Realm of Power

"The emperor's inspection system was an important decision-making system in the Falcon Empire era. The reason was that with the rapid expansion of the empire's territory, it was difficult for the first-generation Falcon Emperor who established such a huge empire to completely concentrate all national government affairs in one place. According to the emperor's arrangement, the empire's territory was divided into the empire's mainland Ekadiva, northern Obarro, and Oba In the three large regions of central Luo, when there is no war, the emperor handles local government affairs in the empire from January to March of the year, handles government affairs in the imperial capital in the north from April to August, and handles government affairs in the imperial capital from September to December. The Barrow region of Central Europe handles government affairs. This system was launched in the sixth year of the imperial calendar, and eventually became a major characteristic practice of the Falcon Empire, which lasted throughout the three hundred and seventeen years of the empire." Excerpted from the study of the characteristic monarchy system of the Falcon Empire

This year was the sixth year of the Falcon Empire's calendar. It was the beginning of the famous emperor's inspection system in later generations. It was also the beginning of the empire's transition from an era of expansion to an era of stable development.

The rich and light winds of autumn in August still decorate the vast wilderness of the Congo region. In the warm and sunny days, the golden wheat fields are rolling with the wind. In the sound of early morning bells, Lisbon asked the political officer Tire Narant stepped out of his carriage, and the children who had finished school walked from the street to their homes, laughing and joking. Running past the carriage, the city streets were covered with clusters of flowers. Thick colorful and bright colors covered everything people could see. The breeze blew the breath of autumn, seeping through the thin clothes. It enters people's skin and makes people's hearts become active. The clouds in Lisbon are rapidly changing and flowing.

In front of Tiernarant is a gray-white marble building. As far as the building itself is concerned, this building is not very eye-catching. It is completely incomparable with the splendor of the Business Alliance Headquarters on the same street, but This is the Government Office of Lisbon,

"Sir, news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, His Majesty the Emperor has already set off."

Seeing Tiernarant getting off the carriage, a political officer waiting on the steps came down with a document.

"Even the fastest speed will take half a month. There is no need to be so nervous now."

Tillnarant took the document and glanced at it. He signed casually and handed it to the political officer. The emperor was coming. He had already received notice from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The establishment of the emperor's inspection system had been regarded by the imperial political officers as a major decision that would affect the entire empire. .

"The emperor's wisdom is always admirable!"

Even the most experienced political officers expressed a high degree of approval for this novel inspection system, because after the empire successively annexed the Northern Gallic Empire, the Congo Empire, the Central European Barro, Feshan, and the Istan Empire, the territory It is vast and has a large population, which has long exceeded the territory of ordinary empires. Take a look at the book

With such a vast territory, the difficulty of transmitting information has become apparent. The original information system has long been unable to adapt to the empire. For example, if a message is transmitted from the Istan region to the Imperial Capital, if it is transmitted by carrier pigeons, it will take more than half a month at the fastest, and one day. It took more than a month to come and go, and most of the government information could not be delivered by carrier pigeons, but by regular horses, which would be even slower. For example, much of the information that the Ministry of Internal Affairs urgently processed in August may have been sent from distant areas one to two months ago. In this era, we are facing a vast multi-ethnic country. If you want to realize the centralization of monarchy, you must refine the government structure.

The system of internal affairs officers with total centralized power in large regions came into being. One internal affairs officer was often responsible for three to four imperial provinces. General regional government affairs were handled by the internal affairs officer, and important matters were reported to the imperial capital. Ministry, the emperor only needed to inspect the handling of regional government affairs during his inspection tour. In fact, if converted to an Eastern political system, it is undoubtedly a variant of the county and provincial government system, coupled with a seasonal inspection system similar to that of nomads. It is just that for the Obaro region with the traditional regional governorship, such a layered structure , as quickly as possible to sort out the original empire's chaotic government system due to the war, and began to make the bureaucracy operate effectively

The emperor's foothold in the south was Lisbonto, the economic and trade center of the south. This meant that the status of Tiernalante, the administrative officer of Lisbonto, suddenly increased. In addition, when he took office, there was an administrative officer who was the emperor's confidant. It is rumored that the possibility of Tirnarante becoming the internal affairs officer of the Congo region has greatly increased. The outside world is already speculating that the moment the emperor arrives in the south is the time when Tirnarant will be promoted.

