Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 404 Requirements and Reply

Unexpectedly, the Guards Corps was mutiny at this time, pushing the four princes of Frederick to take the post. It took only a long time for Claude to realize that it was the action of the Thunder Corps to land on the kingdom of the kingdom that delayed the action plan of the Guards Corps. It took nearly a year to bring Sterling XI down to the throne. It can be seen that the Guards Corps also has deep security and suspicion for overseas self-governing leaders. Even if there is no hostility, it is not a friendly army.

Another thing that people didn't expect was that Sterling XI would have been shot dead in the palace, which is really beyond the expectations of the overseas self-governing owners. Generally speaking, such a mutiny, the king will be pulled down the throne, the basic end will be under house arrest or forced to seclusion, life is still guaranteed. It’s really amazing to be killed directly like Sterling XI. Then he is also the monarch, or the brother-in-law of Frederick I.

General Bolognic was very happy and sent a special envoy to congratulate the king on the first time. This special envoy is not a colonel of Bok Al, but a member of the self-governing parliament, and the head of the ambassador's sergeant Bennett is the head of the messenger group. General Bologna hopes that the overseas self-governing leaders will resume normal relations with the kingdoms. Just as in the case of Sterling X, the personnel can freely move and promote the economic and trade development of both sides.

Claude is not optimistic about the prospects for this overseas self-governing leader. He doubts whether the new King Frederick I has the ability to control the kingdom and stabilize the situation in the entire kingdom. From the command of Sterling XI, Claude thought that the four princes, Frederick, could not restrain the Guards, because the consequences of doing so easily left him in the history book to be the stain of killing his superiors. It may be because of his intention.

From March to June, these three months passed the information of many kings through the Griffin Army Corps stationed in Bailu City. After Frederick I took office, he officially issued three decrees. The first was to abolish the seven taxation orders added by Sterling XI, and the kingdom of the kingdom was relieved. The second is the arrest and liquidation of crimes against the emerging commercial aristocracy against Sterling XI. The third is to encourage the various counties and counties in the kingdom to resume production, dispatch the Guards Corps to clear the bandits and thieves everywhere, and vigorously rectify the order of public security.

From the three decrees issued by Frederick I, it can be seen that the new superior king still did a good job, and he also had the reputation of Ming Jun in the folk. However, in the middle of July, the messenger group returned to the overseas self-governing body, and the news brought back was not very good. How do you say that the requirements put forward by Wang Du are difficult to accept in the parliament of the overseas self-governing leaders, and Claude and others are even more reluctant to accept the conditions put forward by the Royal Ministry of the Army...

Sir Bennett tells the story of the trip to Wangdu. In his speech, he can draw a conclusion that the new superior Frederick I is actually a monarch. The real master of the real power of the kingdom is the old aristocratic family. . The demands made by them are extremely excessive in the opinion of the members of the overseas self-governing body, or they still look at the overseas self-governing leaders with an old eye.

The first request was to cancel the title of the overseas self-governing leader and restore the name of the overseas direct jurisdiction. This can be promised. However, they then demanded the dissolution of the autonomous regional council and the restoration of the governor’s adjudication system. The king’s dispatch of the governor and the admiral to the jurisdiction of the direct jurisdictions is a resolute opposition of all members of the self-governing parliament. No one is willing to give up their own right.

The second requirement is to restore the taxation of the capital and the payment of the tribute to Wang Duo. This shows that the adults of Wangdu are still looking at the overseas self-governing leaders with old eyes. Because the tax and tribute they submitted are only 500,000 gold krona per year, the burden on the overseas self-governing leader’s tax of nearly two million gold krona a year is not heavy and completely acceptable. However, it is too much to ask the overseas self-governing leaders to pay 70% of the mineral resources for free each year.

The third requirement is for the self-governing leading region. Wang believes that the colonial war has ended and can eliminate the preparation of the theater. At the same time, it is required to reduce the strength of the Thunder Corps and the Rock Corps. The generals will be changed to a division, allowing the names of the Thunder Division and the Quarry Division to be retained, and the division of the troops will be reduced by half, and the two reorganized divisions will be returned to the Kingdom. Department of the Army.

