The power of any emperor is based on his own legal system and military power at his disposal.

There was an ancient saying in Xia Lin's previous life, called "The major affairs of the country are in the worship and Rong", in which the "ritual" represents the name and legal system of the ruler, and the "Rong" naturally represents the military power, which shows the importance of these two things to the ruler.

Although Empress Dorothea had just succeeded to the throne, she obviously also had a deep understanding of the important matter of military affairs, and attached great importance to the messages sent by the four major legions.

The military system of the empire is a combination of the service system and the mercenary system, in which the soldiers obtained from the service system will be combined with the officers who have been trained in the military since childhood to form an army, and then they will be scattered and deployed to the four major legions in the four realms, responsible for guarding the local area and maintaining the balance of the overall military power of the empire.

The main purpose of the reformed four legions of the Lunt Great, the Winter Wolf, the Manticore, the Dragon Vulture, and the Rock Crocodile is to maintain the ability of the Middle Realm to interfere with the Four Realms.

It stands to reason that these legions are all following the orders of the Middle Realm, but sometimes, these four legions will also show their unruly side, get rid of the control of the Middle Realm, and even make peace with the Grand Duke of the Four Realms, enjoy the support of both sides, and become a princely force that listens to the propaganda and does not listen to the tune.

Dorothea had just taken the throne, and the demands of the three legions were clearly a temptation. Obviously, if Empress Dorosia did not show her strength and wisdom, they would soon turn a deaf ear to orders from the new Empress.

"Then Your Majesty, how many gold lundes are left in our treasury? What is the size of the three legions and who is the commander-in-chief? How much money do you need for military pay and supplies in a year?"

After pondering for a moment, Xia Lin first asked Empress Dorothy.

On the side, some conservative officials and nobles who were neutral and committed to Cheng who did not know Xia Lin very well suddenly began to discuss with each other, this is a court discussion, how could Her Majesty the Empress who had just succeeded not ask the opinions of many officials and nobles, but asked a hairy boy who was young and had just given birth to fluff.

However, in the explanation of Xia Lin's deeds by the enlightened officials who were familiar with Xia Lin in the crowd, the dissatisfaction and indignation of these people quickly dissipated, and they began to look at Xia Lin with inquiring and curious eyes, and many nobles showed envy and jealousy for Xia Lin, a young man who was highly regarded by Her Majesty the Empress.

"Baron Charin, I can explain this to you.

In order to repair the mausoleum of Emperor Plit, there are only 43,673 gold lunts left in the imperial treasury, of which the rock crocodile legion stationed in the south has a total of 12 divisions, the commander is Marshal Paul Jelde, the total number of the legion is 128,000 people, and a total of 166,000 gold lundes need to be allocated every year.

The Manticore Legion in the southwest has a total of eight divisions, commanded by Marshal Raleigh Barlow, with a total number of 112,000 men, and a total of 158,000 gold lunts of military salaries and supplies need to be allocated every year.

The Vulture Legion in the East has a total of twelve divisions, commanded by Field Marshal Hume Ronald, with a total number of 122,000 men, and a total of 150,000 gold lunts of salaries and supplies are required every year."

Earl Stewart, who was on the side, got up and explained to Xia Lin in detail.

"Why is the Manticore Legion the least numerous, but the Golden Lente needed so much?"

Xia Lin quietly listened to Earl Stewart's introduction, and couldn't help but ask with some doubts.

"Because the southwest is also responsible for the trade between the Agase Sea and the Kingdom of Prius and the Harrett Dynasty, four divisions of the Manticored Legion are navy, and although the number of the navy is small, the expenditure is much higher than that of the army."

Sitting among the enlightened nobles present, Field Marshal Hubbard, who looked a little out of place, explained to Xia Lin.

The general topography of this continent is rather peculiar, and it has been found that most of the main continent is a trapezoidal continent, which is divided into two parts by a dragon ridge mountain range that spans the north and south of the continent, and only the triangular protrusion below connects the huge land on the north and south sides of the mountain range.

