Warhammer

The Tyrell envoys were semi-forced - in diplomatic activities, this behavior is extremely humiliating, because diplomats are mostly respectable people, and diplomatic affairs are a field that attaches great importance to etiquette. Even if two countries go to war to the death, most of them will not vent their anger on the envoys sent by the other side in formal negotiations. At most, they will use some not-too-excessive means to try to humiliate and gain ground.

Most of the envoys are relatively self-controlled and will not force themselves to make trouble by talking about things that cannot be discussed.

After visiting the wise King Aiur, Tyrell's envoy was semi-forcibly taken away from the Golden Palace by the palace guards. He was escorted out like a prisoner in front of many citizens and foreign businessmen, and then thrown directly into the busy street, where he was left alone as if he were throwing away garbage. This situation is extremely suggestive.

People with a keen sense of smell - after experiencing a series of events such as the North-South confrontation, the Patriotic War, the purge and cleansing, the survivors, especially the urban citizens who are generally a little shrewd, are very sensitive to these things.

They soon realized that this action might be the beginning of another war, and all kinds of rumors spread wildly in the streets of Margarita.

Since it concerns the war between the two countries, they have to care.

After all, the "Peace under Aiur" had only lasted for two years, less than three years.

The echoes of the war still reverberate in the empty plains, rugged hills, abandoned towns and every "site" that has experienced that war, and in the ears of every surviving Estalia. The smell of gunpowder has never been completely dispelled from their sense of smell. Under the plains that are now covered with lush grass, the dry bones of the Phalanx Army have begun to rot. In the quiet bay next to Margarita, people still salvage the remains of the Invincible Fleet from time to time.

Everyone's ears and eyes were focused on the expulsion of Tyrell's envoy. Some people said that Tyrell sent envoys to support the exiled "royalists" who advocated the succession of the eighth-generation prince's heir to the throne, and demanded that Aiel give up the throne and return the royal power to the prince's son, but he could retain the title and honor of "regent"; others said that it was because the Tyrells had experienced the greenskin riots - in Tyrell, the damage caused by the greenskin invasion was limited, so the Estalians called it a war, while the Tyrells only called it a riot.

After the Greenskins' riots, they saw that most of their neighbor's territory had been lost, their fleet had been destroyed, and they had lost the strength to compete for hegemony at sea. Their ambitions swelled, so they planned to take advantage of this opportunity to seize all the colonies of the United Kingdom (Estalia) in one fell swoop! They wanted to take over all the achievements and foundations of the Southerners' overseas expansion in the hundreds of years since the Great War!

The envoy's arrival was a threat, demanding that His Majesty Aiel open all colonies to the Tyrells, unilaterally cancel tariffs, open markets, and open ports...

Although at this time, the so-called "economics", in its primitive or embryonic form, still remained in the universities of the empire and the island of Osun, those extremely bored elves always liked to try all kinds of interesting things, and academic research seemed to be a relatively less destructive one.

But the public, especially the citizens, can still understand some simple truths such as:

Open up colonies and allow garrisons. In the future, colonies will no longer be called "Union" but "Promotion". If people are not doing well in their home country and want to leave, they will have to survive in the cracks of other countries' territories.

After the tariffs are abolished and the market is opened, the output of Estalia, which has been devastated, will definitely not be able to match that of the Tirells. In that case, many job opportunities and many demands will be snatched away by the Tirells, and the local small workshops and factories will have no business and will go bankrupt, and their income will decrease...

The above two reasons alone are enough to make the people indignant towards the Tyrells. Even though they have only been recuperating for less than two years, the precious peace is hard-won. However, with the martial virtues of the medieval people, they are not so afraid of war. After all, no matter how great the Tyrells are, they share the same culture and race, and it is impossible for them to adopt a massacre-style "governance" policy like the greenskins. If they want to fight, they have fought so many times in history. What's the big deal! ?

The third one is even more outrageous!

As an envoy of a country, he represents the face of the country in formal occasions!

it turns out!!

