his army, there were already more than a dozen guests that came to visit his home. Everyone couldn't wait to curry favor with this rising star.
For a time, Camisiro and Alpai, these two names became the hottest topic in the capital.
Everything was just like the time when Du Wei suddenly became the Duke of the Tulip Family.
These things diluted the attention of the court on the reconstruction of the Northwest Army. Later, the Regent suddenly made his own decision without asking for the opinions of any ministers and issued several orders in one breath.
"The first order: In view of the outstanding military exploits in the war and the great contribution to the empire, the Duke of the Tulip Family, Du Wei will be awarded the Empire's Outstanding Gold Thorned Flower Medal, the Empire's Outstanding Contribution Medal, and Duke Du Wei's fiancée, Miss Vivian, will be conferred the title of Countess of the court (lifetime, non-hereditary) … …"
If this order was to be said, it could be said that it was reasonable — after all, Duwei's contribution was there, and everyone knew that he would definitely be rewarded. These rewards were indeed very generous. But then, the last paragraph of this order made everyone's eyes drop!
"… … At the same time, in view of the Duke of the Tulip Family's outstanding military exploits for the empire in the war, the Duke of the Tulip Family is appointed as the Chief of Military Affairs of the Northwest Empire and the Duke of the Tulip Family is conferred the rank of General of the Empire!"
General rank?!!
Also, what's the meaning of that "Military Chief of the Empire's Northwest Army"??
However, what's even more surprising is still to come … …
(Today, three chapters will be released as promised. This is the first chapter, there will be more in the evening!!
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