"Obviously, the cunning 'Southern' hopes that the Bourbon will maintain a certain strength so that Pokon will not take the opportunity to swallow more territory, but at the same time the Southern does not want us to win the Northern Passage rebels, so for the foreseeable future, as long as the Bourbon still maintains an advantage over the Northern Passage, even if the Southern Sector rebellion fails this time, the Southern Sector will tirelessly incite rebellions in other regions. ”

[Note: Because the abbreviation of the Southern Passage is the same as the name of the capital of Bourbon, the Bourbons are usually reluctant to refer to it as Boris in dialogue, and instead use "southern" instead.] But when I describe it to a third party, I still use Boris to describe the Southern Passage.]

Looking at the outcome of the discussion presented in this document, I felt a pang of apprehension.

Thirty years ago, it was a fool's dream for Boris to contain Bourbon, but now Bourbon is full of holes, and the interior has long been filled with dry wood, just a fire, and Boris can act as this fire, as long as he wants.

The only thing to be thankful for is that it was also the misfortune of the Bourbon pacification of Boris in the past, Boris was not connected to Bourbon by land, and Boris, who was busy robbing the Bourbon trade market, had no idea of seizing Bourbon mainland territory for the time being, because this would make Boris lose his transcendent status and get involved in a war that required blood to get the land.

Yes, a lot of war money, not to mention Boris secretly aiding the north of the war materials, last year, Boris officially signed with us the "Bourbon and Boris 36 years trade agreement", a lot of materials from Boris began to enter Bourbon on a large scale, and Bourbon, which was gradually scarce of materials, could only grit its teeth and accept.

At the time of the signing of this treaty, what made us most ashamed was that we gradually saw the shadow of the past Bourbon in Boris.

You must know that at this time in 1436, Boris was helping the Northern Passage to resist us, while helping us contain Pokon, while contacting Urchi to obtain trade, while forming a good Maisica to pull out our stronghold on the Myramie Peninsula, and at the same time officially joined the Unification War of Ingona, assisting the Western Core of Ingona and the Western Frontier Alliance to resist the unification of the Central Effort.

Especially the intervention in the war of Ingena unification, you must know that when the Western Frontier Alliance and the Western Core were attacked by Ingana, they first sought our assistance, but we had no choice but to refuse their request, and as a result, they were quickly taken over by Boris, and Boris began to interfere in Ingana.

Isn't this the Bourbon of yesteryear?

And, with the intervention of Ingona in aiding the two Wests, many people at the General Palace were pessimistic that the two Wests were about to fall to Boris and no longer be Bourbon's close allies.

"Poseidon, where should Bourbon go...... "In recent days, I have been suffering from insomnia, often unable to sleep in the middle of the night, and then suffering from stomach pain for a night. I used to be called a beautiful man, but now my appearance has withered at a visible rate.

Yes, it cannot be described as aging, but withering, what a terrible adjective. And the situation that has gotten worse lately has irritated my deteriorating body even more.

"What! The rebels in the southern sector are advancing towards the north! Shouldn't they! Normally, shouldn't they stabilize the southern sector first, and they are plotting against the north!" I opened my mouth in astonishment again after hearing terrible news again for an unknown number of times.

The clerk lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly into my red eyes: "If they were normal rebels, this should be the case, but according to the analysis of the General Staff, the rebels are likely to be under pressure from Boris, so they don't follow common sense and go straight to Boris (Bourbon Capital)." ”

"Therefore, the Ruler must withdraw part of the army from the north and bring it back, otherwise with the current state of emptiness in the Bourbon capital, I am afraid that it will really be defeated by the rebels. ”

"But...... But we are about to put down the rebellion in the Northern Passage, and the rebels are left with only one Uttana to support them, and they will be almost there......! Unwilling, unwilling......"

Before the emergency meeting, An Lu, who had not been in contact for a long time, actually sent me a letter in which he suggested that I move the capital during the war, and that the rebels in the Northern Passage should be pacified at all costs, and then slowly dealt with the rebels in the southern region.

But few of the members of the parliament were willing to move out of the capital, claiming that the contemptible hillbillies of the southern districts would be robbed if they entered Boris, so Bourbon had to hold on to the capital, even if it was to withdraw the troops of the Northern Passage.

There is no way, the opinions of the Great Palace are so unanimous, I can only obey their wishes and withdraw part of the army back to defend the old channel.

After the military pressure was reduced, the Northern Passage was instantly squeamished, obviously being pressed and beaten for several years, and the situation was worse than ours, but at this time, a large amount of military equipment and "voluntary mercenaries" were suddenly obtained, and most of the land occupied by us was quickly restored.

Needless to say, these substances are definitely from Boris.

[In fact, there are still a lot of troops with assistance from Pokang, not just Boris's]

In 1438, the second rebellion in the southern district was finally suppressed, but veterans of the war who had been fighting for so long demanded that it be repaired. Remembering the tragic past when the last time we forced the veterans to go on an expedition and the riots broke out, we agreed to the veterans' request to give them a temporary rest – still unpaid, of course.

