Chapter 96: Under the Enlightenment of the Imperial Queen Fists, slaps, curses, howls, fights, flying shoes and chairs, as well as Queen Pinna rolling her eyes and looking sad on the throne, all the above-mentioned elements together constitute a picture called The Decline and Fall of the Empire.
The handed down paintings clearly show the chaos, pessimism and disorganization of this declining empire through the physical exchanges between the many characters in the picture and the indescribable gloomy expression on Queen Pinna's face.
"We must not sit back and let the despicable Headhunting Rabbit occupy Rendel City.
His Majesty should immediately send out the Knights of the Rose and the Imperial Guard to attack him."
"It's ridiculous.
The biggest crisis facing the country today is the rebellion of the Grasse Peninsula and the Imperial Navy.
At this time, you want to instigate His Majesty to transfer the last elite reserve team from the Imperial Capital.
Are you trying to lure a wolf into the house?
Have you accepted the traitor?
How much bribe” "Shut up, that's completely different.
When did I say that there is no need to attack the rebels on the Grasse Peninsula?
Although the empire's territory is large, no piece of it is redundant.
Whether it is orcs, barbarians or traitors, as long as they attempt to occupy the empire's sacred Territories must be conquered in the same way.
Moreover, my family has served the emperor for ten generations, and my loyalty to the empire and the royal family is absolutely unquestionable."
"Damn it, you old man, stop pretending to be a loyal minister.
If you hadn't suggested to the late emperor to activate the space-time gate again to plunder the wealth of another world, the empire would not be in the current disaster.
Look what has become of the empire now.
Although the empire's territory is large, none of it is superfluous.
It sounds better than it sounds.
Why don't you declare war on the aliens on the Arnus Mountains?"
"The aliens who illegally occupy the Arnus Hills are naturally the country's enemies and should be deported as soon as possible by declaring war."
"Enough old man, don't talk nonsense at the military meeting of the Senate, General Graf.
The empire now still has the ability to organize an expeditionary force and a corresponding transport fleet to cross the sea to suppress the rebellion on the Gras Peninsula and obtain cover.
Is this the head of the traitor Bol?"
"I'm afraid it's very difficult.
Before His Majesty ascended the throne, the Empire had already lost most of its excellent military ports, so the Imperial Navy had to park most of its ships in a few crumbling enclaves on the Grasse Peninsula.
Now, with the rebellion of Himist Lord Gabor, the entire Grasse Peninsula has changed hands in an instant, and four-fifths of the Imperial Navy's warships have also rebelled or been captured.
With all due respect, what the Senate needs to discuss right now is how to strengthen coastal security to prevent the rebels on the Grasse Peninsula from using the captured warships to cross the sea to attack the imperial capital, instead of trying to recapture the Grasse Peninsula, because this is simply impossible. to things.
The land route is no longer feasible, and if we take the sea route, the fleet carrying the expeditionary force will not be able to see the coastline at all, and will be sunk into the sea by enemy ships halfway."
"Damn it, that traitor Gaibor was just the owner of a territory like Himister.
How could he sweep across the entire Grasse Peninsula in just a dozen days, leaving the empire with no time to react?
Even the fleet had no time to go to sea.
Just take it” "Gabor himself certainly doesn't have that ability, but who allowed him to give birth to a good son like a saint, Mr.
Alpine?
The local people are simply worshiping the young man as if he were a god, and several free city states are Through a referendum, Alpine was elected as the supreme consul.
Moreover, Gaibor had planned and prepared for this rebellion for a long time, but the empire was beyond the reach of the Grasse Peninsula."
The setting of the original Fantasy Self-Defense Forces, Alpine's reputation and image, can refer to the details of Sakyamuni and Mito Huangmon.
"If you put it this way, the empire is destined to lose the Grasse Peninsula, and it's a shame that it can't punish the traitor Gaibor."
"That's why I insisted on attacking the Headhunting Rabbit barbarians in Rendel City.
They have already lost the Grasse Peninsula and most of the Imperial Navy.
No matter what, we must win the battle quickly and save some face.
Otherwise, the Empire will be destroyed by all sides.
The princes have risen up to attack him."
"Even if you are stupid and want to find someone to establish your power and save face, you can't find a headhunter rabbit who has a close relationship with people from other worlds."
"Gods, instead of dealing with the rebels and barbarians, the top priority is to save the collapsed finances as soon as possible.
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The last bit of reserves in the national treasury is at the bottom.
I don't know where the military pay for next month will be.
If I can't get the money as soon as possible. , even the remaining army will mutiny."
