Chapter 1278, He Knows Bureaucrats Too Well

Lane knew that Talleyrand was not talking nonsense.

This high-spirited cripple is good at collecting money and using public power to do private work. Since he came to Brittania, he has been making money everywhere and living like a king. He is extremely arrogant.

However, in terms of foreign affairs and domestic affairs, Talleyrand is indeed a genius.

He understands human nature and bureaucracy too well.

Ryan and Suria are very clear that the bureaucracy group is of course more advanced, efficient and powerful than the nobles to control the place, but compared with the noble autonomy, the bureaucracy itself has huge inertia and inertia, and the inertia can be specifically expressed in the passage of time Over time, the entire bureaucratic group will form an unspoken rule of "acting from top to bottom" and the habit of "huddling together for warmth". This is inertia. With the operation of the entire bureaucratic system, its powerful inertia is even beyond the control of the monarch himself.

At the same time, the bureaucratic group also has a huge "inertia". Because the bureaucrat is not the owner of the property rights, but a professional broker, the bureaucrats are naturally disgusted with responsibility, and like "one thing more is worse than one thing less", "blindly mellow and blindly humble" " Everything is hazy, you can't talk about it, you can't get it right", "good things can be closed, and bad things can be closed", these are common problems of bureaucrats.

Therefore, to put it in a better way, that is, if all the internal affairs of the country are left to a complete set of sound bureaucratic system, the natural "inertia" of the bureaucratic system will self-correct and roughly maintain the existing route, and its huge inertia will also It will make it possible to have an existing charter for everything encountered, and follow the charter, so that there will be no big problems, and even if there are problems, there will be existing solutions.

In other words, the situation will not be out of control and too bad. The country will still function, maintain the responsibilities it should have for a long time, and always run at a stable speed...and decline at the same time.

"Your Majesty, this is where the problem lies." Talleyrand said seriously: "The essence of bureaucracy is to assist the monarch to solve some daily, repetitive, and cumbersome affairs, so that the monarch or the leader group can focus on key issues. In terms of major events, we can see that even if Emperor Karl Franz is missing, the imperial court is still running in an orderly manner. Disaster relief, public security, price control, and news of victory are all things that the bureaucrats of the imperial court take for granted. things."

"But now, they have to deal with unsolvable problems. First of all, the emperor is missing. Will the bureaucrats be able to make up their minds to mobilize all materials, recruit a large number of troops and use all the savings in the imperial treasury? Even if they make up their minds, who will come?" Sign it? Who will make the decision? What if the emperor is okay?" Talleyrand hammered the ground with his cane, and the high-spirited lame attitude was very serious: "This is something beyond the authority of bureaucrats. No one dares to make a decision casually, and no one Willing to shoulder such a great responsibility, the emperor brought to the front all those in his court who could decide for him."

"So, I can judge that the emperor must have had an accident. If he was not killed in battle, he must have disappeared. It is precisely because of his supervision, determination and courage that the empire hesitated so far. The bureaucratic group is extremely dependent on the emperor's supervision and supervision. Decision-making, Karl Franz is there to keep the imperial bureaucracy alive and motivated, but he has not even a word now."

"More than that." Ryan shook his head at Talleyrand: "It is true that it is impossible to enforce martial law throughout the city, open all treasuries and grain depots and recruit a large number of troops, but to ask for help, you only need to send a messenger. They are allies, and asking for help is normal."

"You are right, Your Majesty." Talleyrand smiled: "This comes to the second point, that is, these bureaucrats in the imperial court will definitely consider their own interests."

"Own interests?" Su Liya faintly understood something: "You mean, the bureaucrats of the imperial court are afraid of us to support?"

"It's not about us, it's about Nur's mother and son." Talleyrand said deeply: "No matter in any way and for any reason, we agree to ask for help to support the empire, the biggest beneficiaries will, and will only Countess Emmanuel and Baron Frederick,

So here comes the question, the emperor is missing or dead, and the main force of Rickland and Brunswick should also suffer huge losses. So at this time, if our reinforcements are connected with Nuer, what will happen? "

Ryan and Suria totally get it.

At that time, the political center and throne of the empire will definitely be transferred from Brunswick to Nur, and the emperor's court will also be transferred from the Imperial Palace in Brunswick to the Black Tower Palace in Nur!

And this is something that all the bureaucrats in the existing imperial court will do their best to avoid, because Frederick will definitely re-form a cabinet, which means that they will lose their existing official positions and administrative power!

And this is what all the city council members and bureaucrats in Nuer have tried their best to promote, because it means that Nuer will give birth to a new emperor and a new court after more than a hundred years, and they will replace Rick. Lead the formation of a new imperial court, a new cabinet! That was the moment that countless big bureaucrats and military aristocrats were looking forward to.

The two sides must be wrestling at this moment, and if Ryan marched into the empire with tens of thousands of elite Breton troops, what would happen? Whose side will Ryan be on? Was it Luitpold, with whom he had only met a few times? Or his little maid and his own son Frey?

Need to say more?

