Chapter 550 Sometimes Victory doesn't necessarily make the winner go farther, but loses worse than the loser
In less than three days, the nobles, who had always been slow to act, procrastinate, and inefficient, had completely solved all the problems of this dispatch to the north through negotiation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info This efficiency was not even expected by Empress Pars herself, and in the face of so many nobles who couldn't wait, she could only sigh in her heart, she, the emperor, was far less than tangible benefits in the eyes of the nobles.
"Why didn't you send troops?", privately, Empress Pars asked Wren this question.
Everyone else tried their best to get more private soldiers to participate in the biggest feast of profit sharing in history, but only Wren and Bell Province did not make much movement. In fact, there is still movement, Wren just nodded a few words, and these people could only grit their teeth and give up this opportunity with hatred. Unbeknownst to these insiders, they only saw the tranquility of Bell Province, as if nothing had happened.
Wren also has his own thoughts and plans, judging from the current situation, it is already imperative for the nobles of the northern part of the empire to fight with the nobles of other places, and there is nothing to stop this group of crazy nobles from fighting for titles and fiefs. In the long run, there is nothing wrong with their behavior, and once they succeed in laying a few pieces of land, the strength of the family will increase exponentially.
The most important thing is that there are more fiefs, and some outstanding members of the family have a place to use.
Some people have proposed that the purpose of replacing the outer fiefs is to replace the outer fiefs or replace the original fiefs, so that several fiefs can be connected geographically to form a huge territory. This proposal was rejected within the aristocracy, and the Empress Pars did not support it. Everyone has their own ideas, and there is only one heir to a family, but there is not only one outstanding clan.
In the past, the arrangement of these people was basically a high-ranking position such as the head of the fiefdom, and to be honest, there were advantages and disadvantages to doing so. The advantage is that high-end talents are gathered together, which can ensure the tranquility of the fiefdom and the prosperity of the family. The disadvantage is that there are always smart people who are not willing to be lonely and want to do something. Now there are a few fiefdoms far away from the family, which has become a solution.
They will send these wonderful members to new fiefdoms and serve as lords without titles, which will make the family more prosperous. At the same time, there is inevitably some selfishness, after all, many of those who cannot inherit the title are their own children.
Because of this, the nobles were very happy with this war.
Wren was reluctant to let the nobles of Bell Province attack, because long-term interests are never as important as immediate interests in changing times. No matter how sweet and delicious the bread in the dream is, it is not as good as a bowl of wheat porridge after waking up, this is obviously a trap dug by Empress Pars to further weaken the aristocratic class, and Wren will not be fooled.
This has to mention Luvis, Luvis and Rennes are a partnership, and at the same time it cannot be regarded as a complete partnership. When necessary, they will ventilate with each other and form a political alliance. But in normal times, everyone has their own ideas, and this is also an attempt, or rather a risk, for Wren. He gives Louvis a platform to carry out his ambitions, while also using Louvis' aggressiveness to accomplish things that would otherwise require him to do.
In the process, Louvis may dig a pit to bury Wren, but Wren is not afraid. No matter what pit Luvis digs, as long as he can withstand all kinds of baits, he won't fall into the pit.
Just like this time, it was clear that Grace led the veterans of the Western Front enough to sweep away the nobles of the Northlands, but Luvis wanted to create such a trap of "nobles restricting nobles", which also made many people step on it.
The plan was so successful that at least 400 to 600 families would be cut off for the empire in such a war, which meant that 400 to 600 titles and privileges would be taken back by the empire. At the same time, these chaotic fiefs will weaken the strength of the aristocratic families who have suffered certain losses after the war, and weaken the overall strength of the entire aristocratic class.
Louis is unswervingly moving towards his ideals, and Wren must continue to move towards his ideals, and the first step is not to be fooled.
As soon as the nobles within the province of Bell were involved in the war, they were recruited. If defeated in war, they, the nobles, will lose the ability to fight within a few years. But even if they win, in order to ensure the security of the fiefdom far north and the normal collection of taxes, they have to divide the strength of the original lost troops into two again, and divide it into three, and the strength will drop sharply again.
