Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

"Uh, shall I push you to the living room?"

"Okay, please."

Qiao Yelan thanked him politely.

Only after Qiao Yelan sat down at the table did the lady let go of his hand and poured him a glass of water.

"Excuse me, we haven't made tea at home yet, or do you want to drink something first? There should be some vodka left."

"No need, ma'am, please go about your business. I'll just wait here for Mr. Yegor."

There were thumping footsteps, obviously someone was coming down from the stairs.

"Mom? Is Dad back?"

The little girl's clear voice attracted Qiao Yelan's attention. When she saw that it was a strange man, she was not afraid but looked happy.

"Mom! We have guests! Now we can have steak again!"

"Don't make noise, Laisha. If you don't behave, Mom will cut your steak into smaller pieces."

The girl quickly covered her mouth, leaving only her big eyes blinking.

Chapter 46 Invitation

"Your daughter is very lively."

"Thank you, sir. If you need anything else, please call me. Little Laisa, do you want to watch your mother cook?"

"Want to see!"

Mrs. Terekin took her daughter to the kitchen, and Qiao Yelan carefully observed everything in the house.

Old, clean and warm.

It's hard to imagine this as the home of a Ussian ministerial official.

It seems that I guessed it right.

Qiao Yelan was silently calculating in his heart until the door of the house was opened again.

"Ahaha, Mr. Qiao Yelan, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I had to work overtime to deal with some issues."

"No, I came too suddenly. I hope you are willing to entertain me, Minister Yegor."

"You're joking. I won't turn away guests."

The man hung his coat on the coat rack, changed into casual clothes, and sat opposite Qiao Yelan.

"You came to me this time to discuss the mining and road construction issues in the Grand Duke of Kosice's territory with me..."

"No, it's about what happened this afternoon."

Qiao Yelan's straightforward remarks made Yegor's pupils shrink for a moment. He subconsciously glanced at his wife who was still busy in the kitchen, and couldn't help but lower his voice.

"Mr. Qiao Yelan, although this matter has become a foregone conclusion, I don't want to discuss it in my own home before it is officially made public."

"I'm here to ask for help, Minister Yegor - I want to stop this plan from going forward."

The man was stunned.

“This is an absolutely wrong policy. No matter how we try to whitewash it or cover it up, even if we write a thousand or ten thousand laws, this matter will eventually be exposed to the world. What we have provoked is not a war, but the anger of all people in the world who still have a conscience.”

Qiao Yelan's face was filled with anger.

"If that's the case, why don't you go see the Speaker?"

"I just came back from Speaker Witte's visit. We sat in the magnificent hall, watching dozens of servants put delicious food on a long table that stretched to the horizon. Then he invited me to taste the fresh and tender meat of the Yanjiang pig that had just been slaughtered."

Yegor's expression twitched and he forced a difficult smile.

"So you've already had dinner... I wonder if the food that Speaker Witte recommended suits your taste?"

"In fact, I didn't even touch the knife and fork."

Qiao Yelan said coldly.

"I didn't even discuss opposing this because I already knew his attitude - how could a person who has already sat on another chair consider the life and death of the class he was born into?"

Yegor held his forehead with his hand and did not let Qiao Yelan see his expression, but the dead silence in the living room was enough to explain the minister's mood.

"Darling, dinner is ready, come and help me."

Yegor stood up, and the man sitting opposite him spoke again.

"Minister Yegor, your dinner smells very tempting. I wonder if I have the honor to taste it. If you would rather taste the Jiangzhu meat, then I think I should go find the next person who can invite me to dinner."

Yegor stopped and looked at Qiao Yelan.

This sentence was not asking him to invite Qiao Yelan, but rather an invitation from Qiao Yelan to him.

He didn't know who else Qiao Yelan had invited, but he knew whose invitations Qiao Yelan had rejected.

That group should have been.

"...Of course, Mr. Qiao Yelan, you will find that, at least in my home, an ordinary steak is far more delicious than a large Yanjiang pig."

The man who had been laughed at by the nobles, despised by the soldiers, and who had mingled among the rich and powerful with a smile on his face and servility, accepted the invitation.

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"Thank you for your hospitality, Your Excellency Telekin. Your wife's cooking is amazing - this is probably the most delicious meal I have ever had in this city."

"You are too kind."

Mrs. Terekin covered her mouth and laughed.

"My dear, I'm sorry to bother you here. Mr. Qiao Yelan and I have something to discuss."

"Dad, Dad! Raisa will help too!"

"Okay - let me trouble our little Raisa as well."

The man smiled and picked up Laisha, put her on the chair, and watched the little girl pick at the plate, getting her hands dirty.

Qiao Yelan didn't say anything, but just quietly watched the tenderness between Yegor and his family.

A moment later, the man came over and pushed Qiao Yelan towards his study.

The wooden door opens and closes, completely separating the quiet study from the warm restaurant outside.

"The premise of our cooperation is that you must transfer my wife and daughter to the Grand Duke of Kosice's territory, and if I die, you must guarantee all expenses for their normal life in the future."

Yegor swept away his previous image and began to negotiate terms with Qiao Yelan in an extremely calm manner.

