I really can't control myself

Linton was away for quite a long time this time, so it was natural for Linton to take a break and take the opportunity to spend time with his wife and children.

Of course, just eating, drinking and having fun every day is quite boring. While spending time with his family, Linton also casually handles state affairs when he has nothing to do. After all, he can help his wife Yalan reduce the work pressure.

After all, she is still a queen in name only. Although Yalan has been absent from work and has reached the point where she can relax as much as she can, there are still many things that cannot be avoided.

For example, the elves recently surrendered and were planning to come to the capital city to sign a surrender treaty. The queen must attend. Even if the other party is a defeated country and has surrendered unconditionally, you can tease them as much as you want, but in a formal diplomatic occasion like signing a treaty, Yalan will definitely come forward.

There are other matters that obviously cannot be avoided. Of course, Linton will handle them. From the Queen Yalan to the ministers below, no one has any objections. They really want to let Linton handle them all, because Yalan Queen Lan has been absent from work for too long. The ministers below really think that the emperor is unreliable. Can you and your wife discuss it quickly and let Linton come directly?

Yalan actually has the same idea. Although her mentality has changed a bit now and she has begun to pay attention to the throne, she only pays attention to it to occupy the position for her children. And if Linton becomes emperor, is that any different from occupying this position himself? It doesn't make any difference. If you want to take the seat, hurry up. I just want to take care of the child.

The only person who didn't want to do it was Linton himself. He was determined not to do it anyway, but it didn't matter if he helped Yalan handle the affairs.

The current overall situation of the Holy Empire of Elan is simply that it is thriving. The empire is still in a period of rapid growth, with no signs of decline at all.

The main thing internally is development, which is mainly to absorb the national power after the integration of the three previous human empires. There are no surprises or difficulties at the moment. All it takes is time. When the empire fully absorbs these national powers, the overall national power is estimated to be one It’s so scary that only then will we start to consider further development issues, so there’s no need to worry about that now.

As for the outside, the battle in the north has just ended, and the human army is on its way back to its original base. The elves have surrendered unconditionally. The human race has left a legion of hundreds of thousands of troops to maintain the situation there, and the other legions have been transferred back.

The human race has already drawn up a treaty with the elves. The other side is surrendering unconditionally. There is no need to worry about whether they accept it or not. Anyway, they don't have the ability to resist now.

Previously, Linton had directly delegated this power to the ministers, and this time the treaty was drafted mainly by them. The leader was Prime Minister Tyrard. Linton had completely given him the power to deal with the elves. Even if he wanted to wipe out the elves entirely, Linton wouldn't care.

However, it seems that Tyrad chose to accept the surrender of the elves in the end. In fact, Linton felt that the other party was probably reading his mind.

It was obvious that if Linton came, he would be absolutely reckless. As long as the elves dare to fight with him, Linton must make them regret it until they vomit blood. But Linton finally left the matter entirely to Tyrard, and Tyrard probably felt that Linton wanted him to handle it a little more gently.

As a veteran, Tyrad is quite experienced in handling affairs. In his opinion, from the general's perspective, it would not be of much benefit to completely eliminate the elves. Linton's toughness belongs to him. From a diplomatic point of view, it is a white-faced threat and a red-faced one to induce. So now Linton has given the final decision-making power to himself, the red-faced person. Isn't his consciousness very obvious?

So Tyrad handled this matter fairly gently, at least agreeing to the surrender of the elves. Of course, the final negotiations on interests between the two parties lasted for almost a month before they were finally reached.

Of course, the currently drafted treaty has been sent to Linton. Although Linton said that Tyrade would make the decision, does he really dare to make the decision completely? In the end, of course, Linton still had to take the shot.

"Is this the compensation?" Linton looked at the treaty and said.

"Your Majesty, the elves can't compare to us. Their annual tax revenue is only more than 3 million taels. In the past few years, their expenditures have been more than their income. They have been in deficit year after year, and they can't make anything at all." Tyrad said, Of course, they carefully analyzed the financial income of the elves before setting the final compensation price. They would like to earn more if they could, but the elves are really poor.

If you want to ask why it is so poor there, the main reason is that the elves are too kind to the people under their command. From their point of view, everyone is of the same clan and family, so of course it is impossible to charge too heavy a tax. Although it is difficult to maintain the country with such a small amount of money, the senior leaders of the elves really have no intention of changing it.

