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Chapter Two Hundred and Seven

"Teacher, I think Your Majesty's mood seems to be a little out of order. ”

Walking out of the overly dark study, the freckled girl seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, she looked at her respected teacher cautiously, but at this moment Kavihir seemed to still have a leisurely face, he even had the leisure to stop and look carefully at the samurai in the palace wearing gold sè armor: "Oh, the style of this armor seems to be new." ”

"Teacher...... I think ......"

The girl was a little puzzled by the teacher's attitude, and her face was full of worry.

"My dear. Kavihir withdrew his gaze, and he looked at his female disciple, to be exact, the youngest female disciple: "I brought you here today in the hope that you will understand what kind of things we will face next. ”

"However, Your Majesty's mood is not normal. The freckled girl insisted, her voice lowered, but still firm: "Don't make any decisions when you're emotionally disturbed - that's what you said." ”

"Yes. Cavishil smiled suddenly, he stroked the girl's face with his hand, his eyes showed a hint of weirdness, but his voice was soft and soft: "But...... What if I made him make that decision?"

The girl stopped talking. She thought hard for a while before she could taste the meaning of the teacher's words.

His Majesty's decision...... The teacher induces him to make ...... So...... "I brought you here today for only one purpose." Cavishil withdrew his hand, put it behind him, and smiled leisurely: "There is only one purpose, let you look here, see this place, I only need to achieve one purpose...... Let that Juncker see you, know you, that's all. ”

Juncker: The leader of the Night Guardrails, the one who is full of darkness?

"Teacher...... What the hell are you planning?" the girl suddenly felt a deep fear in her heart.

Kavihir didn't seem to be about to explain everything to his disciple, he looked up at the sky, "You have to understand something...... I'm not God, so I can't guarantee that every decision I make will be the right one, or that every one of my plans will work out. In fact, the empire should have perished decades ago......! And now, it's time for a result, good or bad. ”

After a pause, his face reappeared with that smile without the slightest bit of fireworks, and said leisurely: "Well, the sun outside is really good, and today is a good day." ”

※※※ "It's a good day today. ”

Emperor Kantos also stood on the windowsill of the study, he looked at the withering flower, and then looked at the bright sunlight in the sky outside the window, and the old emperor's eyes were full of nostalgia.

At this moment, only the emperor and another person were left in this Yīn Sen's study—a "shadow" to be precise.

The middle-aged man who had always followed the emperor and had an unremarkable appearance was still like a shadow standing in the shadow of yīn, and he suddenly appeared in the corner of the room without any vitality on his body, like a ghost, hanging his hands and hanging his head, standing there solemnly.

"Such a beautiful weather, but it always makes me sad, is it true that all people who are dying will feel like this?" ”

The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at the emperor with an expressionless face, and then after a long while, he slowly shook his head and pointed to his mouth.

"Oh, I think I'm asking the wrong person again. Emperor Kantos smiled as if "I forgot again, I shouldn't have asked you any questions of this guy who doesn't speak." But...... Only once, okay? Chuck, just once. ”

The middle-aged man's god became serious, and he seemed to be thinking about something and thinking about it very seriously.

Emperor Cantos continued slowly, "This is my last chance, and my last move. Maybe...... It's the last chance for the Empire. I felt my body decaying, decaying faster and faster. Chuck, I'm a good emperor! I know this very well! I'm not greedy, I'm not drunk, I don't have too many extravagant tastes, I only rest for eight hours a day, and the rest of the time is spent running my empire! I spent almost all of my young and healthy years fighting for this empire! I have shed blood and been wounded in war! My sword has killed my enemies! My blood has been left on the enemy's sword! I don't guarantee that I'm the only emperor who can do this, but I understand that there aren't many emperors who can do this!!Historically, the emperors who can do this are all a generation of Ming monarchs, and they have created a great situation...... But with me...... After all these years, the situation still hasn't gotten better!!"

