In August, the imperial capital of Istanbul, a big city near the sea, the weather was not very hot, the spacious council hall was surrounded by ventilated windows, the eyes of Charlotte, the second prince of the Istanbul Empire, were as blue as the sea through the windows, and fell on the blue sea like a half moon on the periphery of the city, the sun shone on it, sparkling, and a team of transport ships from the south of the empire was slowly approaching the port,

The transport ship was piled up with the food and war materials that had just been collected, and 17,000 sets of infantry equipment ordered from the neighboring country Naur for a million gold coins, in order to fight against the approaching rebels outside the city, the imperial capital mobilized more than 50,000 volunteers, but the equipment was extremely lacking, and the volunteers could not be allowed to wear cloth clothes to fight the rebels, the investment of this batch of equipment was enough to equip the strength of the three infantry regiments first, temporarily alleviating the shortage of troops in the imperial capital, and the remaining troops composed of the citizens of the imperial capital were not strong in combat effectiveness, but they were enough for maintenance continuity,

This time the rebellion within the Iraqi Empire came too suddenly, and the imperial forces were exhausted, in the face of the initial rebellion, the imperial side of the table was very poor, from the place to Kyoto, almost did not know what to do, the generals who commanded the army, if not on the Fessan front, if not stationed on the border, the Ministry of Military Affairs followed the emperor to the other side of the sea en masse, leaving a bunch of internal affairs officials who had no military power and no actual combat experience, everyone panicked, if it wasn't for the rebels led by Rui Shabaqi pointed directly in the direction of Kyoto, and finally made the nobles in Kyoto shake, and fully cooperated with the empire to fight against the rebels, I'm afraid that just because of the responsibility between ministers, they can be pulled out for more than two or three months

The leader of the rebellion was the Imperial Governor Resa Bachi, the former governor of the eastern province of the Faisans, who had been deliberately suppressed by the military department because he had been trapped and thrown into the arms of the empire, and the military had a very clear attitude towards this pure Faisan nobleman, and he could use his talents. But it will never be given military power, but in the past few years of the empire, Rui Shaba has been working up and down, going through the door of many ministers, and only then has he gradually integrated himself into the upper circle of the Istanbul Empire, "The appointment of a subordinate like Rui Shabaqi is the expression of the empire's leniency and benevolence!" This time he was appointed as the governor of the region, in addition to part because His Majesty the Emperor valued his naval talents, and there were also many ministers' joint guarantees

No one expected that Ruisha Baqi would be so simply reversed. Even with those ministers who recommended him, they fell into an ice cave, and the empire should have made an example of an immature wolf cub like Reisa Baqi, and the Faisan people were not good things, I had already seen that the ministers gritted their teeth with hatred for Reisa Baqi, eager to peel the skin and eat meat, and at the meeting, the argument was hoarse. If it weren't for the fact that the rebels had already reached the outskirts of Kyoto, they would have fought a lot. Everyone has a set of explanations, everyone is claiming that they are not at fault, everyone is harshly accusing others

"Those who have something to do with rebellion. They should all be hung on the gallows!"

The same is true of this meeting, the emperor is about to return, and the ministers know very well that if they do not draw a line at this time, wait until the emperor leads the army back home. Then there will be thousands of severed heads,

Soladin I, the hero, was never a soft-hearted man. In order to compete for the throne, he once washed the imperial capital in blood, uprooted more than 300 imperial tycoons who opposed him, and killed more than 10,000 nobles in the territory of the Istanbul Empire within a month.

The ministers quarreled like bells, and the walls buzzed, and if anyone didn't want to be that unfortunate chicken, he had better be louder. If the rebels outside the city knew that at this moment, the situation in the imperial capital would be like this, then it would be better to attack the city early!" "Your Highness, these guys are much more fierce in quarreling than fighting, if Resa Bachi is here now, he will also be scolded and hide his face and leave!"

The imperial clerk Kubila came to the window with an indifferent face, this kind of situation, I have seen too much in the past two months, he handed a newly received document to the second prince Charlotte, "This is sent by the port this morning, the despicable Naur people have raised the price again, claiming that the domestic iron ore is out of stock, and the iron ore for forging weapons needs to be bought by sea, and the cost has increased, so the price of the weapons they sold us has to be increased by thirty percent!" In the past few months, have these guys sucked less blood from us? Now we have to raise the price!" The second prince Charlotte's eyebrows rose, withdrew his gaze from a distance, and threw his hand Chinese jiàn on the ground angrily, "Tell them, the empire will not increase the price anymore, they don't want to sell it, just forget it, by the way, tell them, the emperor is coming back, their behavior of taking advantage of the fire, I will report it to my father and emperor without missing anything, and the elite army of the empire will return to China, when the time comes, they will ask for more blessings!"

