The change of king began with a big victory two months ago. The king not only drove the expedition himself, but even defeated the elite of the demon clan with a small number of elite soldiers. After this, the king's temperament changed greatly, and he not only exterminated the moths from the south with great firmness and ferocity. After that bloody night, the king set a strategic goal of recovering the south. Zimmerdot was naturally supportive, and even slept for nearly a month to help the king reorganize the broken government. At that time, he was really happy and proud from the bottom of his heart, and he even felt that the prosperity of the kingdom was about to begin!

It wasn't long before Zimmerdot realized that the change of king wasn't all good. First of all, when dealing with the government, it is no longer a matter of rational deliberation and consultation with the ministers. Instead, he adopted the means of coercion and coercion, and acted arbitrarily, which made many ministers complain. The second is the way of spending money, which has changed from the tight and careful calculation of the past to the current extravagance and waste. In the past, it was only served when receiving foreign dignitaries, but it became a daily staple. Banquets became frequent, and many of them were completely unnecessary. Originally, after announcing a planned war against the southern rebellion, the king was still a little worried at first, but with the formation of the new king, the strong combat power displayed by the king made the king completely determine the direction of the war, and began to have the idea of expanding the territory. This ambition was especially evident after the arrival of the group of brave women.

Just as the Minister of Justice was secretly entangled, the king once again said in a surprising voice: "Two Aiqing, in fact, I have asked you to hold this private meeting this time, because I have a major matter, and I want to discuss it with the two important ministers of the kingdom in advance. ”

"Your Majesty, I don't know what is important to keep it so secret?" Groni asked with a frown.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please make it clear." Zimmerdo, who had come back to his senses, also bowed his head and saluted.

"I plan to move the capital to Tulum." In a flat tone, the king said the bombshell news.

The two ministers were shocked, especially Gronnie, who grew his mouth. A cold sweat immediately broke out in the head of the minister, remembering that two months ago, it was he who made this suggestion in the court, and couldn't help but say anxiously: "Your Majesty, the minister did make this suggestion two months ago, but at that time, it was the Demon Clan's monarch who forced the pass, and the royal city may not be guaranteed!" Now that the kingdom has won a big victory, and the demon lord has also retreated, there is no need to do this anymore! Your Majesty! ”

King Ethher VI looked at Groni with a scorched face, and said indifferently: "I naturally know the situation, after all, this victory was won by my own hands!" ”

"Then why does Your Majesty still want to move the capital?!" Groni was a little dazed.

Ether VI paused slightly, looked at the four paintings on the table, and continued: "Two Aiqing, you should know that this royal capital evolved from the counterattack outpost fortress established by the Holy Ancestor when he counterattacked after the demons destroyed the old royal capital, right?" ”

Groni nodded, but still confused. However, Zimmerduo on the side understood a little, and he spoke: "Your Majesty, do you mean that the current royal city is not suitable as the royal capital of the kingdom?!" ”

"That's exactly what I mean, well, Zimmerdo, there's a point, you're still mistaken. That is, after thinking about it for the past few months, I think that it has been a mistake since Wangcheng established its own capital! From the time the royal city was built, it should not be used as the capital! ”

Groni frowned, and said: "Your Majesty, this is not right, in the era of the Fourth, the royal city was the best city in the world, and there was no one!" The public security and infrastructure construction of those years have not been achieved by any country so far! The minister knows that over the years, the royal city has fallen a little, but it is all a good thing done by those shameless southern rats! Now the court is united, under your leadership, you will definitely be able to return to the peak of the past! ”

Zimmerduo was also a little worried, this plan might be a sudden whim of the king, and he had to follow the admonition: "Your Majesty, moving is not a trivial matter, especially in the current situation of the war, I am afraid that it will not be easy to encourage the people to move with the court." Now that the Axe Pass has been retrieved, it has also been renovated, and there are more reliable new kings to settle in. Your Majesty, you really don't need to spend any more money and money on this big project. ”

"If I don't move the capital, what should I do next?" Ether VI smiled indifferently, looked at the two confidant ministers, spread his hands, and continued to ask: "Especially after I take down the heads of those rebels and completely take the southern territory into my hands, what will I do next?" It takes two months to get from the royal capital to the southernmost tip of the southern border, and even if you take the waterway, it will take almost a month, and it has to be the tailwind season, so how can I really control the whole territory? ”

"Uh, this... Groni wanted to say that he would be crowned a prince, but when he thought that the king had no blood brothers, and even the heirs were still young, especially the prince. The minister of the monarchy ran out of ideas, and couldn't help but look at the minister of justice on the side, and to his disappointment, the other party also frowned and didn't say a word.

