The smell of life in the attic made Sirah Marne not react for a while, she had not met His Majesty the Emperor in such an environment for a long time, and the fragrance of tea in her nose made her mind subconsciously echo the last time she had a tea tasting with His Majesty.

"Come and sit down, Sir Marne. Erin Phier looked at Sila-Marne stunned at the door, and took two steps back and beckoned very kindly, "After the 'restriction order' was issued, the sale of expensive tea has been banned, and His Majesty has taken out his last collection today. ”

"It's not as exaggerated as the queen said. Pedi's voice came from the fireplace.

When Siala Marne heard the emperor's words, she didn't feel the pressure of the usual mountain, at this moment she seemed to go back to the time when she first met the emperor, a very nostalgic feeling made her look at the emperor with her eyes full of inquiry, and her steps subconsciously followed the queen's guidance to the fireplace.

"Sit down. Pedi pointed to the wooden bench across from him.

The flames of the firefire baked on Sila Marne, and she felt a rush of heat and remembered what she had just thought... She didn't see His Majesty's real smile again after the civil war in Crewe, and from that time on, the young knight, who had been approachable, suddenly became a true dictatorship.

"Despite the existence of the 'purchase restriction order', General Thranduil and I have always had a good personal relationship, and he will send someone to deliver a special pack of tea every quarter. Pedy's tone was casual, like a casual conversation between friends, and when Sira Marne sat down, he deliberately lifted the lid of the teapot and smelled the tea.

"Still, you go around saying it, after all... I promised not to use the special tea again. After Pedi's joking tone, he deliberately put on a comically serious face, "I don't want the subjects of the empire to worship a life of luxury. ”

"Extravagant living represents the prosperity of the empire. Eileen Phil interjected, "The most important thing for people is quality, and the quality of people has nothing to do with whether they live a luxurious life or not... Countless facts have proven that the poor are more prone to crime, while the rich struggle to maintain stability. ”

"Of course, I'm not saying this for the rich. Eileen continued: "I just wanted to say... Perhaps the empire should learn from the Mage Tower and establish a more complete education mechanism to improve the legal awareness and knowledge reserve of the people. It can make people think more rationally and improve their personal wealth. ”

"The Mage Tower only needs to manage Drake City, and the Empire has a huge territory and a large number of cities, so... Their system did not apply to the empire of today. Although Pedi did not agree with his wife's opinion, he did not choose to argue, but slowly explained in a particularly calm manner: "As long as the empire's economy can continue to prosper, when the people are rich, they will spontaneously learn knowledge to improve their own knowledge." ”

"In fact, the schools that the Department of Education has set up in various places are not ideal. "Only a few large cities have schools that can admit students, and the students are almost all children of the middle class or high-paid working-class families with fixed incomes, and most of the aristocratic and wealthy merchant families still have a family-style elite education." ”

"The elite education of the aristocracy will cause the empire to lose a lot of talent, and the people they educate will not be truly loyal to the empire. Erin Phil took a deep breath, letting the scent of tea linger in her lungs, and then continued what she had just left unfinished, "The collapse of the old empire is the best proof of this... At that time, when the crisis of the empire came, the interests of the families were the first to think of the interests of the family, not the interests of the empire. ”

Erin Phier stared at her husband as she spoke, "I believe you have a deep understanding, because your current imperial power was seized after the collapse of the empire, and you chose to watch from the sidelines when the empire was in its most difficult time, so... Do you want the empire you built to be abandoned by everyone like the old one?"

"You almost embarrassed me. Pedi smiled, he was accustomed to his wife's sarcastic language, "Do you have any good ideas?" he asked, presenting himself as a weak man who humbly asked for advice.

Erin Phiel smiled and looked at Sira Marne, who had her head down and stayed away, "Sir Marne, do you have any good advice?"

Sira Marne was stunned, and the queen's question made her instinctively shake her head, "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at dealing with such problems. Her answer was not contrived.

"So... Why would you choose to stand by Your Majesty's side when there was a conflict between the interests of the empire and the interests of the family?"

Erin Field's words immediately made the atmosphere between the three of them a little awkward, Pedi frowned slightly and looked at his wife, and Siala Marne was also stunned and looked at the queen with a slightly surprised gaze, she did not expect the queen to say such a thing on such an occasion.