"Yes, my subordinates understand!" Clerk Kubila nodded, hesitated, and swept his eyes with a trace of regret over the second prince Charlotte's calm and cold face like a sculpture, secretly worried about the future of His Royal Highness the prince, the emperor is back, which is not necessarily a good thing for the second prince,

With this good example of dealing with the rebellion, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, who has never been much noticed, suddenly crossed into the eyes of most of the imperial nobles, just like the bright moon that struggled out of the sun of the eldest prince, compared to His Royal Highness the eldest prince with a violent personality, the appearance of the second prince Charlotte is more affinity, or rather, it has the breath of a king, the body is not burly, but it is tall and chic, full of extraordinary strength, noble temperament, handsome appearance, but the real attraction is the pair of deep, gentle and slightly haired eyes, with its towering eagle nose and resolute mouth in sharp contrast, makes people feel that His Royal Highness the second prince has a temperament of unconsciously obedient, the empire is in rebellion, Kyoto is in an emergency, and the ministers accuse each other, it is the second prince who shoulders the responsibility of the imperial capital,

With a group of rabble gathered temporarily, more than 90,000 rebels were blocked on the outskirts of Kyoto.

In several battles, in the face of the former Faisan famous general Resa Bachi, the prince of Charlotte, who had never been on the battlefield, took the lead and did not shy away from leading the three thousand emperor guards who stayed behind, and rushed into the rebel camp many times, disrupting the rebels' encirclement line for Kyoto.

The son of the lion, the savior, a variety of titles, has become a banner for the people of Kyoto,

On the one hand, in response to the approach of the rebels of the Resabachi, on the other hand, it was necessary to use means to stabilize the situation in Kyoto, and most importantly, in the case of the arms embargo imposed on the empire by the surrounding countries of the empire, the merchant fleet of the Naur people, known as the camels of the sea, continuously transported a large number of materials and combat equipment into the imperial capital, forming a military force that could gradually compete with the rebels from the disadvantage at the beginning. How difficult is such a situation, how much hardship it takes, the wealthy families of Kyoto know very well, the sea camel Naur people are famous for their vitriol, it is said that in order to move the Naur people to help, His Royal Highness the second prince even used his own mining tax as collateral, for a royal family member who does not have the right to inherit the emperor, such a practice is tantamount to spending more than thirty years to repay these debts, and now, the emperor is coming back!

"Your Highness, you should be prepared!" Clerk Kubila suddenly whispered as he swept his gaze over the arguing ministers in the hall

"Well, Kubila, what do you mean by that?"

The eyes of the second prince Xia Luo suddenly became sharp, all the nobles should be loyal to the emperor and the imperial crown prince! Although he is satisfied with all kinds of expressions, but unfortunately, he is the second prince, not the imperial crown prince! Just like this meeting in front of him, these ministers are already deliberately making their attitudes clear, they can be estranged, and just three days ago, these guys were still enthusiastically hugging around them, this is the situation, Xia Luo felt sad in his heart, but he didn't feel that he needed to blame anything! The royal power is like iron

The emperor came back, this is good news for Kyoto, but for himself, this is worse news than the rebels hit the city of Kyoto, since the news came back, Xia Luo has a feeling that he was forced to the throat of the empire with a sword, the day the emperor arrives in Kyoto, it is the day when he cedes all his current power, whether it is the Praetorian Guard, the Volunteer Army, and the army of the Eastern Province, they will inevitably return to the emperor's hands, and the wealthy families of Kyoto, no matter how much they appreciate themselves, will also cut off relations with him at that moment,

"Your Highness, no emperor would like to see a prince who has no right of inheritance, hook up with the wealthy families of Kyoto under his nose, that is the most taboo thing," said the clerk Kubila, "At that time, what should Your Highness do? Continue to stay in Kyoto, or go to the mining to show your attitude? But has Your Highness thought about it, you have worked so hard, you have given so much for this country, is it worth giving up like this?" Although I don't want to criticize the crown prince of an empire, but in the current situation, His Royal Highness the eldest prince chose to stay out of the matter and sit coldly and watch the emperor return to China to deal with it, which itself is with the intention of letting His Royal Highness go to a dead end, as long as the emperor arrives in Kyoto, those people of His Royal Highness the eldest prince want to frame His Royal Highness, it is too easy, just because His Royal Highness the prince privately recruited volunteers, it can be regarded as a conspiracy to misbehave......"

"Enough, Kubila, you're talking too much!"

The second prince Charlotte's face turned slightly pale, and his eyes were filled with a hint of anger, and he interrupted Kubila to continue, to say that there is no such worry in his heart is false, but in the face of his father, the emperor of the empire, who controls the Istan Empire like an iron bucket, what can he do? Wait for death, or wait for trial, live alone under surveillance, or it is his own fate! This rebellion, I should not stand up,

At this moment, an officer wearing a royal dress with golden emblems hurriedly walked into the venue, his eyes swept over, and immediately walked towards the second prince Charlotte, Charlotte knew him, it was Meredith, the general of the Praetorian Guard who stayed behind, under Charlotte's surprised gaze, Meredith said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Your Highness, the fleet has been attacked at sea, and the life and death of the emperor are unknown!" "What!" Charlotte's eyes opened suddenly, the emperor was attacked, there was no owner in the country, and his brother was still on the other side of the distant sea, is this the will of heaven? ( To be continued ......)