Speaking of this, seeing the Governor's silent contemplation, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Father, you are not going to act according to what is said above, are you?" ”

The governor glanced at his son and said, "Are you stupid? How could I possibly do it! Have you forgotten that I always urge you not to get involved in royal affairs? We must not obey the order, otherwise we will be seen as the crown prince's men! Don't forget that there is also a strong Seven Princes in Haiquan Province on the side! ”

The governor's son immediately nodded and said, "It's the son who is ignorant, but what kind of charter did the father ponder just now?" ”

The governor pointed to the document in his son's hand and said, "I'm thinking about the other party's reason for doing this, I think the adults in the imperial capital should know very well that there are few people in the world who will obey orders." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The governor's son thought for a moment and said, "You said that the Imperial Metropolitan would not take this opportunity to see who could be their ally?" ”

"Huh?"

The governor's eyes lit up: "It is very likely that this is what it means, the emperor uses this order to distinguish friend from foe." Said that he looked at his son with great satisfaction, his own boy has made progress recently.

"So what do we do? The imperial capital has been silent for so long, and they dare to issue such an order, then it means that they are ready to crusade against the enemy's strength, and now they are coming up with this trick to see who is the enemy and who is the ally. The governor's son said a little nervously.

The governor shook his head and said: "It's not an ally, but to see who is loyal to the crown prince of the imperial capital, not loyal to him, even if he is loyal to the empire, he is also a traitor of the country, this is the prelude to the second round of standing in line, it is estimated that I want to let those who did not stand well in the first round have the opportunity to choose again." ”

"Then we ......" The governor's son was still tempting, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a cold look from the governor.

"Hmph, don't think about glory and wealth all day long! In these chaotic times, the homes of the powerful are more likely to be exterminated than the homes of the rich. ”

The governor glared at his son angrily, and then said as if he had made up his mind: "In order to cut off your thoughts, if someone in our coastal province acts according to the orders of the imperial capital, I will give up the position of governor to the first person who obeys the order, even if you don't need money!" ”

The governor's son was dumbfounded, wasn't he? Doesn't that mean that my days of enjoying the position of Young Governor are shorter?

Zhao Hu also received the order that spread all over the world in the imperial capital, and after reading this order that did not specifically designate any recipients, Zhao Hu stroked the seal and signature on the order, sighed and said: "Obeying the order can be regarded as giving His Excellency the Marshal a face." ”

"Yes."

Zhou Wen received the order very easily, he didn't think that doing what this order required would bring any trouble to his master.

The Seven Princes of Haiquan Province next door? Others don't know, but they know very well, it's just a puppet who performed very well for the safety of his life, but in fact, he has long been set up by his subordinates. As for the real principal, hehe, even if he doesn't come to find trouble, his own master will go to him for trouble.

The Augustian Empire, which was originally proud of the world, was completely mired in chaos by the joy of many careerists, and the people of the empire who lived in the years of warlord division and chaos did not have as much ambition as the magnates.

They are generally surrounded by wives and children, covered by thatched huts, and have single clothes to wear, so they can fill their stomachs, and their biggest ambition is only to be able to live a worry-free life with food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Therefore, the people of the empire are generally not interested, and they do not have the ability to care which side of the royal banner changes at the head of the city, but during this period of time, all the people of the empire can't help but discuss something with their neighbors, relatives and friends in the village.

This thing that attracted the attention of the world was that the rulers of the imperial capital of the Augustus Empire did not know what to do, and suddenly sent tens of thousands of envoys to all parts of the country with an order, and as soon as these envoys arrived at their destination, they immediately handed over the order to all the famous and famous local warlords and magnates. Due to the large number of envoys, and they all hung the identity of imperial envoys, and they were all preaching the orders they carried, although they were murdered by careerists and conspirators on the road, the people of the whole world who threw these envoys clearly knew the content of the orders.

The people of the Empire were only a topic of idle talk about this order, and of course some of the people who were loyal to the Empire were very excited.

The warlords, who wield military power, either throw the orders aside or laugh at the wishful thinking of those who issued them. And the princes and princesses clamored that they did not recognize the right of those who issued the order to issue it, and demanded that this transgression be stopped immediately!

But though everyone in the world has their own ideas, everyone opens their eyes and pricks up their ears to see which fool accepts this command.

