Let us ignore for the moment what kind of magic the imperial prime minister cast in order to carry out large-scale construction and improve welfare benefits while maintaining financial balance.
However, what Yu Lian can confirm is that while the Prime Minister was building a large-scale construction, he did deal with a considerable number of replaced battleships to "allies". This is actually not in line with the imperial government's consistent style of Scoia'tael.
This group of Tirello nobles who rule half of the galaxy probably know that they have done a lot of bad things, so they have always been suspected of being persecuted and paranoid. They always thought that one day they would face the enemy of the whole world. So...
Even if new ships are put into service, the replaced warships will be sealed up. When a war actually breaks out, a new huge fleet can be immediately expanded.
Anyway, the empire’s shipbuilding technology is said to be the best in the galaxy. Even the obsolete old ships are still huge ships that are difficult to compete with for other countries.
However, after Prime Minister Valpolis took office, he was keen to cash in the "pine cones used by the Scoia'tael for the winter".
Think about the dreadnought in the hands of the Cathay Cats and the Bakvi Birdmen. This already explains a lot.
In short, for the imperial aristocrats who control the Privy Council, Prime Minister Valpolis relies on poaching the imperial army to please the people, and uses beautiful financial statements to please the emperor and parliament. At the same time, he also pays attention to
Their most important military authority was infiltrated.
If Emperor Ilanthel was not the biggest supporter behind the Prime Minister, I am afraid that there would really be stupid young nobles who would go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to carry out heavenly punishment."
The Duke of Aiskei, one of the Privy Councilors at the time, scolded the Prime Minister of Valpolis to his face, saying that he was "using the welfare of the glorious emperor's soldiers to bribe the untouchables", but he was caught by the sudden appearance of His Majesty the Emperor.
Upright.
His Majesty the Emperor ordered the rude Duke to hand over the seals and badges of the Privy Councilors. The Duke of Aiskei, who had been the Emperor's Attaché, could not accept such a shameful humiliation and was killed on the spot at the gate of Longlin Palace.
However, Emperor Ilanthel just asked the Duke's family to collect the body expressionlessly, and told them that in accordance with the conventions of the Empire's heraldry law, the royal family would confiscate half of the territory of the Duke of Eskei's family, and at the same time, the title would be downgraded.
Indeed, according to the imperial heraldry law, princes who have no meritorious service will have their titles downgraded and their territories halved.
His Majesty the Emperor seems to have tacitly acknowledged that Duke Eskei, who has served as his own military attache, as an imperial general, and as a minister of the Privy Council, has "nothing to contribute to the empire." He is using this inhumane to cruel way to convey his message.
own support for the prime minister.
In his later years, Emperor Elansel, although he had been in seclusion all year round to meditate on the "Great Way" and spent at least ten months a year in the secret room, which already seemed to be a bit neglectful of worldly affairs, he did serve as the governor of Valpolis.
The biggest behind-the-scenes supporter of the prime minister's reform.
The above incident actually happened the year before last, but it has been blocked by the empire's supreme will. Even most of the empire's senior officials and generals were unaware of it, and they always thought that Duke Eskai died of a sudden illness.
As for Major General Walter Rall, he was naturally even less informed. Of course, it was difficult for him to imagine that the relationship between the Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council had long been reduced to an overly tight tightrope.
"I went to the Generalissimo's Mansion the day before yesterday to confirm the contents of the military exercise to be held after the God of War Festival. What's interesting is that this time, the main participants in this military exercise are the Imperial Guard and the army of the elected emperor.
However, the National Defense Forces, which accounts for 60% of the total strength of the empire, did not appear."
The Imperial Army actually consists of the Imperial Guard, the National Defense Force, the Imperial Guard, and the Prince's Guard. Of course, except for the elected emperor endorsed by the ancestral family law, the local lords do not have many fleets in their hands. At most, they only have
There are a small number of armed merchant ships and anti-theft ships, and the main force is the planet's ground defense force.
In theory, both the Praetorian Guard and the National Defense Force should be unified and controlled by the Grand Marshal's Office, but this is only the power of military orders. The military and political power of the Praetorian Guard is always in the hands of the emperor, but most of the specific affairs will be entrusted to the Privy Council for management;
The military and political affairs of the National Defense Forces are in the hands of the Ministry of National Defense, which is the only real power department in charge of the military power of the Prime Minister's Office.
"I see... If it were normal times, it could be regarded as a balancing act within the military. However, combined with the information you have obtained, it is indeed very imaginative." Major General Lal began to think seriously.
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Seeing that the other party had listened, Yu Lian continued: "The fortress we demolished in Nebula on the far bank before was a great shame and humiliation to the entire empire. However, for the prime minister, it was indeed a good way to attack the Privy Council.
The timing...because when the city of Kerna was originally built, he strongly opposed it."
“How did you know?” Major General Lal asked curiously.
Yu Lian shrugged and said matter-of-factly: "I am also a psychic after all. Of course I have my own special intelligence channels."
Major General Lal wanted to roll his eyes. However, as a "mortal", he really couldn't say anything to the social circle of psychics.
