Chapter 431: Duke of Rhine The 1100th year of the Roland Empire, September.
In the coup d'état at the beginning of the year, he was hit hard, from the leading genius of the young generation who was once in the limelight, to the disabled who lost an arm and was considered to have a lost future.
Paningaronin, a name that was once a thunderous name among the nobility of the empire, has now been out of everyone's sight for nine months, and has returned to everyone's sight Emperor Shiloh issued an imperial decree and made Paningaroning a lieutenant general of the empire This young man, who was not yet thirty years old, stood in the center of the stage of the imperial capital again with a posture that shone like a comet landing Even if a lieutenant general looks at the military of the entire Roland Empire, having such a rank is enough to be called a giant A series of orders followed, which were even more shocking The military department issued a decree of appointment signed by the emperor himself, appointing the newly promoted imperial lieutenant general as the deputy commander of the Thor's Whip and the commander of the third division.
At the same time, it was ordered to turn the northwestern province of Nulin into a temporary military exercise area, and the third division and the fourth division of the Imperial Thor's Whip Regiment were used to conduct military exercises for half a year.
And after Paning Garonin's official position, there is also an additional suffix: the chief of the temporary military exercise area In other words, as long as the two divisions of Thor's Whip remain in the northwest for one day, then they will all obey Panin's command.
And finally, the most shocking news came Panin Garonin, the best heir of the younger generation of the Garonin family, the star of hope of the Garonin family, was singled out as a duke by His Majesty the new emperor This is definitely an extremely rare event The current patriarch of the Garonin family is still there, and Panin's father, the current Count Garonin, is a general of the former royal city guard, who entered the imperial department after the coup d'état and served as Aker's deputy, which is equivalent to officially entering the core team of the new emperor Shiloh.
And this time.
Shiloh suddenly canonized Panin as a duke, and the title was higher than that of his father This is almost tantamount to telling the world that Panin has since become independent from the Garonin family and has become a family of its own And because Panin has already received the title of duke.
Then the Garonin family will have to re-select other young people to inherit their own earldom in the future.
This kind of thing, even if you look at the thousand-year history of the Roland Empire, is extremely rare.
The only example that can be compared is: More than 140 years ago, the first Duke Tulip descended like a god The original Duke Tulip was the eldest son of the Rollin family, and was the heir to the earl title of the Rollin family at the earl, but because of a coup d'état, he was canonized as a duke, and then set up his own door, creating the most legendary Tulip family in the history of the empire And now.
Will it be a repetition of a legend?
As an empire with a feudal system, the Roland Empire had a very strict and complex system for all canonized nobles, especially those with a hereditary system.
As is customary, even if it is the title of the emperor.
It is also necessary to pass the examination of the aristocratic council composed of some upper-class traditional nobles, and the content of this audit includes a series of complex work such as the research of Panin's background, family, genealogy, bloodline, and family lineage, etc., just to establish the genealogy and family coat of arms of the nobles.
It will take a long time to approve it, although everyone knows that once the emperor orders the knighthood, then these tasks are actually just a formality, after all, the so-called noble council actually does not have much actual power, but is more symbolic.
But after all.
It's a tradition, and since it's a tradition, everybody has always observed it very much.
Even more than a hundred years ago, the first Duke Tulip was suddenly made a duke, and he went through such a series of steps.
Although it was extremely simplified at the time.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that the new emperor Shiloh was more anxious than the regent who was canonized Duke Tulip more than a hundred years ago When the royal decree for the canonization of the knighthood was issued, Shiloh temporarily convened a council of nobles that night, which was an exception when the parliament was not in session.
And then something even more shocking happened At Shiloh's insistence, almost all of the review steps for Panin were omitted.
The research of the family genealogy was completed in just one dayIn fact, afterwards, the members of the noble council privately said: There is no research at all, we just got an edict issued by His Majesty himself, and then everyone signed it directly.
At this time, everyone suddenly remembered one thing: on the night of the coup, Shiloh, who was only a usurper at the time, once promised Panin, who supported his usurpation, in front of everyone: If I don't die, I will make you a duke, and I will never fail you in my lifetime At first, everyone only thought that this usurper would be defeated, and they only secretly laughed in their hearts that he was following his example, clumsily imitating the legend of the pair of great kings and ministers more than a hundred years ago.
And now it seems clear that the new emperor is about to fulfill his oath The decree of the dukedom of Panin was sent to the mansion of the Caronin family, along with the examination papers of the noble council.
Along with it, there were a series of items that symbolized the ceremonial rites of the Duke of the Empire: scepters, canonization documents, and gowns The next morning, all the members of the noble council in the imperial capital, the patriarchs of the thirteen families, were summoned to the palace for an audience and attended a simple but solemn canonization ceremony.
Shiloh, who was dressed in the emperor's dress, walked to Panin's side in a military uniform in full view, Panin knelt down on one knee, Shiloh had a rose in one hand and a sword in the other, and gently patted the blade of the sword on Panin's shoulder, and then handed the rose in his hand to Panin's hand.
Then, Shiloh publicly announced the birth of a new duke of the Roland Empire.