In broad daylight, while visiting the palace of a neighboring country, she openly flirted with him...humiliating the king of an entire country!

There were rumors that the envoy saw the king lose his composure, but the king did not take it as an offense. Instead, he stretched out his hand to show his friendliness and motioned for the envoy to come closer to communicate. As a result, the envoy staggered up and actually reached out to remove Al's mask!

This action shocked everyone present. No one would have thought that a young and talented messenger would do such a thing!

Then he was stunned on the spot. When he came to his senses, he recited love poems to El in front of the king's son, palace guards, servants, and entourage in the royal court and proposed to him on the spot.

The furious second prince Kael'thas ordered the envoys to be expelled from the royal court. However, the envoys, because of their noble status - the nephew of the Grand Patriarch of the Eastern War Church from Miragliano, and the second son and heir-to-be of the most powerful city nobles in the neighboring country of Tyrell, avoided the question when Kael'thas rebuked them, refused to express his attitude of severe punishment, and deliberately shielded them, making everyone, including the king's guards, unable to control their anger and ask Aiel to expel these disrespectful envoys immediately.

Even the love poems recited at that time had been leaked and spread among the people, saying things like "The hibiscus tent is warm for the spring night, and from then on I will be a hero with fame and honor" and "If only the charming woman could be moved, I would bring back Milagliano to serve the king". In short, it was a big fuss, and everyone was talking about it. Margherita had become a legend.

Chapter 22: Reclaim Changle to Serve the King

These three things mixed together immediately became a storm with Margarita as the core, spreading to the surrounding areas. Many people took to the streets to angrily express their dissatisfaction with the Tyrells.

Just rob our land, rob our business, and rob our money!

Do you want to rob our king?

Definitely not agree!

After this incident, apart from the "solemn statement" issued by the spokesperson of the Golden Palace in the Grand Council of Citizens, the expelled and humiliated Tyrell side did not make any sound on the matter. There was no public statement or counterattack. Instead, the embassy was temporarily closed and none of the important personnel went out in public.

This attitude of keeping one's tail between legs and curling up in silence immediately made the people think: the Tyrells must have been in the wrong first. Otherwise, no matter how tit-for-tat and life-and-death the diplomatic battles were, they would not have remained silent after being "humiliated" like this. At the very least, they should have fought back solemnly, or simply withdrawn to the country to make their attitude clear.

Soon many angry people gathered outside the embassy, ​​raising flags to protest. Some even tried to attack the embassy and the guards. Fortunately, the blue hats had "protected" the place early on and no bloodshed occurred.

The people of Margarita support Al from the bottom of their hearts. After all, it was he who saved the entire kingdom from the brink of collapse, one sword at a time. The Battle of Tolosa destroyed the enemy's Southern Legion and rescued Margarita. The anti-counterrevolutionary and reconstruction work was carried out in an orderly manner - and there's more!

He set up the capital in the south! The Birbari people opposed it!

Then the Margarita people must firmly support him!

After all, if you count it this way, Ai'er is the ninth generation "City Prince" from the south. Of course, this title is rarely mentioned nowadays. Ai'er doesn't like it. His power is supreme. "Supreme King" and "Supreme Holy One" are quite suitable. However, the small southern country of Estalia is not worthy of such a noble title. We have to wait until later.

The most common secular title of Aiur today is "The Wise King", a title plus the throne, or an honorific title like "The Great King of Aiur", because he is the common ruler of the combined tribe and kingdom.

Other things like Inberado that Al himself picked are secondary...

Al is indeed, at least judging by his achievements, a very "excellent", "excellent" and "wise" ruler. Some of his actions are acting COSplay, and some are out of true feelings, but these have indeed made Al's court very popular among the people of the entire kingdom.

For example, Margarita people are particularly fond of a kind of accessories now:

A mask modeled after the one Al wears.

