Chapter 584, Old Guard Construction

"Old Guard, do you want to imitate the Rick Guard?" Alfred immediately thought of the Rick Guard of the Empire.

"Almost, a little close, but everything is upside down." Ryan nodded: "The Rick Guard is an elite cavalry regiment that the emperor needs, because the empire has excellent infantry but not excellent cavalry, and we are on the contrary, what we need A good regiment of infantry, so we need the Old Guard."

"Well." Alfred nodded, the Templar thought for a while, and he said with interest: "Speaking of which, the Justice Church has long been aware of this, paladins, ascetics, Holy Shooting Army, Charlemagne artillery regiment , Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller, our church has done a good job in this regard.”

"This is not very normal." Ryan squinted and complained: "It's not that you don't know the situation of the Justice Church."

"Speaking of which, what exactly did Luther Huss say to be almost excommunicated?" Ryan asked casually.

"He came to the Cathedral of Justice and delivered a speech that shocked the whole of Brunswick." Alfred nodded: "This combat priest publicly declared that he really couldn't bear the ills that the entire church had accumulated over the past two thousand years , he thinks there are countless problems that need to be corrected.”

"First of all, the various ranks and positions of the Justice Church are too bloated. Many so-called priesthoods and teaching positions are not necessary to be established, but in fact, there are a lot of people who are waiting for these positions. Then there are too many deputy positions. One Under the regional bishop, there are several or even a dozen vicar bishops, with unclear divisions, overlapping, and excessive bloat. He hopes to streamline the department and cancel at least a quarter of the redundant clergy.”

"Then there is the issue of the dioceses, many of them, like Mordheim, Drakwald and Sylvania, have been practically deserted for many years, but there is a whole set of dioceses still in place and functioning, for example In the Diocese of Irvania, where the regional archbishop stays in Steele all year round, he has only rowed into the Helfion Swamp when the bishop is re-elected. A few people voted to elect a new regional bishop, and then they Row away."

Alfred was also a little indignant when he said it: "Indeed, Huss is right, our church is indeed a bit bloated."

"Hehe, according to this battle priest's idea, how many people will lose their jobs because of this?" Ryan sneered, and he shook his head: "Go on, since he dares to say that, then there must be more than that."

"Following that, Luther-Huss believed that there were problems with the collection of tithes and various donations. From the great chant down, there were many corruption problems in the entire church. A tithe was taken from the hands of the farmers. After expropriation until it was handed over to the headquarters, many funds and materials disappeared inexplicably through layers of exploitation. Most of the priests were more obsessed with politics and seeking more donations from nobles, businessmen, and commoners, rather than remembering the God of Justice and The mission left by Charlemagne - to fight the evil of chaos to the end.

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"Finally, Luther-Huss lashed out at the Council of the Holy See, which he argued should not focus on the pursuit of greater banquets, ceremonial assemblies, and taller, grander temples, nor should Concentrating on collecting tithes and participating in the internal affairs of the empire, his words and deeds angered the entire Holy See Council. He was required to publicly apologize to the entire empire within three days and swear that he was drinking too much and talking nonsense. "Alfred went on to say: "The combat priest disagreed, so the Holy See Council planned to excommunicate him. It was Archbishop Vicmar who stopped this behavior. His Majesty Vicmar did not approve of such a drastic action He believed that there were indeed problems within the church, but Huss’ views were too radical and he was not accepted, and Huss left angrily.”

"...The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny." Ryan smiled meaningfully: "Do you believe it or not, if you really do what Hus asked, this is the real disaster. Think about it, Hus In a word, how many people will lose their jobs? Lose the positions they depend on for survival? What will these people do?"

"But what Huss said is not wrong!" Alfred was still a little brooding: "We really need to change, just like you, Ryan, tell me."

"It's actually very simple. Luther-Huss said nothing wrong, and Archbishop Vikmar did nothing wrong." Ryan nodded, and he said slowly: "The Church of Justice has gone through two thousand years from the beginning of Charlemagne to the present." It’s been a long time, the whole church has maintained a high degree of self-discipline and strong cohesion, and it’s pretty good to be able to maintain it for two thousand years until now. Don’t forget, the God of Justice never takes the initiative to make demands on the structure of the church , He has always only answered questions and told the archbishop what the next goal is, so in the long development, the entire church has formed a highly bureaucratic organizational structure from top to bottom, just like you said."

"So Luther Huss' point of view is wrong?" Alfred asked.

