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Chapter 207: The Red Round Table "Teacher, I think Your Majesty's mood seems to be a little out of order."
Walking out of the overly dark study, the freckled girl seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, she looked cautiously at her respected teacher, but at the moment Cavihill seemed to still have a leisurely face, and he even had the leisure to stop and look closely at the warriors in the golden armor in the palace: "Oh, the style of this armor seems to be new." ” "Teacher I think" The girl was a little puzzled by the teacher's attitude, and her face was full of worry.
"Honey."
Kavishir withdrew his gaze, he looked at his female disciple, to be exact, the youngest female disciple: "I brought you here today in the hope that you will understand what kind of things we will face next. ” "However, Your Majesty's mood is not normal."
The freckled girl insisted, her voice lowered, but still firm: "Don't make any decisions when you're emotionally disturbed, that's what you said." ” "Yes."
Cavihill smiled suddenly, he stroked the girl's face, his eyes showed a hint of strangeness, but his voice was soft and soft: "But what if that decision was made by me?"
The girl stopped talking.
She thought hard for a while before she could taste the meaning of the teacher's words.
His Majesty's decision was induced by the teacher to make the following words: "I brought you here today for only one purpose."
Cavihill withdrew his hand, put it behind him, and smiled leisurely: "There is only one purpose, let you see this place, see this place, I only need to achieve one purpose so that Mr.
Juncker can see you and know you, that's all." ” Juncker, the leader of the Night Forest, the one who was full of darkness "Teacher, what the hell are you planning?"
said the girl, and suddenly a deep fear arose in her heart.
Cavishir, however, didn't seem to be about to explain everything to his disciple, he looked up at the sky, "You must understand that I am not a god of one thing, so I cannot guarantee that every decision I make is the right one, nor can I guarantee that every one of my plans will succeed.
In fact, this empire should have perished decades ago, but we have tried everything we can to make it survive until now, and now it is time for an outcome, good or bad. ” After a pause, his face reappeared with that smile without the slightest bit of fireworks, and said leisurely: "Well, the sun outside is really good, and today is a good day." ” "It's a good day."
Emperor Kantos also stood on the windowsill of the study, he looked at the withering flower, and then looked at the bright sunlight in the sky outside the window, and the old emperor's eyes were full of nostalgia.
At this moment, in this gloomy study, only the emperor and another person are left, to be precise, a "shadow".
The middle-aged man who had always followed the emperor and had an unremarkable appearance was still like a shadow standing in the shadows, and he suddenly appeared in the corner of the room at some point, without the slightest vitality on his body, like a ghost, hanging his hands and hanging his head, standing there solemnly.
"Such a beautiful weather, but it always makes me sad, is it that all people who are about to die will feel like this" Emperor Kantos the Great turned his head and suddenly looked at the shadow: "I'm asking you a question." ” The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at the emperor with an expressionless face, and then after a long while, he slowly shook his head and pointed to his mouth.
"Oh, I think I'm asking the wrong person again."
Emperor Kantos seemed to smile: "I forgot again, I shouldn't have asked you any questions of this guy who doesn't speak."
But only this once, well, Chuck, only this once. ” The middle-aged man's expression became serious, and he seemed to be thinking about something and thinking about it very seriously.
Emperor Cantos continued slowly, "This is my last chance, and my last move.
Perhaps it's the empire's last chance.
I felt my body decaying, decaying faster and faster.
Chuck, I'm a good emperor, I know this very well, I'm not greedy, I'm not a big drinker, I don't have too many extravagant preferences, I only rest eight hours a day, and the rest of the time is spent running my empire, I spent almost all of my time fighting for this empire in my young and healthy years, I've shed blood in war, I've been wounded, I've killed enemies, I've left my blood on my enemy's sword, I'm not sure I'm the only emperor who has done this, but I know that there aren't many emperors who can do this, The emperors who can do this are all a generation of Ming monarchs, and they have created a great situation, but in my years here, the situation has not improved."
