The Empire's North (4)
"Have you figured things out?" the fat man took the handkerchief soaked in the cool lake from the hand of a guard, tilted his head a little confusedly, and woke up in the afternoon, the harsh sun shone on the lake in the distance, like a golden mirror, in front of him, a guard squadron leader was respectfully reporting the situation of the investigation
"It has basically been figured out, according to the confession of Hunting, the head of the Morhaus garrison, before he passed out, the whole incident was arranged by a wealthy merchant family named Bourbon, and the reason why the other party acted so boldly was to take this opportunity to establish his prestige in Morhaus, so as to prove that the Bourbon family could withstand the pressure of the military after becoming mayor."
"Withstand the pressure of the military?"
The fat man was stunned for a moment, and then snorted in displeasure, "Who does he think he is? Is this Bourbon family looking for death? And that Hengting, what's the matter with him! As the head of the local army, he was led by the nose! What happened when he was more than an hour late?" "Last night was the Shuanglan Festival in Moorhaus, and most of the soldiers went out and were not in the barracks, so they assembled an hour late, which was a dereliction of duty on the part of Yan zhòng." The captain of the guards squadron in charge of the investigation was none other than Abiso, and while explaining, he glanced at the majestic back of His Majesty the Falcon, and said calmly, "According to the imperial military regulations, his subordinates let Henting kneel under the scorching sun for 5 hours before dragging it down, even if he fainted halfway! 5 hours of scorching sun exposure is enough to dehydrate a physically strong person, and when Hunting drags it down, he is already out of breath, I believe he will remember this lesson!" "The imperial military regulations, it seems that it is time to mention it again!" In the peaceful environment of the homeland, the soldiers have forgotten the smell of blood!" The fat man seemed to think of something, his eyes looked at the blue sky in the distance, and his tone was cold and terrifying, no one knew what he was thinking about!" The Bourbon family has become the mayor of Morhaus!" Abiso, the leader of the Guards Squadron, had a strange face, and mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally, and sure enough, he saw the Falcon Majesty turn around, his eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly said, "Mayor? If I remember correctly, Caesar Sauron's Northern Army should be in Kudan City, 40 miles away from here!"
"It's the Sixth Banner Regiment of the Northern Army!" the garrison is Kudan," Abiso replied a little unclear, most of the Imperial Legions were in Obaro, and now only Caesar Solon's Northern Legion remained in the Empire,
"Order the Northern Army. Immediately mobilize troops to settle in Murhaus! In the name of temporary exercises, immediately put the whole city under martial law for one month!" The corner of the fat man's mouth showed a sneer, "Since the other party wants a unique mayoral ceremony, then give him a chance to let the entire northern part of the empire know about it!"
The fat man's voice stopped, and he said in a sharp tone, "Everyone must know that the reform of the imperial army is one thing, the authority of the imperial army is another, and it has not yet reached the point where it is the turn of a local mayor to provoke, as for that Hengting, for the sake of the bloody battle for the empire." Let him submit his resignation report to the Ministry of Military Affairs! If it were not for the fact that this matter was an opportunity to readjust the local army, I would have ordered a thorough investigation of this family, and I would have dared to use it even by the army, and I believe it. As long as it is checked, even if it is a blank piece of paper, it can make it possible to find out countless stains, and in the war-torn world, a family that can rise in an area like Morhausk. How can the foundation be clean!" "Yes, the subordinates will send people!"
Abiso replied categorically, seeing his old friend Hende being deceived and punished. He also has a grudge against this Bourbon family! But listening to His Majesty's tone, it seems that he does not mean to punish this Bourbon family immediately, but also, the Bourbon family may be regarded as a decisive force in Moorhaus, but in front of His Majesty the Falcon, it is the difference between ants and elephants.
When an elephant walks, should it be necessary to pay attention to the attitude of the ants in front of it?
No, just step on it! The mobilization of the Northern Army into Morhaus, is the foot of His Majesty, this Bourbon family is completely finished, a full month of martial law, the other party's mayor wants to prove that he can carry the military, but he was slapped in the face by the military, full martial law, which means that the army has fully taken over the city's ability to control the city, this slap in the face, loudly estimated that the entire northern territory of Vekia can be heard, all the hard work of the Bourbon family in Mourhausk has been wasted, this is the price of offending His Majesty!
In the evening, the beautiful golden sunset shines on the town hall of Molhalsk
Hundreds of merchants and nobles of Murhausk gathered here to congratulate the birth of the first mayor, and under the gaze of everyone, Bourbonrad, dressed in a black dress, with a happy smile on his face, walked up to the front desk a little drunk, holding a glass of red fruit wine in his hand, and his smug gaze swept over the faces of the people below.
