The elves were grateful for the Crown Prince's radical behavior, and at the same time, they did not forget that the Crown Prince's behavior seemed to be aimed at increasing the state's control over the territory, but in essence it was aimed at the consortium.

Visually, both areas border the Agen Toraton, the core stronghold of the consortium, and it is entirely possible to launch a surprise attack from the flanks in the event of "incident". Even if things don't go well, it's easier to collect and dispatch grain from these grain-producing areas. Finally, it was outside of the V.E Company's sphere of influence, and the Dauphin was almost untouched here, allowing it to be built as a base against Argent Toraton with less interference.

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand that the Consortium, which has always been pervasive, would give up the Crown of Ostoria and San István, which are all within easy reach. In fact, the reasons for this are complex.

The immediate cause was Charlemagne's economic policy, and any attempt to establish industry in the territory would have been dealt a heavy blow because of the existence of that internal customs line, and even if there was a way to circumvent the rules and regulations, the nobility and inhabitants of the territory themselves were quite resistant to the consortium, and in view of the associated costs, the consortium in fact abandoned the intention of running the territory.

Another reason that cannot be said is that it is a decoy that the consortium has carefully prepared for the crown prince - a poison bait that looks delicious but will actually choke him to death.

For a modern army, it is impossible to sustain the war without the support of a full industrial system, and in order to maintain his army, the crown prince must industrialize his territory. But without technical and financial support, it would be easier said than done to turn two major agricultural towns into industrial zones. The only way to do this is to sacrifice the development of agriculture and light industry and to lower the standard of living of the people, which is the path that the Soviet Union once took. However, it is clear to everyone that it is difficult to implement that road by means of administrative orders and political means, and the territory will definitely resist it with all their might, and the consortium will also join forces with relevant stakeholders to oppose it, and it will eventually end in nothing.

The peaceful way was doomed to fail, and the crown prince was left with only one option - to rely on bayonets and artillery to carry out his "modernization reforms".

"The crown prince, having sent all his overt and potential opponents to prison, quickly sent his most capable men to the realm, and now the crown is now maintained by four pillars—the standing army. Seated officials. Kneeling priests and the all-pervasive secret police. ”

Brunhill shook his head as he read it, and the liberals in Alfheim always accused the consul of being too arbitrary, calling him a "dictator", and they should really go to the crown to see what the crown prince had done. See what it means to be a "lone man and a thief".

After the general of the Heinau began to exercise military control. The first thing to do was to issue a decree of pardon for the crown prince. The content of the first article of the pardon almost made the entire crown leader's jaw drop.

“...... From now on, 'any suspicious person with a bad plot must be reported to the army or police.' and 'reporting the actions of relatives' became a sacred legal obligation for all the subjects of the Crown. Everyone must comply with this obligation, otherwise they will be punished under military law......"

Brunhill looked up at the ceiling with a strange expression, as if he had seen some rare animal. It took a long moment for her to spit out a word.

"Genius. It would be a waste of talent for him not to be a spy. ”

"It seems that His Highness knows very well how unpopular he and his policies are, and he simply wastes no time in beating around the bush. ”

Li Lin's smile did not change in the slightest, and the crown prince's astonishing behavior did not surprise him at all.

As a young authoritarian, the crown prince would not resist the temptation to intensify the reign of terror of the secret police, and on the day the amnesty was issued, a special service called "Allamvedelmi.Osztalya" ("AVO)" was added to the city of Buda. This department was commanded by the crown prince's general, Peter Gabor, and was under the direct direction of General Heinau. It has three forces: political detectives, security forces in blue uniforms, and "border troops" in green uniforms, known as border guards.

The most elite of the three forces was the security forces, whose recruitment criteria were almost as strict as those of the SS for selecting "purebred Aryans", and in addition to the strict requirements for physical qualifications, they also underwent complex political censorship, and only the most loyal Charlemagne and the Dauphin were allowed to enter the security forces, undergo rigorous military training, and be issued sophisticated weapons.

The duty of the Border Force is to guard the border, but their task is not to prevent foreigners from entering the Crown, but to prevent the people of the Crown. According to the report, they have closed the border and tried to build a whole blockade system along the border, including a 3-meter-high wall, patrols, sentry towers, and triggered semi-autonomic techniques, and once the construction is completed, I am afraid that no one will be able to climb the "defensive wall of false thinking" to Charlemagne himself or other countries.

As for the political detective...... Brunhill, who has dealt with Stacy a lot, is also cold to the scum. These men had already developed a knack for arresting, interrogating, and torturing prisoners before they entered the Crown, and they searched for discontent with the occupation and independents, and each one was rewarded for each captured. The arrested persons were sent to the Afoo headquarters, which was still under construction in Chain Bridge Square, and in order not to disturb the staff working there, the torture was initially carried out in the basement, but in only two days, the underground torture room was no longer sufficient, and it was changed to the fourth and fifth floors of the building, and new cells were built.

The use of the cell by the detectives can only be described as "impatient", and as soon as the cell is built, the arrested people will be held in it, and the next cell may still be under construction!

"What a genius, I can't think of any other words to describe that Highness. ”

"Dictator, megalomaniac, paranoid, a lot of words can be used for him, but it has nothing to do with us. ”

Li Lin shrugged, took out the teacup from the dining car placed on the side of the desk, and said in a relaxed and happy tone while lifting the teapot and pouring tea into the cup:

"The second part of the pardon. About the content of the grain monopoly. After reading that, you will have a deeper understanding of the genius mind of the crown prince. ”

"This ...... I don't even know what to say......"

