Chapter 1174, 13 Bells

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For the two major human nations in the Old World, the Empire and Brittania have always been the focus of comparison.

The history of mankind has been advancing on a tortuous and spiral trajectory. Both sides have had advantages and disadvantages, but it must be admitted that most of the time, the empire is in an advantage. This must be admitted. Ryan has always believed that Karl -Emperor Franz is the hero, he is blameless except for his weak duel ability.

The time when Brittania was able to gain an advantage in terms of national power and political system was only two or three hundred years during the incident of the third knight king, the white death, Guillaume, to the Tower of Dole. After that, with the great jihad and the Ludwig's reorganization, bureaucratic reforms of the empire, and military aristocrats have crushed Britannia's continuing feudal system of knights and aristocrats.

This is not what Ryan can catch up with after more than ten years in power. Simply put, the knight kingdom has the advantage of top-level sacred value to the empire. When they were arguing about Charlemagne or Ulric, and the empire was still arguing that barbarism was its strength and civilization was its advantage, Brittania had already completed its unity in terms of sacred values.

And the top-level sacred value went a step further under the leadership of Ryan, that is, Ryan himself controlled the sacred value by controlling the goddess and the lake god witch through martial arts and some special methods, and he himself has become the sacred value itself, which is why Karl - Franz often complains about why Ryan has such authority and that there are often a large number of chaos believers and vampires lurking in the upper echelons of the empire.

Grass-roots governance is actually pretty much the same, and Britannia is pretty much the same for self-cultivated farmers in imperial villages or self-government by village elders.

However, in terms of middle-level organization, that is, in terms of civil and military talents and development motivation, Brittania has extremely fatal flaws compared to the empire. This point has been discussed many times in the previous article, so I will not repeat it here. What I want to emphasize is that no matter how annoying the bureaucratic system is, it is the best system summed up by human beings after thousands or even tens of thousands of years of exploration.

In Malcador's memory, humans tried to replace the bureaucratic system with artificial AI and iron man omnic technology in the golden age, and the result was also very straightforward-chaos can corrupt the source code of artificial intelligence and iron man (tzeentch announced this responsible) for the near extinction of the human race.

What is the outcome of the lack of middle-level organization?

The two major uprisings in Ryan's previous life, the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had major structural flaws. Needless to say, the ending due to the serious lack of middle-level organization, no matter how brave these people are, the ending is already doomed.

In the early days of the two uprisings, the elites and landlords and scholar-bureaucrats who were the main force of the bureaucratic groups actually took the attitude of watching the show (a small number of them even secretly assisted). I have a feeling that typical down-and-out talents like Zuo Zongtang have also come into contact with the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom.

However, this contact exposed fatal flaws. These literati and bureaucrats immediately discovered that they could not play with this system of jumping gods that mixed religion and politics, and there was no room for them to survive. It was not bad at all, and they were determined to destroy the Confucianism (Taiping Dao), so the landlords and scholar-bureaucrats made up their minds to work together to put out this uprising.

And this group of talents is the key to the success of all the elites (the richest, most capable, and most charismatic) in the entire society at that time.

In contrast, Zhu Yuanzhang, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, and a person whose name cannot be named are the masters of the United Front in a similar situation. A typical example is that Zhu Yuanzhang immediately opened a course to recruit soldiers and corporals (at least in the early days), and the Qing army entered the customs Later, when Li Zicheng was still looking for available people among the landlords and scholar-bureaucrats bit by bit, Dorgon directly ordered "all surrenders will be sealed, and all former Ming officials will be reinstated" directly causing Dashun to collapse.

Unite first and clean up these people? Go back and make arrangements one by one.

Let’s not go too far, what Ryan wants to say is that as an emperor, it is an essential part to absorb and appease the elite. This is also the route for Malcador and the emperor to unify Terra. Ryan also does the same for knights and nobles. Crack down on the decadent and backward, absorb and promote the excellent, and appease the relatively mediocre.