But in Tillnarant's own eyes, the emperor's decision is more like creating an empire with political affairs in the north and business in the south. Government affairs are handled in the north, and business is handled in the south. The so-called business, Till Narant knew very well that it was the Imperial Bank. This new economic system that the emperor had spent countless efforts on, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Civil War and using huge funds to create a new economic system, how could it be just the product of the emperor's whim?

In fact, the performance of the Imperial Bank, a ferocious beast, has already made the ruthless Tiernarant secretly dumbfounded. He is not a novice who has never seen a business exhibition, nor is he a mediocre person without strategic vision. Ernalante also admitted that he knew the Reichsbank, In just half a year, it has been wiped out several times in a row. Looking at the Imperial Bank, it is like a giant beast emerging from the sky. It kills gods and Buddhas when it encounters it. It develops with such fierce momentum that it is like a storm uprooting its influence. The power not only expanded rapidly within the empire, but also extended to the south of Oparo like a vine.

In just over half a year, the Imperial Bank's power swept across the southern coast. Seventeen southern coast ports and forty-one regional minerals were easily acquired by the Imperial Bank. There were also many incalculable regional industries. Even Starting a war may not lead to such brilliant results, but It was the Imperial Bank that did it without any bloodshed. The benefits that the Empire achieved in the south through the Imperial Bank were almost more than the sum of all the commercial alliances in several years. According to this development trend, over the past few decades, the Empire has completely It may be possible to win over the southern resources into the hands of the empire without a single soldier.

The emperor's purpose of going south is naturally related to the current war between Papt and Feize in the south. If the emperor goes south with such great fanfare, the army in the Congo region must be strengthened. The Imperial Guards and the Central Army will also go south. reasons, and the Imperial Navy can use this as an opportunity to mobilize more naval fleets

At the same time, there is another possibility, and Tillnarant vaguely feels that this is the most likely. That is, the emperor is actually here to harvest, just like an old farmer who is farming, using the huge sickle of the empire to bring the pleasing golden ears of wheat into the empire's bag. It's not the emperor's style to be fair and aboveboard. Digging holes and letting the other party jump in is what the emperor likes to do the most.

The emperor's blatant march south was undoubtedly forcing Feize in the south to speed up the annexation of Paput. Otherwise, when the emperor arrives in the south, is there any possibility for Fezer to win? The emperor would never miss such an opportunity and directly lead the imperial army into Papt, and the possibility of encircling Feize's 200,000 troops is 100%.

The signal for the emperor to go south was undoubtedly a decisive horn sound. In this silent competition for power, there were only two choices that Feize could make now. He was to evacuate Paput immediately to avoid the emperor's move south. Months of bloody battles and countless investments have all come to nothing. The second is to launch a final attack on Paput. Before the emperor arrives, make the annexation of Paput a reality, and then give up part of it to the empire on the negotiation table. Interest makes the empire admit this. Logically speaking, the second possibility is the most likely. The problem is that it is something that can be seen by itself. How could the emperor not see it?

According to the nature of the emperor, he would not just covet the leftovers that were swallowed and spit out by others!

"Sir, that woman is here again and has already arrived at the office!" said the adjutant who walked into the Government Affairs Office behind Tiernarant.

"Oh. Was her request still rejected?" Tillnarant slowed down his steps and frowned slightly.

"No, I heard it was passed!" The adjutant was also a little surprised, "That's why she came here to express her gratitude."

"Passed? How is it possible?" Tillnarant was also confused. He glanced at the adjutant and almost wondered if he was hearing something. The adjutant said it again before Tiernarant believed the result. Something vague flashed through his mind involuntarily, "Could it be related to the emperor's move south?"

In the bright and bright office of Lisbon Government Affairs Office, Tiernarante received this customer who had been pestering her. She said she was pestering her, but in fact she was a very pleasing beauty. She was wearing men's style clothing and dark tones. Jin is cut very short, At first glance, people thought she was a handsome young man, but her slim figure, smooth skin, and the orange scarf exposed at the neckline seemed to prove that she was a woman, and this woman was none other than Ou. Sharon, Princess of Nam An Phu Kingdom, Southern Kingdom of Barrow

"Have I disturbed you, Your Excellency?" When the princess of Nan'anfu Kingdom saw Tiernalant coming in from the door, she quickly stood up and said,

"Oh! It doesn't matter." Tillnarant nodded and sat down at his desk. His slightly thin face was as sharp as a knife. He was wearing a regional administrative officer uniform with a black background and silver decorations everywhere. "It's really I’m very happy for Her Royal Highness. I heard that the Imperial Bank has agreed to Her Highness’s loan request. So when will Her Highness plan to leave the country?”

"As for the loan, would you like to thank your lord for your help?

"I'm sorry, I didn't do that favor." Tierna Nalant shrugged his shoulders. Although he didn't know who did it, but as Lisbonto's political officer, there was no need to deceive a princess from a small country. He just thought that if A worthless little country like Nam Anfu, the Imperial Bank There should be no investment interest, so he was surprised that the Imperial Bank passed the loan. The Kingdom of Nan'an Phu is a small vassal state of the Feize Kingdom, and it is also one of the areas that was invaded by the Paput Kingdom. Feize's army A comprehensive counterattack broke out in the Nan An Phu area

Regarding Papute's expansion, Nan Anfu had no strength to resist and was ready to surrender. However, Feize's army rushed in. In the battle between the two countries with a total of 300,000 troops, the Nan Anfu area was only five to six hundred miles in area. The damage suffered can be imagined. It was almost completely reduced to a white ground. Even the royal capital was burned more than half. The total population was only about 200,000. After the war, only 30,000 or 40,000 people remained. ,

This princess from a small country came to Lisbon to ask for a loan from the Imperial Bank. Although it sounds ironic, it was the Imperial Bank that supported Papt's expansion and then invaded Nan'anfu. As a result, Nan'anfu still had to go to Lisbon to seek the empire. bank loan, but that's what happened, Fezer was busy gobbling up Papt, They will not take into account the life and death of a small and dilapidated country. August has arrived, and winter has entered October. If there is no financial and material assistance, this winter will completely destroy the hard-hit Nan'anfu area. At this time, If there is an organization willing to lend money, it is the Imperial Bank.

It's just that the land and minerals that this small country princess can mortgage are of little value. I don't know where I heard the news. I know that the political officer Tirnarant has a close relationship with the upper echelons of the Imperial Bank. For a period of time, he visited almost every day. The reason why Tiernarant sympathized with him was that It's because he was once a regional lord, and he was unable to struggle under the crushing force of the Falcon Army at that time. He knew this pain very well. In fact, Tiernarant also knew very well that in the competition between the two major forces, Among them, Nan Anfu is just an insignificant abandoned piece, and may not even be qualified to appear on the chessboard of the two monarchs.

Nan'an Fu may be affected by war again at any time. No matter how much investment is made, it will be in vain.

Of course, if this is the case, Tillnarant will not say it to the princess of this small country, because it is too cruel, just like pouring cold water on the head of someone seeking hope. What should I tell her? The war has not continued yet, the empire Troops are being mobilized, and it is very likely that the Nan'an Phu area will become a battlefield... But now, the Imperial Bank is suddenly interested in the Nan'an Phu area, and it has to prevent Tiernarant from thinking about it.

Although the Nan Nan Phu area is poor, it is also the gateway to Feize after all. Otherwise, Feize would not choose to launch a full-scale blitz against the Paput Army in Nan An Phu, and the Imperial Bank would not let its investment go to waste. Yes, the only possibility is that the empire needs control of the Feize Gate of Nan'anfu.

When the emperor goes south, he should be preparing to take action against Feize! The problem is that the empire does not have many troops in the south. It only has 30,000 or 40,000 troops at full strength. Why is the emperor so confident that he can take Nan'anfu directly?

After seeing off the princess of the small country, Tiernarant had just sat down when the adjutant came in hurriedly from the outside with a report in his hand, "Sir, the latest news, Paput, Laliana, Sannua in the central part of Barro in southern Europe. , Jijinur, Campton, Rosrica, Delin, Sapru and other eight countries have just announced the formation of the Central Alliance and declared war on Fezer! "

Looking at the report sent, Tiernarant didn't realize it for a long time. Eight countries started war on Fezer at the same time. What was going on? How did the emperor get the other seven countries to declare war on Fezer together? In the blink of an eye, the situation in the south changed in an astonishing way. Feize's 200,000-strong army went from a triumphant victory to a dilemma. Without the emperor as the mastermind behind the scenes, I wouldn't believe it! (To be continued.)