At the beginning of winter, the cold wind kills, and the Marquis of Burgundy is filled with bursts of cold.

Half a month earlier, the sudden national turmoil returned to calm in less than a month, and after Balwyn issued an order to the east to "stop all resistance and leave it to the court", the palace guard immediately took control of the city of Jonah, and after reorganizing the Jonah army, quickly stationed troops in the four counties and two cities of Jonah province.

In Besançon, it took less than five days for the vigorous Flanders to reorganize the palace offices, replace the important official positions of the Balwyn faction in various parts of the Hou Kingdom, such as county magistrates, magistrates, and tax collectors, and more than a dozen high-ranking officials from Balwin and below, including the court minister of security and the minister of the seal, were arrested or dismissed within a few days, including a viscount, two barons, and five knights were sentenced to behead for treason by the Marquis court, and more than 20 Balwyn lords and nobles, including Viscount Herreth of Glarus, were seized of their land.

In five days, the court appointed and rewarded thirty-five officials and nobles, and quickly filled the vacant positions, with a staggering speed of efficiency.

Of the thirty-five newly promoted and appointed nobles and officials, seven were men of Ath's men.

When Flanders announced the appointment of Odo, Angus, Felix, Antayas, Cooper, Lawrence, and Scott at the court council, Art felt a chill in his heart, and he did not expect that Flanders would infiltrate his own forces in this way.

However, Flanders immediately announced that due to the initial establishment of the new southern province of Wales and the unpeaceful war in the south, the above men and others were only accepted by the lord's promotion and official salary, and did not need to take up their posts......

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Besançon, the secret room of the "Moulin Rouge" tavern.

"The palace does not send officials to the province of Wales, nor does it send supervisors to the Welsh legion, but let our people concurrently serve as court officials, but those official positions do not nominally belong to you in the southern county of Jonah Province, so that they have the official title of the court, and they are naturally grateful to the marquis, and they will naturally have a heart to return to the court in the future." Robert, the newly promoted bishop of Wales and the earl's advisor to Art, sighed without a word, "Lord Marquis is really good. ”

"The most important thing is that you can't refuse this kindness yet."

Art smiled bitterly and did not answer.

Robert also knew that these seven people were loyal to Art, so he didn't continue to discuss it, he remembered something and asked, "My lord, did you talk about how to deal with Balwin in today's court meeting?" ”

Chief Yat breathed a sigh of relief, "The court only announced seven felonies such as treason and embezzlement of taxes from the Mexican treasury under Balwin, but it did not announce the handling of Balwin's family. At the end of the council, the Marquis convened a council of important ministers, and decided to change the title of Balwin to the rank of court count, and move the family to a royal estate north of Besançon. ”

Robert was very surprised, "With the means of the Marquis, he is willing to let Balwyn go?" ”

This result was expected by Art, Balwyn had helped Flanders sit on the iron throne, and was regarded as the founding hero of the Marquis of Burgundy, and Flanders needed to leave Balwyn to stabilize the hearts of the Marquis; The main reason is that Balwin is not Bernard, he does not have the ability to turn the world upside down, if it were not for Balwin's unaware and reckless behavior, hindering Flanders' control of the Princedom of Burgundy, maybe he would have been able to start and finish well.

"Flanders is not a tyrant, he needs to give the Marquis of Burgundy a flag to make us both awe and respect."

Art instructed Ron behind him, "You go down and prepare some generous gifts, and we will go to say goodbye to the Marquis and a few important ministers today." ”

"This Besançon City, it's better to come less in the future."

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“...... My lord, who loves to be the military officer of the province of Thorne, I definitely won't be the one anyway, and I won't go to the palace to attend that bullshit ordination ceremony. As for the salary of 5,000 pfennigh a year, all of them will be handed over to the government government for disposal, and they can just send someone to collect it, whether it is to repair bridges or build roads, it has nothing to do with me Odo. ”

"Your Excellency, you also know that this is a means for the court to divide us, so we shouldn't agree to these things, so it will be very difficult for us to do." In the hall of the lord of Tignats, Odo, who had just returned from the western frontier, slapped the palace appointment letter in his hand on the long wooden table in front of him, and his face was flushed with anger.

Turning his head to look at Angus, who had also just returned from the East, he was much calmer, and he threw the court canonization of him as the military officer of the province of Jonah without even looking at it, and then leaned back on the wooden chair without saying a word.

Art didn't expect such a big reaction from Otto and Angus, and it didn't seem to be a fake.

Coughing lightly, Art said loudly: "Put this matter down first, and discuss it after returning to the valley."

"O'Doangus, what's going on in the East and West?"

Otto made a boring gesture, "This time I led my troops westward, and the battle was quite large, but even if it was an armed march, I would take the army to practice a long march. ”

"However, the defenders of Bona City have made some progress in recent months, and the Western Garrison Legion has recruited and trained two hundred soldiers, and I asked Colin to stay in Bona City with five legion officers temporarily, and strengthen the training of the defenders of Bona City, and strive to add another elite to the adults."