The old emperor's face was a little sickly flushed because he was too excited, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he breathed heavily: "All this, why the hell is that if I had been born hundreds of years ago, I would have become a legendary emperor who created the next great cause, but now, I have spent almost half my life fighting against that damn moth, and I am constantly preventing them from snatching my empire from my empire."
His Majesty Kantos's emotions finally calmed down a little from the excitement, but his tone was very good, and the indescribable despair in his eyes was revealed little by little: "Cavihill told me the answer: these are not my fault, the damn Tema military region system has existed for more than a hundred years, and I am not responsible for the mistakes made more than a hundred years ago, but this is not a mistake I made, but I have to bear the result, this is really fucking unfair, unfair, I should be a generation of legendary emperors, It is only right to be admired by future generations instead of surviving to maintain the fortunes of the country, and finally the country is ruined."
Finally, when the emperor was speechless, the middle-aged man slowly walked out of the corner of the room.
He gradually approached, and walked three steps in front of the old emperor, his face was solemn, and he slowly opened his mouth.
"Your Majesty."
The voice in his throat was hard and stiff, as if he hadn't spoken for too long, every word he said seemed so laborious: "If there really is a day, I can tell you that you have my loyalty."
My body will be the last barrier in front of you. ” Kantos' brow moved, and he seemed to be a little moved.
Slowly, the old emperor's thin big hand pressed on the middle-aged man's shoulder, he looked at the other party's chest and heart, and the old emperor's voice was a little hoarse: "I remember, there is a wound there, right, in the war with the Odin, you were injured to protect me."
Well, it was Hanniganthor that guy left on Nee's chest, an axe gun, and if it weren't for the fact that his gun had been cut off at the time, I'm afraid you would have died.
Hmph, but you stabbed him in the sword, and I heard it seemed like the only time that Hannigan guy was wounded on the battlefield in decades. ” The middle-aged man's expression changed, his eyes became awe-inspiring and sharp, and his hoarse voice repeated the name: Hanniganthall This name, perhaps, will not be unfamiliar to people all over the continent, especially the Byzantines Because, the owner of this name, has a prominent identity.
His Majesty the Odin Empire, known as the spokesman of the god Odin in the world, is the current Emperor Odin In the northeast corner of the city of Osgiria, two canals that run through the city cut a triangular area, about six blocks in size, and in the city of Osgiria, this place is called the "Red Zone".
With the exception of the Royal Palace and the Hagia Sophia, where the Pope is located, this is arguably the most fortified place in the city of Osgiria, not to mention the residence of Cavihill.
Geographically, the Red Zone is located northeast of the city of Osgilia, but a canal that surrounds it leads directly to the harbour wharf to the southeast, through which even the smallest ships can sail directly from the sea if necessary.
Moreover, there are two main roads that lead directly to the port.
At the same time, the Red Zone is almost on the same parallel line as an important place in Yanjing: the military headquarters of the Empire, the Eagle's Nest.
If I had to describe it, this place, which is only six blocks, is almost a city within a city.
Even the security patrols of the city defense team will not approach here, and as for the city defense army, they are strictly forbidden to approach the red zone.
In the Red Zone, there are about 1,000 troops stationed all year round, and these troops are not part of the city defense army, to be precise, they are more like the private army of the nobility.
This army is all infantry, with the finest elite armor and weapons, produced in the most famous Armenian military district of the empire, and the soldiers are carefully selected elite.
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And such an elite army even surpasses most of the Imperial Central Standing Corps, and their official establishment, I'm afraid few people will believe it.
They are "peasant soldiers" Yes, you read that right, the peasant soldiers are the product of the kind of half-peasant and half-soldier system under the Tema military district system.
Of course, they weren't the same as the hoe-carrying peasants Char saw in County More, but they were the real elite, and each of them was a hand-picked warrior What's more, such an elite team of 1,000 people, they will not obey the orders of the military department, and they will not even obey the orders in the palace, and the only thing that can order them is the owner of the red zone.
