Chapter 1,317 Court Discussion
But the old emperor didn't even look for it, and directly swallowed up a piece of the territory of a big noble! Even though it’s an escrow in name. However, everyone could see clearly that in the absence of a qualified heir, the title of Grand Duke Risa had become the emperor's possession.
Although the emperor is legally the lord of everyone, he is actually only the largest noble in the empire. Since you are a noble, there are certain rules that you must abide by. However, no matter how beautifully done and well-founded in the law, annexation is taboo in the eyes of other nobles.
In addition to the puzzling and dissatisfaction of the aristocratic class with the treatment of the Rizal family, the treatment of the Kawei family really caused an uproar.
First, deprive Ricardo Carvey of his title and force him to be succeeded by Marquis Noonan Farshed. Therefore, in the future, Ricardo can keep the surname of Kavi, but he can no longer call himself a grand duke; he has the status of a noble, but no title. Noonan will change his full name to Noonan Carvey, succeed as Grand Duke, and return to the court to serve the emperor.
This is not a big or small thing. The extraordinary status of the former Grand Duke of Kawei really worried many nobles. Apart from anything else, when quarreling with someone in the palace, who wouldn't be afraid that the old Duke would not reply and would just roll up his sleeves and crack his wrists!
Therefore, it is a good thing for everyone that he retires and lets his son succeed as the Grand Duke. The old emperor's excuse this time touched everyone's heart.
But the price for stopping the war, returning to the palace, and seizing the title was ten rich manors, which not many people could accept. Offering ten manors may be a bit euphemistic. In the eyes of some nobles, this is deprivation of territory!
An extinct grand duke was swallowed up, and another grand duke was deprived of his territory. Even though previous emperors had dealt harshly with both parties involved in the Blood Banner Revenge, none of them had dealt directly with the Grand Duke, who was responsible for protecting the country, like this time.
Generally speaking, at this time, the noble class will unite and stand against the emperor, forcing the supreme leader to retract his decision. But someone has to step up and lead the conversation. And this person cannot be someone else. Of course, the person involved must first speak for himself, and then others can help.
The Rizal family is dead. As a human country, the evil creatures of the undead are not allowed to appear in the palace. This is a matter of camp and position. Simply put, when you die, you are dead. Even if you come back as a zombie, an evil spirit, or some other weird thing, the power you had during your lifetime will not count.
What about the Kavey family? Although everyone knows that the old Duke and the Emperor are friends who wear the same pants, but on this matter that harms the interests of the family, their stance should be consistent with that of the aristocracy.
Therefore, everyone in the palace all turned their attention to the father and son of Grand Duke Kawei, who were at the bottom of the table. But, they were disappointed. The old duke and the young duke who will succeed the title of grand duke stood at the bottom like wooden stakes without saying a word.
Immediately, the emperor issued another edict that the Iron Guards, one of the emperor's three bodyguards, would move to the Western Camp in Kawei Territory. That is the camp where the old Duke assembled three legions.
At this time, everyone thought of a problem. Previously, the emperor only ordered the garrison led by Risa to be disbanded, but left the three legions in the west camp of Kaweijia untouched. Now the iron guard has been moved over. What is the purpose of releasing four legions into the territory of the Kawei family?
However, the old emperor did not let everyone guess, but instructed his son, the crown prince who was also the prime minister. Let him discuss with the Minister of Military Affairs and send a legion to the Western Camp to work with the Iron Guard to receive motorized vehicles such as cars and trucks.
In addition to receiving equipment, the most important thing is to train the regular regiments sent by the Iron Guard and the military at the West Camp, how to drive cars, trucks and other vehicles, as well as simple maintenance. After the training reaches a certain level, they will use cars, trucks and other equipment to move the defense back to the imperial city, and it will be regarded as an exercise with the permanent residence of the regular legion.
Then the three legions of the original West Camp were gradually disbanded after the Risa Territory returned to normal. During this period, a supply of food and supplies was borne by the military headquarters, whose mission was to teach the two regiments to use new vehicles and equipment such as cars and trucks.
It seems that on the surface it is a regular army directly subordinate to the emperor and subordinate to the empire to receive new equipment. But who can stand in the palace is not a human being? Everyone sees more problems.
The emperor only said that he would send troops to receive the automobiles, trucks and equipment of the two legions, but did not say how much money it would cost. This means that the Kawei family has shed blood again. The equipment of the three legions was now directly donated to two legions.
And it's not just ordinary weapons, it's the cars and trucks that everyone is coveted at this stage. This will undoubtedly increase the strength of the direct army of the emperor and the regular army of the empire. At least the Kaweijia West Camp brought fear to all the nobles, and this deterrent force directly made the emperor accept it.