"Your Majesty, you must not underestimate the determination of bureaucrats when your vital interests may be seriously damaged. At this time, these people are the most high-profile, fiercest and most daring." Talleyrand continued Said: "I can be sure that in the Imperial Palace in Brunswick, there may have been more than a dozen rounds of meetings, but in the end no one dared to make a decision to ask for help and completely mobilize all the remaining resources of the empire, especially for help. "

"You mean, unless the emperor appears, it is impossible for the empire to ask us for help?" Ryan also frowned. If the empire didn't ask for help, it would be a trivial matter for Brittania to be unknown, mainly because of the dukes and generals below. Most of them have opinions. The newly formed army needs time to train. The elite guards directly under Ryan also have a relatively unified idea. They believe that the main force should be devoted to protecting their own territory. In case the empire falls, the Knight Kingdom will also protect itself. .

In this case, Ryan forced the Kingdom of Knights to put a hot face on a cold ass and take the initiative to support. The resistance and the resentment of the army were not so great.

"Not necessarily." Talleyrand also frowned at this time, and the high-spirited cripple sighed: "It depends on whether the countless eunuchs in the imperial court have gone through countless ups and downs and after countless major events and tribulations, whether everyone is still really for the empire. For your own sake, for the sake of the survival of the empire."

"Do you think there are such people in the imperial court?" Ryan asked.

"There must be." Talleyrand shook his head again and again: "It's a pity, his status is not enough, I guess, after the news of the fall of the Nord capital Winter City reached the imperial court, Karl Franz's Minister of the Interior They will definitely take action.”

"How to act?" Ryan touched his chin, and the Sun King thought about everything in it: "It's time to ask us for help? No, I couldn't draw a conclusion before, and it won't be so easy to draw a conclusion now."

"That's right." Talleyrand smiled. He shook his head chicly, let his flaxen curly hair parted in the middle swing back and forth in the air, and then said elegantly: "The old bureaucrats deal with problems nothing more than three The word decision, one is pushing, the other is dragging, and the other is playing, since you can't push it away, and you can't delay it, then the final result must be...Zou!"

"So I expected that as the news of the fall of the capital of Nord reached Brunswick, the imperial court would convene the Imperial Parliament in the name of the emperor, and call all the electors who are still able to act to the capital, and let the electors convene the imperial parliament Discuss whether to ask for help from the whole world!" Talleyrand said confidently: "Whether this can solve the problem is another matter, but there is no doubt that we can put aside all responsibility and really try to discuss and decide on the matter of asking for help and general mobilization. It is possible to implement matters that are not responsible for it immediately! Among them, Emmanuel, the Duchess of the Empire, will definitely be required to be present. If she is not present, this meeting cannot be held. Once the collective decision of the electors is passed, then the responsibility will follow. If it is transferred, everyone can let go of their hands and feet to do it." The fastest updated Qiqi novel

Ryan and Suria looked at each other and smiled.

"You kid is really fucking talented, Talleyrand." Ryan shook his head with a smile: "You are really there. I thought about it, and it seems to be exactly what you said. Okay, then let's hurry up and prepare for the battle, and then wait for the news!"

After a while, Olika came with Katarin, and the empress was startled when she saw Surya's scrutinizing eyes.

How much does the Knight Queen already know? She couldn't figure it out, so she hurried up to say hello to Su Liya, with a very respectful and even flattering attitude.

Ryan delivered a set of countess costumes and crowns that had been prepared to Katarin, and the Sun King smiled and pressed the Furies on Katarin's shoulders: "Since I am working in Britannia , I will not treat you badly, I will make you Countess Valeska! From now on, you will also be my noblewoman of Brittania!"

"Thank you so much!" Katalin hesitated again and again, but knelt down on one knee and accepted Ryan's canonization.

As long as Kislev can restore the country, as long as she and Ryan's daughter can be crowned as queen, she will recognize it again!

……… I was waiting for the dividing line of the news………

Unfortunately, Talleyrand can be called the chief betting master of high precision. This cripple knows bureaucracy too well.

In fact, as Talleyrand expected, the cabinet ministers carefully assembled by Emperor Karl Franz had already quarreled about what to do now, but they couldn't come to a conclusion.

The imperial court knew the news of Hefffungen's defeat, but other news was blocked. Everyone knew what was going on with the emperor, but there was no news to prove that the emperor was dead. Meetings were held one after another, but nothing happened. No one dares to make a decision on major military and political matters.

Acting Archbishop Esme III frantically slandered everything about the former Archbishop Vekmar. He declared that the empire was full of traitors and Chaos spies (referring to Gelt and Vekmar), and we must carry out a "cleaning" of the Church of Justice , In fact, he did the same. Since returning to the capital, this guy has created hundreds of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases and executed hundreds of people in the Justice Church. Alfred I, the great reciter of Litania, sent him a warning letter before he restrained himself.

Spymaster Siegfried Count von Walfen was extremely maddened by the hundreds of Chaos invasions from the front and all kinds of contradictory military sentiments. His carefully constructed spy network was on the verge of collapse, and no one could Confirming the truth of these stories, the few messengers who claim to have come from the far north to the south describe contradictory things, some are driven mad by their journeys, while others always bring fragments of news— Half-true whispers, none of them may be true, and they may all be true.あ奇奇novel 蛧ヤ~7~1~7~(ωωω).qq7(1)

From epic victories to tragic defeats, the Battle of Hefffungen has spawned dozens of versions.

