Black Iron Crown

After thinking about it for a while, Reiner also discovered the situation that the little emperor was facing now.

First of all, after removing the Earl and Queen of Redmara, he was indeed very popular. Many people expressed their loyalty to him, and at the same time hoped to get a benefit.

However, one of his fatal weaknesses is that he doesn't have many confidantes in his hands. Most of them gave their allegiance to him after seeing him cleanly deal with Earl Redmara's loyal henchmen. of.

How reliable it is is actually hard to say at all, and most of the people in his hands are young followers, or young people with knight titles united around him.

These bloody people dared to fight and kill, and they really played a very important role in the little emperor's pursuit of power.

But now the stage of the little emperor seizing power is over, he has successfully grasped the supreme power of the empire, what he urgently needs is someone with mature political skills to help him exercise his power better.

However, in addition to the young people, the direct descendants in his hands now include the elders of these young people's families, but these people are all low-level nobles without exception, and their vision is not high, and their political skills are definitely not good.

If it was in the past, when most members of the royal family had not left the imperial capital, the little emperor could choose personnel from the royal family who wanted to fill various positions.

Although there are not many people in the royal family, there are forty or fifty big branches, and there are many small branches under each big branch. Now only in the northern border, the second son of the royal family who can serve as an official is temporarily restricted. There are six or seven hundred people.

Not to mention that these people are all political elites, but they can run various political systems calmly because of their family background, which is what the little emperor lacks at present.

Except for those low-ranking nobles, the little emperor only had some sycophantic courtiers left in his hands, and old ministers who had broken away from Earl Redmara. No matter which group of people they were, the little emperor would not dare to reuse them.

Reiner's analysis is correct. At this time in the imperial capital, the little emperor is facing such a situation. He can only select some people from each group and place them in various positions so that they can check and balance each other.

However, these are not enough for Reiner to reverse the current situation.

What really made Reiner feel that the situation could be reversed was the recent situation of the Arshan and Trik tribes submitted to him by Logan.

The white disaster this time was very serious, so how could the prairie be an exception? Even the nomads on the prairie were not as capable of resisting risks as in the northern border, so they could only resist forcefully when encountering such a disaster.

Coupled with the suddenness of this year's white disaster, there was no abnormality at all at the beginning of winter, but in the middle of winter, the sudden heavy snow blinded everyone.

The royal family reached an alliance by virtue of the food they provided to the Arshan tribe. In addition, the Trike tribe was too far away from the empire and feared the power of the Alshan tribe. Spent this horrible winter.

According to Logan's investigation, Reiner found that the Arshan Ministry did not seem to be wholehearted in the covenant with the empire, but rather half-hearted.

This is quite normal. Although the grassland peoples do not come and go like the wind, their whereabouts are still elusive. They never value their reputation very much. The empire has other ideas.

At that time, will he really stand with the little emperor against himself?

It's really just an unknown.

But even so, Leiner can't take it lightly. If he is not afraid of 10,000, he is afraid of the eventuality. Once he relaxes his vigilance, the Arshan Department will take advantage of the vacancy, and it will be a disaster for him.

First of all, Leiner thought of a way to restrain the Arshan Department by supporting the Trike Department, but he was quickly rejected by himself.

The reason is very simple. After briefly understanding the Trike Department through the documents sent by Logan, Reiner found that the Trike Department was not the opponent of the Arshan Department at all.

Originally, the grassland was in a state of tripartite confrontation. The Aguer tribe, the Alshan tribe, and the Trike tribe were the most powerful. Among them, the Aguer tribe was the strongest, the Alshan tribe was second, and the Trike tribe was the weakest.

The Aguer tribe was wiped out by Leiner on the frontal battlefield, and Leiner raided and killed their Khan.

After the death of the largest tribe, the Alshan tribe received the inheritance and survivors of the Aguer tribe, and its strength surpassed the previous Aguer tribe, and it was much stronger than the Rick tribe.

Coupled with the white disaster this time, the Arshan tribe received food support from the imperial capital, and the loss was minimized.

But the Trikes did not. They could only suffer in the severe cold. Nearly half of the cattle, sheep and horses died in the cold winter, and tens of thousands of people died of hunger and cold.

This is an extremely huge loss for the Trike tribe with a population of only 70,000. The Trike tribe with more than 60,000 people is not the opponent of the Arshan tribe.

If Leiner insists on supporting the Trick Department, he will have to pay a lot of money and invest a lot of troops, and even himself has to participate in this war to ensure that the Trick Department can effectively suppress it in the future. Live in Alshan Department.

But even if you have to invest in your own troops, what's the difference between that and going to war with the Arshan Department directly? Why spend manpower, material resources and energy to support the Trigram Department?

Although Leiner was worried about the alliance between the Alshan tribe and the little emperor, what really bothered him was the restraining effect of the Alshan tribe, which made him unable to use all his strength to fight against the little emperor.

If he fights a real battle with real swords and guns, Leiner is not afraid of the Arshan tribe.

Although it was a coincidence to eliminate the Aguer tribe at the beginning, but now that his strength has been greatly developed, so what if the Alshan tribe can dispatch 20,000 cavalry? It is not difficult to win the battle.

After considering all these things, Leiner had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​supporting the Trick Department.

However, since it was discovered that the Arshan tribe was half-hearted towards the little emperor, this was a great help to Leiner.

This made Reiner think of a well-known allusion in the previous life-Ban Chao set the Western Regions, Fu Shanshan!

By assassinating the Huns' mission, the Huns thought that Shanshan was provoking the dignity of the Huns, or that Shanshan thought that they were provoking the dignity of the Huns. In order to keep the country from turning into scorched earth under the iron hooves, Shanshan had no choice but to throw itself into the arms of the Han Empire. middle.

The method Leiner came up with is similar to Ban Chao's method. Although there are subtle differences, the most important core remains the same.

Of course, this is just picking up people's teeth. Reiner doesn't think he has the wisdom and courage of Ban Dingyuan.

Logan clearly wrote on the dossier that after Prince Liepewuxun exchanged opinions with Hamel Khan, the Arshan Ministry will send a mission to the imperial capital to formally sign the covenant. After all, the food has been given. In terms of face, it is always passable.

Reiner's eyes narrowed slightly, the opportunity is on this mission!

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