Chapter 108: Civil War Breaks Out
Lin Feng warmly received the Grand Shaman of Kuibal Goldmane in Sunset Castle, and introduced him to his mentor, Archmage Kalido, they were also fifteenth-level peak priests, although they each chose different paths, but the stones of other mountains could attack jade, so the two of them hit it off at first sight and chatted very happily.
Let's not talk about the nonsense that Tyranya Qingge is a great level higher than them, and can guide them better, but in other words, does Tyranya really have the patience to "lecture" the two half-old men? Even if she had, well, Carrido and Quebal might not be able to pull down that old face and listen.
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Kalido's old apprentice, the fifth-level magic apprentice Yuri came, and Yuri also brought some alchemy utensils that Carido left in the Imperial Academy of Magic, of course, he could only bring out those alchemy utensils that Carido was used to and were more precious.
At the same time, there were some low-level magicians and magic apprentices who came with Yuri, and they were also the ones who got along well with Grand Master Kalido, and Lin Feng was still quite welcoming to their arrival, after all, there were still many people in his Sunset Peak Mage Tower.
"The civil war in the empire has officially broken out," this is the bad news brought by Yuri:
"When Prince Andy Ellis revoked the title of 'Dominion' in his realm and named him 'Kingdom', His Majesty Auguste Ellis issued an edict calling it 'treason' and ordering the nobles to send troops to 'rebel' and 'live or die'. ”
This is the first real "tearing face" war declaration of the upper nobles of the empire, whether it is the rebellion of the empire or the rebellion of the big nobles, they still adhere to a bottom line:
That is, the rebellion of the great nobles cannot divide the empire, the empire is only a "violent appeal" for the sake of profit, if most of the nobles sympathize with or support the rebels, as long as it is not excessive, the empire will generally compromise.
At the same time, if the imperial family has the upper hand, they will generally punish the defeated nobles with demotion or change of lineage, rather than easily abolishing their hereditary nobility and territory.
After all, these hereditary nobles have been intermarried for generations, and the relationship between them is also complicated, and before you want to clean them up, these relatives will come to the door, so as long as the bottom line is not touched, "the hereditary nobles will always be nobles", this sentence is common on the mainland.
Although Andy Ellis himself is a royal family and a top nobleman belonging to the upper echelons of the empire, he has crossed the red line by changing the title of his territory to "kingdom" without authorization, indicating that he wants to be "self-reliant" rather than "autonomous".
That's why Auguste Ellis was so angry that he issued such an edict, well, if when he was emperor, the empire was divided into a part of the country and became a country of its own, wouldn't he have to be ashamed for ten thousand years?
It stands to reason that Andy Ellis's separatist behavior will be "beaten" by the nobles of the empire, after all, what he does is damage the overall strength of the empire to a certain extent, which will inevitably put the empire at a disadvantage in competition with other countries on the mainland.
However, careerists are there every year, but they are unlucky, and this year there are especially many of them, and there are other big nobles in the empire who secretly support Andy Ellis. Therefore, the rebel army led by August Ellis turned out to be on a par with Andy Ellis's rebel army.
After Lin Feng learned about these situations, he couldn't help but sigh, "His Majesty August Ellis and this Prince Andy are both fools? They fought to the death, didn't all the power of the royal family be lost? Even if in the end, one of them won, but the royal family that suffered huge losses still has the strength to subdue those careerists behind the scenes?"
For this reason, Lin Feng specially brought Brad over and explained his point of view to him, and after Brad heard it, he said with a bitter face: "We have discussed this issue with Your Majesty a long time ago, but at this time, it is not like you can stop without fighting!"
Lin Feng asked, "Is there something wrong with Prince Andy?" and he refuses to compromise?"
Brad: "Yes, he actually asked His Majesty the Emperor to either agree to him to establish a kingdom on his own, or promise to give him the throne? Isn't this whimsical? How could His Majesty agree to such a condition?"
Lin Feng: "......"
Brad continued: "So, His Majesty the Emperor is now gritting his teeth and fighting hard, and now he can only hope that the rebel army can defeat these rebels as soon as possible." ”
Lin Fengxin said: "How is it possible? Both sides have behind the scenes manipulating, if the last drop of blood of the royal family is not shed, how can these behind-the-scenes masters easily stop?"
Brad said again at this time: "Lord Viscount Golden Rose, now that you understand this situation, do you also have to make some effort and start taking action?"
Lin Feng: "This, you also know that my territory is far away from the mainland, and it is still a little difficult to send troops directly," he paused, looked at Brad's face, and then continued: "First, my knight order has not been established for a long time, and the personnel are not yet formed, and the combat effectiveness is not strong. ”
"The second is that I have no foothold on the mainland, if I rush to send troops, there will be no way back, no supplies, and I won't be able to win the battle!" Lin Feng's two reasons were very sufficient, so full that Brad had no reason to refute him.
"My main goal now is to gain a foothold on the mainland," Lin Feng continued, "Moreover, due to the outbreak of the civil war, there has been another wave of refugees here in Golden Moon City, so I want to take this opportunity to take the lead in Golden Moon City." ”
Brad: "And then?"
Lin Feng: "If I take the lead in Golden Moon City, I will suppress and attack the forces of the Marquis of Golden Moon here, and by the way, suppress his maritime trade, I think, if he loses a lot of money here, he will not have much spare strength to support those rebel forces." ”
Although there is no definite evidence, it is true that the Marquis of Golden Moon has recently had a large amount of gold coins of unknown purpose flowing into the interior of the Empire, and since Auguste Ellis's side has not received these benefits, it is self-evident who the Marquis of Golden Moon supports.
Brad thought about it for a while, and this is also the reason, so he agreed to Lin Feng's plan and said that he would help Lin Feng "stand on a platform" as the plenipotentiary envoy of His Majesty the Emperor when he needed it, after all, sometimes, this "righteous name" is also very important.
After Lin Feng got Brad's promise, he immediately started to act, and the first plan he implemented was: the expansion plan of the "Golden Rose Knights", well, Lin Feng now needs a standing army of at least two thousand people.