Chapter 54: The Origin of All Things Hamel
With the development of the times and the progress of civilization, the class differences between people will inevitably be weakened, and the influence of the aristocracy that once dominated the world will gradually decrease.
This is the trend of the times and the inevitability of history.
In modern times, most of the countries of Sisemlia have abolished the aristocracy, and only a few remain, including the Erebonian Empire, which is one of the most stubborn.
Even so, the nobles could not stop the rise of the commoners.
About fifteen or sixteen years ago, this conflict intensified and reached a point where the contradictions between the two sides could not be reconciled.
Some of the aristocratic radicals, mainly the aristocratic generals within the regular army of the empire, set their sights on the small neighboring country of Libel, which was rich and had advanced technology and strategic resources, hoping to accumulate military achievements and stabilize their position by invading Libel.
But it was not the right time to start a war.
Liberal, under the leadership of Queen Alicia, is thriving day by day, and is a hardcore ally of the Empire's old enemy, the Republic of Calvard, so he would do more harm than good to start a war rashly, and there was no suitable reason to send troops.
As a result, this proposal was met with great opposition, not to mention the common people, and many neutrals did not approve of it.
That's when something happened.
The village of Hamel on the border of the empire was attacked by Liber's army, the villagers were slaughtered, and the entire village was set on fire.
When the incident broke, the whole country was outraged.
Although Libert tried his best to defend that this was a conspiracy, the Empire was already boiling at this time, and the Empire mobilized more than ten divisions of the regular army to attack Liber as quickly as possible.
This was the beginning of what was later known as the "Hundred Days Campaign".
At the beginning of the war, the regular army, with its sheer size, quickly occupied most of Liberal, and was about to take Liber before Calvard came to help.
At this time, Cassius was born and led the airship unit developed by Albert Russell, one of the "Three Doctors", and for the first time let the whole world see the power of the air force and the importance of air supremacy.
Prior to this war, Semuria had no concept of air supremacy, and no country was defenseless against threats from the air.
As soon as this epoch-making military branch came out, it immediately made the empire suffer. Not only was the advance seriously blocked, but there were also frequent fires in the rear that had been occupied - there was no way, no matter how solid the ground defense was, it could not stop the enemy in the air, and the Liber Air Force could come and go as soon as it wanted.
Of course, this alone will not make the empire retreat. The regular army of the empire had more than twenty divisions, in addition to the army of the Lords, whose military strength was not much inferior to that of the regular army, and once fully mobilized, Liber could not stop it in any way.
But at this time, another thing happened - the revelation of the truth about the Hamel incident.
It turned out that from the beginning of the war between the two sides, there was a group of people who were suspicious of the Hamel incident.
Needless to say, Liberal. I searched up and down, but I didn't find anyone who had mobilized troops to carry out cross-border attacks.
The same is true on the Empire's side. It is only a small country, the size of a continent in the empire, and no matter how well it develops, it will not dare to think that the first military power in the Western Continent will do it, and it makes no logical sense.
Under the impetus of both sides, more and more suspicious points were exposed, and the anger of the imperial government and the opposition gradually calmed down, and there were more and more doubts.
Finally, in the later stages of the war, after much hardship, the truth was revealed.
It turned out that in order to maintain his position and gain military achievements, the aristocratic generals did not hesitate to take risks, and the mercenary hunting regiment disguised itself as the Liber army and attacked Hamel.
This is undoubtedly a scandal, a huge scandal.
As soon as this incident came out, the already declining power of the aristocratic faction was once again worsened, and they were impeached by the commoners, which not only completely eliminated the aristocratic forces from the regular army forces, but also completely dominated the entire political arena for the first time.
Later, Emperor Yukent III even promoted Osborne, who was originally only a middle-level general, to be prime minister, which was impossible to happen in the past.
However, this kind of shock only occurred in the political and military circles, and the people did not know that the Hamel tragedy had too much influence on the prestige of the imperial government and the hearts of the imperial people, so big that no one faction was willing to expose it.
In order to bury this scandal, the empire coerced Liber not to pursue it on the condition of withdrawing troops, and Queen Alicia could only agree in order to protect her citizens from harm and end the war as soon as possible. So the war ended hastily and lasted for 100 days, so it was named the "100-day campaign".
At the same time, the Imperial Government declared to the people that the village of Hamel had been destroyed by a landslide, permanently blocked the road to the village with barriers, issued a gag order to those who knew the information "if it leaked secrets, it would be punished for treason", and later completely erased the name of Hamel from the map.
So, Altina couldn't find anything on the map.
So, the students saw the obstacles and the iron gates and the signs.
That's why Claire said that the iron door wasn't so easy to open.
To enter the Hamel region, it is necessary to obtain permission from both the administrative and military commanders, i.e. the Marquis of Haines and the commander of the Dorynore Fortress, and obtain the key to open the door.
Of course, it is not difficult to break through to an iron gate, but the difficulty is the meaning behind this move - this kind of behavior, even if it is an iron-blooded cronie and has far greater real power than the general, Claire does not dare to try it easily.
You must know that when she saw this from the most senior secret file of the Intelligence Bureau, she turned it over as quickly as possible and quickly put it back in place, for fear of getting a little contaminated.
If the news gets out, if there's nothing there, even Osborne won't necessarily be able to keep her.
She would rather go back first, then get further evidence, go through the normal process to report the matter, get permission, and then enter.
And she didn't ask where Lane knew about it. It is useless to ask, he will not say if he asks, and no one will admit it, because to admit it is to commit treason.
Compared with association, Hamel's nature is obviously more serious and serious.
At this point in the conversation, both Claire and Rien couldn't help but feel heavy, and they had no idea of continuing, each thinking about their own thoughts, and was silent and silent.
Fortunately, this state did not last long, and the return of the teenager and girl brought vitality.
Laura also quickly ended today's lecture and walked over with brisk steps.
Some protégés heard that Master Kurt was going to take everyone shopping to buy souvenirs, and volunteered to help together.
As soon as there are more people, it will be lively, and the atmosphere will be better, and the mood will be better.
In short, put aside the gloom of the past and focus on shopping.
Elysée and Mom and Dad must have it, and the princess will also bring one with her, and it would be good to buy a few more copies for Elyse to give away at school.
And the De Fllinger side—
Today, unlike in the past, the instructors of the University of Lebanon are not short of money.
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