However, to show respect, Aiel's masks cover the entire face, and people like to buy and wear those that only cover the upper or lower half of the face. The Tyrell newsprint - a new thing that came from the Empire, it's like a newspaper from another world, has jokingly described this decoration that's very popular in neighboring countries, saying that Estalia people wear masks to hide the scars on their faces from being beaten by greenskins - from this we can know that the face of the "wise king with unparalleled beauty and ability" they praise must be covered with scars from being beaten.

Ai'er defeated the invaders, restored peace for them, defended their homeland with the powerful army he brought, and quickly recovered through efficient administration, developing the country's economy and people's livelihood...

As long as an ordinary king can achieve one of the above and is not too lacking in other aspects, he will be worthy of the title of "wise king". The fact that so many achievements are bestowed on the same person is only because Ai'er's reign was still short, otherwise he would have been able to establish a template for a living god.

But even so, El's status in the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom is not ordinary high. In the perception of the beastmen, the highest is El, followed by Alina, and then the eldest daughter Misha... But only Alina's authority is special. The authority of the heirs comes from El's blood and El's bestowal, while the adoptive mother Alina was once able to rely on her unparalleled combat power to split up and work alone. At least many angry beasts, such as the blood mother, will most likely follow the centaur. As long as the four mothers do not interfere, if Alina wants to take the throne, El in the early days will probably have no choice but to compromise.

However, Alina is used to being lazy in these aspects. As long as El is filial and serves her on a daily basis, she doesn't even want a guard. As a centaur whose individual prestige is second only to El, she doesn't even have her own personal followers. Most of them are joined by the legion. This is rare in the tribe. Even sisters like Riven and Dale, who are cold by nature, have some servants who worship the bunny girl and walk in the shadows with their followers.

In human cognition, the king's authority is supreme. Others, like the Margaritas, would only "wave their hands" to say "I have no opinion" and "nod" to say "I agree with Your Majesty". But even after they have completely given their body and mind to the Four Mothers and Five Seals, they would most likely be unwilling to accept a centaur with a violent temper as their "Queen Mother".

Fortunately, as a mortal king who wanted to become a "God-King", the existence of a queen who shared power and glory and added a key hub to his kingdom was of little significance to El.

Unless Mirmidia is captured and imprisoned and humiliated by him, and Rep is so evil that she reveals her Ahegao and becomes a sow covered in white and sticky vaginal fluid, with El's six-pointed star mark on her buttocks, tits and even deep inside her body, and then she wears a white and gorgeous wedding dress and marries El in a grand celebration, then it is necessary to establish a queen position to integrate the opponent's remaining forces...

In this case, the humiliation of Ai'er is more infuriating than a direct attack on the national system, because it is completely equivalent to, and even exceeds, the normal mutual hostility and criticism between the two countries.

In particular, the humiliation of regarding Al as a "beauty" really made the supporters furious. They could praise him externally, boast about the beauty of their own king, and even have the title of "the most beautiful king", but if someone ignored the unquestionable royal power and only valued and coveted his beauty, then in the hearts of the supporters of the United Kingdom it was undoubtedly a great "blasphemy".

What's more, the Tyrells did not respond at all and did not take any punishment measures.

Before the official attitude was expressed, the surging public opinion made outsiders almost immediately think that the United Kingdom had declared war on the Tyrells.

But in fact, everything is under Al's control.

The negotiations were real, the excessive conditions proposed by the Tyrells were real, and even the major diplomatic accident at the end that seemed so bizarre was real!

There really is a Tyrell male ketone——the young noble who took off his mask has insisted since he went back that he was not pursuing homosexual love, but fell in love with the wise king of the neighboring country at first sight. He also refused to admit his mistakes and refused to acknowledge all the punishments against him, insisting that love is not a crime and that he will not be punished for falling in love with someone...

Al was completely speechless.

He acquiesced to taking off the mask. The man was just a mortal, and he would first see what this guy wanted to do.

But the subsequent recitation of confessions in court was not arranged by him, which means that there really was a man who fell in love with him at first sight. However, after the reaction, Al decided to use this incident to portray himself as a victim.

