Li's path

Chapter 469 Three old men

At dusk, Li En came to the student union room, and he came to pick up Miriam's student handbook.

No matter when she came, Tova's desk was always full of documents, some of which she should deal with, and some that the instructor gave to her lazily.Of course, the number of documents now is much less than that of the previous two months. It seems that she has listened to Li En's persuasion and properly delegated authority.

"President, I'm thanking you." Li En leaned against the table with two paper bags in his hand.

"Wow, it's my favorite apple pie, thank you, Li En." Tova sniffled her nose cutely.

"Hurry up and eat, it won't taste good when it's cold."

"Hey, you treat me to apple pie, and I treat you to tea, we agreed."

"Yes, we agreed." Li En smiled softly.

Anyone who sees Tova working hard will feel distressed, and Li En is no exception.Therefore, whenever he came to the student union room, he would find various reasons to bring condolences to Tova.As time went by, Tova felt embarrassed, and later overheard Li En saying that she made lemon tea well, so she made an agreement with Li En that one person would bring food and one would make tea.

She can only force herself, but she doesn't want to owe others anything, even if others really don't mind, even if she has suffered a lot because of it, she is willing to do so.This is Tova Herschel, the student council president unanimously recognized by the teachers and students of the school.It was this kind of her who was able to gather the students scattered all over the country during the civil war and launch a campaign to retake the school.

"Come on, this is Miriam's student handbook." Like a squirrel, after eating the apple pie, Tova handed the things to Li En, "Classmate Crow originally had the student handbook, so I added it for him. The ARCUS page will be fine."

Thorz's student handbook is such a convenient thing. It integrates the student ID card, grade points, task notes, and sticky notes. One copy is in hand, and nothing else is needed.Compared with the ID card, student ID card, library card, meal card, laboratory key card, etc. in the university in the previous life, this kind of one-to-one feeling is simply one world and one place.

Ahem, it's getting too far, please forgive an adult who has been tormented crazy by all kinds of documents.Closer to home, Li En accepted the student handbook, and then insinuated: "I remember that our school doesn't accept transfer students? Why can Miriam come in?"

"Generally speaking, this is true, but it's not absolutely true that transfer students are not accepted." Tova explained, "It's just because the transfer exam is much more difficult than the entrance exam, and the review is stricter, so our school hardly transfers students." A school student. But Miriam's situation is a bit special."

"How is it special?" Li En knew that he was asking the right person. Tova's status in the school can be said to be unique, and there are very few things she doesn't know in the school.

"She was recommended by the Military Intelligence Bureau for admission, as was the "Tactical Hub" used in the practical test. Because of the guarantee from His Majesty the Emperor, the academy could not refuse."

"It turned out to be a guarantee from His Majesty the Emperor?" Li En's heart trembled.

"Well, although it was the prime minister who set up the Intelligence Bureau and the Railway Gendarmerie, at that time, His Majesty also gave an exceptional guarantee. Therefore, we seem to be very reluctant to recommend it from there."

"Is that so?" Li En narrowed his eyes and tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers.I thought it was my own father who overshadowed the sky arbitrarily, but I didn't expect that Yukent III also secretly pushed it. It seems that the relationship between the emperor and the prime minister is much closer than imagined.Taking this incident as an opportunity, a series of related information quickly flashed through Li En's mind.

Twelve years ago, the Hamel tragedy happened and the Hundred Days War broke out. He was abandoned by Osborne in the snowy land and abandoned in the Exinte Mountains. He was picked up and adopted by Baron Schwarzer who happened to be back from hunting. (If Master Li is frozen to death, the fun will be great.)
11 years ago, the Empire and Liber signed a peace treaty. Not long after, Osborne became the Prime Minister of the Empire and was named Earl, which shocked the whole world. You must know that during the Hundred Days War, he was only the middle-level of the army.

In the next ten years, with the support of the emperor, Osborne used "peaceful" means to expand externally, turning the surrounding small countries into autonomous prefectures directly under the imperial government; Gradually spread all over the place.Gradually, he has a title - Iron and Blood Prime Minister.

Taking advantage of the benefits brought about by the annexation of autonomous prefectures and government reforms, the iron-blooded prime minister let go of his hands and feet and punched a series of combos.

First, revolutionize armaments.The defeat in the Hundred Days War slapped the imperial army, which claimed to be the best in the world, and the whole army was suffocated. Osborne's new decision immediately tickled the generals' itches.Taking this incident as an opportunity, Osborn began to influence the army.

Second, lay the railway network across the country.This decision can be said to benefit all generations and benefit thousands of years.For the people, it is convenient to travel; for the business and the army, the transportation cost is greatly reduced.The moment the rail network was completed, Osborne's domestic prestige was unshakable.