"His point of view is correct, but his position is wrong." Ryan shook his head, and the Duke himself lowered his head and sighed: "Look at me, when I arrived in this country, I went directly to the palace of Korona, made a speech, and denounced Are there all kinds of maladministration and various shortcomings in this country? Did I point to the faces of all the dukes and tell them that the serf system is seriously backward, and your rule is too dark?"

"Well~" Alfred suddenly understood something.

"As a person who is determined to change the status quo, Luther Huss, the combat priest, has a good starting point, but he has not considered his position. Young people are always like this. They feel that they have the truth, so they challenge authority. Remember, Ah Fu, in the palace and the church, you must not reveal your ideals and blueprints prematurely, unless you have reached a high enough position." Ryan said earnestly: "The truth will not help you in many cases, but authority will clean up you."

"The biggest problem with Luther Huss is that he didn't put himself in the right place. As the archbishop of Vicmar, you don't know some problems within the church? I think he knows better than anyone else." Ryan finally said: "At present, you should do your best. Your own business, the current Freya ancient church area is a blank sheet of paper, you can build according to your own ideal method, you must know how to use the people sent by Vicma, and they also obey your orders, this That's enough, the sent paladins, battle priests and templars will be somewhat bureaucratic, but it's inevitable."

"Well, it's true, they work very hard, and they are brave in the face of the harassment of the undead." Alfred nodded, and he sighed: "Indeed, I shouldn't deny all their contributions just because I don't like it at all. .”

Many people in the old world have made false claims, thinking that only the fairies of the lake believe in Britannia. In fact, this is wrong. In fact, the knights basically believe in the fairies of the lake, but other sects are still spreading in the knight kingdom. , the knights are not against other sects as some people think, otherwise the sect of the Goddess of Mercy and the sect of Sea God Mannan would not set up their main temples in Courona and Boulder in Brittania Luo, in fact, apart from the Holy Grail Knights, after the death or battle of other knights, their remains or ashes are also buried in the cemetery garden of the Moorish Sect of Death.

However, Alfred's acquisition of a piece of land is indeed an epoch-making progress. Before that, the influence of the Church of Justice had only extended to Montfort, and the largest Church of Justice in Britannia was built in Montfort Castle. The missionary failure of the Justice Church is more due to the conflict between the Justice Church and the Fairy of the Lake Church over faith. Reasonable, because their missionary targets are military nobles, especially generals and knights.

"It's almost there, Ah Fu, let's stop here today." Ryan came out of the water, and the two of them had indeed soaked long enough.

"Well, thank you, good friend, you have said this, which has answered many of my doubts." Alfred's condition has improved a lot.

The two men came out of the water and dried themselves with bath towels.

"It's okay." Ryan nodded, and he said suddenly: "By the way, Suria and I are going to the Old Guard Barracks tomorrow. Do you want to go together?"

"certainly."

"very good."

……… I am Vive l'empereur! The dividing line of ...

The establishment of the Old Guard is the most recent thing that has attracted the serfs' attention in the whole knight kingdom, or at least in the whole south of the knight kingdom.

Since the news was sent out, almost every serf in the south of Brittania was discussing the matter of the Old Guard.

Because from this new army, they really saw the opportunity to be promoted from serf to knight!

Although Ryan promulgated the "Knight Promotion Order" through the Church of the Fairies in the Lake three years ago, in fact, the serfs still felt impossible and disappointed to be promoted to the knight class.

The reason is simple, that is, even if there are three quotas for each year, to be promoted to the rank of knights still needs the double review of the knight king + the lake god witch, and the throne of the knight king is still in the hands of Richard, these three quotas are often assigned to For the illegitimate children of the nobles, there are only nine quotas in three years, and the illegitimate children of the great nobles can be calculated by the number of carloads. Think it's the turn of the serfs? There will be no chance if you wait another hundred years.

However, Ryan did not intend to rely on this to select and promote knights from serfs. His real purpose was to break the directional thinking of all nobles and serfs in the entire kingdom. Through the "Knight Promotion Order", the insurmountable gap between nobles and serfs The gap has been opened, so after making mental preparations, Ryan will launch the "Old Guard" setting, and there will be very little opposition.

It's like in a stuffy room, someone proposes to open a window for ventilation, and everyone opposes it, but if this person suddenly expresses that he wants to overturn the entire roof to breathe fresh air, everyone will be startled and stop immediately , At this time, this person proposes to open a window for ventilation, and this proposal will be approved in all likelihood.

Therefore, after the news came out, the serfs throughout Brittania were boiling.

Old guard!

