Chase nodded, in addition to the excellent quality of the members of the Brotherhood, the connections and long-term cultivated political sensitivity are also very important, for example, a newly promoted sergeant is likely to have full communication opportunities with the captain or even the general in the Brotherhood, they know the latest military trends, and they also know what things can be done in the army, and those things cannot be touched.

The relationship between the Brotherhood has reached the point of intertwining in the army, like Chase Although he has left the military and become the prime minister, he is a brother for one day and a brother for life, he has not withdrawn from the Brotherhood in the Jiaorong Army and the Military Intelligence Division, Wu Yingying also deliberately caused this situation, and finally he has two systems to control the movements of the entire military and political departments of the Xia State, one is an agency for handling affairs, and the other is a brotherhood that points directly to the hearts of the people. With the transfer of officers and the change of organization, the interpersonal network of the Brotherhood gradually broke away from the original department, and became a political network that was like nothing, and the program of this network was firmly controlled by Wu Yingying, and his energy invested in the Brotherhood was no less than that of the military and civil sides.

For those officers who are very unruly, if it is not a matter of the overall situation, the attitude of the Brotherhood is often to lightly remind them of the violation of military law, and in fact secretly collect evidence until they have committed a big mistake enough to go to the court-martial. Officers from the Brotherhood tend to be much more cautious, they know that there are many talented people in the army, and there are countless shrewd and capable people watching you behind every prominent position, and only those with ill intentions dare to violate the most taboo things. The internal enemy is the most terrible, the mortal enemy of the brotherhood, is this kind of person who mixes into the association, but in fact does not really believe in the righteousness of the brotherhood, fortunately, under the constraints of a variety of mechanisms, it is difficult for such a person to have a decent opportunity, rather than trying to drill those dirty things, it is better to honestly accumulate military prestige, and the chance of promotion is greater.

The existence of the Brotherhood has brought Wu Yingying's control over the army to an unprecedented level, even if he is thousands of miles away in the river, he can only see the army mighty, and there is no common situation in barbarian countries where generals are coerced by border troops to stand on their own.

In this year, as the Seljuk Turks were forced to move westward, the majesty of the Eastern Xia Kingdom was particularly terrifying in the mouths of the vanquished, and even the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople knew that the new master of the Trans River was the King of Great Xia, and the new governor Zhang Zhongyao was not a person to be messed with, he had the best horses and warriors, but he was loyal to His Majesty the Xia King, with a gentle character and cold and iron-blooded means, and was the perfect embodiment of aristocratic demeanor. Bashir II regretted that he did not have a powerful and trustworthy confidant general like Zhang Zhongyao.

In the Grand Palace of Constantinople, the four walls are covered with mosaics, mosaics, and mosaics of various colors, and the images of Jesus, angels, emperors and bishops look down on the palace, reflecting a brilliant and soft light.

The Byzantine Emperor Bashir II was receiving an envoy from the East, and it is said that it took a whole year for the envoy to pass through Asia Minor, which was controlled by the Turkic barbarians, to the Emperor's sacred palace with the covenant reconciled by the Eastern monarch.

After the ceremonial ministers and the palace guards sang, the envoys of the Xia State stepped forward, and the emperor specially gave him the opportunity not to prostrate to the audience.

"If Your Majesty pacifies the barbarians and controls the Black Sea, please also ask Your Majesty to allow the merchants of our Xia Kingdom to choose a port on the eastern shore of the Black Sea and build castles to store goods, from where Byzantine merchants can buy oriental goods by land and ship them to Europe for sale. Ann Sidao said respectfully, this proposal, even for the proud Byzantine emperor, is extremely tempting, the monopoly of Eastern goods in Western trade. Bashir II, dressed in a purple robe, wearing a crown and holding a scepter, looked down and thought about the interesting condition of the Eastern monarch, he wanted to stretch out a tentacle on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, but to give the more western trade rights to Byzantium, as if to indicate that his sphere of influence would be limited there, I heard that he already controlled the river, if he wanted to ensure that the caravan reached the Black Sea by land, he also had to expand his territory to the west, his army was undoubtedly strong, and the Turks had already defeated him.

"Emissary from the East," said the young Byzantine emperor, whose eyes showed a hint of embarrassment, and to show that this was the second time since the time of Emperor Trajan that Rome had welcomed the emissaries of the Eastern Silk Country, the palace was lavishly furnished, with eunuchs and dignitaries lined up, and a wide purple silk drape hanging from the roof. The floor was covered with silk carpets inlaid with gold thread, and clergy in silk robes embroidered with gold and mosaics held icons of gold and mosaics, and on the table next to them were neatly placed gold and silver candelabras, gold communion cups of agate and alabaster, and Gospels with gold and ruby sapphire covers. However, the aging Byzantium is now left with the majestic Constantinople and the wealth it has accumulated over thousands of years to set off its former glory, the ancient kingdom of the East is being revived, and Rome is no longer great.

"Your request for the construction of a port and an autonomous city on the eastern shore of the Black Sea cannot be granted to me, for Georgia and Armenia are still in the hands of the barbarians. Bashir II said slowly, a complicated look flashing through his cloudy eyes.

"It only takes one promise from Your Majesty to make a covenant. My king believes that His Majesty will be able to restore the glory of the former empire. An Sidao replied proudly according to Zhang Zhongyao's instructions. He seemed to have more confidence in him than all Bashir II's courtiers, many of whom secretly had a secret relationship with the ambitious nobleman Varda Foca of Asia Minor.

"Does your kingdom also have a military district system?" asked Bashir II suddenly. He was suspicious, but at the same time an extremely diligent emperor, and before receiving the Xia envoys, he looked through the information that the court ministers had gathered through the Turks that the Xia state had widely implemented the system of military officers managing the shade in the river, which was in line with the fact that Rome's decline was due to the bankruptcy of the peasants and soldiers under the military district system. He believed that in order to revive Rome, it was necessary to reduce the power of the generals and restore the military district system, and the success of Xia in the river gave him another reason for the iron-fisted suppression policy he wanted to adopt against the generals of the military region.

This question was translated, An Sidao was stunned for a moment, and he replied hesitantly: "The sergeants of our country do have to manage civil affairs, but it seems to be different from the military district system of your country. "How different it is, An Sidao, who is not familiar with the system of the two countries, can't say.

Bashir II nodded, and then asked, "If I allow you to establish a city on the Black Sea, will your monarch be willing to provide Byzantium with an elite mercenary army, of course, I will pay a generous salary?" Now the military aristocracy of Asia Minor is very resistant, Constantinople has no shortage of wealth, but lacks a reliable army, since the Xia army can drive the strong Turks from the river, it must be an excellent mercenary, so that Byzantium will not rely too much on the barbarian Rus, so that the mercenaries should be filled with different peoples, so that they can balance each other, this is the imperial mind of the Byzantine emperor.