Make the dragon great again

Chapter 117 Intermission
In the City of Thunder, half a month has passed since the end of the rebellion jointly launched by forces inside and outside the kingdom.

The regent Duke Elizabeth and the first princess Anastasia took advantage of the power of the dragon to completely withdraw the power of the dissident nobles in the royal family.

Many important positions, including finance, internal affairs, and the consul of the royal capital, were all temporarily unified under the power and responsibility system of the Duke Regent, with the first princess participating in politics and assisting.

As the "masterminds" who launched the rebellion, the former Minister of Finance, Marquis Rocdy and the former Minister of the Interior, Marquis Orlando, became victims of the compromise between the royal family and the royal family;
Not only were the two completely dismissed, but even the counties of the frontiers that had been passed down from generation to generation were directly taken back to the royal family. The two families that lost the halo of [the counts of the frontier], although the royal family did not cut their titles in name, they But in a practical sense, he lost the rank of "Marquis". (Note)
And because the two families have only a few manors in the inland fiefdom after losing the vast border territory on the coastline, so to some extent, their current situation is not even as good as a normal fief earl...

Although it is not that there are no elders of the royal family who are dissatisfied with this, but Elizabeth, who has not had a good relationship with them because of the conflict between the 20 years in power and the old power, is going to be tough this time. Yu Wei, completely disregarding all kinds of rumors in the open and in the dark, just wants to take back the fiefdom and power.

With the help of the first princess, the Duke Regent's centralization of power within the royal faction was hardly hindered...

Compared with the complete surrender of the Royal Faction, the attitude of the Northern Faction is much more ambiguous.

On the surface, the northern faction obediently handed over all the power that the royal family wanted to take back, but in fact, in the northwestern border of the kingdom, near the [Eastern Corridor], the core business area of ​​the northern faction, all important interests are still held by grandma in their hands, and There are always ingenious projects to make the royal family have no reason to intervene.

As for the Southern faction, they are already "rebellious", they can only say that they have completely given the royal family a reason to liquidate...

In the auxiliary tower of the palace, Anna came to Elizabeth's study again.

"How is Charles?"

With the assistance of Lillian, Elizabeth was processing the pile of documents while asking Anna about the result of her visit to Charles, who was temporarily under house arrest in the palace.

Anna smiled wryly:
"Still the same, don't want to talk to me."

Elizabeth put down the document in her hand and comforted Anna:

"Don't think too much about it. He was bewitched by Luo Kedi and the others before, and he was also secretly affected by a slight spiritual pollution, which magnified the dark side in his heart. After a while, he will be able to come out by himself."

"I hope so..."

The topic about Prince Charles came to an end for the time being. As the two de facto supreme rulers of the kingdom, their topic turned to the [Bechymos-Griffin] war that has undergone several sudden changes recently.

"...Originally Griffin would not accept the southern faction's defection based on the strategic purpose of encroaching on the territory, but now the situation has changed drastically. After we have Mr. Ed's support, whether Griffin will continue to maintain the war is up to you. One problem, in this case, if you want to deal with the southern faction, you have to do it as soon as possible."

Although she still doesn't agree with Elizabeth's plan in her heart, the rebellion half a month ago made Anna clearly realize for the first time the long-standing trend of splitting in the kingdom. It will only lead to chaos that will be set off again decades or even decades later.

"On this, our neighbors have already preempted the decision."

Elizabeth handed Anna a letter with the diplomatic coat of arms of the Principality of Griffin printed on it. After opening it, Anna read it from beginning to end, and then frowned.

"A truce? When was this letter?"

"It was just delivered by their envoy this morning. It is estimated that at most seven or eight days ago, that is, after the rebellion in the capital city ended, the other party had already decided to cease fighting."

A truce is a good thing, but Anna felt a little worried about gains and losses for a while.

Although the other party expressed in the letter that they are willing to return all the territories occupied during the war, and are even willing to make material compensation to a certain extent, the war has lasted for more than a year before, and the main battlefields are all within the territory of the kingdom. The harm done to the people in the war zone is far from being healed by a truce and a simple compensation.

In addition to dissenting from the royal family, the big landlords and nobles in the southern border of the kingdom are also notoriously oppressing the free people in the territory. Slavery is very prevalent in the southern border.

Although this war has pushed the southern faction to its limit and nearly collapsed, if this war cannot be used to solve the big landlords and nobles who are grouped together in the southern border, then as long as the peace lasts for more than ten years, the one who sits on the kingdom's largest grain-producing area The vampire "Southern faction" will make a comeback again...

"A truce is a good thing, but won't we lose the reason to march into the southern border?"

Anna looked a little anxious.

Elizabeth looked at Anna, who was firmly opposed to her plan before, but now anxious about the possibility that the plan could not be completed, felt a little relieved, and said:

"Indeed, according to the last revision of the "Kingdom Nobility Offensive and Defense Agreement" 162 years ago, in the absence of war, the royal family and other fiefdom nobles have no right to send troops into and out of each other's territory without the consent of the local lord, so Now that Griffin has ceased fighting with us, we have already lost the opportunity to use the previous method to enter the southern border."

