Chapter 1000, Great Empire

Chapter 999, The Great Empire

"At the beginning, when the high elves were still an elf empire, the alliance between elves and dwarves was once so powerful."

On a winter night in Erengrad, Talleyrand, who was dressed as an aristocrat, walked with Ryan, and the lame man smiled at Ryan: "At that time, the Elven Empire came to the Old World, and the horse who was the ambassador of the Elven Empire to the Dwarf Mountain Kingdom at that time Luckis led the army to arrive first, and they soon discovered that there are many places in the old world suitable for colonization and reproduction."

"I know this." Ryan nodded. In fact, up to now, all the big cities in the old world are basically built on the ruins of the colonial cities of the Elven Empire.

Just like Rome in Ryan's previous life, after the decline of Western Rome, a group of barbarians rose up on the ruins of Rome, such as the East Gothic Kingdom, the Visigothic Kingdom, the Frankish Kingdom, the Lombard Kingdom, and the Kingdom of England, and then called themselves orthodox Rome. Well, several major human kingdoms are basically built on the ruins of the Elven Empire. If the empire is considered a hybrid of the Elven Empire and the Dwarf Mountain Kingdom, then Brittania is more like the illegitimate child of the Elven Empire.

Anyway, everyone is Rome now, and they can sing ceddin deden together.

Entry, entry!

"Your Majesty knows, so it's easy to handle." Talleyrand laughed twice: "At that time, the Elven Empire decided to colonize the Old World, and they soon discovered that there were vacant lands everywhere here, rich and without Master, the dwarves like to live in the mountains and hills, except for a few scattered supply stations in the plains and forests, there are large tracts of unowned land that are all vacant there."

"There are so many unowned lands waiting to be developed, and so many rich lands and resources waiting for their masters. After discussing in the court for a period of time, Beo-Shannar, the phoenix king of the elf empire at that time, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of all elves to the greatest extent. Enthusiasm and subjective initiative, the Phoenix King announced the national policy of 'running horses and enclosing land'."

"Any elf nobleman or elf merchant, as long as they are qualified, can apply to the Phoenix King's court to colonize the Old World. There are so many lands in the Old World, any elf knight only needs to ride a horse and run along the territory he wants Once he proves that he is capable of defending this place, he can officially obtain the land contract issued by the Phoenix King's court."

Ryan vaguely understood.

Seeing the change in Ryan's face, Talleyrand continued with a smile: "The great age of exploration and the golden age have begun. Countless elves with dreams left Ulthuan and embarked on a journey to colonize all over the world. His Majesty O-Chanel even visited all over the world in person. The farthest time he reached the Peak of Eternity, he met with the Supreme King Snorri Whitebeard at that time. Your Majesty, do you know how glorious the Elven Empire was at that time? All over the world All the riches are flocking to Ulthuan,

With exponential economic growth, super-high birth rate, huge income increase, and super-low unemployment rate, people thought at the time that Ulthuan would usher in permanent prosperity. "

"Your Majesty, I'm not saying that the staking is completely applicable to Kislev, but it is of great reference value, and it is also an important means for us to win over the middle class of this country, those boys and generals." Tower Leland struck while the iron was hot.

"I understand." Ryan nodded slowly, and the King of Knights understood Talleyrand's meaning: "You mean, let's encourage those local Lord Boyer of Kislev and the soldiers who have an army in their hands to go to Elengra As long as they can wipe out the remnants of chaos, they will directly divide the land?"

"Why not?" Talleyrand stretched his head in front of Ryan, leaning on crutches, and nodded like a chicken sucking rice: "Let them solve the problem by themselves. Whoever hits it will own the land. These Can the bastards not risk their lives? This is the quickest way to actually occupy the no-man's land and the newly conquered area."

"But wouldn't this easily lead to privatization of the army and serious land annexation?" Ryan still had doubts, and the King of Knights was thinking about the pros and cons: "A large number of civilians will become tenants and serfs, and many troops will gradually Evolved into the private army of the generals, isn’t this a warlord?”