The fourth requirement is about the ocean cruise fleet. Wang asked the ocean cruise fleet to be under the jurisdiction of the Royal Navy. It was renamed the Beluga Fleet and was assigned to the Royal Navy, but allowed half of the Ocean Cruise crew to retire. The Dominion will form a separate overseas cruise governing submarine fleet. To put it bluntly, this is to want to repatriate the ocean cruise fleet to the state.

Finally, there is another requirement for the self-governing leading region. Wang asked the autonomous leading region to dedicate the manufacturing process and drawings of the new rifle to the kingdom. Last year's battle between the Thunder Legion and the Red Dragon Legion has made the kingdom's veteran aristocratic family clearly aware of the sharpness of the new rifle. They have been playing the idea of ​​this new rifle for some time, but the relationship between the two sides was very subtle, non-enemy, and because they were afraid of angering the Thunder, they could only be patient.

To some extent, the old-fashioned aristocratic family and the emerging business aristocracy have the same characteristics, that is, greed. The only thing better than the emerging business aristocrats is that they still understand the point and size, not as unscrupulous as the new business aristocrats. They will restore the local production of the kingdom, rectify law and order, stabilize the situation in the kingdom, and promote commercial development.

However, for overseas self-governing leaders, they are still old-fashioned. They regard overseas self-government as a source of resources for the local kingdom and maintain a repressive and plundering attitude toward the economic development of overseas self-governing leaders. It can be seen from the first two requirements put forward by them that the veteran aristocratic family hopes that everything from the overseas self-governing leaders will return to the state before the colonial war. They hate all the new changes and new developments that the overseas self-governing leaders have not controlled by them.

Sir Bennett said that Wang Duo told them these messengers. If overseas self-government responded to these demands, then His Majesty the King could pardon the crimes of overseas self-governing troops landing on the territory of the kingdom to rob the military and civilian machinery and equipment, and forgive them for organizing their own parliamentary crimes. Forgive them for arbitrarily announcing the crime of self-government.

As for the five generals of the theater and the officers and men of the two regiments, the Royal Army Department will re-verify their achievements in the colonial war, and they will be personally rewarded by His Majesty the King. Like Claude and General Bologna, there is a great deal of certainty to be promoted to the kingdom of the kingdom, and to receive the title of the title, General Scree, General Beechling, and General Eblon are no exception.... ..

Claude is dumbfounded, is this a lure? Unfortunately, the cost is not enough, and it is not enough to impress the top leaders of the autonomous leading region. Don't look at General Bologna's loyalty to the kingdom. He can hear the demands of the old aristocratic family forces retelled by Sir Bennett. His face becomes iron and blue, and he writes me on the face. Do not agree with these words.

"There is too much deception!" General Eblon jumped out first: "What do the great men of the kingdom think of our self-governing leadership area? Wandering tails foraging stray dogs? Why let us reduce the strength of the two legions, The strength of our two regiments is obviously stronger than them. To reduce them is also to reduce their squadrons that are incomprehensible..."

"Right, forget to say it." Sir Bennett remembered something: "When our messenger group came back, I heard that the Guards Corps had to expand the strength of a division and form a large army with four divisions. The total strength is equivalent to two regular main field army..."

The Guards Corps originally had the establishment of three divisions. When going out to fight, they would leave a division to guard the Wangdu. Now expanded into four divisions, there are more than 100,000 troops, which is equal to the sum of the forces of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Corps. I don't know if I will add another Guardian Corps in the future, so I can completely fight for an enemy.

General Scrim looked up very curiously and asked: "Isn't it that Sterling XI has starved to death with the treacherous scum of the state treasury? Where does the Guards Legion increase the money?"