The Imperial Senate under the rule of Queen Pinna is still in the midst of a group fight as usual today.
Seeing the imperial elders in front of her who were scolding and fighting each other and showing no grace at all, Queen Pinna couldn't help but feel dizzy.
It seems that only five years have passed since the empire unified the continent and the world was invincible.
Why did it suddenly turn into such a bad situation?
Suddenly, I recalled five years ago, when I was appointed as the regent princess by my father who was on a tour for the first time, and I was sitting on this throne holding the scepter.
The empire that had just unified the entire Falmat continent and had an unprecedented reputation was How dazzling and magnificent At that time, the barbarians were huddled in the wilderness as obediently as before, the farmers were cultivating the fields as usual, and the vassal states from all over the world also fearfully declared themselves vassals and paid tribute.
In the imperial capital, there was singing and dancing every day.
The feasting continued.
But today, everything has changed.
All the prosperity and mighty hegemony of the past seemed like a dream that had long since disappeared without a trace.
Thinking of this, Queen Pinna's heart couldn't help but be filled with melancholy and anger.
When the supreme imperial power was handed over to her hands, the empire was left with only a crumbling hollow skeleton, endless rebellions, and financial bankruptcy.
The collapse of border defenses and the collapse of the economy The shrinking territory and a lot of idiots vying for power are destroying the country step by step.
She knows very well that at least a quarter of the senators are secretly colluding with foreign powers and are trying to connect her with the empire at any time.
The throne was sold for a good price.
There are also some powerful senators and generals who are eager to peek at the throne themselves, or want to replace a more weak and incompetent member of the distant branch of the royal family to sit on the throne as a puppet.
Obviously, they are all sinners who deserve to be burned to death, but Queen Pinna has nothing to do about it.
If she doesn't want to become a sinner, she must hold her nose and endure it, continue to deal with these heinous sinners, and watch them...
They pulled each other's hair, pulled their beards, spit, smashed chairs, and hypocritically gave themselves all kinds of unbelievable "unfaithful advice" in front of them.
Otherwise, the empire might fall apart in an instant.
Whenever she thought of all this, the luxurious throne inlaid with gold and silver under her butt made her feel extremely cold and extremely helpless.
Back to the topic, Her Majesty the Queen knew very well before the Senate’s military meeting that the Grasse Peninsula was destined to be lost.
As early as when she first proclaimed herself emperor, the empire's power had only a few besieged port strongholds on the Grasse Peninsula.
The land access to the hinterland of the empire was completely cut off, and there were people with ulterior motives all around.
Princes and rebels.
Even if the Imperial Navy is still in hand, organizing a sea-crossing expedition is still a military adventure with a low probability of success, not to mention that now even the main force of the fleet has been lost.
As for the Headhunting Rabbit tribe entrenched in Rendel City, they naturally had no choice but to let it go.
Anyway, the imperial court had already lost control of the city before this, so it would be easy to change the owner now.
Since the Rabbit Queen is still willing to request royal canonization, the imperial court should agree immediately, so that both parties can still save some face.
Otherwise, if you tear your face regardless, and on the one hand verbally criticize and arouse the other party's anger; on the other hand, you cannot mobilize troops to attack, then it is simply equivalent to seeking death on your own initiative to find enemies, and only making people laugh at the world.
Anyway, Queen Pinna has already made up her mind.
No matter how hard she is scolded, she can no longer use the only army she has.
When she first ascended the throne, the empire's regular army was almost completely destroyed.
To this day, , she only brought the empire The standing military force has been restored to about 80,000 people, of which 50,000 are the private soldiers of local noble lords or the militia guards of autonomous cities.
Food rations, military pay and equipment are basically all raised by the local government, and the combat effectiveness is only Can barely bully the common people.
More than 20,000 regular troops with relatively strong combat effectiveness were organized into three field legions and several independent brigades.
The remaining ones include a regiment of guards and the Knights of the Rose as the royal bodyguards, as well as two naval fleets.
This is All the troops under Queen Pinna's command were gone.
And with the rebellion on the Grasse Peninsula, not only was the empire's territory already shrinking significantly, but it also lost another piece.
Even the available soldiers under Queen Pinna will once again experience a significant wave of attrition.
Therefore, this small army is already her fundamental bargaining chip to maintain the survival of the empire and her own throne, and there is absolutely no room for any unnecessary losses.
Even if you want to go into battle, you can't put it in a place where defeat is inevitable, or on a useless battlefield without oil and water.
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Of course, preserving the army is very important, and maintaining reputation is also very important.