Bourbonrad's face showed a hint of emotion, these people were once vassals of the wealthy family, or the head of the underground forces, the fire of the Falcon Army burned down the big tree named Antis, and also made these businessmen like himself, who had once taken charge of the business on behalf of the Antis family, become the new magnates, "This is really a world full of expectations! We will form a new order in Morhaus today" Bourbonrad muttered in a low voice, raised his wine glass, and shouted loudly to the people below" Everyone, let's raise our glasses and celebrate together that from today onwards, Murhausk will become the Moorhaus's own city! We will be the true masters of the city, and the town hall will re-establish the rules of the city, even the imperial army will not be able to control us! Come on, let's raise our glasses and shout, Long live Mourhaus!
"Long live Molhaus! Long live the town hall"
Countless wine glasses were raised, and the cheerful sound vibrated the town hall, and the faces of the merchants and nobles attending the meeting were red with excitement, the town hall, what a powerful term, from this day on, they are the managers of the city!
Of course, they knew why Bourbonrad said this! Under the deliberate exaggeration of the Bourbons, everyone had already heard that Bourbonrad had made a stern accusation to the head of the garrison last night about the intrusion of the Imperial cavalry into his family's private property, and although he had not yet replied, the courage of the Bourbons was admirable.
In the Empire, the status of the army was above that of the other classes, and the authority of the local garrison was, in a way, the emperor of the land.
This made the new business aristocracy, which was rapidly rising, very unhappy, and in the past, no one dared to make such an accusation that it would obviously be suppressed by the military, but this time it was different, the empire promulgated the mayoral system, and for the first time, the business aristocracy saw the opportunity to participate in the management of the imperial power.
The business aristocracy wanted to see a person who dared to withstand the pressure of the military, and it was the great influence of this expectation that made most of the businessmen and aristocrats decisively vote for the Bourbon family in the election: "Let's take it lightly, it's now a mayor." If the roof of the hall is blown away, we will repair it at our own expense!" a nobleman laughed and teased loudly, causing the crowd to laugh, and at that moment there was some commotion at the door of the hall, and a wolf-looking Moorhaus merchant, with a notice in his hand, ran into the hall and shouted, "Oh no." The Imperial Army has entered the city!"
"The Imperial army is entering the city, Harbiri, what are you kidding?" the drunken Bourbonrad looked at the flustered businessman and said with a disapproving smile on his face, "The Imperial army didn't enter and leave the city that day!
"Haha. This guy must have drunk too much!" The nobles and merchants laughed,
"It's the regular army of the Empire!
The merchant realized that he was in too much of a hurry to explain the most important place, and hurriedly swore angrily, "Just now. I could see clearly that whole detachments of regular soldiers had driven into the streets of Murhaus, thousands of them! I put up a poster, and I took a copy of it!"
"Proclamation?" Seeing that the businessman did not seem to be telling a lie, the nobles and businessmen who were celebrating were a little stupid, and their eyes all looked at Bourbonrad who was on the stage, which seemed to mean, Mayor, don't you have to bear the pressure of the military?
"Bastard, what the hell is going on!" Bourbonrad reluctantly stepped down to take the notice from the businessman, and when he glanced at it, he was dumbfounded!
"What's the matter!" everyone rushed over curiously, all wanting to see what kind of magic could be on this kind of notice, which could make the new mayor watch Xiàn so shocked
Someone exclaimed in disbelief, "Yes, martial law for a month...... Even city management can't be implemented, so what prestige does our city hall have at all!" a member of the city hall seemed to think of something, muttering to himself, his face looked ugly,
At this moment, outside the city hall, several teams of northern troops in black armor were walking here, led by a middle-aged general, wearing a straight imperial general's uniform, cuffs trimmed with gold thread and silver edges, and short flaxen hair, like a needle tip erected, which became more and more military and powerful.
He stopped on the steps in front of the town hall, glanced at the city hall where the cheers had just been heard, and pretended to be dissatisfied and said to the adjutant behind him, "In the case of the declaration of martial law, what should be done with the crowd gathering and making noise?"
The adjutant replied understandingly, raised his hand and waved it to the soldiers behind him, and led the soldiers behind him to the steps in front of him, and the soldiers rushed into the town hall without any scruples, and the merchants and nobles who were in the hall were a little stupid when they saw the soldiers crowded at the door
"What do you want to do!" said the merchant, whose body trembled with too much fear.
"According to the imperial military order, it is forbidden to gather crowds during martial law!"
The adjutant looked at them with an indifferent face, this time the order came from the noble Falcon Majesty, it seems that it is someone here, which makes His Majesty very unhappy! Since this is the case, then don't blame us! He raised his hand, nodded a few times casually, and made a gesture to the soldiers behind him who were controlling the whole scene, "Grab them all!"
"You...... You can't!"
Before a nobleman could even finish speaking, several murderous soldiers had already rushed up and dragged them out like dead dogs, "Wow" The upstarts in the hall who were still very masters just now suddenly turned pale with fright, and when faced with the real military, these wealthy businessmen who used to recognize themselves as covering the sky with one hand suddenly discovered,
The so-called courage and arrogance, in the face of the power of the army in front of them, disappeared like flowing water,
The so-called suppression of the military is simply a joke, and in the eyes of the army, they are like a group of ants who are fighting each other. Life is like a leaf in the wind, which can be crushed by the sharp swords of the army at any time, the sun is shining in the sky, but what shines on them is the majestic cold, and the black armor around them seems to be able to hide the light
On the first day of the establishment of the Molhausk City Hall, all the members were thrown into the army prison.
