Sophie looked at Char with a smile and said lightly, "What's the matter, my lord, are you still a little unwilling?,。

Char frowned, thought for a moment, and then sighed: "I fought a good territory, but I just handed in your words, although I also agree with what you said, but ............ In the future, when you start to do things, you will inevitably feel more troublesome. "These places are, after all, the territory of the Empire. ，。 Sophie was patient, looked into Char's eyes and said with a smile: "My lord, the empire has deliberately wanted to abolish the Tema military region system since decades ago, but because this Tema military region system has become a climate, and each military region has its own troops, and the central government of the empire has no strength to eradicate these hidden dangers, so it has dragged on day by day, causing the huge civil strife that broke out today." Legally speaking, you are not the governor of the military region, nor the Tema Military Region, but the garrison area divided into small areas of the empire, the garrison is not the Tema Military Region, it is a purely militarized sub-region, and it stands to reason that it does not involve local government affairs, but now the situation in the north of the empire is too difficult, and the connection with the central government of the empire is cut off, and the imperial capital is beyond our reach, so we have to acquiesce in the current semi-independent situation of our Northern Military Region. However, from a legal point of view, the Northern Garrison does not have the power to interfere in local government affairs. ，。

"Besides, the territory in your hands is already too large, and the garrison should be a border military area according to tradition, and the territory in your hands now, whether it is Siltan County, Corsica, Boja...... It's not a border county anymore, and it doesn't border it. Looking at it this way, you really don't have any reason to hold these territories in your hands, even if the imperial capital can't do anything about us now, but in the long run, there will always be gossips. My lord, the group of the Northern Army is emerging after all. Our roots are not strong enough, our connections are not broad enough, and your prestige is far inferior to that of the most famous ministers of the Empire, such as Adric, such as the Duke of Minas. With newcomers like you. If you are rash and stand on the cusp, I am afraid that it is not a good thing. Now, keeping a low profile or making a little compromise isn't necessarily a bad thing for you.

"Although our Northern Army is now the strongest, the strongest military, and the largest territory, but in general. My personal judgment is: Now is not the best time for us to jump on this stage immediately! I don't need to explain to you the reason why the tree is big and the wind is blowing, and what's more, the foundation of your big tree is not strong enough, let alone able to withstand the strong wind. Now, let the stage go to those in the imperial capital, let others stand on this stage to fight, you better just stand on the side and watch, and then silently accumulate strength. "Please send local administrative officials to the imperial capital, you don't have to worry too much about the loss of control over the locality. You must know that these are troubled times! In troubled times, military power is the most important thing. What's more, the territory in our hands now is very far away from the imperial capital, and there is still a warlord party in the middle, even if the imperial capital really wants to recover these lands, it is beyond the imagination for the time being, at most it is to send some officials down to take over local government affairs, and serve as local government officials such as governors and governors. But you think, the military power is firmly in your hands! In the whole north, apart from our northern army, where are there any other imperial armies? Even if the imperial capital sends those officials, if you want to really control the place. Without our nod, it would be impossible to move an inch! There are warlord parties all around, and local officials have to guard the place, maintain local law and order, and even local garrisons, as well as collect taxes and taxes, all of which must be carried out by the army in your hands, they have no power in their hands, but they are just an empty local administrator, even if they really come to be the governor, the consul, it is not up to you to rub it? If you want him to be round, he will be round, and if you want him to be flat, he will be flat! If they dare to go against your will, you must withdraw the troops that maintain the place, and the officials, whose decrees will not even be able to get out of your own house."

"The last one is wealth...... Sophie smiled lightly: "Actually, this one is the most important, but the current situation seems to save me from worrying." Originally, one of the biggest manifestations of the central control of the empire over the local government was the collection of taxes on finance. If it were in normal times, I would never give you this kind of advice and let the imperial capital send officials. But now it's different! The communication between the north and the south has been blocked, unless we can destroy the warlord parties that stand between us and the imperial capital in one fell swoop and open up the road between the north and the south...... Otherwise, the imperial capital's control over the local area will only exist in symbolic significance! Even those officials sent down, they will not be able to transport the local wealth and taxes to the imperial capital! In this case, the finances are still in your hands! Those officials sent from below still have to look at the faces of our northern army to live...... In fact, our own family has not really paid a benefit, and the land is returned to the central government, which is just a nominal cheap, so it is better to give it." But there are so many benefits for nothing, why not do it?"

