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Chapter 701: Three-piece Set for Usurping the Throne

It was obviously unlikely that either the Duke of Gloucester or Prime Minister Wellington would immediately agree to Perfecto's request, and it was impossible for them to do so.

If they agree to this, their political careers will be over.

Even if Perfect does not intend to become a dictator who rules and dominates everyone, power without interference and restraint will still make her a monster of power, disrupting the already unbalanced political situation in Victoria.

In fact, Perfect himself didn't really want to break this balance.

With her resignation from all positions, the Northern Faction, the Royalists and the emerging Workers' Union have formed a relatively stable pattern.

Although their efficiency is indeed not very good, that is compared with Perfect.

If you just look at themselves, Perfectoct thinks they are actually doing pretty well.

Moreover, Victoria's current power structure of separation of powers between the National Assembly, the Cabinet and the royal family is sufficient to ensure the smooth operation of the country. If she intervenes again, all balances will be disrupted.

This is contrary to Perfect's idea.

She really didn't want to worry about it anymore. She had worked so hard but still couldn't get any good results.

Of course, Perfect didn't really just stop caring about anything or give up power.

As the Lord of the North, she did not abandon her own territory, which means that even if she has no title or position, as long as the North is still in her control and the army of the North still listens to her, she can still control the situation and control everything.

After all, when she has the army in her hands, she can truly achieve dictatorship at any time.

She doesn't do it simply because she doesn't want to, not because she can't.

What's more, just like the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Prime Minister still have to beg her to do work, even if Perfect does nothing, her influence on the entire Victoria is there.

If she wants, she can influence and interfere in the political situation at any time.

This is a relatively ideal life state for Perfect. He can exert influence on the political situation at any time, and no one dares to disobey him. At the same time, he does not have any troublesome government affairs to deal with, and can use most of his time to do what he wants to do...

This kind of life is probably something that everyone would yearn for.

Perfect has finally achieved this kind of life, and there is certainly no way she can go back to cleaning up the mess for those idiots in the government.

The reason why he deliberately mentioned this to the Duke of Gloucester and Prime Minister Wellington was just to put pressure on them through this means and to ask for an exorbitant price at the same time.

She knew clearly that they would not agree and was waiting for them to make a counter-offer.

According to Perfectcot's estimation, the bottom line they could agree to should be recognition of the political independence of the North and Perfectcot's special status.

The political independence of the North is actually not very important to Perfect.

If this is realized, the Northern Territory will basically be equivalent to the earldom or duchy of the past, which is roughly equivalent to a country within a country.

This is the most typical relationship model between feudal lords and vassals in the feudal era, and it is also a typical embodiment of the saying "a vassal's vassal is not my vassal."

However, with the development of society and technological progress, especially the explosion of productivity after the steam revolution, centralization became inevitable, and the power of local lords was gradually returned to the central government. At this time, it was no longer "the vassal of the vassal is also my vassal", but "everyone is my vassal".

Take the North as an example. Although the nobles and knights in the North are loyal to Perfecto, they must also be loyal to the country of Victoria and obey the decrees issued by the Queen, the head of state, the National Assembly and the Cabinet.

But once the political independence of the North is recognized, everything will be different.

The nobles and knights in the North will only need to be loyal to Perfectot. If she chooses independence, the North will no longer be Victoria's territory, and these nobles and knights will no longer need to fulfill any obligations to Victoria.

Therefore, admitting this is completely tantamount to acknowledging that the entire North belongs to Perfectoct, and the Victoria Empire can no longer interfere in any way, at least not in any way, of Perfectoct's rule in the North.

Although no one interferes with Perfectot's rule in the North now, there is still a difference between no one interfering and no one being able to interfere.

With this legal recognition, if Perfectoct wants to pursue independence in the future, Victoria will have no reason to interfere or stop her.

Compared with acknowledging this, it is insignificant to recognize Perfecto's special status.

Especially now that Victoria has abandoned its core territory, the North has in fact become the new core territory. If it seeks independence, Victoria will be seriously damaged.

But for Perfect, the former does not actually bring about any substantial changes in benefits, but the latter is more worthy of attention.

After all, the latter can bring her more political benefits and allow Perfecto to have a more transcendent position in Victorian politics.

As Perfectcott has no intention of establishing an independent North and becoming emperor herself, her political influence has already reached its peak and limit.

Unless she is willing to run for a term as prime minister or simply become a dictator herself, it is unlikely that she will go any further.

After all, she can already influence the election of the prime minister, and even the prime minister is her man. If she further expands her influence, she will be able to influence the royal family and "follow the old deeds of Yi Yin and Huo Guang and imitate the example of Prime Minister Cao."

In other words, what Perfectoct wants now is, in the words of the original world, to gather the three necessary items for a powerful official to usurp the throne: 'Fake Imperial Envoy, Grand Secretary, Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces at Home and Abroad, and Granted the Nine Gifts'.

She actually already had the fake imperial seal and axe, and the "extraordinary power" itself can be seen as a representation of royal authority.

It was just that she was given this title because she had a mission at that time, and she did not really possess the authority equivalent to that of the emperor.

But for Perfecto now, this is actually not important. The authority of the Northern Lords is actually almost the same in terms of deterrence. The only difference may be the difference in righteousness.

As for the power of the Grand Master and the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces at Home and Abroad, there is actually no substantial difference compared to the power of the lords of the northern border.

Perfect is the de facto lord of the North. She possesses all ruling power in the North. She is a separatist ruler both in fact and in law, and can even easily influence the country's internal and external policies.

She is not the same as the three divisions, but can control the changes of the three divisions.

Only the last one plus the nine gifts is what Perfectcot lacks now and what she wants.

That is, a special status that is politically above everything else.

(End of this chapter)