Amadeus Mencken, the imperial envoy and foreign minister, told everyone that the empire's diplomacy is also collapsing, and the dwarves and elves cannot provide any support. Estalia, Tyrell, and the border princes have all been destroyed. The arrogance of the Bretons is off-putting.

The Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. Hawkswall, told everyone bluntly that there were only less than 28,000 coins of various colors left in Brunswick's imperial treasury. It is estimated that there are only about 43,000 gold marks.

With this money, at most three thousand-man legions can be formed.

Hans Zentler, head of the Rick Knights, told everyone at the meeting that Karl Fran Emperor Ze took away almost all the standing army of Brunswick's elite and Rickland. At present, Brunswick has less than 10,000 troops, most of which are semi-professional garrison and provincial troops.

The desperate situation almost made it hard for everyone to breathe. They needed money but no money, food but no food, and people who needed no one. Brunswick was still standing, but the city was filled with a depressive and heavy atmosphere. No news of the Empire's defeat was known yet, but as messengers from the north and scattered routs entered the city in twos and threes, even if they were immediately contained, many rumors were already spreading.

The emperor's court can't do anything about it, all they can do is to gather and control the broken soldiers, and then tell the citizens that this is "FakeNews", our emperor is safe and sound, and our empire has won one victory after another.

Count Metternich ordered the closure of all private newspapers and demanded that everyone be of the same mind. He must be grateful for the backwardness of the times. At present, the citizens of Brunswick still don't know what happened on the front line. The official newspapers continue to report various victories With the news, people's hearts are temporarily stable.

"Everyone, we have to think of something!" Earl Metternich yelled at the cabinet meeting: "It's been more than two months, and we have received news that the emperor may be defeated for more than two months. , meeting, meeting, what else is going on? I suggest that we immediately enlist all able-bodied men to begin military training, and then open all warehouses."

"We don't have this right, Metternich, I understand your difficulties." Mrs. Hawkswall said painfully: "Even if we open them all, we don't have much money to use unless...the nobles in the city are asked to open them." Their private treasury, but how is this possible! Talabheim is still safe and sound."

"Then ask for help!" Earl Metternich was angry. He was humiliated by Talleyrand. The high-spirited cripple reminded Metternich with a strange letter. If you ask for help, we are the only designated person in Brittany. It's Queen Emmanuel of the Empire! Also, the diamond brooch I saw at your home last time is really nice, do you know where I can buy it?

"..." Everyone remained silent.

"Perhaps...the situation isn't that bad?" said the chief justice of the empire, Professor Agatha von Bern. This is a high priest of the Valenna sect. She looks sanctimonious on the surface, but in fact this middle-aged woman accepts any Bribery of any form and any degree—as long as enough money is paid, any crimes except treason and having an affair with chaos and vampires can be exempted and cleared. Of course, most of the money has entered the imperial treasury. It was she who pioneered the "sin silver" system: "Maybe we can wait? When Theodoric arrives, ask about the specific situation?"

"We can't wait any longer!" Count Metternich said sadly, "The capital of Nord has fallen! What else is there to ask?"

"Midenheim is still holding on."

"Midenheim has always stood firm, as long as Todbringer doesn't want to win, Middenheim will not lose!" Count Metternich slapped the table directly: "But Middenheim can't stop the enemy from going straight through Drake Waldwood, straight for Brunswick!"

"Duke Blücher of Kronborg and his Kronborg Legion, they have 6,000 men, Kronborg will stop this."

"It will be too late when Chaos hits Carronberg!"

There was another silence in the hall.

It would be great if the emperor or Marshal Rick, the archbishop, the chief wizard of the royal family, or even the temporary representative appointed by the emperor was here at this time, they would make a decision, and the people present only needed to execute it.

"Then, convene the Imperial Parliament in the name of the emperor, and let the electors decide whether to mobilize the whole country and ask for help from the whole world?" Amadeus Mencken, the imperial privy envoy and foreign minister, spoke, and everything was like Talley As Lang predicted, when the imperial court cabinet was unable to make decisions, they would try to convene the imperial parliament to allow the electors to make collective decisions.

"I agree."

"Aye!"

"That's the only way."

"There is also the new royal chief wizard Greg Matak, send someone to find him, he must also participate."

"Nur, Noor, I really don't want to deal with that arrogant woman."

"Okay, convene the Imperial Parliament and let all the electors who are still able to act come to Brunswick, and they will make a decision on the current situation."

In this way, the imperial court, which had been delayed for a long time, finally decided to convene the imperial parliament, and messengers left the imperial palace towards the empire in all directions.

Call all Electors to a meeting!

The time has come to decide the future of the Empire.

The most important letter was sent to Nur by Count Metternich himself.

At this time, Nur, the industrial center of the empire, is making final preparations before the war under the supervision of Countess Emmanuel and Baron Frederick.

The "rat poison" carefully designed by Alisara is basically completed.