"It's the emperor who offends!" Adric savored the words.

Immediately, before Adrik could speak again, Char slowly threw another sentence, which made Adri's selling of the bottom change color!

"Your Excellency...... Have you forgotten how the last Duke Tulip died? This secret, others don't know, how can you, the core general of the emperor's **, not know?

This sentence pierced Adric's heart like lightning!

Duke Tulip ...... The last Duke of Tulip!

The death of the last Duke Tulip is naturally a big secret for the empire! It is also a big scandal for the royal family!

It has always been said that the last Duke of Tulip died of illness. But in fact, a few people know that the Duke Tulip in the past has offended the royal family, and no matter how high and powerful the Tulip family is, no matter how meritorious it is!

If the emperor really hates you and sees you as a thorn in his side, then ......

It seems like this is an unsolvable problem.

After a long silence, Adric sighed: "In this way, do you want to be a general who supports the army, stationed outside, and hides in the northern Xinjiang to protect yourself? But how long can you protect yourself with the army? Ten years? Twenty years? The emperor is still young, and his reign will be very long, you can't go on like this forever."

Char smiled: "Then I can't help it, I'm not too old, it's a big deal, I'll live longer than that guy Garcia, if he lives for a day, I will lead troops in the north, don't go back to the imperial capital, don't give him a chance to rectify me." ”

There is a bit of a spur in this statement. Whether it is Char or Adric, they all know in their hearts that the problem is by no means so easy to solve.

Now the empire is in trouble, the central government is weak, the imperial power is weak, Char is leading the troops, and the emperor has no way to force it, but with the passage of time, the situation in the empire will gradually stabilize 7-come. After waiting for the empire to be stable, the imperial power to be stable, and the strength in the emperor's hands, he will never tolerate a guy who is not right with himself leading so many soldiers and horses outside, and he is still disloyal to himself......

But now, it seems that there is no other way.

Adric had a headache, and when he thought of this, he felt powerless for a while.

It's just that fortunately, there is still a trace of comfort in my heart - after all, Char does not have that kind of big ambition.

At this point, Adric can still be sure, this kid just came out of the mountain with him, and he is a guy who brought it out by himself, his temperament is lazy, and he really doesn't want to be an emperor.

As long as Char doesn't have the intention of rebelling, even if it doesn't touch the bottom line in Adric's heart!

...-...-Okay, I'll ask you a few questions, you've thought about it, answer me carefully." ”

Adric squinted, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and his voice was flat and low: "Char, if you lead the army in the north, what should you do?"

When Xia Ya heard this, his spirit was shocked, he already had a brewing answer in his heart, and after listening to it, he immediately said without hesitation: "Jingzhi the place, protect the safety of the party! Respect the empire, all legal systems are in accordance with the imperial system, and will never change." ”

"Hmph, that's not enough. Adric looked at Char with a smirk.

Char took a deep breath: "Is there anything else...... Determine the danger and help the difficulty, those rebel military regions around the north, as long as the imperial officers and troops have the intention to crusade, I will immediately send troops to help, there is no other word!"

"It's still not enough. Adetan shook his head.

Char thought for a moment and continued: "Moore County and Siltan County are grain-producing areas, and the central and northern parts of the empire have always relied on the grain production of these two counties...... Following the old practice of the empire, the annual tax of grain will naturally support the central government. ”

Adric's face was a little softer, but he still shook his head: "...... Char sighed: "My lord, if you still have any conditions, just say it." Adric stared at Char tightly, and then looked at the young man in front of him word by word.

"I want you to be the northern barrier of the empire! If it is invaded by foreign invaders, you must do your best! If the empire is in trouble, you must be calmed down!" In addition, I want a word from your Char's thunder! You must swear that for the rest of your life, you Char will be in the north, only a minister of Byzantium, and you will have no objection! You will never have the ambition to peep into the throne!"

When Char heard this, his expression was solemn, and he immediately raised his hand without hesitation, and said solemnly: "Yes, I swear! I will never disobey these words of yours!"