However, it is also problematic to allow the elite to monopolize the middle-level organizations, so Ryan has a second strategy of "moving the army to work."

This move is naturally Guilliman's governance policy. An important piece of the puzzle in the future blueprint of the Regent of the Empire and Brother Thirteen is that the Ultramarines under his command will be transferred to local bureaucrats and enter the civil service system after the war is over or retired. .

Of course, in addition to Guilliman, a large number of dynasties in Ryan's previous celestial dynasties also did the same, such as the Qin, Tang, Ming, and the founding of this dynasty. A large number of bureaucrats took control of the place very quickly.

Of course, the transition from the military to the military also has its own problems. First of all, this trick can only be used once in a few decades. Moreover, the military system is different from the bureaucratic system. , and the problem of natural hilltop grouping, the army will definitely have hilltops, which is a natural decision. If it is in the military system over time, it will become a feudal town and a warlord, while in the bureaucratic system it will become a powerful family.

The former is just a few big feudal towns and the Anshi Rebellion, the latter? wholeheartedly.

Speaking of such a long paragraph, most of them can understand why Malcador and the Emperor disagree or even reject Guilliman's idea of ​​retiring from the Star Warriors and retiring to work, right?

guess?

But Ryan has no such worries. What time is it now? Waves of retired veterans are underground, and the level of militia organizations and military training in various places immediately rises. The mid-level officers retire and enter the court. Strong bureaucracy, and their loyalty to Ryan is unquestionable.

"Everything is preparing for the upcoming national military control and wartime cabinet." Ryan said seriously.

"Wartime... cabinet?"

………I am Guilliman, who lives without bounds, the emperor’s healthier dividing line………

Ryan and Suria entered the Palace of Fontainebleau for retreat, and the news spread throughout the kingdom, and then gradually spread to the Old World.

The major forces in the old world responded differently to it, so I won’t go into detail here.

And in the abandoned capital of the Devil Rat, a great meeting is opening.

That was the meeting of the Skaven.

The Thirteen-member Council of the Horned Rats is in session. This legendary chamber and the greatest building of the Skaven once welcomed the arrival of the Horned Rats. It is also the only rat-men prophet, warlord and patriarch A place that dare not make mistakes.

The horned rat asks us to be united, yes~yes! At least in this room, we will be united... on the surface.

The room was very dark, very dark, only the flames of entropy gushing out and the green light brought by the dimensional stone enveloped all the mice. Waiting, waiting for the Gray Claw High Priest Critsrick, who symbolized the will of the Great Horned Rat, to speak, it sat on the first seat.

There were thirteen seats at the scene, except for the thirteenth seat which was specially reserved for the Big Horn Mouse, and the rest were all for the Rat.

The tenth seat belonged to the Pestilen clan, that is, Negrich, the patriarch of the Plague clan, was sitting on it, breathing poisonous gas.

Pascrilt, the commander-in-chief of the Devil Rat Army in the fourth seat, was very excited. He was waiting for the order from the Horned Rat to start the great jihad of Skaven.

The sixth one belongs to the patriarch of the Moss clan, Gnodor. This patriarch is still heartbroken for the death of the headhunter Quek under the Eight Peaks Mountain, and vowed to avenge Quek.

Snicker, the patriarch of the Eshin clan in the third seat, was extremely quiet. The Night King would never refuse any entrustment, as long as there were enough dimension stones.

Wesker, the warlord of the seventh seat, remained silent. It had the lowest status in the council of thirteen.

The rats were silent all the time, waiting for the High Priest of Gray Claw, Critsrick, to speak, which represented the will of the Horned Rat.

I don't know how long it has passed, but Grey Claw High Priest Clitslick finally spoke. It slapped the table vigorously with its thin body, and raised the rat god's staff, which symbolizes the identity of the horned rat: "This rat Very angry, the consequences are serious!"