It was also announced that the new duke would be hereditary, and the fief would be divided into the Rhine county in the north-central region of the empire.
The content of this announcement made everyone present sigh secretly in their hearts.
Fortunately, this new emperor Shiloh is not as crazy as the regent from more than a hundred years ago.
The regent directly assigned a province in the northwest to the Tulip family, although the land in the northwest is barren and the population is sparse, but it is a whole province after all Looking at it, there are so many wealthy nobles in the empire, and the Tulip family is by no means the only one who ranks as a duke, but no one can own the land of an entire province as a territory.
Counties are subordinate to provinces in the administrative division of the empire.
The land of a county is equivalent to about two or three cities.
And as a looser and not universal administrative hierarchy.
That is, in some provinces, places with more populations.
In order to increase the efficiency of the province, a few cities in the province will be formed into a county-level administrative district.
However, in some sparsely populated provinces, such as the Northwest Territories, there is no such division of provinces.
The "Rhine County" given to Panin has a total of two cities and a number of towns and villages, and the total population does not exceed 100,000.
This is a more appropriate level, and it will not be too obtrusive.
Of course, on the other hand, it is also because the empire has been founded for thousands of years after all, the aristocratic class is already very large, and the land administrative areas directly under the empire are limited after all.
Later emperors will become more and more cautious when rewarding nobles and rewarding territories.
After all, land is a non-renewable resource, and if you give more to the nobles, the emperor himself will have less.
As is customary.
This new young duke of seniority also needs to give his new family a resounding surname to pass on to future generations.
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Naturally, the surname Garonin can no longer be used, and it can be retained as a middle name, just like the Tulip family.
At the canonization ceremony, Panin was silent and just picked up the pen directly.
After signing his name on the canonization paperwork, and then in the blank space of the family's name, he paused for a moment, as if he was just thinking about it casually, and then wrote down a word: Rhine.
Panin, Garonin, Rhine.
In the future, this will be Panin's new full name.
And a new family will be born in the Empire: the Rhine family.
Meantime.
A new "Duke of Rhein" will also appear.
No one questioned whether Shiloh's hurried canonization process was in keeping with tradition.
In fact, everyone knows what is happening in the Northwest.
Obviously, the emperor chose Panin as the candidate to go northwest to resist the tulip family.
The title of duke, as well as the series of prominent official positions, was also given to forcibly improve his status as quickly as possible, so that he could have the confidence to go to the northwest.
Fight against the Duke Tulip who is high up in the sky.
Because everyone was well aware of this fact, even when Panin hurried back home after the canonization ceremony, he simply said hello to the nobles, and no one raised any objections.
No one even thought it would be rude for the newly promoted duke not to even have a decent dinner.
Everyone knew that Panin had an important mission, and he had to rush to the northwestern province of Nulin as soon as possible.
There, there were two divisions of Thor's Whip, an army of a full fifty thousand men, waiting for his command Therefore, naturally, no one would be bored to run to the door to congratulate the new duke.
There is only one exception.
Panin was in a side hall of his house, looking at the special "visitor" in front of him, and his expression was a little complicated.
Rose touched his shiny brain, his face was a little bitter, and he looked at the gorgeously dressed friend in front of him, because of the urgency of time, Panin, who had just rushed back to the house, did not even have time to change into the dress at the ceremony.
"You're really going to the Northwest," Ross smiled wryly.
Panin squinted his eyes and took a closer look at his friend, in fact, Rose could be regarded as Panin's only real friend in the imperial capital.
Panin's eyes finally fell on Rose's lap.
The Count of Villa still had a plaster cast on his legs, and a pair of crutches stood beside the chair beside him.
"Your leg isn't healed yet," Panin looked calm.
Rose snorted, glanced down at his legs, and shook his head: "Where do I dare to be good" This answer is a bit subtle, but the two naturally have a tacit understanding, and when Panin heard it, he only sighed lightly: "Actually, you should know that although your actions seem to be smart and the emperor can't use them forcibly, in fact, you have offended him."
For one would rather break their legs.
The courtiers who refused to go out of the mountain to assist the emperor would only think that this courtier had different intentions. ” Rose pouted: "I think that if I come out to be an official and assist this emperor, I am only afraid that I will die faster."
My Villa family is not far from collapsing and dissolving. ” "Does it hurt," Panin suddenly showed a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.
Rose grabbed his hair hatefully, and said angrily: "Nonsense, you said that you broke a leg, you can try it" Speaking of this, Rose suddenly closed his mouth, glanced at Panin's empty right arm sleeve, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry I didn't mean to." ” "Nothing."
Panin's expression was calm: "This arm of mine was broken during the decisive battle with the Holy Rank master, so I am not ashamed of it." ” With a sigh, Panin walked into Rose.
He said in a deep voice: "I still want to persuade you that you have escaped now, but in the future, your leg will always heal one day, and after your leg is healed, what reason do you have to refuse His Majesty the Emperor's conquest, do you break your leg again, don't forget that His Majesty the Emperor is your and my peers, if nothing else, he will have at least a few decades of reign."
