Chapter 174: The Star Rises Surasi (11) Competes for Senama
In 1461, Burley had already removed the obnoxious temporary word and became the rightful High Priest of Carthus, and through negotiations and military threats, he succeeded in recovering the small cities around Carthus, and truly took control of Carthus.
In Burley's conquest of Carthus, Kan played a major role.
As early as 3 years ago, in 1458, with the support of Burley, Kan took advantage of his convenience as a Subel and took the backbone of the Bate villainous guild to the barbarian tribe north of Carthus, and formed a tribe of his own.
Relying on the cooperation of Burley, by 1461, Kan had already gained a foothold in the north and succeeded in becoming the most powerful chieftain, basically unifying the barbarian forces in the north of Carthus.
In short, in 1461, Carthus, whether urban, rural, or tribal, had been successfully integrated by Burley, and now was the time for Burley to take the next step, and the next goal was also planned by Dante, Dunkiel.
On the pretext that Dunkiel had intervened a few years earlier, Burley marched towards Dunkirk and launched a war of lords, and at the time of the war, the tribes represented by Kan were also sparing no effort to support Burley's actions.
At the time of the battle with Dunkirk, the two sides were anxious, and at this time, Burley detonated the chess pieces that had been planted a few years ago, successfully subverted the original political situation in Dunkirk, and successfully defeated the main force of Dunkirk through internal and external means.
After a few months of armed marches, Burley ensured that the new government in Dunkirk could be reached with the army of Carthus, and warned the lords with his troops not to think of anything that should not be attacked.
And the lord of Dunkirk, who was so supported, was undoubtedly close to Burley. Of course, more importantly, the new general of Dunkiel was appointed by Burley, who initially tied Dunkil and Carthus to a chariot to deal with Senama's chariot together.
After the defeat of Dunkirk, the priests on the side of Burley were naturally prosperous, and the original priest group could only be panicked like a lost dog. Due to the traditional rules of Surassi, Burley did not and could not exterminate this group of nobles, and in the end, except for a few extreme opponents, most of the nobles were simply driven out of Dunkirk.
The old clique that had been driven out of Dunkir fled to Senama in grief and anger, where they denounced Bore's arrogance to the chief Senama priests and demanded justice.
In the face of the cries of the old priestly clique of Carthusian and Dunkirk, the Senama ruling clique showed great regard.
In fact, when Burley overthrew Carthusian a few years earlier, Senama had already discussed whether to intervene, since the priestly overseers had been driven out by Burley.
However, this time the discussion was passed peacefully, and with the popularity of Burley in Senama in previous years, there were many nobles who had a good impression of Burley to speak for Burley.
However, not long after the last turmoil, the Dunkir incident broke out again, and the Senama ruling group was already very dissatisfied with Burley.
The Senama group's decision to intervene in Burley was prompted by the subsequent expulsion of the Senama's priestly overseer, who had been imprisoned. After the expulsion of this priestly overseer, Burley set up a new priestly overseer of his own accord.
As we all know, in the era of the centralization of Senama's power, that is, before the Eastern Crusade of Xiuge III, Senama not only sent priests to supervise the major city-states as a manifestation of Senama's will, but also the priest inspectors also had the right to nominate the general of the local Weijung, controlling the local military power.
General Wei Rong was originally a position established by Napolica the Savior, with a rank below the General, as a subordinate to the General, assisting the General to control the military of the next level.
However, as the power of the chief priests gradually increased, they began to try to deprive the general of his position, the biggest of which was to transfer the nomination power of the general Wei Rong from the hands of the general to the hands of the priest overseer.
The so-called priestly overseer has always been the position of the chief priest controlling the place, which means that this move is to transfer the power of Wei Rong from the hands of the great general to the hands of the chief priest.
However, after the crusade of the third emperor of the reform revolution, the central government of Suxi lost control over the localities, and the words of the priestly inspectors became more and more difficult, and the general of Weijon actually became a hereditary position, such as the general of Weijon in Carthus, which was hereditary by the Gerro family of Burley.
In this way, General Wei Rong is no longer a means for the central government to control the localities, but has become a bargaining chip for the local government to compete with the central government, and the priestly inspector has also become a nominal position, just a façade decoration for Senama.
Now, however, Burley did not even give Senama any more goods, but set up his own priestly overseer, and the priestly overseer was sent from Carthus, not from Senama.
This move made Senama realize Burley's ambitions, so war was inevitable.
Before the start of the civil war, Senama made a last-ditch effort when they sent envoys to Bray to ask for reconciliation: "The present High Priest of Carthusia can retain his original position, but the former High Priest of Dunkir must return, and the Inspector of the Priesthood of Dunkir must be restored, and the High Priest of Carthusia has no right to arrange for the Priest of Dunkirk." ”
All of these conditions were rejected by Burley.
After that, there was another period of swordsmanship, and the negotiations finally broke down. In 1462, Senama decided to send a disciplinary army to Dunkirk to escort the former priesthood back.
"The moths that we drove away, they are coming back! They are going to continue to corrode all this! Everything will be restored to the same as it was in the past, and to the days of the past, you say, will we allow it?"
"No!"
In the face of the intervention army sent by Senama, Dunkiel and Carthusian quickly formed an alliance, and under the joint efforts of Burley, they joined forces to counter Senama's army, and the war between Carthusian and Sennama began.
"Senama's situation is terrible, you know, the situation is getting worse and worse, but our esteemed Senama Priest, his only action is to cover his head, to show that he knows nothing, to deceive himself, to be self-absorbed, as if this will solve all problems. ”
"Since the broken carriage is about to be crushed—and I believe that that time is not far off, why are you Lacey still on top of the broken carriage of Sennama?"
At this time, the person who visited Reis as a Karthian envoy was a mysterious white-haired young man, who obviously did not have a trace of wrinkles on his face, but this person's actions were so sophisticated.
High Priest Lacey did not say anything prematurely, and his face was locked like a stone statue that could not be fueled.
High Priest Reis is a qualified high priest who knows that as a ruler, he cannot make a statement on a matter too soon, otherwise there will be no way back when he regrets it in the future. As long as he, as the supreme leader, does not speak, there is still room for everything.
Therefore, Reis's second-in-command, who is also a distant cousin of his own, took over as an eye-catcher: "As a noble priest and nobleman, it is our duty to keep our promises, and when I waited for the chief priest to share the worries of Reis, I said that I would always obey the orders of my superiors. ”
[I'll go, this sentence is really righteous, but how can I remember one thing, who is the person who took advantage of Miasena's heavy losses hundreds of years ago and united with Seluriard to raid the other party's capital?]
Of course, Dante will not say this passage, he is here to negotiate, not to slap the other party in the face, he really forces the other party to get off the stage, and he will only cry in the end.
Dante pretended to clapped mysteriously, "Wonderful words, but don't forget, we are in the presence of the star gods, administering the rich and fertile land of the Senama Priesthood, and our task is to make this land more prosperous." So our priority is to benefit Senama and, of course, to benefit Reis and Carthus. ”
Hearing this paragraph, several people involved in the meeting nodded in agreement, after all, this is a textbook-like standard reply, and no one can find fault with it.
Dante tried to calm the vomiting in his heart, after all, there is really no limit to this passage, and then continued his words: "But now Sennamar's life is not going well, and people have become more and more difficult to live over the years, whether they are nobles or commoners, this is something that you know, I need not say more. Why, then, is life becoming more and more difficult, of course, because of the incompetence of the men of the chief Senama priests!"
Dante was right, since becoming a vassal state of Gausch, the state of the whole Senama has become worse and worse, and the nobles and commoners have not had a good time.
And Senama's current chief priest is incompetent? This sentence is a bit biased, the current chief priest is just too weak, indecisive and muddy, and is a very good old man, which has nothing to do with mediocrity and incompetence.
Therefore, if a person like the chief priest of Senama is fine in an era of peace, in this era of turbulent tides, once a storm hits, he can only be beaten to pieces. After all, as the chief priest of Senama, he must be responsible for Senama, although Senama was unable to govern the place decades ago, and the poor governance of the place has nothing to do with the level of the chief priest of Senama.
But the people don't care about this, they only know that they are the people of the chief Senama priests, and that their own lives are bad, and the chief Senama priests must be responsible.
And the nobles who really manage these fart people, of course, will not admit that it is their own continuous expropriation and diversion of contradictions against them when the situation is bad, which leads to the abject poverty of the entire class, so it is the best choice to put the pot on the head of the Senama priest.
"Yes, there have been three successive generations of chief priests, and they are not men of means," one of the Lacey officials who participated in the meeting sighed in response to Dante's words.
It was also blackmailed by Gosorg, but the chief priest of Seluriad had gradually taken control of a small area, and Senama was still torn apart, which was indeed related to the chief priest's incompetence.
"Therefore, in order for Senama to have a better tomorrow, we must overthrow Sennama's current group of chief priests, and under this general righteousness, the so-called loyalty to the priests is only a small righteousness of the family, which can be abandoned!" Dante said this sentence loudly, and as he said this, Dante felt that his discipline had dropped another notch.
Although this is a nonsense statement, it is still important that with this passage, there is a legitimate reason to overthrow Senama.
After hearing Dante's words, the stone statue of High Priest Lacey finally changed, and he coughed deliberately.
As High Priest Lacey coughed, a Sven man who participated in the meeting stepped forward, and it seemed that he was the waistcoat of the negotiation of this meeting.
"Senama has already given us the advantage in exchange for our neutrality, and has promised us more after the victory, so what will it bring if we fall to Carthus?"
Hearing this, Dante knew that an important drama was coming. What is the honor of the star god, what is for the management of Senama, it is all false, only the interests are real, whether you can persuade Reis to fall to Carthus, it depends on this persuasion.