"Oh, my Majesty Ryan, Boyer was originally a local warlord!" Talleyrand said "grievously", "put away your compassion, my majesty, these people are not your people at all , no matter how nice you are to them, in their eyes you are at most a good friend, but you are still an outsider in essence! You must figure out what we need? We only need these bastards to temporarily block chaos, so that the old world can have It’s already a great achievement if you have enough time to react! You don’t care about land annexation and privatization of soldiers. It’s none of our business. What we want is for these bastards to go up and die! Boyers are really willing to die to defend their home and country!"

Lane smiled.

The King of Knights smiled happily, but also felt very helpless. When Talleyrand said this, he was simply enlightened.

Ryan found that he was still limited by his inherent thinking.

For the Celestial Dynasty in the previous life, it seems that the centralization of power seems to have become an absolute political correctness. People have an extreme desire and demand for centralization. Don't let it go, everything is firmly in the hands of the monarch, and at the same time desperately expand the territory, it is best to build a super empire across Europe and Asia.

Is it possible?

It can be said that it is difficult for a feudal empire whose size exceeds the threshold to maintain centralized power for a long time before productivity and transportation and communication capabilities can keep up. Why? Because with the passage of time, the central government will have problems sooner or later. It may be that the political situation is turbulent, and the prestige caused by the frequent changes of the throne cannot be convinced by the public. , It may also be due to the loss of the central military's strength and loss of suppression due to major military failures, such as the failure to suppress peasant uprisings and the defeat of foreign wars.

What should we do at this time? If you don't want the great empire to be fragmented, the imperial court must decentralize power to the localities and let the localities solve the problem by themselves. This may not save the great empire's declining fate, but it can delay the decline and continue the life of the great empire.

For example, in the Eastern Han Dynasty of Ryan’s previous life, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was finally resolved by fully delegating power to local areas. For example, the Ju Tang gradually turned to the Jiedushi system after the complete collapse of the military system in the Wu Zhou Dynasty. The appointed Jiedushi controlled most of the local administrative, financial and military power. Rongguang in the prosperous age, and later, for example, in the late Qing Dynasty, he chose to cooperate with local Han bureaucrats and big landlords to put out the rebellion.

Do you really think that the ancients are all sand sculptures? Don't they understand that this kind of decentralization will lead to a big tail, and will lead to local warlordization?

It was just a helpless move.

(Here, in order to avoid the infestation of gangsters, I emphasize that this is looking at the problem from the perspective of the dynasty. The peasant uprising naturally has its justice and rationality)

This is different from appointing bureaucrats. The huge military pressure will naturally make other ideas appear in the bureaucrats' minds. This land is not mine, so why should I manage it seriously? Why should I resist desperately? Didn't I continue to be an official in the new dynasty? Even if you can't be, can't you run away and dump the pot?

What can be relied on is a little bit of moral sense from reading. It is undeniable that there are many bureaucrats with backbone, and they are also impressive, but they cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

Not to mention the military pressure in this world is so great, Ryan deeply knows that it really depends on the Britannian army to fight a long security war and chaotic hide-and-seek in the ice and snow thousands of miles away, and the Knight Kingdom You must know that Mrs. Kesler is not as rich as Lord Baylor of Bafeng Mountain. If you have money and food, as long as you are responsible for fighting the war!

"But, if this is the case, if Boyer and the generals are divided and drawn by Katarin...Talleyrand, you also said that I, Ryan, will always be an outsider to Kislev." The King of Knights asked the last Doubts: "Will Katharin finally come to snatch the fruits of our victory?"

