National Games (8)
June of the fifth year of the imperial calendar is a month with a special place in the history of the Falcon Empire
In the record of the history of the Falcon Empire, this month is also called "the turning of national fortunes", which means the national policy of the empire, and it has taken a huge turn in this month, because in this month, in the face of the fully settled internal territory of the empire, the rulers headed by the Falcon Emperor began to spontaneously adjust the national policy in this month, this month, one of the important ministers of the imperial military, the southern governor of the country, Statunko, first announced the appointment list of the latest regional management officials on the Salander Peninsula in the south,
In this list, everyone took note of the identity of these new district administrators, nobles! Among the newly appointed district officials, the nobility accounted for three-quarters of the district administrators of Salander, which was like a bomb dropped into the water, stirring up a huge wave within the empire, and just when everyone was surprised by this sudden change, in late June, the system of city mayors promulgated by the Ministry of the Interior to the entire empire once again set off a boil in the empire.
This is the first time that the empire has opened the door to reconciliation with the aristocratic factions that have been suppressed for several years, because the aristocracy at this time has long ceased to be the privileged class that was powerful in the kingdom era, and the unification war set off by the empire has carried out a heavy sweep of the nobles of various countries with bloody horseshoe, and the manor that was once overgrown with crops has become a wasteland full of grass, and the grand family that has been glorious for a hundred years has withered in the foyer, and all that remains is the drunkard who is drunk with the memory of the past scenery
It was a devastation left behind by a war of conquest, when the empire with vast lands needed stability, experienced administrators, and a class that could keep the country functioning, although it was not the best choice, but it was undeniable that the aristocracy was still the largest intellectual group of the era. is the most experienced regional manager, is the vane that can make most ordinary people feel stable.
In the subsequent changes, among the big merchant class that was most affected by interests, the former aristocracy was undoubtedly the source of most of the wealthy merchant families in it. This qiē shows that personal excellence will also be limited by the times, and the aristocracy has never died, but has changed to a way of survival. Even the Falcon Emperor, who was very talented, could not ignore the role of this class, which was a choice that the empire had to make, and it was also a choice that determined the direction of the empire's three-hundred-year operation.
Excerpt from The Transition of Empires, Volume 5, Chapter 2 - Sociologist Ferran Larbo
The July wind swept up the scattered golden yellow of the earth, and the cool plains blew through the golden waves of wheat on both sides of the road, and the heavy ears of wheat were like soldiers lined up on the battlefield, and the curved wheat stalks were held high into the sky
Fat Man held a military parade in Kyoto, Salander, with troops returning from the Obarro region as an encouragement to the veterans who had fought for the empire for several years. The fat man was not wearing the emperor's majestic uniform that day, but the black demon king's armor, and 50,000 Falcon Army soldiers lined up in a phalanx in the vast wilderness of Salander's Kyoto, and the battle flags rolled over the ground like clouds. The cold light of countless spears hit people, making the faces of countless Salanders who were watching from the side turn like dirt
This is a demonstration of the great military power of the empire, appeased with one hand and strong with the other. It has always been the style of the fat man, and the use of Salander nobles as regional magistrates does not mean that the imperial war knife will be dull. This is a deterrent to all Salanders.
But when the autumn wind swept across the ground, the reminder messenger sent from the northern steppe also arrived in Salander Kyoto, and handed over the son who was babbling in his arms to the little one's mother, and the fat man met with the messenger of the steppe man, who was a person known to the fat man, the left leader of the Duowei Yan Division, Yagmo, who was a steppe man with a steady face, forty years old, and under his broad forehead, was a dark red face that was unique to the steppe people, which had been affected by wind and frost.
With the sound of the collision of a metal scale armor, this tall and strong, like a bear-like grassland warrior knelt down in front of the fat man without hesitation, and said loudly, "Yagmo salutes the land walker of the steppe immortal sky, the eternal master of the steppe, and the greatest master of the royal court!"
As the steppe general knelt down, a breath belonging to a warrior came to his face, and a chill flashed in the fat man's slightly squinted eyes, what a fierce general! Salander has enjoyed half a month of family affection, and has been wandering in the joy of his wife and children all day long, and he has almost forgotten this warrior's heart that can only be forged in the most cruel environment
"The grassland is indeed the land of the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger!Yagmo, get up, we haven't seen each other for three years!" The fat man smiled slightly when he heard this, he remembered that the first time he saw this grassland general, when he was still Duo Weiyan as a foreign officer of the West Court, he was bold and careful, and he was extremely loyal to Duo Weiyan, this guy with the tallest body was quite conspicuous among the grassland guards,
"It's three years and two months! My subordinates didn't expect the Khan to remember a little character like me," Jagmo stood up respectfully, wearing a steppe fur hat and helmet with two long braids hanging down from his buns, which made people feel a little funny
"The left leader of the Prairie Duowei Department, 30,000 wind troops under his command ride the Megatron Grassland! If you are also a small character, then the patriarch of the Teli City Department, one of the eight Prairie Divisions that you defeated in winter, is a clown who can't get on the stage!" the fat man waved his hand disapprerovingly,
In winter, the fat man received a report from the border guards of Berrant Bonnie, with the growing strength of the Duowei Department, the expansion of power has touched one of the eight parts of the grassland, the Teli City Department, since the West Khan Court was defeated by Vekia, the Khan Court's grasslands in the north almost all fell into the hands of one of the eight departments, Teli City Department, with the southward migration of the grassland tribes, the West Grassland has formed a southern area centered on the Aiche Moor controlled by the Duowei Department, where most of the Xiting tribes are concentrated, and the northern part of the West Grassland centered on Moroto of the Te Li City Department
When Yagmo heard the fat man's words, his face changed, and he bowed his head in fear and replied, "Last winter, the Teli City Department, one of the eight departments of the grassland, wanted to cross the demarcated grassland with a strong military force, and Lord Yan had no choice but to order his subordinates to lead the wind army into the border, hoping to deter it. Lord Yan specially instructed that the status and power of the Duowei Department can have today is because of the great tree of Majesty!" "After this marriage with the Empire. What are Duo Weiyan going to do?"