You play with the means of self-harm.
You can't play it for the rest of your life. ” "What do you want to say" Rose frowned deeply and stared at Panin.
"Come with me to the Northwest" Panin's tone was very resolute and crisp, and the words he said also made Rose startled, he said: "You are my friend, I know very well your ability, your ability is by no means only those jealous horses, running horses, walking dogs, wine and beautiful women, I know very well how capable you are, Ross will go to the northwest with me, stay in the imperial capital, you will only continue to anger His Majesty the Emperor, follow me to the northwest, I will" Rose suddenly sneered.
He struggled to his feet, then jumped to the side on one foot.
Grabbing his crutches, he limped to the window, he looked out the window, did not look back, and sneered: "Will I go with you to the northwest to play with the tulip family, my friend."
You're so good to me, and you don't forget to drag me into the pit and find a backpad when you go into the water yourself."
Speaking of this, he turned his head, and his face was a little meaningful: "I came to congratulate you on becoming a duke, but you want to recruit me to accompany you to the northwest to jump in the quagmire?"
"Are you so reluctant to be the enemy of the Tulip family," Panin shook his head.
"Are you so willing to give your life to that guy Shiloh" Rose didn't back down in the slightest.
Panin stared into Rose's eyes, "You must think I'm Shiloh's dog, do you?"
"I didn't say that."
Ross shook his head.
"It doesn't matter, what I think in my heart.
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There is no need to explain it to others. ” Panin looked at Rose, his eyes showing disappointment.
He walked over to Rose's side and stood side by side with him, looking out the window together.
"My friend, haven't you noticed that this world, the empire we are in, is actually changing little by little, the Tulip family is indeed great, but as a normal country, in a healthy administrative system, it is impossible to exist for a long time a huge force like the Tulip family that can threaten the central government at any time.
Even if its present existence is well-intentioned to the Empire, there is no guarantee that it will always be good-willed if, I mean, if a future generation of Duke Tulip is an evil careerist."
"But the kind of thing you said hasn't happened now," Rose sighed, "so I really can't stand by Hiloh and help him fight against the Tulip family."
But I really don't understand my friend, you have already jumped out of this circle, you have faded out of everyone's field of vision for nine months, why do you want to come back, I know that you took the initiative to enter the palace and recommend yourself to Shiloh."
Rose looked at Panin seriously, looked at his friend, and said in a low voice: "Others may say that you are greedy for power, but I understand that you guy, you guy, have some wealth and power, and there is not much weight in your heart, but I really don't understand, why did you take the initiative to jump out of the northwest and northwest this time."
Rose said this, spitting fiercely: "That's a big pit that will pit the dead."
Panin didn't speak.
Rose's tone became anxious: "Do you know how powerful the Tulip family is, you really think that you can deal with that legendary family with the Thor's whip of two divisions, do you know how many other skills in that family have not been taken out" "I know."
Panin nodded calmly.
"Do you know that the Northwest is now a powder keg, according to my judgment, the outbreak of the civil war is more than fifty percent, and once the civil war breaks out, you, the supreme commander of the front line, are destined to be famous in the history books, and the future generations will not care about any other reasons, they will only record in the history books, this civil war, in your hands, you will become the number one candidate to carry the black cauldron" "I know."
Panin still had a calm smile.
"Hell, hell, you can still laugh" Rose punched Panin in the chest in annoyance and said loudly, "Then you still run to do this kind of thing, are you really so loyal to Shiloh?"
At this time, Panin's face finally retracted a smile.
He looked at his friend with a very serious look in his eyes.
After a long time, Panin said slowly in an unprecedentedly serious tone: "I know everything you've said, and I know that there is a good chance that those things will happen.
Of course, I also know that once the civil war breaks out, I may be destined to leave a stigma in the history books, I know, I know everything. ” "What about you" "Because if I don't go, it's likely that His Majesty the Emperor will send Aker."
Panin's words suddenly made Ross stunned He stared at Panin with incredulous eyes.
Panin's eyes flashed with a strange light.
"Everyone knows Aker's ambition, he married his daughter to His Majesty the Emperor, and he did not hesitate to repent of his close in-laws, and even now Fritz Governor is still under house arrest Aker, as the leader of the Mesozoic generation of the Rollin family, the future patriarch of the Rollin family, but he is willing to take such a big risk to gamble with Shiloh, and his purpose of usurping the throne has always been clear, he just wants to let the Rollin family overpower the Tulip family in his hands" Speaking of this, Panin lowered his voice and said with a wry smile: "My friend, as you said, if I go to the northwest, the probability of a civil war breaking out may be fifty percent, but have you thought about it, if there is no suitable person, and Aker goes to the northwest, then the probability of a civil war breaking out is one hundred percent."
Rose was really stunned "You may find it ridiculous that these words come out of my mouth, after all, I am an accomplice of a usurper.
But " Although Panin's expression was as cold as ever, his tone was sincere, at least at this moment: "I'm different from Aker, in order to let the Rollin family overpower the Tulip family, Aker will definitely do anything, but I, I will at least take care of the interests of this country" ` Today is my birthday.
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