Adric listened, let out a long breath, and glanced at Char deeply: "What you said today, remember it more in your heart." If you have been in a high position for a long time, it is inevitable that you will have other thoughts, just hope that when you grow older, you will be in a high position, if you have any other thoughts, just think about today's words. ”

Adric's tone was a little bitter.

In fact, according to the thought in his heart, this is not a good solution. Although he trusts Char at the moment and has no intention of rebellion, people's hearts are unpredictable!

The most difficult thing in the world to guess is the human heart! Even though Char's mind is still very simple, he only has the mind of self-preservation, and this kid is very attached to the old love, and he can still hold him down steadily. But what if it is ten or twenty years later? After the death of these old men of the empire, he and the young emperor are incompatible, and when the time comes, it can really be guaranteed that he will never rebel...... I'm afraid no one can tell.

Just for now...... I can only look at the present!

Adric is at least clear about one thing: at this time, the empire needs Char's presence in the north!

The empire needs Char's tens of thousands of soldiers in the north to subdue the place! It needs Char to be the barrier of the empire in the north! It needs Char's army to help the empire put down the rebellion! Even Adric himself needs Char's army to help him stabilize the situation! Although the rebels have been defeated, don't forget that the Landis still have tens of thousands of troops to march in!

At this moment, it is difficult to guarantee that the allies will turn their faces into strong enemies! It is precisely because of this that Adric has to choose that this village supports Char! ...... in the future Let's talk about the future.

Adric's heart was heavy and bitter, and he let out a long sigh, then took something out of his arms and slowly placed it on the table.

"This is your warrant, which Your Majesty and I have signed below. Char was overjoyed, and walked up to pick it up and took a look, but he was immediately stunned. "Uh, blank?"

In this hand, there is a blank appointment order issued by the emperor's ** ministry, and the official position appointed is empty!

Adric snorted and glanced at Char: "Fill in the empty space yourself."

Hearing this, Char was taken aback, and then she was overjoyed!

Oh, my God...... Myself...... Fill in?!

This is an official appointment order! Both the Emperor and the Minister of War have signed it!

In other words, the military position of the empire, what kind of official you want to be if you sacrifice yourself?!

(If Lao Tzu makes himself a marshal, there is no problem in thinking about it, right?)

But Char immediately saw Adric's smiling eyes, and his heart suddenly sank, and then he put this thing back on the table, and said with a wry smile: "General, you still don't feel at ease with me, and finally took out such a thing to test me......"

"Hmph, you're smart. Adric sneered: "If you really dare to give yourself some ridiculous official position on it, and I will tear this thing up if you fight back, and someone will send an imperial decree summoning you to the imperial capital tomorrow, and then I will personally come to receive your troops!"

Char was excited and grinned, "Since you have said so, it seems that this thing will not happen." Okay, what kind of official position should I be, sir, just tell me. ”

Adric raised his finger: "Wei Yi, you don't want the name of the Northern War Zone that you have sealed, this battle will always be fought one day, you are now called the 'War Zone-, and in the future, you will leave people with truth and excuses, after the war, what else do you need for the 'War Zone'? When the war zone is revoked, you will not be able to speak." ”

Char-immediately nodded, knowing that Adric was thinking about himself, and a trace of gratitude arose in his heart.

"Since it's not called a war zone, you might as well call it the 'Northern Garrison'. The name garrison can be used in times of war or peace. Adric said lightly: "Your identity is even the leading general of this garrison."

General of the garrison......

Char couldn't help but grin.

He is doing well in the north, but he is still a "marshal", and now he will directly demote himself to a general, one by one, one by one: "Hmph, don't grin, what kind of marshal did you appoint yourself before, it's just nonsense! The post of emperor **, marshal is the highest position, and it is not awarded if it is not a meritorious service, not a veteran in the army, and not a cronies of the emperor! How old are you? It is simply ridiculous to be a soft marshal! Even if it is the current situation in the empire, a military veteran like the Duke of Minas has never really been awarded the post of marshal!"