Why is it said that it is a fool who receives this order? It's very simple, because this order requires warlords everywhere to truthfully report to the imperial capital the military system under their command, that is, they need to truthfully report how many officers and soldiers they have, what equipment they have, and where they are from.

If this is the case, it is estimated that most of the warlords will report it, and if the empire is willing to admit the establishment and take charge of the supply, I believe that all the warlords will rush to report it.

Unfortunately, the order clearly requires that after the establishment is reported, the imperial capital will decide the size of the establishment, and require the establishment troops to obey the orders of the imperial capital. Although the document does not mention whether the imperial capital is responsible for the supply, as long as you think about the imperial capital that has become an isolated island, you can know that even if the imperial capital is willing to be responsible for the supply, it will definitely not be able to send it out.

Oh my God, when these conditions come out, aren't they even as good as the previous regular army era? In that case, who wants to do it if they are already warlords? Whoever is willing to do it is a fool!

Just when everyone was discussing whether there was a fool in the whole empire, a warlord suddenly appeared in the coastal province on the edge of the empire, expressing his willingness to obey the order, and sent people to send the army establishment and the register of officers and soldiers to the imperial capital.

For this group of messengers who hung flags and rode horses to the imperial capital, the people and officials on the road were curious to inquire about the name of the fool.

In this way, Colonel Zhao Hu's name took this opportunity to spread throughout the empire. Of course, at this moment, the word Zhao Hu is synonymous with stupidity.

Imperial capital of the Augustian Empire, imperial palace.

The chief eunuch rushed through the main hall of the palace that was being decorated, and came to the door of the side hall where the ministers rested before the meeting, and then he slowed down, took a few breaths, stabilized his rapid heartbeat, and did not tidy up his clothes, he rushed in with sweat, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, there is news!" ”

The crown prince, who was annoyed, shook his body and immediately asked, "What news?" ”

"Your Highness, in the coastal province on the border of the empire, there is a colonel named Zhao Hu who is willing to obey orders! This is the military establishment and household registration information just passed on, reported by Colonel Zhao Hu. The chief eunuch knelt on the ground, with a look of joy, and presented the scroll with both hands.

The crown prince was obviously satisfied with the performance of the eunuch in charge of the inner palace, and when he picked up the scroll, he praised it casually.

It's no wonder that the crown prince has this mind at the moment, first praise people and then look at the scroll, just now the chief eunuch has already explained the identity of this warlord who obeys orders. A colonel in the frontier provinces of the empire - in this era when warlords are everywhere, and no one dares to call himself a general, how good can a man who only dares to call himself a colonel be?

In the crown prince's heart, this Colonel Zhao Hu must be a pitifully weak little warlord, and he doesn't need to care about the surrounding warlords by using the tiger skin that obeys the orders of the empire.

Immersed in his own thoughts, the somewhat self-righteous crown prince didn't notice that when the chief eunuch said Zhao Hu's name, two of the four ministers present had their faces moved. If the crown prince notices this, his mind will definitely change.

Although the crown prince is not interested in a small colonel, he is the first warlord to clearly declare to the world that he is on his side, even if this colonel is incompetent and weak enough to have only one soldier in the team, then he must be rewarded. This method is an allusion to a man in the ancient Far East who bought a pair of horse bones with a thousand gold coins to show the world his love for horses.

The crown prince, who actually didn't care much in his heart, in order to show his attention, opened the scroll and read it himself, the beginning was polite words, everyone didn't pay attention to it, and when the crown prince read it: "Two infantry brigades? There are only 30,000 people, hehe, there is not half a division. The crown prince couldn't help but shake his head. However, when he saw the information below, he couldn't help but nod and said, "A wing of cavalry? Well, yes, the strength is okay. ”

It's no wonder that the crown prince appreciates it so much, although it was very easy for the empire to pull out 100,000 cavalry in the past, and the counterattack on the prairie has been done, but the last time the three legions were wiped out in the prairie, most of the imperial war horses were lost out of thin air, and the rarity of the cavalry has increased a lot now.

Moreover, in this era of division of the legion, the remaining war horses have already been divided, that is, the imperial capital with money, people, and goods, it is very hard to get the strength of a cavalry division, and it is indeed a very remarkable thing to have a wing of cavalry in a small place.