After reading a few lines, Brunhill shook her head with a wry smile, this time she really couldn't find an adjective to describe the stupidity of the crown prince and his group of high-ranking staff.

It was clear to everyone that without an army, none of the Crown Prince's plans could be carried out, and without food, even with an army, the Crown Prince could not do much. In order to support industrialization, the crown prince decided to sacrifice his territory's agriculture and light industry, but he also had to maintain a food supply at the front and at home. so as not to attract the reproach of other political forces in the country. However, the two are a pair that cannot reconcile the contradictions, and choosing one side is bound to give up the other. As a result, His Royal Highness Louis once again exerted his supernormal thinking and categorically decided to solve this contradiction by extraordinary means.

Part II of the Amnesty: The Monopoly of Grain shall be implemented with immediate effect, and the Amnesty shall be promulgated within a week in all parts of the Crown. Each grain holder must submit for sale all surplus grains in addition to the seed grains and the quota consumption before the next harvest. Anyone who hoards food will be punished mercilessly by the military control authorities; Regarded as an enemy of Charlemagne and all of humanity. He was sentenced to death or hard labour for more than 10 years, with all property confiscated and his family permanently expelled from the village.

As if it wasn't enough to stimulate the people of the crown leader. The pardon also added a paragraph stating that the Government would use military tickets to pay for the purchase of food, and that those who refused to accept military tickets would be guilty of the same offence as those who resisted the requisition......

"I can't think of any other choice for the people of the Crown Collar than to rebel. ”

Brunhill shook her head and sighed, she was no longer interested in reading the rest of the bans on gatherings, on commenting on state affairs, on jokes about Charlemagne and Charlemagne's royal family, and so on.

The first and second rules alone were enough to completely infuriate the people of the Crown Lord, and the rest was nothing more than an addition.

For a long time, the people of the crown leader have been relatively obedient territorial people, and their requirements for the ruler are not high, but they are just asking them not to toss around blindly and create poverty and hunger for everyone. As for independence or something, that's a matter for the old man, and everyone is most concerned about the settlement of three meals a day.

However, the policies of the crown prince Louis not only undermined their self-esteem, but also intended to rob them of the little food they needed to survive, and under this cruel and high-pressure control measures, they really had no choice but to rebel.

Li Lin's view is similar, but there is one place where he has reservations.

"It's only a matter of time before they rebel, but it's not going to be irreparable. ”

Shaking the teacup in his hand, Li Lin said meaningfully:

"It was the crown prince who gave these orders. ”

"That's right, it was indeed the crown prince who gave the order......"

Brunhill didn't understand what Li Lin wanted to express, everyone knew that these were the masterpieces of His Royal Highness Louis......

Then, she understood.

"You're saying Charlemagne will put all the blame on the crown prince?"

"If Richelieu had the idea, he would have done it. ”

Due to the idea of kingship that has been circulating all over the world since ancient times, King Charlemagne is a kind of fatherly figure of the people who "suppress the strong and help the weak" in the eyes of his own country and the people of his dependencies. Therefore, after being pushed into a corner, they will naturally pin their last hope on the "loving father". I hope to use the way of the king to stop the tyrannical rule of the crown prince. It was precisely because of this situation that the crown prince quickly closed the border to prevent anyone from going to Lüders to file a complaint.

Since there was still a glimmer of hope for the people, and the situation was indeed critical, if the cold-faced cardinal was given a choice, he would definitely choose some kind of Cheng dù sacrifice to the crown prince in exchange for the loyalty and obedience of the territory to Charlemagne.

"That's fine, let's stand still for the time being, and Charlemagne himself will kill this fantasy. ”

"I see. ”

All along, Stasi has been secretly looking for characters who can cause trouble for Charlemagne, and has achieved certain results. But as long as the broad masses of the people still cling to that illusion, their support for the rebellion will be reserved, and the upheaval that Yalfheim would like to see will be difficult to achieve.

That being the case, leave them alone.

Helping them is a waste of time and resources, and letting them have illusions is more conducive to achieving the goals of the elven camp.

Hope is a prelude to despair.

As long as the expectation of the "loving father" to end the tyranny increases, the more endless discouragement and despair will be brought when that hope is shattered, and the object of accusation will shift from the crown prince and the tyrannical bureaucracy around him directly to Charlemagne and Charles IV himself, and the endless hatred will turn into a violent revolutionary frenzy for national independence and the abolition of the monarchy, and in order to extinguish the revolutionary plague, the royal families will inevitably join forces to suppress it by force, which will further tear apart the identity within the human camp.

Because of this, Li Lin chose to let go. Let the fools themselves stuff hope and fantasy into the balloon, and wait for the right moment to give a shot to this balloon that has inflated to the extreme.

For the despair of tomorrow, for the next war, for the next war, carefully cultivate today's despair and hatred.

This is very reasonable, really, very reasonable, and it can be said that it is very much in line with Li Lin's style of thinking.

"I'm a little sorry though...... Let's take a look at how far you can go with the Crown Leader. ”

Shaking the white porcelain teacup, the Archon of Alfheim smiled mercilessly and cruelly. (To be continued......)