Raldian Parabun, Kyoto. An earthquake of modest magnitude had just hit the area, littering the area with collapsed houses and homeless refugees, and although the Ministry of Administration and the Ministry of Home Affairs had arranged for the restoration of the project as soon as possible, it was due to the enormity of the project and the high demands of King Harlaus

"It has to be built more beautiful and luxurious than before, in order to show the majesty of Raldian"

As a result, the construction was delayed, including the Palazzo Freire, the seat of His Majesty's court. Therefore, the pilgrimage meeting of Rui Erdian has not been held since this earthquake.

What used to be decided after a group discussion became a situation in which His Majesty the King and the eight core ministers discussed and then promulgated and executed.

This kind of small meeting in the name of the entire kingdom is often called the Imperial Council, because His Majesty the King is less than three meters away in front of the participants, not at least eight meters away as in the early dynasties, and even the face of the Emperor Standing behind is not clear.

The place where the Imperial Council was held had been changed to the Omeran Palace on the west side of the palace, which was the closest palace to the bedroom of His Majesty the King, and was the most convenient for the Emperor's movements.

He only needs to get up from his beautiful personal officer, and he can appear in front of the most core courtiers within three minutes, which makes the time of the imperial meeting often be held in the middle of the night or early in the morning, as long as the king likes, the 8 ministers must be on call

The situation has become so dire that although the offensive of the Otto on Parabun has been thwarted, according to the latest intelligence, some poorly equipped herdsmen of the Patin are taking up the duties of garrisoning the occupied areas in the northern territory where the Kujits are raging.

This is not good news, the appearance of these land-defending militias means that these guys from the prairie are no longer going to take a handful of things like in previous years, but have plans to stay there for a long time

But the Ministry of Government has not been able to put forward effective measures to stop it, which has greatly affected the prestige that the Ministry of Government has just established, and His Majesty the King will take the initiative to seek the opinion of the Ministry of Government, but now, at some point, he has ignored the various proposals of the Ministry of Government, neither said yes, nor said no, just said lightly "I know", and it was done.

He didn't even know what he was supposed to do. Sometimes, he even had nightmares in which he dreamed that he was no longer pleasing to His Majesty. In this kind of torment, he found that he was too haggard, so haggard that even the newly gifted Dorok Beauty of the King did not have a jīng god to enjoy it, and it had not yet had a chance to mō the smooth skin that shone like a cow

At five o'clock in the morning, when people slept most soundly, the guards standing at the entrance gently knocked on his Dilinard and was woken up by the guards, who turned out to be the king's majesty sent a decree to him to enter the palace immediately.

He hurriedly got up, and with the help of the guards, he walked up to the waiting carriage at the entrance, in order to be able to be on call, Di Linald specially arranged 4 carriages, 24 hours of waiting at the mouth,

Just to reduce the time to reach the goal, if dozens of people attend the court meeting, who arrives first and who arrives later seems insignificant.

But if it's a small circle of only 8 people, it's critical.

His Holiness developed the habit of punctuality when he was young, and for the last minister to arrive, he was often greeted by His Majesty's sharp gaze, which felt like being gently slid through the throat by a knife, bringing people a suffocating depression.

The last time Dilynard was treated with this unique feeling because a carriage overturned on the road, he learned after the meeting that several ministers who were fortunate enough to attend the meeting were also blocked on that road.

It's just that these cunning guys didn't care about the face of their nobles, and ran on foot across the road in front of them, which was less than a thousand meters.

As for the grumpy new Minister of War, Prais, he directly snatched the horse of one of the guards and forcibly crossed over the roof of the overturned vehicle, showing his fierce and iron-blooded style

The icy cold moon hung high in the sky, the ink-sky was full of shining stars, and a cold night wind lifted the curtain of the carriage and blew in from the outside, leaving it still in a half-m-paste state

The cold wind and dust shrouded the night-streets of Paravon, making it look more somber and bleak, this great city has gone through so many changes in the past year or so,

On his hurried way to the palace, he spotted two carriages marked by the royal department, one behind the other at the corner of the dark street in front of him, and the rut in front of him was covered with red-mud that was not found in the city.

It was supposed to be Prais, the Minister of War who had just returned from the Bōerdo front, only the dirt there was reddish-brown, and the back of the saline looked much more stingy, except for the logo of the Ministry of Military Affairs, there was almost no sign of identity on the body, it should be the carriage of the confidential officer accompanying the team,

The two carriages were driving very impatiently, and the cars almost collided with each other before and after, even on the road where there was no crowd, they swayed from side to side, and at first glance they looked like they were constantly urging behind the coachman

"Could it be that something is going on at the front?" Dirinard's pale face looked a little unnatural, with a hint of foreboding, the last year has been a lot of disasters for the kingdom of Ryrdian

First, the huge southern offensive became scorched in a war of attrition, and then the unprecedented strategic failure of Vikia's northern strategy, not only lost the right to control the north of Vekia, but also threatened its own dominant hegemony in the north, and finally had to send troops to counterattack the steppe people as the last means to save face.

