Proof of the Sun King

"In the beginning, when the high elves were still the elf empire, the alliance of elves and dwarves used to be so powerful."

On the winter night in Erlengrad, Talleyrand, dressed as a nobleman, walked with Lane, and the lame man smiled at Lane: "At that time, the elf empire came to the old world, and it was the horse of the ambassador of the elf empire to the Dwarven Mountain Kingdom at that time. Legis and troops arrived first, and they soon discovered that there were plenty of places in the Old World to colonize and thrive."

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

Just like the Rome of Ryan's previous life, after the decline of Western Rome, a bunch of barbarians such as the Ostrogoth Kingdom, the Visigoth Kingdom, the Frankish Kingdom, the Lombard Kingdom, the Kingdom of England, etc. rose from the ruins of Rome, and then called themselves orthodox Rome. , Several major human kingdoms are basically built on the ruins of the Elf Empire. If the Empire is considered to be a hybrid of the Elf Empire and the Dwarf Mountain Kingdom, then Britannia is more like the illegitimate child of the Elf Empire.

Anyway, now that everyone is in Rome, we can sing ceddindeden together.

Pass in, pass in!

"Your Majesty knows, it will be easy to handle." Talleyrand laughed twice: "At that time, the elf empire decided to come to the old world to colonize, and they soon found that there was empty land everywhere, rich, and no Master, the dwarves like to live in the mountains and hills, and in the plains and forests, except for a few scattered supply stations, large tracts of unowned land are all vacant there."

"There are so many unowned lands waiting to be developed, and so many fertile lands and resources waiting for their masters. After a period of negotiation in the court, the Phoenix King of the Elf Empire, Beo-Channar, decided to inspire all elves to the greatest extent possible. Positivity and initiative, the Phoenix King announced the national policy of 'staking the horse'."

"Any elf noble 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 that any elven 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 deed 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 has begun, and countless elves with dreams have left Ulthuan and embarked on a journey to colonize all over the world. His Majesty O-Chanel even went to visit all over the world in person. The farthest one reached the peak of Eternity and met with the then Supreme King Snowli-Whitebeard. Your Majesty, do you know how brilliant the Elf Empire was at that time? The whole world The wealth of the world was flowing into Othuan, with exponential economic growth, super-high fertility, massive increases in income, super-low unemployment, and people felt that Othuan would usher in perpetual prosperity."

"Your Majesty, I'm not using this example to say that staking is completely applicable to Keslev, but it has great reference significance, and it is also an important means for us to win over the country's middle class, those Boyers and generals." Leland struck while the iron was hot.

"I understand." Ryan nodded slowly, and the King of Knights understood what Talleyrand meant: "You mean, let's encourage those local Kislev Lord Boyers and soldiers with troops to go to Ellengra As long as they can annihilate the remnants of the chaos, they will directly seal the land?"

"Why not?" Talleyrand put his head in front of Ryan, and the **** was leaning on crutches, nodding like a chick sucking rice: "Let them solve the problem themselves, whoever shoots down, whoever owns the land, these Can the babes not give their lives? This is the fastest way to achieve actual occupation of no-man’s land and newly conquered areas.”

"But wouldn't this easily lead to the privatization of the army and serious land annexation?" Lane 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 become It has evolved into a private army of generals, isn't this a warlord?"

"Oh, my Majesty Ryan, Boyer was originally a local warlord!" Talleyrand said "heartbrokenly": "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 a good friend at best, but you are still an outsider in essence! You must be clear, what do we need? A sufficient reaction time is already a great achievement! You don’t care about land acquisitions and privatization of soldiers, it’s none of our business. Boyers will really be willing to die to defend their homeland!"

Lane smiled.

The king of knights smiled happily, but also very helpless. When Talleyrand said this, he was simply enlightened.

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

For the Celestial Dynasty in the previous life, it seems that the power is centralized, and the unification has become absolutely politically correct. People have an extreme desire and demand for centralized power. Don't let it go, all are firmly in the hands of the monarch, and at the same time, they must work hard to expand their territory, and 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 with a size exceeding the threshold to maintain centralized power for a long time before productivity and transportation and communication capabilities have not kept up. Why? Because over time, problems in the central court will happen sooner or later. It may be due to political turmoil, and the decline in prestige brought about by frequent changes of the throne cannot be convincing to the public. It may be due to the depletion of central finance brought about by land mergers, which weakens the administrative capacity. , it is also possible that the strength of the central army has been damaged due to major military failures, such as the failure to suppress peasant uprisings and the failure of foreign wars.

What to do at this time? If the empire does not want to be fragmented, the imperial court must decentralize power to the localities and let the localities solve their own problems. This may not save the fate of the great empire from declining, but it can delay the decline and prolong the life of the great empire.

For example, the Eastern Han Dynasty in Lane's previous life finally resolved the Yellow Turban Rebellion by fully delegating power to the place. For example, after the military system of the Ju Tang Dynasty completely collapsed in the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, it gradually turned to the Jiedushi system, and the Jiedushi was appointed to control most of the local administrative, financial and military powers once again. In the prosperous times of glory, for example, in the late Qing Dynasty, he chose to cooperate with the local Han bureaucrats and landlords to fight the rebellion.

