Warhammer Throne

Ryan knew that Talleyrand was not talking nonsense.

This high-precision lame man is good at making money and using public power to do private work. Since he came to Brittany, he has been making money everywhere, living like a king, and being extremely arrogant.

However, Talleyrand is indeed a genius when it comes to diplomacy and internal affairs.

He knows too much about human nature and too much about bureaucracy.

Ryan and Su Liya are very clear that the bureaucratic group is of course more advanced, efficient and effective in controlling the place than the aristocracy. However, compared with the aristocratic autonomy, the bureaucracy itself has huge inertia and inertia, and the inertia can be expressed in time. Over time, the entire bureaucracy will form a kind of unspoken rules of "upward and lower efficiency" and the habit of "group to keep warm". This is inertia. With the operation of the entire bureaucratic system, its powerful inertia will reach an extent beyond the control of the monarch himself.

At the same time, the bureaucracy also has a huge "inertia". Because the bureaucracy is not the owner of the property rights, but a professional broker, the bureaucracy is born with aversion to responsibility, and likes "more is not as good as the less", "blindly rounded, blindly courteous"" Everything is obscured, there is no way to talk about it." "Good and bad also disappear", this is a common problem of bureaucrats.

Therefore, to put it better, if the country’s internal affairs are thrown into a complete set of sound bureaucratic systems, the inertia of the bureaucratic system will correct itself and roughly maintain an existing route, and its huge inertia will also It will make you have an existing charter for everything you encounter. If you follow the charter, you won't have too many problems. Even if there is a problem, there will be an existing solution.

That is to say, the situation will not be out of control and too bad. The country will continue to operate, maintain its responsibilities for a long time, and always operate at a stable speed... and decline at the same time.

"Your Majesty, the problem lies here." Talleyrand said seriously: "The essence of bureaucracy is to assist the monarch in solving some daily, repetitive, and cumbersome affairs, so that the monarch or the leadership group can focus on key issues. In terms of major events, we can see that even if Emperor Karl-Franz disappears, the imperial court is still functioning in an orderly manner. Disaster relief, public order, price control, and news of victory are all things that the bureaucrats of the imperial court are used to. Thing."

"But now, what they have to deal with is unsolvable problems. First, the emperor is missing. Can the bureaucrats make up their minds to mobilize the entire empire to recruit a large number of troops and transfer all the savings of the imperial treasury? Even if they make up their minds, who will do it? Sign? Who will make the decision? What if the emperor is okay?" Talleyrand hammered the ground with a cane, and the high-precision lame was very serious: "This is beyond the authority of the bureaucracy. No one dares to make a decision casually, and no one dares to make a decision. Willing to bear such a heavy responsibility, the emperor has brought to the front all those in his court who can decide for him."

"So, I can judge that the emperor must have been in an accident. If he was not killed in battle, he must be missing. It is precisely because of his supervision, determination and courage that the empire will hesitate to this point. The bureaucracy is extremely dependent on the emperor’s supervision and supervision. Only by making decisions, Karl Franz can keep the imperial bureaucracy alive and enthusiasm, but now he doesn't even have a word."

"Not only." Ryan shook his head at Talleyrand: "It is true that it is impossible to make the whole city martial law, open all the vaults and granaries to recruit a large number of troops, but to ask for help, you only need to send a messenger. We and the empire were originally It is an ally, and seeking help is a normal matter."

"You are right, Your Majesty." Talleyrand smiled: "This is the second point, that is, the bureaucrats of the imperial court will definitely consider it for their own benefit."

"Own interests?" Su Liya faintly understood something: "You mean, the bureaucrats of the imperial court are afraid of us to support?"

"It's not afraid of us, but the mother and son who are afraid of Nur." Talleyrand said profoundly: "No matter we agree to ask for help to support the empire in any way or for any reason, the greatest beneficiary will, and will only It is Lady Emmanuel and Baron Frederick, then the problem is coming. The emperor is missing or dead. The main force of Rick and the main force of Brunswick should also have suffered huge losses. At this time, if our reinforcements and What will happen when Nuer is connected in series?"

