The entire southeastern states, and even the nobles of the Chinese Empire, in general, can probably be divided into these categories.

One of the most numerous is "dependent on the aristocracy". These people themselves have good strength, even very strong strength, but because of their low background, lack of strong family background background and other factors, they can only rely on other nobles to serve.

The unlucky guy of the Red Lotus family who was killed by Wang Hao is such a nobleman, in fact, in a sense, Huo Shishi and several other generals under Huang Fuyun are also, but they are intimidated by Huang Fuyun's "domineering spirit" and are willing to die for Huang Fuyun.

Titles attached to nobles are nominated by the head of the family and conferred after approval by the council. Their finances and transfer powers, and even the power of life and death, are vested in the head of the family, and they are also directly responsible to the head of the family, although they have very good treatment and a certain amount of power, but generally do not have their own direct fiefdom, only an empty title of nobility.

The second type is the "meritorious nobles". Some of these people are well-born and noble-blooded, some are powerful, some are resourceful, and some are grassroots, but they all have a common characteristic: they have made great contributions to the state and country, and they have been knighted for meritorious service.

Meritorious nobles have their own territories depending on the size of their merits. In their own territory, the meritorious nobles almost enjoyed the power of the feudal king, with finances, conscription, and the power to kill the people, and even had the right to declare war on other meritorious nobles.

Of course, the right to declare war is only an unspoken rule, as long as you can find a plausible reason to end the war and create a fait accompli in the midst of endless discussion in Parliament.

In general, the parliament will also recognize the land laid down by the meritorious nobles themselves.

But while enjoying power, the meritorious nobles were obliged to send troops in the event of foreign wars and internal rebellions in the state. The state only symbolically allocates a small amount of resources to the meritorious nobles, and the rest of the needs for land defense, conscription, construction, etc., must be figured out by the meritorious nobles themselves.

Of course, the same meritorious nobles, those with backgrounds and no backgrounds, those with strong strength and weak strength, the difference between fiefdoms is still very big. For example, Huangfuyun belonged to the meritorious aristocracy, and his fief was a whole modern city near the sea in the old era and the surrounding radiation area; And the Count of Xiaoqi is also a meritorious nobleman, and his fief is in a remote mountainous area, that is, a radius of dozens of miles, almost a town mayor in ancient times.

The last type is called "ruling the land aristocracy". These people may not be strong in personal combat, but most of them have strong management skills, are good at drilling politics, and they manage the cities and towns left over from the old era.

According to the scale of the area under their management, the nobles directly under the state or provincial council, their finance, military, employment, etc. are responsible for the parliament, although the treatment and welfare are good, but the power is far less than that of the meritorious nobles, and even the guards around them are directly assigned by the council, which can be said to be the backbone of governing the state. Some are similar to professional managers.

There are also some nobles who can't say why, such as Viscount Red Lotus, Viscount Linghu and the like, all rely on the previous generation of sprouts, and there are not a few such people.

The mayor of Jianye City, the Earl of Zhongshan, is a nobleman who governs the land.

Lord Earl has been having a headache lately.

Due to the sudden collapse of the Blood Cattle Company, there was a large-scale shortage of blood supply in Jianye City, and the market was chaotic to the extreme, and even the blood dealers in the old city began to blatantly enter the new city to peddle blood.

For this situation, the people of Zhongshan can only turn a blind eye, after all, the millions of people in Jianye City always have to drink blood.

Even so, it's just a drop in the bucket, and the blood supply is still very insufficient!

Large numbers of civilians began to organize demonstrations, demonstrations, and even storming the government. Fu, the lack of blood has made the ordinary new humans who were originally not strong become irritable and crazy, and even the combatant new humans have a hard time coping, and now they have to die almost every day.

And blood scarcity is not a problem in Jianye City, the blood supply in most places in the new era is very tight, even the state parliament can not mobilize enough blood to solve the urgent needs of Jianye City, through the southeast Grand Duke in the middle of the adjustment, Zhenhai City's friendship support of half a ton of blood is not enough for the needs of government agencies, let alone ordinary people.

As a result, a large number of Jianye citizens began to "flee the famine", and a large number of citizens with signs of mutation entered the old city.

In short, Jianye City is in chaos, and it is gradually developing towards a deserted city and a dead city.

But for Nakayama people, this is not the most troublesome. Anyway, the blood cow went out of business, and the lack of blood can't be blamed on him, if anyone dares to mention this matter, let him go to Huangfu Yun himself.

Even Jianye City has become a "ruined city", and Count Zhongshan is a big deal to be transferred to another place to be a nobleman. This kind of thing has not happened before, Luzhou City, not far from Jianye City, has not become a "ruined city" two years ago, and I have not seen any punishment for the mayor of Luzhou.

As an official, as long as the ass does not sit crookedly, and the team does not stand wrong, the life and death of ordinary new humans will not affect their careers.

