Chapter 404: Strange Request
Although Char had a headache, there was no way to do it at the moment, so although he knew that the young emperor was yin himself, our new duke, could only pinch his nose and endure it.
Char and Adrick discussed for a long time, and after Char had negotiated the official position, power, etc., our turtle finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
It's time to arrive, and next, but the sky is high and the birds fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps!
Damn, it took more than half a year of suffering to finally put on the real official hat of the empire on his head, and he could be an upright overlord from now on.
According to Adric's promise, all the appointment orders given to Char, as well as the rewards for the title, will be reported to the central government of the empire within these two days, and the official matter is easy to say.
The only thing that is a little troublesome is the knighthood. It has always been managed according to tradition, and the newly sealed nobles must be approved by the noble council, if it is in accordance with the traditional rules, this series of things is very troublesome, to check Char Leiming's bloodline, birthplace, place of origin, and even the eight generations of ancestors must find out who has a surname, one by one, especially a joint, Char's ancestors must not have lowly people in the line among the three generations, such as prostitutes, thieves, thieves, or criminals or something, if this happens, the noble council will consider Char not qualified to become a nobleman after the trialγ
The status of the aristocracy is very sacred, but it is not just any cat, dog, or four can make two meager contributions to get into the ranks of the aristocracy, at least in the hearts of the members of the noble council, as for the real aristocracy, what men and women are doing and how to do it, everyone just ignores it.
According to the previous management, such audits and inspections took a long time, and there were a series of red tape things to do. A title is sealed from the hands of the emperor, and then it is reviewed by the noble council, and finally there is the payment of the fief area concubine - financial taxation and so on, and the population of the fief is verified, etc., all of which must be handed over through the central government and local governments.
In the end, when the reward is finally awarded, generally speaking, it has to be three or five months, and if it is slower, it is common to get a year and a half.
To be honest, Char really didn't care about this title, at least when he knew that his fiefdom was still occupied by Hasting, Char directly ignored this bullshit duke.
Our turtle even wishes that the review of this title is as slow as possible, it is best to review it for three years and five years, as long as the title of this duke is not sealed for a day, Char can go to Hastings without worrying about it.
Although Adrick also expressed some sympathy for the content of this reward, the general didn't care too much, and even told Char very clearly: Since you are the general of the northern garrison, then driving out the evil invader Hastings entrenched in Nods County is a matter of course for Char to face! Whether there is this reward or not, you Char must hurry up and work hard to drive away the invaders in the north.
Adric is a remark dedicated to the country, and Char knows that he can't reason with this selfless general, so he can only respond with a sad face.
Adric then returned to see the wife of the governor of the Besta Military District.
This meeting can be roughly described as follows: "The Minister of Imperial Affairs met with the head of the Besta Military Region, and after the meeting and cordial talks, the two sides exchanged views on the future development prospects of the Empire, and at the same time, His Excellency the Minister of War expressed his greetings to the people of the Besta Military District, and the head of the Besta Military Region also expressed the unity of the military and the people of Besta and stood firmly in the center of the Empire with the Emperor as the core, resolutely obeyed the orders of the Imperial Central Committee, and expressed his gratitude to the 'Red Round Table') The spurning and indignation of the imperial separatists led by them. The whole process of the meeting was carried out in an atmosphere of friendship and unity, and under the principle of mutual benefit and reciprocity, the two sides reached an agreement on the future development route of the Besta Military District......"
In the official documents of the central government of the empire, it is probably appropriate to use this kind of writing to record this meeting.
Fuya himself personally accompanied General Adric throughout the meeting.
What made Char speechless was that the conditions given by the empire to the Besta Military Region were much more generous than those of himself, the general of the Northern Garrison!
The Governor of the Besta Military Region, Yuri, made the Marquis, and the Governor's wife even added the palace title and two palace titles, the Besta Military Region and the Esria County were merged into the new Besta County, and the army of the original Besta Military Region was reorganized into a local garrison on the spot.
What made Char speechless the most was that the empire said that in order to sympathize with the losses of the people of Besta County in this war, the central government of the empire directly exempted Besta County from the central financial taxes for the next three years.
The loss of war! From the beginning to the end, the flames of war did not reach the Besta Military Region and the County of Esria! These two places are a peaceful world, where the hell is the flames of war!!
In this way, this time the Besta Military Region can be said to be unscathed, and it has made such a profit
What a benefit!
When General Adric saw himself, he beat and scolded, one condition on the left and one condition on the right. But when I met the governor's wife, the politeness of both parties can be described as "respecting each other like guests"!
Look at others and imagine yourself...... The territory in his hands, Mor, Siltan, and Corsica, were all the hardest hit areas of this war, and all three places were almost destroyed, but the empire did not exempt itself from taxes, Adric said very clearly, the condition offered by the empire was that the central taxes must be delivered normally, a copper plate, and a pound of grain must not be missing. Just considering that the war is not completely over, Char was allowed to delay delivery......
After Adric met with the governor's wife, he quickly took his leave, and when he returned, he only explained a few words to Char and told him to wait patiently for a few days.
The general went back to Osgilia, and the governor's wife and Char went out of the camp to see each other off, and after watching Adric and his entourage go away, Char had not yet spoken, and the governor's wife suddenly smiled, looking at Char, who was standing side by side with her, this beautiful woman chuckled, and said in a low voice: "Does the marshal seem to be very unhappy?" β
Char snorted: "Don't call it a marshal, call it a general, haven't you heard, I'm going to take up the post of general of the Northern Garrison." The title of this marshal does not need to be mentioned again. β
Lord Governor nodded, looked at Char, and said leisurely, "I don't know what you think of the Imperial Center's handling of us, General?"
