Chapter 099
Mu didn't have to work hard to find Her Royal Highness's room, after all, in order to support the operation of the city, only Her Majesty the Queen could not do it. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info mercenary group are all big and coarse, and it's okay to fight, but asking them to chew the pen is even more uncomfortable than killing them. Therefore, Fatis and Asona had to urgently promote some of the clerks in the knights and the accountants and chieftains in the caravans, and let them serve as low-level civil officials, so that they could barely sort out the municipal government. Therefore, most of the people I met on the road knew this Boss Mu, and they quickly pointed him in the direction.
Mu stood in front of the solemn door, knocked with his fingers, waited for a while, and did not respond. I knocked again, but there was still no response. The merchant was a little puzzled, and pushed it slightly, and the door creaked open. He poked his head in to take a look, only to see a few soft snoring from the desk where various documents were buried. Mu walked over and picked it up, the familiar girl was lying on the table, falling asleep without any image, and she didn't even feel the saliva wet documents.
Mu smiled helplessly and gently nudged Her Majesty the future Queen. Fortunately, the vigilance that has been cultivated all year round has not been lost, and with such a gentle push, Her Royal Highness the princess slowly woke up. Dazedly looked at the documents that slipped from his head, rubbed his dark eyes, and realized that there was a person standing in front of him.
"Ah!" Her Royal Highness exclaimed, and quickly straightened her clothes, but her scattered hair fell down unsightly, and when she was taking care of her hair, she happened to see the saliva soaked documents on the table, and the princess didn't care about her hair, and quickly covered the water stains. After a while, he raised his head and saw that it was Mu, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah, you're back. The princess leaned back in her chair, "Great." ”
"What's wrong?" Mu hugged his arms and looked at the princess's dark circles with interest, "Why do you look overindulgent." ”
Aisona glared at Mu for a long time, and finally fell down, "Alas, I don't even have the strength to draw a sword and cut people now." Why don't you ask you to be a little more respectful like Fatis?"
"Uh, sorry. Mu scratched his head embarrassedly, "I haven't changed for a while." ”
The princess sighed, "But, though not overindulgent, I have not spent more than three hours on the surface except the first day. For the first time, I found that there are so many things to do in managing a city... Forget it, let's get down to business. She pulled out a piece of paper, quickly signed an order, and handed it to Mu, "From now on, you will be my auxiliary and help me deal with these documents." ”
Mu looked at the documents that had just submerged Her Royal Highness the Princess, picked out two at random, and frowned, "What is this, why do you have to take care of such a thing as a tavern fire in the outer city? This, the scavenger is missing, what is going on? And these, it is obviously the same report, why is it that even the format of the form is different? What are the fatiss, what are they doing?"
"They've been busy all day," Asona shrugged, "and the nobles have almost all fled, and if it weren't for the fact that your caravan and the knights have a lot of talent, they probably wouldn't have been able to maintain the municipal government." ”
"I see. Mu nodded, and quickly entered the state, "The top priority now is to sort out the rules and order, you look at it first, and I'll go find a list of personnel." With that, he walked out without looking back.
"Hey, Mu, wait!" the princess cried out, "I should do me a favor first!" Isona had probably practiced in Uxhall, the same system that his father had instituted, and Harlaus, under the king, three ministers, an auxiliary minister, a chancellor of the exchequer, and a field marshal. This system has its origins, dating back to the ancient Swadia Empire. Ever since Richard the Lionheart took over the White Pine Scepter from Merando, all of Calradia's lands that have been tread in the human footsteps will bow down to his will. And in this vast land, King Lionheart has adopted the system of absolute monarchy very heroically. He divided the nobles, but the nobles could only enjoy the offerings of the caihu, and the actual management rights remained in the hands of the city lord or governor sent by the emperor. This meant that the emperor needed a large number of officials to manage his land. Therefore, his cabinet meeting was very lively, and the whole meeting hall included His Majesty the Emperor, the five ministers of military administration, civil affairs, finance, law, and industry and their main subordinates, as well as a high priest Merandot who had no sense of existence.