Higher salary! Better food! More generous benefits, and an independent high-level military camp!

The serfs who became the Old Guard will enjoy the status of "glorious free people"! They will be guaranteed complete personal safety and complete sacred freedom of personal property! They enjoy almost the same political status as knights in politics, and battalion commanders can have knight treatment and knight titles! The fairy in the lake has agreed that as long as the old guard performs well, he can be directly made a knight and have the title of knight!

The Duke of Lane even promised that he has already circled a large manor in Musillon, and the name is called the Wang Family Old Guard Manor! The ownership of the manor belongs to the whole regiment of the Old Guards, and these soldiers will be able to receive an additional salary according to the output of the manor!

This...isn't this a fiefdom?

Serf, you can really become a knight lord!

Therefore, the entire southern part of Britannia was frantically discussing this new army. The serfs sat on the ridges of the fields, gathered around the fire, squeezed in the bar and even when they were lying on the bed, they couldn’t leave their mouths. Open two words, that is the old guard!

So, what kind of person can become an old guard?

The serfs gathered together in groups of three or four, annoying the village elders and the knights of the kingdom.

Serve at least five years!

Participated in at least three battles!

At least meet the above two conditions to participate in the selection!

The harsh conditions made many serf soldiers sigh for it, while the soldiers who met the conditions were ecstatic, especially those serf soldiers who followed him from Ryan to Britannia after he arrived in Britannia. .

After two weeks of training, the Old Guard temporarily selected 500 people, who will become the first batch of recruits for this future Megatron Old World famous army.

Duke Lane did not break his promise.

Straight and white uniform trousers! Buckle-up white uniform shirt! Luxuriously decorated, gleaming dwarf factory half plate armor! Made of animal skin, a bearskin army cap with a few gorgeous kite feathers! There are also exquisite weapons. The infantry of the infantry battalion can receive the precision weapons of the dwarves. pistol!

The old guards who have been selected through layers of selection hold their heads high and their spirits are high. They are proud to be on duty in the Duke's castle. They have neat and beautiful uniforms, strict military discipline and strong qualities. Not to mention the serfs, even the ladies of the nobles stared at the stars. Some noble ladies of the knight family even had the idea that it would be good to find an old guard to marry.

This new army will enjoy a luxuriously furnished special barracks under the protection of the city walls.

In the morning, the Duke of Lane and the Duchess of Suria received and inspected the new army. Mrs. Suria even gave a speech with a big belly, which moved all the soldiers of the Guards and swore that they would serve Lord Lane , Mrs. Suria and the child in her belly died.

At noon, the Old Guard Barracks, dining room.

The entire barracks covers an area of ​​one hectare, relying on the construction of the ducal castle of Ryan. The stone buildings made by dwarf craftsmen are full of majesty and solemn atmosphere. The walls are carved with various story murals, starting from Ryan's arrival in Britannia , he and his epic stories were engraved on the walls by the dwarves, and the light shone into the room skillfully from the long windows, bringing glory and light.

On long rows of tables, the Old Guards were enjoying their lunch.

Raymond, the former commander of the third company of the Earl's Halberdier Company, and now a member of the Old Guard carefully looked at the lunch before him. the better.

The meals of the Old Guards have changed a lot compared to when they were halberd soldiers. Now the meals of the Old Guards are white bread with jam or butter, delicious pies, and delicious meat dishes. Vegetarian dishes are paired with stew, and there is a fixed ration of barley wine. In the past, there was a meal of meat for three days, but now there is meat every meal, and even marinated steak occasionally!

This is something only knights can eat!

"Raymond, are you on vacation tomorrow?" An old guard asked, his name was Altir, a brave Wenford man who had fought with Ryan for many years, and the scars on his face made him look calm.

"Yes." Raymond nodded. The leave of the Old Guards is the same as before. They usually give 20% of the leave, that is, two days off in ten days, and 10% of the leave when they are stationed abroad, that is, one day off in ten days. Whether to rest according to the commander-in-chief's arrangement.

"Any plans?"

"I'm going to go home." Raymond was stirring a bowl of stew with a spoon, chunks of delicious pork mixed with some cabbage, cauliflower, lots of carrots and some fungi.

"Go home?" The Old Guard had to live in the barracks at ordinary times, so Altier's choice of Raymond was not surprising.

"Well, go home and see your mother and younger brother." Raymond nodded, he hesitated, not knowing whether he should say it or not.

"Yes... what happened?"

"Thomas...he wants to study in Nur a little bit, but my mother couldn't make up her mind, so she asked me to go back."

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