"...In addition, the two battleships we captured in the far shore nebula, let alone the Unicorn-class battleships. The new heavy cruiser obviously adopted new shipbuilding technology. I also discovered on it
The mark of Feilin Shipyard. Feilin Design Bureau and shipyard are joint industries belonging to several elected emperors, headed by King Bedo. They are responsible for the design, construction and testing of the empire's latest battleships. Now, they have spent a lot of money to build
The most important weapon of the country has become our trophy, and someone always needs to be responsible. King Bedo is a hawk through and through. He tried his best to promote the construction of Kerna Fortress, but it just gave the prime minister the opportunity to attack the Privy Council.
?"
“King Bedo has not been expelled from the Privy Council.” Major General Lal said.
"If the Privy Council had lost one emperor to elect the emperor, it would have attracted the attention of other countries. However, have you noticed that King Bedo, who always likes to be in the limelight, seems to have been too low-key in the past six months."
Major General Walter Rall carefully recalled it and sighed: "I heard that the old guy's grandson was born, so I became addicted to teasing the grandson... Heh, when you say that, it's quite unreasonable.
It’s like we found a step for ourselves. Now look at it, we were really too careless!”
Actually, it’s not that Major General Lal was too careless. It’s that they only had so little intelligence power in the empire, so they had to seize the big ones and let them go.
“In this case, your Excellency, the Prime Minister, is probably more ambitious than we imagined!”
"Yes, it is very possible... He is not just considering being a strong prime minister who can overwhelm the Privy Council, but is trying to carry out national reforms to the imperial army!"
Major General Lal had already guessed this, but he looked embarrassed, even a little embarrassed: "But even so, you know that our intelligence power here is, well, a bit hard to describe, and it is impossible to provide you with anything.
Help. What's more, now it's just speculation, not evidence. What's more..."
What’s more, even if there is tangible evidence, given the behavior of the big shots above, they wouldn’t dare to make any move, right?
You can't go alone, right? Do you really think that the community has already made peace? Now the only ones who can make peace and dare to show peace are Yu Lian and his friends. Most of the officers in the community are still very well-behaved.
"So, I just said, do something...but that doesn't mean you have to do it yourself." Yu Lian showed a wicked smile, which almost made Major General Lal shudder.
Major General Lal said: "So... what exactly do you want to do?"
"Of course we want to make the empire more lively. What's the point of always letting Prime Minister Valpolis suppress the Privy Council Dukes?" Yu Lian lowered his voice: "Last time, um, it was because of a special incident.
By chance, I got to know Miss Amida Senge Berenkeist, and we chatted and laughed and hit it off."
Of course, it was impossible for Major General Lal not to recognize this name, and he immediately showed a suspicious look.
That's the majestic "Princess of the Alliance", a figure in the clouds! Hmph, I can also say that I often play bridge with Emperor Elansir.
Yu Lian saw what the other party was thinking, and directly called up the photo with Yani, which was taken after finishing the Emerald Maze last time. Of course there were many people in the photo, but he and the "Princess of the Alliance" were not
We stood in the most obvious position C, very close to each other, beyond the normal social distance, but we all smiled brightly.
Major General Lal looked at Yu Lian with a stern face, feeling that he had been slapped in the face by Versailles. If he hadn't been beaten by Versailles, he would have wanted to punch the opponent in the face with a fist as big as a sandbag.
“Who told you to look at this? This way, this way.” Yu Lian pointed to the edge of the photo.
Major General Walter Rall soon saw the figures of two alien women standing on the edge of the crowd taking photos. They were tall, with cyan skin and silver hair...
“Ancient, ancient Meiya people!”
“And he is a young and promising genius psychic.”
The general looked at the faces of the two people carefully again, and finally let out a meaningful sigh: "Ah...it turns out to be Miss Amiya and Miss Agnes!"
How the hell do you actually know me! Did you notice him when he first arrived in Tianyu? Then you don’t want to cause any trouble?
…Well, in fact, it should be that you don’t dare to do it, and you don’t have the ability to do it, right?
"Look what you said. That is the God of War Festival, and everyone is celebrating it! His Majesty the Emperor is so graceful that even life-and-death enemies like the ancient Meiya people have been forgiven and allowed to participate in such a sacred event. Naturally, they are very popular. I
I also placed ten bets on them, hoping to earn some pocket money, hey hey hey... you know, the prices in Tianyu are so high, and I, a military attache with no luck, am also very poor."
Yu Lian thought I believed it.
Major General Lal stared closely at the faces of the two ancient Meiya women, and then looked at Amida Senge Berenkeste, who smiled warmly and dignifiedly. He seemed to have been thinking for a long time, and then seemed to have just changed his mind a few times.
Seconds, and then suddenly held Yu Lian's hands.
His palms are very fat and thick, but not greasy at all.
“It’s impossible for the Alliance not to know your identity, but they still let you see them. They must be conveying some information.”
“The official understands.”
“Can you pick yourself out?”
“Nine-nine percent sure.” The reason why I don’t say ten percent is because people probably won’t believe me if I say it.
“So…I haven’t actually seen this photo today.”
“Hmm! I haven’t seen it before.”
“I don’t remember talking to you about anything either.”
“Hmm! I haven’t talked about it.”
“Young people like to socialize. It’s very reasonable for them to be dazzled when they come to the imperial capital for the first time and often go out to visit friends, right?”
“Hmm! Very reasonable.”
“Ah ha ha ha! From now on, you don’t have to come to the military attache’s office to report every day. You can move around freely every day. Except for the Ambassador, just remember to report to me once a week, that’s all.”
Major General Lal’s hand suddenly became heavier, and then he once again smiled as warmly and kindly as Santa Claus,