Char smiled, he scratched his head, and said loudly: "Okay, what you said is indeed reasonable, since this matter is already like this, I don't have to think about it...... Well, I always trust you."

"Your Excellency, that's right. ，。 Sophie stood solemnly, and then bowed and saluted, but the little woman's expression was very serious, and she said slowly: "Please trust me!"

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"It's just a gesture......

Ruhl's face was full of happy smiles: "However, to think of making such a gesture, this kid has indeed grown, if it was before, I'm afraid he wouldn't have thought of doing such a thing." ”

The fat man took his cup and drank it. Shui, then rubbed the fat on his cheeks, and laughed in a low voice: "I thought of this idea, most of it was that little apprentice in Kavishir who came up with it...... That's the only guy who can come up with such a idea!...... It's just that this time, those people in the imperial capital are going to start working again. Hehe, there are many official positions in several counties, from county guards to administrative officials at all levels......"

Ruhl's speculation turned out to be true.

Just after the announcement of Char's official document on the return of the land of several counties by the imperial capital, the imperial capital immediately showed a positive response, and at the same time gave General Char Leiming extreme praise, and at the same time, the military department also approved a batch of meritorious deeds in the war. In the Northern Army, from Grimm downwards, those who have made meritorious contributions in this war have been rewarded. Char Thundering's knighthood was not promoted (he was already a duke. There is really no way to rise. However, there are several more worthless court titles, and the Golden Medal of Imperial Courage and the Medal of Honor of the Imperial Hero are also approved without money. And that of his "General of the Northern Garrison,. , did not rise.

After all, according to the military system of the empire, "the garrison general,. At the general level, it belongs to the regional army command word, which is already one level higher than the general commander of the corps, and if it rises further, I am afraid that there will only be the rank of deputy marshal.

But ......", Char is only in his early twenties after all, and the rank of marshal in his twenties, even if it is only the rank of deputy marshal, is too scary. The current rank of marshal of the empire, the Duke of Minas, has only been a marshal in his lifetime.

And even though Adric was meritorious, he did not get the marshal, and he still relied on the general power after the military advice to force the emperor to order him to be crowned a "marshal of the country", which can be regarded as officially promoted to the marshal level.

And Char, "...... He's just too far away.

As for the other rewards,... Money and stuff, not to mention. At present, even the last tax area in the south of the empire is occupied by the Duke of Minas, and the supply of the imperial capital is already tight, and there is absolutely no money.

In general, after Char won this war, the harvest was nothing more than that he and his subordinates got a bunch of titles and awards and medals that didn't cost money.

From this point of view, it can be said that it is a loss of capital, "After all, not to mention awards and medals, even if it is a title, you know, how much territory is left in the control of the central government of the empire? Even if you are given a noble title, there is no fief to give you." How much can an empty noble title without a fief be worth?

And Char here, the land of several counties was handed over to the central government of the empire, and hundreds of official positions were sent over, which immediately made waves in all aspects of the imperial capital!

That's hundreds of official positions! That's hundreds of extra official positions in one go!

You must know that the empire is so weak, and most of the factional forces in all aspects of the imperial capital are quite worried about the future of this country, at this time, who doesn't want to find a good way out for themselves?

At this time, for some big and wealthy families, it is nothing more than the time to bet, either bet on the royal family and be a die-hard royalist, or secretly communicate with the warlord henchmen, or secretly fall to the Duke of Minas in the south, or support Adric (Adric's impartiality makes very few people among the nobles support him).

And at this time, Char, who rose in the north, is undoubtedly a new candidate who can be worth betting on.