However, after so many years of war, the Bourbon industry has withered, and still has to maintain a large army, coupled with the precipitous decline in fiscal revenues, although Guan I have raised taxes four times during my tenure and have not been lifted, but it has not been able to alleviate the extremely bad financial situation, and we are already in debt.

In order to prevent the government from going bankrupt, there is no choice but to continue to wronged the citizens to endure for the country.

A few weeks later, I issued the Fifth Tax Raise Decree and the Second Finance Decree of Luhr VIII.

In this tax increase, I re-taxed the remnants of Bourbon's jurisdiction—especially in the rebellious southern districts, where even the nobility from top to bottom was taxed except for the army.

In addition, for the first time, we have targeted the nobles of the Old Passage, and I declare that the minor nobles of the Old Passage, in addition to the main city of Boris, will also have to pay "small" taxes from this day forward.

Then there is the content of the Finance Order.

Nowadays, wars are frequent, and naturally the army comes first, and in this financial order, I have greatly improved the treatment and status of the military - the next step is disarmament, after all, now that the territory of Bourbon has shrunk significantly, there is no need to maintain so much army, and some can be cut.

Since most of the officers have a prominent family background, I can't do it, so let's cut down the lower ranks of the army a little, and besides, all other public facilities can be stopped, and all the funds can be invested in maintaining the war.

Thirty-eight years have passed, thirty-nine years have passed, and in these two years we have maintained only a small garrison in the northern passage, trying only to keep a few important ports in preparation for the next reconquest. In addition, the battlefield of Maishika is also peaceful (sometimes too busy to forget about this small southern country), and the skirmishes remain small, extending the conflict that has lasted for 15 years.

At the beginning of 1440, Edonan sent us another surprise, in which they unashamedly demanded that Edonan's status as a Bourbon protectorate be ended, that it become a normal state, and that Edonan be recognized for his occupation of the Middle-earth Colonies and the Middle-earth Forest Colonies.

Although it seems so humiliating to agree to this request, but in this situation, Bourbon really does not have the strength to launch another punishment, so he can only pinch his nose and accept it-besides, Edonan, didn't you take down the Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard? Why did you admit it here?

In any case, with the signing of the treaty recognizing the dissolution of the vassal relationship of Edonan, not an inch of the entire Edonan Peninsula was Bourbon territory.

When I heard the news before, maybe I vomited blood in anger, but now I actually feel that it seems to be nothing more than that, is it possible that if you accept too much bad luck, will it become natural?

Edonan's matter is still easy to solve, but it is just to throw out the land that has long been Bourbon, but the following two things are the ones that will kill people, the Northern Passage and Maisica seem to have teamed up to calculate the time, and at the same time launched a fierce attack on the Bourbon territory they can reach!

After many emergency meetings, we made the move to defend the Myrami Battlefield, after all, the Myrami Battlefield is still related to the last two main cities left by the Dragon Colonial Guard, but after the loss of the colonies in Middle-earth, the Northern Passage has become dispensable.

Just as I was busy with this one thing, another terrible thing happened, the damned ten-year peace treaty with the Diaspora Alliance had expired, so the Diaspora Alliance had once again launched a rebellion against Bourbon after recalling the mercenaries on the battlefield of Ingona!

What's more, after the rebellion of the Diaspora Alliance, the tax revenue has been cut off again, and the tax revenue of the Tenglong Colonial Guard must also be withheld, what will Bourbon's finances do this year!

Just when I was at a loss, Boris's envoy came to the door with a grin, not to come to Bourbon's aid - not directly, to be, to be, but to provide funds.

And the funds did not come for nothing, to be precise, Boris asked Bourbon to exchange for the Dumo Liao relay.

This one...... Let's hold it out for the time being, and as for whether it will actually be sold, let's talk about it later. Luckily, Boris was surprisingly good at talking and quickly and happily agreed to our request.

In addition, it is also time to negotiate peace with the Northern Seaway, after all, Bourbon is really unable to fight.

In 1441, the exhausted Bourbon negotiated peace with the Northern Passage and agreed to establish an independent state of the Northern Passage, so the Northern Passage also had its own name, Poli.

However, at the peace talks, the Northern Passage unexpectedly demanded that Bourbon cede the Middle-earth Colonial Guard and the Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard to Bourbon......

Wait, haven't these two guards already ceded to Edonan once?Ah, forget it, since Polly wants it, then we'll declare it to you, you go and take it with Edonan yourself, it just so happens that these two enemies of the empire have a dog-eat-dog, and I'll be happy whoever dies.

After the end of the war with Poli, I hurriedly ordered all the remaining troops to be drawn out there, and ordered them to hurry to fill the battlefield in the Gulf of Myramie, whether it was the Correctional Zone or the Tenglong Colonial Guard, they were almost unable to hold on.

This is the last military order I issued in my capacity as Governor.