"Oh? Mr. Feim, that's a bit too much." Zipa was really surprised that Feim said such words so bluntly, and he was evaluating in his mind what exactly Feim's words contained.
How much credibility, but his face remained calm, and he said in a very casual tone: "Now the mainland has been peaceful and peaceful for many years. Under the wise leadership of the Great Emperor, our Sakala Empire's national strength is booming.
, our Fourth Military and Political Council also..."
"Lord Chippa, you know what I'm talking about!" Feim looked at Chippa and said directly: "I'm sincere, and you don't need to go around in circles with me any more!"
"Oh?" Zipa was really a little curious about what Feim wanted to say this time. He turned his head and glanced at Link secretly, and found that the boy was still huddled aside, showing nothing.
Then he pretended to be thinking and said to Feim: "Okay, Mr. Feim is so happy, I won't talk nonsense. I have to think carefully about whether what just happened was a misunderstanding, but Mr. Feim
, I’m afraid you have to show me your sincerity first!”
"Lord Chippa is a popular person next to Lord Perigord. He should also know that Lord Perigord has recently offended our Emperor of the Sakara Empire for some unknown reason. The imperial royal family has now made up his mind to suppress Perigord with all his strength.
Lord Rigg's power, and he already has a whole set of plans." Lord Feim looked at Qipa and said, "The division of Wiz City this time is just one step in the whole set of plans."
"Our Imperial Emperor is so high up and has so many things to do, he may not really be able to put much thought into dealing with the affairs of the Fourth Military and Political Council." Qipa now really believes that the Feim in front of him is really sincere, at least bringing up the matter.
When talking about the affairs of the imperial family, there was no hesitation in his tone. However, Qipa was still a little uncomfortable with this guy's sudden change, and his words were still relatively cryptic: "Our Fourth Military and Political Council is in Lord Perigueux's house.
Under governance, both military affairs and civil affairs are second to none in all military and political councils, and the taxes that should be paid to the imperial royal family every year are always paid in full, and there has never been any arrears. Even if the imperial royal family really pays tribute
Mr. Rige has some misunderstanding, I’m afraid there is no chance to find an excuse to deal with our adults, right?!”
The Sakala Empire is an imperial country. In terms of management system, of course the imperial royal family is also in a supreme position. However, since the Sakala Empire has implemented a territorial enfeoffment system since its founding, those who followed the founding emperor of the Sakala Empire to found the empire
The nobles are all assigned territories of varying sizes. In their territories, they have the power to form an army and any official, which is close to the king. It can be said that the territories of these nobles are actually various large and small kingdoms.
country.
It was not so bad when the country was first founded, but later, this situation gradually developed to the point where it weakened and even threatened the power of the imperial royal family. By the time of the seventh emperor of the Saqqara Empire, Frederick II
When he was still alive, he was considered a powerful and resourceful emperor, so he began to weaken the strength of these local nobles. Through a series of operations, he finally achieved things such as bringing most of the army under national command and transferring some overly large territories.
Measures such as dividing the territory and separating the two systems of officialdom gradually restricted the power of the noble lords and consolidated the authority of the imperial family.
However, just when Frederick II weakened the power of the nobility, the aristocratic power in these places was essentially deep-rooted. If several large forces united, even the imperial royal family would not be able to resist.
No matter how powerful Frederick II was, he could only adopt a tolerant policy such as differentiation, unite some nobles who were loyal to the imperial family, and try to use some flexible methods to deal with such matters. He would never dare to give those nobles
They had the impression that the imperial royal family wanted to drive them all away. Therefore, when these imperial nobles agreed to his reform policy, Frederick II also made a decision to those local nobles in the name of the imperial royal family.
The guarantee is that as long as these local nobles have not violated the laws of the empire or done anything detrimental to the interests of the imperial royal family, the imperial royal family must not use any other excuse to deprive these local nobles of their territories and
Status, this law is still the most important norm agreed between the imperial royal family and these aristocratic families to this day.
Lord Perigord's family is also among the first-class noble families among the inherited noble families. It has huge power and territory. Therefore, although the current emperor of the Sakala Empire is dissatisfied with him,
, but he still couldn’t escape from being given the position of minister of the Fourth Military and Political Council, and Perigueux’s own abilities were also extraordinary. During his tenure as minister of the Fourth Military and Political Council, he took over the position of minister of the Fourth Military and Political Council.
The governance of the court was smooth, and there was no excuse for attacking him. Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible for the imperial family to shake down such a long-established nobleman and an official at the level of the head of the Military and Political Council.
Therefore, whether it was Lord Perigueux or Zipa and his loyal confidants, after learning that the imperial royal family wanted to deal with Perigueux, they did not take this matter too seriously.
For things that are serious and difficult to deal with, people tend to be angry and think more about how to fight back.
"It seems that Master Zipa still doesn't believe what I say." Feim now looked confident, smiling and said to Zipa: "Hasn't Master Zipa ever thought that the imperial family wanted to weaken Perry?
Lord Perigord, how come you chose a remote place like Wiz City to divide Lord Perigord's jurisdiction?"
"Hmph, when our lord was transferred from the Empire Center to the Fourth Military Council, the current Emperor of the Empire personally promised our lord that as long as Lord Périguet does not violate the laws of the empire or do anything detrimental to the empire,
Regarding the interests of the royal family, from now on, the imperial royal family will never make any changes to the territory of Lord Perigueux." Zipa said coldly: "In the current jurisdiction of the Fourth Military and Political Council, the imperial royal family can no longer make any changes.
There aren’t many places to divide it!”
Although Zipa now generally believes in Feim's sincerity, he still thinks that he is exaggerating in order to get rid of the current situation. Everyone knows that Wiz City should be removed from the jurisdiction of the Fourth Military and Political Council.
It was the first step to weaken Lord Perigueux, but those in the Fourth Military Council did not take it too seriously. That was because such an action was within their expectations.
The current emperor's dissatisfaction with Lord Perigueux did not just start now. A few years ago, when he first ascended the throne of the emperor, he promoted Lord Perigueux from marquis to Duke of Jorlock.
This moved Lord Perigueux from his lush territory in the heart of the empire to a remote area like the Fourth Military Council.
Originally, Lord Perigueux's family had been operating in their family territory for countless generations. Not only were the officials up and down all members of Lord Perigueux's family, but even the army there was nominally owned by the state.
But it has been almost infiltrated by the Périgueux family. Therefore, such a change of title actually forced the Périgueux family to undergo a major migration.
This is a very targeted action.
Of course, in order to make it difficult for Lord Perigueux to oppose, the imperial royal family also spent a lot of money. The first thing was to promote Perigueux's title from marquis to duke. You must know that the promotion of title originally requires establishing huge merits.
Possibly, in such a peaceful continental environment for who knows how many years, Lord Perigueux's promotion can be regarded as a very exceptional thing; secondly, of course, the imperial royal family's promise to Perigueux,
In order to get the Périgueux family to agree to this exchange, and also to cooperate with Périgueux's title promotion, the original hereditary territory of the Périgueux family has been greatly expanded. Basically, the core of the entire Fourth Military Council
Most of the area has become the territory of the Périgueux family, coupled with the promise of the imperial royal family, which means that as long as the Périgueux family can overcome the original power in the Fourth Military and Political Council, in this life
To lay down roots in an unfamiliar place, it basically means that the position of the Minister of the Fourth Military Council will become a hereditary position of the Périgord family. For those who have already had a stalemate with the imperial family,
For Lord Perigueux, holding an important position in the center of the empire is not as satisfying as being a prince here.
In the management system of the Sakara Empire, positions and territories are already separated. The imperial royal family cannot change the territory of Lord Perigueux, but it can divide those areas within the jurisdiction of the Fourth Military Council that do not belong to the territory of the Perigueux family.
Parts, this Wize City belongs to one of these parts, so the action of dividing Wize City was actually what Lord Perigueux and the others expected, but these places do not belong to Lord Perigueux's territory.
They are all insignificant places like Wize City, and Perigueux had already realized this when he was assigned to the Fourth Military Council. The people who hold the position of city lord in these places are basically his.
Some cronies of the family or vassal families, just like this city of Wiz, have been assigned to the Eleventh Military and Political Council for several years, but they have not yet been able to completely transfer all the power here.
"Lord Chippa is right, Wiz City is certainly not an important place. Even if all the places except Lord Perigord's territory are cut off, it will not shake Lord Perigord's foundation."
Feim stared at Chippa and said: "But what if Weize City will become the fiefdom of the second son of the Charles family, and the fiefdom of Earl Weize also includes a large part of Tianfeng Plain?!"
"What?!" Chippa finally could no longer pretend to be indifferent to what Feim said. His eyes widened and he looked at Feim: "What did you say?! You said it was true?!
"
"Whether it's true or not, Mr. Chippa can judge for himself." Feim looked at Chippa's reaction and finally felt a little confident in his heart. The attitude on his face was no longer so flattering, but began to look suspicious.
Winning his appetite, he slowly said: "I don't know where Lord Periguet offended the imperial family, but what I know is that the imperial family's actions this time are definitely not a trivial matter. Our Imperial Emperor is actually willing to do so.
Take out the Tianfeng Plain as a reward for the concerted actions of several major families against Lord Perigord. Lord Zipa, do you think that the major families have agreed to build dams along the water in the Tianfeng Plain over the years? It’s really just
Is it accidental?"
Chipa's face turned pale at Feim's words, and he stood there unable to say a word.
The Tianfeng Plain is one of the territories directly under the imperial royal family. When the Sakala Empire was founded and the nobles were enfeoffed, the imperial royal family of course occupied some of the best places on their own, and the Tianfeng Plain is the most important one among them.
It is said that the income from the Great Plains and the Tianfeng Plain has accounted for nearly 30,000% of the total income of the imperial royal family.
In order to deal with Perigueux, the imperial royal family was willing to offer such a place as an exchange benefit with several big families. This was indeed completely beyond Chippa's expectation.
After all, the imperial royal family wants to weaken the power of these noble families. In the final analysis, it is just to maintain the authority of the royal family and protect the interests of the royal family. And in this way, ceding nearly 30% of the royal family's income will undoubtedly affect the life of the royal family.
Things that have had a great impact are not originally in the interest of the royal family, and dividing Tianfeng Plain among several major families will make these already powerful families even stronger. In this way, it will suppress Périgueux.
family, but it is equivalent to cultivating several aristocratic families with greater power than the Perigueux family. No matter how you calculate it, the gains outweigh the losses.
And Feim's last words made Zipa even more frightened.
The most important place of the Tianfeng Plain is not only its rich products and most of the fertile land suitable for farming, but also because the Tianfeng Plain is the birthplace of several large rivers. The Fourth Military and Political Academy is located just downstream of the Tianfeng Plain.
The entire water source flows from the Tianfeng Plain. If we dam the river on the Tianfeng Plain to control the water source, in an empire that relies almost entirely on farming, we can almost control the relevant areas.
The size of the harvest.
However, the water source of Tianfeng Plain affects not only the Fourth Military and Political Council, but also a small half of the empire, and most of the Eleventh Military and Political Council. The aristocratic families in these places are enough to unite.
To shake the imperial family, the imperial family has not dared to do anything on the Tianfeng Plains for many years.
If the water flow is not regulated, it will cause a lot of troubles. Floods and droughts are common situations. In the past few years, the imperial royal family convened several big families to discuss and allow the Tianfeng Plain to be opened to these individuals.
The families divided the river basins and built their own dams. Lord Perigueux at that time also participated in this discussion and agreed to cooperate in the implementation of some projects, but he did not expect that this would be the biggest move against him.
After all, the impression the current emperor has given these nobles is that he is greedy and greedy. He tries to find excuses to increase even a little tax almost every year. Even with Lord Perigord's understanding of him, he really didn't expect him to do so this time.
I am willing to throw out a big bait like Tianfeng Plain.
But now when I think about it, I can understand that this emperor is not as simple as he seems on the surface. Almost from the time he decided to transfer Perigueux to the Fourth Military Council, he had already laid the entire trap.
.
As long as the dams on the Tianfeng Plain are built and several major families join forces, they can cut off most of the water sources flowing to the Fourth Military and Political Council. Not to mention the immediate impact on farming, even the drinking water supply will be immediately tense.
