Chapter 385: Li Wei has a heavy responsibility and is tired for a long time (5) Clean up the old mountains and rivers

The era of the Governor of Maisica was a complete disaster, not to mention the countless wars and wars that broke out in the Governor's Era, judging from the number of people who took office, we can know what kind of disaster law it was.

From the end of the Anti-Delian War in 1667 and the beginning of the Governorship Era, to the time when Kojie IV returned to the throne in 1687, even excluding the re-enthroned Kojie, in the past 20 years, Maischka had a total of 17 governors, and among these 17 governors, the first governor, Dama IV, served as governor for 6 years.

This means that in 14 years, there were 16 governors in turn, and the average number of governors was less than a year. In the past 14 years, except for Maisica, there is barely a passable government government, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Maisica's version of the twenty-four consuls has been in power.

It is precisely because of this situation that Kojie IV returned to Lugro and was supported by everyone, and during the war of the oligarchs, even the minor nobles suffered heavy losses, and they desperately wanted to return to the old days, after all, the oligarchy era had proved to be a nightmarish tragedy, so they were all appealing to Kojie IV.

In order to return to Lugro, Kojie IV successfully served as the 18th governor in exchange for temporarily recognizing the existing gains of the oligarchs, and the oligarchs also needed time for peace to stabilize their gains in the war.

But if you don't start today, it doesn't mean that you won't start tomorrow, the major oligarchs monopolize local resources, control the local manpower, divide Maishika into countless pieces, and the tribute to Lugro is also lacking, which is a major obstacle to the centralization of power, so when Kejie IV temporarily controls the government, he will definitely attack them and let everything return to the original track, most of the oligarchs will not be happy with this, and the balance between this depends on the grasp of the authorities.

"The king, who lived in the palace of Lugro, often sighed to the heavens, and when he asked what he meant, the king said: 'If this world is still an island for a thousand years, and if Maisika is like a thousand-year-old Myramie, the rest of them have the heart to break through the oligarchs of all sides. But now it's very different, and I'm afraid there's nothing I can do. ’”

"The king is mistaken, if he is afraid of difficulties today, and does not decide on this urgent matter, and waits for his warlords to make a decision, the ministers are afraid that the sorrow of Ingona more than a hundred years ago will be restored in Maisica!

"When the king listened to the words of Xiuge, he looked at the sky for a long time, and he bowed his head for a long time: 'It's just that I am willing to take all risks, let's go, let's go, let's go.' ’”

- The Tale of the Kings of Maisica, The New Delos Benji and the Biography of Kojie IV

"The king returned to the capital, and the kingdom was restored, and Xiuge also returned to Lugro from the king, and returned to his hometown with honor. He has been exiled from the king for more than 20 years with Xiuge, and has made countless meritorious contributions, so the king is guilty of the Ross family. Xiu Ge returned to the mansion, and the Ross all praised Xiu Ge, saying that Xiu Ge was really knowledgeable, and he deserved to be the Ross owl. ”

- The Tale of the Kings of Maisica, The New Delos Benki, and the Biography of the Wise Ministers of Kojie IV

"When the reform was returned to the ancestral house, the thief leader Dama IV still existed, but he couldn't get up because of illness. Xiu Ge wanted to enter the province of Dama, and Dama ordered his son to lock the door so that Xiu Ge would not be seen. The son of Dama did not dare to do this, so he went into his bedroom, and Dama turned his back and turned his back, and did not want to speak, and did not say anything, and went to his room for a long time. ”

"A few days after Xiuge left, Dama died, and before he died, he cried to his son and said: 'I have made a few mistakes, and I am not as good as a brother in Xiuge. After Dama's death, the Rus family wanted to be buried in the wilderness, but Xiuge sent an envoy to tell him to bury Dama in his ancestral tomb. ”

"Dama IV is a man of mediocre ability, stubborn and self-serving, and uncertain, how can he oppose the king without the help of thieves and wealthy families? If it weren't for his younger brother Xiu Ge virtuous, this fang would have died without a place to be buried, so it was called 'Disaster Star'. ”

- The Tale of the Kings of Maisica, the New Delo Benji, and the Governor's Biography

After returning to Lugro, it took him some time to control the situation, and when he felt the time was right, he began to act against the oligarchs.

When dealing with the oligarchs, Kejie IV's methods were extremely old-fashioned, and he could always gather power to a certain extent but it was just right, which not only recovered part of his power, but also made the oligarchs feel that they could bear it, and the immediate rebellion was a loss-making business, and Kejie IV always grasped that degree.

And in the process of centralizing power, the age of Cojie IV also confused the oligarchs, who thought that an old man who was almost seventy years old did not need to care, no matter how shrewd, as long as he endured it for a while, maybe he himself would burp, and then everything would return to the familiar origin.

But after waiting for a long time, they found that something was wrong, normal people reach the age of seventy, all physical functions begin to decline, and their strength will also fall, but Ke Jie IV and Xiu Ge, a pair of golden partners, two old men who are already in their seventies, are still living younger and younger, and the old people of their contemporaries have basically been lying at home waiting for death, but they are still alive and kicking their opponents alive and kicking their opponents alive.