The current chief military minister of the Kalin Byzantine Empire in El Salvador is also one of the banner figures of the imperial party If in today's Byzantine Empire, if you want to find a figure in the military who can barely compete with the Duke of Minas, then this Lord of Salvador Carlin is probably the only qualified candidate.
As the current "Speaker of the Red Round Table", El Salvador is the number one thorn in the side of Emperor Contos the Great The Red Round Table was not a formal organization, nor was it an official department, but it was the most powerful group in the Byzantine Empire today, and fifty-one of the fifty-four governors of the Tema Military Region in the empire were members of this group.
This "Red Round Table" has been established for 89 years, and this year will officially enter its 90th year, which is also the 90th year of competing with the imperial family.
In fact, the first purpose of this organization was to confront the imperial family of the empire and the traditional aristocratic groups led by the royal family.
The organization's program has only five articles.
Article 1: All members must defend the interests of the Red Round Table group, which takes precedence over any secular law or religious belief Article 2: All members are hereditary and once joined, they will be passed down from generation to generation, and anyone who withdraws will be considered a traitor and will be hostile to all other member families Article 3: The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to convene a meeting and shall have the power to make decisions, and if the decision of the Speaker is opposed by half of the members, it may be vetoed.
Article 4: The President of the Conference shall be elected once every three years, and shall not be re-elected for more than two periods.
Article 5: All members are protected by the group, and any member who is attacked is considered a hostile act towards the whole group.
The existence of these five programs, in the eyes of the imperial family, is simply a great contempt for imperial power The first clause alone, "above all secular laws or religious beliefs," has nakedly declared the meaning of the organization's existence El Salvador Carlín, as the current Speaker of the Red Round Table, is in his last year as Speaker, because he has been re-elected twice, so he will not have the right to continue to sit in this position when the next term is renewed.
As the current chief military minister of the empire, he was nominally the administrator of the entire Byzantine imperial affairs, but in reality, he could only really command the armies of his own family districts.
If nothing else, the next speaker will most likely fall on the head of the current Governor of the Armenian Military District, which is known for producing iron ore and making excellent armor.
Salvador's own family also owns a military district, and it is ironic that the area where the military district he owns is located is the Rhodelia district of the empire, yes, it is the most elite iron army of the empire, the famous 13th Corps, the birthplace of the Rhodria Cavalry Corps, which has become the backbone of the empire and the birthplace of the most loyal and brave army of the empire.
But now, it has become the domain of the leader of the imperial party.
Of course, the military district owned by the family of El Salvador, only Eastern Rhodría, is a third of the original Rhodría region.
And the current governor of the military district is nominally let his younger brother serve as him, because according to the imperial decree, the minister of war cannot concurrently serve as the governor of the local military district, although it has long been a system of its own, but at least nominally, all the members of the group of the Red Round Table have not openly rebelled, and nominally obey the laws of the empire.
Salvador was very prestigious in the Red Round Table group, and he made considerable achievements during his five years as speaker, and in this respect, the deterioration of the old emperor Cantos's illness had something to do with him.
In five years, he forced the Emperor to pass two laws in favor of the Tema Military Region, defeated at least three attacks by the Council of Nobles against the Tema Military District, and was even implicated in at least two assassinations involving the nobility, and, with his support, the Imperial Fee's budget was cut twice, of course, for the Imperial Central Standing Corps of the Imperial Eagles loyal to the Imperial Family.
However, El Salvador has been under a deep vigilance.
There are too many indications that the old emperor in the palace who will die of illness at any time is trying to organize an operation against the "Red Round Table".
And this operation may not just be to encourage a few nobles to pass some boring bills, or to promote a few young generals of the Eagle Department and other petty fights.
The most important thing is that the emperor suddenly sent the crown prince Garcia to Yanjing in the form of exile, which immediately made Salvador, who had been fighting with the emperor for half his life, smell a little different.
