Magic Underachiever

The next morning, a piece of news shook the entire Saroyang, and soon the entire Marcellus region would also be greatly disturbed by this news.

Admiral Priestley, the commander of the Azure Corps guarding the city of Saroyang, resigned from his post as the commander of the Corps. After obtaining the permission of Marcellus Governor Marquis Whitehead, he had already left Saroyang on a military airship to report on his duties in the imperial capital.

At the same time, 70% of the officers of the Azure Corps submitted retirement applications, and Governor Marcellus approved them all. In the next few days, as the Royal Musketeer Cavalry Regiment arrives in Saroyang one after another, the imperial military's special military train will take these retired officers back to the empire on the return journey.

The sudden change of the Azure Corps caught all parties in Marcellus off guard. This was equivalent to this important Corps surrendering to Governor Marcellus. Marquis Whitehead took only one day to take control of the Azure Corps.

To be precise, it was the military power of the Azure Corps Army.

Only a very small number of officers in the Corps Navy Department submitted retirement applications, and most naval officers were not affected by this turmoil.

The navy is a very valuable branch of the army for the Vlomink Empire. The empire does not have a special naval officer academy, but only some sailor training academies. All naval officers are returnees who have studied abroad, forming a system in the empire's various arms, and the empire's coastline depends entirely on this fleet for protection. Therefore, the navy has become a very special existence in the imperial military system. The threat of Marquis Whitehead is not a problem for the navy...at all.

The navy is a solid block, not to mention that you may not have evidence, even if you have evidence, the public can say that your evidence is false.

However, Marquis Whitehead has taken a big step to regain his power by only joining the Azure Corps Army. I believe that with the arrival of the First Division of the Royal Musketeer Cavalry Regiment and the addition of new officers to the Azure Corps, the other imperial garrisons in Marsellus will soon surrender to the governor.

This is not good news for the Marsellus Parliament.

The parliament has invested a lot of energy and wealth in the Azure Corps, and the officers in the Corps have some leverage in their hands. Smuggling and some gray businesses have brought unimaginable wealth to the consortiums behind the parliament. Now that the military power of the Azure Corps has been taken away by Marquis Whitehead, the consortiums' business will definitely be affected.

Governor Marcellus is like a dagger nailed to the vital position of Saroyang. As long as his position becomes more and more stable, the consortiums will not be able to make money as comfortably as before.

They must pay taxes to the empire honestly.

For capitalists, asking them to pay more taxes is to take their lives...

At this time, rumors about Marquis Whitehead's seizure of military power, forcing Admiral Priestley away, eliminating dissidents in the Azure Corps, and intending to hold the army for themselves have spread to the imperial palace.

The political environment in which Marquis Whitehead lives is worse than all his predecessors. The Marquis himself does not know how long the emperor of the empire can trust the Marquis amid constant rumors.

All he could do was to follow his own plan, first take back the military power and then increase the tax rate in Marcellus, so that the emperor of the empire could see his achievements, and then strike those capitals hiding behind the parliament, increase the proportion of capital controlled by the empire in Marcellus, and finally use capital to compete with the local capitalists in Marcellus in the Marcellus Parliament.

As long as the parliament, the administrative body, can be controlled, the Vlomink Empire can get on the right track to truly own Marcellus.

This strategy was originally the plan formulated by the empire to annex Marcellus, but unfortunately no governor of Marcellus could complete this step alive.

Every emperor of the empire knew that every time he killed a governor of Marcellus, it represented the complete retreat of the empire's capital in Marcellus. But the nerves of the emperors were as fragile as the Dosan Railway. The news they were most afraid of receiving every day when they woke up was... Governor Marcellus cut off the Dosan Railway, and the empire and Marcellus lost contact.

The capitalists of Marcellus are already familiar with a whole set of procedures on how to get the emperor to kill the governor of Marcellus. They can even bribe the emperor's attendants to say that the governor of Marcellus has summoned those generals again and added more weapons...

How many soldiers only recognize the governor and not the emperor.

True or false, who can stand the rumors that can be heard every day when they open their eyes?

Marquis Whitehead knows that he has less time than he thought.

In the morning, after the marquis approved all the retirement applications of the Azure Corps, he began to read the recent changes in the capital market of Saroyang sent by the Whitehead family industry.

Marcellus is the richest province in the empire, and Saroyang City concentrates 40% of the wealth of the entire Marcellus province. This is a real treasure land. Almost all the dignitaries of the empire will use their power to run some of their own industries in Saroyang.

The Whitehead family also has its own company in Saroyang, involved in ocean trade, real estate, hotels, manufacturing and finance... With the status of a cabinet minister of the Vlomink Empire and a large area of ​​manors and territories in the empire, the strong background allows Marquis Whitehead to do very well in Saroyang.

Governor Marcellus wants to launch an attack on the local capital in the capital field of Saroyang, and the aristocratic capital of the empire in Saroyang naturally becomes the first priority weapon for Marquis Whitehead.

And the Whitehead family company, with its "close proximity to the water", has become the personal soldiers in the hands of the Marquis.

Politicians’ mouths can be bought. Behind the votes are the consortiums’ constant kryptonian gold. Every seat in the parliament is a collision between money bags.

The Vlomink Empire has not promoted currency reform to abolish metal currency and use paper currency, just because it does not want the economy of Marsellus to be independent from the empire, so as to facilitate the operation of imperial capital in the province of Marsellus.

But currency reform is the general trend of the whole world. Insisting on using metal currency will make the Vlomink Empire suffer a great loss in international trade.

Marquis Whitehead knows that the time for the empire to passively promote currency reform is not far away. Now is probably the last opportunity for the empire to peacefully annex the province of Marsellus. If this opportunity is missed, the province of Marsellus will seek opportunities to promote its own paper currency, and the advantage of imperial capital will become a disadvantage...

The only problem in the province of Marsellus may be war.

And war... The situation and technology of the world are no longer two hundred years ago, and the empire is no longer united in martial arts. The atmosphere of freedom in the east is blowing westward. Although the empire is richer than before, it can no longer fight a hundred years of war.

Thinking of this, the Marquis felt that he was born in the right era. Only in this turbulent time can his own value be reflected.

Sitting in his study, the Marquis found a file from a pile of intelligence materials.

The cover of the file reads "Light King".