Well, it's just a name, the general is still a marshal, and he still manages some people anyway. Char doesn't have to fight for a title.

Moreover...... Lao Tzu closed the door, even if he claimed to be the emperor, no one else could control Lao Tzu's head, right? Hmph......

“...... Second!" Adric said slowly: "The general of the garrison, naturally has the power of the garrison, the generals under your command lead the army, you have the right to appoint, the garrison is a separate military region of the empire, all appointments, after you are appointed, send someone to the emperor's ** department for reporting." The emperor does not interfere. ”

That's a bonus. Char nodded.

"Third. Adric said: "The empire has always been a separation of military and political powers! In the places you now control, several counties, the empire must re-send officials to serve as county guards and govern local government affairs."

"What?!" Xia Ya immediately stopped: "Let the emperor send people to manage the place, I will do it one by one"

"Stupid. Adric frowned and looked at Char: "If the emperor doesn't send people to serve as local officials, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving you all the land of these counties as an independent kingdom! Even if the emperor himself is willing to endure it, so many powerful ministers of the empire can't bear it!" The empire has just finished fighting a civil war, and the most taboo thing is the division of the warlords of the military regions! The next thing is to subdue the local military districts and sweep away the warlords! At such a time, how can it be possible to seal up another warlord? Isn't that the emperor himself slapping himself in the face? The emperor will never tolerate it! If you make it clear that you want to be a warlord, the empire will not hesitate to turn its face!

Char frowned: "But if the emperor sends someone to divide power, local government affairs, let him pinch it, the financial taxes are not in my hands, and the supply of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for me is pinched, then how can it be done?"

"That's why I say you're stupid. Adric said lightly: "The army is in your hands, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, a few civil officials are coming, what can you turn the sky? In your territory, your army is there, can a few civil officials really suppress you? If you are so useless, give me the idea of supporting the army to protect myself as soon as possible, and simply come to the imperial capital." ”

Char immediately understood what Adric meant.

Sending magistrates seems to be just a helpless move by the emperor, and the emperor himself probably won't really be naïve to think that sending a few magistrates can really snatch back the territory from Char's hands.

It's nothing more than a cover-up move, a fig leaf.

It shows that the empire did not "give" a large piece of territory directly to Char. It is just a signal that the central government still has control over the localities.

What are the civil officials afraid of? As long as the army is in their hands, they can still rub the magistrate as much as they want? If you want him to be round, if you want him to be flat, you can flat......

Fourth......

Adric just said a beginning, Char's face was chaired-: "And the fourth?"

Adric's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "The division of the jurisdiction of this garrison, Mor County Siltan County is naturally in it, and the Corsican Military Region was fought down by you, and the empire has no spare strength to take over, and it is also counted in the garrison." But the Besta Military Region and Esria County are not among them. ”

Char frowned: "Besta ......"

"The Besta Military Region surrenders, and the empire naturally welcomes them, but the arrangements for them are different from yours. The county of Esria was occupied by the Besta Military District, and the empire was now unable to take it back, so it could only tolerate it for the time being. There's no way either.

However, the Emperor's bottom line is that he will not tolerate your relationship with the Bestas being too united. The Besta Military Region and the County of Esria, which means that the empire is meant to merge into one large county, is called Besta County. The position of the county guard and the position of the military governor were left to the Besta themselves. ”

Char thought for a moment in his heart, and then smiled: "The emperor means that he wants to use Besta's power to balance me." Hehe, this is also normal, he is jealous of me in his heart, and putting the Besta man in front of me is also a means. ”

A little calculation, Moore, Siltan, Corsica...... The territory of the three counties in his hands is also the place he really controls now, and he has not suffered a loss.

As for the Besta Military Region, Char originally did not plan to annex it, and the governor's wife is very shrewd, and her strength is not weaker than herself, and it is difficult to say whether she will be friend or foe in the future......

But he holds the secret of a Governor's Mansion in his hands...... Hmph, it's also one of your own hole cards.