Another problem is that the Rizal family's legion was deorganized first, and the Kawi family added two more legions. As long as the vassals of the Rizal family are dissatisfied with the emperor's handling and want to use their military power to cause trouble, then they will accept a head-on attack from the five legions with the edict!
This time it was not about Grand Duke Kawei himself holding high the blood flag. If the five legions in the early stage are unable to handle even one of them, the entire empire will mobilize to dismantle the leaderless Rizal Territory in the name of justice.
Don't look at the fact that the Risa leader has gathered more than ten legions of soldiers. If this really happens, the empire will not be serious enough to fight. You have to be a general but not a general, you have to be a handsome man but not a handsome man. If you want to be a bandit, you have to see whether you can outrun the three legions equipped with cars in the West Camp.
Someone who thought more about it found out that the reason why the emperor planned to exterminate the Risa family was related to the high price paid by Duke Kawei? After all, in Blood Flag Revenge, it is only right that one party kills the other party.
It's just that from the emperor's standpoint in the past, successive emperors would avoid this situation where one of the parties was exterminated, which somewhat left people with a sigh of relief. Preserving some conflicts among ministers is the most common control method used by monarchs.
But behind this series of big moves, it seems that things are not as simple as what the monarch and his ministers showed. At least those who have experienced the same era as these two monarchs can understand the emperor's proud smile and the general's sullen expression.
Make trouble! Don't do it to yourself, but do it to others!
The crown prince, who was the prime minister, didn't think too much. All he could think about was one of the two legion equipments that Duke Kawei wanted to hand over.
The emperor's three guards and imperial guards hide their identities and are scattered all over the place. There is no need for such conspicuous things as cars. The personal guards guard the palace and the imperial city. They have their own stations. They don't have much use for cars, or they are in no hurry to equip them. Only the Iron Guard is used as a regular legion and is directly under the emperor's power, so it is appropriate to be equipped with the latest mobile vehicles.
Which of the many regiments belongs to the military headquarters can be manipulated. The empire has ten permanent legions. The first legion is the strongest, but also the most unique. It is rarely used intensively because each of the ten brigades has its own characteristics. This means that it may not be suitable for equipping the latest mobile vehicles such as cars and trucks.
Then the remaining 2nd to 10th legions basically have no ranking of strength, they are just divided into stations. They were stationed in nine high-risk areas within the empire to guard one side.
Incidentally, the sixth legion is stationed on the outskirts of the Ancient One, the Wood Elf tribe of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. They are not stationed close to each other, but at a distance, but the intention of guarding against someone is quite obvious.
If the commanders of these nine legions want to equip SAIC cars and trucks as soon as possible, according to the emperor's instructions, it is not the prime minister who will discuss it with the military minister. This means that he has the opportunity to show favors and win over people.
If cars and trucks are really good things, it can be expected that all legions will use them in the future. So why not just create a brigade for each legion and divide it equally among everyone? It can also be used for training and getting familiar with the use of equipment.
In the future, as long as the cars and trucks are equipped, there will be ten motorized legions, and the strength of the central empire will be even greater. Thinking of this, the Crown Prince vaguely caught some thoughts and fell into deep thought again.
As for the regular legions affiliated with the military, the various nobles' forces within them are complex. When the old emperor threw out a piece of bait, there was no one among the nobles who would not take the bait.
Everyone is right to be afraid of the three legions equipped with vehicles by Duke Kawei, but they are also greedy. After all, the training session with half of the Duke's Guards at the beginning of the year had to cover a month's journey in three days, which really scared a lot of people.
It's just that no matter what the emotion is, everyone can only guess, and there is no actual object to use as a basis for judgment. Now that we have the opportunity, how could we not fight for it?
Perhaps the nobles cannot command regular legions. But with their people inside, even if they can't command, getting some inside information and verifying some things is better than having nothing and just watching from the sidelines.
So for a while, everyone focused on this second set of motorized vehicles and equipment for the legion.
It's not that they are indifferent to the emperor's conspiracy, but that things come first. The benefits are right in front of you, and you won't get them unless you grab them. The emperor's conspiracy has not yet unfolded. We don't know what he wants to do, and we can't defeat him. It's better to wait until things really come to light and then act on your own initiative.
So it seems easy to choose which one to do first.
As for the one who was sitting firmly on the throne, he felt even more proud as he watched the show below like a pack of hyenas fighting for a piece of carrion.
Just as he was about to smile, something suddenly occurred to him that made Armin, the emperor, stop laughing. That is, who makes the car?
We didn't talk about this before, but now we have to call the old guy to talk about it, the chips are different. If this piece of cake is still in the hands of the Kawei family, then the ten manors and vehicles worth two legions are really nothing.
The demand for automobiles, whether military or civilian, is clear.
Thinking of this, the old emperor felt unhappy. If you look at the human-looking dogs below, none of them are simple things.
If a wave of arrows washes the ground, some will die unluckily, but no one will die innocently.