Chapter 134.2

When the father of his majesty Augustine VI was in power, he was a magnanimous monarch. He appeased the people who repeatedly harassed the Empire and gave up the policy of garrisoning troops on the grassland. Instead, he used appeasement to replace high pressure and tried to weaken the prairie wolves by means of internal differentiation.

After 30 years of hard work, the effect is very good. For 30 years, there was no rebellion among the alien races.

However, after Augustine VI succeeded to the throne, he changed his policy and adopted a high-pressure policy towards the alien race. As a result, the originally divided alien race was reunited again. Twenty years ago, a rebellion broke out. The Empire organized 100000 troops to cross the desert to levy. It cost nearly ten million gold coins, killed and injured almost half of the army, and washed the grassland with blood, Finally, the rebellion was put down, and 100000 people were slaughtered in order to demonstrate, including prisoners of war and civilians!

"In that war, the Empire spent nearly ten million gold coins and lost tens of thousands of elite troops, a large number of which were non combat losses in the desert! What did the Empire get in the end? What I got was to satisfy my father's desire for conquest, but I didn't get even a gold coin from those foreign people, and I also had a deep blood feud with each other! Now there are 20000 troops stationed on the grassland. The 20000 troops are in the interior of the Empire, and the supply is difficult. To cross a desert to supply an army of 20000 people, and to suppress those alien races, they must be all expensive cavalry! The cost is almost ten times that of an army of the same size! It's equivalent to a local garrison of 20000 people, but it costs the military expenditure of one Legion every year! Every year, the Empire spent more money to support a legion, but only to maintain such 20000 troops! For so many years... The military expenditure is a terrible number! "

Hearing this, Dewey couldn't help saying: "it's a pity. If it's the first day of junior high school, it's the first day of junior high school. "

Chen Prince's eyes suddenly flashed a different color, deeply looked at Du Wei one eye: "what do you say?"

With a chill on his face, Dewey said coldly, "the war 20 years ago killed 100000 people of the other side, and the deep hatred has been settled! In that case, why don't you just do it and keep doing it... "He raised his hand. He made a gesture of cutting with one palm and said, "that long and narrow grassland is just the area of a province of the Empire! How many people can there be in the grassland? It's almost enough to have a population of one million people. Among the one million people, there are 300000 strong men, excluding the old and weak women and children. It's the limit! Such a force, why not simply thoroughly root out? Hum... Since we've killed 100000, it's not impossible to kill 900000 more! With the strength of the Empire, another Legion will be sent. Completely exterminate those alien race, from now on once and for all! Although it costs a lot in the short term, we will avoid frequent small rebellions in the future, which will be regarded as a cancer of the Empire! "

Prince Chen was surprised... The little boy in front of him. Where did you get such a cruel method?!

"You're right." Prince Chen grinned bitterly: "in those days, my father also had this kind of meaning... Hum, my father was not confused after all, and he also knew that long pain was better than short pain. Although his means and ideas were violent, if he did, even if he was carrying the name of butcher, he would at least bring a peaceful northwest to the Empire! It's just that. It's the temple that comes out to stop him! Those sticks, with ulterior motives, naturally don't want to see our royal family sitting safely! Hum, at that time, suddenly the Pope went into the palace and talked with his father all night. He forced his father to give in with his doctrines... Hum! When 100000 people have been killed, the Pope does not appear! It happened that the great feud was formed, but it came to obstruct my father's continuation! This is not the case. The intention is extremely insidious

Dewey nodded. He thought: naturally, the temple will not see the Royal peace of the Empire... Leaving a place for the royal family to be distracted by the internal troubles in the northwest. It's good for the temple. The contradiction between the temple and the empire is absolutely irreparable from the perspective of duvidi's previous life! How can the opposition between theocracy and imperial power merge?