"How are the officials sent by the government to Beaune doing?" Yate should not only pay attention to the army, but also care about the people's livelihood.

"The government has taken officials from various government offices to take the city of Bona and the surrounding villages under its jurisdiction, and when I went they were still organizing labor to repair trade roads and expand the free market."

Art nodded, and turned to Angus again, who was the main force in this "stability maintenance".

"My lord, it's not interesting to say, this time we went north and east, we walked back and forth for more than 20 days, and we fought two battles before and after. But it's more of a brawl than a war. Out of Fort Andermatt, no one came out to stop them all the way, and it was not until they approached the city of Jonah that they encountered an enemy force of less than fifty men, and they were crushed in a single shot. ”

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"One dead and two wounded, one of them stepped on a horse pit and broke his leg when he charged."

"If I had known that Jonah's army would be like this, I would have taken dozens of cavalry to go around the eastern border with banners."

A few people laughed.

"My lord, is there anything new in the palace?"

Art nodded, "This time I went to Besançon City, and I heard a secret story that may have a lot to do with us. ”

Otto and Angus instantly returned to their old ways and stood up to listen.

"According to the report of the Marquis's eagle-eyed in Paris, His Majesty has become more and more jealous of the Holy Order in recent months, and seems to be in danger of overthrowing."

Otto immediately answered, "I have been stationed in Beaune this time, and I have also heard from the merchants who have spoken to France that the army has been gathering frequently in recent months, and it seems that there are movements, but the merchants have rumored that the King of France is preparing to go north to deal with the English. ”

"My lord, the Holy Order and His Holiness are not only not hateful, but even close. Although the King of France has overthrown the Pope over the years, the Holy Assembly has grown stronger and stronger in France. Odo did not understand why His Holiness had ill intentions towards the Order.

Robert, who was sitting on the side, took over the topic, "As early as the height of this summer, I learned from the parishioners who served in the Parisian cathedral that the King had submitted a complaint to the Holy See in the late spring, in which he denounced the evil deeds of the Knights of the Holy Order, refusing to do good deeds and making unjust profits, and even used ritual spitting on the cross and using pagan rituals, etc., which were tainted with "heresy", which is a felony. ”

"His Holiness is an extremely devout saint, how can he tolerate insults to the Holy Lord by the knights of the Holy Order?" Robert said with a cross drawn on his chest.

Angus laughed, "Bishop Robert, I don't think the King is a devout saint, and don't forget that our Pope is still living in Avignon." ”

"Let me say that the King of France simply cannot tolerate the growing power of the Order, and fears that a greater power will grow in the land of the Kingdom of France than the King of France."

"Besides, the King and the royal family have borrowed a huge amount of money from the treasury of the Holy Order, and now that the King is at war everywhere, and I hear that he is now at war with the English in the north, I am afraid that the King of the Dharma is coveting the mountains of gold and silver coins in the treasury of the Holy Order."

Angus came from a humble background and served in the Order, and he had always seen the sordid things beneath the glossy exterior.

The three people in the room were still holding their own opinions about this rumor, and Art, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly woke up and slapped the wooden table and got up, "God! It's actually right. Black Friday! Black Friday!! ”

"It's September now, it's over, it's almost too late." Art kept slapping his forehead.

Several people in the room were stunned for a moment, wondering why Art was suddenly like this.

"My lord~?" Otto got up and looked at Art blankly.

Art came back to his senses, immediately beckoned a few people to sit down, and commanded, "The Dharma King is about to make a move on the Holy Order!" I had to leave for Paris right away, and maybe catch my last chance. ”

Without waiting for a few people to react, Art had already begun to order, "Odo, you lead the various units of the Wells Legion back to the valley, and from today until I return, the entire army under the command of the Earl of Wales will be commanded by you, assisted by Bas and Kazak. During this time, in addition to preventing chaos in the north, the focus was on preventing the Lombards. ”

"Angus, you have served the Order, and you know the Order's treasury steward in the Princedom of Burgundy. I give you an authorisation, that you shall go north to Besançon, and borrow gold coins from the treasury of the Besançon Order, using the tax revenues of the county of Jonanan for twenty years. ”

"Remember, no matter what means you use, borrow as much as you can."

Angus was dull for a moment, and seemed to understand something, "My lord, are you going to ~"

"Don't ask, do it first, it's too late."

"Yes!"

After arranging Otto and Angus, Art said to Robert, who was sitting next to him, "Robert, you prepare a little and leave for Paris with me."

"By the way, tell Ron to ask the Continental Comptoir to prepare some generous gifts that are easy to carry, and prepare 50,000 gold coins."

At the end of September, Arte, who had just helped the new prince of the Marquis of Burgundy to kill the old vassal Balwin, left his army to the south, led religious advisers and a large amount of money, and quietly entered the province of Saône, escorted by the Thirty Cavalry Count's Guard, and then crossed the city of Beaune, and took a large ship in the port south of the Duchy of Burgundy, and sailed down the river towards Paris, where the headquarters of the Order's treasury was located......