Ryan and Suria understood completely.

At that time, the political center and throne of the empire must be transferred from Braunschweig to Noor, and the emperor's court will also be transferred from the imperial palace in Braunschweig to the Heita palace in Noor!

And this is something that all the bureaucrats of the existing imperial court will do their best to avoid, because Frederick must reorganize the cabinet, which means that they will lose their existing official positions and administrative power!

And this is what all the members of the city council and bureaucracy of Noor are trying to promote, because it means that Noor will give birth to a new emperor and a new court after more than a hundred years, and they will replace Rick. Lead people to form a new imperial court, a new cabinet! That was the moment that countless bureaucrats and military aristocrats were looking forward to.

The two sides must have been wrestling at this moment, and what would happen if Ryan brought tens of thousands of elite Bretonians into the empire? Who will Ryan stand on? Is it Luitpold who has only met him a few times? Or his little maid and his biological son Frey?

Do you need to say more?

"Your Majesty, when encountering the possibility of major damage to your vital interests, you must not underestimate the determination of the bureaucrats. At this time, these people are the highest-profile, most vicious and dare to fight." Talleyrand continued. Said: "I can be sure that there have been more than a dozen rounds of meetings in the imperial palace of Brunswick, but in the end no one dared to decide to ask for help and completely mobilize all the remaining resources of the empire, especially for help. "

"You mean, unless the emperor appears, the empire can't ask us for help?" Ryan also frowned. If the empire doesn't ask for help, then the Bretonian division is still a trivial matter, mainly the dukes and generals underneath. Most of them have opinions that the newly formed army needs time to train, and the elite guards directly under Ryan also have a more unified idea. They think that they should devote their main force to protecting their own territory, in case the empire falls into the Knight Kingdom, but also to protect themselves. .

Under this circumstance, Ryan forcibly asked the Knight Kingdom to go to the knight's face and cold buttocks, and actively support, the resistance and the army's resentment were not generally large.

"Not necessarily." Talleyrand frowned at this time, and the high-precision lame sighed: "It depends on whether the countless eunuchs in the imperial court and after countless major events and tribulations are really for the empire. For the sake of myself, for the sake of the survival of the empire."

"Do you think there are such people in the imperial court?" Ryan asked.

"There must be." Talleyrand shook his head repeatedly: "Unfortunately, his status is not enough. I guess, after the news of the fall of the Nord capital, Winter City, has reached the imperial court, Karl-Franz's Minister of the Interior We will definitely take action."

"How to act?" Ryan touched his chin, and the Sun King thought about everything in it: "It's time to ask us for help? No, I couldn't draw a conclusion before, and it won't be so easy to draw a conclusion now."

"Yes." Talleyrand smiled. He shook his head happily, letting his centered flax curly hair sway back and forth in the air, and then said gracefully: "Old bureaucrats deal with problems. In the word decision, one is pushing, one is dragging, and the other is playing. Since you can't push off and you can't delay, then the final result must be...play!"

"So I expect that with the news of the fall of Nord’s capital reaching Braunschweig, the imperial court will convene the imperial assembly in the name of the emperor, and call all the electors who are still able to act to the capital, so that the electors will convene the imperial assembly. Discuss whether to ask for help from the world!" Talleyrand said confidently: "Is it possible to solve the problem in this way, but there is no doubt that all responsibilities can be aside and the real attempt to discuss and decide on the help and general mobilization is the only thing. It may be possible to immediately carry out matters that are not responsible! Among them, Emmanuel Emmanuel, the empire, will definitely be required to be present. If she is not present, this meeting will not be held. Once the collective decision of the electors is passed, the responsibility will follow. If it is transferred, everyone can let go of their hands and feet."

