Proof of the Sun King

"Old guard, are you trying to imitate Rick's guard?" Alfred immediately thought of the empire's Rick guard.

"It's almost, it's close, but everything is reversed." Ryan nodded: "The Emperor Rick needs an elite cavalry regiment, because the empire has excellent infantry but no good cavalry, and we are on the contrary, what we need It's a good infantry regiment, so we need the old guard."

"Well." Alfred nodded, and the Templars thought about it for a while, but he said with interest: "Speaking of which, the Justice Church has long been aware of this, the paladins, the ascetic monks, the Holy Shooting Army, the Charlemagne Artillery Regiment , Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller, our church has done a good job in this regard."

"This is not very normal." Ryan squinted his eyes and complained: "You don't know the situation of the Justice Church."

"Speaking of which, what did Luther Huss say to get almost expelled?" Ryan asked casually.

"He came to the Cathedral of Justice and delivered a speech that shocked the whole of Brunswick." Alfred nodded: "This fighting priest publicly declared that he really couldn't bear the ills that the whole church had accumulated for two thousand years. , he thinks there are countless problems in it that need to be corrected."

"First of all, the various ranks and positions of the Justice Church are really too bloated, and many so-called priesthoods and clerical positions are not necessary, but in fact there are a lot of corpses and vegetarians in these positions, and then there are too many deputy positions. There are actually several or even a dozen vice-bishops under the regional bishop, and the responsibilities are unclear, overlapping and overly bloated. He hopes to streamline the department and eliminate at least a quarter of the redundant clergy."

"And then there's the issue of parishes, a lot of parishes like Mordheim, Drakwald and Sylvania have actually been abandoned for years, but the whole group of those parishes is still there and functioning, like the The Diocese of Ervania, where the regional archbishop stays in the Steyr Reign all the year round, never rowed into the Helfinn Swamp when the bishop was re-elected. A few people voted to elect a new regional bishop, and then they Row away."

Alfred was also a little indignant: "Indeed, Hus is right, our church is indeed a little bloated."

"Hehe, according to this battle priest's idea, how many people will lose their jobs because of this?" Ryan sneered, and he shook his head: "Go on, since he dares to say that, there must be more than that."

"Next, Luther-Hus believed that there were problems in the collection of tithes and various donations. From the great chanting teachers down, there were many corruption problems in the whole church. A tithe was collected from the hands of the peasants. After the expropriation was handed over to the headquarters, after layers of exploitation, many funds and materials disappeared inexplicably. Most of the priests were more obsessed with politics and seeking more donations from nobles, merchants, and commoners, rather than remembering the God of Justice and others. Charlemagne's legacy to fight the evil of Chaos to the end."

"Finally, Luther-Hus lashed out at the Vatican Council, arguing that the Vatican Council should not focus its attention on the pursuit of grander banquets, ceremonial assemblies, and larger, grander temples, nor should it Focusing on collecting tithes and taking part in the internal affairs of the Empire, his words and actions angered the entire Holy See Council, and he was required to publicly apologize to the entire Empire within three days, and swear that he was drinking too much and talking nonsense. Alfred went on to say: "The fighting priest did not agree, so the Holy See Council was going to expel him from the church. It was the Archbishop Vicma who stopped this behavior, and Vicma did not approve of such drastic action." He believed that there were indeed problems within the church, but Hus’s views were too radical and were not adopted, and Hus ran away in anger.”

"...The ideal is very beautiful, but the reality is very skinny." Ryan smiled meaningfully: "Do you believe it, if you really do as Huss requires, this is the real disaster, think about it, Hus In a word, how many people will lose their jobs? Lose their jobs? What will these people do?"

"But Huss is right!" Alfred was still a little brooding: "We do need to change, just like you, Ryan, talk about it."

"It's actually very simple. Luther Huss is right, and Archbishop Vicma is right." Ryan nodded, and he said slowly: "The righteous church has gone through two thousand years from the beginning of Charlemagne to the present. The time has come. The whole church maintains a high degree of self-discipline and strong cohesion. It is very good to have been able to maintain this for two thousand years. Don’t forget, the God of Justice never takes the initiative to make demands on the structure of the church. , has always just answered questions and told the archbishop what the next goal is, so in the long development, the whole church from top to bottom, as you said, has already formed a highly bureaucratic organizational structure."

"So Luther Huss is wrong?" Alfred pressed.

