Warlock Royal Family

On June 1525, 6, King Louis II of Hungary was inspecting his troops.

Fifteen thousand people had assembled in the barracks outside Buda.

After many delays and excuses, most of the nobles of Central Hungary finally came to Buda with their own private soldiers to answer their obligations to their monarchs.

Louis II felt a little relieved when he looked at the barracks, which were not in an orderly manner, but were finally full.

He went round the camp with his guard, and was cheered by his subjects. [

In the middle of last month, after receiving the news that the Ottomans had assembled on the south bank of the Danube, he immediately issued a mobilization order, requiring all Hungarian nobles to lead corresponding troops to Buda to fulfill their obligations according to the income and size of their territories.

But until June 6, none of the nobles from other places showed up in Buda, not even a noble who was only a few days away.

The enraged king almost went to attack these disrespectful lords first.

It was only under Queen Mary's gentle persuasion that he calmed down temporarily.

Still according to Queen Mary's suggestion, after all the royal family moved out of the palace and lived in the military camp to show the difficulties of the state, nobles from all over the country came to Buda one after another.

Although moving out of the palace made life a bit sad, this attitude of going to the country's disaster has indeed won a lot of hearts for the royal family.

'At the critical moment, the queen who was born in a big family has insight. 'With such a good wife, of course the king has changed his mind.

So these days in the palace, Louis II did not meet his mistress, but returned to the queen's bedroom.

Although Louis II still couldn't forget that she had informed her natal family to prevent him from getting the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, he finally stopped feeling tight in his chest just thinking about it.

Not only because he understood his wife's Nai, but also deep down in his heart, Louis realized more or less that he had no head worthy of the crown at all.

But it's really a very subconscious feeling.Whoever dares to say so openly will have nothing but the king's executioner waiting for him.

"How is the progress of distributing military shoes to the soldiers?" Louis II noticed that among the noble private soldiers who came to support him, the shoes of most of the infantry soldiers were rotten after wearing them in Buda. He watched these people walk barefoot The way he looked in the barracks, he was very distressed.Immediately ordered that [-] talers be specially allocated from the treasury to provide hair shoes to all soldiers.

"Women in Buda and Pest on the other side of the river were mobilized to work together, and [-] pairs of cloth shoes have been provided to the soldiers!" an innocent man.

"However, a total of [-] peasants and soldiers came to Buda under the leadership of their lord, and there will be at least [-] more in the next half month. What's the point of a mere [-] pairs of shoes?" Although they are not very good at handling state affairs.The difference between fifteen hundred and eight thousand is not difficult for His Majesty Louis to tell.

"Your Majesty, [-] pairs of shoes is quite a lot. First of all, not all soldiers have shoes, and second, some soldiers with particularly thick soles don't need shoes at all." The Minister of the Exchequer said two reasons at once.

And it all sounds convincing, at least King Louis thinks so.

"Is that so? But last time I saw most of the soldiers didn't seem to have shoes." However, his father had taught him that he could not fully trust his courtiers, so he thought it made sense.His Majesty Louis still asked one more question.

"That group of people happened to be Bohemian mountain people from the Sudeten Mountains. They were very poor, so they had no shoes. People in other areas lived a prosperous life under your governance, and most of them had shoes. .” The chancellor of the exchequer opened his mouth to explain. "Look, Your Majesty, are there any soldiers without shoes along the way?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer deserves to be called "a thin man with a dark heart" by the citizens of Buda. [

Indeed, all the soldiers I saw along the way had shoes, and all of them had happy smiles from the bottom of their hearts.

They do.Today, I can skip a day of practice and still be able to see His Majesty the King. Although the intensity of the practice is not too high, if you don’t have enough food and clothing, who wants to practice.

As long as you kneel and kowtow honestly and don't talk nonsense, you can still keep the pair of shoes on your feet.

Who can be unhappy?

The words of the Chancellor of the Exchequer are very skillful, not only covering up, but also diverting.

"The Sudeten Mountains? It's not the farthest area of ​​my kingdom, and why didn't they go to Prague and come here directly?" His Majesty Louis' attention was indeed diverted.

"It's not that General Federtale is worried about the king's affairs. Now that the heathen army has arrived in Belgrade, the Bohemian Army and the Transylvanian Army can't rush to Buda before the enemy. Send these most valiant mountain people to support you first." In addition to the hundreds of unruly mountain people, Feidtale also sent a big red envelope of [-] talers to Cyric's particularly pious mountain people.The chancellor of the exchequer, of course, cannot but speak.

The Ottoman navy contained the Croatian garrison, and the other two corps were Buda's hope.