"This mouse has issued repeated orders not to sell weapons to clans that don't respect this mouse, the Skryli family, Mosquita, I need an explanation!" Critslick said sharply, its thin voice being overwhelmed by The rotation of the equipment in the room and the smell of the plague scattered a lot.

Gnodol was a little uneasy at the time, but Mosquita was confident: "Yes~yes, Your Excellency the High Priest, you did, did say that, but, but the price that the Moss clan, the Moss clan is willing to give, It's very, very satisfying, the matter between you and Moss, Moss, it's none of this business?"

"Yes~yes!" Womenkin, the patriarch of the Mode clan, nodded in agreement. There were traces of various bizarre transformations all over his body. The rats wondered whether it had more ratmen or more ogres.

"Yes, yes, price is the most important thing." Negrich, the patriarch of the Plague Clan, nodded quickly, and he couldn't help but feel ecstatic in his heart. Yes, that's right, the four major families have been preparing for this for a long time!

"No mouse, no mouse will refuse." Essin Ye Snick nodded.

Kraqi-Destroying Claw of the Grin Clan slapped the table directly: "Your Excellency, High Priest!"

"You, this group, this group of damned rats, dare to resist, resist the will of the horned rat!" Gray Claw High Priest Critsrick's eyes flashed an incredible light, it raised its staff and screamed : "In, in the name of the big horned beast, I declare that you all, all want, diedie!"

After finishing speaking, Greyclaw High Priest Kritsrick immediately planned to cast a spell, and all the members of the thirteen-member council present also made their own preparations, and began to plan how to distribute more food and resources if they won and power.

However, just after Grey Claw High Priest Critsrick was about to call out the Horned Rat God, it was suddenly enveloped by a mass of pure green light, and what it spit out from its opened mouth was not a curse, but a scream of pain, Its body swelled like a balloon and pulled out continuously, and black fog was sprayed from its seven orifices and many places. Lightning and flames enveloped the Gray Claw High Priest Critsric, and then the Gray Claw High Priest The surprised gazes of the rats exploded, and minced meat and black blood sprayed all over everyone present.

The patriarchs of the four major families who originally planned to fight were all stunned.

Doesn't this appear in the script? !

Crackling~

A green lightning blasted out of the black mist, and it was a five consecutive whips. All the council members present were careless. They had no time to dodge, and they were all knocked down on the spot. Then, in the black mist, a supreme There are eyes like lighthouses looking directly at their blood descendants from the void.

Horned Rat, King's Landing!

The remaining eleven councilors all knelt down and listened to the Rat God's order.

The big horned rat's white skull face, eight huge horns and green eyes loomed in the black mist, and it let out a roar, like the sound of victory when millions of rats engulfed the world, or like the sound of the whole world Like the painful sound of the world struggling with the plague, the Horned Rat stretched out its sharp claws engraved with Skaven language, and gently pressed it on the table.

"Trash, you don't need to live." The voice of the Rat God was heavenly, and all the councilors present suddenly "squeaked" in ecstasy. The Rat God obviously had no intention of holding them accountable, and soon a new Gray Seer would be killed. Choose to become the new High Priest of Gray Claw!

"The time has come, my children!" The horned rat's divine prophecy made all the rats ecstatic.

"Let Skaven inherit the whole world!"

"Yes yes!!!" *11

On this day, in the entire Skaven Demon City, the bells rang, and the giant clock struck thirteen times. The sound was so loud that even Tobalo and Miragliano near the withered swamp could clearly hear it.

The Southern Kingdoms remained content with the status quo, and no one knew what was going on.

But the road to the surface has been opened, and hundreds of thousands of Skaven army have been dispatched from the Rat Waste Capital.

One of these two armies was led by Pascrilt, the general commander of the Skaven Rat Army, and attacked the capital of Tyrell, Miragliano.

The other is led by the chief war engineer of the Skryre family, Mosquita's right claw, Ikert-Claw, to attack Estalia!

Thirteen chimes!

The jihad belonging to Skaven has begun!