"We may not lose, otherwise I wouldn't come--"

"Winning or losing is different for the infected and the empire, but it is the same for me. If I lose, I will die. If I win, I will not escape the reckoning. The nobles, the military, even His Majesty and the Speaker will not allow me to live."

The man took out a cigarette, and even as he was talking about his inevitable ending, his hand did not tremble at all as he lit the cigarette.

"I have no background, and no backers. Or rather, my only backer has been buried in a cold grave - and I am just a stray dog."

"To everyone, the reason they didn't fire me was simply because I didn't belong to any party, and it was acceptable for them to have someone like me [neutral enough] take over, especially when my work performance was good."

The smoke floated toward the ceiling.

“But you didn’t resign.”

Qiao Yelan hit the key point accurately.

"Ha, you are so discerning - yes, I did not resign, but became a flattering good man, and kept my position as Minister of Labor in the turbulent current of Saint Eagle Castle."

"Based on my observation today, you should resign and leave this cannibalistic city with your wife and daughter."

Yegor nodded.

"You're right. I've always been a commoner. I indulge in the warmth of my family instead of being an official who schemes against others every day."

"But the problem is - His Majesty died in a mystery. No one wants to inherit his legacy, and no one can do it."

Qiao Yelan nodded slightly.

Yegor was right about this. Everything Vladimir had was blown away by the wind after his death. In fact, the reason was not just the opposition.

Because those who supported and followed him couldn’t even preserve his legacy.

Chapter 47 Vladimir's Legacy

"You came back from Speaker Witte. I think his meaning should be the same as His Majesty's. Can you tell me what their plan is?"

"First, let it go, then oppose it, and then manipulate public opinion, split the military, and challenge Grand Duke Nicholas."

Qiao Yelan explained their plan in a concise manner.

Yegor's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it - he certainly knew what the emperor and the speaker were thinking.

People's understanding of politics is vague, so they cannot clearly feel the pain until the knife falls on them.

So the emperor wanted the knife to fall - but he didn't want the people to see him holding the knife.

When the people begin to cry out in pain and a wave of resistance begins to emerge, they will stand on the moral high ground with a righteous attitude to accuse the nobles and the military, and at the same time tearfully accuse these treacherous ministers of deceiving and suppressing the Emperor and the Parliament - it's not that they don't oppose, but that it's useless even if they oppose.

At this time, a large number of infected soldiers and officers who originally obeyed the army will also stand up. They did not dare to resist before because of their lack of cognition and obedience to orders, but now His Majesty the Emperor is standing behind them, and they have gained righteousness and affirmation.

From now on, they will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, turn against their former colleagues, and become a force controlled by the Emperor himself.

That's enough.

Because in the army, the nobles can freely command their private armies, and the infected people only account for a small part, and the rest are all the most common ordinary people.

They're not nice, but they're not villains either.

As long as they remained neutral, the military would change from Grand Duke Nicholas's private domain to a centrist [New Parliament] where the emperor and the nobles would pull each other back and forth.

Correspondingly, the military's combat effectiveness will be the same as the parliament's decision-making efficiency.

From then on, things went downhill.

The magnificent scene called Ursus will once again return to the mirage-like bubble.

"Damn... these traitors who succumbed to power and money!"

His face was grim, and anyone who knew Yegor could not believe that this man would have such an expression and would use such words to evaluate His Majesty and the Speaker.

It took a long time for the man to adjust his emotions and calm down again.

He pressed the burnt cigarette into the ashtray, with an indescribable look of desolation on his face.

"Over the years... I have been struggling to find a way out for the people in my department - because these people may be the last legacy that His Majesty Vladimir leaves for this country."

"You want to carry on His Majesty Vladimir's legacy?"

"I really hope I have the ability to help the new emperor do this, but realistically speaking, I'm not cut out for it."

Yegor was very calm.

"Just keeping this position is already too much for me to handle. If I were to climb up and face more and more treacherous nobles and officials, I would probably be exposed. So I choose to stay in this position."

"Mr. Qiao Yelan... I don't know whether I should squander the inheritance left to me by His Majesty on this matter, but I know that if this happens, then the Ministry of Labor will have no meaning to exist."

Qiao Yelan already knew why this remnant of the previous era chose to cooperate with him.

It was not because he trusted him, but because Yegor knew that Anatoly's plan would destroy everything he cherished, and the situation he had been struggling to maintain would come to nothing in one day.

"Since you came to me, I guess you want to leak this matter through me in advance? Then you can mobilize public opinion to stop the implementation of this policy."

Qiao Yelan shook her head slightly, which made Yegor frown.

“Public opinion can stop politicians, but can it stop aristocrats? Not to mention, this policy is still implemented by the military - will they give up because of the pressure brought by protests and marches?”

The man's face grew increasingly gloomy.

Of course not.

The military is the largest violent institution. They are responsible for protecting the people, but if the rulers order them to do so, they can also be a sharp sword wielded against the people.

"His Majesty's method is correct - if he didn't intend to sacrifice the lives of countless infected people, I would not have intervened at all."

Qiao Yelan told the lie without changing his expression, as if he really started to connect the dots because of his sense of justice.

"We can completely implement his plan, but we need to advance the implementation time - before the policy is implemented."

Yegor recalled the process that Qiao Yelan had described before. If they removed the step of allowing the massacre, and they also stood up to oppose it, then the next step would be -