Char pouted: "What else can you think, you Besta people are a big profit, and I am a big bankrupt." β
The governor's wife frowned, thought for a while, and immediately said: "The empire did not exempt your jurisdiction from taxes, I am surprised by this, your jurisdiction has just experienced a war, and has been poisoned by the Odin for more than half a year, and the economy is only afraid that it will not be rich, so let's do it, if the general's hands are not rich, I Besta is willing to help." β
Char's heart moved, and she glanced at this woman deeply, and her eyes rolled: "Give it away for nothing, I'm afraid it's not so cheap." β
The governor's wife smiled: "Naturally, it is not for nothing, and my money and food are not blown by the wind." I only have one small thing, I would like to ask you for your help, General. β
Char looked at the woman curiously.
Mrs. I$l smiled, that beautiful face, under the sunset, looked charming and infinite, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty's decision this time, it is not difficult for me to guess Your Majesty's thoughts, do you want to come, next, Your Majesty is going to take some checks and balances against the general." It is expected that this is also common, the empire has always been afraid of military generals supporting their own troops, and this war is said to be the disaster of local warlords, so the empire is already afraid of this kind of thing, and naturally it will not let the general live your life too comfortably. I thought, although I don't know how the Empire will deal with you, General, but I expect that we Bestas will be able to get much more favorable terms than you. β
Char snorted, and the dissatisfaction on his face was obvious.
There was a smile in the eyes of Mrs. I$l: "You and I jointly sent troops to King Qin, and what we put on is an alliance posture, the empire is naturally deeply jealous, and no one in power will tolerate you and me being too close to each other, otherwise, if we are united, if we have different intentions, it is enough to threaten the rule of the empire, and the emperor will not allow this threat to happen." Then the only way is to divide our relationship. This time, the two of us came to King Qin, and the conditions given to us by the empire must be different. Speaking of which, General, the territory in your hands is larger than mine, and the army is stronger than mine, so it is not difficult to guess the way of the empire, which is nothing more than to treat me Besta favorably, so it is inevitable that you will be treated a little lightly. β
Char nodded.
The woman continued: "This kind of practice, deliberately discriminating between us, is to divide our relationship, usually not to suffer from poverty, but to suffer from inequality! And secondly, since we are divided, it is not difficult to guess that the empire wants to use my Besta military region to balance you. Give us the Besta people generous conditions, naturally in order to strengthen our strength, so that we have enough capital to restrain you. β
Char listened and looked at this woman one by one, and then she finished meeting Adric, but after a while, this woman had already analyzed the matter so clearly!
Thinking of this, Char's expression was solemn, he looked at this woman, and said in a deep voice: "Madam Governor, what conditions do you have, you might as well say it quickly." β
"Again called the wrong number - once. The woman winked at Char and smiled, "Call."
I'm Monica.
Is my name unpleasant, or is my name not worthy of your mouth?"
γ»...... Well, Monica. Char touched his nose: "What do you want?"
Please?"
"If you shout wrong again in the future, you will be punished. The Governor's wife smiled, and then her expression changed
Solemnly: "I'm going to ask Luo to do me a favor." β
"What?"
Char looked at the other party's solemn expression, originally thought that the other party would put forward some extremely difficult conditions, but unexpectedly, after this woman said it, Char was stunned!
It's not that the conditions are too difficult, it's that ...... It's so easy!
"You and I will enter the imperial capital to receive the reward, when the time comes, I want to ask the general to help me do something, general, when you return to the prime minister or other imperial ministers, you might as well reveal a little meaning, just say that the Besta Military Region is surrendered among the rebels after all, even if it is to be reused, it is better to leave some precautions. Well, that's it, as long as you show a little bit of such a meaning to the magnates of the imperial capital at that time, it will be considered a great favor for me.
Char looked at the woman in surprise, and didn't know what she had in mind.
The Governor's wife looked at Char's surprised expression, gently pulled her hair, with her stunning appearance, her gesture suddenly made the eyes of several young officers standing in the distance straighten a little.
Our turtle's eyes were also a little straight, but they were not intimidated by the beauty, but shocked by this woman's words.
"Are you strange?Char?" the Doge's wife then snorted, and her little ruddy mouth looked very seductive, "You just have to let it out, it will be very good for you and me." The Empire is about to divide us, and if you say something like this, it will make the Empire think that you really have a dislike for me Besta, so you will speak against us. As soon as he heard this, the Imperial side must have been greatly satisfied and relieved. β
Char nodded: "I can get this result, but what is the benefit? Even if they believe that we are divided, but where is the benefit of you? If the empire really listens to me, you Besta people will have to be guarded against, after all, you have surrendered, if the magnates really express their dissatisfaction with you, the empire may have to do something to target you...... Aren't you making trouble for yourself?"
"The empire just wants you to hate us Besta people, and the more you say that, the happier I am afraid that the emperor will be, and maybe he will be more affectionate to us Besta. The Governor's wife replied with a smile.
This seems to have some truth, but ...... Char clearly felt that things were not so simple
Single!
After all, the emperor and the Besta people have no affection, but they are just using the Besta people to check and balance themselves, if the relationship between himself and the Besta people is tense, the emperor will naturally be happy, but he will never give the Besta people more benefits because of this.
For this Governor's wife...... At such a time, one should try every means to find someone to say more good things to him in the center of the empire, where is there anyone who asks someone to tear down the platform for him?
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