This Char has the title of duke, has military exploits, has soldiers and horses, has a territory, is young, has a bright future, and more importantly, he is not deeply rooted, and he needs to recruit a wide range of contacts! The foundation is not deep, which means that there are not many people in the pocket under his command, so a new group will develop further in the future, and there will always be a lot of more positions!

If the big ship of the Northern Army is not squeezed in as soon as possible, when will it wait?

When Char was in the imperial capital, there were so many aristocratic families who sent him money and women, and now Char has gone one step further and given away hundreds of official positions, where are the many wealthy nobles not hurrying up?

This is the case with the big tycoons, and some down-and-out officials who are unwilling to make a fortune also pinned their hopes on taking refuge in this northern strongman.

For a time, people from all walks of life went back and forth in the military department to inquire about news, and some visited the Imperial Government Office to find friends. The big wealthy families want to take the opportunity to take the big ship of Char Thundering, and the small unambitious officials want to take the opportunity to seek an official position in the north, and it is best to leave this dangerous imperial capital!

Although hundreds of official positions seem to be a lot, if they are really divided, they are really not enough!

Among them, the high-level positions that really have weight are nothing more than the positions of the county guards of a few counties and the consuls of a few big cities, and there are only a few such positions, and those who have no foundation and no background don't need to think about it. As for the other middle- and low-level administrative positions, they are not enough for a few big families and wealthy families, and as for those small officials who are unwilling, they can only be mixed in to drink some refrigerated scraps.

However, Adrick of the military department turned a cold eye to this cake, and Adrick was already in power, and everyone thought that the marshal of the protectorate must have taken the opportunity to arrange a few of his own henchmen.

Unexpectedly, the military did not express any position on the location of these counties, and even some people deliberately took the initiative to ask Adric to decide on several official positions, but Adric also refused flatly.

Well, Lord Adric wants to be fair, that's his own business, and since he doesn't want it, everyone doesn't have to be polite.

Hundreds of official positions, but it was quickly approved by the Imperial Government Affairs Bureau, and the old prime minister, Salembonili, almost all of them were approved in two days, and let those nobles and wealthy families toss, compromise with each other, and share the cake, and the prime minister did not say a word, that is, he was not worried about interfering with his own people, and he did not participate in your sharing, and I agreed with my pen.

The two hundred and ninety-six "lucky winners" were quickly decided.

After compromising and communicating with all aspects of the empire, the two hundred and ninety-six officials screened out have become the envy of most people, especially the high-ranking officials promoted by several wealthy families: the county guards and consuls, who are simply reserve talents cultivated by several wealthy families.

On the imperial side, the bigwigs up and down have not forgotten to take care of Char's face: after the list of official positions was decided, they also left a few fat positions to hand over to Char to report to his own preferred candidates, but Char did not have the demeanor of Adric, and honestly and unceremoniously accepted a few fat official positions, and filled in the list of several internal promotions in the Northern Army.

This list of officials at all levels in the northern counties of the new empire was quickly approved by the military department, approved by the government affairs department, and authorized by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and even the general Xia Lei Ming in the north also wrote in support of it.

In this way, everyone seems to be happy.

However, for the two hundred and ninety-six lucky winners, they still have one last problem.

How to get to the north.

Heading north from the imperial capital, you have to pass through a few warlord-controlled areas.

If a few hundred officials go north without an escort, they are afraid that they will be hijacked by the warlord party halfway through.

The imperial capital had no choice but to hit Char again.

Ask the northern garrison general Xia Ya to thunder and send troops to greet the officials at all levels.

... , Char is gone!

He immediately replied: Can't do it!

The Northern Army has just experienced a major war, several military regions have been pacified, and there is still a need to maintain local order, clean up the remnants of the rebels, and the military strength is tight, where is the spare strength to send troops north to welcome the inaugural officials at all levels?

His reasons are high-sounding, and the emperor is helpless.

In the end, it was the fat man Ruhr, who was ignored by everyone, who came up with an idea that no one expected.

"It's better to ask the Landis people for help, just take a boat and go .........by sea!~!