The problem is that the two urgent telegrams at hand have pushed Lord Earl Zhongshan to the brink of decision!

One is from the office of the parliament of the southeastern state, asking the Earl to do his best to maintain order in Jianye City;

One was from the office of the Military Council of the Chinese Empire, asking the Earl to immediately send troops to help the aristocratic coalition army at the site of the Blood Ox and suppress the mob;

The Earl rubbed his brows and handed the two letters to his chief of staff.

After reading it, the chief of staff immediately caught the problem very keenly, raised his head and said: "My lord, there is a lot of article in this, it seems that there are two non-conflicting instructions, but if you look closely, they are contradictory." Once one is executed, the other cannot be executed. If we are 'all-out' to maintain order in Jianye City, there will inevitably be no extra troops to support the coalition forces, and conversely, if we 'send troops' to help the coalition forces suppress the rioters, we will not have the energy to maintain order." And we only have more than 100 powerful superpowers on hand, and the rest of the ordinary soldiers are okay to deal with the common people, and when they encounter those thugs who can't even take the coalition army, they are simply sent to death. ”

"Nonsense!"

The Earl slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "You say this is useful, can't I see it!" I'm showing you these two telegrams to ask you what solution you have! ”

The chief of staff pondered for a moment and said, "One is the Imperial Military Council, the other is the State Council, and both sides are big people, both are leaders, it's not easy to offend." My lord, I can only give you an analysis of the pros and cons, as for how to choose, you have to come up with a big idea. ”

"You say!" The Earl waved his hand in annoyance.

"Well, if it's about official positions, of course it's the Imperial Military Council, but county officials are not as good as county officials!"

The chief of staff squeezed his eyes at the earl, and when he saw that there was no one on the left and right, he whispered: "Besides, my lord, you are an official of the southeastern state, and you take the money of the southeastern state, and even the soldiers under your command are sent by the state, when it is time to carry out the order, who do you say you should listen to?" ”

The chief of staff took a sip of tea, and then said: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you are willing to send troops and blood cattle, but your soldiers are all sent by the state, if those generals who lead the team know the content of the telegram, whether they are willing to listen to you or not, it is still two words." When the time comes, if you provoke a mutiny, you will not please both sides! ”

Hearing what the chief of staff said, the Earl suddenly realized, patted his bald head and said: "Damn, you're right, I'm really busy and confused, I have ignored such a simple truth!" In this way, the telegram of the Imperial Military Council was now rejected! ”

The chief of staff smiled and said, "It's my duty to share the worries of adults." But in my opinion, there is no need to refuse, after all, the old site of the blood cow is less than ten kilometers away from us, and it is unreasonable to refuse, and the old men of the Imperial Military Commission are not too offended. ”

"So what do you say?" Lord Earl asked.

The chief of staff smiled and said, "Then it depends on whether you are willing to suffer a little sin, my lord." ”

Earl Zhongshan gritted his teeth: "As long as I can keep the official, I will do no matter how big the crime is!" ”

The chief of staff leaned into the earl's ear and whispered something.

Moments later, the Count summoned his chief guard.

Facing the chief guard holding a hammer, the muscles on the earl's face were twitching, he was ruthless, opened his mouth and pointed at one of his fangs, and said inarticulately: "Start with a neat hand, don't let Lao Tzu suffer!" ”

The chief of guard gasped and looked at the chief of staff with a bitter face.

The chief of staff nodded.

Hearing a loud bang, the chief guard was worthy of being controlled by a sixth-order cold weapon, and as soon as the hammer went down, a stream of blood immediately burst out of the earl's mouth, and a slender fangs were broken into two.

The Count screamed, and fainted in pain.

For new humans, in addition to the brain and heart, the fangs are also a critical organ, the hardness is far greater than steel, if the fangs are broken, it is like a serious illness, even if there is a high-level recovery ability, without a month of cultivation, it is impossible to get out of bed.

Half an hour later, two identical telegrams arrived on the desks of the offices of the Imperial Military Council and the offices of the Parliaments of the States.

"The mayor of Jianye, Earl Zhongshan, was in a coma with a high fever while pacifying the people three days ago, when he was being beaten by a mob. Without receiving instructions from the mayor, the Jianye City troops could only act in accordance with the established policy and did not dare to leave their posts without permission. As soon as the mayor comes to his senses, he will immediately send troops to support the coalition forces! ”

What is called the established policy, what is called not daring to leave the post without permission, to put it nicely, is actually to carry out the instructions of the state and make every effort to maintain the order of Jianye City.

By the time the mayor comes to his senses, the coalition army is estimated to be left with no scum!

It is said that several deputy directors in the office of the parliament of the southeast state that day couldn't straighten their waists with laughter, laughing and scolding Lao Zhongshan for being ruthless, and even daring to break his fangs, it seems that this old guy should be promoted again.

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