Chapter 539 Center and Place·Part 1
Perfect’s attitude is very strange, even to the point of being incomprehensible.
For the empire, it is not unknown that Perficott possesses powerful force, nor is it an unacceptable act of rebellion.
She is the lord of the north, the guardian of the north and the earl of the pioneers who was officially conferred by the queen herself. Theoretically, as long as she can afford it, let alone sixty knights, even if it is Purficott Recruiting another sixty knights would be a happy thing for her.
There is no reason for the Imperial Center to inquire, whether from legal or other perspectives.
This is not a unified dynasty with centralized power. It is common for local lords to have strong troops and horses. If the central government cannot suppress the local government, then let's wait for "others to take its place."
Of course, with the advent of the industrialization era, the power of local lords was gradually transferred to the central government, and local lords no longer had strong military strength. To a certain extent, it could be regarded as a transition from feudalism to centralized power.
Contrary to what some people think, feudalism has never meant unification.
The so-called feudalism should be taken apart. Feudalism means enfeoffment and jian means construction. The so-called feudalism is the basis of the feudal system. The monarch enfeoffs the land and the vassals build on the land. It's feudalism.
The existence of a unified dynasty actually overturned the foundation of the feudal system.
Originally, the Victoria Empire would move from feudalism to unification. However, the emergence of Perficott not only brought back the age of knights, but also reversed the course of history, becoming the vassal aristocrats of the industrial age.
This also leads to a certain sense in which there is a natural and irreconcilable conflict between Purficott and the Empire Center.
This has nothing to do with the relationship and friendship between her and Princess Anne, nor does it have to do with the fact that she became the Northern Lord in order to save the empire. This is just a centralized unified empire with a strong army and strong horses. There was a natural conflict between the extremely powerful local separatist lords.
Perhaps Purficott herself doesn’t care about this, and she has no idea of separatist rule, but the power in the north has become established, and her unwillingness to be a subordinate will also be due to her own natural position and interests. Together with the entire northern border, it is developing in this direction.
This has nothing to do with whether they are loyal to the empire, or whether they want to sideline Purficott, but simply this is the development direction that best suits the interests of the North.
This is true in the north, and it is naturally the same in the empire.
No matter what the Imperial Center thinks, even if Purficott himself is a member of the Imperial Center, he cannot reconcile the natural contradiction between the Imperial Center and the Northern Territory.
There has been no problem before, but neither side thinks about it, and in the face of the doomsday crisis, neither the empire center nor the northern border itself has the extra energy and leisure to think about these things.
Coupled with the long distance between the northern border and the mainland of the empire, even if there is any conflict between the two sides, there will be no conflict across the ocean.
However, with the migration of the empire's center to the north, the empire has shifted from the previous tense response to the arrival of the doomsday to sorting out the relationship between the empire's center and the north.
Don't think of this as a struggle for power, but rather a dominance issue that will inevitably be faced after the empire's center moves to the north.
Similarly, don’t think that the Northern Territory should listen to the empire’s center. As the fiefdom of Purficott, the Northern Territory should listen to Purficott, and Purficott should listen to the Queen. This is The relationship between vassals and monarchs under the standard feudal system.
As for the imperial center? Sorry, they have neither jurisdiction nor supervision over the northern border.
Although the empire reformed the traditional feudal aristocratic system in the past after entering the industrial age, in the final analysis, the aristocratic fiefdoms are still sacred and inviolable, and this article is written into the imperial constitution. And having said so much, in the final analysis, the key to the empire's central hub being unable to interfere in the northern border is the absolute force guarantee brought by Purficott's two fully equipped steam knights and the more than two hundred self-disciplined steam knights.
Just like the nobles in the feudal era who had more knights could protect their own interests, the more knights Perficott had, the less able the empire center was to interfere with the northern border.
In fact, the empire center really doesn’t want to care about this matter.
On the one hand, the relationship between the Northern Territory and the Imperial Center is relatively harmonious, and there is no need for conflict between the two parties.
Furthermore, the Empire Center has moved to the north. It depends on other people’s faces in their territory. The Empire Center is not so arrogant that it doesn’t even understand this.
On the other hand, with the military strength currently possessed by the Northern Territory, even if the empire center really wants to take control, it has to consider whether it really has the strength.
Although Purficott only had two knights and one guard division in his hands, the two regiments of steam knights were enough to destroy an old world country.
This is not an exaggeration. There are too many cases to prove the power of steam knights. For today's empire, they really cannot afford to have at least five knights of steam knights. The devastation caused by all-out war.
The reason why there are five knights is because the two knights of White Bear and Iron Fire in the hands of Purficott are full, and there is also Purficott, the inventor of the steam knight. Providing weapons and equipment for it, its combat effectiveness can be imagined.
If the empire wants to achieve complete suppression and gain an advantage in combat power, it will definitely not be enough to dispatch only two knights.
At least three full-scale knights equipped with steam knight armor can possibly defeat the two knights in the hands of Perfectcott, and this does not include the more than two hundred self-disciplined knights. result.
If these self-disciplined knights are included, the empire would have to dispatch three more knights.
A total of six knights, all equipped with steam knight armor, went to fight the Northern Steam Knights, which in total was equivalent to four and a half knights...
Just the thought of mobilizing such a level of knights The expenditure brought by force was enough for the nobles and officials at the center of the empire to give up this unrealistic idea.
Although the Steam Knights are only a hundred-man knights, the logistics and maintenance consumption of the Steam Knight armors they equip will not be less than that of an infantry regiment.
The logistical supply pressure brought about by military operations at the level of six infantry regiments is a small matter for the empire, but it can also be regarded as a considerable expense.
When the empire was strong three years ago, let alone six infantry regiments, even if six Guards divisions or even six armies were mobilized together, the empire would not be unable to afford it.
The industrial production brought about by the large-scale use of steam engines really gave the empire great confidence. It could literally kill people with money.
But for the imperial center, which has gone through three years of large-scale financial expenditure to build the northern border, the treasury has been drained dry.
(End of this chapter)