"Sir Marne is now the Chief Minister of the Military Aircraft Division, not the noble ladies to be married at your tea party, nor the noble ladies who only know how to spend money on luxury goods. Pedi did not indulge his wife's presumptuousness, and said very seriously: "As the queen of the empire, you should not ask such a question to Sir Marne. ”

Listening to her husband's slightly reproachful words, Erin Feier felt a slight jealousy in her heart, but she still had a heartless smile on the surface, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else... I thought it was an informal setting. She looked at Sheila Marne, "It's a joke, but... I do wonder why you would choose to maintain the royal power between the family and the royal power?"

Sila Marne did not respond to the Empress's apology, she took a deep breath to calm the complicated emotions in her heart, first looked at the Emperor, and then looked at the Empress to answer her question: "I just want to see a prosperous country, I don't want to divide a strong country because of infighting, my life has been completely changed because of the failed war in the Clan, and that failed war has made me understand that internal friction is an extremely terrible thing." ”

"The old empire originally had the power to sweep everything, but it lost everything due to internal friction, and the five dukedoms and the upper nobles of the empire were supposed to protect the existence of the empire, but in the end they became the root of the destruction of the empire. "Sirah-Marne objectively and concisely expounds the truth about the fall of the old empire in plain words.

"So, we need to avoid the mistakes that the old imperial royal family once made. Pedi took the teacup handed by his wife and poured a cup of brewed tea for Sirah Marne himself, "In two years, the Elok Territory and the Suke Plains have been brought under our control, the Barrett family has also sworn allegiance to me, and the northern Baru people also want to join in... Running this vast empire has left me physically and mentally exhausted, and I've been thinking a lot lately about how to manage the country. ”

"It's a very complex issue. Sirah-Marne respectfully took the teacup handed by the Emperor, the hot teacup stinging her palms, and she carefully coped with the topic thrown by His Majesty the Emperor.

"The defeat of the old empire can be sure of one thing, and that is... The rule of the aristocracy was wrong, or the era of aristocratic rule was over, but the centralized imperial power was not the best way to rule, and I thought more than once about delegating power to the military aircraft or the prime minister's government. Pedi's language lacks the confidence of the emperor, and he is also full of uncertainty about the future.

"When the old empire fell, we used to use the cabinet system when we founded the Kingdom of Kruria, but the power of the cabinet was too great and there was no regulation, so I thought... It's better to take the power into your own hands. Pedi held his teacup and looked at the fire in the fireplace, "Because I know that when the power of the cabinet can challenge the imperial power, something terrible will happen." ”

"We may be able to find a way to resolve the contradictions between the imperial power and the cabinet. Erin Phiel accosted: "But first, you have to stabilize the divine dominance of the imperial power, and you can learn from the Mage Tower to render our family's rule as an immutable fact, to instill the idea that only the Reagan family can rule the empire into the subjects of the empire, and to give the imperial power a special meaning, so that the cabinet can never threaten the existence of the imperial power." ”

"Sounds like a good suggestion. After a moment's thought, Pedi said, "But first we need to have a top-down education system like the Mage Tower... Well, we're back to the topic. ”

"I think the way the Mage Tower is ruled is extremely worth learning, the thirteen directors hardly care about anything in the Mage Tower under normal circumstances, and the day-to-day affairs are managed by the management committee under the council, but the thirteen directors have an unshakable position in the management council and control the development direction of the mage tower. Erin Phier continued her unspoken words, "What we need to do is to mold the royal family into the 'council' of the empire. ”

"What do you think?" said Peddy, turning his gaze to Siala Marne.

When Sira Marne met the emperor's gaze, she immediately understood that this was the main purpose of the tea party conversation, and countless thoughts flashed through her and she asked, "Is Your Majesty planning to lower the power so that you can focus on commanding the front-line war?"

"So... Do you think now is the time?"

"It's not the right time. Sira Marne didn't care about the huge cake thrown by the Emperor, "The Empire is stable today because of your supreme authority. After she said this, she frowned, "With your wisdom, Your Majesty, you can definitely think of this question, can I take this as a test, but if it is, the topic is too simple." ”

"You're thinking too much, sir. Pei Di waved his hand and was silent for two seconds and continued to ask, "What do you think of the queen's previous proposal? Proposals to elevate the royal family's dominance. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, and if it works, it can really boost the cohesion of the country. Sira Marne glanced at the Queen and the Emperor, "but Sir Collier is better at that. ”

"No, you're better suited than him. Pedi shook her head.

Silah-Marne was stunned, looking at His Majesty the Emperor who didn't seem to be joking, and the words 'you are more suitable than him' kept popping up in her mind, and in an instant she understood the meaning of the Emperor's words... The reason for the fit is ironic, as she is a direct member of the Marne family.

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