Early in the morning, Lu Lu Xiu came to the office of the White Tower, I don't know if it was because of the extravagance of last night, even if it was the physique of the human emperor, it also made Lu Lu Xiu feel a little unbearable, although he didn't yawn all the way, but his eyes were tired.

At this time, the interior of the White Tower has been completely controlled by 20,000 garrison soldiers, and the periphery is the northern peasant soldiers, Leluch gave these northern peasant soldiers the priority of supply, and the weapons and armor stored inside the White Tower can be said to be all given to them, and the current northern peasant soldiers seem to be at least right about the word soldier.

Almost everyone can have an iron sword or spear, and it is no problem for each person to have a simplified chain mail, and with some helmets of various colors, at least these peasant soldiers are armed to the maximum level, no longer wearing a sackcloth and holding a thousand strange farm tools.

As for the 10,000 church knights of the church, they were temporarily placed in the guard camp in the inner city, and it is worth mentioning that they were placed with 5,000 imperial guards and brother knights of the knights.

The Brotherly Knights and the Church Knights can be said to have formed a deep 'friendship', but now, Lelouch has directly borrowed from the ancient Chinese way of governance, and the direct relationship between the two is a bit awkward.

To tell the truth, although Lelouch successfully ascended the throne of the human emperor, there are a lot of things left for Leluxiu to deal with, such as the enthronement ceremony and how to repatriate the massive number of people gathered in Baicheng, etc., the mid-term government and army reform, the long-term centralization and land reform, these are just things that can be thought of in an instant, in fact, there are still many things waiting for him to deal with.

Lelouch came to the main hall, a large number of attendants who followed from the Horn Fort were busy, and a set of administrative teams trained by Lelouch in the Horn Fort gave full play to his advantages at this time, Lelouch was only a little late for a long time, and the attendants and civilian priests had already counted the current situation, handed it over to Wang Zifeng to check it and waited to report to Lelouxiu.

Lelouch looked at the original furnished study, which was full of people at this time, and felt slightly satisfied, a large number of useless books were carried away, and new documents and files were placed by the wind gate, as soon as Lelouxiu sat down, Wang Zifeng walked over from his office.

Lelouch likes to see it at a glance, there are several desks in the middle of the entire large study, in the middle is his own, and the others are his own confidants, but generally speaking, those who can do this position to work can already be regarded as a very high-level existence in the entire human rights system, Lelouch has thought about how to centralize power, and the last way he thought of was to replace the current aristocratic system with a more advanced bureaucratic system.

It does not mean that the aristocracy will be abolished, but that the aristocracy will be completely squeezed out of the power system, and their positions will be replaced by civil servants who have been educated by the state.

Generally speaking, as long as the bottom has a way to rise, then it will give the government the greatest trust and support, which is especially obvious among the bottom elites, but this kind of thing is not in a hurry, at least it can only be implemented after Lelouch completes the political and military reform of the area under his control.

Wang Zifeng walked quietly to Lelouxiu's office desk, took a piece of copywriting and said:

"Your Majesty, this is the situation of Baicheng according to today's statistics, first of all, the following aspects:"

"In terms of law and order: With the armed peasants and soldiers in the north, our control over the outer city has been guaranteed to a certain extent, and with the return of a large number of priests to the original church, we have begun to gradually grasp the actual situation in each city, although the nobles are constantly making various small movements, but the overall situation is still under our control. ”

"Military: We now have a total of 50,000 northern peasant soldiers, 20,000 garrison soldiers, more than 11,000 churches, guard knights, and 5,000 brother knights who are temporarily under surveillance. ”

"In terms of materials: we are relatively nervous about this, according to the current consumption, our material reserves can only last for less than a month, this is mainly because the large number of people gathered outside Baicheng has aggravated the consumption, so the current priority is to repatriate the people gathered in Baicheng. ”

"In terms of security: Under the surveillance of a large number of lurking eyeliners in the early stage of the church, the entire Baicheng only expressed jealousy and envy for His Majesty's superiority, and there was no direct antagonism, so it was still relatively controllable. ”

Wang Zifeng reported one by one, Lelouch listened very carefully on the side, and as the news became more and more, Lelouxiu's brows became more and more wrinkled, it seemed how refreshing it was to be the emperor, but for a monarch like Lelouxiu who wanted to make a difference, the current situation was simply a mess, Lelouch rubbed his head, and had a clearer understanding of his current situation in his mind:

At present, Lelouxiu's actual control area is just one more White City, and because of the large number of nobles living in Baicheng, Lelouch's control of Baicheng is far less than that of Horn Fort, which can be said to have no growth in hard power, but there are losses and gains, at least the current Lelouch has the righteousness of the emperor, and under the name of righteousness, Lelouxiu can do a lot more.

And because of Richard's relationship, although the local nobles in the north felt a little uneasy about their position too close to Lelouch, but they were helpless, theoretically speaking, the north also belonged to half of Lelouch's control area, as long as he used a little means, with Richard's attitude, it should not be difficult for him to actually control the north.

There is also the problem of the reserve of materials in the White City, on the first day after Lelouch ascended the throne, that is, today, there have been nobles who openly refuse to continue to sell food, but have begun to hoard, in addition to their desire to sell at a high price to make a profit, there is also for their own sake, if Lelouch fails to disperse the crowd in a short time, then there may be a short but cruel famine in the White City.

Lu Luxiu waited until Wang Zifeng finished speaking, thought about it and said:

"Let Frank lead people to persuade the people outside the city to leave, and there will be more priests over to the church, and in addition, tell the people outside the city that they can apply for land use rights after returning to their hometowns, and the year after tomorrow, Baicheng will come forward to buy land for them to cultivate!"