And add a layer of ambiguity and fantasy to the conflict that may break out later:

Have you heard that there was a war in the south because the new king of Estalia is too handsome!

In this way, the blood and fire mixed in this war can be diluted as much as possible, paving the way for his expansion. Simply put, it is to suppress his notoriety.

Two kingdoms in the south fought over conflicting interests, and one country annexed the other;

The Tyrell envoy confessed his love to the king of Estalia in court, which aroused the public anger. The two countries went to war. In order to avenge the humiliation of the king, the Estalia army fought all the way to the city of Miragliano.

Obviously the latter is more dramatic and makes people want to watch the show.

If it was only the former, then the Heavenly Soldiers' Southern Expedition, which Al had been worrying about and seemed to have not been prepared for at all, might really come to see what the little brother from the South was doing.

After all, strictly speaking, Tyrell and the Empire are directly adjacent to each other. Through the surface corridors in the caves at the bottom of the mountain and the Grand Canyon, one can enter the Empire's Sol Territory through the Sol Fortress.

Just as public sentiment was boiling over the storm deliberately led by Ai'er, but before it reached its peak, a piece of news suddenly came out from the embassy:

Many of the local Margaritas who worked for the Tyrells had previously chosen to go on strike and resign. Without these low-level service personnel, many Tyrells who used to do noble jobs had to do the dirty and tiring work themselves.

The embassy was surrounded every day, and angry people often threw small gifts at it. The embassy had to be cleaned over and over again. They watched as the crowds of people outside surrounded the embassy, ​​fearing that one day they would rush in and burn them to the ground. Some people could not bear the psychological pressure and secretly ran out to ask the blue hats for help, and brought the public an astonishing news:

The dandy boy who flirted with the king in court had secretly boarded a boat and smuggled back to Miragliano on the third day after the storm, accompanied by the embassy guards and servants!

Before leaving, he even said with certainty that he would never give up his pursuit of Al, but he also wrote to Jin Gong and confessed:

It means that the contradiction between the two countries has intensified, the West is weak and the East is strong. If a war breaks out in the future, the Tyrells will definitely win over the United Kingdom. The only way to eliminate the contradiction is for the two countries to strengthen their close relationship. For example, Aiel goes to Miragliano and marries a Tyrell noblewoman. The two countries re-form an alliance and become friends forever...

The citizens responded by saying:

Fuck you!

Chapter 23: Al's Reputation

The King is the King of the People!

Al is our Al!

Never allow the Tyrells to humiliate you!

Not to mention any tricks like marrying a Tyrell woman as queen and establishing friendly relations between the two countries!

Such words came from the mouth of a dandy young man who had just caused a major diplomatic incident because of the so-called "love at first sight". The so-called "letting Al go to Miragliano to propose marriage" was definitely a conspiracy just to get a chance to get close to the king!

It's not about marrying a wife, it's about being treated as a wife! Those despicable men in Tyrell are clearly trying to trick our Majesty into coming over, then lock him up and torture him (silenced)! !

The demands for the expulsion of the Tirells and even the initiative to launch a "punitive war" against neighboring countries in retaliation for their humiliation of Aiur and taking advantage of the situation caused a wave of panic. After the end of the Patriotic War, the United Kingdom urgently needed manpower, material resources and funds to rebuild, so it formulated a large number of policies that were conducive to commercial trade and economic circulation. Therefore, the Tyrell capital that felt it was profitable and poured into the United Kingdom was in large numbers.

But although Al has always liked to manipulate public opinion behind the scenes and let the "largest" number of people stand behind him in order to form an absolute crushing advantage over the enemy, he also deliberately controls and restrains the huge waves he stirs up from causing excessive and "unexpected" damage.

So the royal government came out to appease the merchants and stated privately: Even if the two countries go to war, as long as they abide by the law and local laws, the rights and interests of the merchants will be guaranteed. Even if the two countries go to war, it will be a civilized and noble war, not a greenskin raid or pirate looting. After using the kingdom's credibility as a guarantee, the merchants suppressed their uneasiness and did not withdraw their funds for the time being.

