Section 246 of the text is the crisis of the empire (I)

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"Father, are we really going to work with him? This man is too dangerous. ←, "Dimertai now has no more of the jealousy that he had had at the beginning because of Arya, and has replaced it with a kind of fear.

He said fiercely: "This person has evil intentions, if we report him to the Empire, will we be able to survive this trouble." ”

"Stupid. Yu Cen said coldly: "It's Redfield who is going to trouble us, and behind him is Arkai, unless we can prove that our value is greater than the price we need to pay for giving up in the game of the gods, we are just important pawns." This guy is very dangerous and even peeks into the secrets of the gods. But he is at least right about one thing, that is, if Redfield attacks this time, we can't get by, the family will be finished, although it will not decline immediately, but I will step down undignifiedly, with this time, others will pounce on us and take a bite, and finally Zenisar will also abandon us, for him it is just a change of spokesperson, but it is life and death for us. ”

Speaking of this, Yu Cen's face became a little hideous, and he roared in a suppressed voice: "This is the sorrow of the chess piece, but I am not willing to be sacrificed like this, even if it is for the sake of Zenisar, you and the family are the most important things to me." ”

Dimertay was stunned for a moment, "Then, why didn't you tell him some of Zenisar's secrets?"

"Of course not, he may have a way to shield Zenisar's induction, but we are believers in Zenisar, but we can't. Even if he could find a way to sever this bond of faith, Zenisar would have noticed it immediately. Yu Cen sneered, "As for him, whether he is a liar or a savior, he has to come up with real money to have the possibility of cooperation." ”

"The financial crisis of the empire was not caused by me Yu Cen, but it was just a matter of years of accumulation, which happened to erupt during my tenure, even if I had to borrow money and agree to some conditions, it should have been the empire's business. How can it be our family's business?" Yu Cen said with a smile: "If he can really lend us money, he can delay the crisis in the short term, and I can step down with dignity, no matter who comes to power in the future." I could have seen the jokes the same way I did Redfield today, and even fell into the trap. ”

Di Motai was silent, his father's dignified or undignified resignation was related to the future rise and fall of his family, and even his future depended on it. He is now the deputy commander, if his father is not stained when he steps down, then he will continue to have high prestige, and he will still be the leader in the system of craftsmen and merchants of the Zenisar line, and there will be much less obstacles for him to become the captain of the army in the future, at least the followers of Zenisar will support him unifiedly, but if he does not step down with dignity, then the future will be sad, even if the position of deputy commander remains unchanged, I am afraid that he will be old for the rest of his life, and whether he can get some real power will only depend on his relationship with the army commander.

Come to think of it. He was not jealous at all, but secretly hoped that Solomon would really have an effect.

"I'm going to find out what Lula is talking about. Yu Cen muttered: "Even if this Yagravin can really lend us money, the conditions they put forward must be agreed to in the name of the empire, and they will never be able to bypass Lu Wei." ”――

Solomon returned to the residence arranged by Dimertai, and Arya came over after hearing about it, and although she didn't ask directly, she couldn't hide her concern about his meeting with Yuzen.

"Yu Cen is indeed in trouble, as you might expect. The financial crisis of the Meide Empire erupted during his tenure, and it was impossible for him to solve it. Solomon said.

There were several aspects of the financial crisis of the Meide Empire, one was the annexation of land, and the great nobles and the high-status followers of the Holy Spirit occupied a large amount of land. Below them were the minor nobles and ordinary followers of the Holy Spirit who drank some soup, while those who were not qualified to become full believers, even if they still believed in a certain Holy Spirit, could only pray for the afterlife; And ordinary believers in the Holy Spirit also have the right to relief, and a great deal of wealth is gathered in their hands.

The third is that the border troubles are endless, the military expenditure continues to grow, although the Made Empire was successful, but the peaceful days are only a short period of time, and then the elves of the Summer Twilight Islands, the rebellion of the snake people of the Black Marsh Province, and the dwarves of Gaoyan Province and Luohammer Province are also a hidden danger.

Among them, the rebellion of the snake people in Black Marsh Province also hides another huge external trouble, that is, the Akavir continent, where the human race is said to have been exterminated, the survivors have fled, and a few have fled to the Tamriel continent, so more people know that the Akavir continent has been ruled by humanoid tribes, and now there are four humanoid tribes there, the second most powerful of which is the snake people, which is the same origin as the snake people in the Black Marsh Province.

