237 Capital Garrison

The archbishop of the church has no name to speak of, because the doctrine of the Church of the Seven states that the archbishop must give up his original name when he takes office, because the servants of God do not need a name.

However, the people of King's Landing still have a more affectionate name for the current archbishop - Fat Archbishop.

Obviously, the Fat Man is not a normal archbishop, or rather, not a respectable archbishop, and from this nickname it gives a rough idea of what the reputation of this man is in King's Landing.

Flipping through the materials on the table, constantly scanning the lines on the paper that were not neat, but could be recognized, Lan Li had a clearer understanding of the fat archbishop's situation.

Greed, corruption, gluttony, conservative style, bureaucracy......

Origins, some of the things you've done since becoming archbishop, your current address, etc. The information on the table was very comprehensive, and after reading it, Lan Li thought that it was not for nothing that the first transaction goal proposed by the Seven Gods and himself was to replace the archbishop.

By his standards, this person is not too bad, but if you look at the Church of the Seven Gods as a whole, then this person's existence is simply too much of a drag.

"The archbishop has a close relationship with King Robert, my lord, and we need to be cautious about moving him." Wearing a linen cloak in front of the desk, Bailu Wenda, who was not very conspicuous, said after seeing Lan Li put down the information.

The middle-aged woman had met Lan Li in Riverbend a few months earlier, but then she had returned directly to King's Landing, and the blonde Wenda was no different from before, but Lan Li could see that the man walked with lighter steps, full of spirit, and very sharp eyes.

Clearly, the seed of power that Lan Li had given her had been working in her body, constantly transforming her towards her unique purpose.

"If I really want to touch him, I won't let Robert find out."

Lan Li casually replied to the other party's advice, but in his heart he thought about how to replace this archbishop - not only because of the deal with the Seven Gods, but also because of the question of whether the invisible help of the church could be used by Baratheon.

The archbishop of the Church is elected by the archbishops, and once in office, he is basically for life, and he cannot be removed unless he commits a serious mistake.

However, Lan Li didn't think this was a big deal, and there was a way to get the archbishop out of power, and the easiest way was to kill him directly.

But the question is, if there is a vacancy in the archbishopric office, who will succeed him?

In addition to the archbishop, there are also some information about several other archbishops, and these people are not as corrupt or stubborn as the fat archbishop, or they are vain, and they are not suitable candidates at all, and some are even inferior to this archbishop.

Lan Li had a bit of a headache about this.

He didn't know much about the current church, and it seemed that there was a monk named Sparrow in his previous life who was more capable, but there was no record of it in the materials at all, and the name Sparrow did not even appear.

Maybe this is another completely different situation from that show, or maybe this sparrow is not called a sparrow at the moment.

Lan Li didn't think much about it, but asked Wenda to pay attention to whether there were any monks in the church who were capable and able to serve the public, and then he thought of his position as Minister of Justice, so he opened his mouth to give an order.

"Let's investigate the managers of the garrison in the capital, especially the commander of the garrison, Genos Shlint, I need to know what he has done since he took office, his personality and origin, etc."

Bailu Wenda nodded when she heard this, and Lan Li didn't have anything else to say, so she sent a guard to take her out of the Red Keep - after becoming the Minister of Justice, Lan Li had the power to take people in and out of this royal fortress, as long as there were not too many of them.

Lan Li continued to think about the issue of the capital garrison.

The Capital Garrison is King's Landing's security management class, the equivalent of a police officer, and is theoretically under his authority as the Minister of Justice, but the garrison has been under the orders of the royal family in recent years.

Lan Li had asked his cheap big brother before, and the other party bluntly said that he could interfere in the daily work of the garrison and the appointment and dismissal of personnel, but he couldn't make a mess.

Therefore, it is necessary for Lan Li to know the current details of this group -

After all, the capital garrison had more than 5,000 people in King's Landing.

This is the largest armed force in King's Landing, and if he can really control it, then Lan Li thinks that even if the situation in King's Landing is complex and changeable, he can be completely invincible.

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It's a pity that some of the news that came back later made Lan Li's idea of completely controlling the capital garrison disappear.

Drunkards, hooligans, this is the largest group of people in the garrison, they eat and wait for death to eat empty pay on weekdays, relying on the status of members of the garrison to make a fortune in King's Landing, which is equivalent to a group of straw bales, which is useless at all, but may bring trouble.

In addition to such people, the private soldiers of large and small families were another important part of the garrison - they were nominally loyal to the royal family, but in reality they were under the orders of their respective lords.

In other words, the more private soldiers the lords placed in their garrisons, the more influence they had in King's Landing.

The Tyrells, the Arryns, and some of them served in King's Landing, many lords large and small...... Although this kind of private soldier can be regarded as elite, it is impossible for Lan Li to control it.

This is not all the complexity of the capital garrison, in this huge armed force, there are also some forces supported by wealthy merchants in the city, officials of various departments, and even underground gangsters and other forces mixed in the garrison, which is intricate and simply a mess.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for an armed force directly under the royal family to be infiltrated so badly, so Lan Li thinks that this situation is completely abnormal, and he also clearly understands the root of this abnormality-

Genos Slint, a commander of the capital garrison known for taking bribes and buying and selling official positions.

Lan Li couldn't understand why such a person could become the commander of the garrison, and he didn't understand why his cheap big brother would let this kind of existence sit in the important position of commander of the garrison for ten years, but these didn't matter for the time being.

He was going to talk to this butcher-turned-fellow.

But before that, Lan Li had to do another thing-

As he had calculated before, Geralt Graveson, Earl of Seagull Town, had arrived in King's Landing.