Then, Osborn set up an intelligence bureau to monitor domestic and foreign affairs, and set up a quick-response force, the Railway Gendarmerie—the iron-blooded prime minister finally showed his fangs to the aristocracy, completely forgetting that he was still an earl.Naturally, this move met with strong counterattacks from the vested interests—the aristocratic faction, but at this time Osborne's general situation had already been established, and the aristocratic faction had nothing to do with him despite their great strength.In this way, the political arena of the empire became a confrontation between the reformist faction centered on the iron-blooded prime minister and the aristocratic faction centered on the four famous families, and it has continued to this day.

Having said so much, it is all about the iron-blooded prime minister, so what about the emperor who vigorously promoted the prime minister?What has he done all these years?
Li En took advantage of the timeline and sorted out the emperor's information. It wasn't until then that he suddenly discovered that the extent to which the reclusive King Yukent III faded out in recent years was actually directly proportional to the expansion of Osborne's power!
The prime minister has not yet taken office, and His Majesty the Emperor is working hard to govern.The prime minister came to power, and the emperor gradually delegated power.When the reformists and the aristocrats stand side by side, the emperor will rule from the top down—I'll fuck it, is this the Taoist idea?You, an emperor from another world, actually play this game.

In other words, the current situation was created deliberately by Yukent III, and he was the real mastermind behind the scenes.As for after the civil war, whether Osborne's family was truly dominant and overshadowed the sky with one hand was still in the emperor's expectation, or the emperor just played it off, it is unknown.

Li En is more inclined to the former. From the analysis of the existing information and clues in the game, Yukent III has always given people the impression of "I know everything, but I don't say anything".He seems to know about the existence of the Riding God, Li En's identity, the secrets of the Black Land, and even the association.Reminiscent of all men in the royal family going to study in Thors, Osborne graduated from Thors, Theo graduated from Thors, Osborn sent Li En to Schwarzer's family, and Theo sent Elyse to Alfin Waiting around for a series of things, these three old men have nothing to do with each other, and they didn't engage in any earth-shattering conspiracy. Judges, do you believe it?Anyway, Li En didn't believe it.

Thinking about it this way, is it because the aristocratic faction colluded with the association and the rebellion is also in their calculations?Olibat's series of actions also have their secret help?Did Li En and others guide their seemingly autonomous choices?Li En can't be blamed for thinking too much, it's because the behavior of these three old men is too suspicious.

Doubt [-]: The movements of the royal guards, the Fandel family.In the huge Vandel family, only Sykes and Mulla, uncle and nephew, were active in the civil war. Both of them are supporters of Ogua, what about the others?Where is the master of the Vandel family?The swordsmith of light was able to protect Ogua in the most turbulent western part of the empire. Could it be that Vander could not protect the emperor from fleeing the imperial capital?This family has no news until the end of the civil strife, isn't it the emperor's order?

Doubt [-], Special Olympics' silence.Who is Teo?Yukent III's good friend, back in the day, Yukent often came to Yumir to play with his family, such a close relationship, he did nothing in the civil war!Yes, he hid Alfin, and he was badly wounded later.But that was when Li En woke up after sleeping for a month. Isn't it strange that he stayed in Yumir for a month without doing anything?Based on Li En's understanding of Special Olympics, it is impossible for him to leave his friend under house arrest, at least he will take some action, even if it is a drop in the bucket.But he didn't, there was only one answer, he was instructed by King Yukent III.

The third doubt is that the prime minister's confidence in resisting the association lies in the black workshop, one of the thirteen workshops. Li En doesn't believe it.Osborne has been dealing with the "Association" for ten years, and he should know the strength of the "Association" better than anyone else, even more than Weita, who is in charge of the empire part of the "Phantom Flame Project"——Weta himself joined the "Association" It's not even ten years yet.It is true that the Black Workshop is very powerful, the production of "Gospel" and the awesome puppet technology, but this is nothing in front of Baishenji who has obtained the "Ring of Radiance" and the power of the virtual god, even if the prime minister is really related to goblins, the prime minister I am also mixed, this is not enough!

Only the Supreme Treasure can resist the Supreme Treasure, and there are two Supreme Treasures sleeping in the land of blackness, and the most closely related to them is the Immemorial Bloodline——Arnold Bloodline!Maybe it's not that the prime minister has confidence, but the emperor himself has confidence!
So this kind of arrangement is the most troublesome of the ten-year plan. At this moment, Li En even planned to have a showdown with those three old men. Anyway, he is also an indispensable part of the plan, and he will not be eaten. There are no bones left.

Is there a showdown?

"Student Li En, classmate Li En!" The shaking from his shoulders and the voice in his ear interrupted his thoughts, he opened his eyes, and saw Tova's swollen face, "The tea is getting cold. "

"Sorry, I was distracted just now." Li En rubbed Towa's hair smoothly.

"Yehehe, hurry up and drink it, no, Li En, boys are not allowed to touch a girl's head casually, this is"

Yes, if there is a showdown, of course I have no problem, but the people around me may become pawns.For them, I can't do it either.

"Student Li En, are you listening?"

"Ha ha."

"Student Li En!"

(End of this chapter)