If Al were asked to evaluate his own "credibility", "morality" and "bottom line", he would be lucky enough to give himself an "above average" rating with a smug look on his face. After all, his COS of great men was neither fish nor fowl. He COSted Zhao Kuangyin who bullied orphans and widows, and COS Cao Cao who liked widows, which quite captured the essence of the characters.

But according to outside evaluations, including from his own people, even from the perspective of his enemies, there is nothing to criticize about Al except his background and beliefs - height and sexual orientation do not count.

Although in the medieval world of killing and killing, birth and beliefs can determine 70 to 80 percent of things.

If we count the purges that have taken place since Al came to power, it is understandable that they were carried out to root out traitors. Even if they have been expanded, we cannot say that none of those who have been brought to trial are innocent. One or a few cases among hundreds or thousands of people would be considered a lot.

They all have stains and blood debts. Eliminating harm for the country and the people is a feat worthy of praise no matter where they are. It is a great and glorious act that even his enemies would grit their teeth and give a thumbs up to.

In the old and new worlds, the corruption of chaos has gone away, and even the mortal world has somewhat forgotten it, but crime and corruption mean degeneration, which means danger and is not tolerated by the world and by the orthodox faith. It is still the ideological cloak that must be adhered to, followed, upheld, and unwavering.

If even this layer of clothes is gone, both the new and old worlds will be in danger.

As the ice and snow melted, the motherland's land was full of vitality again. Saraiya favored every woman, and the birth rate in Kislev soared wildly. After just a few decades, it even returned to the level before the Great Holy War. The imperial merchants who witnessed the transformation of this land from desolate to bustling were impressed: The women of Kislev are greenskins on the frozen soil and gray cattle in the Tsar's pen. As long as there is food, they will continue to grow.

This description not only describes the Kislevites' strong fertility, but also points out a major flaw in their society:

The lower class of people in Kislev, the largest population class, is still the "serfs", who are of low status and are ridden on the necks of boyar nobles and priests to work like their cattle and horses.

Of course, it is not called this name now. After the Tsarine's reform, all serfs across the country were nominally freed. They are now all "free people", but the production relations have not changed. A large number of so-called free people are still no different from the serfs of the past. They are bound to the fields and farms. If they do not join the army and go to the battlefield, the highest-ranking people they have ever seen in their lives are probably the nobles' butlers, or the priests who look kind, serious, or majestic.

There is no chance to leave home in my life.

The only difference is that now the dream of most former serfs is to save enough to buy seeds, rent livestock, tools, and food for several seasons, and to go out with the whole family to open up wasteland and become a real "free man" who owns their own land. In the past, their dreams were mostly to hope that His Majesty the Tsar would encounter some happy event and order the whole country to celebrate, so that they could have one or several days of leisure, or reduce some of the taxes paid to the motherland.

Even after the great war, when the population declined and the shortcomings of sparse population and vast land were greatly exposed, this semi-compulsory personal dependence was not officially abolished. The nobles and clergy still ruled, or drove and enslaved the common people.

In the past, because of the threat of Chaos, ignorant people were easily corrupted and manipulated. They needed nobles to lead and clergy to teach to jointly defend the motherland. This was understandable, but after the Chaos receded, there were no enemies outside the door. Why didn't you let us go out?

In addition, the empire, having been freed from its shackles, was developing rapidly at a rapid pace. The prosperous economy, emerging industry, and various academic and theoretical research that were open to all had a great impact on its neighboring countries.

So there was a small group of people whose average background was at least middle-class nobility, including descendants of heroes who had become famous in later generations in the great war. Driven by a strong concern for the country and the people and a sense of responsibility to the motherland and the people, the "Young Guards" of the female tsar launched a coup, or "uprising" in Erengrad.