Later, the Swadia Empire was conquered by the Virgians, who established the Kalad Empire. Emperor Salazar I, on the other hand, practiced a complete feudal system. Under this system, the divided territories became the private property of the nobles, and they had nothing to do with the emperor, and the only thing the emperor had to manage was the territory that belonged directly to him. Therefore, the emperor's cabinet was greatly streamlined, leaving only the emperor, the marshal and the prime minister, which is quite famous as the iron triangle of imperial power. Oh, and by the way, there's also an unpresupturbic Orodine Worship.
Then came the time of the Queen of Wolfheart, whose iron-fisted rule cleared the major hidden dangers within the empire and laid the foundation for the arrival of the prosperous era. But her son, Xilin I, was the opposite of her mother, and although he was praised in the history books as a virtuous emperor, he was actually a rather cowardly and even incompetent emperor. During his reign, imperial power was greatly weakened, and the nobility and courtiers controlled almost the entire empire. The emperor, on the other hand, was not aware of this, and even aided in the abuse, for example, because he felt that it was very troublesome to manage his own property, so he specially added an official position, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to manage money for the royal family. At this time, the last authority was called out, the power of the courtiers was greatly strengthened, and the emperor was almost reduced to a puppet-like existence. But it is precisely because of this that he can end up with a good reputation.
However, the courtiers did not be arrogant for long, and the heir of Xilin I, Salazar V, was quite his grandmother's legacy. obediently acts as a matchmaker under the noses of the courtiers' forces, but secretly develops his own power behind the scenes. The first is to provoke infighting between military attaches and civilian officials and regain financial power. He appointed a large merchant to manage his property instead of a courtier, and the merchant, at the emperor's behest, first courted the courtiers and expressed his willingness to submit, but then wavered between the two courtiers, who fought to regain control of the shares. The emperor, on the other hand, took this opportunity to gather the courtiers who had been defeated in the battle and built up his own power. By the time the two sides really couldn't fight anymore, the emperor had already unknowingly mastered the entire empire.
After that, the first thing the emperor did was to execute the prime minister who had led the party struggle and send his own men. And in order to prevent this kind of bad thing from happening again, Salazar V abolished the official position of prime minister and set up an auxiliary minister. The so-called auxiliary political officer is to assist the emperor in handling political affairs, in other words, there is only the right to make suggestions, not the right to make decisions, and the final actual power is still in the hands of the emperor. Therefore, the power of the auxiliary magistrate depends on the king's will, if the king trusts, the authority of the auxiliary magistrate will be far greater than that of the prime minister, but if the king does not bird you, it is simply difficult to move an inch.
As for the marshal, the emperor only punished him with a small punishment, after all, the marshal needed to coordinate the armies of the various vassals and had to have a high prestige in the hearts of each vassal. If we just deal with it, the political situation will only get worse.
And then, the system continues to the present. Oh, by the way, there are no religious leaders this time. Because the greedy clergy had taken the wrong side in the aforementioned rebellion in order to gain more power, the enraged Emperor arrested all the clergy by name and sent them all to the guillotine. While the people of Uxhall were busy preparing for Her Majesty's succession to the throne, the Raldians in Aaron were in dire straits, and the Rhodoks began to attack the city. It's not that Griffos can't hold his breath, it's that Harlaus in the city is really too deceitful. Knowing that the city was at the end of the road, Harauth began to make a desperate gamble by demolishing the houses and shops in the city and collecting wood and stone for the defense, regardless of the pain and wails of the civilians who had been driven out. However, these civilians who lost their homes soon stopped crying, because they were also forcibly conscripted, and Harlaus was not willing to give them even the simplest weapons, and sent them directly to the city to be used as labor and cannon fodder. Seeing that the "construction team" was about to open the castle, Graves didn't care about any rat throwers, and decisively ordered the siege of the city.
Hammer finally realized the benefits of the spear, which allowed him to huddle in a safe corner and kill one or two Rhodoks who wanted his life. No, I don't know how many ladders were set up on the edge of the wall, and he didn't rush straight up, because countless people had done so in the previous days, but as soon as they left the shelter of the battlements, a crossbow bolt would pierce their heads just right, and Rhodok's snipers really didn't cover it.