You must know that he also made [-] thalers from the "shoemaking special purpose", and of course he also wiped out the [-] bolts of cloth in the state treasury by the way.

It's good to fight.

However, compared to the Minister of War, he did not earn much. One-third of the food expenses of the army would flow into the private treasury of the Minister of War.

There is no way, the Minister of War's father was the servant of the dragon who supported the Agloni family to take over the Polish throne. Without his support, there would be no world for the Agroni family, and the status is really deep-rooted.

"Well, Federtale is still loyal. Not only did he give me reinforcements, but he didn't ask me to stick to Buda. You guys just let me stick to Buda, don't move rashly, don't attack, and none of you shared my worries. "Louis II was upset when he thought of the minister's suggestion.

The consequences of losing Belgrade are fermenting. Without the shield of this important town, a large area of ​​Hungary is under the threat of the enemy.

Several Hungarian regiments were scattered in various places, and it was difficult to reach Buda before the Ottoman army caused great damage to the Hungarian land.

"Your Majesty, the city of Buda is tall and strong. There are citizens who can help defend the city, and there are enough reserves to supply them for more than a year. Outside the city, there is a wide moat built by diverting water from the Danube River, even if the enemy really has 30 troops. Not open, not to mention that the enemy is at most 10,000+, as long as we stick to Buda, then after Bohemia and Transylvania's army of kings arrive one after another, the enemy's vigor is exhausted, and there is no way to resist it." Finance When the minister heard the king's words, he couldn't help becoming nervous, and repeated his point of view again. "The water gate on the east side can be connected with the water gate on the west side of Pest City through the pontoon bridge. The [-] troops in Pest City are Buda's natural reserve."

Although he sounds like a civil servant, which of the executives of the Kingdom of Hungary hasn't competed with the Ottomans?

Although he and his cronies have to spend 1000% of the annual maintenance of the Buda moat, the bureaucratic system in Pest is even less efficient. Inefficient bureaucracies destroy relatively small jobs.

Therefore, despite all the disadvantages, because of its proximity to the Danube River, this is still Europe's leading city defense system. It is the result of several generations of dismal management by the Kingdom of Hungary in order to deal with the threat of Ottomans.

The new Austrian capital, Vienna, also had no such additions.

The countermeasures he said are also correct and prudent. Although he is corrupt, he also knows that his interests are closely linked with the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary.

But this kind of cliché has been repeated several times in King Louis's ears in recent days. [

The young king could no longer listen to such words, but the chancellor continued to babble more and more harshly.

"Depressed! Really depressing! If it wasn't for the Minister of War who supported me to attack, I would really think that all my ministers are cowards." Although King Louis was young and energetic, if there was no one who supported him, He also didn't dare to attack.

Except for one Feldtaler who did not object to the attack, there was also a Minister of War who had the most weight in the military and resolutely attacked.

'What does that kid know?When Lao Tzu and the Ottomans were fighting, he was still wearing crotch pants. 'The Chancellor of the Exchequer was well aware of the real reason why the Secretary of State for War advocated an attack.

That's because the family of the Minister of War occupies one-fifth of the fertile land in the southern provinces of Osijek and Pest.

Once the Ottoman army crossed the border, the loss of their family was too great.

But this reason cannot be said in any theory, as it would break the rules.

For this reason, there are actually quite a few Hungarian nobles who asked the king to attack, but although the big shots in the court cared about their own property, they cared more about power. Once Hungary was finished, their power would naturally disappear.

Except for the young and vigorous Minister of War, all other high-level Hungarians opposed the attack.

But the middle-level people don't have such a great instinct to protect power. Although they can't speak in front of the king, they still ask the main force to go south to protect their property through various channels.

Although these people were not around the king, they represented the mainstream thinking of the Hungarian nobility and had great influence.

Once he said this reason, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has no doubt that his words will be sent to his political enemies by the king's guards immediately, and then he will be completely finished.

As for the reason that the Minister of War is too young to climb to a high position entirely because of nepotism, it cannot be said. Isn't this scolding His Majesty the King?

All these disadvantages made the chancellor of finance, who usually fooled the king so easily, speechless, even though he was really loyal now.

When speaking purely for his own self-interest, it is not a problem for him to fool the young king, but he really thinks about the king and the country, and the king just doesn't listen.

"My subjects love me so much, this is the morale of the army." The illusion created by the Minister of Property in front of him increased the confidence of King Louis, and he roared with a whip for a while. "Follow me back to the camp. I'm going to hold another military meeting to discuss the marching route."

The Minister of Finance, who was extremely depressed in his heart, had no choice but to go back with him reluctantly. It is really difficult to be a courtier, and it is even more difficult to be a loyal courtier. (to be continued...)