They were composed of progressive nobles and young officers who had returned from studying in the empire. After the tsarine toured the country and visited Erengrad, they used various means to get the job of staying behind to deal with the aftermath. Afterwards, the progressives took the opportunity to launch an uprising against the old system. The reason why they did not launch a coup next to the tsarine, as there might be a slight chance of controlling the tsar herself, was not only because the tsarine's ice magic was too powerful and they were not sure, but also because the patriots claimed:

All their actions were completely and absolutely out of their love for the motherland, their mission to the people, and their responsibility to His Majesty the Tsar. Everything they did was for the motherland, for the Tsar, for the people, and not for their own selfish desires.

Therefore, they refused to fight against their monarch by means of palace coups or assassination plots. Instead, they announced an uprising after the king left with his parade team, including elite legions, government heads, church patriarchs and other important figures. They demanded reform of the state system, the abolition of the old system and more rights for the people.

"Motherland, prosperity, common prosperity!"

This was their slogan, which immediately attracted the support of many Erengrad residents. They controlled the municipal center and the two city gates. The guards at the north gate refused to join the rebellion, but also stated that they would not hinder the actions of the patriots.

So they immediately sent envoys to various places in Kislev and the Tsarina's royal tour to express their demands and attitudes, hoping that all places would write together and explain the pros and cons to His Majesty, and then the Tsar and the Patriarch would be deeply moved and convene a state conference to deepen the reform efforts, so that the people would stand up and also enjoy the blessings of the prosperity of the motherland since the great war...

Then, as expected, it was suppressed by the Tsar's guards. The tsarina was furious about the betrayal of her most valued young guards. According to convention, these people had to be loyal to the tsar for life, and the emperor would even personally designate their marriage partners as witnesses and stepmothers, and the two sides had a special and close relationship.

As a result, the young guards who could be regarded as the Tsar's "adopted sons" betrayed her and even used the banner of reforming the system to shake the Tsar's authority, which really made the empress furious.

The Cheka was immediately mobilized, and reported the situation in Erengrad to the tsar like a sieve. Under heavy pressure, the defenders in the north could not bear the initial promise and opened the gate to welcome the "anti-bandit" army into the city. There was a bloodbath and a suppression. The patriots suffered heavy casualties. The members of the Young Guards were required to capture them alive as much as possible, and then the Patriarch personally interrogated and asked:

Declare a break with the past, the previous statement was made under deception and blindness, and re-swear eternal loyalty to the young mother, so that the noble status can be retained and the future will still be bright.

But a total of 49 progressive officers of the Young Guards rejected this proposal. They refuted the Patriarch's proposal one by one. They said that they had never betrayed the motherland or the little mother. They were still loyal. If the little mother was in person, they would still be willing to die for her. However, they had realized the various problems of the motherland and insisted that their demands were the way to save the motherland and make the little mother's authority greater.

When the news reached the Queen, the Ice Woman was furious that her "rebellious sons" were so stubborn. She ordered these "rebels who claim to be patriots" to be exiled to the northern tundra, an extremely cold place where Kislev and its northern enemies had been fighting for thousands of years and where both sides had made countless expeditions but rarely entered. She deprived them of their honor, titles, and robes, and forced them to travel far away in prisoners' clothes for treason.

Thirteen people, after learning that they had been convicted of treason by the Empress, insisted that they had not betrayed their country and chose to commit suicide gloriously to prove their loyalty. Before the rest of them could take action, the Empress regretted her decision after learning the news. She revoked the verdict of treason and instead disobeyed the Tsar's will - this was indeed irrefutable, because the Patriots' task was to tour and clean up the mess, and they took the opportunity to stage a coup, which was indeed a case of disobeying the Tsar's will.

So they were willing to put on prison clothes and set off. The distance was shortened a little, probably more than half. They were exiled to the Nine Borders or Uriankhai, and were exiled to the Tower of Clarke north of the Western State to perform labor. When they woke up and repented, they could return.

Although their deeds were somewhat foolishly "honest", and "stupid" and "ignorant" of digging out their own class roots, even the captain of the guards around the female tsar who was most opposed to their "treasonous acts" had publicly expressed that these young people's enthusiasm, patriotism, and noble beliefs were just "used in the wrong place."