Chapter 91: Killing Intent

Gawain was considerate of this, and he himself was prepared to choose a suitable time to visit Darasena and Germaninus, as well as the famous rhetorician Maupulos. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is also a kind of entrapment of the old Komnenos and the old ministers.

At the same time, the same is true for Ducasse, Gawain quickly promised to buy Myculinus, "The most glorious Caesar title will be yours soon, and I will correct the previous Emperor Alexios' massive depreciation of the original title." In addition, your son Evraimius. Ducasse will receive the rank of 'First Noble' and the position of commander of a new cavalry regiment. ”

Macaulinus immediately said not to give the young man such a high starting point, it would make him proud, "The rank has been changed to the outstanding. The first saber nobleman is enough, and the military duties also start with His Majesty's herald attendants. But this man was still satisfied, and he did not make any additional demands on him, thinking that he was old and blind, and that he could continue to retreat with peace of mind.

As for Brenus, Gawain certainly did not forget this brother-in-law, after which the nondescript title of "Grand Duke of Nanfe" disappeared: he was given the rank of "Honorable", and the rank of head of the servant state, and assisted the new emperor along with Dedo, the "lady in purple", and was likely to be sent to recover and govern Macedonia and Tirashum in the future (of course, Dedo thought that he was on the same list as the sisters Ingrid and Yudohya, which was very annoying, and pressed to talk about it later).

The first problem is solved for the time being, and the remaining two problems will be solved below.

Gawain entrusted Berriel with the co-ordination, "In two months, the focus will be on transporting food to the regions of Asia Minor, and the army station can also help to solve a number of needs, and send them to the capital, and I will rebuild the great barn left by John, and send all the grain to it, so as to give relief and pacify the good people in the city!" ”

Rebuilding the Big Barn?

Everyone present was astonished, the first was the political significance, the great barn was the object of disgust to the people of the capital, but the new emperor had to rebuild it; Second, the barn was located near the Grand Palace and the Racecourse, and if it were to be rebuilt, there would be one of the first problems that could not be bypassed: it would have to deal with tens of thousands of rioters.

The Imperial Capital originally had more than 200,000 inhabitants, but a third of them fled during the previous turmoil and did not return, and many of them fled to Thessaloniki, Durazzo, and Mistra, and it is likely that they will continue to work for John in the future. Most of those who remained were also the lowest-class citizens, and thirty or forty thousand of them became mobs......

But Gawain's tone was very tough, and he directly explained the reason for withdrawing most of the brigades from the capital before: "In many brigades, the three main teams of Hierapolis, Nika, and Opshkin are all adapted from the soldiers of the old empire, and they may have no strength and will to resist in the face of the attacking masses. And the backbone of the Red Hand Brigade and the Guardian Brigade that I brought out are all foreigners, plus the Syrian gunners, suppressing the union of the church and the rebels in the capital, there is absolutely no psychological burden. ”

When these words were spoken, everyone present gasped - Gawain, the "barbarian emperor" to some extent, was going to use his iron hand without hesitation, and he thought that it was absolutely reasonable to use foreign troops to brutally suppress the rebellion in the capital.

"On the Genesis Day, my two brigades will move quickly, attacking the Racecourse, the Grand Palace and the Horse Stadium all the way, and the St. Paul's Almshouse on the Acropolis." Gawain's tone was as cold as a sword, and then he added to the "Secretary of State" Firactos: "Cavalry, artillery, catapults, and chariots can all be used." ”

Then Gawain stood up, his tall figure cast on half of the marble wall, facing the commander of the two brigades, the Vesart who had just been awarded the title of "Great Noble". Melo and Blanas, the "Chief Noble", "Melo will be in charge of attacking the Racecourse and the Grand Palace, and after storming the latter's square, divide into two armies, all the way to Port Boucleon, and all the way to the Grand Stadium; Branas, on the other hand, is in charge of attacking the Acropolis of the Golden Horn, where the Great Almshouse is located—I will each give you twelve armoured chariots, eight perfume cannons, and a fire bear cannon, and if you encounter the rebels who occupy the building, you will not show mercy to smash them all to pieces, along with the houses. In addition, Lord Gotti commanded the mounted cavalry regiment, and was responsible for the sweeping and harvesting matters. ”

The two generals and the "deacon noble" Gaudí raised their hands in salute in agreement.

At this time, Diognes couldn't help but speak, "Do you really want to use violent pressure?" ”

After saying that, the people around him looked at him with inexplicable eyes, as if to say, "That's how we came all the way from Seleucia."

The three commanders in charge, Melo had always been in the Italian district of Bari, Branas, who was from a Thracian peasant family, and Gotti was from a Blois-Frankish background, and they killed the mob of the capital as if they were the enemy on the battlefield.

Anna replied to the question of the catcher in place of her husband: "My husband has a grand plan, which is to renovate and build a new 'palace city' in the area from the port of Boclayon, where the Grand Palace is located, to the Acropolis of the Golden Horn, that is, surrounded by the old walls of Constantine, and the Brachner Palace will return to the role of a 'palace', which will not only be the residence of the royal family, but also the residence of the imperial government and the residences of bureaucrats and generals in the future." Therefore, it is only for the first time to sweep away this mob of worms--I beg your understanding, Lord Diognis, the chief nobleman, that you will have priority in the high mansions of the new Omiya Castle, for your title and status as a fourth-class lady of the ancient silk cloud will be sufficient for such a reward. ”

Then Diognis was silent and stepped aside.

After killing Tetisius, he no longer had any more goals in life, and he enjoyed a rich fortune with his wife, and naturally there was nothing to complain about living in a mansion.

The final issue was the issue of the remnants of the Empire in the west of the empire and on the islands of the Holy Sea.

Gawain's arrangement for this was to strengthen the persuasion work of Czes and Isaac, promising the former the title of "honorable", while the latter was "Caesar", as long as the land was handed over and the army was reorganized, it would completely guarantee the glory of his life. Internally, we took a firm stand in Adrianople, and sent a brigade to Fort Sophia to suppress the unstable movements of the local natives, and then focused on the farming, the sacred land and the redemption of the Plonian landlords in Thrace this year, exempting the whole of Thrace from taxes for that year, but also strictly forbidding the Plonian landlords to collect any taxes from tenant farmers or dependent peasants without authorization, in order to recuperate.

In addition, the city-state of Venice was urged to accept the Treaty of Gallipoli, which he had signed with Molito, and if Venice was willing to escort John and Roger the Younger to Constantinople, the amount of the indemnity could be reduced to 800,000 gold Byzantium.

"Hey, there's no way Venice can get these two into our hands." After the meeting, in the incense room of St. John's Cathedral, Anna was lying on the couch a little tired and said to Gawain.