He waited a moment, then turned his spear around, pressed the hilt of the spear against the railing of the ladder, fought with his arms, leaned forward, and roared forward, and with a bang, mourning all over the outside of the wall. This is what the veteran taught him, and it is better to push the ladder when the enemy is halfway up.
However, at this time, he had no time to rejoice in his wonderful performance, because the siege tower was already leaning against the edge of the city wall, and the Rhodoks were pouring into the city. Although his own soldiers had formed a defensive line near the siege tower, Hammer did not think that his tired soldiers, who had not enough to eat every day, could beat the elite of Rhodok, who had been recuperating. However, he still listened to the spear and rushed forward, this has nothing to do with the merits of the war and nothing to do with the honor of Svadia, just because once the Rhodoks occupy the city wall, all of them will die, even if they are lucky enough to lose a small life and be captured by them, but he, who is a civilian, will not have anyone to pay a ransom for him. At that time, he could only become a slave, living a life worse than death in a foreign land, and finally he was burned to ashes, or even thrown directly into a manure tank, died on an ocean-going ship, and finally mixed with a sea burial was considered lucky. Therefore, as long as there is a little hope, he will not give up, even if this hope is so dim and so slim. The Rhodoks, who were the first to rush forward, quickly engaged the Swadia soldiers, and fought to an equal footing. It's hard to imagine that these people are also Rhodok elites, and they look no different from themselves, if not worse, than themselves who have starved on the city walls for a few days. Hammer himself at least touched a long sword, a pot helmet and a chain mail vest from the robe and enemy who died in battle, and was barely fully armed. As for the enemy in front of him, there is really nothing, let alone armor, and putting two pieces of skin on a cloth coat is all protection, and some people don't even have skin on their bodies, so they rush towards the enemy with a strange-shaped machete. Although they desperately attacked the Swadian soldiers, their petite size gave them a real advantage, and despite their incessant slashing, they were still stopped at the entrance to the siege tower by the relatively tall Ryrdian.
Hammer asked the veteran who these beggars were, and the veteran was silent for a moment before telling him that they were Rhodok's levies.
Unlike Svadia, Svadia has a large population, and, theoretically, the only chance for commoners to become nobles is the battlefield, so the Svadia army has never been short of people. Unlike Rhodok, Yamada's production was insufficient to feed a population as Svadia, so the lords were always overstretched compared to the powerful Svadia next door. In order to avoid the dilemma of having no soldiers to use, the task of filling the battlefield and serving as cannon fodder was put on serfs and slaves. Serfs were peasants who had lost their land and had to farm for their lords to make ends meet. Theoretically, these people are free people, but in practice they are subject to the lord everywhere, and even marriage must be approved by the lord, and in case of a worse one, they may even have to exercise the right of the first night or something. And not to mention slaves, no one treats them as human beings at all. As for the Rhodoc natives, they were born slaves and never had the opportunity to advance. How could such a good cannon fodder lord let it go, so the Rhodok natives were requisitioned in large numbers to be used as cannon fodder to wear down the opponent's forces.
Things were slightly better during the Ten Years Republic, and in order to unite against the attack of Kallad, the Council of Lords at that time was forced to recognize the status of the native freemen of Rhodoc. And as the Council of Lords gradually collapsed, Grimivus began to take power. And he, after repelling the Kallad army, did not fully fulfill his promise. In order to replenish the army as soon as possible, he declared that only indigenous families who had joined Rhodok's army could obtain the status of freedmen, so in order to protect his hard-won rights, Graves's army had a large number of native cannon fodder.
And the ruthless King His Majesty did not give them any preferential treatment because of the so-called republican glory, when they went to battle, their weapons and armor were all provided by themselves, even if it was military rations, the lords only maintained the amount that kept them from starving. Therefore, in order to obtain money or food, they had to fight to the death to replenish themselves with the loot they had captured. This is the cruel life of the natives, and it is because of this that there is the scene that Hammers saw before.