Chapter 533: Scourge the Southeast (1)
Because there are five provinces in the southeast that have become ruins in the surrounding areas, and Linhai has not closed foreign business roads and no enemy threats, the safety status of the southeastern provinces has been determined by people's thoughts over the years, and it actually feels like it is thriving.
Although the living conditions and treatment of the common people are certainly not as wonderful as those of the Cons era, they live a good life. Because Xiang Wen took away most of the people loyal to Cons when he evacuated, Okor's usurpation regime has gained a firm foothold in the Southeast after these years.
However, although the people are stable, the military and political officials in the five southeastern provinces are very anxious. The higher the level, the more anxious they are, because their leaders have started to have an attack without warning since they were stimulated by Cons, a man who cannot be beaten to death.
At the beginning, the attack was just a drop of antique equipment and other things. As the attacks increased, it began to develop towards beating and abuse.
Generally speaking, the maids who beat and abuse were all servants, and had nothing to do with the officials. However, the officials were all members of Okol. In order to curry favor with the patriarch Okol, the maids who came to serve Okol were all juniors of the relatives and friends of these officials, and many of them were their own direct descendants.
They were beaten as slaves, and not only did they have no light on their faces, but they also felt very distressed.
Unfortunately, no one dared to dissuade Okor.
Because Okol did not recognize his relatives when he was attacked, even Lord Levin, who was equivalent to the Prime Minister, was beaten by Okol a lot.
However, after His Highness Okol suddenly summoned Lord Levin and ordered him to get along with the Unification Alliance, he miraculously improved. Not to mention that he was well-organized in government affairs, he just restored his previous gentle manner, which made the superiors and subordinates of the Grand Governor's Office breathe a sigh of relief, and they all thanked that His Highness had finally returned to normal.
This news, together with the news of preparing to surrender to the Unified Alliance, spread to the ears of civil and military officials under the Southeast Governor. Even if Okol was killed, he would not have thought that the incident of his private residence had no secret to the entire Southeast officialdom.
When everyone got the news, Okor came to a royal meeting, and all the ministers with great weight in the southeast were summoned.
Levin, who had just sent out the gift of Coche Cons and the messenger who expressed his willingness to join the Unification Alliance, was very surprised that there were any important things that all officials needed to participate. However, when he thought about Coche Cons's affairs, he thought it was for this reason, so he came to the Governor's Office excitedly.
When they entered the Governor's Office, the ministers rushed over one after another. After a while, they were all in the crowd. Seeing that even the military and political officials who were on the edge of the provinces arrived, Levin couldn't help but frowned carefully.
These people will take at least two or three days to arrive after receiving the order, but now they appear at the same time as themselves. Doesn’t this mean that after asking him to choose a gift, His Highness sent someone to pass on the order?
He didn't hear any news at all. His Highness actually dispatched his secret troops. What big thing is that he actually made His Highness so careful?
Thinking of this, Levin looked at Anda opposite and found that Anda was squinting and didn't care about his winks at all. He couldn't help but feel shocked.
Could it be that my civil servant leader was rejected by His Highness?
Otherwise, why did Anda look clear?
While Levin was thinking about it, the eunuch suddenly roared.
"His Highness Okol is here!"
Okol said a very plain sentence without any tribute. Everyone immediately looked up and looked up. This shocked most of the ministers present, because Okol was full of red face and excited, but his eyes were red, and he looked like he was staying up late for many days.
There is nothing wrong with the Southeast now. You should be living a very casual life. Why does Your Highness look like he has been thinking hard for a long time?
Okor stared at his eyes that were a little terrifyingly red, glanced at everyone and grinned, revealing his white teeth, making people feel a little hideous: "I believe you all understand that our southeast has millions of elite soldiers, and only hundreds of thousands of soldiers has now attacked the grassland. The whole world is celebrating the power of the unification alliance, but no one knows the reputation of our southeast."
Levin highly recognized Okor's words.
Since the five surrounding provinces turned into white land, the Southeast has been shrinking to the Southeast for rest. Although everyone knows that the Southeast is powerful, it is only the upper class of various forces that know that the soldiers, civilians and others below do not care at all, which means that the Southeast has no deterrent effect on ordinary people.
Therefore, it is a good thing to increase your bargaining chips when preparing to join the Unified Alliance.
Most ministers have the same mentality as Levin, so they respond to Okor's words.
Okor, who had the support of everyone, had a brighter red light on his face. He waved his hand and said with great momentum: "So we should not be dull. We should show our power to the world so that everyone in the world understands that I, Okor, are not easy to meet! They should always have awe of me, Okor!"
Hearing this, Levin felt a little piercing in his heart. Why did he feel that this sentence did not seem to increase the prestige of the Southeast, but rather the taste of preparing to conquer the world?
While Levin was still thinking, Okol was already shouting with enthusiasm: "The entire territory immediately enters a state of war! A man over twelve years old immediately summoned the troops for organization and training! All transactions are prohibited, and all material flows must be controlled in the Governor's Office!"
All the civil servants on Levin's side were stunned. Ding Zheng, a man over twelve, joined the army and was prohibited from doing anything. This act of destruction of the country actually happened without warning.
Anda's officers cheered with fanatical expressions. They looked like they were frustrated for a while, but now the expression that could finally burst out made Levin furious.
Are these people’s brains broken or what? Don’t you know what it means to enforce male Ding over twelve years old into the army? Don’t you know what it means to prohibit all transactions?
