You must know that although the province of the East China Sea is not large, as an important seaport city in the south of the empire, the trade between the sea is extremely prosperous. Because of www.biquge.info proximity to the middle of the continent and the use of the sea as a means of transportation, the province is the most prosperous place for maritime trade, both among humans and other foreign races.

Although a county town is not large, the tax commission in it is amazing, even if as a fief, the Ellios family can only extract two-thirds of the tax from it, but in this way, there will be at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins in taxes every year. Moreover, Suya's title is hereditary, which means that as long as the Ellos family exists, the county town of Massa has always belonged to the Elsa family's fiefdom.

Such a reward is not not rich, but it makes some people mutter: Su Ya took the initiative to resign from the military, and His Majesty the Emperor agreed, which must be the result of their tacit understanding, but why did His Majesty the Emperor give Su Ya such a rich reward?

But naturally only some young people think like this, those old guys who have been in the aristocratic circle all their lives, and they see it much more thoroughly.

They have also seen that today's award ceremony is just a double reed sung by the Duke of Casa and His Majesty the Emperor, and the two may have a tacit understanding in their hearts...... I'm afraid Your Majesty really doesn't trust the Ellos family anymore!

As soon as the war ended, His Majesty took back Su Ya's military power, took all her military positions, and rewarded the Ellios family with a rich fief, apparently exchanging wealth for the power of the Ellios family. Although Su Ya took the initiative to put it forward, no one would be stupid enough to really believe it, but this Duke of Casa is really a smart guy who knows how to judge the situation and even take the initiative to retreat in exchange for the benefits of the family.

There are not only some nobles who are trusted by the emperor or important ministers of the military department, but also many people who have been crawling in the vanity fair of the imperial capital for many years, and they know that the foundation of a family's power is naturally the support of the royal family, just look at the Norman family. As the patriarch of the family, the Norman Duke not only had the dignity of a duke himself, but also held a prominent position such as deputy minister of military affairs in the military department of the empire.

Within the Bright Empire, administrative officials are naturally the prime ministers of the empire from the emperor, but the current prime minister of the empire is nearly ninety years old, and he almost no longer participates in the decision-making of any major affairs of the empire on weekdays. However, the power-hungry Mondvideo IV does not seem to have the idea of letting the Imperial Prime Minister resign, and under the Imperial Prime Minister are naturally the ministers of various ministries, among which the two positions of Minister of War and Minister of Finance are the most important, and the position of Minister of War of the Empire has been vacant for many years because of the previous appointment of Duke Ellios, the Minister of War.

Therefore, although the Norman Duke was only the Vice-Chancellor of the Empire in name, his actual power was no different from that of the Chancellor. Even many high-ranking officials within the Bright Empire believe that this Norman duke in the prime of life is very likely to become the next prime minister of the empire.

However, Su Ya took the initiative to bring these up, which must also represent an attitude of the Ellios family: since the family has lost the trust of His Majesty the Emperor, if he grabs the power in his hands too much, it will make His Majesty a little dissatisfied. And Su Ya's initiative to give up the family power at this moment obviously made Montevideo IV very satisfied, a rich county fief in the East China Sea Province is the emperor's reward for the Ellos family.

After all, a big family like the Ellios family is an old and wealthy family that has been operating since the founding of the empire, and it is also extremely important in the circle of the imperial aristocracy. Even if His Majesty the Emperor does not trust it, he must always take into account the feelings of other nobles, and once this kind of thought is generated in the hearts of other nobles, it will inevitably have some wavering in the rule of Montevideo IV, after all, under the aristocratic political system, the power of the emperor and the power of the nobility are originally interdependent.

Therefore, after His Majesty the Emperor said this, although everyone in the audience did not react on their faces, they were secretly calculating in their hearts that in the circle of aristocratic power in the imperial capital, the Ellios family was probably leaving for the time being. As for the new nobles appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid that they will rise with the support of the royal family, like the Norman family and the Sistine family...... Oh, and that young Viscount Sadland!

The Norman Duke was quite complicated at the moment, he didn't want to take the initiative, but just now Montevideo IV's gaze swept over the audience, and finally stayed on his face for a moment. I have followed His Majesty the Emperor for many years, how can I not see that he is signaling himself to come forward, and only when he appears as an "political enemy of the Ellios family" will make other nobles think that the retreat of the Ellios family is only because of the power struggle between the two families, and will not think of the emperor's thoughts.

But...... I'm afraid that His Majesty the Emperor doesn't trust the Norman family that much?!

Thinking of this, Norman's eyes couldn't help but fall on Jose behind Mondevia IV...... Viscount Sadland, this is to send this guy to the northwest for some training, if this guy and the sissy of the Sistine can suppress the power of the Northwest Army, then these two people will return to the imperial capital, I am afraid that they are definitely some powerful generals, and more importantly, these two people will inevitably become the henchmen of His Majesty the Emperor.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have deliberately shown great favor to this Joseph, I am afraid that it is not only valued by this fellow, but also by the Norman family, and by me, the Norman Duke......

In the subsequent commendation ceremony, the third person to receive the award was naturally Perry, in this Northwest War, he led the Central Army 5,000 cavalry, almost half of the cavalry of the Central Army in the imperial capital, this authority alone, although it is only a military position of commander, but in fact it is obviously more powerful than ordinary local generals. After all, the imperial capital is different from the locality, and it can dispatch 5,000 cavalry of the Central Army, and ordinary generals may not have this power.

Although Perry's central army was eaten by Barcelus's strong heavy cavalry in the process of encircling and annihilating the Golden Armor in the northwest, it was also a success in delaying the return of the Golden Armor. Moreover, in several frontal charges with Macedonia, Perry and the 5,000 Central Army under his command also played a significant role, and naturally made great achievements.

However, what is unexpected is that His Majesty the Emperor did not give Perry more promotion in the military rank, but let him enter the Royal Forest Army, and although his command position was retained, he was incorporated into the mysterious "Night Royal Forest" and served as a flag commander!

In the military position of the Bright Empire, from the commander to the commander of the banner regiment, it is clearly a practice of demotion, but when the others heard this decision, everyone was a little surprised on their faces, and they looked at Perry with a little more eagerness in their eyes......