Although I heard that the emperor was extremely angry and dissatisfied with the crown prince, although I heard that the emperor had the intention of abolishing the crown prince, although I also heard that during that conflict, the emperor personally broke the crown prince's head, but "a son is a son, and for thousands of years, the thoughts of all emperors will not change."
Even if his son is an idiot, he is his own son.
Salvatore expressed his opinion to all the members: "I don't think the emperor is a punishment for getting Garcia's rabbit out of Yanjing, I suspect that there is a conspiracy here, don't forget, even if the emperor doesn't like his son anymore, but a son is a son, you may have forgotten the fate of the last Grand Duke of Tulip, but I haven't forgotten." ” These warnings were sent to various places through letters, and in fact, the members of the Red Round Table group were distributed in various military regions in the empire as governors, but most of the members of the military regions had their own people who served as various officials in the Yanjing Military Department and acted as spokesmen.
Most of the military governors did not take El Salvador's warning to heart.
The emperor got the crown prince out of Yanjing, so what That Kantos, who was already too old to move his horse, the old emperor who was already out of breath when he even walked, what else could he do Nearly half of the empire's land is in the hands of military districts, which is still the better half.
The actual number of troops at the disposal of all military districts combined, the number of troops in the Central Standing Corps, which is loyal to the royal family, is not counting the potential in a state of full mobilization. emperor Hmph, if you don't rebel, he's the emperor, and if you rebel, he's not What can Cantos do to stage a coup d'état Don't be kidding, even if he launches a coup d'état, at most he will kill the members of the warlord party who stay in Yanjing, but most of the governors of the military region will stay on their own territory, once this kind of thing happens, it will be a situation where the two sides are completely torn apart, Kantos He knows very well that once the war is openly started, the imperial family will not be able to win the balance of power between the two sides, and after a hundred years of the Tema system, it has already been turned upside down Unless Kantos doesn't even want to be the titular Emperor Yanjing However, the neglect of the majority of members did not alleviate El Salvador's concerns.
Unlike most of the members, most of the governors of military regions have been warlords on their own territory all the year round, and even many newly appointed governors of military regions have not been to Yanjing, because the central government has completely lost control over the military regions, and the appointment of the governors of the military regions is only reported by the symbolic surnames below, and then the central government nominally approves it.
Moreover, everyone knows that the royal family wants to get rid of everyone, who will send it to the door to give the emperor this opportunity to catch them all But Salvador has been in Yanjing for many years, and as the Minister of War, as the Speaker of the Red Round Table, he has had too many confrontations with the Spear Emperor in Yanjing He knew the surname of this spear emperor very well, and he knew this tough and stubborn old emperor even better.
Even he has felt that in recent years, as the old emperor's body has gradually failed, this old guy has repeatedly revealed a kind of dying struggle that is gradually biased towards madness Well, that's what it means Under the prospect of a lifetime of struggle and failure, will this stubborn and tough old guy finally make some crazy moves?
The most important thing is that the other governors can not be afraid of the emperor going crazy, after all, even if the emperor goes crazy, they will still stay on their own territory, even if the emperor launches a coup d'état and starts a civil war, those guys can still deal with it calmly.
I am different, I am in Yanjing, under the emperor's eyelids If that old madman is desperate to mess around, then he will definitely be arrested by the old emperor who started the civil war and cut down the sacrificial flag as soon as possible.
In fact, there were already signs that the old emperor was gradually becoming insane.
Just last year, the old emperor had brewed a large-scale purge of the personnel of the military department, which was clearly a move that he knew would fail, and once it failed, it would be a complete reversal.
Salvador, on the other hand, took advantage of an opportunity to cleverly dismantle the madness of the old emperor last time, and that move won him the praise and support of many members, because it not only defused the attack of the old palace, but also consumed a considerable part of the eagle army loyal to the royal family.
"Maybe we can connect with the Odin for another war, maybe we can make that old madman in the palace sober up for a while."
Salvador was sitting in his study, holding a quill in his hand, hesitating.
His eyes shone grimly under his gloomy eyelashes.
Well, yes, another war might be a good idea. ` To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: