King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 154 The wind and clouds
Janos Slynt can become the commander of the garrison, but it is actually a multi-party negotiation An accidental product of compromise.

The King's Landing garrison is the management team of the largest city in the Seven Kingdoms, such an oil-water yamen, the Crownlands, especially the local forces of King's Landing, who are not trying their best to drill into it, how can a commoner born of a butcher be the commander?

Three hundred years of Targaryen Dynasty history, the King's Landing garrison has always maintained the composition of "half the king's conscription, half the Crownlands dispatched and placed", and the commander is generally a member of the Crownlands family... Crownlands The forces are the bannermen directly under the king, their interests are closely related to the king, and the personnel they place are naturally loyal to the king. This personnel structure seems to be suspected of being an overhead king, but it does not threaten Iron Throne's rule.

After the end of the slayer war, Robert replaced the Dragon Family to sit on the Iron Throne, and the Crownlands family all became his bannermen. After these families have been devastated by war, they have no idea of revenge and restoration for House Targaryen at all. In order to consolidate the rule and appease these nervous old Targaryen ministers, and also save money and effort, Robert did not make drastic measures to the "tradition" left over from the previous dynasty. reform, but turn a blind eye to the status quo of the garrison.

The new king is "frank and magnanimous", but the Crownlands families are guilty of "taking the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain", oneself can't help but add drama: instead of being the commander of the garrison Choosing to open strife and veiled struggle as he has done for the past two hundred years, making Robert look uneasy, he might as well take the initiative to sing a hymn of loyalty. They sent representatives to tell Jon Arryn - the election of the next supreme commander of the garrison, the commander, the Crownlands princes would not interfere, and the candidates would not come from any of them, but chose the commoners born in King's Landing, let him Only under the direct command of the new king!

The garrison commander was selected from the Seven Sects garrison sub-Captain according to custom. Only two of the seven civilians were born, and one died in battle when the Lannister army broke the city. Therefore, Janos Slynt As the only surviving and qualified garrison, Captain, became the only lucky one. After taking office, he relied on doing dirty work for the Royal Family to clean up the mess, and soon won the favor of the new master, and he has since embarked on the road to prosperity.

Janos Slynt always claims that oneself gets along well because "Imperial court friends", but Tyrion's rude description perfectly reveals his true colors: Robert's dog . If it weren't for Robert's existence, what noble would call him a butcher-born scumbag? As he unknowingly offended an emerging interest group in this world, his "friends" who had collectively pushed him to the top became his gravediggers overnight under Tyrion's lobbying. , With the acquiescence and even cooperation of the nodded after these bosses took Tyrion to increase the "dividend", the whole city began to secretly brew a storm... And the center of the storm, the commander of the garrison who has been rampant in King's Landing for more than ten years , the good days are finally coming to an end.

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At the same time that the commander of the garrison was fighting for the overthrow, another confrontation and contest between the top nobles was also underway within the high walls of the Red Keep. Ongoing - the two sides quietly began to move internal staff, House Stark's chefs, stewards and soldiers began to take over the Red Keep's kitchen, warehouse and major gates; Kingsguards led a small number of Red Keep guards to be ordered to gather The Royal Family residence all around escorts the king. Although Cersei is the queen, she has no resistance when Robert is still alive. She can only stay with her children day and night without returning to oneself's residence, hoping that the children can be oneself's shield and body protection charm, and House Lannister At her request, the red robes guarded where Prince and the princess are...

The undercurrents are surging up and down in King's Landing, and those with a slightly more sensitive nose can already smell the sky that is about to change. smell. And it seems destined that, now, the two struggles of the upper and lower layers have coincidentally converged on the king's "dog".

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"Robert, who is your garrison commander!" Inside the Tower of the Hand, Ed sighed, threw a stack of paper in front of the king : "Look what he's up to."

"Why, someone wants to fuck him?" Robert is drinking less alcohol these days than at any time in the past ten years, and his face is rarely red with dissatisfaction. His appearance was quite majestic: "Don't look at it, it must be the work of the woman Cersei, she has now brought more than one hundred red robes of House Lannister to her side, if it is not guilty, how can this happen? The number of soldiers in the Red Keep, we do not have an advantage, the training level of the soldiers in House Lannister is not low, if something goes wrong with the garrison at this time, we will have no cards."

"Oh, Your Majesty thinks that the queen planned these reports? I have an objection. I read the above content casually. They are all real-name reports. , and even Night's Watch. If House Lannister can remotely control all these people, I should pack up now and go back to Winterfell to be honest." Ed recounted with a blank face: "And, I can I can tell you responsibly that after a day's preliminary investigation, the contents of these letters are all well-founded and do not seem to be fabricated at all. One of the incidents of robbing a civilian girl was even caught by Arya, do you think my The youngest daughter, will someone be bribed to deceive me?"

"Forcibly rob a civilian girl? Get some more gifts from your subordinates, and at most collect some favors from those who do business. Well, forget it, I want to see..." Robert grabbed the stack of papers, took it back and flipped it in front of him.

Although he said he didn't believe it, as he read the letters handed over by Ed, one by one, the disdainful look on Robert's fat face gradually faded, and it began to look ugly. ...After reading five or six copies, the surprise and displeasure completely turned into anger. Without continuing to read, the king of Seven Kingdoms slammed the letters onto the table: "It's too impudent, is this King's Landing my King's Landing, or his King's Landing? Slynt, the garrison commander, I look at him It's the end of it!"

"Didn't Your Majesty solemnly vowed to say, 'I know who he is better than you'?" Ed looked towards Robert with his chest folded, and his words The performance is not surprising at all: "It seems that Your Majesty's understanding of the people around oneself is not as comprehensive as you think. Maybe, Janos Slynt 16 years ago was really a fool, but after so many years, people will change. Ah, even more how to be in the position of commander of the city garrison with power and soldiers?"

"Well, I admit, the problem with Slynt is more serious than I thought, I I was deceived by his honest appearance in front of me." The anger on Robert's face slowly subsided, and he became suspicious again: "But don't you think this is too coincidental, where I need the garrison the most. How come all these reports come out all at once?"

"Is it my fault? Isn't this supposed to be your Master of Laws younger brother's job? If he had done things sooner, why would anyone care When my new Prime Minister arrives, he will come over to me?" Ed asked three consecutive sentences, sighed: "However, this time, there are so many reports that come directly to my desk, and I can guess the reason. ——Night's Watch industry, you should know, not long ago you granted tax exemption to its creator."

"Well...I remember this, I had a drink and said it casually. I agreed to it." Robert explained with some unpleasantness, "but since the words have been spoken, naturally there is no reason to take it back, and it is not worth his tax."

"You always do this, But this time I don't think it's a good decision. The Wall defenders are facing unprecedented difficulties, and it's good to decide to solve the problem on their own. Iron Throne can't give direct support. That garrison commander is good. You don't even collect taxes on the property. He is jealous and wants to get some oil and water. The first thought came to me, although this is illegal, but who made North the first beneficiary of the existence of Night's Watch Legion? I know many N ight's Watch, including the kid Igor West, as long as he told others that I Eddard Stark is a nosy person, and the whistleblowers who couldn't find a place to vote, naturally all came to me. "

Robert muttered gloomily, "Janos, this scoundrel thing, I'll go back and beat him." "

"Knock him well?" "Ed was really surprised now, and even raised his voice quite high: "Didn't you read the letter I just sent you, just such a person who made King's Landing a mess, you still want to keep him?" "

Robert felt that he was wrong, and dared to answer: "Even if you want to move him, you have to wait until the woman Cersei and his younger brother are settled before moving, right?" "

"What gives you the confidence that 'he's a rotten guy, but he'll be loyal to me'? Ed insisted without hesitation: "A person who has no bottom line will not have bottom line in what respect, and will always be untrustworthy." I think that only by placing the King's Landing garrison in the hands of a loyal and reliable person can our next plan be carried out safely! "

"It's just you! Believe it or not, I just ordered the garrison to go into the Red Keep and arrest both Cersei and James, and then there's nothing wrong with that? At that time, you can change whoever you want to be the commander of the garrison. You are willing to let your daughter Arya do whatever you want, so why do you have to come against me! "

"Now arrest Cersei, why?" Because of the rumors that the two of them were rambunctious? "Ed can't stand the king and regrets the plan that has already been agreed: "Besides, is there any shit?" When Duke Tywin leads Westeros' most brightly armored, sharpest and most ruthless mercenaries and armies to court, what would you call 'no shit'? "

"If he dares to rise up, I'll let House Lannister perish like House Targaryen!" "

"Robert, you're not a child anymore, don't say such nonsense!" "Ed was finally a little angry: "You just used your monarchy power once in Vale, and the bannermen have no obligation to fight for you for a whole year!" And then fight with Duke Tywin, what do you get paid for? Or are you just so eager to get rid of Cersei so you can marry the Tyrell girl who's been hanging around in front of you and me in the Red Keep these days? "

"Pay attention to the way you speak, you are facing a king!" Robert growled habitually, "I told Margaery Tyrell to tell her not to bother me to find Robb, it's your son oneself who is dizzy and wants to ask me for a marriage to the Frey family!" "

"Yes, it's me who didn't discipline my son well, let's not talk about it." You are the king and you have the final say. But I have to remind Your Majesty that rumors are just rumors for the time being, as long as we don't have proof, it will always be a rumor! "Prince and the princess' hair color is indeed a question, but Ed has always been cautious - if this blonde-black hair problem was oneself's diligent investigation, he would believe that this is the truth, but now this "evidence" But it was Littlefinger who forced it into his ears through rumors, and Eddard was rebellious and worried: "If Your Majesty insists on acting as oneself thinks, I have no problem, but please allow me to resign before you start. Your 'decisive and quick' solution! "

"Alright alright!" Robert hammered the table angrily, but he still couldn't get a man who was not afraid of oneself to get angry: "You should investigate this damn Slynt now, but remember, the next commander of the garrison must be one of ours. ...Ah, you fucking northerner, you really don't know, when I think of those words that are spread out, I feel disgusted to death, how can I be so hard to have another child with Cersei? If I die before you finally find out the truth, it must be you who killed me, and I'll come to you to settle the account when you get down to Seven Hells, remember! ”

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[It’s been a long time since I paid my debts, so let’s write a big chapter today to make a fortune. After reading the amount of updates, it was over a hundred thousand words in March, although it was Daily update, but it is really not slow, so the quality has obviously declined, and I can't stand it any longer.]

[Repay the debt according to time, add more updates for "栤枧", and still owe Chapter 4]

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