"Hey~" Talleyrand smiled viciously: "Your Majesty, this question is very simple. Everyone knows that the main force of Chaos has been completely lost. The next war is not so much about strategy and tactics and the elite level of the army. Speaking of fighting for funds and backup, as long as you join forces with Countess Emilia and firmly hold these Boyer masters firmly in terms of logistics and supplies, they will be able to pull in 100,000, 200,000, Three hundred thousand people, what is there to be afraid of? Isn’t it just a group of corpses starved to death and frozen to death in the wild, Katarin recruited? Can she afford money and food? Besides, the Boyers are self-sufficient, who should be Isn’t it a dog? The mighty Britannia knight king or the down-and-out female czar, who will Boyer choose?”

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Ryan couldn't help but patted his thigh: "Very good! Just arrange it like this!"

"Let Mrs. Keesler be the Grand Duke of Ehrengrad! And we Bretons will be the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the General Quartermaster of Logistics!"

"Also, Talleyrand, you don't have to continue to be an ambassador abroad in Nur." Ryan patted Talleyrand on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Come back to my court, I appoint you as my diplomat." Manager, the annual salary is four hundred gold crowns!"

"Yes... yes!!!" The cripple couldn't help himself with excitement, and knelt down in front of Ryan, and the high elf was shaking with excitement.

It's done!

Plan to pass!

………… I am the dividing line…………

A week later, the Kislev Army led by Marshal Rokossovsky and the Ugol Army led by Beria arrived in Erengrad. Arrived and began to clean up the remaining forces of chaos on the outskirts of the city.

Home of Frost, the base camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Ryan here met Marshal Kislev, who is now famous throughout the old world for his "Operation Bagration". He is handsome, strong and tall, and the difference from ordinary Mrs. The other Maozi are so rough and fierce, but they seem a bit "delicate" and restrained.

"Marshal Konstantin-Konstantinovich-Rokossovsky, hello." Ryan and Emilia sat on the main seat from left to right. Shuai said, "I heard that you live a good life in Korona?"

Luo Shuai smiled awkwardly. The marshal had only been in Courona for two weeks, and he immediately had a hot fight with a Britannian aristocratic singer Eva Green de Glasgow. It is said that the two Have decided to get married.

Of course, what no one knows is that Miss Eva Green is the "swallow" arranged by Beria under the instruction of Suria.

"He doesn't like gold? It doesn't matter, he likes women, and women like gems and gold, it's as simple as that."

— Beria Gulag's order

Ryan and Luo Shuai talked a little bit, and Rokossovsky only made two demands. The first is to solve the problem of the treatment and pensions of those disabled veterans, and the second is to ensure that Erengua will not be annexed. Germany.

Ryan agreed to Luo Shuai's request in principle, but made it clear that it was limited to the Ehrengrad Guards who participated in Operation Bagration and accepted Ryan's adaptation and command. Rokossovsky also agreed.

"What about you? What about you?" After talking about government affairs, Ryan picked up the hot coffee and said with a smile, "Konstantin, let me call you that, what about you? I remember Are you still a death row inmate?"

"Me? I don't know, but anyway, I am Mrs. Kisler, and I will not betray my motherland." Luo Shuai was also very embarrassed himself, and he forced a smile: "Your Majesty can arrange the soldiers, I have already I am satisfied, if it is really not possible, please allow me to find a place to live in seclusion in Korona to spend the rest of my life, so that there will be no trouble between the two countries."

"It's a waste of your talent to spend the second half of your life." Ryan said with a smile: "I intend to invite you to be the commander of the Royal First Lancer Regiment that I am about to establish. I wonder if you are interested?"

"I..." Luo Shuai was stunned for a moment, then hesitated.

But at this moment, Talleyrand suddenly came in with a cane. The high elf was panting, trembling from the cold: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are here, you are here!"

"Who's here?" Ryan raised his head.

"The female tsar's special envoy is here! He thanked us for our help and announced that he will receive the entire Ehrengrad in the name of the tsar!"

"Sure enough, it's here!" Ryan calmed down, he knew that Katarin would definitely come to snatch the fruits of victory!

The fun has begun!

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