The fat man turned around, his eyes swept over the face of the somewhat frightened grassland general like a knife, and suddenly asked an inexplicable sentence, "According to the current power of the Duowei Ministry, he has spent so much effort, if it is really for the so-called balance of grassland interests, then it is really a joke, when did Duo Weiyan start to pay attention to such a thing as balance!" "I don't understand, what does Majesty mean?" Yagmo's dark red face was a little pale, and sweat faintly appeared on his forehead, "Could it be that my ears are already deaf?" The fat man's face was slightly cold. The corners of his mouth snorted disdainfully!"If you want to unite all the clans to attack the heart of the Teli City, even if it is Obaro on the other side of the sea, I can hear that uneasy beating sound!" "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" Yagmore's face turned completely pale, and he knelt down in front of the fat man, and said in a trembling voice, "Lord Yan does have the intention of attacking the City Department of Teli City, but Lord Yan is also loyal to His Majesty, and this time he advocates marriage, which is Lord Yan's loyalty, and everyone knows that Lord Yan's favorite is Princess Dunya." Moreover, Lord Yan has not yet had an heir, which is a very strict matter for the grassland tribe, and Lord Yan specially explained when he set off this time, if he could. He hoped that His Majesty would allow Princess Dunya's son to serve as the next patriarch of the Duowei Clan" "Is that really what Duo Weiyan said?" A trace of astonishment flashed on the fat man's face, "It's true, the little one guarantees with this humble head!"
Looking at the ruthlessness and ruthlessness of His Majesty Falcon in dealing with the Salander Expeditionary Force, you will know that once the Duowei Department becomes a force that threatens the Empire. The sword in the hand of the Falcon Majesty will not hesitate to swing down, no one can resist the imperial army, when the imperial iron hooves converge under the Falcon battle flag, even the most powerful steppe warriors will tremble in despair, in this case, if the Duowei Department still wants to continue to develop, it must show enough loyalty,
This is what Duo Weiyan said to his subordinates at the tribal meeting where the marriage decision was made, "Get up, whether what you say is true or not, I have never doubted Duo Weiyan's loyalty!"
The fat man took a deep breath and waved his hand to this Duo Weiyan's henchman, in fact, he knew very well about Duo Weiyan's determination to put so much effort into this time and send his sister to his harem.
July, is the day I promised to go to the northern grasslands, although the road from the north of Vikia to the northern grasslands has been connected, but the fastest speed also takes more than half a month, which is still under the condition of continuous horse changes along the way,
On the eve of leaving Salander, a small ball was held in the hall of the Hall of Starlight, and tomorrow he was about to embark on the arduous journey north, and the fat man wanted to be able to spend a peaceful evening alone with his women, if it was placed in the bedroom, the area there was too small, and it seemed that he was about to part, and in the middle of the ball, the fat man left the ball in the hall and came to the balcony outside the temple hall, where there was already a charming figure waiting for him, "I knew you would come here!" Mao Mona Qing glanced at him beautifully, the starlight hall has a beautiful scenery, under the illumination of the starlight, from the temple halfway up the mountainside, you can overlook the city lights of Salande Kyoto not far away, dense lights, like a huge river of light illuminating the land in the distance, sitting under such a night sky, itself is an unforgettable magnificent scene,
The fat man couldn't stand Mao Monaqing's faint and sad gaze, especially her "sensibleness" that he had emphasized to other women, and asked them to learn, so he couldn't help but feel a little heartache, thought about it seriously, and said, "Your resentful eyes, do you hate me for marrying a wife again." ”
Mao Mona Qing looked into the distance, and said with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, "Your Majesty, what's the matter, you are the emperor, this is destined to make you not belong to a woman, I don't have the leisure to care about how many more women you have!" The fat man saw that it was not for this reason, he felt a big headache, and guessed, "Is it because I haven't come back for so long?"
Mao Mona Qing kissed the fat man softly, and said, "Marrying an emperor, you naturally have to have such an awareness, not to mention that you are an emperor who likes to expand the territory, and now that you are by my side, who will remember how long you have been away before?"