Seeing that the two did not admonish, Ether VI continued: "In fact, it is not only a matter of territory, the first king originally planned to move the capital to the south. ”

"Well, Your Majesty, the first king acted, you know, you don't have to be on par with him in everything, not to mention, the Holy Ancestor IV, he didn't move the capital." Zimmerdo vaguely mentioned the shortcomings of the king, trying to discourage the king from following his example.

"Hey~!" Ether VI raised his right hand and shook it, "I understand how the previous king acted, but what I want to say is that since the Holy Ancestor has fallen, the royal city has been declining, and now, whether it is the population, the overall financial resources, or the infrastructure in all aspects, it is far inferior to the beginning. Don't the two Qing families understand the reason for this? ”

"This..." Groni scratched his hair, a little at a loss, as a big boss with low internal affairs ability, this topic was too much for him.

Zimmerdo also fell silent, he is not yet forty years old this year, in fact, he is not very clear about the grand occasion of the year. It's just that since he was sensible, he did feel that all aspects of the royal city were obviously declining year by year.

Ether VI was a little disappointed, and couldn't help but tap his finger on the table a few times, and said loudly: "It's missing this!" ”

The other two people in the hall immediately looked at the table and couldn't help but say in unison: "Brave?!" ”

Ether VI nodded and said, "Back then, millions of brave men came to the world, and their combat power was indeed low, but they could help with the work, and they were willing to do any dirty work!" And as long as a small amount of remuneration, they can work hard and do the 'task' assigned to them seriously! At the peak of the royal city, there were three million brave people stationed there! ”

"Three million! Two Aiqing! From cleaning and manure to planting crops and processing products, with a little prestige and a little gratuity, they can keep their heads down and work hard! And they don't need to provide housing, let alone pension and overtime pay, they are simply the best workers! Ether VI lamented.

"In fact, if those brave men can descend on the royal city again, not to mention millions, even hundreds of thousands, they can also reverse the signs of the decline of the royal city. Two Qing families, you have lived in the royal city since you were a child, and the decline of the royal city should be obvious to all. After the disappearance of those brave men, at first, the factories could not hold on, and they could not even start work without cheap and abundant labor. Then the surrounding crops began to shrink, and farming became less and less profitable, because the wages of long-term workers were high, and the landlords' families began to have no surplus food. As a result, these landlords bought their property, sold their fields at low prices, and developed into the central and even southern parts of the kingdom. Since then, the food of the royal city can only rely on the purchase from all over the country, and even the cities of Dorpot and Simaika outside the border have fled more than once due to lack of food, and finally completely decayed before I ascended the throne, which was supposed to provide additional defense as the acropolis of the royal city, but in the end it became a burden. ”

Groni nodded in agreement, the two cities of Dorpot and Simaika, during the period of the Fourth Holy War, were used as the vanguard base of the king. After the end of the war, it was established as a defensive fortress and existed to resist the possible demon lord. However, with the decline of the royal city and even the entire kingdom, the population of these two cities decreased year by year, and the city defenses gradually became old and unrepaired. The last time the Demon King Maharaja attacked Simaika City, there was even a collapse of the city wall, which led to a rapid fall.

Originally, Groni had a plan, and after the end of the counterinsurgency war in the south, he proposed to rebuild the two cities, and seeing that the king even planned to not even want the royal city, he couldn't help but be anxious and said: "Your Majesty, if the royal city moves the capital, then what about the axe pass?" What should be done with the land that is not involved? Do you want to give up here?! ”

Ether VI shook his head and said in a regretful tone, "I know that you have ideas to rebuild the two cities that were destroyed by the demons. It's just that I'm officially telling you that I'm not going to rebuild them, at least not anytime soon. After all, the kings are gone, and they don't need to be used as acropolis to help the kings share the pressure. ”

"But..." Gronnie's heart tightened, and he was a little eager to speak, but he couldn't think of anything to refute it.

Ether VI interrupted the minister's speech: "After the relocation of the royal capital, the current royal city is fully qualified as a fortress established on the basis of the axe pass, and it can even greatly reduce the supply pressure of the kingdom as a whole!" After all, there are not enough peasants around the royal city, and there is not enough grain output, and in the more than ten years since I ascended the throne, there has not been a year when I have not been anxious about this matter! ”

Zimmerdo thought about it carefully and felt that what the king said was very reasonable, the grain in the royal city rose every year, but the taxes in the past remained unchanged all year round, and the annual income of the people was the same, so more and more people moved away from the royal city, causing the royal city to become more and more decaying. If it weren't for the king to cut off this vicious circle, Zimmerdot would even worry that it would be difficult for the throne of the Grande Kingdom to pass smoothly into the hands of the next king.