Regarding the troubles caused by the Wendobona Guards, Lawrence had seen it in the newspapers of the White Eagle Federation before. After all, those newspapers in the Federation like to publish negative news about various countries in the Old Continent to highlight their own excellence.
.For example, the troublemaking behavior of these Janissaries starting a year ago was interpreted by the tabloids as a sign that a declining and decadent empire was about to end.
But the actual situation is not like this. Although an ancient country like the Holy Visby Empire has always accumulated various problems and has various internal contradictions, it is far from being said to be facing a crisis of national subjugation.
It's even the opposite, because the industrial revolution liberated productivity and put the entire empire on the fast track of development: the industrialized army successfully pushed the national border south to east for more than two thousand kilometers, successfully transforming the wilderness races and barbarians into
Civilized hands regained a large area of territory.
On the one hand, this successfully pushed the front line to the natural dangers of the Dacian Mountains and the Danube River, and used these natural dangers to build a complete defense system, avoiding the enemy's invasion of the city every once in a while and causing the entire country to suffer.
Stunning losses on all fronts.
On the other hand, most of the newly acquired land is flat land with relatively good hydrothermal conditions, and there are also a large number of mines in the Dacia Mountains. In this case, through correct policy guidance and a large number of steam engines driven by various
With the widespread application of machinery, the empire has allowed these wastelands to be illuminated by civilization again through construction in the past 30 years.
Those efforts to civilize the wasteland were worth it. The empire obtained a large amount of food and various other resources from these newly recovered lands, transforming the Holy Visby Empire from a mountainous country that needed to import food before the outbreak of the Restoration War.
It has become a country with enough food to feed its entire population and even enough food for export.
Because of this round of pioneering actions, the royal family of the empire got the largest share of the harvest after the pioneering. They successfully took advantage of the opportunity to greatly expand their own power. Then they used this power to reform the country step by step, making the country
An ancient country formed by royal marriage slowly transformed into a modern country.
However, it is different from the time when the wilderness was opened up before. When this reform was opened up, although the royal family and ordinary people benefited from it, it affected the interests of the nobles. Even when the wilderness was opened up before, the nobles also
A large number of interests emerged from it, but they were still very dissatisfied with the royal reform.
It's not that these nobles don't know that this country must reform if it wants to have a future, but they not only don't want to give up the benefits they already have in their hands, but they even want to gain more. This is naturally contrary to the goal of reform.
So since the reform began, these nobles have created more and more conflicts. They try to show their power in this way and hinder the further progress of the reform.
Under such circumstances, as a young emperor who led an army from those wilderness races and their human lackeys, Joseph I naturally knew how important it was to have an army directly under his own command in this situation.
But what he didn't expect was that after more than 30 years of peace, the Imperial Guard, which was the most modern and combat-effective army of its era and had made great contributions to the empire's expansion, had completely degenerated into a
A place that has been completely infiltrated by nobles and used as a stage for power struggles. This naturally puts a big question mark on the reliability of the Imperial Guard.
In addition, this army was basically abolished because it was stationed in Wendobona, the most prosperous capital of the empire all year round. Especially when most of the veteran soldiers who experienced bloody battles retired and a small number became
This is especially true after the senior officers of this army.
At the same time, these decades can be said to be the era of fastest progress for mankind since the Dark Ages. Take the army as an example. The army has evolved from the era of using flintlocks 30 years ago to using breech-loading paper shells and even
Metal cartridge rifles, the era of skirmishing combat.
But all this has nothing to do with the Guards. Although they can be assigned the most advanced weapons every time they change weapons. But in the current situation, let alone how much will be lost in the middle, just the current situation
The army's increasingly outdated tactics and tactics, as well as the declining personal quality of its soldiers, have almost caused this army to lose the combat effectiveness it was proud of. It may even be inferior to those who often have to face some evil sewers or dark places.
Biological police.
For this reason, Emperor Joseph I naturally hoped to use the newly-built new field army with citizen soldiers as its core as his new capital garrison to protect his own security and promote further reforms. Because after the establishment of these field armies, many times
The Civilization Expedition demonstrated strong combat effectiveness and heartfelt loyalty to the Empire.
After all, these citizen soldiers are all composed of people who have benefited from the reforms, so they are naturally inclined to the emperor who promotes reforms, and hate those nobles who try to deprive them of their current benefits for their own enjoyment.
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This large-scale protest by the Guards was precisely because the emperor mobilized a division of troops from the defense line into the capital and awarded them military flags with the prefix of Guards. Even though the emperor had previously proposed that if the Guards were willing to go to the front for a round,
If they fought, they would be awarded the same honor and allowed to continue to guard the capital. However, these praetorian guards, who were rotten to the core, still firmly refused to do so and tried to force the emperor to take back his previous fate through various protests and even armed parades.
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But these could not scare the war-hardened Emperor, nor could they shake his determination. Therefore, after receiving a report from the Inquisition, some senior officers of the Praetorian Guard were involved in using evil and depraved magic to control the nobles and even the emperor.
After a plot to assassinate a noble, he keenly realized that this might be an opportunity to weaken or even disband the Praetorian Guard.
So after receiving the news during dinner, he just thought about it for a few seconds before decisively sending his bodyguards and trial court personnel to arrest the officers involved. But what he didn't expect was that right there
Shortly after the team sent to arrest the person set off, His Majesty the Emperor, who was waiting for the results in the office, suddenly passed out without any warning.
Seeing this, the royal doctors, royal mages and spell casters who were on the scene immediately gathered around to rescue. They quickly judged that this was because of the curse. Fortunately, the emperor himself had enough strength, and at the same time
The palace and the emperor also have a large amount of magic defense that can be used to weaken these evil magics. Therefore, this magic only makes the emperor temporarily unconscious.
Of course, any loss of consciousness is very dangerous for the emperor. So the mages and doctors present immediately provided first aid. Fortunately, according to their judgment, it only takes up to 12 hours to lift the curse and awaken him without any sequelae.
His Majesty the Emperor.
After hearing the test results, everyone in the office showed relaxed expressions. But at this moment, there was another rapid knock on the door of the office.
"What's going on?" A guard officer walked to the door, slightly opened a crack in the door and stuck his head out to ask, while blocking everything in the room with his body.
"The queen ordered me to inform your majesty of an important matter. I must meet with your majesty." said the maid outside the door.
"Sorry, Your Majesty is currently discussing some confidential matters and cannot meet outsiders. If you have anything, please tell me directly."
"——Well, your majesty, the eldest prince, the third prince and the two princesses who are in the palace now all suddenly fell into a coma. So the queen sent me here to ask your majesty what to do next?
"What?" After hearing this, the guard immediately showed a surprised expression. This situation where the whole family fainted together was really too bad.