Chapter 1168 (1/2)
Fire ashes fly, dotted with dusk.
When the woodpile burned, the dark haired wizard could feel that the atmosphere of the whole camp had changed slightly.
Pain, sadness, mourning... All the depression was swept away and replaced by restlessness and inexplicable fanaticism.
The people gathered around the campfire even showed some abnormal excitement on their faces. It was hardly like attending a funeral.
The source of everything is Brandon's ”Declaration”.
Everyone present, but anyone with a little brain, not particularly stupid, can hear two meanings from the ”Declaration” -- first, from today on, the Empire will reward all meritorious heroes in the Azor elf war;
Secondly, the number of meritorious officials will no longer be limited to nobility, or even to birth!
In the past, the object of imperial edicts and rewards had to be a knight at least - that is, you had to have a surname, origin and family anyway.
Even Isaac, who claims to be a farmer, has his surname Grantham. No matter how poor his family is, he is also a member of the clan head of Grantham village; His father was qualified to join the army under the Earl of river castle, and had the opportunity to leave lottel and join the Imperial Army on duanjie mountain
In addition, there is another unwritten rule, that is, the Empire will not directly reward the vassals of the Dukes; With very few exceptions, most of the meritorious deeds were attributed to the principality, and then the Duke rewarded his vassals.
The reason for this is to take into account the independence of the principalities and to show that the heavenly palace will not interfere in their power and sphere of influence - the vassal of the vassal is not my vassal, which was not just a sentence in the past.
Moreover, in the past imperial resolutions, the principalities had no say, even the Duke himself; He can protest, reach a compromise with the emperor, and even rebel; But in any case, he has no right to participate in the discussion.
Brandon's declaration said that he would officially set foot in the internal affairs of the principality and infiltrate the authority of the heavenly palace into the original power of the Archduke.
On the contrary, it gave the Archduke the power to set foot in the politics of the heavenly palace - appointing Duke Bain as the Royal wizard adviser, marking that the supreme power of the Empire will no longer be a privilege only belonging to the saxorians.
This was certainly not Brandon's whim, although it was very similar - it was the result of negotiations with all Archduke after negotiating with Loren.
Because they must face the fact that earth shaking changes have taken place in the empire after the invasion of the Azores.
First, the ”weakest” eboden destroyed the country, and the only remaining wizards, nobles and population were divided by sakran and Byrne;
Lottel, which was almost destroyed, is united with the elves of the ancient wood forest, but the population and military strength have suffered heavy losses. In the next ten years, it will be used to cultivate interest and recapture the deep forest castle;
Boyi has not fully recovered from the last Centaur war, and has paid a heavy price in the battle of Azores. If he does not get assistance, it will be very difficult in the next few years;
Although the strength of El Mans is very strong, it is, after all, a small country built in hills and mountains. Although the losses paid in the repeated bloody battles are not as much as those of sakran, the proportion is too high - only more than 40000 of the 100000 El mans who went to war with Yuli vilz have survived.
Arle, who has been fishing for a long time, has the least loss among all people, but those who can be brought out to fight by Nolan ERD are his most trusted subordinates; Now, with heavy losses and trouble, returning to the principality is another civil war.
Only sakran and Byrne, after many wars, still maintain a very strong strength; This means that if the two sides reach any agreement, the remaining principalities have no room for objection.
Charlotte gave up her ambition to confront sakran at the price that Byrne had the right to set foot in Imperial affairs; Brandon had to make a compromise if he did not want to confront Byrne after the Azores and fight a civil war against the rebels in a few years; But he didn't want to weaken the imperial power, so he had this declaration.
It justifiably gave all principalities equal rights, but in fact only Byrne was able to use it; The rest of the principality even had to rely on assistance from sakran and Bain.
Brandon's reward is to give up expanding power and be willing to help him fight against the Byrne Duchy of the old aristocracy in Saxony.
This was a compromise of mutual benefit exchange, but it was also due to the changes brought about by the invasion of the Azores - sakran, which clearly fought at home and occupied an absolute geographical and military advantage, was overwhelmed by the enemy's multi-faceted attack and nearly subjugated the country; This fear prompted everyone to implicitly want to build an empire that is more closely related and united with each other.
After the funeral, Brandon immediately announced the beginning of the banquet; No one cares whether the result of that heroic declaration is good or bad.
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”Going?”
Under the starry sky, Loren looked at the fairy standing outside the barracks with a small bag of luggage on her back, and there was a young man standing next to her, an attendant.
”Yes.”
The fairy nodded, as if she had guessed that Loren would come.
”So fast?”
”I don't like your imperial party. You like drinking too much.” Leia smiled, shook her head and glanced at the brightly lit and laughing party in the distance:
”What's more, I said... Reuven gave me the title of Duke so that I could lead the elves in the morning star forest to fight side by side with the loters; now that the war is over, I don't have to stay any longer.”
”I will take the remaining elves back to the ancient wood forest and rebuild the morning star forest there; as for the position of the Lord of lottel... I will return it to the lottel people.”
Speaking of the children, the elf seemed to suddenly think of it and patted the shoulder of the ”entourage” beside him: ”Oh, I almost forgot - this is the heir selected by the Fred family. After I left, he will be Duke lottel.”
Alas?
Loren, who didn't react for a while, remembered and looked at the ”entourage” beside the Female Elf.
”First meeting, Lord Byrne.” the young entourage trembled with excitement and rushed directly in front of Lauren with an arrow, which startled Lauren:
”The Holy Cross, today is the craziest day of my life! I can't believe I can meet a great man like you alone. I can't believe I can talk to you... You absolutely don't know how long I've been waiting for this moment. I haven't slept since yesterday! I've heard all your stories, all your adventures and great actions. I'm sorry I hope to be like you all my life... ”
”Wait, wait... Stop!”
He raised his hand and interrupted the endless nonsense of the entourage. Loren first glanced at the female elf who tried hard not to smile, and then slowly said, ”what's your... Name?”
”Kahn frieder, Earl of riverside castle, Mann frieder is my father, I am his eldest son, and your best friend, ruven frieder, is my cousin. You don't know how sad I was when he died. I always hope to be the bravest Knight of lottel like him, so I especially want to ask you how I should be like you...”
”First!”
The big headed Lorraine quickly snatched: ”the most important thing is to be quiet.”
”I, I don't know what you mean. What do you mean?” the young Kahn Fred asked quickly, looking thirsty for knowledge.
”Silence... Is gold.” sighed, and the black haired wizard insisted patiently:
”If you want to be a brave knight, you must first look like a knight - you talk too much nonsense and speak too fast, and others don't know what you're talking about; your words have no weight, and people who don't have weight can't become an excellent ruler, let alone a knight.”
”Er... I, I never thought about this. I thought it was OK to speak faster...”
”Slow down and think clearly.”
”OK, but if I don't want to say anything, what should I do...”