"Fifth ......," Adric continued quietly.

Char did it!

He jumped up: "Don't do it, don't do it! One condition after another, it's all about using a rope to tie my neck! With so many conditions, how do you want me to do things?!"

Adric looked strange: "The fifth is a personal reward for you, don't you really listen to it?"

Char was stunned: "I-personal reward?"

Adric smiled: "When the emperor was here, didn't he have an agreement with you, and you forgot the hunting meeting in the imperial capital that day, what the emperor promised in public?"

When Char heard this, he immediately became happy: "Yes, I remember that incident...... If you kill 30,000 enemies, you will be made an earl, and if you kill Hasting, you will be made a duke......"

"You didn't kill Hasting, but that Manninger guy died at your hands, which is a great achievement, so ...... Congratulations, boy, even when the empire was founded, there had never been a duke as young as you!"

Duke, duke... ・・・Char suddenly grinned and smirked. Duke...... In terms of title, he is already a very good minister!

Twenty-year-old dukes, except for those hereditary nobles, may be, and others, by virtue of their own ability, have never come!

"Fifth, His Majesty Garcia has followed the oath of the Emperor and elevated your title from baron to duke, hereditary! Congratulations, boy, you're ready to create a family. In addition, as the duke's lord, you can have your own territory, establish your own peace army, the imperial system, the duke can have a flag regiment of private soldiers, and the quota of 2,000 people for you can be regarded as expanding your strength. Moreover, you have the real absolute power in the territory of the nobility, whether it is military power or government affairs, you are in control, and you are not subject to anyone's constraints! This title is also a talisman for you! Once you become a great nobleman, even the emperor cannot easily do anything to you, otherwise, other nobles will have the idea of disgrace and self-endangerment. This can be regarded as the capital I have earned you for a future life......

Char-Hearing this, he was immediately grateful, looked at Adric, and said, "My lord, I'll go one by one."

"Don't be too busy thanking me just yet. Adric's expression suddenly became strange: "I originally had good intentions for this matter, and after a few arguments, the emperor finally agreed, but I didn't expect that in the last joint, the emperor still thought of a way to pinch you...... Alas, from this point of view, whether you can sit firmly in the position of the duke and not say, I am afraid that the reward of this duke may not be a good thing for you...... Alas, even if I didn't think about it, I put you in an awkward position. ”

When Xia Ya heard this, his heart moved: "Could it be my fiefdom......" He groaned slightly, and said: "Could it be that the emperor refuses to give me a fief?"

"No, as I said just now, you are hereditary, and you have a real seal! ”

Char nodded, and said, "That is the fiefdom is too small, too barren and barren?"

Adric looked embarrassed: "Your fiefdom is not small...... Speaking of which, if you count purely by territory, your fief can be regarded as the largest among the nobles of the empire at present! Your fief is a county! An entire county has been assigned to you!

Char froze.

The aristocracy of the empire, it is true that the nobles have fiefs, and their previous title was baron, which is just a small city. And the higher noble titles are nothing more than some towns. The title of duke, the empire is not without now, and most of the fiefs range from a few cities to a dozen cities.

But if you want to give an entire county to a nobleman, the Byzantine Empire really can't find one now!

"One county one by one, one by one" Char frowned: "I know...... Could it be that the emperor deliberately put my fief in the south of the empire? The south of the empire is an area controlled by the central government, and my old nest is in the northern frontier, and the emperor deliberately put my fief in the south, so that I can't take care of it, but I am afraid that my fief will not be able to really control it, after all, I can't go to the south by myself...... Hey, that's a means too!"

"That'...... Not really. Adric smiled bitterly: "Your fiefdom is in the north. and...... Right next to your lair...... That one...... Well...... It's a stone's throw away from you, Moore, one by one."

When Char heard this, he suddenly woke up in his heart, he was stunned, and opened his mouth: "One step away...... Damn, the emperor, is it supposed to be a ...... Put ......"