Lu Lu Xiu's words Wang Zifeng nodded in agreement, the latter in addition to allowing the people to willingly give up Bai Chen's free food and drink to return to their hometown, but also to give the local nobles a head-on blow, not to mention anything else, if they execute, it will be a dish of Lu Lu Xiu, without money, what else can they do? And if they refuse? Then Lelouch has the name of righteousness and directly sends troops to exterminate these nobles, and obtains those lands for free, and there are too many nobles waiting for death in the heaven-sent land, and it is time to kill a batch.

After Wang Zifeng instructed the most urgent things at the moment, he continued:

"Also, Your Majesty, the Vulture Duke has been waiting outside the door for a long time!"

Wang Zifeng was particularly confused about why Lelouch called Decres over, but he didn't dare to ask more, and only after he was busy did he seem to suddenly remember and reminded Lelouxiu, Lelouxiu thought about it and stood up, I went out to talk to him, and you went on to busy your business.

Saying that, Lelouch walked towards the door, two knights of the guard from Fort Horn followed behind, always protecting Lelouxiu's safety, outside the gate, De Lexiu looked into the distance with a gloomy face, he didn't know why Lelouch would call him over, to be honest, only since the White City was defeated by Al, De Cress has been under Lelouch's surveillance, De Cress has even felt that there is no chance to return to the south, and he may even be imprisoned in a few days.

Do you want to lock yourself up today? De Cres suddenly felt a panic when he thought of this possibility, he shook his head, he shouldn't be so unlucky, if he really can't explain the matter of his daughter going to bed with Lelouch last night, maybe he can save his life?

The cranky De Cres was tangled outside the door, not even noticing that Lelouch had come to his side at some point, Lelouch looked at De Cres with interest, and he suddenly spoke:

"Lord Duke is walking here?"

Lelouch's voice startled DeCres, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The subordinate should die, he failed to greet His Majesty the Emperor!"

Although Decres's sincerity and fear made Lelouch have nothing on his face, in the bottom of his heart, he still exclaimed fiercely, and there was nothing more refreshing than seeing his past enemies kneel in front of him like this.

Lelu Xiuran's heart blossomed, but he still maintained a kind smile on his face: "What is this? we don't need to stick to these small sections!"

Lelouch helped Decres up, and then said, "I happen to be free this morning, you can walk with me!"

What Lelouch said was a proposal, but there was no meaning of inquiry in his words, Lelouxiu's words, would De Cress dare to refuse? Lelu Xiu was not the old man who had almost no real power, in the White City, Lelouch could at least say a thing, and killing Decres was as simple as killing a chicken.

Lelouch walked in front, De Leuch was slightly half a step behind, Lelouch looked at the wide square outside the palace, he walked towards the white tree in the distance, his speed was not fast, it seemed that he was really taking a leisurely walk, De Lelouch followed behind him in a nervous mood, I don't know what Lelouch was thinking, to be honest, De Cress felt that he really couldn't guess Lelouch's mind, if you want to say that Lelouch would only engage in the economy, he also made achievements in almost all other aspects, and was even able to directly deprive the Pope of the right to coronate and wear a crown on the human emperor by taking advantage of the general situation yesterday, although this right is nothing to the human emperor, but it also shows the church a very obvious meaning, that is, who is the boss.

After Lelouch made this small gesture, to be honest, not only El, but even Decrees, who is known for his vultures, was shocked, this kind of mind and means could be thought up by a young man in his twenties and thirties?

It was because of such doubts that Declan sometimes really wondered if Lelouch would be the reincarnation of a human emperor who could have such outstanding means at such a young age.

Just as Declan was thinking about it, Lelouch suddenly spoke:

"Decrees, would you like to sit next to me and do something for me?"

"Huh?"

Decres didn't seem to understand what Lelouch meant, he subconsciously questioned for a moment, and then felt a shock for a moment, he didn't expect Lelouch to actually want to join his core team, did he want to use this to control the South through himself?

Declan thought that maybe Lelouch thought so, so he said directly:

"Your Majesty, I am naturally flattered by your kindness, but you must know that compared to the southern realm at this time, the family of the descendants should have elected a new patriarch!"

Decres's words did not make Lelouch respond, Lelouch just smiled and said:

"Decrees, let me share with you a question of mine. ”

After Lelouch finished speaking, he didn't wait for Decres to reply, and said directly:

"I've often wondered if there is a new world on the other side of the sea, if there are new oases on the other side of the Black Lands in the endless depths of Mordor, if there will be more endless mountains or something in the distance of the Dwarven Mountains, and if there really aren't any races in the desert depths of the far west of Middle-earth?"

Lelouch spoke faster and faster, and more and more, until De Cress was completely unable to answer, and then Lelouch suddenly turned around and looked at De Cress seriously:

"I've never put the South in my eyes, what I care about is only your talent, your talent will help us return to the top of Middle-earth, our career has just begun, we still have a long way to go, I hope, I just hope that you can help me, and nothing else!"

Was Lelouch's words inciting? Maybe a little, was De Creus moved? Maybe there was a little bit, but De Cres was already in tears at this time, not how much ambition Lelouch had moved him, nor how much Lelouch valued him, just because of one point:

Not only did Lelouch not kill him, but he also trusted himself extremely to do it for his own officials, for a nobleman, isn't such a leader exactly what he longed for day and night, De Cress is still very young, he is only in his forties, and for the Middle-earth people he is even in the stage of young people, how could De Creus refuse the temptation given by Lelouche.

Once you get into such a thing as power, you can't quit it again!