EP.313
When I entered the imperial palace and entered the throne room, His Majesty looked at me and sighed.
“I often heard from the Chief of Staff that the Faroesia area army was pathetic, but it was truly more than I could have imagined. “The soldiers standing guard at the headquarters didn’t even check properly, so if you were an assassin, the commander would have been assassinated, right?”
I told the former local army commander and other division commanders that I would not report to His Majesty, but hiding their true situation from His Majesty was also a crime.
These days, I am under a lot of pressure from the Imperial Diet for being too successful, and if I even cover up the actual state of the army, my head will be blown, so I only submitted an accurate report to His Majesty.
However, if this army is to be rebuilt from scratch, it would be more efficient not to impose disciplinary action on past negligence, so there will be no official punishment.
However, from now on, just one minor mistake will result in a change in your position and a recommendation for discharge, but that can’t be helped.
“That’s an old story. As you can see from the reports sent from other units and the Chief of Staff, the forces in Farosia were just a little lazy. “It was not rotten from the root.”
His Majesty placed his hand on his forehead and spoke in a pitiful tone.
“What if the city-states of the Faroesian Union had flocked to attack the Reich Empire if you had not applied proper training to the Faroesian army? In that condition, we would have definitely been defeated. “It’s really dizzying to think about that.”
I agree with your Majesty’s words.
From the attitude of the soldiers on guard duty to the management of their equipment, there was a sense of unease, but even when they entered combat, they made the same mistakes over and over again.
Just as a leaky tank inside would leak outside as well, if a real war broke out, they would have starved on the battlefield due to poor management of their supply units, or would have been defeated in the end for all sorts of unimaginable reasons.
Moreover, the current empire has expanded its power and military power over the past 10 years since I joined the military, growing to the point where it can aim for hegemony on the Europa continent, and as a result, it is under checks from all countries on the European continent.
It is a tradition on this continent to gather together as a group and beat up those whom everyone else is jealous of and envious of, when they feel like they are about to collapse… The
defeat of the Farosian army may have led the empire down the path to ruin, like the butterfly effect.
“But now you won’t have to let things go like that. After I personally trained all soldiers of the 18th Division, staff from other regions evaluated them and said that they already possessed the combat capabilities and morale of an elite unit. So, please keep this report for reference only and do not take it to heart if they show good behavior in the future.”
His Majesty sighed deeply and said.
“I’m asking you, Captain Peter Jaeger, and no one else, so I’ll assume you haven’t read the report I posted this time.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“no. By the way, do you know why I called you?”
“I think he called me because he needed to prevent the use of mercenaries in order to expand the damage from the civil war in Perosia, so he had to start a civil war in Switzerland.”
His Majesty motioned to his servant to bring something.
He handed the documents he had brought to His Majesty Michael and quietly retreated.
“That’s right. This is what we must do to avenge the soldiers of the 7th Guards Division who died on Richen Hill for the national interest of the empire. Have you heard anything about the current situation in the Principality of Switzerland?”
“I heard that the inside of Switzerland was in disarray after the Duke of Switzerland suffered a major defeat. I heard that the number of mercenaries decreased, and at the same time, the export of mercenaries, which was the only source of income, was not working well, so more people were starving to death and civil unrest also increased. As I suggested before, this is a perfect situation to trigger a civil war.”
When I was deployed to Switzerland, I saw that no matter where I looked, Switzerland was a harsh place where I couldn’t see anything except real mountains.
It is such a barren place that it seems impossible to obtain enough food for people to survive even through farming.
It was a country where men worked as mercenaries to support their wives and children and used the money they received in return to buy wheat and barley to survive, but since that was not possible, many people died of starvation one after another.
Only when he was starving to death like this would he rise up thinking that it would be a good idea to kill the Duke of Switzerland, the culprit of all evil.
Even in novels such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Chuhanji, there are dozens and hundreds of stories of people starving to death due to the government’s mistakes in the background of the appearance of heroes such as Liu Bei and Xiang Yu.
Even to a person ignorant of diplomacy, if the Empire adds just a little oil, there is an opportunity for the uprising, which is currently at the level of a civil rebellion, to develop into a full-scale civil war with the nobles aiming for the title of Duke of Switzerland.
At this point, I think Deus, whom I don’t really trust, is hoping that the Duke of Switzerland will fall.
His Majesty slightly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled evilly.
“Like you said, the current situation in the Principality of Switzerland is nothing short of chaos, no more than five minutes before the start. “Because I got intelligence that the stupid duke had ruined the duchy and passed the blame on to someone else.”
In this situation, it’s not enough to kneel down and beg and say it’s all my fault, but something unimaginable is happening.
This is not a famous line from the legend to make it seem like King Seonjo had no responsibility for the Japanese invasions of Korea.
‘To be honest, the Ming Dynasty army was responsible for winning the Imjin War. So, remove the volunteer army from merit.’
For a moment, I was so dumbfounded that my mouth dropped open.
When His Majesty saw that, he suddenly started laughing hysterically.
“I’ve never seen you so surprised.”
“Isn’t it so absurd? “He lost the war because of his own fault, ruined the entire country of Switzerland, and then tried to blame it on others.”
“Isn’t it fortunate that you are not serving such a monarch and that the monarch of the Swiss is such a man? And this time, it was the Count of Bern who took all the blame. “Someone like a bat.”
During the last expedition to Switzerland, when His Majesty was the crown prince, he lured him inside Switzerland and tried to kill him in a pincer attack.
A legendary spy who succeeded in deceiving the Reich Imperial Army headquarters over a period of three years, despite the inevitable risk of death if he was discovered, and a man whom the Imperial Intelligence Department would gnaw at.
No matter how you think about it, that guy didn’t do anything wrong to his country, so why on earth did His Royal Highness the Duke of Switzerland purge that guy whose only crime was carrying out the operation loyally?
“Can you tell me a specific story?”
“They said it was the Count of Bern who planned to capture the Crown Prince through an all-out war with the Reich Imperial Army, and that he deceived the Duke of Switzerland to enrich himself. “It’s bullshit no matter who hears it, but the uneducated and hungry people will probably accept everything the Duke of Switzerland says.”
In this era, for the people, a monarch is someone who should be respected and no objection should be raised.
Therefore, even if the leader is doing a terrible job, there is a very strong tendency to believe it when he bows his head a little or blames someone else.
Moreover, the people who participated in the civil uprising have repeatedly lived as the nobles told them to do for generations, and since they have not received education, it will be difficult for them to think critically and analyze from a rational perspective… If the target
of the witch hunt, the Count of Bern, is handed over with a proper justification, The people must have returned satisfied that the Duke of Switzerland had handed over the true criminal through their protests.
“He was the Duke of Switzerland’s most capable loyalist, but he was handed over to the people. They say those who started the uprising stoned him to death. “How can a man called the Duke hand over his loyal subjects and even an innocent person to a mere citizen, shedding noble blood?”
As someone who rose from a commoner orphan to a marquis, in my view, having noble blood or status seems like a reward given simply because the person comes from a wealthy family and performs the duties given to him.
I don’t think bloodline is sacred or noble, but in a country that recognizes the caste system, would an innocent noble be handed over to be killed?
It’s like the duke poured hydrochloric acid on his feet to thaw them.
“… I’m so speechless, Your Majesty.”
His Majesty tapped my shoulder as if he understood how I felt.
“But Captain Jaeger, wouldn’t now be the best time to start a civil war among them? “If there is a good solution, let’s talk about it.”
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