Sir Bennett lamented: "The Guards of the Guards Corps was launched too suddenly. No one can predict it. At the same time as the mutiny, the troops of the Guards Corps immediately blocked the entire kingdom and followed Sterling Eleven. The members of the world’s emerging commercial aristocratic forces did not escape, and all were arrested. When our messengers arrived in Wangdu, they heard rumors. It is said that the new king sent people to check the property of these emerging commercial aristocratic members and copied nearly Ten thousand gold krona.

Therefore, the new king will issue the three decrees, eliminating the seven taxes and fees imposed by the kingdoms and reducing the burden on the people of the kingdom. On the day of the decree, the Wangdu people cheered up the streets and thanked Frederick I for his grace and kindness. In fact, the Guardian Legion plundered the ill-gotten gains from the hands of the emerging commercial aristocracy, saving enough points for the new king to maintain the cost of three years. After three years, the kingdom economy should be able to return to normal. ”

“How many members of the emerging commercial aristocracy were caught?” asked General Scrim.

Sir Bennett shook his head: "I don't know this. There should be hundreds of them. I read in the newspapers I saw in Wang Duo that there were forty or fifty hanged because of sin and sin, and their subordinates were ransacked. The penalty is to go to the labor camp to be a coolie."

General Scrim thought for a moment: "That is not nearly ten thousand gold krona. Like the special envoy sent last time, after we caught it, we cried and begged for mercy. We were willing to pay a ransom of two hundred and thirty thousand gold krona to redeem them back to the kingdom. If the members of the newly-elected commercial aristocrats who have been sentenced have the stalwart of these kingdoms, then our new king should be said to have made a big profit..."

General Bollonic patted the table angrily, interrupting the topic that General Scrim and General Bennett were discussing, about the new king’s copy of the family of the emerging commercial aristocracy, and how many ill-gotten gains were: What nonsense is said, what do you think about the requirements of Wang Du’s proposal? I have resolutely expressed my opposition to the advance declaration. They regard our war zone as something, that is, the new rifle, we cannot agree. Their request! Claude, what do you think?"

What do I think? Crowder shrugged, nothing to say, refused. Wang Du’s veteran aristocratic family forces have just grasped the kingdom’s power and they have been obsessed with it. They have so many harsh demands on overseas self-governing leaders. Do you really think that you can eat overseas autonomy? If you don't say anything else, the first and second requests will not be approved by the Dominion Council. Now those members of the House have turned over and become the masters. Who wants to have more than two mother-in-law on the head to let them serve.

Not to mention the restoration of the Governor’s adjudication system, that is, the overseas direct administration’s request for the annual payment of 70% of the mineral resources without compensation, will be firmly resisted by all Members. The reason is very simple, this is to save money from their pockets, who will be happy to give their income to the king of the seventy percent of the year, and then take the small head. The person who is most loyal to the country will also think about it at this moment. Is it worthwhile to do this...

As for the reduction of the strength of the Thunder Corps and the Rock Corps, the compression into two divisions, and the requirement to collect the ocean cruise fleet as the jurisdiction of the Royal Navy, is simple. What does Claude want to ask? The Guards Legion elected Frederick I to the top of the ranks and expanded into a large army. The Thunder Corps and the Stone Corps guarded the overseas direct control, and the land was not lost. It also allowed the kingdom to have more colonies, but the merits of opening up the territory were reduced. Force, who can convinced?

In addition, the ocean cruising fleet is the spoils of the two legions, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Royal Navy. In the theater, the captive joint fleet was reorganized into an ocean cruising fleet. It was responsible for guarding the sea areas of the territorial war zone. It invested a lot of money to become a military. As a result, now the capital of a penny does not need to be collected. Returning to the country, perhaps also harboring the meaning of restricting the ocean transportation capacity of the overseas self-governing direct kingdom, it is a daydream.

In the end, they also played the idea of ​​a new type of rifle. This is the lifeblood of the overseas self-governing leader. Not to mention the five generals, that is, the members of the parliament are mostly opposed to handing over the manufacturing process and drawings of the new rifle to Wangdu. No one wants to see the enemy of the overseas self-governing lord holding a new rifle and fighting against their own troops. It is too late to regret it.