Wren doesn't believe in the character of Empress Pars, don't think about how calm and rational a woman can be when she becomes emperor, in case she goes crazy and pats her head, no one can stop declaring war on some nobles again, such as declaring war on Wren, what does Wren use to resist the Guards?
With those nobles who in order to ensure the security of the northern fiefdoms, the troops stationed in the province of Bell are not enough for the first third or even one-fifth?
If they don't even have the ability to block, they will be flattened by the Guards, so Wren will never allow anyone to undermine the stability and security of one of his greatest assets, the province of Bell.
In the face of Empress Pars's question, Wren already had his own draft, "Byron's warships have appeared near the waters of the empire, I think that once they plan to force a landing, they will definitely advance by land and water, and the passes of the Weimar corridor may be knocked on, or even a border war will break out directly." In order not to have any accidents, I will not participate in this war to divide interests, and it is more important to keep the Weimar Corridor and the province of Bell safe than to get one or two fiefs. ā
There was nothing wrong with this statement, and Empress Pars, who had already prepared various methods of rebuttal, looked at Wren and praised him insincerely, "In this way, I would like to thank you for your loyalty and dedication to the Empire." ā
Wren bowed slightly, "This is what I should do, after all, I am also a Desi and a member of the Orlando Empire." ā
The corners of Empress Pars's mouth twitched, Wren was indeed a little disappointed that she was not fooled, and when Louvis made her realize that the real obstacle to her centralization of power was not those ordinary nobles, but these golden nobles, she realized that she and Wren would eventually have a battle. If she wins, Wren won't end well, and being decapitated cleanly is already the greatest mercy. Similarly, if Wren wins, the empire may have to change its flag, let's say the Alcanian Empire?
It's a bit catchy to read.
"Do you think we can win?", said Empress Pars, plucking a dark green leaf from the vegetation wall and playing with it on her fingertips.
Wren glanced at it and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the nobles of the Northland are too weak and vulnerable!"
A flash of light flashed in Empress Pars's eyes, and she casually threw the green leaf on the ground, and the two of them continued to walk forward, stepping on it.
Wren talked about her biggest fears, the whole plan was not complicated, and Louvis asked Empress Pars a question, and he asked this - do you think that thousands of nobles, large and small, have done a serious harm to the royal family, or have only one duke done a serious harm to the royal family?
Empress Pars thought about it and gave the right answer. Although thousands of nobles, large and small, are nothing in terms of titles, they firmly control nearly eighty percent of the resources of the entire empire. The latter has only one duke, and no matter how powerful the duke is, the fief that the empire can give him is so big, and the strength he can accumulate is so strong. Obviously, the harm of the former is greater than that of the latter, I don't know how many times.
She also reacted at once, the worst situation she was about to face was not that this group of nobles who shouted allegiance to the empire and the empress would lose, but that the group of nobles in the north would lose too quickly. Then these southern and eastern nobles who participated in the crusade against the nobles of the Northlands will be given greater strength. Of course, in order to compensate for this possible crisis, Lewis gave Empress Pars another piece of advice, which was not to allow the exchange and merger of fiefdoms, and even if they won, to weaken their power.
The best situation is that these nobles and the nobles of the Northland will die together, and the empire will lose nearly a thousand families at once, and the remaining weak nobles are not to worry, she is enough to directly crush everyone with her strong strength and completely take back the power from the nobles.
In her heart, Empress Pars's face was a little uncomfortable.
In fact, she didn't realize that deep down she was not surprised that Wren guessed the truth of the matter.
And Wren's behavior just shows this, he was not fooled.
It can't be said that he was fooled, it should be said that he resisted the temptation of huge interests and did not act according to the script.
On the other hand, in fact, Wren was able to resist such a temptation, not because he saw through it and rejected such benefits. The problem is actually Wren himself, he doesn't think about the continuation of the family and the future generations like those nobles, he never thinks about these, he pays attention to his own life, future generations? As a traverser, as a politician, he is calm enough and cold-blooded enough.
If he can't, the Arcanian family won't have anything to do in the future. If he does it, he doesn't need to do anything, and the family will naturally continue. The focus of everything is on Wren himself!
From a political point of view, Wren was a failure, he gave up long-term interests for the sake of immediate strength, but from the point of view of the traverser, he was successful again.
Empress Pars didn't know this, so she had a misunderstanding.