Linton looked at the elves' financial reports and felt that this country really had not thought about its future development. You said it’s okay to charge low taxes to your own people, but you should charge more to people of other races. But what did the elves do? People of other races are not allowed to appear in the forest. Once discovered, they will be arrested or expelled immediately.

Have they never thought that these people are laborers? The country's national strength was already so low that it was easily ravaged by the humans, and no one was thinking about development. They dreamed about "the elves being invincible" all day long. No wonder they were beaten so badly in the end.

"That's it." Linton put down the contract casually and said. Anyway, he really didn't understand, so he should leave it to professionals to handle it. If he was asked to come, it would indeed be to exterminate the clan at every turn. Of course, he also knew that exterminating the clan would not bring much profit. As far as the poor place of the elves were concerned, how much money could be gained by exterminating them? Maybe even the funds for sending troops are not enough to reimburse them.

After the treaty is signed, the elves will directly become a vassal state of the human empire. Note that this is a de jure vassal state. Once the elves sign and accept this status, it will be difficult to stand up.

As the sovereign state, their exploitation of the elves will be endless in the future. According to the human race's plan, the entire elves will work for the humans anyway. The large forest where the elves are located is a place with very rich products. The elves just don't know how to develop it. It is simply a situation where they are sitting on a treasure land but don't know it.

Of course, the lack of development of the elves is mainly due to their love for nature and their homeland. The humans do not care about their thoughts. It is estimated that there will be a lot of local conflicts in a short period of time. Of course, a legion of the empire will stay. That's why they are there, and they won't be evacuated anytime soon.

The affairs of the elves have been settled for the time being. These ministers are definitely better at making money than themselves. They are professionals. Linton didn't care how much they could benefit from it, because corrupt officials were not a headache for the country at all in this world. In such a martial country, strength and force are the basis of everything. No matter how much money you have, even if you are as rich as the enemy, rebellion is still too far away and there will be no one to accompany you.

Just like those saint-level ones, can you buy them with money? Can you get them to help you? Totally impossible. And the country has holy-level military force, what do you dare to do?

But for people like Linton who have holy-level martial arts, you don't have to pay a penny, and a large number of people follow you voluntarily. Just like Linton is now raising his arms and saying that he will rebel, ensuring that the whole country beats gongs, drums and sets off firecrackers to welcome Linton. For example, if Gasein, who has saint-level strength, raised his arms and guaranteed that a large number of people would directly follow him to rebel, that would be truly threatening.

As for corrupt officials, they are leeks raised by powerful people. You have to be as greedy as possible. If you have no money, you will be killed. In the eyes of everyone in this world, corrupt officials play such a role. Even they know it, so they have never thought about rebellion. This matter has nothing to do with them.

As for the fact that this group of people oppressed the people and caused the country's reputation to decline, in fact, they were not that bold at all. They can control money but not power, and they dare not go too far to protect themselves. Their self-perception is just a handful of leeks. Who knows when the people above will come? So try their best to ensure that they at least look immature.

Of course, these disguises are only for the people under his command. As for the elves? Sorry, didn't you see how unhappy our Majesty Linton is with the elves? The lighter the squeeze, the more you feel as if you are not on Linton's side. What goes up has a de facto effect. They know how to treat the elves just by looking at Linton's attitude. They are definitely squeezing them to death.

In short, it can be foreseen that the life of the elves in the next period of time will definitely be a fiery one. The elves were obviously mentally prepared, they just had no choice.

In terms of foreign affairs, this matter is the most important thing now. Other conflicts are considered trivial matters. To be honest, Prime Minister Tyrard didn't even report it, because Linton's temper was really bad. Before, the elf The clan just didn't come to the full moon banquet, and as a result they were beaten to the point of being wiped out. He was really worried about these small conflicts that would lead to Linton being punished again.

It's not that the empire can't support the war now, but it's really unnecessary. If the elves are here to scare the monkeys, there will definitely be a lot of calm in the surrounding area for a while, allowing them to develop and digest for a while.

It was indeed the right call, at least for the country as a whole. Of course, Linton's side is just a highly different way of looking at things.

Not much happened on the state side, and Linton was quite free. But while he was completing tasks and spending time with his family, something really happened to him.

When he was playing with his children that day, the guard reported to him. The dragon raised by Linton came back, but it didn't come back well. Gathedran came back injured.