Taking the throwing bomb as an example, Claude handed over his production license and manufacturing process to the old aristocratic family. As a result, the countries of the Farah continent were equipped with imitation research to throw the bomb. The Hicks kingdom used the toss to hit the two legions of the theater and was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. No one in this war is willing to go through another.

Crowder did not care much about the leak of intelligence about the new rifle, because the real key to the new rifle was the bullet, and the key to the bullet was the gunpowder invented by Mrs. Sonia. His formula for the gunpowder is strictly confidential, and the students who do it by hand are the students in the lab of sister Anna. Every time a large raft is produced, it is enough for the production of bullets for ten days and a half, and the gunpowder used for each bullet is only a small bit of a big nose.

Without a gunpowder, the bullets will be dumb, and the new rifle with bullets and dumb fires will not function as a spear. Claude can hand over the new rifle to the king, but the gunpowder can never be given. Of course, this is just to think about it in your own mind, because the new rifle has arrived in the hands of the old aristocratic family, ensuring that all countries in the mainland will know how to make new rifles.

Claude can't guarantee that there will be smart people from other countries inventing something like a gunpowder to solve the problem of bullets and dumb fires. If this happens, Claude is too late to cry, then it is dumb. If you eat berberine, you can’t say it. Therefore, this requirement is never possible to promise the old aristocratic family forces...

"How do we respond to the request made by Wang?" Sir Bennett asked, he is the head of the messenger group, so he is very concerned about this issue.

Claude smiled and said: "Why do you want to respond to their requests, we only need to write the conditions we can agree to give them. This is the bargaining in the grocery store. They are asking prices, we are counter-offers, we can’t talk about it. Just take a shot and spread it together..."

"Okay, it is so decided. Let's discuss what conditions we should put forward to Wangdu." General Bologna made a decision.

Soon, the members of the Executive Committee who were here were talking about it for a while, and they wrote a letter of reply to Wang Du. The letter said that the overseas self-governing leaders can restore the names of the original directly-administered leaders, but they must retain the two major powers of the parliament and the military region of the overseas self-governing territories. Then overseas autonomy leaders can pay 500,000 gold krona taxes and tribute to Wangdu every year. As for mineral resources, they can sell to the local merchants at a 30% discount on the market price.

With regard to the two legions of the overseas self-governing conspiracy, the requirements are very simple, the military expenses are self-raised, and they are directly under the jurisdiction of the autonomous leading region to complete the will of the first king Sterling X to appoint overseas direct jurisdiction. Regarding the settlement of the colonial war with the Hicks Kingdom, I hope that Wang will approve the awards and promotion lists of the two officers and men as soon as possible, and record them in the archives.

In addition, the Ocean Cruise Fleet of the Autonomous Territory is a trophy of the colonial war. It is now under the jurisdiction of the autonomous leading region and can help the Royal Navy to build a new ocean fleet, but refuses to include the ocean cruising fleet into the jurisdiction of the Royal Navy. There are also new rifles, but there is no mention of it. It is obvious to tell the old aristocratic family forces on the king's side, don't want to play the idea of ​​this new rifle...

“What do they not promise?” asked Sir Bennett.

"If you don't agree, you will drag on. We don't have anything to rely on on the mainland. We don't give us a reward or promotion at most. Does this have any effect on us? Our soldiers have long been used to treating us. The injustice, if they promised, I would still feel really amazed. Is the sun rising from the west in the future..." Claude replied in an understatement.

Not to Claude's surprise, this reply letter sent to the king of the city is like a sinking sea, can not hear a little echo. Instead, Admiral Hudero, the head of the Griffin Army Corps stationed in Bailucheng, sent a personal letter to the autonomous leading region. The letter said that the big men of Wangdu saw the reply letter from the overseas self-governing leader and became furious. Overseas self-governing leaders are rebellious, and when the kingdom restores vitality, it is the first to send troops to levy overseas self-governing leaders...