Ryan and Suria smiled at each other.

"You kid is really a talent, Talleyrand." Ryan smiled and shook his head: "You really have you, I thought about it, it seems that it is exactly what you said, OK, then we will hurry up and prepare for the battle, and then wait for the news!"

After a while, Olica came with Catalyn, and the czar was shocked when she saw Suria's scrutiny gaze.

How much does the queen knight know? She couldn't figure it out, so she hurried up to say hello to Su Liya, her attitude was so respectful and even a little flattering.

Ryan delivered a set of Countess costumes and crowns to Catalyn's hands, and the Sun King smiled and pressed the nemesis on Catalyn's shoulders: "Since I'm working in Brittany , I will not treat you badly, I will call you the Countess of Vallesca! You will also be my noblewoman in Bretania from now on!"

"Thank you endlessly!" Katalyn hesitated again and again, still knelt on one knee, and accepted Ryan's canonization.

As long as Kieslov can regain the country, as long as she and Ryan's daughter can be crowned as queens, she will recognize it again!

...I'm waiting until the dividing line of the news...

Unfortunately, Talleyrand can be called a high-precision master of the topic, this **** knows too much about bureaucracy.

In fact, as Talleyrand expected, the cabinet ministers carefully organized by Emperor Karl-Franz have been arguing about what should be done now, but they are unable to draw any conclusions.

The imperial court learned about Heffunken’s defeat, but other news was blocked. Everyone knew what happened to the emperor, but after all, there was no news to prove that the emperor was dead. Meetings were held one after another. No one dared to make decisions about military and political matters.

Acting Archbishop Esme III frantically slandered everything about the former Archbishop Vikmar. He declared that the empire was full of traitors and chaotic spies (referring to Gelt and Vikma), and we must carry out a "cleansing" of the just church. , In fact, he did the same. Since returning to the capital, this guy has made hundreds of unjust, false and wrongdoing cases and executed hundreds of people in the Church of Justice until Noor’s great recitation teacher Cassmir XI and Bu It was only when Alfred I, the great chanter of Letania, sent him a warning letter.

Count Siegfried post-Von Walfen, the spy chief, was crazy about the hundreds of chaotic invasions and various contradictory military sentiments from the front lines. His carefully constructed spy network was on the verge of collapse, and no one could be able to. Affirming the authenticity of these stories, the few messengers who claim to have traveled from the far north to the south describe contradictory things. Some people are driven crazy by their journeys, while others always bring fragments of some news-true False and mixed whispers, none of them may be true, or all of them may be true.

From an epic victory to a tragic failure, the Battle of Hufffunken has derived dozens of versions.

The Imperial Secret Envoy and Minister of Foreign Affairs Amades Menken told everyone that the diplomacy of the empire was also collapsing. The dwarves and elves could not provide any support. Estalia, Tyrell, and the frontier princes had been destroyed. The arrogant attitude of the Bretons is unpleasant.

The Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. Hawkswall, bluntly told everyone that there are only less than 28,000 coins of various colors left in Brunswick’s imperial treasury. There is not much that can be done with these money, even with the emergency funds left by the emperor. It is estimated that there are only about 43,000 golden marks.

The money can form up to three thousand-man legions.

Hans Zentler, the head of the Rick Knights, told everyone in the meeting that the emperor, Marshal Rick, the emperor's flag officer, the Duke of Griffin, and others were all absent. Emperor Ci took away almost all the standing troops led by Braunschweig elite and Rick. At present, Braunschweig has less than 10,000 troops, most of which are semi-professional garrisons and provincial troops.

The desperate situation almost made everyone unable to breathe, asking for money, no money, no food, no people, Brunswick still stands, but the city is full of a certain depressive and heavy atmosphere, citizens The news of the defeat of the empire is not yet known, but as the northern messengers and scattered soldiers entered the city in twos and threes, even if they were immediately controlled, many rumors have spread like wildfire.