Levin, who knew this, immediately jumped out to dissuade him: "I beg your highness to take back his life! I will recruit males over twelve years old. There will be no more men in the southeastern region. Not to mention the harm that these males will bring to various industries, the loss of population alone is enough to collapse society!
"And, if you cancel all transactions, all merchants will leave the Southeast, and the entire Southeast economy will become a stagnant! It will even collapse!"
Levin's words were supported by all civil servants, and even some smart officers turned their heads to support them. After all, as long as they were not idiots, they knew that Okor's order would only appear when the country was about to be destroyed.
But no matter how you look at it, there will be no signs of a country destruction in the southeast region. Instead, it will flourish. At this time, no one with a normal mind will accept it.
You should know that the southeast is not Okore alone, but all members of the Okore tribe. They have put a lot of effort into the foundation of the southeast. They have only taken root until now. Now they want to shovel all the soil on the shallow roots. How can this happen?
However, what surprised everyone was that Okol had not responded to the opposition of all the civil servants and military officers. Several large leaders of the military officers, including Anda, immediately shouted loudly.
The officers are righteous and accusing these opposing people of no loyalty and no subject should be like. Since Your Highness has issued an order, as a subject, he should obey the orders obediently. How can he point fingers at Your Highness's orders here?
Anda, who finally expressed his opinion, was the calmest one. He cleared his throat and said slowly: "Everyone, we can recruit five million troops in the southeast, cancel all transactions and collect all the supplies. We can instantly obtain all the supplies needed to support these five million troops in one year of combat.
"How much can our territory with these five million troops be expanded within a year? As long as we double the territory, the strong men and materials we lack can be repaid. As long as we occupy the empire, we will make a big profit. I think you don't forget that these strong men and materials are not the things of our tribe. Why don't we fight for the big ones with small people? Anyway, we won't lose money."
Most people sneered at the beginning of Anda's words. If this is the case, what should we do if we do these civil servants work hard to manage the place? We should send troops to loot directly.
However, when everyone heard the following sentence "It's not something from our tribe." Everyone closed their mouths. After Anda finished speaking, most people's eyes were flashing.
After Okol usurped the Southeast, although he accepted a group of low-level officials from the Cons system and selected a group of officials who defected to him, the senior officials and powerful people who really controlled the Southeast were all Okol's tribe members.
Rather than saying that Okol usurped the Southeast, it is better to say that the Okol group usurped the Southeast. Therefore, for these usurpers, the things on the southeastern territory were picked up. They were not willing to be corrupted in normal times, so they wanted to pass on these things to their descendants. But if there was a chance in front of them that could fight ten and had a high winning rate, then of course they would be happy to use the things they picked up for gamble.
After all, it was not something I earned with hard work, so I definitely don’t have that kind of reluctance to leave.
Seeing that the people who were originally standing on his side began to ponder, Levin couldn't help but frown.
Of course, he knew that he would definitely make a big profit by fighting with a small amount, but in this way, the southeast, which is used as the foundation, is no longer the foundation, and the ethnic group he belongs to becomes rootless duckweed. No matter how much he earns, he will never take root in a few years.
If it was the warlords' melee in the past, I would definitely be the first to propose such a gambling plan, because as long as I am powerful, other people would not dare to provoke them and would have enough time to take root in the tribe.
But now, not to mention the unification alliance that is well-known and flourishing, a royal alliance that will be formed once it is foreign enemies will not give their own tribesmen the time to take root.
In this way, you can indeed make a comeback before gambling, but then you just make wedding dresses for others, and you will lose all your money once you shop. So no matter what, the foundation of the Southeast must not be destroyed. After all, as long as the foundation exists, even if you rely on others, you will have the opportunity to bargain.
Levin took a step and retorted loudly: "Your Highness, ministers, the southeast is our foundation. We must not do this to kill chickens and get eggs, I think..."
Before Levin finished speaking, Okol waved his hand with disgust: "Come on, Lord Levin is tired, please come back home to recuperate!"
This order surprised Levin - he was Okol's personal confidant! In the past, even if he scolded Okol in person, Okol would only accept it humbly. He had never heard of the rebellious words like now and drove him away directly!
Although everyone present looked moved, Okol just drove Levin back to his house to rest and did not directly deprive Levin of his power, let alone kill Levin directly. Therefore, they did not object to the act of gently driving away opponents. No one wanted his boss to be a tyrant who killed people when he was angry, so he should not let His Highness have a chance to change, so everyone was silent.
Seeing two guards standing beside him, Levin sighed helplessly, saluted Okol and retreated. He knew that since His Highness had made up his mind, he should not be bothered anymore, so as not to be disgusted.
Levin made such a change, and the reason was the same as Anda said. Everything he had now was picked up, and it would not be a pity even if he had lost it.
As for the matter of seeking the Unified Alliance, Levin did not think that Okor was preparing to go to war with Cons. It was amazing that he used these five million troops to plunder, which not only increased the wealth of the clan, but also increased his prestige so that he could gain a better position when seeking back.
Anyway, Levin doesn't believe that Okor is really idiotic to be prepared to fight the whole world. No matter how powerful a person fights the world, it is a matter of seeking death.
Levin, the biggest opponent, went home to recuperate, and Okor's order was immediately implemented. After the bureaucrats retreated, they immediately rushed to all parties and began to conduct a thorough recruitment and collect materials on the Southeast.
Chapter completed!