"Many years ago, I, Adele, Bourman, and many others discussed how a country should be strong, and we argued and argued with each other, and in the end we all agreed that the more centralized the command of a country's army, the stronger the country would be. ”

"But what nobleman is willing to put his private army in command of someone else? In every great battle, there will be nobles who abandon their comrades for their own selfish interests. ”

"In the end, we Florence got ahead of everyone, we set up a military department, recruited and formed the kingdom's direct army, and drove out the Engru with the direct army as the main force. ”

Later, Adèle moved to Pruth and helped the Pruth people establish a military staff, and it took only ten years to form a powerful national army, unify more than a dozen states in Pruth, and finally defeat the powerful kingdom of Oli and become the most powerful country in the middle of the continent. ”

"A few months ago, we took the strategic initiative in Sbaya and almost crushed their noble coalition forces......

"But the Engeluls appeared, and their army was formed in exactly the same way as ours, and their will to fight was even stronger than ours,"

"Our Southwestern Front bravely held off the enemy's attack, but the noble private army responsible for flanking protection collapsed, and we were defeated by our former men........."

Rousseff sat in his chair, calmly and expressionlessly, and in a few minutes told the history of Ference's war for more than twenty years.

"All this proves that the army can only be strong if it is subordinated to the will of the state, and the enemies around us have realized this, and our former advantage is no longer there. ”

Roseff's eyes suddenly became stern, "We, Florence, have been in the name of the First Army on the mainland for twenty years, and we have stopped for twenty years, and this time we ended this war in Sbaya by negotiating peace........."

"But what about next time? Do we have to give Nasser to someone else, as we did a hundred years ago, and then we go to Aurelian to eat roast chicken?"

With Roseff's anger, the atmosphere in the spiritual power enchantment suddenly became depressed, and it was only then that Charles truly felt Roseph's domineering power as a king.

Speaking from the heart, what Rosseff said is very reasonable, a country's military and political must be unified in order to burst out the most powerful combat effectiveness, and the nationalization of the army is also the inevitable path of historical evolution, but this evolution process is also bound to be tortuous and arduous, how can so many nobles hand over the military power in their hands?

In the previous life, the bald Jiang formed an elite Central Army with absolute superiority, and in the end, he reluctantly unified the country's military command with the help of the righteousness of the Anti-Japanese War, and then carefully dug pits to kill those disobedient private troops one by one.

Charles didn't know if Rosseff had this skill, but he must have already started to operate it, as evidenced by the merchant group at today's banquet.

Why did the bald Jiang stand out among the warlords? Because he had the financial support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums behind him, it cost money to raise troops to fight, and if you don't have money, you can fight again. Otherwise, why couldn't the eldest brother Gui Jun sit firmly in his position later? Couldn't Gui Jun fight?

Rousseff must have also seen through the fact that only by forming a strong army directly under him could he gradually annex other aristocratic forces, which required a large amount of military spending, and the last thing the merchant group lacked was money, and they did not lack vision, they only lacked the opportunity for promotion in one social class.

"Rousseff, are you really in a hurry to do this? Florence has changed more in the past twenty years than in the previous two hundred years, we are still the most powerful country on the mainland, maybe you can be more steady, the people of the noble council will not let you annex their territory. After being silent for a long time, Kopal did not sarcastically mock Rousseff, but kindly persuaded him not to be too aggressive.

Rosseff shook his head and turned his gaze to Leo Hohenzollern, who was not far away, "Kopal, do you think that Adele suddenly sent his students over, did he come to me because of the matter of Charles?"

Charles also turned his head to look at Leo Hohenzollern, remembering that he had come to him directly after appearing and brought him "Aunt Adele's greetings", no matter how he looked at it, he was here to support him.

"No, he's here to show off to me, Leo has brought Adele's handwritten letter, and not long ago, the Prius Staff recruited troops in the Marquis of Melenburg to form the Melenburg Guards Division, with Ryan Fisher, Marquis of Melenburg as the division commander, and all the administrative officers and tax collectors in the territory have been replaced. ”

Rosseff looked at Charles and Kopal and said very seriously: "You should all understand what Adele means, right? She has already taken a successful step ahead of us, if we still pretend that nothing happened, maybe in a few years Pruth will be the number one power on the continent." ”

"What kind of person is Adele, Kopal, you can't know that if Pruss is stronger than us, will they still be allies with us as they are now?"

At this moment, not only Kopal's face changed in surprise, but even Charles, who had always been indifferent, was also moved.

The Marquis of Melenburg does not know where Charles is, but the subjects of the Marquisate are the personal property of the Marquis of Merenburg, there is no doubt that the Prussian Staff directly recruits soldiers in the Marquisate, which is equivalent to pulling other people's girls to their own kang as electric mattresses, which was a standard bad event enough to have a noble war in the past.

Not to mention the replacement of the administrative officer and the tax officer, according to the current customary rules on the mainland, these two positions have always been selected by the lord himself, and the routine allowed by default above has been suddenly replaced, needless to say that the personnel and financial rights have all been interfered with by others.

And what did the Marquis of Melenburg get?

The title of Marquis was retained, plus the position of division commander.

But the position of division commander is not lifelong, let alone hereditary, to put it bluntly, you can move your ass with a piece of paper.

"Your Majesty, are you going to form the Lorraine Guards?" said Charles, who was silent for a long time, suddenly asked a clueless question.

"I do have this intention!" Rosseff admitted bluntly.

"When did you come up with this plan?"

"I started discussing it with your father a few years ago, but there were too many difficulties to do it, and I couldn't wait any longer. ”

Charles closed his eyes and connected a long series of questions in his mind, finally understanding what he couldn't figure out before.

Ruseff was the king and the leader of all the nobles of Flens, and he should have been the one who supported the "Law of Nobility" the most, but when Bourman died for the country, he repeatedly suppressed himself, the person who was most qualified for the succession of the title, which was a clear violation of the "Law of Nobility".

Although there have been many kings and lords in history who have encroached on their territories, their methods will definitely not be so rough, because this will cause other subordinates to be vigilant and resist collectively.

The boss thinks about robbing the brothers' wives all day long, so this boss must be replaced. Just report J and let him go and squat inside!

So Rosseph set his sights on Charles, his father is dead, his subordinates are gone, his brain is a little stupid, and there is a relative Fani in the middle to ease the relationship, no matter how you look at Charles, it is really appropriate.

And Aunt Adele's attitude on this matter is also very vague, listening to Rousseff's meaning, the two maintain a correspondence relationship, as long as she clearly states in a letter that Charles should inherit the title, Rousseff will not ignore her opinion, but now it seems that the two may not have exchanged opinions.

Charles was very uncomfortable and entangled, and had resisted Rousseff's proposal very much just now, but now he had to consider the consequences and gains and losses of continuing to resist.

"The lord of the Marquis of Melenburg is still nominally Ryan, right?"

Rotherf was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with certainty: "Yes! hereditary." ”

"Marquis Ryan must keep a lot of privileges, right?"

Rosseff's eyes brightened, "I don't know, but there must be, Charles, what privileges do you think he should keep?"

Charles lowered his head and poured himself a glass of wine, and said lightly: "The century-old industry left by our ancestors can't be taken by others." ”

"Charles, you are mistaken, the state only has to implement uniform laws within the personal domain, and the personal property and property will never touch a single penny, the mines and factories that have begun to be mined are still the lord's personal domain, and part of the tax revenue in the territory is also the lord's, and the marquis can even keep a thousand hectares of private territory around his castle. ”

Charles continued to say quietly: "Everything in the territory was originally his own, but now that he has handed it over for nothing, there must be some monopoly privileges in doing business, right?"

Rousseff's face was solemn, but his eyes were bright and he said, "Yes, but it can't be indefinite." ”

"Fifty years the same!"

Rousseff took a sip of his glass and spat out a mouthful.

"Good!"

Charles also took a sip of his wine, and scolded viciously in his heart: "MLGB, you want me to be the vanguard for you?

"Fifty years will not change, as long as Lao Tzu wants, you will never become as fast as me!"

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Charles doesn't know if what he did right or wrong, but since he was forced into a corner, it is also a way to make a mistake and make a mistake, as for whether the Marquis of Lorraine will be completely nationalized in the future, it depends on the development of Charles's strength and the smoothness of Roseff's reforms.

If the Rotherf reforms succeeded, then the Charles would have become a new capitalist class with mines, factories, and a few square kilometers of private territory, and if the Rotherf reforms failed, would he not have restored the title of Marquis of Lorraine!

How did the earliest territory come about, it was naturally cut out with a knife, and he had a title, an army, a thief and a money, and the noble council would just admit him, and if he didn't recognize me, he would expand by force! No matter what the era, having an army in his hand is the king.

Even if Rotherf took care of the other nobles, and the country became stronger, but I, Charr, am I just a stupid thing waiting to be killed?

Rousseff If you want to nationalize the army, then I'll let you see what it means to borrow chickens to lay eggs, what is it to make wedding clothes for others, in my previous life, I read so many historical hegemony texts at a certain point, and there is a standard process for expanding from a small courtier to an emperor.

What's more, Fani has the right to inherit the throne.

"Fani, if we have children in the future, how many heirs will he have to the throne?"

After the New Year's feast was over, a happy Ruseff beckoned his courtiers to start dancing, and Charles hugged Fani around the dance floor, turning Fani's face flushed and her eyes were misty, and then suddenly asked something that seemed meaningless.

Fani's face turned even redder, and she glanced at Charles and said, "It's useless to rank first, Wembley will get married soon, and his children are the real heirs to the throne." ”

"That's not easy to say, who knows if Wembley will have a baby! Let's get married as soon as possible, and have a baby first. Charles took Fani's arm a little harder, shook her three hundred and sixty degrees, and then pulled her back and slammed into his arms, the soft and warm feeling made him reverie infinitely.

Fani pinched Charles' arm in shame, and suddenly thought of something: "Charles, you are asking me for this....... Propose?"

Charles put his arm around Fani and said strangely, "Do we still need to propose marriage now? Wasn't the engagement ceremony held a long time ago? Do you still want to marry someone else?"

"I ......."

Fani gasped for breath, her chest rising and falling against Charles's chest, making a certain brother in the first two worlds feel uneasy.

Just as Charles was about to continue to spin in a circle, Fani suddenly raised her foot and stomped on Charles's feet.

"It hurts!"

"If your girlfriend hits you very much, then you must pretend that it doesn't hurt, if it doesn't hurt, you must pretend that it hurts," this junior brother strategy Charles knew, he reacted quickly and shouted in pain, and then hugged the girl in front of him tighter.

"I will prepare a perfect marriage proposal ceremony, and everything I owe you will be made up. ”

Charles' whisper in Fani's ear left her mind blank, and all the years of resentment vanished with these words.

The Augustinian family's roses were promised to fools as wives, and the unscrupulous father almost sold himself, although the royal women on the mainland did not have their own marriage options, but who wouldn't want to have a husband who was both handsome, powerful, and amorous?

Fani will never forget the day of the engagement, when the fat Charles Chevalier was giggling, the diminutive Olive was wiping his brother's saliva, and the Marquis of Lorraine spoke to him with a serious face.

"You're a smart girl, you should know why our two families got married, Charles has a health problem, but he's kind, you....... Take care of him for the rest of his life!"

Originally, Fani had already resigned herself to her fate, and after the sudden death of the Marquis of Lorraine, she still chose to keep her promise in the face of many temptations, and was ready to take care of Charles for the rest of her life, but then he realized that his marriage did not seem to be so bad.

Charles was suddenly not stupid, and became thinner and thinner, and finally became the kind of person he dreamed of marrying the most when he was a child, wise, handsome, powerful, and all kinds of advantages were not missing.

If there is one thing that is not perfect, it is that Charles's womanhood has suddenly become too good, the female mage, the countess, and the duke's concubine have all been inexplicably connected with him, Fani's keen female intuition is not covered, she sees the light of admiration in the eyes of those women.

The nobles know too much about the emotional, Fani is eating one in her mouth and looking at three with one eye in her hand, Fani has a deep sense of crisis, so she puts down her face and goes to the door to find Charles three times and twice, you must know that this is simply unimaginable for Fani in the past.

But the hateful thing is that she came to the door with a red face, but she couldn't see Charles's people two times out of three, and even if she did, Charles didn't understand the charm at all.

But today, Fani finally felt the heat in Charles, and she was melted in an instant.

"I accept your proposal!"

"Huh, what?"

"Now is the perfect proposal, and I've said yes!"