Chapter 4 Conspiracy
"Rebelled. All are reversed!!" In Minsk, when the Norman Emperor heard that the provinces of Flanders and Northern Saxony of his empire were all trapped in anarchy, no different from other countries, he roared in anger. However, when the emperor disappeared, he wanted to take some action against these mobs, but he found that he could do nothing to them.
Egil is not lacking enough army, nor is he lacking the courage to command the army, or is determined to kill millions of people. Instead, the current situation does not allow the emperor to do so. Today, Central and Western Europe are like a large crucible filled with plague mucus. The emperor is really reluctant to throw his army into such a dangerous place.
In addition, according to intelligence, the opponent does not have the various weapons needed to attack, so it is impossible to attack a series of cities with strict defenses. In this way, the losses of the empire will be maintained within an acceptable range.
In this way, it is the most acceptable strategy to temporarily abandon Central Europe and Western Europe and choose to maintain stability in Eastern Europe. Anyway, the empire did not own too much land and cities in Central Europe and Western Europe. Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Ross Province in Eastern Europe. If one of these parts is taken out separately, it can be compared with a whole Flanders and a whole North Saxony - not including East Prussia.
"So..." In Minsk, the emperor only felt a headache when he issued such an order: "I decided to send a professional force of 20,000 people to block the road between Eastern Europe and Central Europe and North Saxony. It prevents mobs from escaping and entering Eastern Europe."
This order almost meant to abandon all Flanders and North Saxony. Although those cities and fortresses could not be broken for a while, over time, the stock in the city would be exhausted. The outside of the city could not be cultivated and harvested due to the raging mobs. The agricultural areas were destroyed. In this way, the city could not be defended...
Cities that cannot be defeated are easily hungry. This principle has been verified in countless urban defense wars throughout the ages. Of course, there are also strange things like Stalingrad. But you can't expect that the people in the feudal era can have about their motherland, right? Nationalism, nationalism and other things have only emerged in modern times.
After Egil's order was issued, it was equivalent to giving up all the coastal areas of the western empire. The situation where the North Sea could be completely controlled, the Baltic Sea disappeared without a trace. The areas that the empire could control were further reduced.
Finally, in mid-July, after the emperor arrived in Krakow, the latest situation became like this: the only area that the Empire could control in Flanders was the Normandy port area, and all other areas were paralyzed. The only area that the Empire could control in North Saxony was the small area of the Jutland Peninsula. The boundary was the Kiel Canal.
At the border between Eastern Europe and Central Europe, the Empire uses the Bay of Pomerania - the Oder River - the Nice River. Such a natural waterway is as the defense line. The 20,000 Norman army, with the veteran general Qiteng as the head coach, the main force is stationed at Stedetin. At the same time, the Second Hussar Legion patrolled the east bank of the river to prevent anyone from smuggling over.
This river, a canal, forms two worlds. The northeast of the river is the earth, and the southwest of the river is the hell on earth.
Because he completely abandoned two regions and also gave up the German princes, Burgundy, Aquitaine, Italy... The rest of the empire finally had enough medicine. After the emperor invested 20,000 troops to the south to defend, the power of the southern part of Eastern Europe was enough to defend against the impact of the mob.
In this way, the Eastern European part of the empire was finally safe. Production activities continued, lacking many commercial opportunities, which made people pay more attention to land and returned to Krakow. The emperor, who had once again completed the complete control of the political situation, took the opportunity to issue new laws to increase the efficiency of developing land in Eastern Europe and win over the hearts of the people.
The decree stipulates as follows: From today on, the Holy Norman Empire Eastern Europe will be allocated to more developed land. The ownership of the land will still belong to the imperial government. The land use rights will be granted to the people at a low price for reclamation.
The imperial government will provide loans to the Trail Blazers at preferential prices, which can be paid off in ten years. The loan interest is exempted from the first two years of the land development.
The imperial government ploughed oxen and farm tools, seeds and other items needed at preferential prices.
The newly reclaimed land will be subject to agricultural taxes according to the basic standards of the empire.
The imperial government will organize the unified purchase of grain and purchase surplus grain at market prices according to the principle of voluntary voluntary.
Note 1: When handling loan business, you should go to the Imperial Bank opened in each city.
After such a decree was issued, the refugees, craftsmen, small merchants, bankrupt big merchants, workshop owners, and the ruined nobles immediately took action. They either chose land, sold their property, or borrowed low-interest loans from the Imperial Bank. Then they went to the land development station temporarily established by the Imperial Government, and bought seeds, oxen and farm tools at a price that was almost half lower than the market price.
Some people who were familiar with each other came together, while some nobles with family background took their entourage and slaves to go there. Some refugees organized production in the form of families. In the case of the empire's depressed industry and commerce, the empire's development in Eastern Europe has accelerated a lot. This can be regarded as a blessing in disgrace. Although the income has decreased, the grain output will increase. In this way, the empire will at least not worry about food.
By October, the imperial army organized by the Imperial Empire and the newly developed land had harvests. The grain of the army was distributed uniformly and was collected into the national warehouses. The developed land also welcomed the national team to purchase grain on time. Part of the grain was collected according to the market price.
He learned that the grain harvest this year was expected. The famine that had been under concern did not happen. Egil finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to free up his hands to prepare to clean up the political situation in Krakow.
More than a month ago, Nemulis found the bastard who leaked national policies. This man was completely inconsistent with what Egil thought. He was a royal counselor, Sir Ald, the 60-year-old minister of agriculture. He was a gentle, respected and respected...
“sonofbitch.”
Well, His Majesty the Emperor seemed quite dissatisfied. Although the Minister of Agriculture gave himself a lot of reasonable advice when organizing the development of Eastern Europe before, and seemed to work hard. However, His Majesty the Emperor did not think that these things could reduce his sins.
In a country where imperial power is supreme, some people can be saved by killing people, some people can be rescued by robbing people, and some people can be rescued by cheating people. But if you offend the emperor, you will definitely be completely unsaved.
That's it.
This Minister of Agriculture may be a purely good man as everyone saw. The reason why he secretly opposed the emperor was probably due to other factors, for the empire, or even for the emperor's good. But offending the emperor was offending the emperor. Egil didn't want to hear the reason and did not accept any excuses. He just wanted to make this guy who violated his will to relieve his hatred. At the same time, he warned other bastards not to cause trouble for themselves, otherwise he would die miserably.
So, the next day, when the servants opened the door of the royal counselor as usual, they were stunned by the scene before them. The "respected" and "respected" bitch was hugging a woman who looked at least forty years younger than him to do the piston movement - of course, it would be nothing if it was simply like this. Although the Minister of Agriculture is already sixty years old, he is still a man at least. It is not unforgivable to do such a little.
But the woman's choice was a little bit... When the servants were in a panic and wanted to leave the room, they noticed the woman...well, or the girl cried and called for help. And immediately reacted, this was the shout of their lady, the biological granddaughter of the Minister of Agriculture.
The servants were very surprised and did not know what to do. And just as they didn't know what to do, an operational force of Norman intelligence system rushed in. They showed the arrest warrant personally granted by the emperor, and then arrested the tragic Minister of Agriculture on three charges: "forced beating", "despised young girl" and "**".
During the arrest, there was a little accident. The old man in his sixties seemed to be crazy. He didn't know where the strength came from, just to keep his granddaughter from letting go. He roared inside his mouth, like a beast. The Norman spies spent a lot of effort but could not separate them. Sir Ald seemed to have no concerns about someone watching, and was still engaged in reproductive activities. So the Norman spies knocked him out without hesitation and dragged him away like a dead dog.
This incident soon spread in Krakow. On the third day after this incident, the Royal Advisory House removed Sir Ald from his position as Minister of Agriculture and temporarily served as his deputy, and waited for further instructions from the emperor.
This happened, which made the nobles and officials feel very frightened. Whether it was Sir Ald's unreasonable behavior or the speed at which the Norman intelligence officers arrived, it completely showed that this was a complete conspiracy. Moreover, the person who performed the conspiracy seemed to care that others would see through it.
——No, it should be said that he was deliberately seeing that this was a conspiracy to intimidate. As for the planners of this conspiracy, it was also very easy to guess. Especially a few days ago, when it comes to the issue of medicinal materials distribution, he argued with the emperor's officials and nobles...
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