Although Queen Pinna has done a lot of things like abandoning the country without fighting, she still hopes that a few loyal ministers will stand up and offer to give up.
The suggestion of losing the country would be to some extent take some of the blame for her, otherwise The increasing infamy and pressure still make her feel a little bit too much.
Unfortunately, the elders here do not seem to have much of this kind of consciousness of "not willing to defame you and share your worries for the king", no matter how much Queen Pinna imposes.
They all turned a blind eye to the hints All in all, after an extremely long and tedious discussion, as well as all kinds of sensational performances of crying, fighting, punching and kicking, the Imperial Senate finally came to basically the same conclusion regarding the major events discussed today.
That is: put it on hold for now and discuss it later.
Well, the so-called reconsideration basically means discussing again, studying again, discussing again, weighing again, comparing again, considering again, observing again, looking again, thinking again, and so on.
Wait, wait, etc.
To put it in the simplest and most straightforward way, it means that no feasible countermeasures have been proposed, and we can only postpone them for now.
Looking at these so-called "loyal ministers" who refused to share any responsibility and reputation for themselves, Queen Pinna suddenly felt "tired".
Alas, it seems that they can no longer count on them for national affairs.
Whether it is border defense or financial problems, they can only find ways to solve them themselves.
However, no matter how tired she was, she still had to move on to the next item on her schedule today: that was to receive the tour group from Earth.
As the capital of the empire, although the city of Ulabianca is quite dilapidated now, it was once the center of civilization on the entire continent.
Even with repeated wars, the streets and alleys are still dotted with countless cultural monuments: temples, squares, triumphal arches, monuments, libraries, public baths, and celebrity tombs.
Countless exquisite sculptures and murals are hidden among the lush green trees.
It is said to be an excellent cultural tourist attraction.
The Imperial Palace located on the Satile Hill, like the Forbidden City in Beijing, Buckingham Palace in London, the Palace of Versailles in Paris and the Kremlin in Moscow, has also become the centerpiece of various travel agencies on the planet that provide "fantasy and otherworldly tours".
One of the important selling points is that almost every group of earth tourists who come to the imperial city of Urabianka must visit the palace on the Satile Hill.
Of course, even the earth tour groups that visit other worlds are divided into three, six, and nine levels.
Most ordinary earth tourists are only allowed to walk a few times along the stone road in the palace under the supervision of guards and palace maids, take a look at the few open unused palaces, and then rush to close the palace doors in the evening. leave.
But occasionally there are platinum-level luxury tour groups with extraordinary value.
Not only can they be personally received and guided by Queen Pinna, but they can also have an alien version of the palace feast with the red-haired queen in the palace.
Finally, they can also be treated as VIPs in the palace.
Stayed one night as Of course, this extraordinary courtesy requires payment.
Considering that her coffers are full, the Queen is so talkative.
At this moment, Queen Pinna had just finished the Senate meeting when she saw a large number of tourists from Earth crowding outside the palace gate.
Among them were men and women, old and young, all wearing earthly clothes and uniform yellow peaked caps.
Mr.
Li Wenchang, the Chinese diplomatic consul resident in the imperial capital, held a small red flag in his hand and stood in front of the tourist queue, introducing something to them.
The tourists had already raised their smartphones and cameras, and came to the awkward-looking guards and maids to take pictures.
At this moment, even if they saw the distinguished imperial elders coming out of the meeting, these earthly civilians without titles had no intention of giving way to the elders, let alone kneeling down to salute the elders.
The several elders who were proud of their status were so angry that they puffed up their beards and glared, but they were helpless.
To be honest, Queen Pinna was not in a very happy mood when facing these earthlings who were ignorant of etiquette.
However, these wealthy visitors from Earth have been making outstanding contributions to filling the royal coffers.
Moreover, Li Wenchang also claimed in previous secret talks that if these distinguished guests can return satisfied, the emergency loan interest rate begged by Queen Pingna can enjoy a discount.
This is the only way for Queen Pingna to make up for the financial deficit in the short term.
Therefore, in After a brief hesitation, the red-haired knight queen adjusted her mood as quickly as possible, put a perfect ceremonial smile on her face, opened her arms enthusiastically, and greeted these people who were said to be of extraordinary wealth.
Distinguished Guests from Earth: "Dear guests from another world, welcome to my palace."
The lanterns were lit at the beginning, the moon was bright and the stars were few, the evening breeze was blowing, and everything was silent.
The long table, which was littered with cups and plates just now, has now been cleaned up by the maids.
The palace entertainers who performed music and acrobatics also took their rewards and dispersed.