"His point of view is right, but his position is wrong." Ryan shook his head, and the duke himself bowed his head and sighed: "Look at me, when I arrived in this country, I went directly to Curona's palace, made a generous statement, and denounced it. Are there all kinds of maladministration and all kinds of shortcomings in this country? Did I point to the faces of all the dukes and tell them that the serf system is seriously backward, and your rule is too dark?"

"Hmm~" Alfred suddenly understood something.

"As a person who wants to change the status quo, Luther Huss, the battle priest, has a good starting point, but he does not consider his position. Young people always feel that they have the truth, so challenge the authority, remember, A'Fu, in the court and the church, don't reveal your ideals and blueprints too early, unless you have reached a high enough position." Ryan said earnestly: "The truth will not help you many times, but the authority will clean up. you."

"Not correcting his position is the biggest problem of Luther Hus. You, the Archbishop of Vikma, don't know some problems within the church? I think he knows better than anyone else." Ryan finally said: "For now, you should do it first. For your own business, the Freya ancient church area is now a blank piece of paper. You can build it according to your own ideal method. You must know how to use the people sent by Vicma, and they also obey your orders. Enough is enough, there will be a bit of bureaucracy in these dispatched paladins, battle priests and Templars, but it is inevitable."

"Well, indeed, they are also very hardworking and brave in the face of the harassment of the undead." Alfred nodded, he sighed: "Indeed, I shouldn't deny all their contributions just because I don't like it at all. ."

Many people in the old world believe that Brittany only has the belief in fairies in the lake. In fact, this is wrong. In fact, knights basically believe in fairies in the lake, but other sects still spread in the kingdom of knights. , the knights do not exclude other sects as some people think, otherwise the sect of the goddess of mercy Salia and the sect of sea **** Manann will not set up the main temple in Curona and Polder in Brittany Luo, in fact, except for the Holy Grail Knights, after other knights died or died in battle, their remains or ashes were also buried in the cemetery garden of the Death God Moorish sect.

However, Alfred's acquisition of a piece of land is indeed an epoch-making progress. Before that, the influence of the Church of Justice extended as far as Montfort, and the largest Church of Justice in Brittany was built in the Castle of Montfort. The reason why the mission of the Justice Church did not go smoothly was more because of the conflict between the Justice Church and the Church of the Fairy in the Lake over their beliefs. Reasonable, because their missionary targets are military nobles, especially generals and knights.

"It's almost there, Fu, let's be here today." Ryan came out of the water, and the two of them had indeed soaked long enough.

"Well, thank you, good friend, you said this, so many of my doubts have been answered." Alfred's state is much better.

The two men emerged from the water and dried themselves with bath towels.

"It's alright." Ryan nodded, and he suddenly said, "By the way, Suria and I will go to the Old Guards camp tomorrow to take a look. Do you want to go together?"

"certainly."

"very good."

...... I am vivel'empereur! The dividing line of ......

The establishment of the Old Guard is something that has recently attracted the most attention of the serfs in the entire knight kingdom, or at least the entire south of the knight kingdom.

Since this news was sent out, almost every serf in the south of Brittany has been discussing about the Old Guard.

Because they really saw the promotion opportunity from serf to knight from this new army!

Although Ryan issued the "Knight Promotion Order" through the hands of the Church of the Fairy in the Lake three years ago, in fact, the serfs still felt impossible and disappointed to be promoted to the knight class.

The reason is very simple, that is, even if there is a quota of three people per year, if you want to be promoted to the knight class, you still need the double review of the knight king + the lake **** witch, and the knight king throne is still in Richard's hands, these three places are often allocated to Considering the illegitimate children of the nobles, there are only nine places in total for three years, and the illegitimate children of the great nobles can be calculated by the weight of the vehicle. Do you want to be a serf? There will be no chance in another hundred years.

However, Lane did not intend to rely on this to select the best from the serfs to be promoted to knights. His real purpose is to break the directional thinking of all the nobles and serfs in the entire kingdom. Through the "Knight Promotion Order", the insurmountable between nobles and serfs. The gap has been opened, so after being mentally prepared, Ryan will launch the "Old Guard" setting, and there will be very little opposition.

This is like in a stuffy room, someone proposes to open a window to ventilate and everyone is against it, but if this person suddenly says that he wants to overturn the whole roof to breathe fresh air, everyone will be startled and immediately stop , At this time, this person proposes to open a window for ventilation, and this proposal can be approved in a very high probability.

So, after the news came out, the serfs all over Brittany were boiling.

Old Guard!