The emperor’s court could do nothing about this. All they could do was to concentrate the defeated soldiers and control them, and then tell the citizens that this is "FakeNews". Our emperor is safe and sound, and our empire has won one victory after another.

The Count of Metternich ordered the closure of all private newspapers and demanded that all the population stay in line. He must be grateful for the backwardness of the times. At present, the citizens of Braunschweig are not yet aware of what happened on the front line. The official newspapers continue to report on various victories. The news, people's hearts are temporarily stable.

"Everyone, we must think of something!" Count Metternich shouted at the cabinet meeting: "It has been more than two months. It has been more than two months since we received the news that the emperor might be defeated. , Meetings, meetings, what else did I do? I suggest that we immediately call up all able-bodied men to begin military training, and then open all warehouses."

"We don't have this right, Metternich, I understand your difficulties." Mrs. Hawkswall said painfully: "Even if we open them all, we don't have much money to use, unless... tell the nobles in the city to open them. Private treasure house, but how is this possible! Tarabeheim is still safe."

"Then ask for help!" Count Metternich was furious. He was humiliated by Talleyrand. The high-tech lame reminded Metternich with a yin and yang letter. If we ask for help, we are the only person who asks for help in Bretania. It's Emmanuel, Queen of the Empire! And the diamond brooch that I saw at your house last time is really good, do you know where it is sold?

"..." Everyone was silent.

"Perhaps... the situation is not that bad?" said Professor Agatha von Bonn, Chief Justice of the Empire. This is a high priest of the Valenian sect. On the surface, she looks polite, but in fact this middle-aged woman accepts any form. And bribery of any degree-as long as you pay enough money, you can be exempted and eluted from any crimes except treason and affair with Chaos and vampires. Of course, most of the money goes into the empire's treasury. "The system is exactly what she pioneered: "Perhaps we can wait? When Theodoric arrives, ask about the specifics?"

"Can't wait any longer!" Count Metternich said bitterly: "The capital of Nord has fallen! What else can I ask?"

"Middenheim still sticks to it."

"Middenheim always sticks to it. As long as Todd Blinger does not want to win, Midenheim will not lose!" Earl Metternich slapped the table directly: "But Midenheim could not stop the enemy from passing through Drake directly. Wald Forest, go straight to the city of Brunswick!"

"The Duke Blücher of Kronborg and his Kronborg legion, they have 6,000 people, and Kronborg will stop all this."

"It's really too late for Chaos to hit Kronborg!"

There was another silence in the hall.

If at this time any one of the emperor or Marshal Rick, the archbishop, the royal chief wizard or even the temporary representative appointed by the emperor was there, they would make a decision, and everyone in the room only needed to execute it.

"So, convene the imperial assembly in the name of the emperor, and let the electors decide whether to conduct a national mobilization and ask for help from the whole world?" Amadeus Mencken, the imperial privy envoy and minister of foreign affairs, said, everything is like a tower. As Lang expected, when the imperial court cabinets were unable to make decisions, they would try to convene the imperial assembly to allow the electors to make collective decisions.

"I agree."

"Aye!"

"It can only be so."

"There is also the new chief royal wizard Greg Matak. Send someone to find him. He must also participate."

"Nur, Nur, I really don't want to deal with that arrogant woman."

"Alright, convene the imperial assembly, so that all the electors who are still able to act come to Braunschweig, and they will make a decision on the current situation."

In this way, the imperial court, which had been delayed for a long time, finally decided to convene the imperial assembly, and the messenger went from the imperial palace to all sides of the empire.

Convene a meeting of all the electors!

The time has come to determine the future of the empire.

The most important letter was sent to Noor by Count Metternich himself.

And Noor, the industrial center of the empire, was making the final preparations before the war under the supervision of Lady Emmanuel and Baron Frederick.

The "rat poison" elaborately designed by Alysala is basically finished.