Chapter 53: Two Foxes
This is really an old fox who talks to each other, and it is more difficult to get a sentence out of his mouth than to cut his belly. ”
Of course, scolding in my heart, whether to talk or chat, after all, Perris is a person who wants to do big things. He has watched the deeds of Taizu since he was a child, and he thinks that he can learn the essence of Taizu in tactics and military use, but he only knows nothing about governing internal affairs and developing talents, but seeing that his father can't govern, there may not be much time left for him.
As the son of Nordin and the crown prince of the empire, Perris is of course clear about Nordin's physical state, and his reckless behavior in the early morning is a show of his own character, and it is also a test of Tian Sen. Although he grew up in the deep palace, Perris also knew that there were four kings in the entire empire, and under his crown, there was only one throne.
In his heart, the reason why his father Nordin was so tired that he fell ill was because of the current national policy of benevolence. The domestic methods were too gentle, and although the emperor had a good reputation, he relied on his special political position to control the overall situation, and could spread his political power by co-opting the nobles, and then affect the authority of the remaining kings.
But the biggest problem with this method is that the efficiency is too low, and the problem is that the current national policy is not only to kill his father, but even more, in a dozen years, it has bred corruption that has not been seen in the original kingdom era for a hundred years.
Thinking of this, Perris cleared his mind, if he wants to get the support of this old guy, he has to help him solve the current problem, and after getting his understanding, his ambition can be stretched.
After confirming that there was no one around, Perris deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Prime Minister, I can't think of a more suitable way to deal with those damned parasites than with a sword. ”
After listening to Peris's words, Tian Sen's gray hair seemed to be a little older, his eyes widened, his body trembled slightly because of the excitement of emotion, and after a few rapid breaths in his throat, he questioned with some shame: "Your Highness, do you want to aspire to become a tyrant......?"
"Prime Minister, listen to me first," Perris couldn't wait to interrupt Tian Sen's speech, he blinked and continued: "Of course I know that dealing with these worms must not be able to be dealt with one sword, this is also the biggest problem that the empire is encountering at the moment, the worms of the empire and the backbone of the empire are actually the same people, ridiculous." ”
"Father has been a light man since his coronation, and as the Prime Minister of the Empire, you should understand that. Perris raised his eyebrows and clenched his fists as he said this.
"It seems to me that it is almost impossible for a person to manage a country well and still think about everything, even if he is a generation of prime ministers of the empire, a gray-robed scholar, he can't do this, but in my perception, he seems to be relying on his own and the emperor's prestige in the way he manipulates the political situation. ”
Tian Sen nodded slightly, and his pupils rose slightly a few times, as if he was thinking or recalling something.
"An empire is a nation built by heroes, and only heroes are respected. If our prestige can reach the standard of our grandfather, then now the disease of the empire will be cured of itself!"
Perris's eyes lit up whenever he mentioned his grandfather's prestige, and for as long as he could remember, the grandfather he had never met had been his only spiritual role model, and he could recite all the past experiences of Felipe the Great. In the current palace, although people respect him very much, they are far from meeting the standards of their grandfathers.
"You're good, our country is indeed a country that needs heroes, the people will love the legends of heroes, and the generation that has grown up listening to heroic stories will be more loyal. Although, the citizens of the Empire, they now seem to prefer shiny gold coins. ”
After saying this, Tian Sen and Perris both had smiling faces on their faces, and the atmosphere between the conversations seemed a little more relaxed. Perris knew that he had found the right time to ask for directions this time. He continued.
"You think exactly like my father, Prime Minister, and that's what my father always taught me: make those who are loyal to you rich, and rehabilitate those who have betrayed you. I appreciate and appreciate some of the points in the first half of the sentence. ”
"Your Highness, His Majesty the Emperor is a very wise ruler. He was sought after by the nobles and commoners, and everyone thought that His Majesty the Emperor had united this empire so closely, and I thought, perhaps, you should continue to protect this empire?"
Perris furrowed his eyebrows slightly, but then quickly relaxed.
"Your Excellency, my father was a man of great prestige, and so was the first Prime Minister of the Empire. ”
This is a very interesting sentence, Perris raised a question that Tian Sen can't avoid, in the history books of the Empire, Felipe the Great is a national hero, liberator, and the Gray Friar is the first prime minister of the Empire, and is the royal clerk of Felipe the Great, and the only high-ranking figure among the people who returned from the Red Lion Expedition to live a few more years, with a sacred and mysterious color.
His Majesty Rao Notting, who is a generation younger than Tian Sen, has already gained a good reputation, and in the end, only Tian Sen, who lived in that great era and was in the center of the empire, but failed to become a great man.
Tian Sen understood the meaning of Perris's words. On the surface, this is a kind of debasement for him, he is not as good as the first prime minister, but in fact, it is a real recognition of him.
"You think too highly of me as an old man," Tian Sen's face showed a smile, and the wrinkles on it were all wrinkled into one, revealing the traces of the erosion of time, since Nordin fell ill, he was aging too fast. "To compare me to the wise men of His Majesty the Emperor and the Greyfriars is to roast me on the fire. ”
After listening to Tian Sen's recital, although Perris was still smiling, his mood suddenly drooped. Even when Tian Sen was angry in his heart just now, he had never had such a loss of happiness, Perris had studied Tian Sen in private, and after a little result, Perris thought that he would be a good political ally, and he did not believe that a man who became a real king by virtue of the unreliable way of electing a parliament would not be interested in the thing of authority.