But no one expected that the more than 100,000 Ruierdian Northern Army, which was strong and strong, would be defeated by the critical Vychians in the unstoppable western grasslands, but instead of playing any role, the Kugit Dongting cavalry took advantage of the empty northern forces to occupy Achmore with an unstoppable momentum, and then swept the entire northern territory.

The northern towns that used to have a large population have turned into uninhabited ruins in this cruel northern war, and even the sharp front of the Kugit cavalry once reached the periphery of Parabun, if it were not for a great victory at Yeruige, the current head of Paravon City has been on the March flag of the eastern court of Kujit

Ruierdian's former glory, former glory, once proud of the world,

All were overshadowed by the ferocious storm of the steppe, although under the leadership of the new Minister of War, Prais, the Ryordian had gained some advantage in counterattacks, and they advanced steadily step by step, advancing the front more than a hundred miles to the north.

But how can the cultural precipitation accumulated in the north over thousands of years, and the prosperous towns and trades of millions of people, be compensated for in a short period of 100 miles?

The whole continent knows that the era of domination belonging to the Ryerdian people is gone, and the ambitious Rads, the rapidly rising Vykians, and the Kugit people galloping on the steppe are all fighting to create an era of their own people.

Even the Dorok people of the eastern mountains began to get restless, and there was some news that the Dorok seemed to be preparing to enlist the support of the Kugit and become independent from the northeastern mountains of the kingdom and establish a Dorok kingdom

Holding the suspicious Dilynard's carriage stopped in front of the palace, he quickly collected his thoughts and got out of the carriage, and under the guidance of the knights of the kingdom's guards, he walked through the beautiful palace and art garden, turning several palaces before arriving at the meeting place, the Omolan Palace

Seeing the few ministers standing in the palace in front of him, there was still a cluster in the east and a cluster in the west, Di Linald finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the ministers showed that the Supreme Majesty had not yet arrived, and hurriedly ran over, seeing that the guards and knights laughed in their hearts, these adults are more agile than the regular knights

The first thing that caught his eye was the Minister of State Dai Grana, the bald nobleman with a big belly standing on the right side of the room, he first waved his hand to Di Linard who walked in, as the Minister of Finance, he had a good relationship with Di Linald, who was in charge of government affairs, in this majestic little palace, he did not dare to speak loudly, but only made a friendly gesture with his arm to say hello, and at the same time he quietly told him that there might be some unexpected scenes in today's meeting.

The two men whispering to his left side,

One is the thin Foreign Minister Dispin, a cunning guy with a face like a vegetable market vendor, whose eyes light up when he sees anything advantageous, and the other is Bō Lotov, who is the chief of the palace and has shoulders two people wide, and looks like a winter bear that has just woken up from a distance.

The whole of Kyoto knows that he has the same hobby as the thin foreign minister, that is, playing with an NV person, and it is said that their favorite is the 2-on-1 posture, from the time they talk happily, the occasional L- voice is full of obscene chuckles, I know that these two guys, most likely just called from an NV person, seem quite jīng god, this abnormal excitement as long as a man understands,

The eldest prince Acrysas stood at the front with a promoted posture, wearing silver armor, expressionless, for Di Linard who walked in, he ignored and turned a blind eye, since the Battle of Yeruige, this arrogant prince His Royal Highness has risen to the top, and there is a great possibility of becoming the first general of Rui Erdian, with strong prestige and royal status, it is naturally impossible to put a minister of state who has lost power in his eyes

Some people said that the eldest prince repeatedly told the king that the reason why the northern part of the kingdom fell so quickly was related to the failure of the Ministry of Administration to mobilize the whole people to resist in time, and if the millions of people in the north could be armed, the tens of thousands of cavalry in Kugit would be a fart

"Dilinerd, what are you looking for?"

As if sensing what Dilinard was looking for in the Ministers, the Minister of State Dai Grana, who had just greeted him, quietly leaned over and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Prais is back," Dirinard said eagerly, "just outside the palace just now, I saw the carriage of the Ministry of War, and the dirt on the rut showed that he should have returned from the front just now, and His Majesty summoned us, but I am afraid that it has something to do with this matter"

"Say what? Prais is back."

Dai Gran's fat body trembled, his face changed in fright, and a pair of chubby little eyes suddenly appeared in a layer of haze, and his hands rubbed uneasily,

The name Prais was a nightmare for him.