The people of Moorhausk were horrified to see that proclamations proclaiming martial law were all over the streets and alleys of the city, and behind the windows of houses on both sides of the streets of Moorhaus, the Moorhausk people looked like frightened moles. One by one, they looked at the army patrols walking up and down the streets with frightened eyes,
The black armor also looked so dark in the setting sun, unable to see the light, like the black king of the Hell Demon King's land, shrouded in a qiē, suffocating, the heavy footsteps outside the window and the rattling sound of the metal armor reminded the bloodiest part of the memory of the Murhausk people,
Most of the Molhausk remember. The same scene happened six years ago.
After the capture of Murhaus, the Falcon Army in the name of purging the remnants of the enemy. Martial law was also declared for a month, a month in which the power of the Stien and their vassal families was uprooted, and the gurgling heads were piled up in a hill at the decapitation field. More than 2,000 people were purged, which is a narrowing of the scope of involvement, otherwise as the base camp of the Stien family for a hundred years. The area where the rebellion against Samore was most fierce did not wash the streets with the blood of tens of thousands of people, no matter how you look at it, it is abnormal!
It was supposed to be a scorching summer day in July, but at this moment, in front of the sharp spears of the Falcon Army, it exuded a cold winter-like atmosphere, with a group of unlucky people in the city hall as an example, the streets were quickly deserted and not even a single figure could be seen, the shops were closed, and the city management was impossible to talk about.
The base camp of the Imperial Northern Army,
The sun shone on the stone platform, and Caesar Sauron, the commander of the Northern Army, looked at the two documents on the table with some distress, one was a report sent by the Molhausk side, the reporter was Associate, the commander of the Sixth Banner of the Northern Army, who had just shocked the entire northern part of Wikia because of the Murhausk incident.
Without much explanation, in Assyco's report there is only an order for the exercise signed by His Majesty the Falcon himself,
This is enough to explain the reason for the temporary exercise of the Sixth Flag Regiment, and the other article is an inquiry from the commercial alliance, as an important commercial town in the north, Murhausk suddenly encountered strong suppression by the military, and the commercial alliance needs an explanation from the military!
"It's too much to ask for an explanation!"
Caesar Solon pouted at the requirements of the commercial alliance, thought for a while, pulled out the order of the Falcon Majesty Xià from the Assyrian report, and casually threw the text of the commercial alliance into the garbage basket, the power of the commercial alliance After the promulgation of the mayor system, the city alliance was invisibly formed, and the combination of merchants and municipal power did make the military feel the pressure, and Caesar Solon was also worried about how to deal with it when the rights of the two sides conflicted, but the decisive example of the Falcon Majesty Xià has been shown! The army is the foundation of the empire, and it cannot be shaken!
In July, the fat man arrived in Echmore, but the shock caused by the Molhausk incident was spreading, and the eyes of the empire were focused on the northern region of Vekia, and the confrontation between the mayor system and the military power was more than the Falcon Majesty Xià married a beautiful wife, which made people feel the impact of the trend of the times,
The inquiries raised by the Business Alliance were not answered by the military, but something even more shocking was also released by the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs,
According to the training order, all officers at or above the level of commander of the local military flag will be concentrated in the army academy in the south of the empire for a three-month intensive training, and then according to the results of the training and the wishes of the generals, they will be transferred and distributed from the beginning, according to the news revealed by a drunken senior adjutant of the Ministry of Military Affairs, because of the shortage of troops on the O'Barro side, so His Majesty carried out this cluster, after this training, if the generals are willing, and the performance is excellent, and they are recognized by His Majesty the Falcon, it will be possible to return to the front-line combat unit from the new military position,
The leak of this news suddenly caused a huge wave among the local army generals who were complaining.
Returning to the front-line troops is simply something that many local generals can wake up with a smile in their dreams.
The nature of a soldier is to pursue glory and merit, and to gamble his life to fight for honor
The front-line troops are the real imperial combat troops, and they are the soul of the imperial war knives.
Whether it is the opportunity to make a meritorious service, or the glory and status received, the treatment of the front-line troops is simply abusive to the local troops, and the generals of the local army began to assemble at the Army Academy in the south of Vikia, where they were exposed to how to cooperate with the navy in combat, how to establish regional ties, and here, they came into contact with a special new military position, "colonial governor",
This kind of highest military position in the integration of military and political affairs in a certain region has undoubtedly made all the local army generals red-eyed!
This is a position that is tailor-made for them! It can obtain a great deal of glory and wealth, it can be valued by the Empire, and the most appropriate part is that it is not very demanding to be a colony governor.
It doesn't matter if you are disabled or wounded in battle, the main thing is that you have two "courage and courage!" dare to support the imperial sky alone in a certain region! (To be continued......