But the current situation showed a little opposite to his research, and he suddenly lost interest in the content of the next conversation, and casually coped with a few words, and left the path with some embarrassment on the excuse of visiting his mother and focusing on his studies.
Tian Sen looked at Peris's figure step by step, and showed a somewhat meaningful smile.
What he said just now was also just some half-truths and half-truths, you know, he was able to win from the chaotic situation back then, from the weakest of the four kings to the second most powerful person after the emperor in one fell swoop, not by luck, but by a pair of knowledge.
If His Majesty Notting did not have a wise man like a gray friar around him, and there was no group of veterans and generals who were absolutely loyal to the royal family, then why should he stand on Notting's side, it would be better to follow Pruss to directly occupy the land and tribesmen of Abbasquia.
Now that the development of the empire is changing with each passing day, Tian Sen has already realized his previous knowledge, and he seems to be a little powerless in the face of increasingly complex imperial affairs, and many things have to be thought twice
"Ahem, ahem!" After Perris completely moved away from his sight and disappeared into the palace complex among the mountains, Tian Sen slowly turned around and continued to walk his own way. Tian Sen was a cautious gambler, and together he determined his achievements today, and as he aged, he valued the former more than the latter.
In the past few years, he has almost established a character for himself that is completely loyal to the royal family, and his respect for the royal family has become a subconscious engraved in his bones. So much so that sometimes, not only others, but also himself, would forget that only one of his three sons had been appointed to a simple position in the palaces of the Empire, while his other two children had eaten well in the royal courts of the North Sea and Cyporus, respectively.
Along with the physical activity, the prime minister stroked his chest and coughed slightly, of course, this was not due to the fatigue caused by walking, but a slight side effect caused by the intrigue just now.
"It's really old, a person who is only in his early tens, can have such a mind, is he like emulating the first emperor, can he be an emperor immediately?"
He walked slowly along the road in four directions, and at the same time he gently shook his arm, perhaps even he didn't notice that the twilight in his whole body had been reduced a lot with the conversation with Peris.
On the other hand, the young crown prince did not go to visit his mother or learn any literacy skills as she described herself, but went straight to the royal hunting grounds, which for nearly a year or so had become the place where Perris spent the longest time.
Even though he doesn't really like hunting, he still gets the prey he wants from the hunting grounds.
The hunting grounds were set up in a relatively open valley, but also near the edge of the palace, where the royal stables and the quarters of the guards were set up on either side of the river that flowed through the valley.
Evening has always been the most comfortable time, the air has just begun to condense the moisture and the faint fragrance of flowers and herbs mixed just right, the slightly cool mountain valley wind has just begun to gently blow Rao's cheeks, it expells a hot air, and silently urges everything to hurry up and take action, not to miss this great time.
This is the time of year when the creatures in the valley are at their most active. They come out of their nests and start their most precious time to eat and drink.
Although the cluster has been kept in captivity for many years, the large creatures in it have long since disappeared, but under the restraint, there are still a few groups of free-range wild goats in the forest, as well as patches of rabbits and a few bold pheasants.
It is also the best time for knights to show off their martial prowess.
They galloped down the other side of the mountain, skillfully maneuvering their horses under their hips, bypassing the rocks of the mountains and forests that blocked their way, crossing the shallows by the river, and beckoning their knights' swords and spears to the goats.
The goats move quickly, they are actually accustomed to the hunting of these knights to a certain extent, and have figured out the rules, so that most of the goats can escape to the woods on the other side of the mountain, and only a few unlucky ghosts will become the victims of the knights' sacrificial spears and swords.
As he left Perris from the Garden Trail and took a horse from the palace area to the hillside, he was caught in time for the knights rushing down the hill from the other side of the valley. A group of knights in the prime of life wore various colors of armor, engraved with their own family medals, like a rainbow to disperse the herd, their mouths chanted slogans symbolizing the honor of their family, the neighing of war horses, the blood of beasts splashed, Perris saw it, and his heart seemed to be really in the battlefield
In short, this was indeed the battlefield in his eyes, with the knights taking the lead and tearing apart all the enemies who dared to confront them, and then the horseback squires rushed into the enemy line in light armor, inflicting great damage on those who dared to resist.
With just two simple charges, the warriors of the Great Purus Empire could defeat all the intruders and all the enemies they wanted to defeat.
A knight standing at the bottom of the valley looked towards Taniguchi, and after confirming that Taniguchi's figure was the crown prince who was keen on hunting, he excitedly picked up the bloodstained knight's gun in his hand and shouted loudly in the direction of Peris.
Probably because of the distance, Perris couldn't hear what he was shouting clearly, but judging from the expression on that face, it was probably a word like "victory" or "honor".
The knight did have the capital to boast of, and today his equestrian skills were extraordinarily long, rushing down from the mountain, and he actually jumped directly over the shallow stream that crossed the valley in the middle of the valley with his horsepower, raised his short spear and stabbed to death a huge ram, and it was also in the throat of the ram, becoming the most rewarding of the knights who ended up today.
I don't know if the crown prince came to this place first, or those rainbow knights who live in the palace all year round like to move here, which attracted the crown prince who has been interested in war since his nature, in short, they have become an incompatible group.
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