The snake rebellion in the Black Marsh Province is most likely because they have also heard that on the Akavir continent, the humanoid tribe has successfully conquered the territory of the Terran Race, which has inspired them, and they want to be independent from the rule of the Mader Empire, and according to the ferocious habits of the snake people, if they can succeed independently, it is not impossible to treat the Terrans as food like the snake people in the Akavir continent in the future, which means that the Akavir continent may threaten the Tamriel continent if one day.

Fourth, there was a lack of liquidity, not only was a large amount of landed wealth accumulated in the hands of the upper classes, but the currency of the empire was also accumulated in their hands in another form of wealth, and these people were not stored outside, and it was so strict that it affected the circulation of money.

None of these accumulations were created in a day or two, except for the border troubles, which have existed since the time of the Alician dynasty of the First Empire, and the three empires, the high-ranking believers of the Holy Spirit and their relatives have the privilege of tax relief.

In fact, there is a fifth aspect, but this aspect of the empire will not openly admit it, that is, the struggle between the Holy Spirit and the believers of the Holy Spirit has never stopped, although this kind of struggle is limited, but it is like a wound that continues to bleed, and there is always danger, resulting in the consumption of national strength.

Yu Cen didn't have the ability to solve these root causes, but during his tenure, he was detonated in advance by the elves of the Summer Twilight Islands in the form of war, and it would be good if it could be calmed down quickly, but he couldn't.

If you want to recapture the Morning Wind Province, you need to send more troops, and it is not money to recruit troops, armaments, and grain transportation, but Yu Cen can't get more money, so the imperial center has to ask other provinces to cooperate.

But if the war goes on for too long, the cost required is by no means something that can be supplemented by the donations and worship of the lords from all over the world, and the current Elven Rebellion is slowly evolving into such a trend, which exposes that the center of the empire is not only this war, but needs money everywhere, but it has fallen to the point where even the mausoleum of the founding monarch Titus Mead is shouted that there is no money.

If this situation is not resolved, Yu Cen will have to be thrown out as a scapegoat, and the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer will definitely be lost, and then if he is attacked by other people, maybe even the position of the patriarch will be shaken, and then it will be the time for the disaster of the entire family.

"He wanted me to help him. Solomon smiled at Arya.

"How can you help him? Can you solve those problems for him?" said Arya, although she could not summarize the above problems like Solomon, but she was clear about one or two of them, because she herself was the creator of some of them.

"You can try, I promised to help him raise money, and if I can get him through the current crisis, he will fully support the Rand family to expand their business to the whole continent, and will also open up access to many places, and my archaeological research will make great progress. Solomon said.

"But, but. Arya vaguely felt that it was not that simple, but she couldn't tell what the problem was.

"Don't worry, I'm just introducing you. "So in a few days I will return to my hometown and seek support for Yuzen." ”

"You're leaving?" Arya was still vaguely uneasy.

"Will be back again. Solomon nodded, "But before I do, I hope to have the opportunity to meet someone else, like Elder Yuzen's adversary, General Redfield." ”

"This is not difficult, the emperor has all kinds of upper-class parties, as long as you inquire carefully, Redfield will appear at the ball or dinner party at the house of a nobleman recently. Arya said.

After reassuring Arya, Solomon's other companion on the trip, Brandy, quietly appeared in the room.

She nodded to Solomon and cast a spell, and a vague force field appeared, dreamlike and deceptive, affecting any creature that approached the room, and the information it could receive would be what the legendary illusionist Brandy wanted to see.

Solomon shook his head slightly, and suddenly an even more strange power surged from him, and this power quickly covered the room, causing Brandy to retract the illusion force field in terror.

This force field is not strong, but it is full of distortion and chaos inside.

Solomon unleashes his understanding of the power of chaos from his experience in the Abyss of Chaos to cover up his conversation with Brandy.

Brandy's illusion force field just now also wanted to influence the Holy Spirit's perception of this world, she specialized in this, and the gods were not focused on her face-to-face, and the illusion force field should be able to deceive successfully.

"Your illusion field should be able to hide from the other Holy Spirits, but not from the most powerful of all, Akatosh. Solomon explained, "Now you can speak." ”

Brandy said: "Yu Cen, have you seen it, is it the target we need?"

"It's not. Solomon shook his head and said, "He is too timid to have the courage to resist the rule of the Holy Spirit, he just wants to keep himself and have a place under the rule of the Holy Spirit." But I still promised to help him, as long as we cooperate with him and let others see the value, we can easily find more options, and look at other targets that are not suitable for us, such as Redfield or even Lula. There is no shortage of careerists in this world, but there is just a lack of opportunities, as long as we can create opportunities for them, even if we know that this is a fire, there are still people who will put it on. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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