"The trouble of the northwest is buried here! Twenty years have passed. Every year, it costs a Legion's military expenditure to support the 20000 people. It costs countless military expenses... Hum, but if the other party really wants to rebel, the imperial army can't rescue it across a desert. I'm afraid the 20000 people will be eaten by the other party in less than ten days! Twenty years later, the vitality of those foreign people has recovered. I'm afraid it will happen sooner or later. " Prince Chen sneered: "but now? How long can the Empire hold on to another expedition to the desert and fight a fruitless war with its national strength? At least there has been no outbreak of the disaster in the Northwest... But the biggest problem now is in Nanyang! "

When it comes to Nanyang, Dewey is in a good mood. Because his father, count Raymond, was promoted to the present position of military head by virtue of his three expeditions to the South Ocean.

"It was a big mistake to open up the Nanyang sea route and frequent expeditions of the Empire! Hum, the sea route is difficult and dangerous. Although Nanyang is rich, no matter how fertile the land is, it can't stand such frequent harvest! In my calculation, it's not impossible to conduct expeditions in Nanyang, but it's better to conduct them at least once every seven or eight years! But now, a fleet expedition almost every two or three years... Shows off its force, and the Empire has built a huge and almost wasteful Navy for it! Hum... Is it just to deal with the aborigines in Nanyang?! I have calculated that the three expeditions led by your father, count Raymond, 20 years ago, could at least maintain the balance between military expenditure and harvest. However, in the past 15 years, four more expeditions have been carried out in the South Ocean... Especially in the latest one, the Imperial Navy spent 16 million gold coins on military spending, but the final harvest of the expedition was only so small, less than one million gold coins... The rich South Ocean waters have become barren! Those aborigines have gone far south and formed the United Kingdom in the far south sea, a place that our Imperial Navy can hardly reach... Alas, this is also a worry! Unfortunately, my father didn't listen to my advice. In order to satisfy his great success, he was still thinking about another expedition... Recently, he forced the financial department to approve three million gold coins for the construction of a huge ship. "

Prince Chen frowned: "in such a fruitless expedition, such a show off of force at the cost of wasting imperial power... The current financial situation of the Empire has reached an extremely dangerous point! The Empire needs to maintain nearly 500000 local garrison troops, several main battle legions headed by the storm legion, the imperial capital's guard legion, 20000 expensive garrison troops in the northwest, the military expenses of naval expeditions... All these add up, plus my father's great achievements, the grand victory ceremony every two or three years, celebrations... You may not know, For the sake of military expenditure, several big men in the headquarters are worried about their hair Du Wei Muran, recalling his father's appearance when he came home, he was really a lot older“ Now the local garrison has begun to be partly self-sufficient. I know that several local garrisons in the South have not changed their weapons and equipment for three years! Even the elite storm Corps can only get 60% of the military expenditure every year! The only one who can get the full amount of military expenditure is the imperial guards. The rest of the main battle Corps can only get 50% or 60% of the military expenditure, and the rest can only find their own way. " Prince Chen grinned bitterly, pointed to the banquet hall behind him, and then pointed around: "here, this place! Its backstage is the northern storm Corps led by some of the military generals and commanders! They have no choice but to make money in this way. Otherwise, they will not be able to raise enough money for the military. " Duwei sighed. He had already felt that there were many hidden dangers in the Empire, but he didn't expect that the situation had been eroded to this point! Looking at the banquet hall behind me, the streets of the imperial capital are still prosperous every day, but the foundation of this huge empire has been quietly and slowly eroded“ So I advise you not to do anything here. " Prince Chen grinned bitterly: "this place is to raise military expenses. If something goes wrong in this place, it is to offend those powerful generals of the military, the storm corps and several main battle corps! Now, money is their lifeblood. If you touch other people's lifeblood, how can they give up with you?! So, even I won't easily get into trouble here. " Dewey made a shallow bow: "Your Highness, thank you for your reminding. I will remember your words... But I have some questions." He raised his head and looked directly at the Prince: "there are a lot of things you said to me just now. I'm afraid they have involved secrets, right? Your highness, you are so sincere to me. I really don't understand. Where can I get such favor from your highness? "“ Dewey Prince Chen meets Du Wei's eyes and suddenly says in a deep voice: "are you willing to be loyal to me?" Du Wei was stunned.