The old emperor's face was a little sickly flushed from being too excited, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his breath was short: "What the hell is all this! If I had been born hundreds of years ago, I would have become a legendary emperor who would have created the next great cause! But now, I have spent almost half my life fighting against that damn moth, and I am constantly trying to stop them from stealing my empire - my empire !!"

His Majesty Kantos's emotions finally calmed down a little from the excitement, but the indescribable despair in his tone and eyes revealed little by little: "Cavihill told me the answer: these are not my fault...... That damn Tema military system has been around for more than a hundred years, and I'm not responsible for the mistakes made more than a hundred years ago...... However, this is not a mistake I made, but I have to bear the result! This is really fucking unfair! Unfair! I should be a generation of legendary emperors, admired by future generations! Instead of the king of the country who survived to maintain the fortunes of the country and finally the country was destroyed!!"

Finally, when the emperor was speechless, the middle-aged man slowly walked out of the corner of the room.

He gradually approached, and walked three steps in front of the old emperor, his face solemn, and slowly opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty. The voice in his throat was hard and stiff, as if he hadn't spoken for too long, every word he said seemed so laborious: "If there really is a day...... I can say to you that you have my loyalty. My body will be the last barrier in front of you. ”

Kantos' brow moved, and he seemed to be a little moved.

Slowly, the old emperor's thin big hand pressed on the middle-aged man's shoulder, he looked at the other party's chest and heart, and the old emperor's voice was a little hoarse: "I remember, there is a wound there, right? It was left by the wound you were injured in order to protect me in the war with the Odin." Well, it was Hannigan Saul who left him on his chest, an axe gun, and if it weren't for the fact that his head had been broken at the time, I'm afraid you would have died. Hmph, but you stabbed him too...... I've heard that it seems like the only time that Hannigan guy has been wounded on the battlefield in decades. ”

The middle-aged man's god changed, his eyes became awe-inspiring, and his hoarse voice repeated the name: Hannigan Saul!

This name, perhaps, will be familiar to people all over the continent, especially the Byzantines!

Because, the owner of this name, has a prominent identity.

Known as the spokesman of God Odin in the world - His Majesty the current God Emperor of the Odin Empire!

In the northeast corner of the city of Osgiria, two canals running through the city of Osgilia cut a triangular area about six blocks in size, and in the city of Osgiria, this place is called the "Red Zone".

With the exception of the Royal Palace and the Hagia Sophia, where the Pope is located, this is arguably the most fortified place in the city of Osgilia – minus the residence of Cavishir, of course.

Geographically, the Red Zone is located northeast of the city of Osgilia, but a canal that surrounds it leads directly to the harbour wharf to the southeast, through which even the smallest ships can sail directly from the sea if necessary. Moreover, there are two main roads that lead directly to the port.

At the same time, the Red Zone is almost on the same parallel line as an important place in the dìdū: the Imperial Military Headquarters, the Eagle's Nest.

If I had to describe it, this place, which is only six blocks, is almost a city within a city.

Even the security patrols of the city defense will not approach here, and as for the city defense army, they are strictly forbidden to approach the red zone.

In the Red Zone, there are about 1,000 troops stationed all year round, and these troops are not part of the city defense army, to be precise, they are more like the private army of the nobility.

This army was all Qing Yi sè infantry, the finest jīng sharp armor and weapons, produced in the most famous Armenian military district of the empire, and the soldiers were all jīng rui selected by jīng.

And such an army with a sharpness that even surpassed that of most of the imperial zhōngyāng standing corps, their official establishment, I am afraid that few people would believe it.

They are "peasant soldiers"!

Yes, you read that right! It is a peasant soldier! It is a product of the half-peasant and half-soldier system under the Tema Military Region system.

Of course, they weren't the same as the hoe-carrying peasants Char saw in Mollshire, these guys were real jīng sharp!

What's more, such a thousand-strong team of jīng rui, they will not obey the orders of the military headquarters, or even the orders in the palace! The only thing that can order them is only one voice...... The owner of the red zone.

Salvador Kalin, the current chief military minister of the Byzantine Empire, is also one of the banner figures of the emperor's henchmen!

If in today's Byzantine Empire, there is a figure in the military who can barely compete with the Duke of Minas, then this Lord Salvador Carlín is probably the only qualified candidate.

As the current "Speaker of the Red Sè Round Table", El Salvador is the number one thorn in the side of Emperor Contos the Great!

The Red Sè Round Table was not a formal organization, nor was it an official department, but it was the most powerful group in the Byzantine Empire today! Fifty-one of the fifty-four governors of the Tema Military Region in the empire were members of this group.

This "Red Sè Round Table" has been established for 89 years, and this year will officially enter its 90th year - and the 90th year of competing with the imperial family.

In fact, the first purpose of this organization was to confront the imperial family of the empire and the traditional aristocratic groups led by the royal family.

The organization's program has only five articles.

Article 1: All members must defend the interests of the Red Sè Round Table, which is above all secular laws or religious beliefs!

Article 2: All members are hereditary in the family, and once they join, they will be passed down from generation to generation, and anyone who quits will be considered a traitor and will be hostile to all other member families!

Article 3: The Speaker of the Conference shall have the power to convene the meeting and shall have the power to make decisionsArticle 4: The Speaker of the Conference shall be elected once every three years, and shall not be re-elected for more than two terms.

Article 5: All members are protected by the group, and any member who is attacked is considered a hostile act towards the whole group.

The existence of these five programs, in the eyes of the imperial family, is simply a great contempt for imperial power!

Just the first article "above all secular laws or religious beliefs" has already announced the meaning of the existence of this organization!

Salvador Carlín, as the current Speaker of the Red Sè Round Table, is in his last year as Speaker, and since he has been re-elected twice, he will not be entitled to continue to sit in this position at the next term.

As the current chief military minister of the empire, he was nominally the administrator of the entire Byzantine Empire, but in reality, he could only really command the army of his own family military district. If nothing else, the next speaker of the parliament will most likely fall to the current governor of the Armenian Military District, which is known for producing iron ore and making fine armor.

Salvador's own family also owns a military district, and it is ironic that the area where he owns the military district is located is the Rhodria district of the empire -- yes, it is the most sharp iron army of the empire, the famous 13th Corps, the birthplace of the Rhodría cavalry regiment! The toughest group of real soldiers who walked out of the empire became the backbone of the empire, the birthplace of the most loyal and brave army of the empire.

But now, it has become the territory of the leader of the emperor's ** faction.

Of course, the military district owned by the family of El Salvador, only Eastern Rhodría, is a third of the original Rhodría region. The present Governor of the Military District, nominally to his younger brother, for the Minister of War could not concurrently hold the post of Governor of the local Military District by imperial decree - although it had long since become a system of its own, at least nominally, all the members of the Red Sè Round Table had not openly rebelled, and were nominally subject to the laws of the Empire.

Salvador was very prestigious in the Red Sè Round Table group, and during his five years as Speaker, he made considerable achievements - in this respect, the deterioration of the old Emperor Cantos's illness had something to do with him. Over the course of five years, he forced the emperor to pass two laws in favor of the Tema Military Region, defeated at least three attacks by the Council of the Nobles against the Tema Military Region, and was even implicated in at least two assassinations involving the nobility, and, with his support, the Imperial Budget was cut twice, both of course, for the Imperial Standing Corps of the Imperial Zhōngyāng Legion, which was devoted to the royal hawks.

However, Salvador has always been in a deep jǐngti.

There are too many indications that the old emperor in the palace, who will die of illness at any time, is trying to organize an operation against the "Red Sè Round Table". And this operation may not just be to encourage a few nobles to pass some boring bills, or to promote a few young generals of the Eagle Department and other petty fights.

The most important thing is that the emperor suddenly sent the crown prince Garcia in the form of exile, which immediately made Salvador, who had been fighting with the emperor for half his life, smell something different.

Although I heard that the emperor was extremely angry and dissatisfied with the crown prince, although I heard that the emperor had the intention of abolishing the crown prince, although I also heard that the emperor broke the crown prince's head with his own hands during that conflict...... But ...... "A son is a son, and for thousands of years, the minds of all emperors will not change." Even if his son is an idiot, he is his own son. Salvatore expressed his opinion to all the members: "I don't think the emperor is a punishment for making Garcia's rabbit dìdū, I suspect that there is a conspiracy in it! Don't forget, even if the emperor doesn't like his son anymore, but a son is a son! You may have forgotten what happened to the last Grand Duke of Tulip, but I haven't forgotten." ”

These jǐng notices were sent to various places through letters, and in fact, the members of the Red Sè Round Table were distributed among the various military districts within the empire as governors, although most of the members of the military districts had their own people who served as various officials in the dìdū military headquarters and acted as spokesmen.

Most of the military governors did not take El Salvador's jǐng proclamation to heart.

The emperor got the crown prince out of dìdū, so what?

That Kantos, who is too old to move his horse, the old emperor who is already out of breath when he can't even walk, what else can he do?

Nearly half of the empire was in the hands of the military districts - the better half. The total number of troops actually in the hands of all military districts is more than three times the number of troops loyal to the imperial family in the standing army of the emperor?

Hum...... If you don't rebel, he's the emperor! If you rebel...... He's not!

What can Cantos do? A coup d'état?

Don't be kidding! Even if he staged a coup d'état, at most he would kill the members of the warlord party who remained in the dìdū, but most of the governors of the military districts would remain on their own territory! Once such a thing happened, it would be a situation in which the two sides completely tore their faces apart! Kantos knew very well that once the war was openly started, the imperial family would not be able to win! The balance of power between the two sides, after a hundred years of the Tema system, had already turned the world upside down!

Unless Cantos doesn't even want to be the titular emperor dìdū anymore!

However, the neglect of the majority of members did not alleviate El Salvador's concerns.

Unlike most of the members, most of the governors of the military regions have been warlords on their own territory for many years, and even many of the newly appointed governors of the military regions have never been to the district!

Moreover, everyone knows that the royal family wants to get rid of everyone, who will send it to the door to give the emperor this opportunity to catch them all?

But Salvador is different! He has been in the dìdū for many years, and he has been the Minister of War, the speaker of the Red Sè Round Table, and he has had too many confrontations with the Rifle Emperor in the dìdū!

He knew very well the xìng character of this spear emperor, and he knew this tough and stubborn old emperor even better. Even he had already felt that in recent years, as the old emperor's body had gradually failed, this old guy had repeatedly revealed a sense of gradual madness...... Dying...... Well, that's what it means!

Under the prospect of a lifetime of struggle and failure, will this stubborn and tough old guy finally make some crazy moves? El Salvador does not dare to take this risk.

And most importantly...... The other governors can not be afraid of the emperor going crazy, after all, even if the emperor goes crazy, they will still stay on their own territory, even if the emperor launches a coup d'état and starts a civil war, those guys can still deal with it calmly.

I am different! I am right under the emperor's eyelids!

If that old madman was desperate to mess around, then he would definitely be arrested by the old emperor who started the civil war and cut down the sacrificial flag at the first time.

In fact, there were already signs that the old emperor was gradually becoming insane. Just last year, the old emperor had brewed a large-scale purge of the personnel of the military department -- it was clearly a move that he knew would fail, and once it failed, it would be a complete reversal.

Salvador, on the other hand, took advantage of an opportunity to cleverly dismantle the madness of the old emperor last time, and that move won him the praise and support of many members, because it not only defused the attack of the old palace, but also consumed a considerable part of the eagle army loyal to the royal family.

"Perhaps...... You can contact the Odin people again...... A war may make the old madman in the palace sober up for a while. ”

Salvador was sitting in his study, holding a quill in his hand, hesitating.

His eyes shrouded in a grim glow under yīn's dark eyelashes.

Well, that's right...... Another war might be a good idea.

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