The power of Kejie IV is recovering little by little, the power of the oligarchs is declining little by little, and with the excellent diplomatic skills of Shangxiu, pulling one faction to fight another, instigating the oligarchs to fight the oligarchs, which makes the oligarchs never able to twist into a rope to deal with Kejie IV.

In 1693, five years after the oligarchs took office, the 73-year-old Emperor Cojie IV issued the "Decree of Unification", ordering the oligarchs to surrender all power, restore the old system of thirty years ago, and unify everything by Lugro.

At this time, the oligarchs found that they had no way out, and some oligarchs chose to obey, but the oligarchs close to Potloo and Ulch chose to resist to the end, so the "Second War of the Oligarchs" broke out in Maisica.

The resistance of the oligarchs is a resistance against the will of the people, the oligarchs are not likable in the first place, and the era of the oligarchs is a nightmare, so there are not many people in Mai Xika to support it.

And in this war of rebellion, the 73-year-old Xiuge personally took command of the battle, and it took a year of hard work to defeat the oligarchs, leaving only some oligarchs in the old land, relying on coastal supplies to shrink into the fortress for the last desperate resistance.

By January 1695, the oligarchs were left with only one last fortress, and if it weren't for the fact that Ulch had been behind the aid and had already run out of ammunition and surrendered, it would have looked like the victory was a foregone conclusion?

On 10 January, Potloo declared war on Maisica on the grounds of "restoring order to the Maisica", and on 13 January, Ulch declared war on Maisica on the grounds that "Maisica harassed the border with Urchi", and the "Second War of the Oligarchs" evolved from a civil war to an international war.

Maishika is finally about to experience the fear that Potlu faced in the past, being sandwiched between the north and south of the two countries, and what is worse than Potloo is that Maishika itself has suffered from many years of civil war, and the country is in a mess at this time, and Kojie IV has just figured out the idea, not to mention that Maishika's foundation is already thinner than that of Potrou.

In this desperate situation, Maisica could only set his sights on Brayasson, further south of Urch, and someone proposed a plan to contact Brayasson to join the war, so that Brayasson could attack Ulchi from the south, and share the pressure on Myska, so that Maisica only had to deal with Portolu, so that there might be a possibility of victory.

Although Kojie IV did not think that the proposal would have a good chance of success, at this point Maisika was like a drowning man, desperate to grasp even a straw and let himself imagine that he could float in this way. Under the influence of this mentality, Maisica sent diplomatic envoys to Brayazon.

Thanks to the deterrence of the Divine Realm Diplomacy Law, Ulch could at most not open the official route to block the envoys of the other party, but he could not directly attack the diplomatic envoys of Maisica and physically destroy them, so he could only watch with disgust as the diplomatic envoys of Maiska passed through their territory and went south to contact Braiason.

"No matter how difficult the journey of my envoy was, I still did not forget the destiny of my country, and I reached BrayazΓ³n as fast as possible. On the temple, the messenger wept and called on Brayason to help distant friends. ”

"My messenger said: 'Now Maisica and Brayasson are in the south and in the north, and it is the best way to attack Ulch! Therefore, not for my country, but for the great king and your country, please enter this battle quickly to help me.'" ”

"Brayathon was the Great King at the time, and he was the Shurachi II of the Matte White family. When he heard the words of the envoy, he said a few words of grace, but he looked at him left and right, and after a while, he went to rest. The one who saw it was in this state to himself, knowing that he was unwilling to help Mai Shika, and when he walked, he cried loudly, and his feet were paralyzed. ”

"The next day, the king of BrayazΓ³n did not see his messenger in person, but sent an official to tell him: 'My country has not recovered from the war before the reform, so I cannot send troops to save you, I am very ashamed, but so, please go first!' ’”

"When he heard the order to expel the guests, he resigned, and when he went, he sighed: 'The reform war of Braazon was completed in 1670, and it has been more than 20 years since then, so it is perfunctory to refuse me with this excuse. However, the people were under the eaves and had to bow their heads, and the envoy had no choice but to leave. ”

"On the way back to China, I met the treatment of the new voyage country. One of the oligarchs of the new seafaring country, Braazon, is also, and he asks for the money and Maisica, and is willing to give the ship a faster return, because he says: 'Today I know that the oligarchs are not all oligarchs, but all oligarchs, and if the gap between the oligarchs of other countries and the oligarchs of our country is so great!

- The Tale of the Kings of Maisica, The New Delos Benji and the Biography of Kojie IV

The failure to ask for help from Braazon meant that Maishika could only face the two great powers alone with a broken domestic situation, how could this be done? The only opportunity that Xiu Ge could take advantage of was the intrigue between Potloo and Ulch, so that Maishika would not suffer too serious losses.

Five years later, the Second Oligarchic War was completely defeated in Maisica, and the humiliating Treaty of Lugro was signed with the two countries in the capital Lugro.