Get up, and during the peak rain season, if several big families suddenly pretend to burst the dam at the same time, half of the Fourth Military and Political Council may be submerged in the flood. It can be said that by that time, the members of the Fourth Military and Political Council will
Your lifeline is in the hands of others.
Even if you can survive this kind of natural and man-made disaster and barely survive, you may not be able to pay all the taxes to the imperial family on time. If this is in the hands of the calculating emperor, the Périgueux family can
Using the excuse of harming the interests of the imperial royal family, he took further actions against Lord Perigueux.
Frederick II had a similar agreement with the nobles. In recent years, due to the increase in the number of aristocratic children of aristocratic families, some nobles from large aristocratic families basically used similar excuses in order to annex the territories of small nobles.
However, this can only be successful if there is a huge disparity in strength. Nowadays, the relationship between the nobles in the Sakara Empire is complicated, and the Perigueux family is a first-class noble family. Originally, even the imperial family did not have the strength to deal with him.
Such a move, but I didn't expect that the current emperor would actually sacrifice the Tianfeng Plain in exchange for the cooperation of several major families. As a result, Lord Perigo's situation was really precarious.
"Now that Mr. Feim has said this," Zipa now knew that they had underestimated Feim before. He solemnly asked: "I wonder what you think about the situation at hand?!"
"Master Qipa, our Pamber family is also the focus of the imperial royal family's wooing this time," Feim said, smiling at Qipa: "The imperial royal family promised our Pamber family head Tianfeng Plain.
Twenty percent harvest!”
"Oh?" Zipa frowned and looked at Feim with a half-smile: "Then you will tell me these things?!"
Feim laughed and said: "The ancestors of the Pamper family and the ancestors of Lord Perigo were originally comrades in arms. Our family leader asked me to come to Wize City to serve as the city guard this time. This was originally explained to me.
I, while not harming the interests of the Pamber family, try not to harm the friendship between the Pamber family and Lord Perigueux!"
"Is what Lord Feim said true?" Zipa's eyes lit up and he said: "Lord Perigo has always been very concerned about his relationship with the Pamper family. If he can handle this situation, then I
It can also be guaranteed that the benefits that the Pamber family deserves will never be reduced by even half!"
"It's just", Zipa looked at Feim hesitantly: "Can Lord Feim really do this?!"
"This is an autographed letter from the head of the Pamber family." Feim didn't hesitate and took out the letter directly and handed it to Chippa: "Please check it, Mr. Chippa!"
In fact, what he said can be regarded as half-truth and half-false. The reason why the head of the Pamber family put him, a closed disciple, in a key place like Wizburg was to find out the reactions of both parties.
You won't make wrong choices in the future.
Choosing to side with Lord Périgueux is actually in the interests of the Pamber family. After all, although they support the imperial family, the Pamber family can also be allocated 20% of the fertile land on the Tianfeng Plain. However, after the imperial family
In order to deal with Périgueux's troubles, Tianfeng Plain must have been severely damaged, and it will not be able to recover for at least five or six years. If you switch to support Périgueux, not only can you still get the same benefits,
Even under this situation, Perigueux should have given a value equivalent to 20% of the income of Tianfeng Plain in its heyday.
What happened today only forced him to make such a choice immediately.
"Lord Chippa, it should be okay," Feim said with a smile, "Then it shouldn't be difficult for you to explain the misunderstanding just now, right?!"
"Ahem, Lord Link, this..." Now Zipa's headache was turning to him. He slowly walked towards Link, thinking about how to speak. He was overly surprised for a moment, but Feim really surprised Lin.
Ke treated him as a useless addition and actually said some things that he shouldn't have said. However, in Zipa's mind, he still felt that Link was an outsider after all, and he probably didn't know what they were talking about.
something.
"Ah, I'm fine." Link shouted as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Continue, continue..."
"It's really exciting!" Link felt very interesting in his heart now. He really didn't expect to hear such exciting news unexpectedly. Although he didn't know some of the details, he had already known about Perigord's strange actions.
After being aware of it, he still heard a lot of things, and now he is addicted to it: "I hope this guy Di Lang won't act immediately after receiving the news, and don't call those guys over so quickly!"
Unfortunately, just as he was thinking this, he heard Count Weir's roar coming from afar: "Who dares to hurt the guard officer of our Bavarian Empire envoy?!"