Adric sighed and patted Char's shoulder gently: "Since you guessed it, I won't hide it...... Yes, your fiefdom is ...... Nodsshire. The whole county of Nods is given to you!

it!! Char immediately became angry! Noz County! A whole county?! What a big fiefdom! Is this clearly Yin Laozi!! Nods County ...... Hell of Nodsshire!

You know, it is true that Nods County is next to Mooreshire! It is also true that Nods County itself is also a rich grain-producing area! It is not true that Nods County has a large territory!

But the most critical problem is that Nods County is not in the hands of the Empire now!! Now in Nodsshire, it is the Odin Black Flag Army that occupies its own "fiefdom"! Black Flag Army, Hasting!!

Char was annoyed in his heart, and after taking a few deep breaths, he gritted his teeth fiercely: "This Garcia, what a sinister mind!"

Char insulted the emperor as a stalwart of the royalist faction like Adric, and Adric could only pretend that he didn't hear it. After all, what the emperor did was indeed a little insidious in this matter......

Char's conundrum is obvious.

Nodshire is nominally Char's fiefdom, and it is the private property of Char that the Byzantine Imperial Royal Family has expressly rewarded Char!

But this property was seized by Hasting!

You Char wants Nodesshire, it's good...... You go and fight with that famous Ao?_Valkyrie Hasting! If you win, you're welcome, Nods County is yours!

Of course, if you, Duke Char, are no match for that Odin Valkyrie, your strength is greatly damaged, or you accidentally die under Hasting's three-edged spear, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't mind posthumously awarding you a medal or something like that......

Some people may say: Since it is clearly a complete set, Lao Tzu will not be fooled! This Nots, Lao Tzu will not fight with Hasting, he will throw it to him, I will not fight with Hasting, and the emperor will not be able to take me, right?

But it's not that simple.

If the Holy Emperor just used such a means to disgust and disgust Char, it would not give Char a real headache.

The crux of this problem lies in a "fame"!

Char gradually emerged, and on the stage of the Byzantine Empire, it officially became a matter of prestige that the higher the status, the more attention was paid to prestige!!

Char's victory over the Red Snow Army and the recovery of several counties will surely soon spread to the mainland, "Become a new force rising like a comet!" Especially at this time, when the empire is weak, a young hero like him is born, and it must attract the attention of countless people, and thousands of people look up to him!

It is conceivable that Char's prestige will inevitably go well -- to an astonishing degree! And the emperor's method is very clear! Suppress Char's prestige!

Just imagine, you, Lord Xiaya Leidong, the hero of the empire, the honor of the duke, are the god of war who annihilated the Red Snow Army and made great achievements...... The dignified duke, you can't even keep your own fiefdom, and you don't have the courage to take it back yourself......

After a long time, Char's prestige will surely be damaged!

A hero who can't even protect his fiefdom property, a hero who can't even defend his hometown, and a coward who doesn't even have the courage to snatch back his fiefdom when his fief is taken...... How many people can be truly loyal to them?

“...... What a ruthless means.

After thinking about it carefully for a while, Char had already figured out all the joints in it, and he sighed: "This Garcia, really insidious, hum...... It's just that I didn't expect him to be so smart, this kind of cunning and cunning means can actually be used, speaking of which, Lao Tzu underestimated this rabbit. ”

Adric was also helpless against Char's blatant insults to the emperor.

But he knows.

This kind of old and spicy method, if the weight is light, and with a light reward, Char was squeezed into the corner, unable to advance or retreat, and it was uncomfortable as if he was stuck in the neck...... Such a political skill and such a scheming are not something that the young Emperor Garcia can show.

When the order for this reward was in his hands, Adric understood the meaning and was amazed by the amazing skill of Emperor Garcia.

But soon, the fat man of Ruhr was directly broken!

At that time, the fat man concluded without hesitation: "This kind of ability is definitely not something that our young emperor can do! I think that most of the ideas for this reward came from the hands of the prime minister! Hehe! He has been able to fight with a demon like Kavishir for more than ten years, and his methods are naturally clever, and he really makes an extraordinary move!!"