On the eastern side of the continent is the object of the Sassen Empire's war: the six northern kingdoms, from north to south, are the kingdom of Clancedia, the kingdom of Yin Yajiao, and the kingdom of Lilan

The kingdom, the kingdom of Austin, the kingdom of Sardinia, and the kingdom of Enschro, which borders the northern border on the western side of the empire.

The Sassen Empire as a whole extends like a cat's tail along the north to the east, so the north and south of the empire are bordered by the ocean, and naturally, the empire has a navy in the north and south.

"I see, what about the Middle Realm? What armies do we have in our hands now?"

Xia Lin glanced at Field Marshal Hubbard in surprise, nodded knowingly, and then asked.

"There are no corps in the Middle Border, there are two Guards divisions near Helgana, and eight regular divisions are stationed in the rest of the country, one of which is also a navy, and they are stationed near the port of Dafa.

However, with the exception of the 4th and 7th Divisions, which I have a great influence on, I am afraid that the generals of the other divisions are also hesitant to support Her Majesty."

Field Marshal Hubbard continued to explain that although in his heart he was originally more inclined to the succession of Prince Fairmode, but now that the things that Prince Fairmode had done had been exposed, after he learned about it in detail, he completely extinguished his thoughts of supporting the prince who killed the king and father and colluded with the villains.

No matter how he couldn't get used to this group of enlightened nobles who were full of the copper smell of merchants, he could only pinch his nose and throw himself into them.

"If that's the case, Your Majesty, I think this matter can be settled. Our current dilemma is a lack of funding and military support, so we just need to get the money and their support.

First of all, we have to make a list of the rebel party, and the conservative aristocracy on this list is a good source of funds.

All current assets were confiscated and deposited into the state treasury, and fixed assets were auctioned publicly, and we were soon able to raise a large amount of money.

In addition to these funds, we can take out a part of the territories of these large and small nobles to reward the knights who have made meritorious contributions in this battle to quell the rebellion, and settle their minds first.

Then he announced that he would pursue the leaders of the rebels, Fermod Ahlika and Hutt Arnold, and promised to obtain their first commanders and be crowned counties of the Arnold family.

This would allow us to easily complete the most difficult step, which was to get these legions in the Middle Realm to obey our first orders and take our side.

As long as they obey this first order, as long as we can provide the logistics that the army needs, then we can basically guarantee control of the Middle Realm army."

"Baron Charlin's proposal coincides with my previous thoughts, but I don't think the poor conservatives will be able to get so much gold."

Earl Stewart nodded at first about Charlin's idea, but then pointed out the problem.

Earl Stewart has been in charge of the empire's finances for decades, so naturally he will not be unable to think of this simple solution, he has already put forward a similar idea before, but no matter how it is calculated, they still have a big gap that needs to be filled by another way.

The three legions together required a salary of 474,000 gold luns for a year, and even if it was paid quarterly, 120,000 gold luns would have to be given, and although the conservative nobles looked decent, Earl Stewart knew that many of them were poor and decent.

Most of the conservative aristocrats who are not good at management can earn four or five hundred gold lunds a year from the various crops grown in the estate, even if the year is good, these gold lunds can be left with a hundred a year after removing their daily expenses, even if they are thrifty.

Under these circumstances, Earl Stewart did not expect that the forty or so conservative aristocrats would be able to put together such a large Kingent.

"Then let the banks play a role again! Your Majesty, I think it is possible to set up a separate national bank in your name, and then issue a bunch of treasury bonds through this bank for the members of the alliance to subscribe to."

Xia Lin thought about it, and it was true, when the Greg family didn't meet him, he also made so many hundred gold lunds a year, and this income was already most of the level of the nobles in this world, and it was probably unrealistic to scrape enough money from the conservative nobles.