Mao Monaqing's voice stopped, she looked at him brightly, winked playfully, and smiled sweetly, "People give you another chance, or I won't accompany you tonight!!"
The fat man has a headache for this mother of his own child, who is still a beautiful woman. When the eyebrows were tightly twisted together, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in his mind, and he deliberately teased her and said, "Then it's not miserable this time, if I can't guess it, you don't want to stay alone in the empty room!"
Mao Mona Qing didn't expect the fat man to be so helpless, so she stepped on the back of the fat man's feet angrily and funny, and couldn't help but say, "Don't lie to me, I know you guessed, please tell the people! You can do whatever you want. ”
The fat man's heart was crisp when he heard this, and he couldn't bear to tease this beautiful woman who had made his dreams haunt and had shared hardships, and kissed the peerless princess's smooth eggshell-like face and said, "Are you thinking that I will go north to the grassland this time, but I am afraid that the earth will rekindle the flames of war, I know that you are a pacifist, but I didn't expect that after so many years, after seeing the cruelty of the unification war, you still haven't changed!" "I don't know why." Or maybe I always believe that peace is better for the people than war, which is something that grandpa has always warned us!" Mao Mona Qing nodded solemnly, looked at the Sarand Kyoto like a river of light in the distance, and said, "The development of the Duowei Department in the northern grasslands has reached a bottleneck. With 80,000 soldiers and lying across thousands of miles of grassland, this is already the maximum that His Majesty can tolerate the Duowei Department, and His Majesty supported the rise of Dongting at the beginning. It is not to balance the Duowei Department of the Western Grassland, and the reason why Dongting dares to rise is because of the commander of the Dongting army. The eldest princess of the East Court is a woman herself, in such an identity, the tolerance for the rise of the East Court can be appropriately relaxed, no matter what, the East Court is her own thing after all, just like some of the weeds that accidentally grew in her field, no matter how the power develops, in fact, it has always been under control,
But Duo Wei Department does not have such conditions, marriage is the only way to untie this dead knot, of course, Duo Wei Yan must still have his own ideas, this brother-in-law who sticks to the door, although he has the face of an inland nobleman, but after several years of cruel struggle, he has become a thorough steppe hero, and the bloodline of the steppe wolf should not be underestimated, it is estimated that in the head of this brother-in-law, the marriage considered is not just as simple as more stabilizing the position of the Duowei Department in the empire,
Closer to the relationship between the two sides, there is also a plan to wait for the marriage, immediately use the influence of the marriage to unite all the tribes of the Western Grassland against the Teli City Department that occupies the northern grassland, launch a full-scale crusade, and completely eliminate the biggest enemy of the Western Grassland in one fell swoop, and make the Duowei Department the largest force in the Western Grassland, under such a temptation, it is not difficult to understand Duo Weiyan's determination to make this marriage imperative!" Mao Mon Naqing's gentle whisper is indeed an extremely cold law of survival, under such a beautiful night sky, it makes the night wind add a little chill "Since you know, you still deliberately do this! If you didn't acquiesce in this matter later, just relying on Duo Weiyan, you would never be able to do this!" The fat man glanced at her angrily, Mao Mona Qing under the starlight had a sense of holiness, which made people can't help but want to knead it, and with a little drunkenness on his face, it looked even more moving" I won't tell you, you're always used to thinking of people as very dark!"
Mao Mona Qing stuck out her tongue, held her head high, and looked at the long shadow of the winding mountains in the distance in the dark night with deep eyes, and said, "This matter is really not my reason, the former Khan King of the Western Grassland personally came forward, and the Duowei Department issued the condition that the son of His Majesty Xià and Philanton Ya will serve as the next patriarch, plus the pressure from the Southern Chaos and the Dyrens at the same time, even if I have just given birth to a son and established a sufficient status, I need to consider such a union, and I remain neutral in this matter!" In fact, this marriage is also a good choice, I know that His Majesty has a headache for the grassland, now it's okay, the east and west courts are really under the control of His Majesty, if the son of His Majesty is really the patriarch of the Duowei Department, then at least it can ensure the stability of more than a hundred years" Mao Mona Qing's face showed a bit of holy breath "I believe that the grassland without war must have a beautiful scenery that is not lost here!"
At this time, the beautiful archduchess, with a little drunkenness, actually dragged the embarrassed Dylan Kiss to the side, patted Mao Monaqing's fragrant shoulder unceremoniously and said, "Good sister! Why don't we go into the same bed together, as is customary!"
The corners of Mao Monaqing's mouth smiled slightly, and his eyes glanced at the embarrassed fat man again, took Nilai's hand, and said with a smile, "Sister, what she said is really my sister's heart, but unfortunately it's the second half of the night, I just don't know if someone still has that kind of energy and time before leaving."
The fat man looked at the two half-drunk female hooligans, and Dylan Skis, whose head was about to be buried in his chest, and sighed in a daze, "Although I want to, I can't agree to this unreasonable request, because I have to ride my horse for half a month in a row, it's just torture!" "Go one after another, even if it is, it's all you want!" The two women turned their heads at the same time,
Happy May Day, I wish everyone who works hard for their dreams to realize their dreams as soon as possible, (to be continued......)