Before Anna spoke, Elizabeth picked up the topic first and continued:
"However, things have developed to the present, and we may not be able to use the previous method... You should take a look at this first."

Elizabeth handed Anna a booklet that had no cover but was simply bound.

Anna took it over and took a look, and found that it was written all over the relationship between the nobles of various factions in the kingdom. Even the secret cooperation relationship between the forces outside the kingdom was clearly written on it. Above, it is more detailed and perfect than the map of kingdom relations secretly collected and recorded by the royal family!
Elizabeth said:

"Mr. Edmund gave it to me. I don't know how he obtained such a large amount of information in a short period of time, but I think Mr. Edmund and the Lord Adrian behind him are all It is trustworthy, so I think the information recorded on it can be trusted."

When Anna was about to ask Elizabeth, she happened to turn to the part that records the leading nobles of the southern faction.

"The Duke of Volker once united with some nobles from the southern faction to discuss secession from the kingdom, joining the Duchy of Griffin, or even direct independence?"

Anna was taken aback. Although she knew that Duke Volker's plan would no longer be realized under the current circumstances, it still made Anna break into a cold sweat.

"The information given by Mr. Edmund is very detailed. I believe that as long as we follow these clues and investigate a little, it will not be difficult to find real evidence."

"You mean, we want to accuse Duke Volker of rebellion and use this excuse to send troops to the south?"

"That's right, the next plan is similar to the previous one. It is also to unite with the northern faction. After distributing part of the benefits recovered from the southern faction to them, the southern faction is dealt with first, and then slowly thinking about how to deal with the northern faction... The only problem is that the northern faction may become quite cautious, and may even be reluctant to send troops, and shrink directly in the [Eastern Corridor] area, and we may face the problem of having to solve the southern faction alone."

Anna nodded subconsciously, but was suddenly taken aback, realizing that this was a civil war no matter what, but she had already become accustomed to such things...

……

In the outpost town in the north of the Principality of Griffin, bordering the Kingdom of Behemoth.

The truce and withdrawal orders from the principality had already been implemented four days ago. This military town, which was originally an outpost of attacking the kingdom, now has less than 300 resident troops left.

The mercenaries and sergeants at the bottom didn't understand why the principality's high-level officials declared a truce in such a low profile that they were almost fleeing when the situation was so good;
And some well-informed middle and high-level nobles in the army command system have vaguely learned some information:
The patron saint of the Kingdom of Bechymos has been revived!
Compared with this vague information, William, who is an awakened dragon descendant, can better understand the meaning contained in this simple sentence.

"Your Excellency Adrian, you finally helped the Kingdom of Bechymos..."

William sighed. Although he knew this would be the result, he didn't really want his country to be destroyed under the anger of that lord, and he still couldn't help but worry about the future of the Principality.

"Although I don't know why, my father and my elder brother have an almost pathological obsession with this war. It seems that it is not just as simple as the ambition to restore the glory of the Gordon Kingdom... Sigh, I hope they don't think about it Heat, piss off His Excellency Adrian!"

As an unwelcome marginalized person in the country, although William finally showed his extraordinary talent of being "late" for more than ten years in this war, "garrisoning the outpost town" is a hot job in the current situation. , was still given to him as a matter of course.

Although William is also very happy to take this opportunity to stay away from the aristocratic circle and get closer to the two hundred people under him...

"Master William."

Coleman's voice came from outside the door.

William frowned in reality. He didn't like this dull ex-adventurer who had faced the dragon Adrian with him, but had always had an unclear attitude. He always felt that something would happen because of him one day.

However, Coleman would not bother him if there was no if, so William let him in anyway.

"Master William, that Damon is here again."

"Demon..."

William felt dizzy when he heard the name.

Adrian told William a few months ago that a strange guy would come to him and ask him to provide some help;
William waited until Dimon's arrival with an indifferent attitude, but after getting along for a period of time, William gradually discovered that he really underestimated Adrian's "warm reminder" before.

——That was a very strange fellow indeed.

Self-centeredness, inexplicable confidence in himself, inexplicable contempt for others, as if he is the protagonist of the world, all the qualities that William hates the most can be found in Damon.

"I don't know why Lord Adrian gave such a guy power..."

William shook his head, and walked out the door to meet the son of the Duke of Volker, who mistakenly thought he was the savior.

"The reason why he came to me should be related to the recent turmoil in the kingdom? I wonder if he can get some useful information for me..."

……

To be continued, change first and then change.

Note: [Marquis in the Western aristocratic system]

In the Western aristocratic system, there is no clear division of princes, sons, and barons. Marquis is actually the earl who is in charge of the important border areas, so generally [border earl] is the marquis, and the viscount is the earl’s deputy (these can be obtained through the English root source, I won’t go into details here).

After explaining this part, a new volume will be opened, which will unfold the situation of the entire continent and introduce clues beyond the continental barrier.

　The bill for last month’s manuscript fee came out, and it was only more than 590 (laughs). Posted later...

　　
　
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