The two heavy bronze doors made a clicking sound and were closed bit by bit under the joint efforts of the female knights.
The royal dinner for the earth tour group had come to an end at this time.
The earth tourists, who were full of wine and food, were led by the lantern maid to stay and rest in the guest rooms of the palace.
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After a busy day, Queen Pinna finally reached the moment of rest.
The elegant demeanor and laughter in the banquet hall, the exchange of money and verbal exchanges in communication, cannot hide the fatigue and melancholy that fills her heart.
When she accompanied this tour group to visit the palace and signed a trade agreement with her, Mr.
Li Wenchang, the Chinese diplomatic consul, bowed to her with a smile.
After the last one left the banquet hall, his true emotions gradually returned to the young queen.
After taking off the heavy golden crown and purple robe, Queen Pinna, who had been busy for a day, could no longer care about her grace and manners.
She collapsed directly on the soft bed and let the maids pull out her hairpin and hairpin in a daze. issue card, He let go of her long flaming red hair, and then helped her change into soft slippers and loose nightgown.
Finally, she was supported by two powerful maids and almost staggered into the bathroom. inside.
It wasn't until she soaked her tired body in hot water sprinkled with flower petals that the Queen, who had been stressed out for a day, truly felt relaxed physically and mentally.
On the inner wall of the bathroom, there is a mosaic of the portrait of her father, Emperor Morte: the strong muscles, the lips that always smile evilly, and the firm and deep eyes made Queen Pinna look a little dazed: her father Although Emperor Molt was ruthless and had an unfair position, he also spent his whole life fighting in the army, fighting in the north and south, pushing the empire's hegemony to the highest peak in history, and he is worthy of being one of the greatest monarchs in the history of the empire.
However, after her father died suddenly, her two brothers almost completely destroyed the empire in just over a year like idiots.
Time has passed, and the outcome is irreversible.
The elusive and unpredictable fate finally made Princess Pinna, who was born in the side room, the winner of the battle for the throne, and also put the extremely heavy hope of reviving the empire in her heart.
On her shoulders, she was exhausted and exhausted.
Despite this, she persevered in the end.
Even though she was in dire straits for a while, and even though she was surrounded by dangers, she still persisted until now.
Moreover, according to some news that Princess Pinna inquired about, the bad luck that has lasted so far seems to be coming to an end, and the moment to change destiny is coming.
"Father, although I don't have your lofty ideals, your bravery, or your tactics and skills, I will still do my best to protect myself and try to keep everything you left behind.
The empire will survive.
If I go down, I will survive."
Looking at the mosaic of her father on the wall, Queen Pinna murmured to herself, "I found out from the church of Hadi, God of the Underworld, that from now on, it will be as short as two years and as long as three or four years." , the space-time gate on the Arnus hill is about to close and disappear, and those sturdy The powerful aliens will also leave the Falmat continent forever.
The beautiful cities and countless legacies they left behind will become the possessions of the empire.
Can easily get rid of the current predicament and win the capital for another revival."
Having said this, Queen Pinna couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick her lips, her eyes shining brightly, "At that time, I will move the imperial capital to the alien city on Mount Arnus.
There is no city in the entire Falmat continent that is more beautiful than it."
However, just as Queen Pinna was stretching her jade body, lying half in the steamy marble bath, looking forward to peacefully taking over the city of Arnus in the near future.
Little did he know that at the same time, there was another ambitious woman who was also paying attention to the "heritage of aliens" s: After reading The Rise of the Lord God by Your Excellency Wen Chao Gong, I found that Xianxia novels can also be played in unlimited streams, and the results are quite good.
So after repeated consideration, Lao Laowang changed his plan again.
The new book Attack of the Cats still writes unlimited streams, but adds a copy of Xianxia.
In this way, multiple ideas can be taken into account.
By the way, you can imagine how the cultivators fight swords in a weightless spaceship, how to plant a paradise on an asteroid without an atmosphere, etc.
Imagine the weightless cultivators while in space.
The scene of dogs pawing and hitting each other on the head must be very fun.
Then, because in order to clearly introduce the ending of each character, the ending of the time-travel era became longer and longer.
The promise of ending the book last week had to be postponed.
Please forgive me, readers.
After all, when I write a novel, I always want it to start well and end well.
Being forced to be a eunuch once was painful enough.
Please continue to support Lao Laowang and finish writing the book on the Great Time Travel Era.
Thank you.
Finally, I would like to recommend Brother Half Frog’s new book The God of Fruity Flavor, which is also an imaginative and infinite flow story. oshow7: