Chapter 219: Take Control of the Saint Martin Empire

"Oh? What is recommended? "Augustus I was very curious when he heard that Qiu Yu'an didn't want to reward him, and he wanted to make suggestions for himself.

Qiu Yu'an said: "The reason why there is such a big rebellion in your country this time is related to the corruption of many officials in the country. ”

When the officials below heard Qiu Yu'an's words, they immediately became noisy, and one of the officials said sharply: "What kind of thing are you, you dare to slander the minister." ”

Seeing the official shouting regardless of his image, Marshal Dinant deliberately cleared his throat and shouted solemnly: "Shut up, this is above the court, in front of Your Majesty, you are actually making a loud noise, don't you want to die?" ”

Marshal Dinant was the supreme leader of the Imperial Navy of St. Martin, and he was very important in the court, and when he spoke, the noisy officials gradually quieted down, and the roaring official also found that he was a little too excited, and he quickly lowered his head and did not dare to speak again.

Qiu Yu'an didn't even glance at the official who was asking, but said to Augustus I: "If Your Majesty is willing, I can recommend someone to investigate this matter thoroughly, and guarantee that you can give Your Majesty the best explanation." ”

Hearing Qiu Yu'an's words, another official hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, can you not agree to him, let him check will definitely make the ministers panic, and they will not be able to do things for Your Majesty, so how can the country be governed." ”

Qiu Yu'an said with a smile: "There is nothing to fear in my heart, I am afraid that there are some problems with everything that is afraid." ”

Saying this, Qiu Yu'an's eyes flashed, and he glanced at the ministers of the Saint Martin Empire who were present, only to see that they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything more. The official who spoke before also blushed, and didn't dare to speak again, for fear that Qiu Yu'an would be the first to find him out.

Augustus I has also thought about this problem these days, he is also very angry with these corrupt officials, and has always wanted to teach these people a good lesson, after listening to Qiu Yu'an's proposal, his heart moved, and asked: "Who do you want to recommend?" ”

Qiu Yu'an said: "This thorough investigation naturally can't let me, an outsider, come, I am not familiar enough with your country, and I will quickly find out those corrupt people." Hearing Qiu Yu'an say that he would not interfere, many officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing the performance of those officials, Qiu Yu'an knew that there were not many people with clean foundations, and he recommended with a smile: "I think Marshal Dinant was born in a commoner, although he is a marshal, he has little contact with the nobles, so it is best for him to investigate." ”

Marshal Kaolan on the side had already taken refuge in the Chinese Collar, and Qiu Yu'an had already greeted him before, and he also agreed at this time: "To find out that these nobles really need someone who has nothing to do with them, and Dinant is the most suitable in terms of official position, family background and qualifications." ”

Seeing that the two marshals of the sea and land both said this, Augustus I nodded and said, "Okay, let Dinant try it, and hope that your army can assist him." "Augustus I was afraid that those nobles would embarrass Dinant, so letting the army of the Chinese Leader help him naturally have a lot less fetters.

Qiu Yu'an bowed and said, "I am naturally willing to serve." ”

Augustus I nodded approvingly and said: "This matter has been decided first, but the reward for your army is naturally indispensable, so I will reward your army with two thousand kilograms of gold." Hearing the reward of Augustus I, Qiu Yu'an was startled, sure enough, it was a country rich in gold, and the rewards were all measured in tons. In fact, Augustus I was grateful to the Chinese army for pulling him back from the life-and-death situation, this time it was a heavy hemorrhage, and he had never rewarded so much before.

Augustus I had been suffering from poor sleep and health during the siege of the capital. Now that he had finally settled down, he was relieved and recuperated in the palace for a month without seeing anyone.

When he convened the officials again, he realized that something was wrong, and the officials who had filled the hall actually came with a few people, and they were all idle officials. After careful questioning, he learned that Marshal Dinant had arrested most of the officials in the past month, and many of them had been killed on the spot if they resisted, and the furious Augustus I immediately summoned Marshal Dinant.

Seeing Marshal Dinant, Augustus I said angrily: "What's the matter with you, how did you arrest so many of my ministers, and how can I govern the country." ”

Seeing the angry look of Augustus I, Marshal Dinant seemed to have expected it, and he said without flinching: "The evidence of corruption of these people under His Majesty is conclusive, and even many of them are connected with the Bostonians, and they plan to cooperate with His Majesty from inside and outside. ”

"What?" Listening to the words of Marshal Dinant, Augustus I's eyes widened.

Marshal Dinant beckoned, and several of his lieutenants walked in with a pile of files. Dinant said: "These are all evidence, please take a look at it." ”

Several attendants took the file from the adjutant and moved it to the table of Augustus I. Marshal Dinant added: "Your Majesty, please look at the files with red covers, those are all people who have connections with the Boston Empire. "Augustus I looked through the red dossiers as he said, and the first thing that caught his eye was the dossier of the great prime minister of the court.

When he saw the details of the bribes that the Bostonians had bribed him with, his own confessions, and even a few handwritten letters with the officials of the Boston Empire, Augustus I was shocked, he never expected that his most trusted minister had already made an agreement with the Boston Empire to overthrow his own regime, and the Bostons had promised him to become emperor.

Augustus I reluctantly continued to look at it, but the ironclad evidence made him unable to refute it. Putting down this dossier, he picked up the second, the third.

The more Augustus I looked at it, the more frightened he became, he couldn't imagine that so many of his ministers were related to the Boston Empire, and many of them even betrayed their country's intelligence, and even the news that he secretly ordered warships from the Chinese Territory last time was also spread by them.

After reading these files of rebellion, Augustus I was completely dumbfounded. He didn't have the courage to open the thicker stack of files next to him. Marshal Dinant said: "Your Majesty, now that the official system of the whole country has reached a point where it cannot but be reformed, we must be ruthless in re-selecting officials to make the country prosperous again." ”

Augustus I looked at the ceiling with blank eyes, and after reading these files, the definition of loyalty in his mind was completely confused, and when he heard Marshal Dinant's words, he said with some discouragement: "Even if new officials are selected, who can guarantee that they will not betray the country, and who can guarantee that they will not be corrupt." ”

Marshal Dinant said: "Originally, I was also very entangled in this problem, but after Lieutenant General Qiu told me a way, I suddenly became enlightened. ”

"What's the solution?" Hearing that there was a way to stop corruption and betrayal, Augustus I came to the spirit. Marshal Dinant gave him a rough idea of the constitutional monarchy that Qiu Yu'an had told him, and heard Augustus I nod his head again and again: "In this way, with a strict supervision system, corruption and betrayal should be eliminated. ”

Marshal Dinant corrected: "This method is just a relay by Lieutenant General Qiu, and it is the Fang lord of the Chinese Territory who really came up with this political system. ”

Augustus I suddenly said: "It's no wonder, this Fang Lord is really a genius, and he is so good at the economy and military affairs in his territory, I didn't expect him to be so proficient in politics." ”

Augustus I said to Marshal Dinant: "In that case, we will adopt this system, and I will now appoint you Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and you will be responsible for the selection of officials, and the convening of the first parliament." ”

The treason and corruption files just now had already made Augustus I panic, and now he heard that there was a way to prevent corruption and traitorous officials, which made him overjoyed, and the violent mood swings made Augustus I not realize that this system was hollowing out his rights.

Marshal Dinant was originally from a commoner background and did not have much identification with the royal family and aristocracy, and now that he has the qualifications to control the power, he naturally has to grasp it well. Without the knowledge of Augustus I, Marshal Dinant appointed a large number of cronies and began to form a government.

Naturally, the Chinese Collar could not let Marshal Dinant's family dominate, not to mention that Marshal Dinant could not raise so many cronies who were worthy of the task for a while, so many supporters of the Chinese Collar cultivated by Qiu Ruidong were stuffed into the government organs.

Marshal Dinant and Jo Ruidong tacitly divided the powers of all key departments of the central government equally. Of course, the two of them couldn't go too far, and in order to appease the emotions of the nobles, some relatively innocent minor nobles were also invited to join the government and take up some not very important positions.

After the establishment of the regime, the great change of officials in the whole country began, the southwest region is the traditional power of the navy, the officials here are naturally mostly Marshal Dinant's cronies, the eastern and northern parts of the empire have been controlled by the Chinese territory for a long time, naturally they are controlled by the supporters of the Chinese territory, and the central part is resolved by the two sides through negotiation.

In addition, fearing that he had offended the nobles, Marshal Caolan, who had already fallen to the Chinese Domain, was sent to the east, and after a secret conversation between Marshal Dinant and the Supreme Administrator of the Chinese Empire in St. Martin, Juredon, Marshal Dinant agreed to share the benefits equally with the Chinese Lord.

After all, he is also a figure who has been praised by the Chinese leader, and he still needs the strong support of the Chinese leader in many aspects, so he is naturally obedient to the Chinese leader. However, the territory of the Saint-Martin Empire is so vast and the population is so large, and the Chinese Empire cannot put all its eggs in one basket, and it is necessary to form a balance in the Saint-Martin Empire to prevent a family from getting rid of the control of the Chinese Empire after becoming a monopoly, and in this case, a strange product was born.