Realm of Power

The young emperor casually put aside the report about the reactions of various countries sent by the Southern Intelligence Department, took a sip of the fragrant Zhongbia tea on the table, looked at an official from the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and fell silent. After a while, he asked in a solemn voice, "Did you send him away?"

"Her Royal Highness the Saint has sent off Carisu last night, and I believe she is already waiting for Her Royal Highness Parscina on the west coast at this moment." Standing in front of the emperor was the Imperial Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Si, who came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report this time. Caligu, who is about forty years old and has sharp eyes, is when he is at his most energetic and experienced.

With a respectful look, he leaned forward at an angle of twenty-five degrees and said, "As for the seventeen Sky Temple priests, after consultation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Sky Temple Priest Association, it was decided to bury them according to their status as priests who died in the missionary service. However, these ten The families behind the seven people claimed that the seventeen people died in a wild place like Callisu, and that the military rushed to a conclusion without careful investigation. They jointly requested the Business Alliance to send people to Callisu to investigate the matter. "

"Oh, how did the Business Alliance respond?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and put down the tea cup in his hand. However, the air in the room seemed to be a little lower at this moment.

"The Business Alliance accepted the request, but stated that it would need to wait for the deacons' meeting before it could give a reply. The subordinates believe that this matter will be dropped in the end." Scaligu replied with a calm expression. As an experienced foreign affairs officer, Naturally, he is very familiar with this kind of word game. Everyone knows that these priests were originally sent to the south by the emperor's order. Now they died in the war on the west coast of the south. The military has made a conclusion, and even involved the entire army. The reason why the Business Alliance accepted the Battle of Roston, which destroyed the Hokuriku noble group, was because of the face of these seventeen wealthy merchants. They had no choice but to accept the investigation application, but then they kicked the ball to the butler. Yes, this is basically telling these seventeen wealthy merchants that I will give you face, but this matter ends here. Although the Deacons Council represents the highest authority of the Business Alliance, the twelve deacons are required to challenge the imperial military. , isn’t this asking for death!

"This time the business alliance has learned a lot." The emperor stood up, came to the window, looked at the city streets under the bright sunshine outside the window, and said in a solemn voice, "Look at the people behind these seventeen wealthy merchants to see who they are." Adding fuel to the flames"

Scaligu lowered his head and said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess originally wanted to investigate the seventeen families, but now the countries are extremely dissatisfied with the empire's killing of 60,000 Hokuriku noble troops in Roston. Your Highness believes that if we investigate these seventeen families at this time, The wealthy businessman was afraid that it would give other countries an excuse to accuse the empire, so the investigation was stopped just after it started."

"Stopped?"

The black-haired emperor turned around with a slightly surprised expression, his eyes fell on Scaligu's face, and he groaned, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the majestic Empire still can't investigate seventeen wealthy businessmen?" Now the whole Obarro is watching. In this war, whether it is the enemy of the empire or the allies of the empire, all they want is to seize the power in this battle that determines southern hegemony. For their own interests, the countries are clinging to the Battle of Roston, and they may not want to take advantage of it. If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows a hint of weakness and compromise, it is tantamount to telling others that the empire currently needs all its strength. The countries are temporarily unable to control the Martin Liya people! Do you know what this means? "

"this"

Scaligu's body shook slightly, and his face became quite ugly.

"You don't think that I asked the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be tough on the outside world just because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made mistakes in handling the Barrow strategy in Central Europe!" The emperor's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he looked over from Scaligu's stiff expression. On the way, the emperor had already determined his idea, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Sometimes, I really doubt that your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is just doing nothing! As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you don't even have the most basic vision!"

‘I am terrified! "Although Sally said this with his old face, he actually didn't think so in his heart.

In fact, it was his suggestion to temporarily suspend the investigation, and Turrit Corrin also recognized this view. Originally, he only believed that this time the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded forcefully to jointly protest against the various countries. In fact, it was the emperor's response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' previous actions in Barrow, Central Europe. The result of the wrath of wrong policies. From the bottom of his heart, Scaligu knew that this toughness was actually quite dangerous for the empire, especially now that the empire was fully engaged in the war in the south. , a large number of military supplies are being transferred south, and even the elite elites of the empire stationed in the Barro region and Istan region of Central Europe are moving. These two areas are empty. Once a multi-front war is caused, it will not just be a battle. If the southern hegemony is so simple, it may even lose most of the areas that the empire has conquered through bloody expansion in recent years, such as the Feishan and Istan regions. I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain it.

This is not the time for the empire to show off its strength.

So this time, even though he knew that it might arouse the emperor's anger, he still personally petitioned Princess Turritcolin and asked to meet the emperor in person. In his belly, he had already listed ten reasons for the emperor to change his strategy, and He also firmly believed that as long as the emperor listened to his ten reasons, he would definitely choose to adjust.