Higher salary! Better food! More generous benefits, as well as independent senior military camps!

Serfs who become old guards will enjoy the status of "glory free people"! They will receive complete personal security and complete guarantee of the sacred freedom of personal property! They enjoy almost the same political status as knights in politics and battalion commanders can have knighthood and knighthood! The fairy in the lake has already agreed, as long as the old guard performs well, he can be directly awarded the title of knight and have the title of knight!

Duke Ryan even promised that he had already encircled a large manor in Mousillon, and the name was called Wang Family Old Guard Manor! The ownership of the manor belongs to the entire regiment of the Old Guards, and these soldiers will receive an additional salary based on the output of the manor!

This...isn't this a fief?

Serf, can really become a knight master!

Hence the frenzied discussion of this new army all over the south of Brittany, with serfs sitting on the ridges, around the fire, huddled in bars and even under the covers. Open two words, that is the old guard!

So, what kind of person can become the old guard?

The serfs gathered in groups of threes and fives, annoying the village elders and the knights of the kingdom.

At least five years of service!

Participated in at least three battles!

At least meet the above two conditions to participate in the selection!

The harsh conditions made many serf soldiers sigh, and the soldiers who met the conditions were ecstatic. Among them, those serf soldiers who followed him to the north and south after arriving in Britannia from Lane were the most important. .

After two weeks of training, the Old Guard has tentatively selected five hundred men who will be the first recruits of the future Megatron famous army in the old world.

Duke Ryan did not break his promise.

Straight and white uniform trousers! Buckle up white uniform shirt! A luxuriously decorated, gleaming dwarf manor's half-plate armor! A bearskin military hat made of animal skins and stained with a few gorgeous kite feathers! There are also exquisite weapons. The infantrymen of the infantry battalion can receive the exquisite weapons of the dwarves, the archers get the exquisite big bows made by the wood elves, and the musketeers get the cavalry swords and long barrels of fire. pistol!

The old guards, who were selected through layers of selection, held their heads high, and they were full of energy. They proudly served in the Duke's castle, neat and beautiful uniforms, strict military discipline and strong quality, and after many wars Not to mention the serfs, even the noble ladies were dazzled by the blood and fire emanating from them, and some noble ladies of the knight family even came up with the idea of ​​finding an old guard to marry.

This new army will enjoy a special barracks with luxurious decoration under the protection of the city wall.

In the morning, Duke Ryan and Duchess Surya received and inspected the new army, and Lady Surya even gave a speech with a big belly, which moved all the soldiers of the Guards and swore that they would serve Lord Ryan , Mrs. Surya and the child in her womb died.

Noon, old guard barracks, restaurant.

The entire barracks covers an area of ​​one hectare, relying on the construction of the Duke's Castle in Lane. The stone buildings made by dwarf craftsmen are full of majesty and solemn atmosphere. The walls are carved with various story murals, starting from Lane's arrival in Brittany. , he and his epic stories were carved into the walls by the dwarves, and the light was subtly poured into the interior from the long windows ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ bringing glory and light.

On long rows of tables, the old guards were enjoying their lunch.

Raymond, the former commander of the 3rd Company of the Earl's Halberdier Company, and now a member of the Old Guard is carefully looking at the lunch in front of him. the better.

The food of the old guard has changed a lot compared to when he was a halberdier. Now the food of the old guard is white bread with jam or butter, delicious pies and delicious meat. Vegetarian dishes are paired with stews, and there is a fixed ration of barley wine. In the past, there was a meal of meat for three days, but now it is full of meat, and you can even eat marinated steak occasionally!

This is something that a knight can only eat!

"Raymond, are you on vacation tomorrow?" asked an old guard, his name is Arthur, a brave Winford, who has fought with Ryan for many years, and the scars on his face make him look not angry and arrogant.

"Yes." Raymond nodded. The old guard's leave was the same as before. Usually, he was given 20% leave, that is, two days of ten days. Whether to rest according to the commander's arrangement.

"Any plans?"

"I'm going home." Raymond spooned the stew in the bowl, chunks of delicious pork mixed with some cabbage, cauliflower, lots of carrots and some fungus.

"Go home?" The old guards usually had to live in the barracks, so Arthur's choice for Raymond was not surprising.

"Well, go home and see my mother and brother." Raymond nodded, he hesitated, not knowing whether to say it or not.

"Yes... what happened?"

"Thomas...he wanted to study in Nur, but my mother couldn't make up her mind, so she asked me to go back."

"I see."