Fighting wars is about money, recruiting soldiers, weapons, death compensation, and rewards, for the previous series of wars and the purchase of weapons from Vekia, Ryrdian has emptied the treasury for many years, coupled with the deterioration of the situation in the north, the kingdom's finances have reached a situation where they cannot make ends meet,

After Prais became Minister of War, he intensified his efforts to greatly increase the treatment of the Irdian soldiers, purchased more weapons and equipment to expand the size of the army, and proposed to His Majesty the King at the beginning of the month a so-called Great Northern Reconstruction Plan, preparing to expand the original Northern Army by 100,000 men to a huge scale of 200,000 people, and take the opportunity of this counterattack to regain the dominance of the North

Regarding this plan of standing and talking without backache, His Majesty Wang Xià just hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement

It is undeniable that this Great Northern Plan is very much to the appetite of His Majesty the King,

The disaster of Rui Erdian is because the northern army is not strong enough, and Rui Erdian, who has lost the hegemony of the north, is simply a son who is open to Kujit prostitutes, and no one can stand it if he always does this without giving money

This is going to kill Dai Grana, but in a month, he has been robbed of the treasury 3 times by Prais, not only the corners of the wall have been scraped clean, it is said that even the big rats in the treasury have not escaped the clutches of these soldiers, and even once again threatened to sell Dai Grana's more than a dozen estates outside the city to pay off the arrears of military expenses, which made the relationship between the generals on the front line and the finance department extremely tense, and the two sides did not fight several times.

In the end, Dai Grana released cruel words, "Whoever comes to the Ministry of Finance to make trouble again, I don't want to do this, and I will resolutely not allocate a penny" These farces can be regarded as subsided, but this also makes the contradiction between the Minister of Finance and the Minister of War a joke in Paraven

"Yes, I saw him just now, why did he disappear when he entered the palace......"

Dirinard responded depressedly, and suddenly lowered his head and stopped, not daring to speak again, this very representative action made Dai Grana quickly follow suit, bowed his head and stood on both sides,

The figure of the king's majesty Haraus, who had come from the path not far away, was a tall old man, with long curly hair like a lion, making him look as majestic as he had been, and he barely needed anyone's support, and he was striding in the front, and there was no doubt that he was a king

The suffering he suffered when he was young left a lot of scars on his body, and when he walked, he occasionally turned into an unnatural outer eight characters, which was the sequelae left by the big uǐ when he was young and fighting.

"Everyone, sit down," King Haraus sat down behind the lacquered coffee table, looked at the courtiers standing with their heads bowed, waved weakly, and motioned for everyone to sit down casually.

At the moment when he raised his head, the Dirinard army noticed that Prais, the Minister of State who had just disappeared, was in the ranks.

This guy stood on the left side of His Majesty the King without any scruples, ranking at the front of all the ministers, which clearly indicates that he is the protagonist of today's Imperial Council. Even the arrogant prince was compared to him, although Prais was not the king's favorite object, but with his status as a noble leader, and the grand reputation of assassinating the traitor Dale William, even His Majesty Haraus wanted to give him a few points.

For some reason, Dirinard felt that Prais, who had always had a strong body, looked a little hunched tonight, and that His Majesty's sleep was probably not very good, and his eyes were densely bloodshot, and his dark face, which was unhealthy gray, made people wonder if he had also been called out of the bed.

And the only one who has the courage and ability to call the king in the middle of the night is naturally this hot-tempered military minister.

Sure enough, Haraus's body leaned forward and muttered weakly

"Now that we're here, it's time for a meeting. Plays, just explain the situation, so that these guys know what our enemies are doing right now."

Prais leaned forward slightly, even as he thanked His Majesty the King for court etiquette, his eyes swept over the standing colleagues, and he said in a solemn voice

"Three days ago, the cavalry of the eastern court of Kugit attempted to occupy our fortress at Belakt, the center of our upcoming offensive, the most central node of the Bogut cloister blocking our northward advance. The loss of Belakt is the loss of the Borgett Corridor, but fortunately, we were able to hold the assault and inflict heavy losses on the 10,000-strong cavalry of the Eastern Court...... We plan to fight back ......"

Prais gushed out, accompanied by infectious gestures, which quickly attracted everyone's attention,

Chancellor of the Exchequer Dai Lana and Secretary of State De Linard are clearly interested in his plan, and if the counterattack is successful, it will undoubtedly restore more financial revenues and government revenues.

Only the eldest prince Akrizas became more and more sad the more he listened, bowing his head and drinking the soup sullenly, he had already heard that in this counterattack plan, he did not mention his own meaning at all,

This made him feel very indignant in his heart, Prais seemed to have completely forgotten about his own zài, how to say that he was also the latest No. 1 general in Rui Erdian,

If it weren't for Ye Ruige's victory, everyone still didn't know where to flee, and they could still sit here and listen to your nonsense

Bringing the faces of the courtiers into his eyes, Haraus, who was sitting on the main seat, just quietly took a sip of the steaming pearl chest,

Everyone had a glass in front of them. The pure white soup is infused with pure pearl powder from South Sea Salander, giving off a delicate fragrance that makes people feel calm.

"It's a perfect plan," Prais said in a voice that ended his speech. The noodles didn't change - picked up the soup cup and drank it all in one go, but the others just shook the teacup, warmed the palm of their hand, and then let it go

His fierce gaze swept around, and when he saw the absent-minded appearance of the eldest prince Akrisas, a trace of anger flashed along the way, but it quickly dissipated and became invisible, and if it weren't for Dirinard's careful observation, he would not have noticed this faint change