What kind of person the emperor was, how could he not see that there was something wrong with Scaligu's attitude? He couldn't help but sneered and said, "As an imperial foreign affairs officer, can't you see it? Now that the Barro turmoil is raging in southern Europe, the big giants at the time, Elodi The country is divided, the religious sect is engaged in civil war, and the Kingdom of Harvey has been stabbed in the back by its ally, the Martin Liya people, and has now hid on the plateau. Even the small regional power of the Carisu Kingdom has fallen in love for a short period of time due to the impact of this war. Beaten within half a month The country was destroyed and was replaced by a small force called Anser. Such a chaos has never happened in a hundred years. Almost all the big Barrow countries in southern Europe have suffered losses. This is like the aftermath of the cold The coming spring has affected the nerves of many ambitious monarchs. Who will become the overlord of Barro in southern Europe, the Empire or the Martinites? For the small and medium-sized forces, it is actually not important. What these small and medium-sized forces value is , is the opportunity brought by this chaos.”

"What does this mean?"

Scaligu's face was stunned for a moment, and his face that was still a little unconcerned was now moved. Is the emperor a foreign affairs officer, or is he a foreign affairs officer? How come these ideas have never been heard from anyone! Although as a foreign affairs officer, most of the reasons he painstakingly used to persuade the emperor were based on the empire itself, he did not expect that the emperor's starting point turned out to be the entire southern European Barro. This gap made this senior foreign affairs officer severely was hit once

Scaligu had a dark face, so forget it if the emperor didn't say anything about it. Now that he's talking about it, just thinking about it, the hairs on the back of Scaligu's neck stand up, and even on his forehead. Cold sweat

The stable ruling pattern of Barrow in southern Europe for more than a hundred years has disappeared due to the rise of the empire. The great powers that have been weighing on the small and medium-sized forces, such as the Kingdom of Feize, the Kingdom of Feishan, the Aero Empire, and the Kingdom of Aden, have all emerged in just two years. In the past year, they have either been divided or their strength has been greatly reduced, and they are no longer able to control the situation. With the reshuffle of these major forces, the original territory of forces has become The country has shrunk significantly, and as a result, there are hundreds of small vassal countries that are unable to control them. There are also a few of them with considerable strength, because being able to break away from the control of these big countries represents a certain degree of strength. At one time, there were tens of thousands of troops, and three There are about 40,000 principalities, and the alliance of small and medium-sized forces, like the mysterious Hanlu Mountain, has also sensed the opportunity to break ground.

These areas vacated after the collapse of the great powers have undoubtedly become the focus of contention between small and medium-sized forces. The war is not only burning between the empire and the southern powers, but now three-quarters of the entire southern European Barrow region is in flames of war. Among them, take the southern affiliated areas of the Kingdom of Fezer as an example. Although they all belong to the empire's territory, these affiliated countries There is no peace between the families, and small-scale conflicts have never stopped. When the Kalisu Kingdom was destroyed by the empire, several critical small principalities took advantage of the situation and occupied critical areas. The empire's control areas were mainly concentrated. In the royal capital, it is impossible to protect the entire Kalisu area because of the need to deal with an army of 300,000 Ansers.

Moreover, in this era, the boundaries between countries and forces are also very blurred. They are usually a forest, a mountain, a river, or even a horizontal line based on a tree. Crossing it is It's just a matter of one step. Wait until the empire gradually stabilizes the northern part of Kalisu. Come on, the surrounding area has long been occupied by these small countries for a full thirty or forty miles. In the eyes of a big country, it is just a city territory. However, as a small and medium-sized country, Calisu has a territory that is as long and wide as the entire kingdom. That is about six to seven hundred miles. Thirty or forty miles is one-twentieth lost.

But there is nothing the empire can do about this kind of thing. They are all nominal vassals of the empire, and there is no documented record of the boundary demarcation itself. In the end, most of them are left alone. As the imperial foreign affairs officer, Scaligu naturally knows This was the case, so when His Majesty the Emperor pointed it out, he was stunned. Skaligu couldn't help but feel a cold swishing at his back. He was almost making a joke.

If the Empire really follows its own advice and softens its attitude towards the Battle of Roston City, I am afraid that for these ambitious small and medium-sized forces, it will undoubtedly be a signal that the Empire is unable to control the situation. There are more than twenty vassal kingdoms on the top, and there are also six central countries, because they are burdened with The huge debt of the Imperial Bank is feared to be wiped out like the Hokuriku nobles. The six central countries are also the backbone of the strongest protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is no wonder that they are jumping up and down the most ferociously. If the Empire is defeated , the tentacles of power had to return to the south, and the six royal families in the central part of the country could justifiably refuse to pay back their debts.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity does not come around all the time. Compared with the six central countries, the thoughts of other small and medium-sized forces are obvious. The Anser people can succeed in replacing the Kalisu people, why can't they themselves!