Do you really think the ancients were all sand sculptures? Don't they understand that this kind of decentralization will lead to big tails and local warlords?

It was a helpless act.

(In order to avoid the infestation of gangsters, it is emphasized that this is from the perspective of the dynasty, and the peasant uprising has its justice and rationality)

This is different from appointing bureaucrats. The huge military pressure will make the bureaucrats naturally think of other ideas. This place is not mine, so why should I manage it seriously? Why should I fight so hard? Xinchaoyazheng, don't I continue to be an official? Even if you can't become it, is it okay to run away and throw the pot?

All we can rely on is a sense of morality from a little 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 that the military pressure in this world is so great, Ryan deeply knows that it is really necessary to rely on the Brittanian army to fight the long security war and chaos hide-and-seek in the ice and snow thousands of miles away, rather than the kingdom of knights. The finances and the army cannot be overwhelmed. You must know that Mrs. Keisler is not as wealthy as Lord Beller of Bafengshan. If you have money and food, you only need to be responsible for the war!

"But, if this is the case, if Boyer and the generals are attracted by Katarin's division... Talleyrand, you also said that to Kislev, I, Ryan, are always an outsider." The king of knights asked the last Doubt: "Will Katalin finally come to **** the fruits of our victory?"

"Hey~" Talleyrand smiled grimly: "Your Majesty, this question is very simple, everyone knows that the main force of Chaos has been completely lost, and the next war is not so much a strategic and tactical battle and an elite level of the army. Speaking of funding and support, as long as you unite with Dame Emilia and firmly block this group of Boyer masters in logistics and supplies, they will be able to pull up 100,000, 200,000, 300,000 people, what is there to be afraid of? Isn't it just a group of corpses that starved to death and frozen to death in the wild, Catalin pulled him? Can she get money and food? Besides, the Boyers are self-sufficient, who should they be? The dog is not right? The mighty Brittany knight or the desolate tsar, who will the Boyers choose?"

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Ryan couldn't help patting his thigh: "Very good! That's how it is arranged!"

"Mrs. Keisler as Archduke Erlengrad! And we Bretons as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Logistics Quartermaster!"

"Also, Talleyrand, you don't have to continue serving as ambassador to foreign countries in Noor." Ryan patted Talleyrand on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Come back to my court, I will appoint you as my diplomat. Director, the annual salary is four hundred gold crowns!"

"Yes... yes!!!" The lame man couldn't help himself in excitement, and knelt down directly in front of Ryan, and the high elves were shaking with excitement.

done!

Plan pass!

...... I am the dividing line that has become ......

A week later, the Kislev army led by Marshal Rokossovsky and the Ugor army led by Beria arrived in Erlengrad, while the Behemund army, the Raun army, and the Nuer imperial army had successively arrived. Arrived and began to clean up the remnants of chaos in the suburbs of the city.

The House of Frost, the base camp of the Northern Expedition.

Here, Ryan met the Marshal Kislev, who is now famous throughout the Old World for "Operation Bagration". He is handsome, strong and tall, and the difference from ordinary Mrs. Other Maozi are so rough and fierce, but they appear somewhat "delicate" and restrained.

"Hello, Marshal Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky." Ryan and Emilia sat on the main seat side by side, and the Knight Dynasty had a somewhat restrained Luo Shuai said, "I heard that your life in Curona was good?"

Luo Shuai smiled a little embarrassedly. The marshal had only been in Curona for two weeks, and immediately had a hot fight with Eva Greene de Glasgow, a Brittanian noble singer. It is said that two people have decided to get married.

Of course, no one knew that this Miss Eva Green was the "swallow" arranged by Beria at the behest of Suria.

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

——Beria-Gulag's orders

Ryan and Luo Shuai said a few words~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Rokossovsky only put forward two requirements. The first is to solve the problem of the treatment and pension of the disabled veterans, and the second is to ensure that Will not annex Errengrad.

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

"What about yourself? What do you do with yourself?" After talking about the political affairs, Ryan picked up the hot coffee and said with a smile: "Constantine, let me call you that, what do you do yourself? I remember. Are you still a death row prisoner?"

"Me? I don't know, but in any case, I am a Mrs. Keisler, and I will not betray my motherland." Luo Shuai was also very embarrassed, he forced a smile: "Your Majesty can arrange the soldiers, I have already I’m satisfied, it’s really not good, please allow me to find a place to live in seclusion in Curona for 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 1st Guards Lancer Regiment that I will soon 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 gasped, and his whole body was shaking from the cold: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's coming, it's coming!"

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

"The Tsar's envoy is here! He thanked us for our help and announced that he would take over the whole of Erlengrad in the name of the Tsar!"

"Sure enough!" Ryan was calm, and he knew that Katarin would definitely come to **** the fruit of victory!

The show is about to begin!